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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

You seldom will fnd brainy
man with a round head. The
head that contains lots of brains
either is very long from front to
back or else irregular. You can
learn something of man s mental
ability by the hat he wears IF
his head is SO bumpy that it seems
as if he never could get a hat to fit
him he probably is genius or an
eccentric in some particular line.
If his head'is long from front to
back he is clear thinker and keen
IS razor. So if your hat costs
more moaey than your friends's
hat does aud you are harder TO fit
be consoled by -eonsidering that
your brain is worth more
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20
A Friday" Shin.

A true story is told of skeptical
Massachusetts, captain who, way
bsck in the early years of the Re-
public, determined to exhibit the
faIlacy of the Friday superstition.
He contracted ON certain Friday
for the building of a certain ship,
snd it was arranged that the keel
of this vessel was laid on Friday,
that she was launched on Friday.
named Friday. commenced loading
on Friday and hauled into the
stream ON the same day of the
week.
To add to the possibilities of dis.
aster, negro cook named Friday
was engaged, and, thus fully
freighted with the sinister name,
the Friday sailed ON a Friday,
bound TO port in the West In.
dies. From that day to this no
tidings of the ill conditioned craft
have been received.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

Some of the bravest of the Beers
will visit this country this summer,
but, they indignantly refuse to go
into vaudeville at the st. Louis
Fair. But the lion of the Trans.
yaal, Cronje. cannot help being
one of the greatest sights of the
occasion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

Canada thinks of swelling her
army. and ten British regiments
are on their way over. No won
der. With our people spending
two hundred million dollars for
rife clubs and talking about the
third line of defence"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

The Venezuelan troubles seem
to- have. been settled nationally and
economically Minister Bowen
had only two or three thousand
dollars for his services. and Hon.
Wayne Macyeagh gave his legal
co operation gratuitousIy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

Washington. D. o., is afflicted
with serious scandal in the pub
7lic schools Strenuous efforts
have been made to kill il. but it
seems to have as many lives as a
cat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

The frst strike on. the Isthmus
of Panama is announced, the
.iaborers on the railroad having
been called out by their walking
delegate. They are now picketing
the warehouses. They demand
three dollars a day for eight hours,
and will demand four dollars as
-soon as thousand workmen on
the canal get there to make their
boycott of Uncle Samuel effeo-
tive.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20
Very Low BATES To Pacific Coast.

For the Methodist Episcopal
Church Conference at Los angeles
Cal, and the meeting ef the Ma
tional Association of Retail Gro
oersfof the United States, at San
Francisco, CAL, the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad will sell Excursion
Tickets from April 22nd to 30th,
Inclusive. at very low rates. good
returning until June Both.
Call on Baltimore & Ohio Tick
ct agents for full information as to
Routes, Side Trips, Stop. overs, eto
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

There are several Smart Alecks
in Huntington that even Sepolio
couldn't make much brighter-in
their own misunderstanding
ton Advertiser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20
Facts Worth Knowing

5lle Illo soeHll-loA AkuOWsi4 t1dI t1SIe
are ulany persons who do not IKE
figuFss But figures have very
impoFiaut relation to fscts. aud
there are certain large facts il
which the people q this couatFp
have an interest A Absok has re-
Gently been issued by Mt y ohm
Moody which gives us the trnth
about the trusts. and the truth is
| what we want Mr.. Moody gives
u classified list of the leading trustr
in the United States He gives
31S Important industrial trusts,
centrolling 5,2SS plants, having q
total capitalization outstanding of
81 246. .352. .533. He enumerates
Ill important franchise trusts
telegraph telephone. gas. cleo
trio light and street railway CON
solidations) controlling 4 1856
plants. and having a total out
standing capitalization of So, ,735,
075. He discusses the six great
steam railroad groups with total
capitalization of S9.0l7 ,oS6, ,907, ,
and the ten allied independent
railroad systems having a oepitali-
zation of $3.50 277 600
The great total of the capitaliza-
ton of all the trusts considered in
this book, industrial, franchise
and transportation. is $40, O,379, 162,-
5l1. After mentioning the fact
that there is in this country about
$50. 1000, 600, 600 of wealth outside
of the trusts discussed in Mr..
Moody's book, the Wall Street
Journal tf March II makes the
following very significant state
nent: lease. 9 ~
1t should not be overlooked that
the trust wealth lis the most i'm
portant, in that it largely controls
all the other wealth. The trusts.
are in control of the transportation
facilities Of the country. They are
practically in control of its bank
ing facilities, and they control it's
main industrial systems Through
control of the banks. the railroads
aud the leading industriaI com.
panies, the directors of these trusts
practically direct the business of
the country, aud when it is said
that of the S2O,00o.O0o 600 of
trust capital in the United State 8,
upwards of Sl,000O00, 900 is held
by one family. and that the greater
amount is represented by group
of perhaps dozen capitalists, one
gets some conceptionNof the i'm.
mense power which. is welded in
this country BY few capitalists"
Pb,,. fact that .tba Will St,aat
journal and to some extent also
Mr. Moody attemnts to ;nstifv, The
existence of these ttrnstA is of no
oonseonenoe II ia of. ereat ..;m
nortance that nearly eyeTv y ona< of
these trlnstsi with. over 500 OOoo oOo'
600 of Capitalization. are ilisgai
com binations and,woald probablv
Ebs 80 deolasad ifthev we're broiigbt
Hfotbe bSTsof. iinstiosg Onr aas,
Going Acknowledgement bowaysr
isof ..ft;o1, esNnas5 lvben ba won a,isn;t
aosinst one Of them re.nv hssr,a
bY C4oSeTF5noaf. s. vaassant Of Mime.
so,se = ~. - sta.a5+ - III 49,,
thai the oo,5arnnols,,t = ss,vsss, notss,o
ino to '..r,, arnncl,,s. :; s ;,ssoo;;es;
f;on 70 trnsts waiI ,Strsat ;rta-
nreted This ststema1tf sn5 ntLaZa
assnranoes that vveresss;d 10 coma
direct from; the White Horse 10
mean tbst,thera .wonld be mo more
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

Now we shall see whether Capt.
Cowles. the Presidents brother-in
law, gets his deserts for running
the battleship Missouri into the
battleship Illinois. to the serious
injury and great peril of both. "a
naval board under Dewey acquits
him of blame. but the Army and
Navy Journal intimates that "a
high authority" requested that
finding. This seems Improbable.
but the Captains relationship TO
tue Chief Executive is unfortunate,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

When the cook stops giving no.
tices to leave it is sign she is
really going to quit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

A woman who doesn't get Sea-
sick deserves a steamer Irritation,
and gets it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

Hon. John d. Long, of Massa-
ohusetts, says "The Panama
Canal is now on the eve of com.
'pletion." That may be, but it
will be a tremendously long night
before the morn of foompletion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

The green things will soon be
coming and leaving at the same
time. es
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

Half dozen -'re1tilent' labor
agitators have been driven out of
Colorado by the authorities.
''Major Hill, in command of the
militia at Trinnibad. arrested the
persons. placed them on an east
bound train, and commanded
them never to return again. /.
Martial law may stand such rough
usage, but OWL government could
not endure it
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

A poor excuse is better than
none-if it gees with the boss.
The ticker doesn't tell every
thing that happens in Wall-st.
Champagne drinking effects the
eyes; it makes $5 look like 30
cents.
A man is sometimes known by
the things he might save done but
didn't.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

The proposition to suspend "a
state from the Union on account
ofits religion is about as rank as
anything ever heard of. But 1t
can be done. If Congress refuses
TO make martyr of Senator
Smoot because President Smith
has six wives, President Roosevelt
can get in his patent by simply
Issuing an executive order that
Utah is no longer one of the
United States.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

At least one hundred Republi-
can Congressman have already
left Washington for home to look
after their fences. to repair their
defences. May we not hope also
to expiate their offenses.
The Republic of Pansme did
NOT receive that 100000 about
April LIST as the associated Press
announced that it would. There
are still complications. lawsuits,
appeals obstacles. hitches, snarls,
and o.her impediments. And now
Colon bia actually stands boldly up,
declares that she has been plunder-
ed, and is ready for war.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

esa5 D. m Keneya Express.
Daily For Kenova and fnterrnedfaf
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

d. D.BsMARr1N ~ Mi :; !9hkPIAn; haIsa1Ss;-Ass AssTRss. Ts
q. v. ALLEN 7. P. Agt-, faEkershurg. Wv.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20
BALTIMORE 8 OHIO r. r..
coHIO RIVER DIVISION,

500 p. m. sAeeommednttion. ti5
Daily Ex. For ParkeFHburR BfstersvflIe
Sunday. and intermediste potnLs
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20
Bertha 1Stefnbaoh. Teaoher.

Bertha Steinbaoh, Teacher.
.Jno, Beier, Lee Dashner, Frank
Gib5s, Eddie Howard ..Jno. Mori.
srtg, Rudolph Written, Anna
Kaopp Margaret Neale.
Peter Steeubergsn, snpt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-04-20

WEST BoUHD.
l0so2 q. m. Accommodafion.
Daily Ex. For KenoYa and intermediate
Sunday. points.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

and the affair Humhert. were devised
by foreigners.
A perusal Of the news columns of
the daily papers is apt to convince the
public that the class of people who
make living out of those people who
can be fooled all the time appears to be
increasing in numbers. And the infer
ence is that the number of those who
can be fooled is not decreasing. But,
on the other hand, it is comforting to
reflect that the swindles that are writ
ten up are the swindles that are un-
earthed. If the number of people who
can be fooled Is not diminishing, at
least the authorities are doing their
best to afford them adequate protec-
ton. The swindler is compelled nova
days to match his brains not against
the gullible, but against the authori-
ties; and this fact alone protects many
who might otherwise become his vic
Tins.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

ters. Usually they have not the
means, and If they are financially
equal to ownership they dare not risk
their own money where the law may
pouHee upon 1t. It is the responsible
owner, secure In the good opinion OF
his associates. powerful to turn aside
or to placate the officers OF the law,
using his own good reputation to
shield the bad for money return in
the shape of rents, who is the most
powerful protector Of vice.
All the crusades to enforce local or
d1nances to drive Iawbreakers out Of
business, to put down immortality In
its infinitely varied forms, are as
nothing compared to a thoroughgoing
campaign for the exposure, fine and
punishment Of owners whose property
Is used for improper purposes. Let
the churches preach that doctrine to
the guilty among their congregations,
let the authorities follow that line
with determination and diligence, and
every city in the country will be as
tonished to see with what ceIerity it's
dirty places are cleansed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
ONE AMERICAN TYPE.

Senator Quay, whose expected death
came yesterday. was one Of those ca-
rious anomalies not uncommon In
American political and social life Al
a private citizen he was delightful to
know. He was a man Of high culture, of
warm impulses, scrupulously honorable
in his dealings, a stanch friend and a
good neighbor. In politics he was the
most unconscionable of bosses, who
found no methods too low for his ends
and would not scruple to use implements
and resort to measures in order to ac-
complish his purposes that he would
have repudiated with horror in his pri-
vate life. :
Nearly twenty years ago a shrewd
newspaper correspondent, writing of
national convention, spoke Of the rise
Of Senator Quay and said that he
would be one Of the great political
leaders Of the country If he managed
to keep out of the penitentiary. The
prediction has been fulfilled. No alb
solute despot of antiquity ever ruled
more arbitrarily than Quay. None
ever owned more fully the people and the
property Of his principality than Quay
owned those Of Pennsylvania. Free
government In that state there is
none except where he did not think 1t
worth his while to interfere; and there
is no man and no measures that the
people would not accept without a
murmur at his hands.
It remains to be seen whether this
type is permanent product or a pass
ing phase of American life. He -four
ishes because he relieves the people of
the trouble of looking after their own
affairs. And he usually possesses the
strong and admirable personal traits
that marked Senator Quay and that
help to condone, in the minds Of his
associates in public life, the political
crimes that accompany and assert his
rule. No one showed the two sides Of
character in sharper contrast or In
fuller development than the senator
from Pennsylvania. But it is against
the dominance of such that we think
we see signs Of revolt among the lovers
of free institutions. and those who be-
lieve that the character of a people
must eventually be faithfully reflected
In the character of it's government. so
that the one must rise or fall to the
level Of the other.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOOLED.

New York swindIer declares that
Americans are the easiest people in the
world to swindIe and cites his own ex-
perience in proof. He announced that
he could cure heart disease by mas
sage, and when patients appeared he
applied sticking plaster to their backs.
ordered them to turn their faces to the
wall and stop breathing and then went
through the clothing which they had
previously removed. While they held
their breath, he vanished with their
money and valuables. It was what the
police officials would call smooth"
swindle; but when the man who sue
cessfully carried 1t out stated that of
all ready victims the American n the
easiest to pluck, he underestimated the
value Of his own native shrewdness.
That shrewdness enabled the possess
or to read human nature easily and to
profit by what he read. The peopIe
who can be fooled all the time may be
0ANA0C0 6AtSO tWO CldSSGS. I0OS6 who
are covetous of this worlds goods and
those who are concerned about their
health. The swindler has only to de-
eide for which class he viii prepare
his gold brick. Once 1t is prepared.
there will be many to accept 1t unre-
servediy.
But whether the covetous and the
hypochondriacal are to be found In
greater numbers among Americans
than among people ef any other ma
tionality is a mooted question. The
man who boasted that they are easy to
swfndIe ks himself an American. He.
does not claim, In his confession. to
havs practiced swindilng In any other
country. SO perhaps heels not compe-
tent Judge. And 1t win be recalled that
the two great swindies OF the young
century, the Whitaker Wright swfndle
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
Muensterbero and The Doctrir.

There is another thought which Prof
Muensterberg did not have or see. He
makes pretty picture of United
states trade conditions under the Eu-
rnpean colonies, otherwise governments.
Whfeh ne would ike to have in South
America, but he closes his eyes to the
commercial! and other troubles which
would be sure to follow a Fzllronean
war when the powers engaged have de-
pendencies in South America open to
assault. Some day when England gets
into conflict with confederation OF
powers we shall be able to see In the
case OF Canada what this means. Cam
ada VIII be saved from destruction
Inen only by the Intervention of the
United States, and who can doubt that
we shall intervene kansas CITY Jour
nal
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
THE TAKING OF KIN CHOW.

AS a feat of arms the capture of
Kin-chow by the Japanese, even
though accomplished at tremendous
cost, will live in military history. We
have not yet been supplied with de-
tails Of the battle, but that it was
fearfuIly bloody affair is very certain.
The taking Of the place in the face of
the terrific fire from the Russians was
only possible to men absolutely fndif-
ferent in the face Of death and quite
as absolutely under the control of the
general who set out to reduce the city
at any cost
Kin-chow was strongly fortified on
the heights overlooking the Gulf of
Chilli and commanding that section of
the Liaotung peninsula across Its en-
tire width. A land assault on Port
Arthur might only be attempted after
Kin-chow had been reduced and an
army moved through or around the
place. 1t is. plain that the Japanese
commander would not have made such
a desperate attempt at the reduction
of the fortress unless there was a large
object in view. That object is, of
course, an immediate land attack on
Port Arthur, located thirty-two miles
south of Kin-chow.
The Japanese must take Port Arthur
soon If they would take it at all. 1t is
clear that the place cannet be taken
except by combined attack by land
and sea- Every day that passes before
its reduction adds to the menace OF
Russia The Baltic feet might be
brought to bear to relieve the invest
ment of the place by sea. A great
mass Of troops might be forced by the
weight of their numbers down along
the coast line OF the Liaotung peniu-
sula to the relief OF the city. But the
principal object OF the japanese ia
their desperate EFFORTS IL the tremen-
dous moral effect Involved In the tax
ing of a place that was actually re-
garded by the Russiana as inprer..
nable..
Port Arthur Is erobably xarrisenea
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

compound. Bravery. discipline and the
most powerful ordnance could do aoth-.
ing. The army would be scattered over
the face OF the earth as the battleship
is wiped from the face Of the sea before
these new. simple and resistless
methods.
This Is to ~be the ultimate fate OF
war between nations. Every step in
the perfection Of the enginery Of de-
struction-the invention OF gunpow-
der, the improvement Of small arms
and great. the progressive development
of explosives. everything that enables
a man to kill more men and to kill
them more quickly--is a step In that
direction. Human nature being what it
is, we are yet long way off from
the time when wars could be ended by
common consent We shall reach the
same goal by an appeal to selfshness
and fear; by making war so deadly to
anyone engaging in it that it will need
10 De summed as an act OF natlOnal
suicide. More progress has been made
in this direction in the last twenty
years than in the preceding twenty
centuries Between the two elements
that we have noted 1t seems probable
that grim -visaged war must bow his
bloody crest, and it may be that the
generation now living will witness the
last hostile engagement on large
scale between the nations of the earth.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
THE WEEKS End ouTlNe.

That the Saturday half holiday dur
Ing the summer months is rapidly in
creasing in popularity with employers
as Well as employees is a hopeful sign
in this age of strenuosity. 1t indicates
return to sanity after a long period
Of what has closely resembled CONNER
cia1 madness. Five days and a half
shalt thou labor is the summer ver-
Ion Of the beginning of that command
In Genesis, and the recreation that is
now enjoyed on the half of the sixth Is
the best preparation in the world for
the rest that follows on the seventh.
AS more and more people accept this
new version of an old command, 1t is
not inconceivab1e that something Of
the joy Of working as well as the JOY
OF living will return to a people that
are neticeably blase In their attitude
toward all those things which do not
pertain to the pfling up of the almighty
dollars.
= AO <A1IICElCdII City HAS yet
succeeded in pushing the country so
far away from it that it is not possible
for the toilers to reach 1t quickly by
steam or trolley During the three
summer months the weekly exodus of
eleanly attired, relieved and relaxed
humanity that pours into the street
cars or out through the railway sta
tfons on their way to the country is
impressive enough from a numerical
standpoint to convince the most pessi-
mfstic that the people In this part of
the world did not forget how to play IN
that long period when pIaytine was
denied them. The procession that
passes out into the country beyond is
invariably a jolly one. The members
may be "grinds' during the remainder
OF the week, but they are chiefly Omars
for the one afternoon, ready to find
Paradise in the wilderness they seek.
st. Paul is a particularly desirable
summer city. For those who seek an
outing on the half holiday there are
the lakes. and for those who are con-
tent to remain in their city homes there
is coolness and shade and a fair pros
pect to behold from almost every point.
In every residence district. From now
until September the gala crowds nrov-
Ing on Saturday afternoons VIII be evi-
dence that the best possible use is being
made of the half holiday.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
The National chairmanship.

In no other single matter has the
president showed that he was such
a complete master of his party. Did
ne not exercise undisputed sway the
leaders of the organization would force
MN to settle the matter at once and
reheve the tension that is on their
minds. None of them can make a move
for the reason that he does not know
whether or not it will be approved by
the chairman who is to be selected, and
II one of them were to act on his own
initiative it would likely stir up friction,
thing sagacious politicians do not
care to have in situations like that
which now confronts them. We do not
know why the president hesitates in
TINS matter. and we do not care The
longer he puts 1T off and the more he
frets his party leaders the better it
VIII be for the Democrats.-Memphis
Commercial-Appea1.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
Contemporary Comment
Folk and Hearst.

The worst thing said yet about Folk,
the anti-graft district attorney Of St.
Louis, IS that he Is acceptable to the
Hearst forces. and win receive their
support in the Democratic national
convention when Hearst drops out.
Folk has not impressed the general
public as being that kind of a man.
II there is graft anywhere in the poll
ties Of the country at present it is in
connection with the Hearst movement
The millionaire candidate is pouring
out his money like water. The sig
niHcance Of his candidacy Is wholly
mercenary. There is nothing in it but
money, no popular demand, no admira-
ton for Hearst. no ability and no rec
ORD On is@part. nothing but cash 1t
is hardly conceivable that a man with
the character which has been credited
TO FOLK should have any alliance with
such movement as that of Hearst
LeavenWOrth Times