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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

@. aney, of Geneva, o., had the
piles for 40 years. Doctors and dollars
could do him no lasting good. Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured him perma-
nently. Invaluable for cuts, burns,
bruises, sprains, decorations, eczema,
letter, salt rheum, and all other skin
diseases. Look for the name Dewitt on
the package-all others are cheap,
worthless counterfeits. Sold by Hoof.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
MANY chiIdren az slnkIu,

Mother Gzay's Sweet Powders for children
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Children's
Home, New York, cure feverishness, head
ache, summer bowel disorders. stomach
troubles teething disorders, and destroy
FREE Address, A s Olmsted, Leroy, n y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

A Jersey City pastor suggests tc
his congregation that they come to
church in comfortable attire dur
ing the hot weather, the women
without hats. and the men in neg
lige shirts ~ l2t.iiiii
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

No trouble after this by ice and
high water. as / will have a stock
of goods at New Haven and Mason
City, aud keep hearse and hacks
st Mason City.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

After having been defeated.
sunk. bottled up, destroyed, and
blown to atoms, the Vladivostock
feet seems to be still afioat after
having sunk Sc ZEN Japanese vee-
sells last week. carrying down 1000
men
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
made Young Again

Zone of DIR. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me
in my teens again" writes ID. H. Tur-
ner 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. M. Hooff's, Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

There are" said Thomas Tag
CART, the Democratic leader in In.
diana, three rules of department
which should be the guiding stars
of all politicians: First, never take
a drink, for fear of promoting in.
temperance; second, never refuse a
drink, for fear of making bad
friends; third, never worry about
what happens-unless it happens
to YOU"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

i am making 3 new casket called
the"Hartford Specisl," the cheap
est and best for the money ever
made in the state. L have bought
a new set of hesrse harness, SIS
per set, the finest ever used in the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
Whooping Cough.

"In the spring of 1901 my children
had whooping cough" says Mrs. d.
w. Capps, of Capps, Ala. 81 used
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy with
the most satisfactory results. / think
this is the best remedy / have ever
seen for whooping cough" This
remedy keeps the cough loose, lessons
the severity and frequency of the
coughing spells and counteracts any
tendency toward pneumonia. For
sale by .Hoof. HA
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

The fear That Mr.. Roosevelt is
now planning for 1908 is the most
disturbing thing in the minds of
politicians and has much to do
with their discomfort. Many be-
lieve that he will hold on to the
office Of president just as long as
he can.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Hives are 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. 80 cts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
Used for Pneumonia.

q DIR CJ Bishop of Agnew. Mich.
says, Il have used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe cases of
pneumonia with good results in every
ease.p Refuse substitutes. At Van
elders,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

The great Republican national
gathering alleged to be the party Is
nominating convention is a thing
of the past. 1f4ld
Itcame. it saw, it received its or
ders, acted accordingly and swiftly
spell away, 1t was meaningless
performance from beginning TO
end. Without thought, mind in
dividuality. honesty of purpose, or
courage of conviction it goes into
history as the Denoted amalgama-
ton of one mans orders, himself
incompetent to conceive and carry
outsa single thorght Of American
statesmanship ~ 2
Nevertheless it is the national
convection of the Republican
party, and as such it will go into
history. Likewise it is the be-
ginning of the end of Theodore
Roosevelt Parkersburg Senti.
mel. ssaaH
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Three hundred physicians are 10
be sent to Panama to attend to the
health of the $4,000 iaborers who
will be employed on the canal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Don't Ger Foorsore. c e. Aliens Foot Rase:
A wonderlulpovdert that cures tired, aching
sweating e and makes new or tight shoes
easy Ask today for Aliens Foot Ease : G.
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address, A olnsted. Leroy, n Y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

In the library of Hinchd, re cas-
tie. Lord Camanon's in Hampshire,
England, are the table and chairs
which n .poleon used when he
signed his abdioation at Fontaine-
bleau.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
OAsTOHTA.
Bsars the n Tie Kind You HaR Always Bu1ghi
So: : llHzZzZ1

The administration is distinct
responsible for the General SIocun
disaster, and must be held respot,
sible& The Q. S. Inspection Ser
vice when it Issues certificate l.,
a steamboat practically insures the
lives of the people WHO use. the
boats. 1t is notorious that govern
ment inspectors are bribed and
that they sometimes black mail
rich corporations. Assistant Sec
rotary of the Treasury Armstrong
testifies that a United States Sens
tor urged him to, remit the fines
imposed on a steamboat last YER,
and it is known that Congressman
have persistently interfered to pre-
vent the exaction of fines. Who
was the Senator? Where the
blame rests is obvious enough
For once itpannot be laid at thc
door of Tammany.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Gen. Horace Porter is only
sixty-six but when the governor
ship of New York was mentioned
to him he was found to be in de-
olining years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Warwickshire, the middle coun-
ty Of England, is sometimes called
THE Heart of England.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Sick headache results from a dis
ordered stomach and is quickly cur
ed by Chamberlain's Stomach and is
Liver Tablets. For sale by Hoof.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

The miners strike is estimated
to have cost Colorado 1900. 600.
There are other items of expense
which cannot be stated in fnan-
cial terms.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Texas now produces about one.
fourth of the cotton grown in the
United States
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Denmark claims that there is not
a single person in her domain who
cannot read and write.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Five hearses, three in black and
two in white. Good hacks, plenty
of horses, good men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

Dealer in Shingles. Latb. Gen
eral Hardware, Paints. Sash, Doors
B. #. BIGGS.
POMEROY, OHIO.
Mar 24mo
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06

IA - SREA.
ssarsths N lhs Kind You Haas AIHsJs BObCta
e'is'''' &NzAzzzx
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
PHOENIX HOTEL.
Just ask any OF tn Z
they viii tell you II ne
place TO get the Best Wins
kies is at Homer Smith s.

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
one case OF four quarts, u ice $500
Other brands. prices as follows:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-07-06
HEALTH
I'm SURAMGE


The man who lnsures his life is
wise for his family.
The man who insures his health
Is wise both for his family and
himself.
YOumay insure health by guard
ing it. Il Is worth guarding.
Al the first ate--..-- Of disease.
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and manic
tests itself in innumerabIe ways
TUFTS Pills
And save your ne aIth. g
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

three deckers so familiar in the pre-
ceding century.
The Russians were the first to use
shell in warfare, and 1t was immedi-
ately owing to the battle Of Sinope,
Nov. 80, 1853, in which a Turkish fleet
was annihilated by a Russian fleet
having shell guns that there came sud
denly a demand for protection for
ships. The change was radical, but
1t was necessary, the effectiveness Of
the shell against unarmored vessels
having been demonstrated to the salts
faction and alarm Of all governments.
Nevertheless, to the United States,
Great Britain and France the world
owes most Of the ideas Of naval con-
struction which have to-day apparent
ly come heal perfection. The United
States began the change by applying
the screw as a means Of propulsion
in place Of the old side paddle wheel.
The American ship Princeton, 1912
1S43, was the first war vessel In the
world to have the screw. Though our
own naval authorities saw at once the
superiority of this type over the old.
Europeans took up the idea with the
greatest reluctance, probably because
of the then belief that nothing good
could come out Of the United States.
Nevertheless, 1t became evident after
a time that the improvement must be
adopted If pace were to be kept, and In
1858 the French built the screw battln-
ship Napoleon. The English had op-
p~ortunity to see that this was the COM
Ing method Of propulsion and as the
French themselves were so pleased
with the new ship that they immedi-
ately began the construction of others.
Great Britain realized that a mistake
had been made in not following the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

was at once begun, and the result is
seen to-day In the great fighting ships
possessed by all the navies Of the
world. Progress was exceedingly rap
Id, though our own part in advancing
ava construction did not begin until
a number of years after the close Of
the war. When at last we did enter
upon a period of naval activity, there
were few navies which were not SUI
perior to ours. We had not seen the
need Of an extended naval program,
and, besides, we were too much en-
gagged in reconstruction of the nation
to be able to go to any great expense.
So 1t was hat all the nations of Eu.
rope took u ideas and developed
them. 1t was in 1888 that we began
modern construction, in building the
cruisers Chicago, Boston and Atlanta
and the dispatch boat Dolphin. In
1895 the United States took fifth rank
among naval nations. We are now
third (some claim we are stronger than
France, which has held second place
for a good many years. and England Is
first. England may always hold the
lead, for the naval program Of Great
Britain Is so extensive that to keep
pace with 1t would be useless ex-
pense.
Late history of naval development is
familiar to every person who reads.
The Spanish-American war gave an
impetus to naval construction which
has resulted in the addition Of a large
number of the finest fighting machines
in the world to u navy, including
all the approved types Of vessels from
the monster b~attleship Of the States
group, like the Kentucky, the Indiana,
the Iowa, the Oregon, the Alabama,
the Maine and the Massachusetts,; the
cruisers with the New York, Brook
Ign, and others; second class battle
ships and cruisers, gunboats, torpedo
boats and destroyers; dispatch boats,
fast converted cruisers and transports;
carriers, with all the new things which
have been proved Of value or which
may be useful, including submarines.
The iron plates of two or three inches
thickness have long been displaced
with hardened 1T-inch steel armor,
and marvellous t%urrets, holding won
derful guns have developed from the
primitive "cheese box" from which
Lieutenant Worden directed the fight
of the Monitor against the Merrimac.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

proving totally deficient in the very
first test. The Ironsides did better.
She was covered with 4h-inch solid
plates backed with 81 inches of oak.
During a period of six months she was
struck 1913 times and was never once
forced to go to a port for repairs. The
Monitor, built and designed by Cap
tain Ericsson, was derisively called by
the Confederates "a cheesebox on a
raft" She had a very low ~freeboard,
there being but about two feet of her
sides out of water. Her deck and
sides were plated, and her armament
consisted of but two ~150-pounder Dahl
green's. But she had one point of SUI
periority to anything that had ever
been placed upon the seas in the tur-
ret which protected her guns and
which could be made to revolve, thus
permitting the guns to be fired at
whatever angle in which the ship it.
self might be. Nothing else showed
above the deck but her funnel and ar
mored pilot house. The manner in
which she fought the Merrimac, COM
polling the latter to withdraw and
eventually go out of service, created
positive CONSERVATION on the other side
Of the water, and there was an imme-
date demand for the conversion of
English vessels into turret ships. Work
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

appeared and stopped her in the height
Of her career. These things are all ia
miliar to every person who Is at all
versed in American history, the battle
ranking perhaps as the most famous
naval fight in the world not, of
course, in damage inflicted, but in ulti-
mate results. For had the Merrimac
been successful, the whole north coast
Of the United States. with the ports of
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and
all other cities Of the shore, would
have been at her mercy. 1t may not
be Familiarity known that at the very
beginning of the war, a special naval
board was appointed todetermine upon
types Of ironclads to be built for i'm
mediate service, the result being the
construction Of three broadside YES
sells, the Galena. the New Ironsides
and the Monitor. The Galena was
the first to be tested, her armor
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

contract with Robert l.. Sevens, son
Of the man who originally proposed
armor, for the construction of a war
steamer for harbor defense, shot and
shell proof, to be built principally Of
iron" The length of this vessel was
IRON" The length Of this vessel was to
have been 415 feet, and its protection
was to have been a belt or armor Of
iron 6A inches in thickness. Work was
not begun until II years after the con-
tract was authorized, and when the
ship was about half completed Con-
gress refused further appropriations.
Owing to this fact, the honor of plac-
ing the first armored war ship on the
seas belongs to France, the French
ironclad frigate Gloire taking the ways
in 1859, though previously to this the
French had placed in service several
floating iron batteries which demon
strated their power in the battle Of
Kinburn, a Russian port on the Black
Sea, in 1854. These batteries were pc
culiar things, about half ship and half
fort. They had engines and they could
steam four or five knots, but they were
upon fiat keels and therefore totally
unseaworthy except in the smoothest
of water. Nevertheless, they we're ex-
ceedingly effective. and in his reports
Of the first battle in which they were
engaged, the admiral of the French
fleet said they had demonstrated them
selves to be everything that was hoped
for them. Anchored some 800 yards
from the Russian forts, they pounded
away until the works were reduced,
and not one Of them was injured,
though each was struck 60 or 70 times
by the solid shot hurled from the Rus
sian guns.
This engagement showed that recon-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

~ HE war between England and

GS HE war between England and
Russia in the early SOS was the
beginning Of the development of
n ironclad-or, as we now call 1t, the
armorclad-though not to either Of the
combatants in that passage at arms
can the credit be given for the intro
duction Of the first vessel to carry
armor. Up to the bombardment of Sc
bastopol, writes John G.. Davis, in
pennsylvania Grit, ships that were
practically those of the previous two
centuries were in use. Naval deyel
opment was practically unknown. and
1t was not until the shell was invented
that the necessity Of a change was
made manifest. The English ships at
Sebastopol were of the old two and
three-decker broadside variety, the
flagship Of the squadron, the Royal
Albert, being a vessel Of 300 tons
burden carrying 121 guns In those
days the ship with the largest number
OF guns was "the best fellow" prac-
tcally regardless Of any other consid-
Grafton. A few of the Royal Albert's
guns were shell guns, but nearly all of
them were the long 32-pounders, exact
ly like those with which the Victor.
h flagship of the famous Nelson, was
armed seventy years earlier. In near
ly three-quarters Of a century, there
fore, there had been little or no real
progress in the matter Of cannon. And
beyond the introduction Of steam as a
motive power, there was very little
development in the ships. AS said be-
fore, they were the same old two and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

s~truction of existing fleets was n ne
cessity, and the French led the way.
The Gloire was a wooden shin $50
feet in length, plated entirely with
iron As inches in thickness to six Q q
below the water line. She had a ram
bow and could steam about 10 knots.
Trials alongside the fastest wooden
ships Of the French navy demonstrated
the Gloire to be superior to them ali
in every way. The English then began
to hurry work IN ironclads, and in
1861 launched the Warrior. She was
larger than the Gloire, but she was ar
mored only for two-thirds Of her
length, bow and stern being unpro-
tected. These vessels were of course
Of the broadside type, the turret COM
ing only in our own Monitor. which
revolutionized naval construction, or
perhaps it would better be said, start
ed 1t in the right direction.
On March o. 1862, there was fought
in Hampton Roads the first battle be-
tween armored ships, when the Moni-
tor and the Merrimac engaged In their
famous clash. 1t is not necessary to
tell how the Merrimac, a 60-gun frig-
ate under repair at the Norfolk dock
yards, was set afre to prevent her fall
ing into the hands of the Confederates
when the place was evacuated; how
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

lead of the United States, and at once
began the construction of several YES
sells of the same type. By 1859, when
the first ironclad war vessel ever built
was launched, the renovation of the
navies Of Europe was well under way,
and the screw was in almost exclusive
use.
To Admiral Dahlgren of the United
States navy must be given the credit
Of making the shell what it is. He
carried the application Of this new
missile to great perfection in the
United States frigates Of 1854. The
Merrimac, one of these-the same Mer-
rimac which finally was compelled to
acknowledge the superiority Of the
armored Monitor-was taken to Eu-
rope in 1854, startling naval admins
trations with the shell power
of her battery. In the few years in
tervening between this time and the
Civil War, navies were in q practical
ly experimental stage. Some means, it
was acknowledged, must be devised
for protection against the new and
terrible shells, which could tear a ship
to pieces with ease, but what it was
going to be was problematical. Armor
had been suggested as early as 1872,
when John Stevens of Hoboken, N. j.,
preached the idea. Nothing came Of
it, however, perhaps because the ex-
IRENE necessity of it was not appar-
ent, and 1t was not until 1913 that any
thing definite was accomplished. In
that year the Secretary of War was
authorized by Congress to enter into
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

she but partly burned, and how she
was repaired by the Confederates, who
cut her down to the waterline and ap-
piled a sloping protection Of railroad
iron to her battery; how she destroyed
some Of the best ships in the Federal
navy and became the terror Of the
Atlantic coast and the hope of the Con-
federates; nor how the Monitor finally
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-07-01

Not the Same Girl Now.
"She used to be such a sweet girl!'
Eyes, but she fermented about five
years ago."-Town Topics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-03

COURT GIVES NO OPINION
Court Does Not Intimate What He
Thinks of the New Iowa Law Regard
ina Appointment Of Old Soldiers to
Public Positions = Viii Try Manda-
mus Proceedings.

Judge Caswell in chambers. this
afternoon, refused to grant temporary
Injunction in the case of c. II. Shaw vs.
the city council of Marshalltown and l..
Derby, city clerk, in which the plaintiff
prayed that the council be restrained
from paying Mr.. Derby any further sal
ary, also that the defendant Derby be
restrained from further acting as city
clerk While the writ was denied, the
court expressed no opinion whatever as
to the constitutionality of the new Iowa
law, compelling the giving of preference
to veterans Of the civil war in appoint
ments to public positions. The pros
ceedngs in mandamus will be brought
before the court before any decision as
to constitutionality is given.
The case was called before Judge
Caswell at this morning and was con-
cluded at 2 this afternoon. City Solic-
itor Van Law objected to the filing OF
affidavits by the plaintiff, in connection
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-03

plaintiff than that of injunction IN tire
instance of the cause at bar, and the
issuance of the writ should be without
authority of law in that the statute
whereunder plaintiff brings his action is
wholly void and III violation of section
6. of article j. of the constitution of the
state of Iowa.
For any and all of which reasons
the defendants urge the writ prayed Tor
should not issue
This is followed by an affidavit nj
l.. Derby, city clerk. as to the duties
showing the necessity of the office be-
ing filled.
The Courts Statement.
The courts statement in the case,
which was given this afternoon, is n
full as follows;
Upon presentation of the petition
and affidavits of plaintiff and objec-
tons of defendant. and after argument
by attorneys for the respective parties,
and after considering the same, the APP
plication by plaintiff for temporary
writ of injunction is denied in whole.
"As this case is to come before the
district court for final determination,
in which determination the validity OF
the law upon which it is based will
necessarily have to be considered, l Will
not now express any opinion IN re-
gard thereto or state upon what
grounds | refuse the temporary writ
asked.
"OBED CASWELL.
Judge"