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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Didn't Have to Remove his Arms

Didn't Have to Remove His Arms.
Congressman w. Ii. jackson of
Maryland was arguing that the
conversational delivery to speech
was an effective with an intelli.
gent audience as the defamation
of a man whose brilliant periods
are always accompanied by arm
swinging
"You are right" said listener,
"and your statement reminds me
of young lady who had two sui.
tors. Both men had about the
same advantages and prospects,
but gossip declared that the girl
would decide in favor of the man
who was q lawyer. for he knew
better how to present and win his
case. but gossip erred; the lawyer
was T. jected. Later it was learned
from friend in whom the betroth.
ed had confided the reason for heI
choice. Harry is convincing, but
John is just as convincing and
does not have to remove his arms
every timehe wants to say some
thing ="
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Women and Span king.

A New York woman has applied
for divorce because ber HUSBAND
spanked her. A Chicago Judge
has advised a man to spank his
wife for the purpose of making her
live up to the agreement, and 8
Dsnvcr man has been fined 5000
for spanking his wife because the
coffee was full of grounds. Some.
times it is pretty hard to figure out
just which way civilization is head.
cd -A,l4nts Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
TRUSTEES SALE.

RY virtue o. deed OF trust executed by
~ ohm Il. Layne and wife TO the undersign-
ed trustee bearing date February ., 1893,
and recorded in Trust Deed Book No. 20
page 4d2s &c, In the Clerks ONCE OF the
County Court OF Mason County. West Nir-
ginlas u secure the payment OF I'VE certain
promissory notes of even date Herewith
therein described, in the sum OF nifty dollars
each payable In one, two, thrse e, four and
nFe years nom date, respectively, with In
terest from date default having been made
In the payment OF said notes and the inter
est thereon, and having been requested by l..
n. Knight the holder Of said notes, ! VIII
18th day of December, 1904,
AT two O'Clock p. M, OF that day, at the front
door Of the Court House OF said county, sell
At public auction 70 the highest bidder, the
following described real estate.
A certain tract or parcel Of land situate In
Cooper District, Mason County, West Nfr-
ginta. and bounded and described as r. pWs:
beginning al stake In line OF lands w.
X law i<lns, thence with his line 5. - W
old call. :. g w 1873 poles and 20lInks 70 two
white oaks thence y IS E. l5l poles TO q
stake on top OF a ridge pine, white oak and
red oak polnterss thence n 43 e 40 poles tc
q double chestnut oak in a drain, thence y.
40 W = poles to the place of beginning. esti.
mated 10 contain seVenfy-five acres, more OF
| less
Terms of sale, Cash.
! nov ls-4wks. --',' Trnstee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Two True Skunk Stories.

Deputy Sheriff Mcdaniel was
sent by his mother one time to the
spriug after a bucket of water. 1t
took him a half hour, but while be
was was gone he dug out of hole
hole eleventeen sknnks for which
he got S. 40; that is for their hides.
This is true story for he told it
himself.
John Singleton. water works
John. was in West Virginia hunt.
ing one time. and killed 16 skunks.
Twelve got away. He went to show
a man next day the skunks he had
killed and they were all gone. The
man told him that the skunks that
escaped would always drag their
dead in their holes and keep them
John dug in the hole to fiud out,
and sure enough, found them all
lying in row side by side, with
aoorns on their eyes This is a
true story that he told Supt. j. O.
Oliver -GalIipolis Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Speaking of what newspaper
does for a community, United
States Senator David Davis of
Illinois, made an address. that re-
mains ever green in the memo
ries of newspaper men He said:
No other agency can or win do
this. The editor in proportion
to his means does more for his
town than any other man, and,
in, all fairness, man with man,
he ought to be supported-not
because you happen to like him
or admire his writings, bat be-
cause local paper is the best In
vestment a community can make
Itmay not be crowded with great
thought, but financially it is Of
more benefit than both teacher
and preacher. Today editors dc
more for less pay than any men
on earth. Patronize your home
paper, not as charity, but as an
investment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Are your children going to school
every day? If not. why not3 1t
is your duty TO send the child to
SCHOOL every day. It is q duty you
owe to the child and to the state 10
sse that the child spends its even
ings around the fireside of the
streets and highways where exists
the enemy of childhood.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

An Irishman, being annoyed by
bowling dog in the night. jump
ed out of bed to dislodge the ogen-
der. 1t was in the month of Janu-
airy, when the snow was two feet
deep. As he did not not return. his
wife went out to see what was the
matter, and found him in his night
shirt in the middle of the road with
his teeth catering and the whole
IF his body almost paralyzed with
cold. holding the struggling dog
oy the tail.
"Good gracious. Patr said she,
what would ye be afterP"
"Hushl" said he. don't you see
I'm trying to freeze the basts.'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Signal Service Among Indians

With their body robes of finely
tanned buffalo hide held, raised,
lowered, dropped and swung in
certain well known peculiar ways,
the Indian scouts and watchers of
old used to telegraph to the distant
village of the presence of strangers
or enemies in the country. or the
approach of the buffalo bands and
hunting parties. IL the camp were
to distant for the blanket signal to
be made out the information was
communicated by fires at night
and by pillars and balloon shaped
puffs of smoke by day, discernible
to the distance of at least fifty
miles. When traders came up the
Mississippi river the Indian scouts
added the small. circular hand
mirror to his mesger but all suffi
oient outfit. and in time learned
to communicate with his distant
friends by flashes of sunlight. The
fret Indian hunter or horse herder
who caught the danger signal from
the lookout station repeated it to
the village by riding his horse
furiousIy in oiEcle or by some
similar sign.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Every family should try Foley's
Honey and Tar free trial bottles of
which are now being distributed.
as it is the best remedy for coughs,
colds. GROUP and whooping cough.
Prevents pneumonia and will cure
inoipient consumption. Contains
NO opiates, and is safe aud sure.
Insist upon having FoIey's Honey
and Tar and refuse any substitute
offered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Let no one sing of slanted brow
On him who tills the soil,
The farmer loves the fruitful earth
And loves his daily toll
'Tis true his back may curve a wee,
By bending over so,
The man behind the hoe
Let one sing of narrowed soul
Of him who turns the sod
'Tis his to breathe the virgin air
And feel the kiss of God
'Tis his to see the mysteries
OF nature come and go,
The budding Of the perfect seed
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Young America will soon be
shouting the praises of the patron
saint of Ohristmastide. Already
there is great excitement in toy
land, and Santa Claus fiuds himself
we'll nigh bewildered as he makes
his way from store to store and
encounters on every hand indica.
tions of the festival which has be
come the greatest of annual events
Such an array of those things
which bring delight to young
hearts he has never seen. They
are the product of his great work
shop at the North Pole. but hil
workmen have built better thar
the good fellow thought possible
and that none might be disap
pointed many trips of the famous
reindeers have already been mad,
and an endless variety of playthingI
is the result
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

A. Heaton Robertson, of New
Haven. the recent Democratic can
didate for Governor of Oonnecti.
out, has set good example of tax
ing defeat good humoredly and
light heartedlY. His congratuls-
tory telegram to the victorious Re-
publican candidate was as follows:
"Struck Cyclone. Have jast craw.
led kfrom under. Before L look
around 1 want to extend to you my
congratulations for your safety"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

The biggest squash ON earth is
believed to have been in the Canada
exhibit at the st. Louis Worlds
Fair. 1t weighed 403 pounds and
was raissd by VIM. Warnook of
Goodrich. Ontario.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

just look back over the day and
see where your energy has gone.
See how much of it has leaked
away from you in trifies. Perhaps
you have wasted il in fits of fretting,
fuming, gambling. ault-fnding, or
in the little frictions that have ac-
compIished nothing, but merely
grasped your nerves. made you ir-
ritable, crippled you. and left you
exhausted. You may have drained
off more nerve and brain force in g
burst of passion than you have ex-
pended in doing your real work.
Perhaps you did not realize that,
in going through your place of
business like a mud bull through
a china shop, you pulled out every
spigot and turned ON every faucet
of your mental and physicist reser-
voir, and left them open until all
the energy you had stored up
during the night had run off,
Look back and see whether your
scolding fault finding criticism,
nagging. and what you call .read.
ing the riot act to your employees
hss helped you in any way or &C.
complished anything. No; yor
only lost your energy and self.
respect, and the respect and ad
miration of your employees
Orison SWEET Marden. in SUCCESS
It's a Iong lane that do.sns
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

All unknown things will be
brought out if the world lasts long
enough. Here is a man who could
not rest easy until he had found
ont how many feathers there were
on a hen and his discovered that
the particular hen he experiment
ed with had $780, The next valu-
able ad iition to our stock of
knowledge will be to know how
many hairs there are on a tomoat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Bolivar Brown on THE Turkey


"The tirkey is tn legged
quadriped with long mex which
Is cut in tn fer Thanksgivin' din
ner. The tirkey goze .gobblety
gobble' in the barn yard am them
whot etes him gobbles aftir the
ak falls. Farmirs raises tirkeys
furst an then raises the pryces on
EN-. We hav tirkey evrie
Thanksgiyin' an kranberrie
sawce, but I'd rather hav ice
kreme. We etc our tirkey fer a
week an then Ma makes him
intu supe. The dogg an katt
gifts the boans about DecembiI
the third. The tirkey is a proud
bird, butt he hazn't gott no teethe.
He etes by the peck an also haz
no cares. He walks peckulyer,
which is called walkin' tirkey.
Snm men walk tirkey when when
full nv red Ticker. Mi fathil
karves our Thanksgivin' tirkey.
Last yere he karved it intu hiz
Hap twict an gott mad. Nj
muthir sez, James, James,, an
mi fathir sez, well / don't give
a damb.' Neether did BIOL
Brown
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

No woman with a lick of sense
ever lets on that she knows more
about any subject than the man
she is talking with.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Patents Granted to West Virgin.
ian's

ian's
Washington, D. @. December L.
-Messrs Davis & Davis. Wash.
ington ratent attorneys. report the
grant, this week, to citizens OF
West Virginia. of the following
patents:
Alexander Palmros. of Fairmont,
for safety device for cable mine
hauls.
William T. Nioholls, of Wells
burg. for glass melting furnace
Ernest r. Dickey, of Wellsburg
for clutch mechanism.
Oliver j. johnson, of Wheeling
for feed mechanism for can sold,
erin machines or for other purpo
ses.
Forster Robinson. of Sistersyille
for gage pole or rod.
Oliver j. johnson. of Wheeling
for can-soIdering machine
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

If you want to feel wretched
stop and think of yourself awhile
think about what other peopl.
think about you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Argentine. with nearly 100000.
600 acres of land suitable for agri-
culture. has not even 10 per cent
thereof under cultivation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

No matter how smart a person
is. heis never quite smart enough
to realize that there are others
eqaIly as smart
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
HEALTH
IS the
Most
important

The manufacturers of Royal
Baking Powder have had 40
years of scientific experience.
Every method of bread-and-
cake raising has been exhaus-
.tively studied in this country and
abroad.
The result is a perfect prod
uct IN Royal Baking Powder.
There is no substitute for it.
The purity and efficiency OF
Royal Baking Powder have
been commended by the highest
authorities of the world.
These facts mean two impor-
tant things to all housekeepers
First: that Royal Baking
Powder Is healthful and
makes wholesome food.
Second: that Royal Bak-
ing Powder makes food
good to taste.
| ROYAL R6KEEs R6KBzs
ABSOLUTELY
PURE
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Thongn II seems like a oontrs-
diction ia terms. it is true never
theless. that an egg that ''oan't be
beat" isn't as good as it might be.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
Trustees Sale

PY virtue ofa certain deed OF trust exeeu-
- ted by II. @ Sayre and K Sayre, his wife,
10th day OF Fehru ~. 1898, a, d recorded in
trust deed book No. y, page 65, ETC., in the
county, West Virginia, 10 secure the pay
ment of three certain prommissory notes of
each in the sum OF Two Hundred and Six
teen dollars and Sixty-seven cents, and due
and payable in one, two and three years
date; and default having been + ade In the
payment of the first of the said notes, accord
requested by John MeCulloch, the owner and
holder ofsaid notes, I win ON the
24th day of December, 1904,
at O'Clock p. M, Of that day, at the front
door OF the Court House OF said county, sell
following described real estate: '''s
All OF the iollowsng piece or parcel OF land
lSing anu peing IA y sson county, West VT.
trust deed as follows. to-wit:
beginning at an ash tree corner In line OF
Hiram Sayres, aud also corner TO lands of
Larry McLain. inence with McLain's line
s 81 30 w lf5 poles TO a white oak arked
thence with Il ; Ire = ils So " iss poles Is
white oak corner 70 john Werner tract,
to a stake corner 10 land OF VIM. Sayre,
thence with his line and Hiram Sayre's line,
containing loj acres and q poles by actual
survey, lt being the same land conveyed 20
date on the sssh or g Seeq iss an
recorded IN deed book 6i, page s3 &C. 5
TERMS OF SAIsEs-Cash as TO sufficient
| TO pay the costs and expenses OF this sale
and the payment of the nrst OF the notes
herein described, and the residue upon q
credit as follows.
Two Hundred Forty-two and 67-lO0 dollars
upon q credit OF two years from the 10th day
OF February, 1903, and the balance upon a
credit OF three years from the 10th day OF
February, 1908, the purchaser to give his
notes for the said deferred payments bear
interest from date of sale and the legal title
20 said land will be retained as further Sc
curity. B. H. BLAGG,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Carelessness. sbiftlessness and 8
haphazard way of doing things
will soon collapse the most profit.
able business
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14
TRUSTEES SALE
Of Town Lot, Farm and Coal Lands
in Mason County. w. Va.


Pursuant 10 the terms and provisions of a
= deed Of trust executed by Emma L. New
man AND Susan a Newman, to the under
on the 10th day of September, one Thousand
eight hundred aud nienty-eight, and duly
ia, Clerks ofiice in Trust Deed Book No. "a,
pages xzb-1-o-Ss 70 secure to Jas. w Long,
therein mentioned Tor the sum aSfS of $1,000, 900
payable two years after date, with interest at
nss per csa cSnt ri, PAYABLE annnaliy and the said
day. of September, 1900, being due and un-
paid and being required by the said Jas. w,
70 do, shall on
Saturday, 3lst day of Decemb ber,
1904,
at II o'clock a, M, expose TO sale by way OF
public auction, az the front door OF the
ginia, the following property, or so much oi
~ as. may be necessary 10 pay fhe afore-
follows: A lot or parcel OF land situate IN
the town of Point Pleasant, Mason County,
said lot and lot belonging TO l.. v. Gnrhrie
on the East side of Main street, thence east
erly az right angles with said Main street I8s
Feet thence norLherly ~ feet and o inches
thence westerly i32 feet and thence souther-
" along Main Street 81 feet and Inches to
nine-tenths OF an acre more or less, and be-
ing the Individual property of said Emma l.
terest OF said Emma l., Newman in ant and iia. &c
the following mentioned real estate situate
II ettlu 1lahOnCOunIys w est Virginia, which
Is an undivided two-ninths one in and fo
TWO several tracts of land situate in Robin
son District in said county; one OF said
tracts OF land contains 384 acres more or less
and which was conveyed 70 the said Emma
Y. Newman and Others ~ deed executed By
Mary Newman dated January LIST. 1856, and
recorded In the Mason County, West Vir-
glnias County Clerks Office, In deed book No
~, pages 46O, DC and the other tract contains
ioe< acres more or less and was conveyed "a
tine said Emma L. Newman and others by
Slueon Rlftie by deed bearing date on the
l4th day OF November, 1858, and recorded In
the CLERKS office OF the Mason County Couri
IN Deed Book No. Is, pages g3, &c., the said
two last named tracts OF fand being known
as the I.N. Newman farm, and 10 which
deeds reference is hereby made TO have fhf
same force and effect as n said deeds were
herein copied and the land particularly des-
crfDed BY metes and bounds. Also, ali of thf
right title aud interest OF the said Emma T..
Newman and Susan A. Newman in and fe
the following mentioned real estate, situated
In Mason County, West Virginia, which In.
terestis an undivided four-ninths in and Il
Two several tracts OF land conveyed TO said
Emma i. Newman, Susan A. Newman, and
others, By deeds of Mary Newman, dated
september Ist. 1855, and recorded in the oflics
Deed Book No. 10, pages 45S 3. one OF saiC
| tracts OF land containing 2i2 acres and tn
otner sy1S acres, and to which deed references
Is hereby made TO have the same force ans
e1ect as II said deed Was herein copied ant
the land particularly described by metes ans
Terms ofsale-cash.
III. R. HOWARD,
nov z2-i-w- Trustee
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

/ find nothing better for liver
arrangement and constipation than
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets IL. f. Andrews, Des
Moines, Iowa. For Sale by q.
W M. Hoof'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-12-14

Its a long lane that doesn't
eventually terminate its contin-
uous performance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-15
DaIy-HaIIf

- EMHIHa HFf@T0fN &fEN &ENHeM#w4H
81 evening the hospitable home d
- and. Mrs. Tamme was the scene
of 4 a6d pretty wedding. The
parties Wefe Miss Alpha Mae Hall Of
st. Louis and Mi Thos. IL DAILY Of
Las Vegas. The Rev. A. G. Geyer
performed the ceremony. The ser.
vice was entirely simple, no one
standing with the bride and groom.
The guests were, In addition to the
members OF the Tamme family. Mr..
and Mrs. X. J. Taupert. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. 3. Van Petten. Miss Furro, Messrs.
kinkel, ogle, Eitlgeorge and DR.. VIM.
I. Mills. Mr.. and Mrs. DAILY left on
the flyer this morning for Sc. Louis
wheer they Will remain for a week or
two. Thence they will 80 to Chicago,
returning west perhaps to Las Vegas
In the fall.
The bride made many warm friends
during her stay here. Mr.. DAILY has
made his home here for several years,
and Is held in high esteem.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-15

The body Of Charles Johhanboeke
a young lawyer who succumbed to tn
berculosis At Albuquerque. passed
through the city yesterday afternoon
on the way ID the old home In Louis.
vile, KY where burial will take place.
The young wife and child were also
on the train. The father and mother
we're IN the sad ~homeward bound par.
ty. Mr.. ~Johhanboeke went to Albu.
quer1ne about eighteen months ago.
His wife and child accompanied him.
The father and mother arrived just be.
fore dissolution.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-15

In the district court for Colfax
county. Henriquita Martinez sisneros
has brought suit against her liege lord
for divorce. alleging abandonment
and cruelty a sthe u Of her de-
sire for q separation. In the district
court for Mora county veeder & Weed.
or have brought suit In ejectment
against Edward I Jones to recover
possession Of a large tract OF land
known as the Frank Metzgar or ce.
bolla ranch and the Frank Metzgar
and Pinard ranches at La Cueya. and
also for $1,000 damages.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-15
McEIroy-Fannins
Special TO The Optic.

Special TO The Optic.
RATION, June Is, 1s04--At the Ra,
ton Catholic church this morning, Miss
Blanche Maud Tanning, OF Ration. was
married TO Mr.. Eugene McElroy, OF
Las Vegas. Father Cooney performed
the ceremony In the presence of q
number OF guests. The affair passed
of very nicely. The fair bride, *
quisitely gowned in white, was attend
ed by her sister, Miss Lillian Fan
ming as bridesmaid and her little sis
ter, Kathleen, as ring bearer. Mr.
McElroy was supported by his broth
er, Patrick, OF Las Vegas. After the
ceremony d Wedding breakfast was
served at the home Of the bride. The
wedding party included Alex McElroy.
Of Trinidad. and r e. Barnes, Of Las
Vegas.
The bride Ia one OF the fairest and
q lUYabie oi HaY0ns nanshleIs.
She Will be followed to her new home
iii Las Vegas BY the good wishes Of
many friends.
The young couple left this afternoon
for a visit to Michigan. They will
spend d few days at the Worlds Fair
reaching Las Vegas BY June rs.
Editors Note--Mr. McElroy, b Of
The capable clerks IN the office Of
Superintendent Easley, Is one OF Las
Vegas most popular young Q He
Il prominent among the firemen, the
.handmen and the Red Men. Friends
In those and other circles will wish
him tho fullest happiness and the best
o. good fortune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-15
Las Vegas For Sure
AfFrom Albuquerque CITIZEN

tFr0m albuquerque Citizen.)
Adjutant General w. Fl. Whiteman
Of the national guards Of New Mexico
passed through the city this morning
on route to his home at Santa Fe
from 4 Trip 70 Las Cruces.
General Whiteman confirmed The ne
port Tint the summer encampment Of
the national guard OF New Mexico
would be held at Las Vegas, and sale
that the time set Is August 5.
Las Vegas seems the most favor
able place In the territory. said the
general. II Is the only place IN the
territory where water and wood is 10
be found plentiful and 1t Is accessible
by railroad.