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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

The Pennsylvania westbound
train covered three miles near Ada.
Ohio, last Saturday, in S5 seconds.
being a mile in 2s5 seconds. hreak
ing all reoorde. This is at the rate
of 127 8 miles an hour.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

90 Charleston Return $I.OO.
Via K & NJ. Ry, upon Sundays
during the summer. Train will
leave Point Pleasant each Sunday
At 7:05 a. m. Tickets will be good
returning date of sale only, on train
leaving Charleston at 4:15 p. m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

The Register has good will for
all the world Such as it has is
free as the air that kisses the noun
tain's top or the sun that blesses
the valley low. IF you gentle
reader are not subscriber we re-
gret it and extend a cordial vel
come to you to become one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
Reflections of a Bachelor.


Running an automobile is lit
tie cheaper than family.
Scandal is about other people;
when it is about you it is slander-
Fashionable society wears its
stories out as low in the neck as it's
gowns.
You've got to Rave very little
human nature in you to be able to
love girl that is seasiok.
There is a lot of excitement
when you hear somebody coming
down stairs to be able to kiss q
girl and have her begin singing at
the piano before they come in the
room
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
E. BARNES PRES DCALDwELI4 c.N.cARTALI.
POPLAR GROVE FARM COMPANY,
Breeders of Horses and Mules.
Iowa Bred Jack,
KING KOLE. No. 2lCO.
Imported BeIgian stallion,
SUTTON DE HIERINGEN. No. 2544s


d
Iion ackwiun he
@
and for when
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

"To run a newspaper" says an
Oklahoma editor, "all fellow
has to do is to be able to write
poems, discuss the tariff and
money questions, umpire base
ball game, report wedding, saw
wood, describe a fire so the read
ers will shed their wraps, make
81 do the work of ten, shine at a
dance, measure calico, abuse the
liquor habit, test whisky, SUBJ
scribe to charity, go without
meals, attack free silver, defend
bimetallism, sneer at snobbery,
wear diamonds, invent advertise
ments overlook scandal, appraise
babies, delight pumpkin raisers
minister to the afflicted, heal the
disgrutled, fight to a finish, sci
type, mold opinions, sweep the
Office, speak at prayer meetings
stand IN with everybody and
everything"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

DR.. John B Guyton, of Missouri
signed a contract at Seattle the 9th
,r day with Japanese officials agree
ing to deliver 100000 hors 8 for
Japanese army.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
Jail Practice.


NOlICo % Eny9IclAuD-
Notice Is hereby given that at the Julv
term the County Court VIII receive o1 q Be-
5sh day of July, 1905,
At u O'Clock noon, sealed bids nom phyrfef-
ans and 70 appoint phyBicfan 70 nffsfad rIf
persons con1Ded IN Jan as Iunaficl md llfT-
sons charged with felony and mfndeueinrF
give proper attention to All such 1er1ofIa -
q agtlpulated, 1xed and exclusive aununf A.
loWauee- Such appointment win b1 oTEnrd-
ed 70 the lowest responsible bidder, ft8 court
reserylngtheright 10 reject any or an bIdi
give bond with gumcIent security. to - 80
proved BY the court for the faithful pell6r1Ii-.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
J. H JOHNSON. Prs.
4eete: ,. = 2. - z =, clqlls
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

A little Point Pleasant girl was
discovered whispering in school,
md the teacher asked:
what were you saying to the
girl next to you when 1 caught you
whispering?"
The little ouIprit hung her head
for moment and then replied:
Il was only telling her how nice
you looked in your new dress"
well. that-that-yes--1 know
but we lnust-the class in SPELL
ing will please stand up"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
Humping a King.

4
into the blight of Benin, on the
west coast of Africa and twenty
miles up the river. In the yeal
1867 was born the kingdom Of
King Oyampoo. The British
had had possession of that coast
for thirty years, but more in
name than in fact. Their au.
thority was supreme wherever
settlements had been made OF
ports opened, but up the numer-
GUS rivers and back from the
coast the native chiefs held full
sway.
Oyampoo was a man about
forty years cid and chief of the
Adamawa tribe. He began max
ing war on other tribes as soon
as he,had been elected chief, and
at forty he was cock of the walk
for 500 miles around. In twelve
years he had licked nine tribes
and brought them under his
rule.
Traders had visited him and
sold firearms and taught him how
To nae them and deserters from
whale ships and men-of-war had
found refuge with him and taught
his troops the white mans drill
and built forts to defend his capi-
tai on the water side. Cannon
and ammunition were wanted for
those forts, and SO one day when
a French survey brig came up
the river she was seized and dis
armed and her crew made to
shift the guns and instruct the
natives in their use.
Oyampoo wasn't cruel, but he
was ambitious. He had just got
his forts in working order when
the British government sent a
gunboat up the river to knock
them about his ears and humble
his pride. 1t wasn't a success.
lie sank the craft in half an hour,
and such of her crew as survived
were held prisoners for months.
He expected the British to
fight, and there was a glad song
in his heart as he saw their ships
in Imagination sailing up the
mufdy old Calabar to give him
battle. Within. a distance OF
seven miles he erected nine forts
and five or six earthworks. He
counted up and found that he
hadn't cannon enough, and he
sent fleet of war canoes down
to the gulf to see what could be
Il
scooped In. As luch would have
a merchantmen laden with mill.
tary supplies for Cape Coast Cas-
tie had put in there in distress
and her captdre was an easy job
There were twelve cannon among
her supplies, and these went NJ
the river to be mounted, while
her 1000 muskets went to arm
2,Ooe more of the kings fighting
men.
According to oyampoo, thing
were coming his way and he wa
leading the procession, but ther'
was a little cloud forming on tn,
horizon which was beyond hi
ken. The British had thei
hands full elsewhere on the coas
ljust then, but they finally go
around to take the kings cas-
under adylsement. All needed
particulars were learned from
traders and deserters, and whel
an expedition finally set out i
knew what it was up against.
j Oyampoo had posed as strate
gist, and he had had the advic
of other posers, and yet they mad
fatal mistake. All the fort
had been built on marrow island
in the river, with deep channe
flowing on each side, and the bat
teries in front of the town wer
protected only by tti1nsy earth
works and could he taken in re
Iverse. The depth of the rive
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

A subscriber dropped into q
newspaper Office one day recently
and left the editor dollar on sub
scription. When he went out he
took along the editors 81 umbrella.
As he lives in Oklahoma the edito,
considers himself loser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

A saw eight feet in diameter has
oeen been made in Indiana. 1t is
going to Brazil, where it will be
used to out stone with. 1t has two
hundred teeth and each tooth is
crowned with diamond. What a
shirt stud it would make for q hotel
cIerkl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

The fret time a man tells his
wife lie he lie not SO ashamed as he
is surprised and encouraged by the
way it goes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

It makes a woman awful sleepy
to want to stay awake and catch
her husband in a flo the next
morning about what time he camt
home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Wheat harvest has begun in
Kansas and the touring hobo il
lodging that route for the present
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Tue Governor has appointed Col.
w. W. Scott, of Fairmont. as bri.
gsde commander of the State Nat
ional Guard with the rank of Bri.
gadier General. This appointment
ts made to fill the vacancy caused
by the de .th of General Clarence
L. Smith. of Fairmont, who died
last February.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

A fine way not to get too good
An opinion of your administrative
capacity is to take your children
IN picnio and try to make them
'ehave like human beings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

j. j. Yoder. of Cambria county,
Pa. is the father of twenty-six
at the age of forty eight
years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

When man does not forget bis
poor relatives, it is generally be-
cause they do not permit him to do
40.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

was we'll known, and the exact
Elocation of each fort was mapped
Iout. Four men-ofFwar, accom-
Ipanied by two transports carrying
$4,000 infantry, made up the ex-
lpedition, and when it had gath.
ered at the mouth of the river
0yampoo sent word down that
he would demolish it on sight
AS a matter of form he was asked
to surrender, and he returned
the word that he would have the
commander of the expedition.
It was thought best to make
an object lesson of Oyampoo and
to make fair stand-up fight OF
it. The expedition, therefore,
advanced up the river with wind
and tide one morning about 3
lo' clock, and word was sent to the
king of its coming. Salvos were
fired and hurrahs given, and the
head of the line appeared. Two
of the fighting ships took one
channel and two the other, and
in this way all the forts were
taken in reverse. The transports
did the same, and the rifle fire
poured into the embrasures, and
the rear of the forts was enough
alone to drive the natives from
the guns.
Of the fifteen mounted cannon
not more than three were fired
more than once. The big shells
from the fighting ships knocked
the earthworks to pieces and dis
mounted the guns, and the rifle
fire moved the defenders down
by the score. The men-of-war
sailed up to city without halt and,
anchoring in front of the capital,
they knocked it into smithereens
within half an hour. What huts
were not knocked to pieces were
reduced to ashes in the confiaga-
ton.
The natives did not run away
like towards. On the contrary,
they fought in the way to COM
pei admiration and yet without
show. When flesh and blood
could stand it no longer they
broke and fed, and the victors
landed and finished the chapte.
1t was three days before oyampoo
could be induced to come for
ward and take a little fatherly
advice. He had lost his king
dom, his capital and his arma-
ment, and he had had 800 of his
army killed. He was told what
would be expected of him in the
future, and his written declara-
ton was taken that he would
forever bear allegiance to the
British crown.
In three short days he was re-
duced from a boastful and power
.
frightened subject, and the lesson
was one he never forgot. Two
years later he was picking up1
shells at Cape Coast and selling
them to traders for a living, and
when he happened to get in the
way of a white man he was kick
ed aside like an old shoe.
"To run newspader,' . says an
Oklahoma editor, 'sall a fellow
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Not long ago a youngster and
his mother were going hemefrom
church and the mother was finding
fault with the sermon. The boy
noticed the amount of his mothers
contribution and said. well, una,
you can't expect much for a cent"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Be sure of mans ability as a
scrapper before asking him to apol-
osise-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Excursion Rates Upon Ohio Gem
tral Lines.
Excursion tickets will be sold
between all stations npon tbe Ohio
Central Lines for the Fourth of
July holidays. Children balf ex-
cursion rates. Tickets on sale
July /, 2. 8 and 4; good returning
until July 5th. Tickets will also
be sold to points ON connecting
lines within 200 miles from start
ing point.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Three years sgo Russia was re-
guided popuIarly as the most form
id4ble power in the world. Its
prestige was 70 enormous as to be
q sour of danger to all neigbbor-
ino nations both in Europe and
Asia But Russia was ruled by
grafterp; by remoIseless taxes they
robbed the people and enriched
themselves. Where is Russia to-
dayP What is the moraIP
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
To Physicians.

An Advertisement for Bids for
Poor Practice.
The County Court deeming it 70 the best
interests of the county TO let out the prnofice
q y Medlctne and Surgery upon the pflpeEs OF
this county TO the lowest and beGt 6fddef
notice IL hereby given that bids for the aaD 8
for the county or for one OF more diafffcfs
viii be received on or before the
5th day Of July, 1905,
At II O'Clock noon, II the ONCE oftta rJ1erl-
OF the County Court. All bids must Be IN
writing sealeds and 70 be opened IN the pres-.
ence of the Court, Etating the district or Ldfn-
triets bid Tor and the amount for Which ifl1b
bidders VIII treat the paupors thereof with
medical and surgical aid, and 70 furnish 10
them aIl necessary medicines for one year
from July eth, 1905. No exceptions % be
made Tor tnfeetious OF contagious diseases.
Bids for Robinson district 20 Include the In
0rmaTy practice. The successful bfdfer for
Robinson district and InfrmnEy VIII Be re-
CURED 70 visit the lndrmary once each week
Bo1d with good SECURITY VIII be required OF
each successful bidder. The court reGeFVer
the right 70 reject any or an bids.
june "A J. p r. B. SMITH, Clerk
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Bill had a billboard; Bill ale,
had a board bill. The board bill
bored Bill so that Bill soli the
billboard to pay the board bill. So
after Bill sold the billboark to psy
his board bill the board bill no
longer bored Bill.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

The NAVAL Annual of the Un-
tied States says: sat the end of
1908 the United States will be-
come the second naval power of
the world, ard the British and Un-
lied Stotes navies combined would
be able to put into line 70 first
class battleships. as compared with
SO possessed by the other FIVE naval
powers. That 10 a most impress
sive consideration. Its bearing
upon the greatness and self sufi-
cisnoy of the Anglo Saxon world
is obvious an i most gratifying and
We may hope that it's significance
to the peacs and welfare of the
entire world may be no less ap-
parent and effective
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Evidently Chicago has no intent
ion of declaring peace while Russ
ia and Japan have the center of
the worlds diplomatic stage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

Why do people say keep stiff
upper lip2' 1t is the lower lip that
tremblas when you want to cry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

ANY reason why the mem.
straw hats have much nsrTowe,
brim than last year," asks a cor.
respondent. Sure. The sole OBJ
ject of the designer is to make the
possessor of last years hat look
as silly as possible.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

There would be too much money
in the world if the women wore
common sense CLOTHES.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

A West Virginia man went into
q drug store last Sunday and wink
ed at the druggists wife who wat
behind the counter. She was abou,
to hit him with an ioe pick wher'
her husband came in and explain
ed to her that the man simply want.
ed an eye opener"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28

nishes a very fine Business course,
giving thorough instruction IN
Stenography, TypeMriiing and
Book. keeping. The work done By
the Art Department has made the
Art exhibits of this school each
Commandment famous. especial
.ly In China and oil painting.
The largest single department.
however, is found IN the Conser-
yatory of music. One hundred and
fifty-four students were enrolled In
this depar ment alone last session.
requiring the full timeof seven IN
structors.
Z The home-life of the school is
attractive and charming, and the
students soon learn 10 love not on
ly the. school but also "old Lewis
burg noted Tor hundred yeaEs
for It's hospitality and culture.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
FORTYlTHIRD YEAR.
Hor.s sualloved a Rat.

As the result of swallowing q
live rat while eating oats out Of
his trough. the noted trotting horse
Corintho, son of Orntorio, S:l3.
died in great agony at hie stable in
Lexington, KY. While the horse
vas partaking of his feed, his groom
noticed that he eas acting queerly.
but before medinaI aid oouid be
summoned he began having con-
vuIsiops and evidently suffered q
horrible death. After an examine
tio1 had been made by the veteri-
nsrfans it Was found that the wind
pipe of the horse had been lacerat-
ed by the rat in its Efforts to gnaw
its way out of the throat vetri-
narians who attended the animal
say il is the first case on record. so
far ~ they know. where hoEss
experienced such . peculiar death.
He as bred by the late Major b.
c. Mcdowell and was owned by
his son in-law Dssha Breckin-
ridge.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-06-28
BALTIMORE &oa1o R. R.
POPULAR sEAsHoRE EXCURSIONS.
ATLANTIC CITY,
Cape May, Ocean City, Sea Isle City. N.
j., Ocean City. Nd, and RehObOth
Beach, Del.
Thursdays, june ~,
July 6 and 20,
August 3. IL, 81,
AT FOLLOWING

VERY Low 8AE9B.
From Point Pleasant, only $I2 Round
Trip, tickets good in coachet only.
Only $l4 Round Trip, tickets good in
Pullman cars when accompanied by
regular Pullman ticket
All tickets good returning 6 days, in
cluding date OF ale.
Stopovers allowed on return trip at
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ipgton.
Ask Baltimore & Ohio ticket agents
for pamphlet giving detailed infor-
nation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
MONEY TO LOAN

on good Mortgage. Loans Negotiated
l.. NJ. HAINES,
eblS-tf ElktOn, Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24
DELAWARE'S
CLOSING DAYS
Elkfonians Figure In College Com.
mencemenf Exercises

the closing WEE k at Delaware College
Nswa:k, opered on Sunday with the Dac-
oi!aure&te sermon preached 10y Rev. Charles
4. Hill, Of salisbury, Nj. The Glass Day
exercises were held Oh Monday with Charles
W. Cash '05 Chairman l.. l. Cooper read
the c ass history. FIauk y. Evans, of Elkton,
gave the c.aSs Grafton, The American
G:i1ir0n." Il. d. Frazer Jr. of EIktou,
real the class prophecy The seventy-flrst
anniversary OF the AthenGean Literary
Soetcty Wa held on Monday night in the
Oratory. fine address on THE Successful
Dfcamer' was given by Rev. John McEl-
noyIe, OF Elkton. On Tuesday the Trustees
met. Chief Justice Charcs Lore was re-
esctci Prcsi !ent of the Board, aud the
o;het effects were retained. Graduate and
post graduate degrees we're awarded Joseph
Brtwster, Instructor in chcuestry, and Clay
ton o. Smith, in botany, resigned, the latter
going to Stanford University, California. A.
B. Foster, OF Western MAJ yand College, sue
cecds Mr.. Brewster, who goes into the ser
vice o. an oil company in Wilmington. On
Tuesday afternoon the field sports were held
the shot put, the pole vault the quarter mile
raa, the running broad jump and the half
mile run. The record OF 20 seconds In the
100 yards hurdle was repeated. The trc-
phie5 for new records were offered by former
graduates. 0S won the inter class cham
pionship with AZ points '05 was second with
49, '06 third with % ard '07 fourth with Is.
Itch. lnIt O.. l..
its anniversary E. F. Warrington gave the
society address, Z. Monroe Baker the regu-
lar address on "The Man Jesus and Demo-
crGcy," aud Frank B. Evans of Elkton, the
farewell address,
The commencement proper was held on
Wednesday. There were twenty-five grad.
yates. Among them were Frank Barton
Evans and Robert Belville Frazer, of Elkton,
who received the degree OF Bachelor of Arts,
the former in the Classical, and the latter In
the Latin Scientific Course Mr.. Frazer de-
livered one and Mr.. Evans another of the
three orations, the formers subject Poe,
he Man and the Artist" Mr.. Evans MARY
lands Part in the Formation of the Union, +"
Alfred Hal son Hartman, Of Elkton, was
given the dgrce OF Civil Engineer. The
Coleman. Alumni, Bush, Curti!, ard Church
man prizes were awarded The first Bush
pre-, SIS. for the best literary essay, was
| awarded to Robert B. Frhz-r. he cadets
| competitive drtll WAS held IN the afternoon,
Company winning tn" Il ,lrrts prize. The
grand osing ball Wa- held in the evening in
Recitation Hall with FULLY two undred ladies
and gentlemen in attendance. The Bellevue
Strattords Orchestra, OF Philadelphia, fur
nlshed the music. The classes Of 03 and '04
met and dined at the Clayton House, Wi
mipgton on Tuesday night. John E. Mack
all, '03, was one of those present.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-06-24

TIE foolish notion that q
mans views on the tariff OF
territorial expansion or State
rights should determine his
attitude on questions Of local
taxation and administration has
been responsible for a vast
amount of misgovernment in
America. The sensible voter
will not hesitate to lay aside
national issues when it comes
to rebuking corrupt political
ring, wearing the livery of
either party. He will gladly
join with neighbors Of any
shade of political belief in de-
feating the plundering schemes
of politicians of any kidney who
betray the public interest. The
publication of municipal govern
ment can only come through a
general recognition that part
isanship is out of place in NUM-
cipal campaigns, and that clean
and honest government is only
obtainable when it is demanded
by an enlightened and coura-
geous bipartisan local senti-
ment.