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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10
Gen. 3. /. Boegs, Private SEQ

Auditors Office. were callers a
the Spencer, Sunday evening.
DR.. l. v. Guthrie. of Hunting
ton. was here Friday.
Mrs w. W. Brown, of Middle
port and little nephew, Arthur
McKinstry, of Athena, and Mis-
Jessie Carpenter. of Carpenter
were here last Friday the guests o.
Mr.. K. 7. MoKinstry.
Mr.. L. s Hall, of Baltimore. wa
here Sunday.
Mr.. Clarence Stewart travelling
out of New York was here to spend
Sunday with his wife and baby
Mr.. F. P. Miller, of Gallipolit
Ferry, was here on business Mon.
day.
Hon. James L Knight. of Mag.
gle. was in town Monday.
Mr.. Joseph b. French. OF
Quincy. one of the K & NJ Ry.
Co.'s, best engineers, was here
Monday visiting friends.
Mrs. O. E Faverty, of GallipoIis,
is here visiting her son, j. "a.
Norton and family.
Mr.. P. B. Buxton, of Buffalo,
was in town Monday.
Mr.. Joe Ruth left Monday eve
ming on an extended trip all
through the West, going as far as
California.
Postmaster John F. Lewis who
has been suffering with bone
ffelon on his right hand for several
weeks is much improved.
Mrs. T. 81. Davis, of Pcmeroy,
spent the day Friday with her son,
Mr. Elmer Davis and family.
Mr.. Thomas Hutchinson, of Flat
Woods, jackson county. is here
having his eyes treated, also visi-
ting his old friends.
Mr.. John Reynolds, of Cape Cir
ardeau, Mo, who was called to
Charleston on account of the death
of his mother, was in our CITY Mon
day night visiting friends.
Mrs. Homer Smith who has
been at the home of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. 81 Beale, quite
sick for some time has 80 far re-.
covered as to be able to return to-
her rooms at The Spencer.
Mr.. 81. j. Cook. of Parkersburg,
was here Monday and Tuesday.
Mr.. j. E. Carson. of Ripley. was
here Monday night.
Mr.. j. W. Arnold, of Mason,
was a business visitor in town
Monday.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Knapp, daughter, Sunday morn
ing May 7th 1905.
Mr.. o. D. Ball. of Letart, was a
business visitor in town yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Fridley, of Flat
Rock, called at this office yesterday
DR.. Q. W. Petty. of Hartford
was in town yesterday.
Mr. R. j Patterson, of Maggie,
was in town yesterday.
Mr.. j. L Thorn, of Wyoma, was
in town yesterday.
Mr.. a O. Rairden, of Leon, was
in town yesterday.
Captain j D Porter, of Ben
Lomond, was in town yesterday.
DIR. Roland, of Guyandotte, was
in our city Monday night and
Tuesday.
Mr. D S. Snyder went up to
Bellville Monday to install several
plants of patent gasoline lights
Mr.. F 81 Rhea has returned TO
Nauquatuok, after spending sever
al days with his family al Apple
Grove. He has charge of large
company store at Nsuquatuck
Mr.. A @. Van Glider is home
from business trip to Cincinnati
Mr. j. D. Adams, of Buffalo,
called at our Office Tuesday and
renewed his subscription.
Miss Mary Hogg continues quite
sick with rheumatism.
DR. F V Butcher was business
visitor in Huntington last night.
Mr., Fred Riley was called to his
home at Ripley last Thursday on
account of the serious illness of
his sister Mrs Keith who is not
expected to recover.
o ,ly 81 Is to Cumberland, Md ,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

The Gress mines ct Mason City.
after a brief shut down have re-
snmed work.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

The Young Ladies Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian church
will meet with Mrs Bort Burdett.
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

There are now 83 prisoners con-
fined in the Kanawha county jail.
20 of whom have been sentenced
to the penitentiary at Moundsville.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

1t is said that County Commits
sioner Bird Stone is a good man
20 CRY public sales.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

We are sorry to announce that
Unole Samuel Roush. of Longdsle,
is very feeble and in poor health.
He is nearing his 87th year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

Services at the Presbyterian
Church. Prryer meeting to night
At 8 O'Clock Preaching next
Sabbath at IL a. m. and 8 p. NJ.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

The oldest Free Mason in this
is Levi L. Miller. of Letart,
in his Seth year. He halls from
Pomeroy Lodge A. F. & A. M.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

Mason County Fair will be held
at Point Pleasant August 80, 81,
Sept. LIST, 1905. mch- Is.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

Mr.. Z L. Boggess has purchased
the O. +. Hess property on 10Th
st.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

County Commissioners were
viewing the land between Point
Pleasant and North Point Pleas
ant with the object of opening a
public road beginning at the end
of Kanawha street and running
north Point Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

Uuheard of values in Millinery
for ten days. Mrs L. j. William
sou.
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A Double Chicken.

Frank Henderson has an old hen
which hatohed a double chicken
last week. The little bird had four
legs, four wings and two heads. 1t
is now being preserved in jar of
alcohol by George Mcdaniel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

The Odd Fellows at New Haven,
initiated IL applicant in the fra
ternity at it's last meeting.
The Pomeroy Odd Fellows char
tered the ferry boat and attended
a banquet which was spread after
the work.
Marriage lilo nse issued since
our last report: April 1st, Herbert
Eads and Bertha F Greenlee; 3rd,
Edger A Nease and Josie N Bum
garner; 4th. Morgan j Banks and
Alice M Brown; 9Th, Charles b
King and Myrtle Miller; 7th. Noah
L Mccoy and Blanche 3 Stewart;
18th. Edwin Bailey and AIoma
Hamilton; 18th, Daniel Harrison
and Kate Knapp; James V Jen-
kins and Rosetta Lykins; 18th,
Charles M Roberts and Flora M
Bright; Pat M Wilson and Gretoh-
en- Pullin; 18th. George ii Bar
t,um and Maggie F Sullivan; Gath.
Otis Arnott and Birdie M Rousb;
18th. Emerson Black and Mary M
Black; 18th, Henry 6 Day and
Elmira D Gabbert; Frederick
Kibble and Clara T. Weaver; 29tb,
James o Black and Cora M War
tenberg; May 1st. Lewis M Casio
and Mary Sayre; Charles A War
tenberg and Sarah Thomas; 3rd,
Joseph Long and Barbara Krouter;
9th. Wilson II johnson and Del
pha r Graham; 7th, Eliza Spear
and Edith M Sterling.
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We take the following from The
Methodist Advocate. published at
Barboursville. Cabell County. West
Virginia. under date of May 3rd,
I905.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

OILY 81 rs to Cumberland, Md !,
and return via B & O Railroad,
Sunday, May ID. Special train
leaves Point Pleasant at 500 a. m
Beautiful scenery en- route. Most
delightful season in the mountains
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

We are in receipt of an invita-
ton to attend the marriage of Mr..
John McCuIIoch Couch, son of Mr.
John Fl. Couch, who reeides up
the Kanawha. few miles from
this city. and Miss Lillian Myrtle.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joha O..
Eaton. of Santa Barbara. Califor-
mia. which event will take place on
Wednesday, May IL. 1905 at 8 p.
m. in the Presbyterian church of
that city At bone to their friends
in that CITY after june Let, 1905,
822 Victoria street.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-05-10

Are You Going
To Cover
YOUR FLOOR
This season
with rich and
new effects and
patterns in Car
pets, Mattings
or Drugg etts?
IF so don't wait
till the cream of
all the Spring
patterns have
been snapped
up. We have
now a complete
stockcf the best
quality and the
newest designs
Ingram, Brus-
sells, Velvet and
Administer car.
pets.
The DEARDORFF- POORE G.
GALLIPOLIS Q
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Mr.. Henry Holloway. cub pilot,
on the Tacoma. spent Morday here
with his parents
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Married.

Last Sunday afternoon at $50
O'Clock Mr.. Eliza Spear and Miss
Edith NJ Sterling. of GaIlipoIis.
were married in Col j. p. b B
smiths office by Rev. j. E. Bird
Pastor Of Trinity NJ 3 Church.
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coupons, with government bonds ap-
plique on her corsage-while Mrs. @.
Chadwick Gotrox, sitting alone In box
No. 2 gave a more or less pathetic
exhibition, but none the less -uplift-
ing, Of how one should behave who
dosen't care a rap whether she is
recognized. by society or not as long
as she can outshine all the others in
the splendor of her gowns and jewels.
At IL: 80 a tinkling bell announced
in twenty minutes the boxes were
empty Society gone the students be-
low and above were released and as
they filed quietly out 1 heard one Of
them, young woman apparently from
the suburbs, say:
It's been particularly delightful
evening tonight. l didn't hear a bar
of music. Did you?"
mo-" said her escort eve kicked
up such row last week because the
music was so loud that the manage
ment put the piano o-organ up in the top
gallery instead of on the stage, as
usual
Splendid" said the young woman.
I'VE can now hope to enjoy the opera
without any Of those horrid Wagner
ian noises
Yes replied the escort. "It's a
good thing to put the music up in the
gallery, too. Nobody who really cares
for the opera would sit up there, and
those people might as well have music
as any other noise. They wouldn't
know the difference if you hit 'em with
q club
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Gollett box?" whispered one Of the oc-.
cupants of an orchestra chair to the
head usher.
Them? Oh, they're detectives" re-
piled the usher. MRS. Gollett always
wears three detectives with that gown
specially when there's fellers like the
Comte di Dettore about"
In order to get at what was going on
in this remarkable gathering of the
elect and non elect - for 1t required
only a superficial glance to show that
the orchestra was filled with people of
q very ordinary sort-rubberers, Ibe-
lteve, is the term our modern vernacu-
lar applies to them, though, students
Of manners is what they are to be CALI
ed In 1871 kept the head usher con-
stantly in view. He was not only an
usher, but a sort Of bureau of informa-
tion as well, and from time to time he
explained in detail to the students just
what was going on in the boxes, al
though the programme left very little
to be desired In that respect.
The first item on the programme was
the grand entrance. My own entrance
was too late for this, and / missed see
Ing how the ladies and gentlemen of
1897 came into their boxes, but from
one or two things overheard from the
students imagine it was hardly diff
ferent from our present day method.
The stiffness Of the auditorium was
broken suddenly by a confused mur-
muring OF voices, high pitched and
penetrating, all talking at once, were
trying to make themselves heard above
the others; the slamming OF doors in
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est of friends. The late Mrs. De
Cree inquired affectionately after Col
onel De Cree's mother, who had been
awarded to him by the courts, and the
colonel laughingly suggested to the
judge that if he wanted a best man
at the approaching nuptials he begged
he would command him. 1t was a de-
lightful touch and not without It's
pathoS.
Don't forget me, madame said the
colonel as, after the five minutes chat,
he rose to depart.
Never, colonel" replied the lady,
with a very pretty heightening of the
color of her cheeks. "And don't you
forget me either-will you?'.
mot while the alimony holds, my
dear" said the colonel gallantly, as he
made off.
That's what I meant" laughed Mrs.
De Cree, with smile.
The applause was deafening, but as
encoreS.
In such fashion the hour and half
of high life N action was passed
Thomas Dare, Sd, was there with his
pink pique shirt front and billiard cloth
dress clothes, fitting from box to box
like a very butterfly of fashion; the
Rockernagies, in their solid gold chairs,
sat behind the diamond studded box
rail and displayed their wonderful
Jewels with an air of nonchalance,
which showed the students how to
carry money with ease-Miss Rocker
magic by the way, wore superb
gown, trimmed with Standard Steel
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various parts of the building, one or
two merry peals of laughter and a
buzz as of many skirts rustling. This
is so like the way we do the thing to-
day as to be hardly worthy of COM
ment, but 1t did differ somewhat from
our grand entry in that in all parts of
the horseshoe 1t was a simultaneous
breaking in upon the stiffness of the
an improvement. To get all of ones
have them over with, instead of having
them spread over a space Of an hour
Is not only great economy Of time.
but saves one the distractions which
the present social system In the mat
ter of arriving on the scene involves.
The 1897 method got the boxes settled
by a quarter to 10, so that the audi
ence could begin its contemplation Of
further acts promptly. 1t was close
upon II o'clock last Friday evening
before this desirable state Of affairs
was reached.
The second act was just about to
begin as peered upon the scene. This
was noted on the programme as 'The
Greeting" most Illuminating exhibit
which lasted until ten o'clock and In
itiated the public into the methods en-
ployed by the social order In saying
howdy-do. There were graceful wav-
ings of hands between boxholders on
opposite sides of the house, and here
and there little gold megaphones
poised on handles of pearl and used
like lorgnettes-only with the lips In
stead of the eyes-came into play for
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sort. For an hour and half all was
hustle and activity in the grand tier.
Gentlemen were running in and out Of
the boxes continuously. The social
handShake of the hour, consisting of
the gripping Of the two little fingers
high in the air and the twiddling of
the thumb downward was constantly in
evidence, and every attitude which a
true gentleman or a perfect lady would
strike in the course of five minutes of
small talk was demonstrated with such
frequency that none but a dullard could
possibly fail to acquire 1t by contagion,
to say nothing Of a little practice.
Keep your eyes on Box No. g." an
nounced the usher. This, ladies and
gentlemen, is one Of the most inter-
esting features of our social exhibit.
Box No. 8 Is occupied by the late Mrs.
D. VOrce De Cree. Outsiders have fre-
quently wondered how divorced mem
bers of society greet each other when
they meet. You will now be able to see
for yourself, as Colonel De Cree Is
about to enter his ex-wife's box to
congratulate her upon her engagement
to Judge Cuttem, who granted her ap-
plication. Box No. 8, ladies and gem
tIemen."
Every eye was turned in that direc-
tion, including my own, and my heart
was warmed by what I saw. Colonel
De Cree entered and, after shaking
hands warmly with the lady from
whom he had just been separated, was
presented to the Judge. From their
manner one would have thought that
they were all three of them the clos
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long distance greeting. Occasionally
a Ssweetly modulated voice on the
south side would call out, "Howdy,
Clarissa," to listener on the north
side, but 1t was all done so decorously
and so gracefully that there could be
no possible objection to it, particularly
on the part of those who had come
there to hear that sort of thing. This
number on the programme lasted for
fifteen minutes and was received with
great applause by the audience, espe-
cially the greeting of Mr.. w. X. limit
and the Duchess of Rocksbury, which
had an element of comedy in 1t, since
Mr.. limit attracted the lady's atten-
tion by turning the flash light diamond
he wore in his shirt front directly upon
the duchess eyes, and so unexpected
Shrek which set even the boxes them
such performance, unpremeditated-
as 1t was and unrehearsed, could not
be encored, and the grande monde
and to which the other two were mere
ly preliminary, began promptly at ten
o'clock.
This was in some respects the most
Illuminating act / have ever seen in or
out of an opera house. It was educa-
tional to an extreme degree, and real
ly- cannot see how, with such oppor-
tunities to study the manners and GUS
toms Of polite society within their
reach, the people of 1897 can help de-
veloping into Chesterfields and Ches-
terf1elderines of the most accomplished
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.Oonsl" 1 cried, lapsing back into
the lingo of my ancestors. IF this is
what the opera of the future is to be I
must not miss II" And without so
much as by your leave shifted my
projectible eye about In such manner.
as to bring the interior Of the opera
house within the range of my vision.
To speak the truth, nothing more bril-
liant has ever greeted my eye. Not the
Indian durbar. with its bejeweled ra-
jahs and scintillating viceregal pesson-
ages; not the gorgeous transformation
scenes Of the extrayaganzas of my
youth, with their shifting prismatic
lights sparkling tinsel: nay. not even
the glittering generalities Of the chap
ters of frenzied high jinks, by Thomas
w. BQughtum, of Loston, ever exceeded
In sheer luxuriance of color and gaud
the scene that met my gaze the mo-
ment it rested upon the horseshoe The
orchestra chairs alone were less bril-
liant than we see them now In our own
time, but the boxes, richly appointed
and filed with superbly gowned wom-
en- and magnifcently groomed men,
were splendid beyond compare. Such
Jewels man never saw before-one lady
was clad from head to foot in pearls
closelys woven together like the knit
bead garments of the original Ameri-
cans, the red men. Another, Mrs. Blag-
den Gollett, was perfect blaze of coli
or in her gown of rubies, which the
programme stated had cost $8,956, ,304,
without the ornaments in sapphires,
emeralds and topaz which the lady
wore upon her glowing fingers In
the box with this lady were four gen.
tlemen-three stunning chaps, with the
build Of Hercules, and the fourth an
understood foreign looking person.
wearing the insignia of nobility, who. /
aseertained upon glancing at the pro-
gramme, was Comte di Dettore, of
Rome. whose pretensions to the hand
of the daughter of Mrs. Gollett 1 was
given to understand had recently been
made known.
who are the other three men In the
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THE oPERA OF THE FUTURE |'ss...
A sPECTRoPH0NiC GLIMPSE OF THE
-------YEAR 1937------==-=--



n T was the year of grace 1887. My
eye. fastened to the Spectrophone.
u was idly roaming along the Rialto..
With a mere glance at the 1s6.
theaters that stood betweens 642d'
street and Herald Square the Fourth,
three of which were producing Ham
let" two vaudeville and the balance
plays and comic operas by George Ade,
Jr., my gaze finally rested upon the
New Metropolitan opera house. now
in the heart of the city at Spuyten
Duyvil Heights. The novelty of the
announcement in the front of this
beautiful temple of music and manners
was the thing that arrested my at
tention. Accustomed as we of our
own times are to seeing the billboards
at the main entrance placarded with
announcements of "Lohengrin" or
Parsifal." or something else IN letters
foot high, with the names of star
singers in capitals scarcely smaller
placed above and beneath the title
line. the posters of 1897 were startling,
for at no place upon them did-the titles
of operas or the names of singers con-
spicuously appear. Instead of this the
screed to. greet my eye was as fol-
lows: - 49,
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SECOND PRIZE
Teddy

When Teddy came to our house he was
q little shaggy puppy. He was very lively
and made lots of trouble carrying away
clothes pins and biting holes In our stock
ings. so We missed him when one day he
went away. We gave up hope of getting
dsg ran into our yard When looked at
him ksaw that he was our old Teddy. He
could not tell where he had been Of
course. but I know he had not been fed
-ow. and does not bite any more.
Sam Scott.
,Ss52 Cedar street: Madison school; age
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attention to him. Johnnie was disappo:nt
ed.
At last he remarked, "It seems to me
smell candy, The lady smiled !. and
gave him very small piece Looking
at 1t long and earnestly. Johnnie was.
heard to say: is it possible that smell
ed so small piece ?'
Wendell Fritz
419 Marshall avenue; Cretin high school;
grade I'd intermediate b; age IL years.
Around the World
1 started out around the world,
Twas half-past five o'clock,
My hair was nicely brushed and curled,
wore my Sunday frock.
And east went from Illinois
AS straight. as could go,
Until thought I'd go to Troy,
Where live my uncle Joe
But here of course didn't stay
had so much ahead.
took ship at Boston Bay
And Ger the ocean sped.
wasn't sick a single speck
And sailed with might and main.
And didn't stop for storm or wreck
And landed right in Spain.
went through Spain also.
Ruth Johnson.
1886 Chelton avenue; Hancock school,
grade B fourth; age II years.
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FIRST PRIZE
The story of a Penny

he Story OF Penny
am a penny and my home is in the
year of 1900 in the month of May. After
/ was made / was given to a pretty little
girl, who kept me long time
One day, as she was going by store,
she went IN and gave me to man who
gave her a stick Of candy. The man put
me in a drawer and was kept in there a
long time. One day little girl came in
change.
Then he took me home and she gave me
to her baby sister This baby was very
naughty, she threw me around the room
and 1t was good thing there was car
pet on the floor. Then she took me and
threw me out the window.
There lay, people tramped on me and
no one ever looked at me- BY and by
a man picked me up and put me in a box
with lot of other money which was to
be sent to India. Willie Miller,
6o5 Westminster street; Franklin school,
grade A; age IL years.
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frHIS week is the turn Of the boys in.
the snort story contest, the three
prizes being captured by three lit
tie men. The little women, though are
sending in stories worthy of favorable
mention, and the boys Will be wise In
refraining from boasting, as there are
other Sundays and other prizes COM
ing. The prize winners this week are:
FIRST PRIzE-Willie Miller, Franklin
school
SECOND PRIzE-sam Scott, Madison
school.
THIRD PRlzE-Thomas Burke, cretin
school.
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A Jealous Dog

Ny brother has a dog whose name. is
Iaddfe He Is very jealous. My brother
has a few chickens. In the evening he
would let them out in the yard. Laddie
did 'ent like to have them out. He would
head them off for the coop. He would
get them all in and then go away. They
would come out again. Then he would
found out that they were too clever for
him. He gave it up and went away
Jeanette F. Newton.
1854 Rondo street; Longfellow school,
grade B fifth: age 10 years.
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THIRD PRIZE
Helping Mother

Some boys think it is a disgrace to help
their mother but such boys don't amount
to much ] think that a boy who is will
ing to help his mother when he can will
not be sorry for it when he grows older.
Tor his mother every morning before he
comes to school. Some OF the boys teas