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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30

hands OF the amateur and tend to make
women of small means or remote from
large cities independent Of the beauty spe-
ciaist, to certain extent cannot adj
wise powerful face beaches; they should
pc applied only by skilled people who un-
derst and the effect on different constitu-
tons and can apply remedies instantly
should unfavorable symptoms be manifest.
Novel shIrtWaist case.-Do you know
OF any substitute for closets a summer
girl can arrange who Is at a hotel with
more clothes than she has places to put
t,em?.-MurIei.
The dainty girl away on a vacation can
rarely find rooms which boast Of ample
closets In which she can stow away her
belongings. Living in trunk is not sat
tsfactory, even tho the trunk be Of the
latest model. well with trays. Some
method must be contrived by which the
room may be kept tidy and at the same
wearing apparel which cannot be forced
into the bureau drawers A bright girl
hit upon this plan for taking care of her
shjrtwaists. and it is well worth passing
along for the benefit of other travellers
She selected the prettiest silkoline, fig
ured In delicate blue, her favorite color
and cut huge envelopes, large enough to
take In a shirtwaist when neatly folded;
the envelope case was lined with white
organd1e to give more body to the goods
and yet not appreciably increase the
weight. The edges were bound with blue
satin ribbon and loops and fiat buttons
OF pearl closed the case along the edges
Of the flaps. dainty sachet bag filled
with the sweetest pot-pourri, suggestive
Of the odor Of good old summer time, =
is dropped into the case, which, II Of gen
erous size, will hold half dozen waists.
The pretty cases may be piled upon a
small table, placed ii, some convenient
corner, and their novel form suggests a
l'ostoffice box OF large size and gorgeous
ccloring, vet this will not detract from
their utility OR beauty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30

The material
rand
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30

are very small they are set three In
row, to form panel on the front and the
Sides and cut into points for the cuffs
and collar. They can be picked up in
delicate drawn work with inset of ten
eriffe lace as low as or 10 cents each
and combined with white crash or linen
they give all the appearance Of a blouse
evolved from handwork.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30
JAUNTY OUTDOOR TOILETTE.

little eons that hang from the con
line the interval being filled with sathed grdle
of is
with rufes The skirt tucked
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-30

The Lady Cur1on gowns are lovely to
the last degree. One is marvel in fine
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
VIM. B. Allison Holds the Record
for Continuous Service in the
United States Senate.

William B Allison entered the
United States Senate in 1873, and
there is now no member of that
body who has served the same
length of time continuously A
large number of famous men were
TO be met there 80 years ago. and
Allison feels it quite distinction
to be the sole survivor of such a
membership. While it is true that
two members (Stewart of Nevada
and Mitchell or Oregon) now there
were there 80 years ago. Senator
Allison has seen them go and their
Successors take their seats and
again witnessed their return. He
is the one man who hes been a
member and Witnessed complete
change in the Senate, he alone ex
cepted.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
Overmatched.

An amusing incident was wit
messed in a Cigar store the other
afternoon.
A newsboy. having picked up a
Cigar stump. walked in and, ad-
dressing the man behind the coun-
ter. said, Say, boss. give us a
match" /" The man behind the
counter. looking down, said, my
young friend, we are not here for
the purpose of giving away match
es; we sell them" "How much
are deyY'' was the question. zone
cent box. the clerk announced.
The urchin stuck his hand into his
pocket and produced, after great
deal of hunting. a penny, and
handed it to the man. He received
his box of matches and, taking
one out, lit the butt" Returning
the box to the man back of the
case. he said, Say. put this box
on de shelf, and when a gentleman
comes along and asks you for a
match, why, give him one out of
my box" Cincinnati Enquirer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
Ths pope,s slaenine car-

Although the Pope never travels
he owns sleeping car, which was
constructed in 1868, when the line
from Rome to Naples was opened.
1t will be exhibited at the Milan
exhibition in 1905 to inaugurate
the Simplon tunnel. There are
three compartment-a throneroom
a car for the guard of honor and a
bedroom. The throneroom is rich.
ly furnished and has a cupola en-
graved with the papal arms and the
IL apostles. The carriage is SO ar
ranged that the Pope when seated
on his throne is plainly visible and
can give his benediction TO the
crowds at the stations. The Sleep
ing car is divided into three ports
bed. bath and dressing rooms
which are hung with yellow and
white, the papal coIors. The bed
is of ebony and Chicago
Chronicle
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
From Case to- Capital.

In 1863, the funny man among
the printers of the Madison CWis)
Journal laid his stick" on the case
and looked hard at the ceiling for
a moment. Then he said: 'I
must CO." put on his coat, and
started for the door.
Where must you go, GeorgeP"
asked John Hawks, the foreman.
"To the war, John; 1 am going
out to enlist now" He kept his
word.
The new recruit in the Fourth
Wisconsin cavalry, by his quaint
remarks and rare good nature,
marched at once into popularity,
and within a few months was a
lieutenant. He came home at the
close of the war in command of a
company, and at once resumed
work in printing Office, but this
time as editor and proprietor.
Twenty-Five years ago he served as
chief clerk of the assembly; %
years ago he located in Milwaukee,
and in two years had the most pop
ular weekly paper in the west, with
a circulation Of nearly 100000
He made money rapidly. One
Saturday night he figured up his
earnings and found that they were
5000 more than he had estimated.
He made his venerable mother a
present of $500 1t was more
money than she ever before pos
sessed at one time On another
occasion he sent her 81, 900. Ten
years ago his party drafted him
into service and made him mayor
of Milwaukee. The following fall
he was nominated for governor and
elected. and two years later was re.
elected.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
The Goose Got Away.

To the Hon. Joseph Sibley. of
Pennsylvania. the yarn-loving
members of the House are giving
credit for this story:
There was rich old farmer who
lived in one of the interior districts
near Philadelphia, and who got
tangled up in money transactson
with one of his neighbors. Mr..
Alston, for that was his name,
sought attorney, who gave him a
letter of introduction to brother
lawyer in Philadelphia, at which
place it was necessary to enter the
suit. Tne letter was delivered to
the lawyer. and while be was read
ing it he was called out of the
room, leaving the letter on his
desk. Mr.. Alston let curiosity get
the better of him and read the
letter. which closed with post
script stating that Mr.. AIston is
a fat goose; pluck him heavy
That was enough for the old
farmer. and. seizing a pen. he
wrote: "P. S. No. 2-The goose
has flown. feathers and all" /"
1t took him about three seconds
to amble down the stairs and into
the streets, and he has not had
to do with lawyers from
that day to this. preferring to pluck
his own geese.-Washington Times
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
How Pat Got the Booster.

General Ian Hami1ton, now visi-
ting in this country. figures in one
of the best campaign stories of the
Boer war. The incident happened
during the campaign east of Bloem
fontein, when Hamilton had com-
mand of an assorted column, half
Canadian, half regular, that COM
posed the extreme right wing of
Roberts army.
General Hamilton reviewed the
Canadian infantry one day in a
small village for the purpose of tell
ing them they must stop the plum
dering for which they were SO no.
torious that they had earned the
nickname of "The Thousand
Thieves"
The column had just drawn up
and was waiting for Hamilton to
begin the review when a ragged
rooster ran out from hut and
across the front of the line. A kind
of shiver ran through the volun-
teers. Suddenly private left the
ranks and took after the rooster.
Haiti" shouted Hamilton.
The soldier ran on. He shortly
overlook the rooster and turned
back, wringing the neck of the
fowl. AS he passed the General
he noticed the fierce scowl on his
face. The soldier was an Irish boy
from Toronto and not easily daunt.
ed, but this time he temporized.
Throwing the defunct rooster at
the Generals feet, he said:
There, now, I'll tache ye T. halt
when the General says sol"
History records that the column
laughed aud the General smiled.
Also that the soldier got only two
days in quad" for one of the most
barefaced breaches of discipline in
the records of the most irregular
corps in the army.-Philadelphia
Leadger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
A Mysterious Affair.

Robert Bane, wealthy bachelor
farmer, aged about 45 years. resid-
ing about four miles from Keyser,
committed suicide by discharging
the contents of small Remington
shot gun into his mouth.
One of Mr.. Bane's neighbors was
passing the house Saturday morn
ing and noticed white cloth two
OF three feet long nailed up against
the front door. Knowing that
Baine lived alone be Immediately
had suspicions that something was
wrony and went to the house, find
ing the door locked. He> broke
the door open and found the un-
fortunate man lying on the floor,
his head and face badly mutilated
and stained with blood. the muzzle
of the gun near his head, and a
stick about the length of the gun
barrel by his side near him. On
the table was lamp burning, and
close by the lamp on the same
tabls was note which read as fol-
lows: Through sympathy for my
sister, / have made a mistake 1 can
never recover from. Ny will is in
my trunk"
In "a small trunk found in the
back room was large sealed en-.
velope, with the dead mems name
written across the seal In it was
his will which was was turned
over TO Mr.. j. W. Bell. CLERK OF
the County Court.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
what Is The Matter with padl

I'VE happened in home the
other night. and over the parIol
door saw the Iegend-worked letters
of red, What is home without
a mother Across the room was
another brief, God bless ou1
home
Now, what is the matter with
God bless our dadT He gets up
early, lights the FIRE, boiIs an egg,
grabs his dinner pail. and wipes
off the dew of the dawn with his
boots while many a mother is
sleeping. He makes the weekly
hand:out for the butcher, the gro.
Ger. the milk man, and baker, and
his little pile is badly worn before
he has been home an hour. He
stands off the bailIff and keeps the
rent paid up.
"If there is noise during the
night dad is kicked in the back
and made to go down stairs to find
the burglar ana kill him. Mother
d .rns the sooks, but dad bought
the socks in the first place aud the
needles and the yarn afterward
Mother does up the fruit, Well,
dad bought it all, and jars and
sugar cost like the mischief.
Dad buys chickens for the Sun
day dinner, carves them himself,
and draws the. e.neck from the ruins
after every one else is served.
What is home without a motherP'
Yes, that is all right; but what is a
home without fatherP Ten ohan.
ces to one it is boarding-house,
father is under a slab, and the
landlady is the widow. Dad, here's
to you; you've got your faults
you have lots of 'em-but you're
all right, and we will miss you
when you're gone"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
Keeping Friends.

Friendship is worth taking
trouble about. It is one of the
things about which we should
remember the Apostles command,
"Hold fast that which is good"
Thoreau said: "The only danger
in friendship is that it will end" /"
Correspondence and conversation
and social courtesies are the ways
in which we throw guards around
our friendships lest they end. A
man who loses a friend for want of
letter now and then il like man
who loses his money for lack of a
pocketbook. He is losing a very
precious thing for lack of very
little expense and trouble. How
carefully Jesus selected the close
circle of bis friends, and how
watchfully he guarded their mu-
tual friendship after he had select
ed them. The friend who sticketh
closer than a brother is always one
who has taken some trouble in the
matter of his friendships. Let us
be careful that we do not go
through life with holes in our
pockets through which our friend
ships slips. s. Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
Death ON the culm Bank.

No matter what form death as
sumes it is never welcome. The
grim messenger makes his appear
ance in many forms in the anthra-
cite mines of Pennsylvania, but
only in one form is painless and
pleasant, and to only one the vic
tins go unoonsoiously. 1t is the
death of the burning cuIm bank.
Many times during the year is
such death recorded when one of
these great culm banks is burning.
The fire is not seen in the daytime
and at night it shines only with a
faint glow through the layers of
ashes which separate the live GOALS
from the outer air.
To these burning banks tramps
and other unfortunates, forced to
spend night in the open air, go
when the nights grow chilly. The
warm breath of the culm lures
them on with promise of warm
bed for the night, and they lie
down to sleep in the comfortable
atmosphere of the bank and never
open their eyes again.
The noxious gases emanating
from the bank watt over them SO
softly that they are soon asleep
and in many cases they never re.
awaken, being suffocated during
their slumbers.-Detroit Free
Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20

The mileage scandal, in which
both parties are equally involved,
comes mp again IN a humiliating
shape. The regular session of Con-
gress followed the extra session so
closely that there was but a few
minutes intermission, yet the
members. with few exceptions,
drew the entire mileage of twenty
cents mile for journeys that were
never made. Ordinary travel costs
about two cents mile by rail.
But not only have Congressman
drawn pay for journeys never made
in whole or in part, but they have
very generally travelled on passes
issued to them by railroads oon-
oerning which they are often call.
ed upon to legislate. This is a
national disgrace and a national
grief, and it is high time that a
crusade was begun similar in fer
venoy to that against the franking
abuses and Credit Mobilier which
sent SO many statesmen into
oblivion.-Ceredo Advance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20

Chicago, having had an expert
ence without parallel in the hor-
rors of the great Iroquois disaster,
seems to have learned the lesson
as to the necessary and needful
precautions and safeguards, and
the councils are considering an
ordinance more exacting than any
ever before adopted in this oL untry,
applicable to theaters or other
places where the multitudes gather
1t was carefully prepared by what
may be called a commission of ex.
perts. 1t requires that every thea.
ter in Chicago must have at least
two exits upon streets or alleys,
and fireproof passage five feet
wide must run entirely around the
stage and the auditorium. A steel
fire curtain must be lowered afte,
the performance and also after
every act. These thorough safe.
guards should and. it is to be
hoped, will act as incentive to
other cities. The lesson is before
them, and other warnings are moi
requisite.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
How They Worked It.

A teacher in a Texas public
school received the following let
ter the other day. "Sir: Will you
in the future give my SON easier
SONS to do at mite? This is what
he's brought home two or three
mites back: If fore gallons of bere
will fill thirty-to pint bottles, how
many pints and half pint bottles
will nine gallons of bere filI2 Well,
we tried and could make nothin' of
it at all. and my boy cried and
laughed, and sed he didn't dare to
go back in the mornin, without
doin' it. So 1 had to go and buy
a nine gallin keg of bere. which 1
could ill offord to do, and then he
went and borrowed lot of wine
and brandy bottles. We filed
them and my boy put the number
down for an answer. Idon't know
whether it is right or not, as We
split some while doin' it. IS
Please let the SONS be in water, as
l am not able to buy more bere." t"
Chicago now pays her superin-
tendent of schools S1O ON a vaar
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
Wait ON Her.
The philosopher remarks: ]:

The philosopher remarks:
"Onoe 1 was young, but now /
am old, and 1 never have seen a
girl who went back on her mother
who ever came to be worth a ONE
eyed button to her husband. 1t is
the law of God 1t is not exactly
in the Bible, but it is written large
and lawful on the lives of many
misfit homes. IF one of you chaps
ever run across girl with her face
full of roses, who says to you when
you come to the door: 81 cannot
go for 30 minutes, for the dishes
are not washed" you wait for that
girl. Sit right down on the door.
step and wait for her, because
some other fellow will come along
and carry her off, and then you
lose an angel. Wait for her and
stick to her like burr on a mules
tail"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20

Hereafter no man will speak of
the Republican party of West Vir.
ginia for there is no such thing as
a rarty. There is a political ma
chine, however, doing business un-
der that name. but it exists only in
Washington City whence orders
are issued to the servitors like the
old plantation owner used to issue
orders to his overseers concerning
the field hand. A man who sup
poses himself a republican dare
not any more be candidate for
office unless he first goes to Wash
iugton and has the label of the
bosses approval pasted on his FORE
head -Parkersburg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
The old and New.

In looking back over the twelve
months elapsing since celebrating
the beginning of another New
Year. now old. how many young
men will feel satisfied that the very
most was always attempted?
Losing sight for moment of
the instances where success or fail
ure made or marred fortune. how
many of them will there be enjoy
ing the feeling arising from simp-
ly knowing they have little or moth
nothing to regret from neglect to
improve to the fullest the oppor.u-
mites the year presented2 There
may be few. but there will not be
many
When failures are reviewed. how
many of them will recoguize the
causes leading to them as neglect
to put forth the greatest effort of
which they were capableP Some
few.
They will be the wise ones. who
gather wisdom from defeat.
Old men. have learned that whole
soul application is the price of suc-
cess; it is the lesson which all
young men have to learn.
There is word in the English
language which every young man
should look up today and beware
of the future. The word is-Per-
functory.
Ability is very much the result
of habits. Few men are apprecia-
bly, lacking in it if they only un-
ders'ocd how to develop it. There
is but one way 1t comes through
thoroughness in doing thiugs-
thoroughness in doing little things
at first The clerk who thinks it
makes little difference how letter
is folded preparatory to mailing it
is sure to be equally careless in
other respects. The shipping clerk
who fails to understand the neces.
sity of neatly lettering the name
aud address on the package he is |
sending out will not appreciate the |
value of the time which customer
loses while missent package is be-
ing traced. The bookkeeper who
resorts to forcing balance and the
who makes up a small
shortage out OF his own pocket un-
consciously come to lose their own
self-respeot, and, sooner or later,
that of their employers. The man.
iger who excuses carelessness on
The part of subordinates eventually
becomes careless himself and worth
ess.
There is another word in the
English language which every
young man should look up today.
have engraved on little disc. and
wear as watch charm. The word
is "Thoroughness."
1t is the secret that will make
the review of one year hence tell of
Success"
Most young men Judge success
BY wealth, and, estimating it by /
that standard. they should remem-
Der that wealth seldom comes ex-
sept as the reward of merit, and
merit is essentially the result of
.horoughness. The mere accumu-
atio1 of dollars is not necessarily
wealth, but even the ability to ac-
,umulate them is the reward of
pertain kind of worthiness founded
in thoroughness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
The Opportunity
Is Yours.
Our Own Make of Lard
At Cut Prices.

Our Own Make of Lard
AT Cut Prices.
3 Spound Buckets were 45 cents.
now 35 cents.
now 60 cents.
10 pound Buckets were $50.
20 pound Buckets were $500.
Bulk Lard was 10 cents per
pound, now 12a oents per pound.
We have over 1000 pounds of
our own make of Lard and We
mast sell il in the next 30 DAYS.
As long as it lasts the above prices
arc good. ~
We guarantee every pound of It
to De pure. DAVIS q SONS.
Everything good in the meat
lne.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20

According to the Railway Age
the total railway mileage of the U
s. on January. 1, 1904. will be
209. .655 miles. This mileage takes
into account all of the year.
Compared with 1902, the present
year is about on a parity in matter
of railway construction. The con-
struotion reported was done on $50
lines. and in thirty-nine States and
Territories, including Alaska Barly
in the year it was shown that there
we're 8 500 miles of railroad under
construction. but labor troubles
and financial difficulties caused
some of the work to be Abandoned.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-01-20
FoRGoTTEHl
'.Z. Taylor. Died 1850"

That is the inscription on the
tomb of Zachary Taylor. twelfth
President of the United States.
A correspondent who recently
visited the tomb of "Old Rough
aud Ready" says for over half 9
century it has lacked the care of q
kindly hand and is fast falling in
to decay
Apparently nobody cares.
The tomb lies five miles from
Louisville. KY. and is off the road.
Ivy riots over the weatherbeaten
blocks of granite. The fastenings
on the door are red with rust. So
far as is known no key has turned
the look for fifty years. Visitors
are rare It is doubtful if half a
dozen tourists visit the tomb dur
ing twelvemonth.
And this neglected spot is the
last resting place of the hero OF
Black Hawk and Fior;ds was.
Here is the dust of that great
soldier who. with 1000 American
rifiemen, drove in retreat 10000
Mexicans under Santa Anna at
Beuna Vista. Here are the re-
mains of the American Cortez and
President of the United States.
He who conquered the swamps
and everglades of Florida and made
Mexico surrender is forgotten by
his countrymen. Not one in-10,
600 knows the place of his sep
nlcher.
The plaintive words of Rip Van
Wrinkle are appropriate: "How
soon we are forgotten when we're
goner