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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
Dentists, Too, Fear Pain.

1.-THE members of our profession
do great deal of laughing at pa
tient for their fear of pain, bnt,
just the same. they hate to have
their teeth pulled as much as any.
body" said a dentist. Il do lots of
work for dentists and most of them
are worse than little girls when it
comes to pain. A dentist came in.
to my office with an aching tooth.
1 looked at it and told him It
should be pulled. He didn't have
the nerve to have it out and went
away. Next day I ohanoed to be
in his Office and there he was with
his jaw swollen, assuring a woman
that he could PULL four teeth for
her with little pain"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
A NIGHT IN COUNTRY
The City Man Who Gloried in The
Hope of a Nights Sleep.

"I want to tell you about my
night in the country" said a city
man who seldom leaves town.
"There'd been sickness at home
for two weeks. the baby was ill,
SO that none of US got much
sleep, and usually 1 had gone to
the office worn out and dull. My
wife, with her mother to relieve
her, could steal few hours nap
during the day, but not L.
"With these things IN your
mind you can imagine my feel
ings when an order came for me
to go to little town down in the
country to see one of our old GUS
toners. At last I was to have a
rest amid the beauties of nature.
Actually 1 felt young again.
"I put in a busy day with> the
Customer and it was 10 o'clock
when / reached the hotel, my
mind rioting with thoughts of a
long, long sleep In the morning
undisturbed by street cars, huck-
sters, fire engines and the hun
dred and one sounds that make
up the noise of the city. I in
quired of the hotel man, How
late can 4get breakfast
"sOh,' he drawled, .about half
past six
81 nearly fell out of my chair.
you've got the wrong end of it,
1 gasped. How late-late-not
how early, can 1 get breakfast
"tWell, you needn't to hurry
now,' said the proprietor. You
can get it for an hour after that
"'Huh,' thought I, 'if 1 hurry
1 may catch up on sleep even by
7:50. And so me to my bed.'
"Some time in the night 1 was
awakened by the plaintive bawl-
ing of a calf for its mother. Did
you hear a calf bawl, when it's
being weaned? Presently, 1
heard door slam and moment
later the poor little calf gave a
grunt just like a man would if
you kicked him on the watch
charm and then all was still
except that the door slammed
again and someone went back to
bed. A few minutes later a fool
rooster saw the CLEAN of the
hostler's lantern as the boy moved
through the stable and at once
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
COS TLY BLUNDER.
4 Sheet of Two Cent stamps by
Mistake Printed in Green Has
q Market Value Of S45.

During the winter of 1890 a
sheet of the ordinary one cent
stamps with the word "Guam'
printed across the face clipped
through with .'Guam" upsidedown
says the Kansas City Star. Those
stamps were printed for the use of
the Island, and collectors have
searched far and near for them.
Only a few have been secured by
the collectors and they bring stiff
prices. The people of Guam know.
but very little about the value set
on such freaks by stamp collectors
Back in the seventies. when the
government used to own distinc-
tive sets Of stamps for the several
departments an error was made BY
the bank note company which
then held tine contract for making
the stamps. The regular color
adopted by the Navy Department
was blue. A sheet of two. cenI de
nomination was printed in green.
and the freak has now market
value of about $45 each. The
genuine. in blue. is worth 90 times
its face value.
One collector was fortunate
enough to corner the market by
getting possession of a sheet of
four-oent stamps printed by mis-
take in steel blue when its right
color should have been ultrama
rine. He got it at it's face value,
and when he wants to dispose of
one he can readily get $35.
There are number of freak
stamps. but the errors of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
have been remarkably few consider
ing the immense number of stampsI
turned out every year. Each sheet
after being printed passes through
dozen hands before it is ready
for the stock vault, and inspectors
and counters are always on the
lookout for errors in printing.
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began to crow, fully believing, ]
suppose, that the sun had risen,
The rooster at length quieted
down and then, just as I was
doing a bell began to ring, a
loud mouthed, iron bell / went
to the window and looked ont.
There just below me stood a boy
pulling a bell rope, the bell on a
post, the post within SIX feet OF
my room. what in the blanetty
blank I began.
".Breakfast,' yelled the boy,
his face red with exertion.
"sWell,' 1 exclaimed, you
needn't awaken all the state for
your old breakfast
"Ten minutes later knock
came on my door and another
voice said: Hay, mister, git up.
breakfast
CLAY I cried, 4 don't want
any hay; I want Sleep But l
dressed and went down. 1 look
ed at the clock. 1t was 6.15.
"sFeared ye might miss the
train said the hotel keeper. 4
don't leave till 1888 this after
noon,' I replied. We'll, let's eat
breakfast said he calm as ever.
The city man concluded, 81
went to sleep at 8 o'clock with
street cars changing past the
house. The firemen went by our
place twice in the night, my wife
says, "but / slept through it ALL
peaceful. The country quiet is a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
ABOU BEN ADHEIT.
By LEIGH HuNT.

Abou Ben iAdhem (rnay his tribe increaseD
Awoke one night from deep dream of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his room,
Making 1t rich, and like lily in bloom,
An angel, writing in book of gold;
Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the presence in the room he said,
ssWhat writest thon?n the vision raised its head,
And with look made of all sweet accord,
Anewer'd, "The names of those who love the Lord.
.sAnd is mine one?' said Abou. ..Nay, not so,
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerly still; and said, SI pray thee, then,
Write me as one that loves his fellow-nen''
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night.
1t came again, with a great wakening light,
And show'd the names whom love of God had bless'd,
And, loI Ben A dhems name led ali the rest.
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Can It Be Possible There Are So
Many OF Us.

How many people are there in
the world? This old, always in
terestlng and never conclusivelS
answered question comes up again
on the announcement by the
Antwerp bureau of statistics that
its Investigations have led to the
belief that the total population of
the earth is 1,652,503, 900 and
that the increase during the pres
ent year will be approximately
24,7O3,00O. The figures are
rather high, compared with the
common estimates, but they may
be as near as any other to cor
rectness. For many countries
including most of those that have
the largest populations, no esti-
mate can be more than guess
work because they have no censI
sus. There is none in China, for
instance, which is supposed to be
the home of about "a qnarter of
the human race and no accurate
enumeration in India, which
must contain at least half as many
The same is true of
nearly the whole continent of
Africa, and South American
statistics are notori-
ously inaccurate. 1t is possible
that there may be as many peo-
pie in the world as the Antwerp
statisticians compute. But we
be sure; neither, certainly, |
can we disprove their figures.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
NOT THEIR FAULT.
After Ali There is an Excuse For
The Bachelor.

It has been demonstrated as a
statistical fact that there are not
women enough to go around. If
every bachelor wished to marry
and were such that women might
accept them, many would still be
unable to find mates. Women, it
seems, are scarce and men are plen-
ty, aud after the women have ac-
oepted the best there inevitably re-
mains surplus.
A census bulletin issued recently
shows that in continental United
States there are 1,639.32l more
males than females. or about two
in each 100. Probably in the pop
ulation of the world as whole,
and certainly in that half of it
which has been counted with dis
tinotion as to sex, there are several
millions more males than females.
In continental United States, how
ever, the relative excess of males
is greater than the average of all
countries.
So the bachelor is a necessary
evil. He could not help himself
if he would. He may oonoeitedly
imagine that he is single from
choice, but he is not-he is simply
one of the left overs. So treat him
kindly. He is victim of cruel
conditions and is to be piried rath-
er than condemned. It must be
easily seen that the proposition to
tax bachelors out of existence lie ut.
terly impraotioable. Taxation can't
bring more women into existence.
And even if it could do this
there is no assurance that it would
compel them to accept the baohe-
lors
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

Having had 80 years of expert
ence in the manufacture of funeral
goods and carrying 500 baskets in
stock, I have dropped out all the
old factory style, 1 have all new
designs. and am selling all the old
factory styles at net wholesale pri
oes, If you want that kind.
l am the only manufacturer in
the State that does not wholesale
goods to undertakers-I sell di-
rect to the people, giving them the
advantage of the extra the jobber
has to pay.
You don't have to hire a middle
man to watch the shop. 1 lcan save
you all the middle man gets, and
give you finer goods for your money
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

SPECIAL: II in Jap Silk; all eolors, 45c yd.
IT in Taffetta Silk, changeable, o8c, worth 81 2
In Summer dress goods showing Grecian yailes
don Walls, Fancy Moha Mercerized Jacquard Silks plain
fancy ogandies Silk Gnghams mercerized white goods &c.
down to new line of Calico all patterns and &c yd
vantage; in table linen NAPKINS crash we can
give you some very interesting prices.
Our Lace Curtains start at sc pr and $500 We
29s, 4so and 500 in both white and Arabian All regular
sIas curtains 9Sc Rufed Dotted Swiss Curtains beauties
at CSC and SLAB pr.
New Rugs-An sizes and prices. All asc mating 17c;
others as low
Do have trouble with the ready wrappers kimo
you buy' We for the Saratoga Line Every
warranted be l and features
not found any other readymade garment Wrappers o8c
kmonas 48c and 98c All we ask is trial.
Our stock of dress skirts good have one
Hot $I7s black grry and blue that would cheap
from that down to 9Sc We show you good
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
Keep Your Word.

From Chesterfield. Letter to His Son
Breaking of your word is a
folly, a dishonor, and a crime.
1t is folly, because nobody will
trust you afterward; and it is both
a dishonor and a crime, truth
being the first duty of religion
and morality, and whoever has
not truth cannot he supposed to
have any one good quality, and
must become the detestation of
God and man. Therefore I ex-
pect, from your truth and your
honor, that you will do that,
which Independently of your
promise, your own interest and
ambition ought to incline you to
do; that is, to excel in everything
you undertake. When I was of
your age, L should have9been
ashamed if any boy of that age
had learned his book better, or
played at any play better than 1
did; and I would not have rested
a moment till 1 had got before
him. Julius Caesar, who had a
noble thirst of glory, used to say
that he would rather be the first
in a village than the second in
Rome; and he even cried when
he saw the statue of Alexander
the Great, with the reflection of
how much more glory Alexander
had acquired, at 80 years old,
than he at much more advanced
age. These are the sentiments
to make people considerable, and
those who Ihave them not will
pass their lives in obscurity and
contempt; whereas, those who
endeavor to excel all, are at least
sure of excelling a great many
(June, 1742)
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

srable merchandise for Spring and Summer
on of silks Everything and date be found in this line
colors and styles. Prices, 1898 to 500.
Ladies Lace Hose in beautiful patterns; prices ID
and 4Se per pair finer line in silk at 7sc and sIoo.
We proud of Millinery Department. Our Ladies'
ners bossa bf M one snd 0 the
the style of every of them to be
GENTLEMEN Do have trouble getting fitted for suit
Lets measure you Ed Price & Co.. of Chicago, do the
Perfection Tailoring Co.. which does very large business
aides SUITS jackets skirts, shrtwast SUITS &c. We will be
pleased show you samples and quote prices anything
this line
Refrgerators, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks Window
and all other household necessities will be found here
the lowest low prices
entire lot.
We business, and by giving you goods
the money and goods money hope
get it. Ask for tray checks for all purchases
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
Forget About Your stomach.

IF your digestion is bad the vital
organs of your body are not fed
an nourished as they should be
They grow weak and invite disease
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
you eat, cures indigestion and all
stomach troubles You forget you
have stomach from the very day
you begin taking it. This is be-
cause it gets q rest-reouperates
and gradually grows 30 strong and
healthy that it troubles you no
more. Sold by all druggists
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

have in stock full line of Me.
talic Caskets and Zinc and Copper
lined. A full line of Metallic Grave
Vaults I make a full line of Couch
Caskets in all styles Ny child
ren's Caskets are much. finer than
any others and all new designs, and
cannot be bought outside. :
1 WILL PAY
all ferriages. furnish horse feed.
give you your dinner and deliver
all goods free of charge. Drive
your teams over, I will pay your
fare by rail or street car, give you
better attention and save you
money.
Having doubled the Undertak-
ing in Mason county caused me to
buy property and build in Mason
City, an Undertaking room and
office, and fine stock of finished
woork for the Mason county trade
will be kept on hand. with a fine
Hearse, Undertakers Wagon, Hack
and Four Horses. You will find a
man to wait on you and give
prompt attention to all customers
at Mason City and the surround
ing country. At New Haven Mr..
VIM. Allen will attend to the trade.
1 nave on hand 100000 Perfec-
ton 18in. Washington Red Cedar
Shingles at q reduced price. 200.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
SUICIDE CLUE"
Death Of its President and Last Re
naming Members.

a 6peOlal IrOm DtlQRepOEs3 Oou-
nectiCut, announces that the "Sni.
cide Club" organic d ten years
ago by thirteen congenial spirits,
who derided superstition, hes been
dissolved by the death of its presi-
dent and last remaining member
Daniel Loeser He was the only
one who did not die by his own
hand.
There has always been more or
less mystery about the associations
proceedings. but the details of its
formation are well known It's
membership was made up largely
of German Americans. who met in
hs=s9snines N xarious Isslfts to
drink beer and play pinochle. and
it was at one of these meetings
that the talk of a '.suicide club"
was started The suggestion was
accepted and it was decided to
limit the membership to thirteen
Not long after that first night
only twelve men assembled at the
appointed place. Announcement
was made that John Mckenzie.
who had just re, urned from Switz
erIand, had shot himself.
Whatever shook or surprise this
may have been to the others. it did
not disrupt the society.
George Lavenworth, city editor
of the Bridgeport Farmer, was
member, and on the morning that
a humorous article on the club
appeared in his paper he was found
dead. with an empty bottle that
had contained oarbt lic acid. lying
besid him
For year there were no more
breaks in the ranks Then Victor
Heisterhagen went into his cellar
and shot himself
Alexander Heatherington was
the fourth to go. He shot him.
sslf.
Jack Eichel. blacksmith, follow
ed within brief time in the came
manner
Walter Nickel. a painter. hanged
himself.
A few more weeks passed and
Wallace Zepp, saloon keeper was
drowned
a year later John Meyer shot
himself in his meat market.
Gustave Woolf, a diamond ex
pert. chose a similar manner for
his departure
About year later Michael Hor-
vat drank oarboIio acid.
Several years went by without
further reductions, and then Oscar
B ,ers, who had twice tried to kill
himself, succeeded with rtzor
This left only two members.
George Wagner and Daniel Loeser.
the president Wagner shot him.
self in New York hotel last fall
Until then MIR Loeser had often
Iaughingly admitted that he was
member of the organization, but
said it was all joke After Wag
ner's death, however, he stoutly
denied that there had been any
such club. He was 81 years old, q
native of Germany, and is survived
by a wife and five children. His
death was due 70 natural uses
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

According to the latest authori-
ties in fashions. the stylish woman
will look this year like the letter s.
To the man who pays the bill she
will probably resemble this: 5.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
A Tried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure con.
tains not an atom of any harmful
drug. g.and it has been curing coughs,
colds. Group and whooping cough
30 long that it has proven itself TO
be tried and true friend to many
who use it Sold by all druggists.
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L.F. CAMPBELL.
Phvsician and Sur,reon.
BALTIMORE & OHIO r. Is.
(OHIO RIVER DIVISION,


Time Table in elect Nov. "a, 1904.
Pullman Buffet Parior Car now in Ff-
vice on trains ia and ZIG north, and trnsnt
7O9 and 7l9 south.
9:l5 q. m. New York Express.
Pittaburg, Baltimore. WaahiDa
ton, Philadelphia, New York aHtn
all points North and East. RD ,
solid 70 PittshUrg. Pullman
Buffet Parlor Car.
2;A5 2. m OhIo Valley Express.
DAILY For Park ersburg, Wheeling
sunday. PlttBhnTg, Buffalo, Baltim01G.
Washington, New York and I'd
points North and East. Runs
solid 70 Pittsburg. PulmBu
e:1o p m. Aeeoaaodastien.
Daily. For Parkersburg. sistergville
and intermediate pom pnJS.
ersburg and intermediate poiDUa
Sunday only.
SOUTH BOUND.
1912 q. m. AccOmmodnfion.
DAILY For Huntington, Kenova, Oh
cinnati and intermedih points.
2:45 p. m Ohio Valley Express.
Daily Ex. For Huntington Renovas ITs...
Sunday ton, Portsmouth, Cincinnati and
all points South and WesL.
Pullman Buffet Parlor Ca.
$500 p. m. Kenova Express.
Daily For KenoVa and tnterm0diR =
points. Pullman Rufiot PaFioH car
W: @. JORDAN. Agent.
u. b. MAHTIN. d. p. T., Baltimore, No
]. McC. MARTIN, T.P. A. ParkaruburR.W ". Nq
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of nuffalo, N. Y, discovered remedy
that blood maker and tisaue-builder.
At fle same TIME aileyiates a cough. He
called it Dr.. Pieree,s Golden Medical Dis
Cove an alfefatiVe extract that assists
In Sirestion and assislil laffof Of the
stotL44so that lie blood eets It's eIefaents
from the products of digestion, the liver al
the same time is started into activity and
there is perfect elimination of waste mat
ter. The germs of grip, malaria. catarrh
or consumption find fertile field If the
body is not kept In perfect order and
the blood pure.
Because the stomach is diseased there
is q diminution of the red corpuscles of
the blood. This is why one is sleepless,
1anguid, nervous and irritable. Sensitive
stomaclis groan alouG at the irritating cod
liver oils. but they will get all the food
elements the tissues require by using the
"Golden Medical Discovery"
The Discovery" is Absolutely non-
alcoholic and non narcotic medicine.
There is nothing else Hjust as good.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the best
laxative for old and young people. They
care constipation and biliousness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

A man up in New York state
was sunstruok the other day while
shoveling snow. Somebody will
have to freeze to death while pick.
ing strawberries to beat his time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

Grandfather, doing some car
penter work. and finding he neea-
ed some screws. sent little Mary TO
the hardware store to get some for
him. Whom she got there she
could not remember the word
screw" At last she said: "Grand-
pc wantssome nails with ruffies on. :
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

Lszy people are soon made in
dustrious in Holland When 8
pauper who is able to work and re
fuses to do so, he is put in a cis
tern. to which a pump is attached
A stream of water is turned on, and
1t flows into the cistern just slowly
enough to enable the lazy person,
by lively pumping, to keep the wa
ter from rising over his his head
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

Five hearses, three in black and
two in white Good hacks, plenty
of horses. good men.
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SingIeton-Dr. Pellet is certain
ly the most absen'-mlnded man 1
ever saw Wederly-Is that ?
Singleton-Yep. He was married
last week, and during the cere
mony, when he should have placed
q ring on the brides finger, he
actually felt her pulse and asked
her to put ont her tongue
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26
Tie T0iIers I'm Our
Factories

n Tofknien IN the world can do 50 assfeh
o. !isz he same intelligence that our own
.lssneEiear WoFk-nisn and women are caps.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

-DlG VI. 1n4l Is why
America is now beating
the world IN rnanufac-
lures; all due TO the
brain and muscle of ouf
Y ankee men and
women.
Unfortunately where
there Is smoke, dirt and
dust aud little sunlight
there also can be found
the germs of disease.
Nature's great disinfec-
tant Is sunlight. It IS
IN the factory. the work
shop the Office, that
men and women suffer
from diseases which are
In the dust and the bad
air. Sue h disease
germs enter into the
blood In two ways.
either through the
lungs OF stomach.
After years of expert
ence IN an active prac-
fice DR.. r " Pierce
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THE BON : TON.

an g well t denbe enn1chndh cfo Summrus
BE -four
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The stingiesi man is the one who
Was married in Gallia county, o
last week by the Justice of the
Peace and paid his bill in turnips
For a wedding trip he took his
wife to Gallipolis in his lumber
wagon and for a wedding dinner
they ate d dimes worth of bologna
and a box of crackers as they wall :
ed around the public square. Be
fore starting for home he bought q
nickle'. worth'of candy and as he
opened the sack for second stick
he stammered: Say my woman,
s'posin' We save the rest of this
here candy fer the ohi:Idren?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-04-26

There are sundry sorts of
treason. The folk who will stand
around on street corners, or
loaf in stores and abuse their
home state, their home county
or their home town either have
as little patriotism as the devil
has religion or the room enclosed
by their skull is full only of red
meat.-Pennsboro News.
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At one of New York's swell
hotels the other night 36 men
sat down to dinner that cost
$4,000. The next morning in
that same city 10000 children
went to school without any
breakfast. And yet some people
wonder about the size of Deb's
vote last fall.-Pennsboro News.