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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Boosts West Virginia.

George ". Anderson in i letteI
written to the Monroe Wascbman
advises all farmers to remain II
West Virginia and not be tempted
ajluring sdvertisements of tie
western states The following il
quoted from his letter.
81 do not speak of bIizzaIds in
the winter, of intense heat in the
summer of the lsck of resources to
fell back on when the seasons ef-
forts have failed I do not Tecite
other drawbacks pertinent to the
country which might in justice be
named 1 have desired to say only
enough to give pause to my good
Monroe friends who are dreaming
of riches in the southwest ard are
giving heed to the illusive becKon
l6g of tleir dream phantoms I
nave in mind the tanner of my ms.
five connIfs, who IS ii every mo-
eIerats ciT6umeianoes Who edi1es
"a from i6i' nom
slet IS his lblfst 81 the coolest ol
oooi springs; who throws himself
IN the shade of rhe great tree in
the yard for a well earned rest; who
satisfies keen appetite at the
table where plenty reigns the year
year round; who has never expert
enoed a complete failure of his
crops; who foregathers with his
neighbors at the postofioe OF village
store every Saturday afternoon and
again with his family and theirs
on the Sabbath in the nearby
ohuroh-and I bid him think ear
nestly and more than once before
he leaves these conditions of life
fer land where springs are un
known and the water to be had is
often as vile ss physic; where the
vast stretching plain. scorohed and
shriveling, is unrelieved in all its
awful monotony by single tree;
where the daily fare is without the
spice of variety; where drought
hot winds and insects constantly
menace the crop; where neighbors.
=ohool and churches are as far re
moved as were the utmost bounda-
ries of his old home county-and
where the longing for the dear
scenes of his boyhood must inevita-
oily sicken his heart and lead him
oaok, weary. but penitentT'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Rape of Treasures.

Readers of newspapers have been
surfeited the past week with sworn
details cf the treasures of the big
life insurance companies by theiI
officers. 1t has been shown by
evidence, which is neither doubted
nor disputed, that millions OF
money belonging to the policy
holders in the companies under
investigation has been stolen.
Extraordinary and unearned sal
aries have been paid to officers and
agents, to the aggregate ct millions
of dollars. Families were quarter
en- on the companies at compensa-
ton 30 much greater than their
ability to earn that the facts were
kept from the polioyholders whose
money they were stealing, and even
the directors were denied know
ledge of the pilferous undertakings
that were daily taking place. Ii
was steal and graft, and graft and
steal, theft and perjury, burglary
and larceny from the president to
the janitor. Ii was happy family
of thieves, a ocmposit heap of
sooundrels, in whose moral make.
up lsroeny a virtue. robbery a chris
tian act and false swearing bnsi,
ness necessity.
All these things and many more
nave been established by moon.
trovertible and unquestionable tee-
timony. The facts are not disput.
ed. Statutory as we'll as mora
crimes have been 80 abundant that
an honest act at onoe falls under
suspicion. And yet with all these
facts made apparent, held up in
the buzzing, furnishing light oi
publicity not move has beer
made by any sworn official or any
court to bring the rasoals to an &C.
counting for their crimes. 1t ii
needless to ask why. They all dc
it.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Deaths.

Mrs. William Harpold, aged
"a years, died at her home in
Hartford, Monday evening, Oct.
81st, 1905. She was an estimable
lady and leaves many mourning
relatives. Interment Thursday
at Letart.
The remains of Miss Ella A.
Curtis arrived here on the noon
Hooking, Saturday, and were inn
mediately taken to Mason and
inferred. Deceased was a daugh-
ter of John Curtis and wife, for
merly of Mason, but for some
years residents of Cambridge, o.
The daughter died at the the lat
ter place Saturday, of tubercu os-
is, at the age of 25 years.-Inde-
pendent, Pomeroy, Nov. 2.
Mrs. A. M. truth died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Tom
Campbell, on Brown street Tues.
day morning. The remains will
be taken to her old home in Ma.
son City Wednesday noon fol
burial. Mrs. truth has been in
the city several weeks visiting
her children who live here and
was at the home of Mrs. Camp,
bell last Saturday when she wal
stricken with paralysis. She grew
worse gradually until death re.
lieved her. The deceased was
born in Mason City nearly u
years ago. She is survived by
the following children: Mrs. EN-
ma Robinson, ofMason City, Abe
and Val truth, Mrs. Anna M
Fisher and Mrs. Thomas Camp
bell, all of this clty.-Mornine
News. Charleston, Nov. 1st.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
A Hard Nut to Crack

An air-ship which lowered for a
time over Toledo, Ohio, gave q
school superintendent of that oity
a poser to answer He had un-
guardedIy introduced the subject
# the new invention in his talk to
the school.
81 say. Mr.. Farley" interrupted
a small boy in the front row sis
the world liable to come to an end
most any timer"
Why, yes, 1 suppose so," said
the surprised superintendent.
well, then, suppose lot of us
were up in air-ships when the end
came-where would we lend when
we came DOWN."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Why He Changed Faith.

a So ltherner was telling of en-
old colored man in his neighbor-
hood Who first joined the Episoo-
pal church, then the Methodist
and next the Baptist, where he re-
maired. Questioned as to the
reason for mis- church travels ne
responded:
"WelI. sub. hits this way: De
.Piscopals is gemman, sub. but /
couldn't keep up wild de answerin'
back in dey church. De Mstho-
dis, dey always hcldin' inquiry
meetin's, and 1 don like too much
inquirin' into. But de Bsptis',
sub. dey jus dip and are done wild
hit"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Time to Plant.

Now that the sap il going down
into winter quarters in the roots of
the trees and before the bad wealth
er of winter sets in, it is time to be
preparing to plant trees and shrub
berry.
Pruning does not require 80
much haste, as it can be done at
any time after the sap has gene
down and before it begsns to come
up in the spring.
OF late years people in and about
Point Pleasant have made more
use than formerly of the great pos
sibilities OF plants and trees. and
their wisdom has certainly been
Justified by the results.
Many homes have been made
more pleasant and in many places
the oppressive heat of the simmer
-wss very materially tempered.
People who have studied suoh
matters say that growing plante
not only take out of the air great
quantities of carbonio acid gae,
which is unwholesome to human
life. but they absorb and consume
a good many degrees of heat from
their surroundings.
This seems to be confirmed by
common observation. For, though
the hottest days of a West Vir-
6inia GUNNER are not very frigid
anywhere. yet as rule their heat
is found to be more moderate and
heaIthful in places where vegeta-
ii n is abundant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Fair Play.

group of drummers were
tr yarns on the subject OF
hol ality, when one, a little Vir-
gin with a humorous eye and
e q htful drawl, took up his
para thus:
IS down In Louisiaua last
mon ,faveling across the coun-
try i 81 Garry (the same be-
ing newall jackson G. atyour
seryie when we kiner got lost
IN q 'ghty lonesome sort of road
just ont dark. We rode along
q rig good piece after sundown
,and en We saw a light ahead ]
tel & BOXED first rate. We
f|k9 p TO the light, findin twas
and when I hollered like
the man came out and
N him to take us in for
He booked at rs
AgHsg hala aud s6id WsaI !
reckon / kin stand i if You kin,
So we unhitched, went in, and
found twas only a two-room
shantI and just swarmin with
children. He had six, from four
to eleven years old, and as their
didn't seem to be but one bed me
an Stony was wondering what
in thunder would become of us.
"They gave us supper, good
hog and hominy, the best they
had and then the woman put the
two youngest kids to bed. They
went straight to sleep. Then she
took those out and laid them
over in the corner, put the next
two to bed, and so on. After all
the children were asleep on the
floor, the old folks went to the
other room and told US we could
go to bed if we wanted to, and,
bein' powerful tired out, we did.
Well, sir, the next morning
when we woke up we were lying
over in the corner with the kids,
and the old man and the old wo-
man had the bedl"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
FORTY=FOURTH YEAR
AMan True to His state

The manner Of q man that Hen,
- g Davis Is yAs shown b him
10 the bFie spsseh be made Tues.
DIR to the state Bo6fd &C Trade al
Psi SIs0nrz when be s9id:
Il regret that the railroads OF
West Virgfnia. less one. are in the
hands Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
1 wish it wasn { so; snd within ten
days an offer has betn made to
buy that o. g. But that road is al
most paid for. No bonds or stock
are out except in the family and
I'm going to keep the road 1 am
for my state and for it's people
right or wrong. Let us be kind
aud Isnient and invite capital into
the state. Let us do everything
that will make this state q great
one. We should wslcoms all rail
roads. but make them bshavsa Eem-
selves when they do come:
Henry g. Davis is5a true off zen
he IS be hundredth man IN his
1lss Hes ,1Sn5 -lilli5 % ~ lfs
there ID t5s country who. ihrougl
faullly and state pride. would re-
fuses great cffer from arailrosd be
Gauss the would be purchaser al
ready controlled all other roads in
the State2 There is no doubt that
Henry G Davis could have dispos
ed of his Coal & Coke railroad at
great profit. but he believes in his
stats nd lie wants to see it prosper
aud he does not believe it will at
tain its full prosperity if all its
transportation facilities depend mp
on one company. The state owes
Mr. Davis a great debt for his hon.
est efforts to maintain competing
railroads in West Virginia for it
will gain more benefit by his pub
lie ppirit than be will himself.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Wait for That Girl.

A philosopher once remarked:
"Once | was young but now lam
old, and never saw girl who
went back on her mother that
ever came to be worth one-eye
button to her husband. 1t is the
law of God. It is not in the BIZ
BILE, but it is written largely and
lawfully of the lives of many mis-
fit houses. If one of you chaps
ever run across girl with her
face full of roses, who says to you
come to the door: 1 cannot go
for thirty minutes, for the dishes
are not washed, you just wait for
that gsrl. Sit right down on the
doorstep and carry her of, and
You will have an angel. Wait
for her and stick to her like q
burr on a mules tail"
A Frenchman named Molliard
has found a way of Transforming
radishes into potatoes by cultivat.
ing them in glass retorts in a CON
lcentratcd solution of glucose.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Bureau of History,

That the other states and terri
tories of the United States are very
much interested in West Virginia's 8
history and resources is evidenced
BY Stats Hist9flaa ead fchfvilI
Virgil A. Lewis sincs he has be-
gun to put West Virginia's bureau
# archives and history not only
abreast but ahead of any othe,
state in the Union.
Since Prof. Lewis has entered
upon his duties as historian and
arohivist he has sent out to the
other states a large number OF
documents relating to West Vir-
ginia. In response to these he mas
received many letters of appreoia.
tion.-Charleston Gazstte.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

A teacher in one of our county
schools had olaes of scholars be-
fore her in mathematics. The ex
amples were in addition and the
following illustration was offered
by the teacher: "Now children, il
[ lay four eggs on the desk and
Sammy" she pointed to a freckIed
faced lad at the head of the GLASS,
should lay three eggs on the desk,
how many would there beP" The
bad boy of the GLASS who was at the
foot and who had listended intent
ly, shouted, "Go on, Sam. take heI
up. 1 don't think che can do it .
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
Trustees sale

PuRSUANTt 10 the provisions Of deed OF
trust execnted BY g A. LeElsRnd liavina
G. Lewis, his wife, to John U Myers. grantee
October, 1908, aud recorded In the nlIice az.
lhe Clerk Of the County Court of Mason.
z Deed Book 40 2. page S52, ETC., 70 secure the
payment of SertHin debts therein fully de-
Young, Ella Yo9ng and Linnie D. PIichnrd,
and the said John u Myers having Ffllt.tsf fflll
execution Of said trust deed departed thIss
In the place OF the said John U. Myers by q
decree OF the Circuit Court Of said Mason
October 1906 and said debts having become
due and payable. and default having been
and being requested BY the said HaIlick L.
Young. Ida q. Young Ella Young and Linz
deed OF trust aforesaid. and oWneSs os ~ ~ tee
debts secured, i shall on
Wednesday. November %. 1905,
commencing at IL O'Clock \ ua sell At put-
premises hsreinafier deseribed to he hi hi
est bidder, the following property situated IN
the state OF West Virginia. County OF Ma
son, and District OF Graham, and bounded
and described as follows.
All OF q certain tract or parcel OF land sitp-
adjoining and bordering on lands FORMERLY
owned by Philip SeIgrest on the West side
formerly owned BY John Weaver. ma os ~,
North and East by the Ohio River. and In
cludlnr IN all one hundred and four Il61I
acres Of land more llI Icas II llrl7''. = ',S1|
OF the tract OF Ian = ItssI II.IlIlI1 |HI 1'..
rI'. IFn1Ii 70 John n. feIrIf3| ID. ||I4F
Letl y Itt lII1. IlIlt fL be Sci. |IN1r 4. IIII
1913 IN y suit - ~ b he said John 1I Sale
Others were Defendants, and TO the decd
made by special com mi ssioner In the nlore-
said suit, made on she 23rd day or August.
1851, and recorded In the Clerks ONCE OF the
County Court of Mason County, and Stateot
the said cause in the Clerks ONCE aforeraid.
reference Is here given for q full description
of the bindings and boundaries OF the SAID
tract of land now being advertised for sale.
II being the bottom part of the said lot No.
which originally cotained one hundred
and eighty nIne and one-half acres
w.R. GUM,
Nov. |, 4-w. Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
LfsRARY DAY IN THIS STATE.
ssats supsEintsndsat q seh0ols,

State Superintendent Of Schools,
MilleT Makes Announcement.
GhaFI ton. Ool56sf IS State
ISuperinleDdent cl Frse sohoole,
Thomas o. Miller has designated
Friday. December Bib, Bs Library
Day in West Virginia, and at which
time he hopes an earnest and unit
cd effort will be made to raise funds
for the purchase of books fer the
school. to the end that the youth
of the State may be better sup
piled with better cl -ss of reading
matter. For some years the first
Friday in December has been ob-
served in the schools of West Vir.
giuia as Library Day
This year the first Friday falls
on the 6fs day Of December. and
the day preceding, November go,
will bs ksgfrips Day Aa
m6nS sohools viii 1ot be a sssien
these tVb days i So
sail rom the reg1l
program sugeestine pIsns for rails
ing money and mentioning desir-
able books. and suggestion as to
the succeesful observance of the
day, is being prepared in the de-
partment and will be sent out lat
or.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
In the Chic alley.

Six hundred thousand on hand of
all kinds. Dimension shingles, fancy
and plain in stock
/ am the only house In the trade
that manufactui es all of the fuc eral
goods that sell, othe are merely
jobbers in the business. They pay all
of the manufacturers profit / save
all of the manufacturers profit. You
can save he middle mans profit.
Come to the factory where there is
no lost time, all are at work. You
don't ha to pay for their cost of
time watching the shop for some one
to come in as they can earn nothing
unless the, sell.
bought from importers in New York.
All of the Innings and laying cloths
done by a woman in the factory. The
The men working for me are all wood
workers and no time is 10 t Come to
the factory. l pay
Railroad, Street Car Fare and
Ferriage.
Deliver all goods. Drive over the
ferry. pay the ferriiage, feed your
horses and give dinner in all calls for
funeral goods-new, not second hand.
1 have bought the finest Funeral Car
ever bought in Southern Ohio. Have
some of the finest rubber tire hacks
and fine Coupe for the minister
have a fine Child's white hearse the
only one in the county, don'E haul
chill rem in large hearse. have
hearses, 5 covered delivery wagons.
1 make very fine
Couch and Grand Army Cask-
Our chfldren's caskets are finer
goods than you can find in the mark
ct. have bought and built new
house in Mason City whereI carry a
fine line of uniertakers goods. Hay e
a fine Office with two telephones. You
can call us through my office in Ma
son to Pomeroy, We tend both places.
built this room in Mason to take care
of my large increased trade in West
VirRinfR
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

Tuere are no old maids or spin
sters or bachelor maids in Russia,
Every woman marries or pretends
TO marry. Ifafter waiting q reason.
able length of time a girl decides
no uffer is to be made her sbe
leaves home and seeks some dis,
tant place By and by she returne
announcing that she went away tc
be married and that she is now g
widow. No questions are asked
aud she takes her proper level in
society
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

The man who will willingly and
Intentionally abuse dumb animal
is very little better than a brute.
Cruelty to animals shows as low a
trend of morals as does cruelty to
humanity. There are plenty of
laws for the prevention of cruelty
to animate. but their enforcement
is sadly neglected.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

John Arbuckle, the millionaire
coffee msgnsts, is to establish a
great institution to aid girls in Sc
curing husbands The home will
also provide for crippled old men
and women and will have accom-
modstions for 200 COO The hcme is
to be known ss"The Colony Build
ing" and will be located on the Ar
buckles farm at New PIutz, New
York.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

The question is often asked, ia
marriage failure? We say NO
if, you don't expect too much OF
it; but don't run the risk of try
ing to reform man after mar
riage. In all probability you will
be dispointed If you do. If your
husband used tobacco when you
married him, the Bible forblds
certain lecture afteward, for it
says, "he that is filthy, let him be
filthy still" There is bright
side to everything if you will on
ly look till you find it. If your
husband smokes be thankful he
don't chew, if he smokes and
chews both be thankful he doesn't
drink; if he does all three be
thankful he won't live long.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
A Tried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure CON.
tains not an atom of any harmful
drug,snd it has been curing coughs
colds. GROUP and whooping cough
80 long that it has proven itself TO
be tried and true friend to many
who use it Sold by all druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
nish and general hardware.
3. F. Biggs,
Pomeroy and Mason City.
Oct il, 1905.

just received It's beautiful ooats
for Ladies', Misses and Children.
All good styles. We can save you
from 500 to $500 on coat. The
Bon Ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08
One Life Wrecked Bet
ter Than Two.
Nan Who Was Tilted at the Alter
by His Sweetheart Has Lived
Like q Beast.

DIV IE1lD 0WG6tuG4It 1lllo 4A1NG0
Like Beast.
A story with a pitiful romance
has just come to light among the
foot hills of the mountains of Vir-
ginia in queer little cave nest
ling away among the rocks and
hills Is miles beyond the Blue
Ridge.
A party of timber prospectors
while traversing that section of
the country saw an odd looking
figure scamper away through the
underbush and gave chase.
After doubling and twisting
among the canyons and wooded
mountain, they saw the strange
creature enter cave beneath a
naaaniTa l1onl der at lls Fsse o +
lowering pine Alter careful
search they discovered it clad in
the skin of some wild beast with
matted hair and beard and finger
nails that hung like the claws of
some strange beast. The "thing"
proved to be Robert Ossington,
who five years ago mysteriously
disappeared from his home near
Bluefeld.
Ossington was at one time one
of the wealthiest young coal op-
orators in West Virginia, and un-
til today no trace eff his where
abouts has ever heen discovered.
He dropped out of sight as
mysterlously as though the earth
had swallowed him, and after a
search in which his family spent
hundreds of dollars. he was given
up as dead. The cause of Ossing-
toms disappearance was a 70
nance that came to him when he
was at the height of his success.
He met, wooed and won Miss
Alice Parker, prominent and
beautiful young society woman,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, and the day
of the wedding was set! Every
arrangement had been made.
The ancient UNCOVERED church
wherein the ceremony was to be
performed had turned into bow
er of flowers and beauty, guests
had assembled, and the hour for
the ceremony arrived. Ossing
ton and the guests were waiting
for the brides ARRIVAL Instead
there camesa telegram saying:
81 do not love land will not
marry you. Better this, than two
lives wrecked"
The next day ossington disap-
peared and until today when the
news of his unearthing was fash
ed across the wires, he had been
believed dead.-Bluefeld Tele-
gram.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

One thing is assured by the New
York insurance investigation. it is
that insurance rates will be lower
ed, and that the present heavy
Operating expenses" as contrast
ed with the legitimate cost of life
insurance. must be reduced.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

Last year the English Bible So
ciety had the Bible tranel .ted into
twelve more languages. gao being
the number in whioh it may now
be read.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

In these days. nobody is ever
an old maid. 1t is absurd to talk
of being an old maid at twenty
four. When you are thirty-four
you may begin to be an old maid
if you like. Women marry later
now than used to be the custom.
and woman of thirty. is consid-
cred to be still decidedly a young
lady.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

IF Miss Alice Roosevelt pays
duty on that 500, 600 of presents
she has collected in the Orient,
it will take all of Pas salary for
the next year CT SO.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

The man who laughs his way
through the world leaves it with
just as much in his possession as
the man who fights his way through
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-08

Some of the machines for max
ing matches make 200 revolutions
a minute each and turn out abont
2,5OO,OOO matches daily, or about
900 100000 annually