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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Mr.. Dawson may be able to fool
some of the people of the time, but
ne cant fool all the people of West
Virginia this fall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Read and think; think and read.
for no man can pump water out of
empty cisterns, or quench the
thirst at empty fountains.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Alfred Thurston. snake charm
or, put rattlesnake's head in his
mouth at niagara Falls, when it
bit him on the tongue. and he died
in great agony in a few hours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Marriage isn't failure. In mar
riage the wife takes the husbands
name, and in a failure the husband
takes the wife's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

DIR c ] Bishop of Agnew, Mich,
says, II have used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe cases of
pneumonia with good results in every
case" Refuse substitutes. At Van
elders.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

ives are a terrible torment to the
little felix's, and to some older ones.
Easily cured. Doan's Ointment never
fails. Instant relief, permanent cure.
AT any drug store, so cts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Women haters are made, not
born. They are the result of some
girls criminal lack of appreciation
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Anseyidence of a good citizen is
that he not only labors to obiiterate
the evil. but strives with equal
zeal to establish the good
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14
MANY children are siekIv.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children
used by Mother Gray, a nurse In Children's
Home, Rev York, cure feverishness, head
ache, summer bowel disorders stomach
troubles, teething disorders, and destroy
FREE. Address, a Olmsted. LefSoY. n Y
iune % Avg 1' =
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Ernest Webber, a farmer who
lived near Marseiiles. O., was car.
rying 100 pounds of dynamite in
his buggy, when the horse ran
away blowing man, horse, and bug.
gy to atoms.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

When a wit has to depend upon
others pecularities for his subject
matter it is time for him to CLOSE
the wit shop" and hang out the
sign ITO Let"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Some men use their good inten-
.tions as an umbrella to ward off
the showers of criticism which
their bad performances have
brought.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Wonder how all the ants in the
world guess the spot where you are
going to have your picnic and are
there waiting for you when you ar
rive.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

If there is any person to whom
you feel dislike, that is the person
of whom you ought never to speak.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Sonny, amt you afraid that suoh
a big Cigar will make you sick
Well, sir. don't mind bein' sick
in a cause like this.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Many young man in returning
from his vacation at the seashore
leaves his heart behinds-also his
trunk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

1t is not always the roisest man
who occupies the largest place in
the world A cur can make more
fuss thsn an elephant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

When pluck gets busy LUCK takes
a back seat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

There's scarcely any Russians left;
For Japanese to slay,
Since New York's daily papers kill
An army every day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

There is a great scarcity of school
teachers in South Dakota. east of
the Missouri.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The contents of the pockets have
a good deal to do with the fit of a
mans trousers,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

What oolored girl might have
killed Dewey at MsnilaP Dinah
Might dynamite
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The Gear of Russia receives ST.
100000 year in monthly install.
ments.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14
Just ask any OF the boys a I.
they viii tell you that tre
place TO get the Best WINS
kies is at Homer Smiths

Drop IN when In town and look over
our stock and sample our goods. Be
low we quote you prices in some OF
our many brands.
One of our specialties Royal Rye
Other brands. prices as follows:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14
Violent Attack of Diarrhoea
Cured by ChamberIain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrh
oea Remedy and Per-

haps Life Saved
"a short time ago 1 was taken
with a violent attack of diarrhoea
aud L would have died if / had not
gotten relief" says John j. Patton.
leading citizen of Patton, Ala.
"a friend recommended Chamber
Isin's Collie, Cholera and Disrrhoes
Remedy. l bought twenty. five
cent bottle and after taking three
doses of it was entirely cured. ]
consider it the best remedy in the
world for bowel complaints For
sale by g w NJ Hooff
The thief who robs shoe store
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

People who live in glass houses
have an outlook equal to their
neighbors' inlook.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Why is a blacksmith's apron
an unpopular girlP 1t keeps the
sparks off
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

What is a oounter-irritantP
bargain hunter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Why is side saddle like a foul
quart measure? 1t holds a gall. on
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The Chicago stockyards cover
500 sores. and they handled &c.
100000 head of livestock last year,
which means $4,000 for each work.
ing day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Why is Cupid poor marksmanP
He is always making Mrs misses. }
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Mason county watermelons are
the best that goes into any market
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The voter goes in for principle,
but the politician collects the in
terest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The chronic borrower discovers
that the closer man is the harder
it is to touch him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14
made Young Again

Zone of DIR. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
in my teens again. writes d. n. Tur-
Der of Dempseytown. Pa. They're
the best in the world for Liver, Sto-
mach and Bowels. Purely vegeta-
BILE. Never grippe. Only 25c at G.
w. III. Hooff's, Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

A .bargain-hunting woman will
always draw the line at cheap
looking husband.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14
July@-tt

WANTED-Ladiesw with sewing machine.
to work at home ON Linen Goods
everything sent free. Send addressed en-
velo2e 20 Household Credit Co., 2l2 ander-
bilt Bldg, New York july "a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14
For Sale.

| have a lot of first-cIass
seed rye, which | will offer
for sale. Call on or adj
R. P. Liter, Point Pleasant,
w. Va.
July 2O-tt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

Tut S Pills
TOR TORPID LIVER.
A torpid liver deranges the whole
system, and produces
SICK HEADACHE,-
Dyspepsia, ostiveness, RheH-
niafiSm, SaIIOw Skin and Piles.
Tim Is az 9Tss Sstsr t Ss%sf 81 icT tbs
LIVER PILLS, as trial VIII prove
TaIle No Substitute.
Blaine's Estimate Of Davis
(From James G.. BIaine's Twenty
Years in Congress.)
Henry G. Davis, native of
Maryland. entered as the first
Democratic Senator for Weet Vir-
ginia. His personal popularity
was large factor in the oontept
against the Republicans of his
State, and he was instantly re-
warded by his party as it's most in.
fiuential leader. Mr.. Davis had
honorably wrought his own way to
high station and had been all his
life in active affairs as farmer. q
railroad man. a lumbermsn. an
operator in coal and banker. He
had been uniformly successful
He came to the Senate with the
kind of practical knowledge which
schooled him to care and useful.
ness as legislator. He steadily
grew in the esteem and confidence
of both sides of the Senate, and
when his party obtained the ma.
jority he was intrusted with the
responsible duty of the Chairman
ship of the Committee on Appro.
priations. No more painstaking or
trustworthy man ever held the
place. While firmly adhering to
his party he was at all times cour-
teous, and to the business of the
Senate or in local intercourse never
obtruded partisan views.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

We will soon have paved streets
and then our town will put on city
airs,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The hotels are doing gooG
business
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

The thief who robs shoe store
is one sort of free booter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-09-14

July q.
The Washington times., 1904-11-06

there is a foreigner admitted 20 the col
leger but they are few and far between.
The institution is under Government
control and the majority OF the pupils
are taking the free course provided By
the Government
Football IS not a new sport at GaIlau-
deJ. In fact, &c Is reported that the
FIRST game Of football that Is In vogue
To-Day ever played south Of the Mason
ana Dixon line was played on the deld
at kendall Green. JACK CllCkeTluE, son
OF Prof ChiCkerlug, Of GallaudeC Col
lege, introduced the mutes 20 the game
when he came back from Amherst IL
was IA the late s-s that the mutes
acnleF5d their greatest glOries on the
toCtDau held when they trlumphed over
Georgetown and the University Of Vir-
GINA and practically won the cham
piUushiD OF th- South at that time
there existed an association among the
colleges of Maryland and the District OF
Columbia including Johns Hopkins,
~ esLeru Maryland W ashiugtOu College
ana 0LlGIs- Ga-LaudeL won the cnarl-
plOnshlp banner several times. Those
were the DAYS when Aucres made a
name for himself as one OF the best half
backs In the South. and Waters, one
time captain of the GfallaudeL team, was
the best LuL4DaCh that had ever QDuueu
the bun and blue In the last few years
however az or the ola men VINO MADE
uD these CEamp lCuEllD teams have left
college, and the coaches have not yet
been able TO develop new men 10 MI
Twice Gdllaudet teams have met ana
defeated other mute teams. Once the
New York State school for MuUes and
once the team OF the Mount Airy School
for Muues in Philadelphia. But there 81
no regular game with other muLes. Iu-
deed, G&alIauder College IS the only col
lege for the instruction or the deaf and
dumb 10 the country, and other mute
teams must necessarily be made up only
Of school boys. And so GalaudeL has
no natural rival such as have Yale and
Harvard, one in the other, ana their big
game depends largely upon the strength
OF the team fro M year TO year.
The inability TO hear does not usually
AFFECT the vocal cords, and most OF the
students at Gallaudet can make plenty
Of noise IL they wish. a graduate OF
Tufts College. 1Ir Clark, who came to
the school at Kendall Green for the In
strUcuiOu Of teachers OF the muLes- Ge-
cided that all the football enthusiasts
needed was a cheer. and he went TO
work 20 get one Up and teach 10 20 the
Z students The result has been 8. cheer
that sounds very much Ike cheers Of
other colleges. but is a series OF sounds
without words. Once heard It is not 20
be forgotten
The Washington times., 1904-11-06
Deaf Mutes Are Handicapped by Lack of
Oral Signals But They Manage to Offset
This Disadvantage Very Skillfully.

down or IS walked on. there SIS little
noise on the Gallaudet side OF the line
When a man is down and can't say
down he seems TO be in bad way. But
the mutes get around this by patting the
tackler more or less gently but always
firmly on the most convenient part Of
his anatomy that presents itself
Gallaudet's present team has been
greatly Handicapped BIZ lack OF heavy
men. AT the beginning OF the season
the team did not average more than 14z
pounds. Since the early games a few
heavier men have been added TO the
line, but even now the average does not
go beyond 145 pounds. They have met
teams tnat outweighed them ten to
twenty pounds per man, and have nat
urelly found the proposition q stih one.
Garrett, captain and tackle. is the heav-
lest man on the team, and one OF the
best players. Robertson and Qutzlieb. in
the backfeId, have done some remark
ably good work. Notwithstanding the
disparity of weight between the two
teams, the mutss would have met
Georgetown on the gridiron this fall
had they been able To arrange a date
The fOur-year eligibility rule which
governs intercollegiate football is not OBJ
served at GaIlaUdet, nor Is il insisted
upon by her opponents. There is. how
ever, no chance Of q man playing for
great number OF years on the bun
and blue team The course at the coILess
Is only uVe years. and the students are
not permitted TO stay longer in the in
stitution except under extraordinary
conditions.
Al the end Of the five-year course. the
students receive bachelors degrees If
they have completed the work laid out
tor them in satisfactory manner. As
rule the football players on the Gal
laudet team are older than those Of
other colleges. There are two reasons
for this The men are older when they
enter the college than are the men who
enter elsewhere, and the college course
IS a year longer than that OF other col
lsges- So the average age Of the mute
players is year more than that OF the
hearing The students are admitted 70
college only upon examination.
BY Tar the greater number OF the stu
dents are American born. Occasionally
The Washington times., 1904-11-06
Inucacies of a Very Scientific Game I'm
parted Under Extraordinarily Difficult
Circumstances at Gallaudet.

themselves as quick 90 learn as the
hearing. In fact, their power of obser-
-arion has been increased 10y the fact
that they must rely almost entirely upon
IL I'm their everyday life. Also ir mast
be remembered that their teachers have
"a means OF communicative with them
which is weII-nigh as So uzfacJory as
actual speech.
Mutes F0ll0w the Ban Wen.
Taking these things into consider
uou- the ability OF the ceaf mute 20 be
come a frst-eiass football player IS not
SO much 90 Da wondered at For foot
BAN depends TAR more upon the eye tha.
upon the ear The player must follow
the BAN az all times, must know where
IL is who is carrying 1t. H must learn
90 tell from the slightest movements of
his opponents at what point the next
play is 10 be directed These are mat
Jers entirely for the eye.
Where the deaf mutez are particularly
handicapped, however, is iu giving the
signals for the plays. 1t is impossible
for them 70 take signals except Dy
means OF their sight They must turn
iu their places and actually see tlr
quarterback signal the play This uece=-
sarlly prevents them from playing as
fast "a game as they could If they were
able 20 lineup quickly, each man taking
his place with his eye fastened Ola Llz
opponent and ready TO get the jump Ola
him when the bail was snapped. III is
impossible for the quarterback 20 give
the signals while the team is still Iiuiue
up as Is the rule with fast playing
teams. And so GaIlaUdet tries 10 oEse,
this disadvantage by lining up as soon
as the ball is down. When once ia thels
places each man turns toward the quar-
T leruack. He makes a few quick mo-
uons with his fingers, every man is
/ again in place and the play follows i'm
/ mediately. In spite OF ali their efforts
/ however there IS a decided loss OF time
. lH this method, and 80 is impossible tc
. drive the team at the break-necIz sn-ed
which SIS especially efectuaI against
slower and less well-traiued opponents
Sometimes the coaches have drilled The
'Ia-laudet team ia a series OF PLAYS
/ which follow one another Immediately
All the team has 10 do is TO lineup and
The Washington times., 1904-11-06

0E 90 play football though dumb
no45sd ana continues to con-
front taa coaches and football
enthusiasts al GaL-udet College Most
successfully has IL been solved
Al nrsI glance the problem lT teach
ius dear muJes 10 play football and
football of such ID grade as 10 compete
successfully with tile hearing, appears
q EGotty one. Difficulties arise ar every
turn For football ass played today IS
Ear LrCU simple as amy novice attend
Ing q EaUu Tor the HrsL time VIII E1uch-
In spite of The OFT repeated criticism OF
brutality The game is more scientific
than brutal Every man has his own
particular WORK cut 0uL for him. get he
must acI as one with ILe rest OF the
eleven oT his efforts viii count for lit
lie. out OF Tho eleven different parts
The coaches must weld huge and pow
er1ul machine But, although the team
must le a. machine its actions must not
be confined 10 mere uou0tou0us me
chauical regularity. il must be adj
5usLaI 90 meet constantly varying con-
dilions. The players must possess "a
sixth sense, similar To that iEle5erlD-
able something known TO oalsueu as
workmanship, "a thing which has moth
Ing go do with the purely Mechanical
Above al, and more important than ALL
guiding the whole. stands the general
ship OF this human engine The part
OF directing the Cueuse and defense OF
the team Ou rhe field lies as rule with
one man. He must be trained 10 observe
quickly the weak points iu tae euemy's
line. 10 diagnose the case ulEauiusly
and 10 thrust knile-lize attack into
the diseased spot.
Football and its me points are not %
be learned n q month nor iu year 10y
q man in possession OF his fuU five
senses How much more difficult would
IL then appear for men who possess only
three 10 master IT,
one fact, however, that must not be
overlooked is that the students at Gal
laudet College are not lacking iH any
thing except the ability 10 hear and
speak To the laboratory and the ma
chine shop. where observation and man
ual work are required, they have proved
The Washington times., 1904-11-06

il would be 10 have them carried on the
same train. The President heard OF the
arrangement, and. reckoning to a serv-
ant said. Tell Mrs Grant that we viii
90 TO the Shoemaker dinner
Il was chairman of the State central
committee the year that Blaine ran for
President. / told him not 10 come so
Wisconsin TO speak. as IL was not nee
essary.
we had made the first house TO house
canvass OF the voters that had ever
been made in Wisconsin, ana it showed
plurality for Blaine OF 20,Jg- he &C.
JuaIIy got 800. Others who were
prominent IN the party insisted thar
he should come and he was finally in
duCed 10 do SO. We had a special traia.
and / went down 60 Chicago TO meet
him
The party ON the train advised him
not 90 stump any more during the cam
paigH after he left Wisconsin because
we believed that the battle had been
successfully fought. and we wanted Hiu
TO enjoy a little relief from its duties.
Blaiue's Defeat.
He wanted to do so himself. and i'm
tended 10 do so. But new influences
and pressure from without were brought
TO bear, and he went 20 New York. with
the result that he ran into Burchard.
and Oh the closest shave OF which our
history had any record lost the State
and so lost the Presidency. 7 have all
ways felt that If lac had gone directly
TO Maine the result would have been diff
fereut,
In the Greeley campaign il was ap-
parent early In the day that the whole
g LII
Gratis would NOT stand FOR him. He had
been abusing them TOO much. The So
called Liberal Republicans, who went
over TO his support in our part OF the
country were few and far between.
a good many started out that way
as the campaign opened, but for one
reason or another they fell back into
the old lines just as was 10 have been
expected Nearly all or them went back
the next time but they were pointed
out for years after in the various local
The Washington times., 1904-11-06

tiles where they lived as men VINO had
'GreeIeyized.'
''I made bet IN that campaign OF $500
TO 500 that Grants majority ia the Elac-
toral College would exceed the number
of votes cast for Greeley and won the
bet, for the returns stood 80 to g. That
was not an exciting campaign but a
rather pathetic one TO those Of Us who
liked Greeley but felt that he had made
a mistake.
How Campaigns Go.
EFT is usually pretty clear 10 those
who watch a campaign closely how it
is going although it has often happened
that great changes take place during
its progress. Many candidates have
seemed 10 have a good chance the day
they were nominated. but the current
Of the campaign has run against them
for causes that were not at urst appar-
emit This was the case with the Nc
CIellau campaign OF l>5A When &c start
cd out thousands of families throughout
the North were very weary e the war
they had lost husbands ana brothers
ana sons. and there appeared TO be no
end TO ir all
THE declaration of the Democratic
platform 20 the effect that t1rceEul
measures had failed found some pJpu-
lar echo. and I thought at lrst thal 2l--
Cleuan would make quite a run.
Der0eratic Abuse.
THE Democratic press then abused
Abraham Lincoln considerably worse
than they are attacking Roosevelt to-
day, and ] thought we might have a.
struggle before US TO elect him Bat
as the campaign wore on, the ECytHera
public began 10 realize that they BWars
very much nearer the end OF the war
than repeated Disappointment il the
past haG led them TO suppose. zud the
current turned strongly toward LiacoIu.
and the Republican party Whsn cleo
zion day came / was not surprised at
the result, and by that year j had
moved 60 q place where i heard the re-
turns just as I expect 20 this year.
about as soon as they have been made
up. have never had TO wait long, ex-
Cept iu 1876