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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The following sentence contains
the twenty six letters of the alpha.
bet: "a quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Captain william o. Martin Dead.

Captain William o. Martin Dead.
Captain William Oliver Martin
departed this life at his pleasant
home on Grape street, Monday
evening at IL; 80, January 2, 1905.
The news of his death will be
received everywhere with genuine
regret and SORROW.
He was born in Kanawha ooun
ty, w. Va, near Maiden, IA years
ago, past His wife survives at u
years, and to be robbed in her
venerable age of. her life moan.
ion who helped to share Q joys
and sorrows of life for 30 many
years with her. is cruel blow, but
she is surrounded by kind and
willing hearts to offer comfort and
consolation. She will not be alone.
Captain John, Frank. Harry,
James and Phister and daughter
julia, wife of Hon. j M. Watts,
and Myrtle, wife of Mr.. Will Deep
ping are all left to comfort and
console hen in her great loss.
His funeral occurred last Thurs.
day.-Extraots from Gallipolis
Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

For RENT P Oapehsrt has
two houses for rent above high
water mark, centrally loo tied
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

When Benjamin Franklin first
thought of starting newspaper in
Philadelphia many of this friends
advised against it because there
was paper published in Boston.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11


An exchange says a preacher
once came to a newspaper man in
this way: You editors do not
tell the truth. If you did, you
could not live; your paper would
be a failure" The editor replied:
"You are right; and the minister
who will at all times and under all
circumstances tell the truth about
his members, alive or dead, will
not occupy his pulpit more than
one Sunday and then he will find
necessary to leave town in hurry.
The press and pulpit go hand in
hand, with whitewash brushes and
pleasant words msgnifying little
virtues into big ones. The pulpit,
the pen and the tombstone are the
great saintmaking triumvirate."
And the minister went his way
very thoughtful, while the editor
turned to his work and told of the
surprising beauty of the bride.
while in fact she was as homely as
q mud fence"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

Ten mills make one trust; ten
trust make one merger; ten mer-
gers make one magnate; one mag
nate makes all the money.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

For SALE "A good cow and
calf Gall on VIM Haynes, Point
Pleasant. W Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

Credit no man with his good in
tentions; make him come up with
the long green.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Trustees Sale of Bankrupts Real

Estate.
BY virtue of the authority vested in me.
the undersigned trustee In Bankruptcy OF
the estate of George T. Stone, BANKRUPT. /
Will sell at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash the following real estate of said
Haven, Gallia county, Ohio, opposite Point
Pleasant, w. Va, to-wit: A certain lot OF
land containing acres with dwelling house
thereon. Said sale Will be made at O'Clock
p. M, ON January 25, 1903, at the front door
of the Court House in town of Point Pleas
free from all liens.
JAMES B. MENAGER.
Trustee in Bankruptcy of George T. Stone,
bankrupt.
Jan. IL. Wkg.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

Some kinds of ants keep other
insects for the food they give,
just as VIC keep COWS for their
milk
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Star Route Contracts.

The Postmaster General has iust
awarded contracts for Star Route
service in West Virginia, Mason
county. for the four years from
July l, 1905, to June 30, 1909.
Those awarded in Mason county.
with the rate per year. or as fol-
lows:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The Washington Zoo has re-
ceived couple of South Ameri-
can rats which weigh over 100
pounds each They are called the
catybara Imagine having a caty.
bara run up inside your trousers
leg, tssay nothing of skirts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The latest Amusement freak is a
pig with tow legs Outside mus
cum it isn't necessary to have four
legs to be hog.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The first type writer was reoeiv.
ed by the public with suspicion. A
reporter who took one into court
room first proved it's real worth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

Dudes who dine on mutton pie
in cheap restaurant. and then
put on their best suits and loll
around the corridors of hotels,
complain bitterly if things are moi
to their liking
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
When there are SO many mer

When there are SO many men
out of work in the United States,
many of them half frozen with the
cold blasts of the North. anxious
to work, and glad of the chance to
go to a warm and salubrious oil
mate, it seems a little ungenerous
on the part of Secretary Taft for
him to go to Kingston, Jamaica,
to engage 5000 colored gentleman
to work on the canal in Panama.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

Milton to Glenwood, K. Neal. $3.50
McCausland TO Grimm's Landing, w.
Leon to Baden, E. w. Badgey 3Os
Beech Hill to Arlee, 2. NJ. Leake...... zoe
Ash to Debby, w. Taylor. 90
Gunville to Arbuckle, B. ]. Cossin. ~. 2B5
Henderson to Caddie, ]. E. Johnson. 2as
r GlenwoOd to ona, F. DiehI. GA
Fay to Elwell, n. d. Henry. II5
Ellen to Swami, E. II. Edmunds. 3l9
Tribble to Elmwood. L. d. Forbus 100
Stevens TO Arbuckie, H. Snyder 400
Sassafras to Letart, F. M Roush. $50
Santown to Ambrosia, r. M Webster 1877
Pond Lick to Ben Lomond, B. Bright 100
otia to Point Pleasant, L. S. Mccoy. l,O9O
Chestnut to Letart N Shirley lSg
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Terrible Aceident.

This one halls from Texas: Re.
Gently, man. while shaving him
self. sliced of the end of his nose.
and very naturally dropped the ra
zor. which in falling out off one of
his big toes. A local surgeon
bandaged him up, but in the ex-
citement of the moment bound
the end of the toe to the nose
wound, and put the nose where the
toe ought to be- The mistake WAS
not discovered for three days.
when the bandages ere removed.
and by that time. thanks to the
wonderful curative powers of the
recently discovered radinm water.
perfect union had taken place. and
both wounds were found to be
completely healed The only in.
conveniences the patient now TX.
periences is trimming the toe nail
on the end of the nose and taking
off his shoe when he wants to
sneeze
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

A report from Iowa states that
letters haze been received there by
friends of Minister Conger and
wife to the effect that the empress
dowager of China has been con
verted to Christianity and will
shortly publicly announce the
fact. The report seems highly
improbable, and may be predicted
on the fact that the old ruler of
China may have taken some in
terest in the doctrines of Chris
tianity and expressed admiration
for some of them. For her to an
nounce her conversion publicly.
even if she were privately CON-
WINGED of the truth of Christianity,
would inevitably lead to great trou-
BILE Powerful as her influence is,
she could not hope to fly in the
face of all the traditions of her
PEI pie without being called upon
to meet universal revolt. The day
may come when China will have q
Christi IN ruler. but in all proba-
bility it is many years ahead. If
the old empress should be convert
ed she would probably relinquish
her authority before making the
foot known, as otherwise she would
involve herself and her country in
endless trouble -Pittsburg Post
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The patent office has recently is
sued patent for bottling be. +
which will throw thousands of en-
ployees out of work. There doesn't
seem to be any room for improve.
ment on the present method OF
unbottling beer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Bride Goes to Philippines.

Charles W. o'Brien, formerly of
Meigs County. Ohio, but now To-
GATED in the Philippines. as q
teacher, and is now visiting friends
in Ohio. arrived here today 40
oompanied by Miss Oretha Alpha
Keister, of Ashton, W, Va. end.
after procuring a marriage license
they were married here. They
will return home and will then 90
to the Philippines.-Parkersb
Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
TRUSTEES SALE
Of Real Estate in Clendenin District,
Mason County. W. Va.

SOHHNAVHt " %
FINDER and by virtue of a certaiu deed of
~ trust executed by samuel Meek Jr., and
Minnie Meek, his wife, TO the undersigned
Trustee, dated the l4th day of July, 1902, and
recorded in the office of the Clerk of the
County Court of Mason County. West Vir-
ginia, in Trust Deed Book No. IS, Pages 252,
ETC.. to secure the payment of q certain debt
therein fully described, in favor OF the Mod
ern Building & Loan Association, in manner
and form and according to the terms and
provisions in said trust deed specified, and
said debt having become due and payable,
and default having been made is the pay
ment thereof, and being required by said
Modern Building & Loan Association the
creditor secured bI the deed of trust afore-
said, i, the undersigned Trustee, shall on
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
A January Shoe Sale!

here they Lde and ohdn Shoes
the opportunity the to shoes little
W. nave big lotyes big owe bought too manybu
culation makes opportunity Big the lot they'll
last long Come Early.
is Always Rest Come and ook tban ova Tbs
prices will make your purse uneasy
a Few Special Bargains:
60 ladies 81 80 pairs
% pairs ladies 70 shoes. % 70 $50 24s
7 70 500 1898 1898 5 go sss
j. Friedman & Co.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Notice TO Take DISPOSITIONS

To Abby Craig. tEke notice, that on the
hours OF O'Clock a. m, and O'Clock n m
at the law office OF Beller & Blagg in the town
OF Point Pleasant. West irginia, I will Ia a.
the deposition of myself and others to he
read In evidence in my behalf in a certain
suit In chancery now pending IN the Circuft
Court Of the County OF Mason, and State az
West Virginia, in which am plainfif and
you are defendant.
from any cause the taking ofsafd demo-
sition shall not be completed on the day
aforesaid, the same shall be continued from
day to day, or from time to Time at the same
place and between the same hours, until the
same shall have been cor. pleted.
LEWIS r. CRAIG
BELLER BLAGG. Soils. Ds oounsel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11


Mr. ED1ToR:-WiII you kindly
give me space in your columns to
enter my protest against the un-
just, and might say. discrin
mating act of Senate Bill No.
10, termed as the penalty of 10
per cent on all who fail to pay
taxes by January let. of each year
| fail to see the Justice in the Law
when it is always conceded all
laws are founded en- Justice. A
nice scheme to drive citizens out
of State. I also fail to see politics
in it, just as many Democrats will
suffer by it as Republicans, so let
us all who are SO unfortunate to be
IF small means, and this burden
will fall heavy upon. send in our
protest against the imposition, and
.sk for the immediate repeal, and
lot us spot the public men who ad.
1ocate such measures by our votes
10 at the polls and it is not only the
per cent penalty added, but if he
fails to pay here is all the other ex.
penses. return advertisement, re-.
iemption at IL per cent more and
the little home is gone.
Let those who read this ask if he
has paid his taxes yet, if not, he is
classed as one of the oppressed.
So let us work for the Immediate
repeal of this penalty act. My tax
es are $14 90 higher than they were
ten days ago and yours two per
cent lower if you paid before now
Shame on such aIaw. Mr.. Repre-
sentative, repeal-respect, 60, one
IF the oppressed.
STEPHEN P. CAPEHARr
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Lewis II. Craig,
VS..
Abby Craig,

amy craig,
In Chancery.
The object ofthe above entitled suit fstooh
tain a divorce from the bonds ofmatrimonv
from The said defendant.
An II happening by affidavit filed in the
papers IN said ca5se that the said defendant
Abby Craig Is nonresident of the State of
West irginia. IL Is ordered that said Abby
Craig do appear here within one month
sfter the first publication hereof and do
what is necessary to protect her interest In
said suit. - ~
A Copy-Teste: AL. BOGG Ess.
Clerk of the Circuit Court OF Mason countx
BE1.LER & BLAGCi, Soils
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
Order Of Publication.
OF WEST vIRGINII

COUNTY OF MASON. SIS.
AT Rules held in the Clerks Once of the
Circuit Court OF said Mason County, at jan
entered:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The description of those last
grim days within the beleagured
fortressof Port Arthur. when, with
ammunition gone. men weak from
want of food, officers desperate,
General Stcessel still begged them
tstfght on, is one of the most pa.
thetic disclosures thus far in east
ern war
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The greatest possible number
of leap years will OCCUR in the
twentieth century, the year 1904
being the first one. and every
fourth following it up to and in
Guiding 1000. In the same cen
tury February three times will
have Eve Sundays-in 1920, 1913
and 1876.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

One hundred years ago the fast.
est land travel in the world was on
the Great North road in England.
There the York mail coach tore
along at the rate of ninety miles a
day. and many persons confidently
predicted Divine vengence on
such unseeDly haste
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

According to statistics published
in the Wheeling IntelliEeuoer.
2O6,541 barrels of beer were cold in
Wheeling during the past year.
Wheeling has a population of sbout
forty thousand. Five barrels Q
year for every man woman and
child. OF about twenty barrels for
every man over twenty one years of
age. Guess that's going some
Huntington Advertiser.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

The Philippine Islands want ua
to build a railroad. and stand the
losses. The next thing the Philip.
pinos will know as much about
grating as we do.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11

s. N. Abel, who has been in
the mercantile business at East
Bank. Cedar Grove and West
Fairfield. has made an assignment
to Isadore Schwabe. Liabilities
$26. 600. Depression in business
on account of the strike in coal
fields is assigned as the reason of
the failure. His creditors are
wholesale men of the eastern
cities
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-01-11
The editor Of the Columbia CITY

The editor Of the Columbia City
lind. } Mail indulges in this poet.
ical tribute to the pumpkin. How
dear to onr hearts is the old gel
low pumpkin. when orchards are
barren of stufing for pies; whom
peaches and apples have been a
dead failure aId berries of no
kind have greeted our eyes How
fondly We turn to the 10 acre corn-
field. that many are thoughtless
enough to despise the beautiful
pumpkin. the mud covered pump
kin. the big yellow pumpkin that
makes the good pies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-27
BOY GETS
A FORTUNE
WILLIAM c. BRANDT, NATIVE OF
MUscATINE, is HEIR OF
VIM. ZIEGLER.

Muscatine, May 26.-Willam g.
Brandt, the adopted son of William
Ziegler, who passed away last Wednes-
day at his Connecticut home, will in
herit $25,O0O,0OO of his uncle's money.
The boy was born at Muscatine, July
%, 1892 His father was George
Brandt, a half brother of Ziegler, and
his mother is the daughter of William
Huttig of Muscatine.
When the child was years old,
the parents, then living in Chicago, be-
Games estranged, and William Huttig
came from the east and took the child
to his home, where he has since re.
sided. A few months ago the boy was
injured while playing at school, and is
now compelled to go about in a wheel
chair The boy was legally adopted
last summer by Mr.. Ziegler. Colonel
H. w. Huttig is an uncle of the boy
The boys mother, now Mrs. Conrad
Haney, lives at Newark, Nd. The
boys father, George Brandt, is now 9
resideet of Chicago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-27
AN 0PTIMIST
SECRETARY SHAW REAssUREs
kANsAls ON SUBJECT OF
DEFICIT.

Topeka. IAN, May 26.-Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw, addressing a
group Of buiness men in Governor
Hoch's offic yesterday, said: There
is no dangerof the government becom-
ing bankrup. Wecould build the 18TH
mian canal very year and never know
that we wee paying the additional
taxes it cost. When We stop to figure
that we are.unning in debt at the rate
Of only s3O,O000O year, the situation
is not alarming. 1t is for congress to
do this busi.ess of increasing revenues
and not for me to suggest.
II have, bwever, set an actuary to
work figuring for the benefit of con-
gress the prbable fixed charges which
the government will be compelled to
meet duringthe next four years. This
will enable congress to see how we
stand and fix the revenues for the
next four yars."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-27
lMPREssEs THIS FACT UPON IN
TERvlEWER IN
CHICAGO.
TALKS TO LA W YERs
Delivers Address, Before Illinois Bar
Association on 1.-THE Lawyer In Pub.
lie LIFE" Walks Through Chicago.
Disresarding cabs-Former Visits.

Chicago, May 26.-Alton B. Parker
addressed the Illinois State Bar asso-
citation today on "The Lawyer in Pub
lie Affairs He was greeted with
hearty applause.
Judge Alton B. Parker who arrived
in Chicago yesterday devoted his first
day in the city to quiet enjoyment of
the session and his evening to a ban
quet given in his behalf at the Chi
cago, club. Today he was one of the
principal speakers of the convention
Notwithstanding his subject, how.
ever, the distinguished jurist demon.
strated his well known proclivity to
devote his attention to but one thing
at a time, and an informal chat de.
precated the tendency toward too
much versatility.
Refuses to Talk Politics.
''No SIR he said. with a twinkle of
the eye, but characteristic tremor of
his firm chin, 81 can not be persuaded
to talk politics either past, present or
future during this visit. I am here
this time with no other errand but to
enjoy the meetings of the bar associa.
tion."
"You were here about two years ago
on another errand, were you not, Mr.
Parker?''
"Just about two years ago, and at
that time was on cattle buying ex
pedition.
''And the time before that" he con
tinuedt thoughtfully and with an inter
ested glance at the bathing beach near
the hotel, 81 came out here to helr
nominate cleveland. That's the way
1t Is with me. never mix things ur
and as / said, this visit Is to be de
voted to bar association meetings"
Judge Parker looks the picture o.
health, with a ruddy cheek, a clear
piercing eye and a sprightly walk, al
Of which do homage to his propensity
for outdoor exercise and his adherence
to farm life at Esopus
That the inclement weather had nc
terrors for him was shown by the
philosophic manner in which he re
garded the storm of the afternoon
Having an errand several blocks from
| the hotel at the height of the shower
he borrowed an umbrella from the no
| tel clerk and disregarding the hints O
a score of CABIN en-, walked out into the
rain as though he enjoyed it.
81 have seen better days than thi!
in Chicago" he remarked smilingly
when he returned an hour later with /;
parcel shaped suspiciously like a cou
pie of clean collars, "but i notice tina
! the fishermen are taking advantag,
of it along the lake front
/ II shall be here until Saturday in al
probability and that will give ampl
4 time for all kinds of climatic condi
tons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-27
FAMILY SKELETON COMES TO
LIFE AT DEATH OF PULFORD

Savanna, Ill. May 26.-The suicide Of
Boutwell, Pulford is the all absorbing
subject of conversation here today,and
curiosity is rife over the question
whether Pulford left behind him any
written statement concerning the
deaths of Berry and himself. Some,
but they are few. refuse to believe
that the death of Pulford solves the
seems to be little prospect of a writ
ten confession reaching the public, if
Pulford ever made one. If there is one
in existence .itssis probable that State S
Attorney Stransky, who has had
charge of the dead mans private af-
fairs. will not make it public, as he
has not been overzealous in giving the
public any knowledge of the affair
thus far.
"Mr. Pulford left no statement so
far as I know said Coroner Schrieter
SO there is no reason why the inquiry
should extend beyond the cause of his
death. The jury doubtless will find
that he died by his own hand"
The coroner admitted that had Pull
ford left confession it would be nee.
essary for it to be made part of the
Berry inquiry, but since there is moth
ing so far as he knows resembling a
statement the Berry investigation will
remain a closed incident and the Pull
ford inquiry form chapter by itself
Takes Wife From Another.
The history of this remarkable dual
tragedy runs through many years. To
be best understood it should be told
from the beginning. Twenty-one years
ago Pulford, then rising young mer-
chant of the town of Savanna, fell in
love with another mans wife, Mrs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-27
IOWA SPANISH WAR "VETS"
WIN FIGHT FOR FULL PAY

state was under obligation to pay
them. The claim was prosecuted on
behalf of the state only for the benefit
of the individual soldiers who will re-
ceive the proceeds of the claim COL
lected.
The theory OF the soldiers as pre-
sented by Calhoun & Sizer was that
the volunteer soldiers were not serv-
ing the United States in legal capacity
until they were formally mustered
into United States service. They we're
in state service up to the time they
were mustered and the state is en-
titled to recover from the United
States the amount arising from such
service without any deduction there
from for any amounts paid the
soldiers directly by the United States
for the same period
The case which the court of claims
decided was that of James Holvey and
in this the Iowa attorneys appeared.
The understanding is that Individual
soldiers only will profit by the deci-
sion of the court.