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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

The open letter of Prosecuting
Attorney Wallace, of CabslI ooun-
ty puts Governor Dawson in q
position where his granting OF
some executive pardons needs ex-
PLANTATION. It is harsh thing 10
say about the chief magistrate of 8
state, but from the letter referred
to which supports itself by giving
dates and names and as we'll the
politics of the persons whose names
are given, the particular pardon
referred to was the result of moral
or financial corruption. One of
the excuses for the pardon is M. st
unbIushing falsehood, and reflects
upon the integrity of the judges
of Cabell, who happen to be Re.
publicans -Parkersburg Sentinel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

naturally says, but all the time the raj
trouble very often centers in the WOD-
anly organs. In nine cases out Of -
the seat Of the difficulty Is here, and 3
for Its cure- The local disorder and In
hammation Of the delicate special ORGANS
OF the sex should b treated steadily and
systematically.
:, Dr.. Pieree: during long period Of pEae-
dce, found that prescription made up
entirely OF roots and herbs, without the
use Of alcohol, cured over ninety per cent.
OF such cases After using this romody
Tor many years in his private practice be
put IL up In . form that would make IL
easily procufable, and IL can be had nk
any store where medicines are handloA
The prQprietors and makers Of Roefor-
Pierces Eavorite Prescription have the
most remarkable record of cures made.
by this world-famed remedy ever pIaeed
70 the credit Of any preparation especi-
ally designed for the cure Of woman's
peculiar ailments.
Sick women. especially those suffering
from diseases Of long standing, arO IN
ytted to consult Dr.. Pierce by letter. fr1e.
All correspondence Is held as sfficfiy
private and Gacredly confidential Az
dress DR.. r v. Pierce, Buffalo, Ny.
Your medicines are certainly : 49,
ing TO suffering women, . writes Nh. EiIn
SanefWald, Of 1895 W. Pratt Stro0t. 1alfi-
more, Nd. " suffered with foDalS weak
nees very badly, was extroIna1y nerVOua
sleep, oonntaut dull ksadacko-in. 80
WAS very miserable when ! bsgan o fairS.
your medicines. bat after faEiDg thsI Z
snort time begen - loll bottoT. Iy
nerves were better; could aioop af ufgAf
headache ceased, digestion WAS improved.
felt like > new Woman, and could -
around and attend to NY hou1shS16
duties, which proYious to taking y6ur.
medicine eould not do. Or. Picrkko's
HleAeant Pellets cured ne Of oonstinafe1
OF many years. standing. I an Snro ri
more women who suffer would take Dr..
convinced Of the rod thsy can a.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
ave hundreds items you will and
ls5s7l ssSe HE BANKRUPT STORE CO. |e1D1gots dsPo
Thanksgiving Service.

The Union Thanksgiving service
will be held this year at Trinity N
E. Church, IL a. m. The Rev. j.
NJ. Boland. D. d, will be the
preacher. Let every one manifest
to God their gratitude for the past
year snd what it brought them and
attend this service. Let the busi-
ness world. for one hour. suspend
its busy wheels SO as clerk as we'll
as proprietor may worship God and
return thanks. The offering will
be for charitable purposes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
IN MEMoR1uM

Of little Gladys. daughter of
William and Luna Lanier, who
died Nov. 1S, 1905, after brief
illness. The little one leaves a
father, mother and two brothers,
also a host ofrelatlves and friends
at Arlee, this county to mourn
her loss.
She came to smile and blush awhile,
Like lovely flowers in May;
To win each heart with guileless art,
And then to pass away.
Like them adorn springs eerly morn,
With charms that fade to soon;
Just scent the gale, then turning pale
Lie withered, ere tits noon.
Pale for you the tender dew,
In tender pity weeps;
We drop a tear upon the biar,
Where darling Gladys sleeps.
A lille now has been transplanted,
Angels plucked it from the stem;
Bore it upward mid the cherubs,
Placed it in Gods diadem.
Passed before thy children lovely,
Winged her flight to that bright shore
In the fields of beauty ever,
Blest to dwell for ever more.
Father, mother, you may meet her,
There and dwell forever more;
Free from sickness, pain and sorrow,
On that bright eternal shore.
ANNIE LANIER.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
FOR SONS CRIME
LOgsn County Father is Serving
Sentence in Penitentiary.

An interesting story comes from
Logan county which shows the
love of parent for his child even
though he knows he is innocent OF
most horrible crime. Several
weeks ago Sid Woody. Sr.. of Lo-
gan county was convicted of muir
dering Coon Conley and sentenced
to the psnitentiary for life by
Judge Wilkinson. Several days
afterwards Sid Woody. Jr. went
to Judge Wilkinson and told him
his father was not guilty of the
murder, but he himself had COM
mitted the crime He told the
Judge he had told his father he
had killed Conley but that was all
he knew of the matter. The father
was afterwards convicted Of the
murder and still the son did not
tell the court what he knew of the
matter, thinking he now says that
his father could prove his inno-
cence But after his father had
gone to the penitentiary for life
the son iold the true story of the
murder How he himself had
killed Conley from ambush and
hid his body which was not dis
covered for several days afterwards.
Young Woody says he has evil
dence to show his guilt and if the
Judge will secure his fathers par
don he will convince the jury tibet
it was he who killed Conley.-Fsy-
cite journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
A Thanksgiving Thoueht

There is something lacking in
the sincerity of the man who goes
into the temple on Thanksgiving
day to acknowledge the good
gifts of Providence to him if he
has done nothing through the
year or on this day to uplift his
fellows, to bring sunshine into
sunless hearts and to distribute in
some measure the benefactions
which we all hold in trust for the
benefit of the helpless sons and
daughters of men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Rugged by the Wrong
Man.

A sMonongalia farmers good
wife who imagined she had rea-
sons to believe that her hubby
was making love to a hired gi RI,
proceeded to do a little detective
work on her own hook, and if
possible catch him in the act.
One evening she noticed hubby
pass quietly into the kitchen.
The hired girl was out and the
kitchen was dark. The jealous
wife took a few matches in her
hand, hastily placed a shawl on
her head, as the hired girl often
did, entered the back door, and
she was Immediately seized, hug
ged, kissed and embraced in a
very rough and tumble manner.
With heart almost bursting the
wife prepared a terrible rebuke
for faithless hubby, and tearing
herself from his fond embrace,
struck match, and there she
stood face to face with the hired
man. He had fainting fit and
fell over in it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Monument to Satan.

Herman j. Mentz, of d ,troit. G
stonemason and an avowed infidel
has erected a monument to Satan
on his premises in that oity, in or.
der to show his &C ntempt for relig-
ion. 1t is quite an elaborate affair,
Ia feet in height from foundation
to Drown Satan is shown in stoop-
ing posture behind a pulpit. Ris
internal msjesty is looking over
the landscape with a fiendish glare,
with his horns protrudiug from
the side of his head. Carved IN
the stone directly in front is the
big, ugly fork with which he is
supposed to prod sinners in the
fire. Murmurings of indignation
are freely voiced in the city and
corrective measures 4re being dis
Guessed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Dying Child Saved by Timely
Sneeze.

Quite singular occurrence hap
pened at the home of Burl Booth
who resides four miles south of
Huntington on Fourpole. and Mr..
Booth attributes it to divine power.
His fourteen months old ohild
was ill with Group and had become
so serious that she had been given
up and dozen neighbors, men
and women, had gathered to assist
the parents in trying to save the
life of the little one.
While the child was gasping for
its breath and apparently passing
away, the entire assemblage began
to sneeze. The air in the room
seemed charged with something
that kept up the sneezing and the
child in the bed soon began tc
sneezs also, and wien DR.. N. B
Ferguson arrived he found al
hands sneezing and the infant SC
much bstter, occasioned by the
sneezing, that he pronounced hel
out of danger.
The much talked of leap yea,
right of women to make offers o
marriage is said to have come frou
Scotland, in an sot of Parliamen
of the year 1928 which was a leaI
year. The order was: "That dur
ing ye reign of her maist blessed
ma iestie, Margaret, Iikv maidel
lsdee of bath high and lowe estait
shall hae libertie to speak ye maj
she likes. IF he refuses to tax,
Dir to be his wyfe he shall b
mulet in the sum of aine hundrit,
pundles. or less, as his estait maj
bee, except and alwais he can max
it appear that he is betrathit t.
anither woman, then he sohar b
free"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Preserving Eggs

Some one in a late number of
The National Stookman and Far
mer asked for a formula for pre-.
serving eggs. A cheap and novel
method appeared in a late number
of Good Housekeeping. It was
youched for by the writer as hav,
ing six year scoFd of use and moi
an egg lost. The method was sim
ply to wrap each egg in newspaper
and pack carefully in pseteboard
box filing elI spsces with paper &c
az to make the eggs as nearly al
possible absolutely beyond the
Teach of air Sig month-old egg
were by this method. found in gooC
condition for table use. 1t is Ger
tainly worth trying
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Just as he Thought.

A small boy was reciting in geo.
graphy clasp. The teacher was
trying to teach him the points OF
the compass She explained: "On
the right is the south, your left the
north, in front Of you is cast. Now,
what is behind you?
The boy studied for a moment
then puokeied up his face and
bawIed: Il knew it. 1 told ma
you'd see that patch on my pants.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

The fact that Thanksgiving
day has nearly always been held
on a Thursdap is curious, but
there seems to be no real explana-
ton of the fact except that of a
custom. This Thursday thread
might, a thousand years or SO
ago, have been explained as some
sort of step toward Precipitation of
Thor, the Fhunderer, whose day
it is, but the American holiday
hardly runs back far enough to
admit of any such explanation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Folks are Queer.

The other day L p p.ssed house
where the lady had on her work
ing clothes and the top button of
her dress was undone. showing
abont an inoh of her pinkness BE-
low the the regulation COLLAR line.
She was 80 modest that she held
the dress together while I talked
with her a moment. The same
evening I saw her on the street
wearing garment which revealed
about three or four inches more
than did the house dress, and g
hundred men gazed at lack OF
modesty. All of which reminds
me of the woman that took hel
visitor out to the pond on wadine
exposition, and after the venturine
out few feet she observed man
Frustrated, she Dried out to hel
companion, "What shall I du2'
The cool headed companion re-
piled. "Just lift your dress a little
higher and imagine you are in I
bathing suit"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

A common way of spreading dis
ease among fruit trees is from the
implement with which the prun.
ing is done. and after use on in
footed trees the knife or saw should
be thort ughly sterilized or the
germs will be carried Carlessness
in this matter will in short time
ruin healthy orchard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
The Peace of Mind of Travellers.

4AO GoCC VI 411uu VI xEdtG116IS.
Statistics concerning railway ac-
cidents in the United States for
the last fiscal year were issued by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and are as follows:
Passengers killed in train &C.
oidents. $50; injured, 6 49s; en-
pIoyes killed in train accidents
79s; injured 1859; killed in other
than train accidents. 1S7 passen.
gers and 3.463 employees, and 3,54z
passengers and 3s .374 employees in,
jured. Total for all Glasses. 53T
passengers killed; 1O,O4O injured
1921 employees killed; 1926 in.
jured. There were 1924 collisions
and 5.571 deraiIments, with tota
damage to railroad property of SO.
711,656
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

The Panama Canal Commission
has spent all of the $4,000. 600 ap-
propriated by Congress to begin
the work of digging the canal, and
asking for more funds. Ten mil
lion gone, and no more than a drop
in the bucket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

A rantakerous husband in Nor.
folk, Virginia. has been sentenced
by Judge to kiss his wife twice
a day. Look ont for biting story
later on.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Carlo. st Bernard dog died
recently in the Alps. and the town
council of Aragda, Switzerland,
voted 81 600 toward the erection of
a monument to his memory. He
had saved nearly one hundred lives
in nine years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

The council of jewish women,
which has abont 10000 members
devot I'D to uplifting their race in
this country. will hold it's fourth
trieanial meeting in Ohicsgo, Dec
to 1S.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Ten Thousand demons gnawing
away at tne's vitals couldn't be
muca worse than the torture of
piles Yet there's cure
Roan's Qintment'pever faile.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
footwear.

Ladies' Storm Overs. acc
Mems Storm Overs. 500
Mems Felt Combinations. ..
81 SO and 50. 90
Bo Peep, extra quality. ....... $3.50
Mems and Women's Winter Shoes
Fine Shoes...........$I.OO 90 and $I.25
Extra Fine Shoes. 81. 90 and So 90
Mems High Cut Shoes, $50 and 500
value at s.. 90 per pair
Women's warm lined shoes. $1.Qs
Infants and Childrenis shoes. ali
prices from. 25c to SOC
Our line of Leather and Rubber
Goods is enormous; our Prices Bed
rock and we are always busy-prov-
ing that good goods sold CHEAP
are winners
25c shoe polish .1Oc
Large box backing paste. ........ Sc
Two of the for. 15c
Medium size. DC
Our line of MEMS FINE SHOES
at $500 and $3.50 equal any adver-
tised $500 shoes on the market.
Late style lasts and in patent colt
and box calf
Up to date and good.
Half soles for shoes 1Oc pair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

"Cure the cough and save the
life" DR. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup cures coughs and colds.
down to the very verge of consump
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Our life is made up Of blessings
and misfortunes. Did you ever
stop to think how many more
blessings we have than misfortunes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Col John Singleton Mosby,
the exconfederate scout, is still
living, and is practiclng law in
San Francisco. He was born in
1888, and was educated at the
University of Virginia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Once IN a while we meet a man
who boasts that he never whips
his children, but we reservejudg-
ment until we know the children
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

The less men think the more
they talk.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

One hundred and twenty per-
sons were drowned like rats in a
trap last Saturday when the steam.
ship Hilda sank cff the coast of
Brittany in raging snow storm.
Only six of the people on board
the wrecked vessel escaped death,
having been rescued from their
perilous refuge on floating wreck
age. The steamer was bound from
Southampton for ST. Malo, and
the storm carried her with the
force of Cyclone against the
sharp rocks of the shore. The
survivors say that the mighty i'm
psot of the collision rent the yes.
sci in twain from stem to stern and
che went down at once like some
huge shell suddenly overturned.
The men, women and children
lay sleeping in their herths when
the vessel crashed against the jag.
ged fortress of rock that stands
out against the shore. Almost be.
fore the sleeping inmates of the
state rooms and cabins had time tc
leave their beds there came a rush
of water that stilled their cries in q
twinkling.
The six survivors managed to
get away from the vessel on sparf
and timbers that foated over the
maelstrom created by the going
down of the i'll fated craft.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
Arranges Own Funeral.
Girl Commits Suicide After Picking
Out Coffin in Which She Asks
to be Cremated.

New York.-That Miss Anna E
SCOTT. the girl who skilled herself
in Atlantic City recently because
of grief over her fisnce's sudden
death. had, with careful delibera-
ton. arranged for her funeral, even
to the point of choosing her coffin,
became known when a friend of
the suicide called at Aldred's .un.
dertsking shop. Telling John
AIdred, Jr., that she expected a
friend to die within a few days,
Miss Scott discussed calmly the
pest method of disposing of her
own body. and informed the un-
dertaker that she would notify him
when he was needed. She said
her friends name was Anna Smith.
"She doesn't want to be buried, !"
said Miss SCOTT, "but has told me
she prefers cremation" She asked
Aldred how much it cost to ore.
mate the body, and on being told
the terms said they were satisfac-
tory.
"Now, I'd like to see otff1n."
she said.
Aidred led the way to the rear of
the shop and showed her several
caskets
"a plain one will do" she said,
and it was agreed that pine board
coffin with no embellishments
would be used.
I'm going away to morrow"
said Miss SCOTT, land you'll pro-
ably hear from me on Saturday.
Now, don't forget, 1 want the body
cremated and I'll see that you get
the money"
The suicide left message sum-
moning the undertaken to take
charge of the body of Annie
Smith" and a note to friend
which money for the services of
the undertaken was inclosed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

When a man complains that he
is "down on his luck" it is pret-
ty safe to guess that he is also
down on his pluck.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

For what are we thankful? For this:
For the breath and the sunlight of life;
For the love of the child, and the kiss
On the lips of the mother and wife.
For roses entwining,
For bird and for bloom;
And hopes that are shining
Like stars in the gloom.
For what are we thankful? For this:
The strength and the patience of toll;
For even the joys that we miss
The hope of the seed in the SOIL
For souls that are whittier
From day unto day;
And lives that are brighter
From going Gods way.
For what are we thankful? For all
The sunlight-the shadow-the song;
The blossoms may wither and fall,
But the world moves in music along!
For simple, sweet living,
CTis love that doth teach it,.
A heaven forgiving,
And faith that can reach it!
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

The man who is always well
often wonders how so many doc
tors make a living.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

We know a man who can trace
his ancestors back to William the
+Conqueror, and his ancestors
would not care enough for him
to trace him to the next corner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

One of the easy marks is the
old-fashioned gentleman who
still thinks that it is a lawyers
business to settle disputes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Harry Bsirne. of our town,
slaughtered three-year old hog
last Monday which weighed $40
pounds gross This breaks the REQ.
ord, we believe, for this oommuui.
ty and Harry takes the chrome
The hog was too fat to be driven
and had to be hauled to the scales
in a wagon the hind wheels oil
which had tobe taken off and the
body lowered before the hog could
he gotten into it Block and tackle
had to be used in haning up the
hog after it was killed.-Green
brier Independent,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Take care lest your tongue
should out off your head
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY
Is the Oldest of Our Festivals-ori.
gin Dates to Days of the 1sra-
elite.


gin Dates to Days of the Isra-
elite.
Thanksgiving day is the oldest
of our annual religious festivals.
1t antedates by far both Easter
and Christmas. Its origin runs
back to the days of the Israelites
in the wilderness, when the Di-
vine command was: "Thou shalt
keep y the feast of harv-
est, the first-fruits of thy labors,
which thon hast sown in thy
field; and the feast of ingathering
which is in the end of the year.
when thou hast gathered in thy
labors out of the field" The OBJ
seryance of the Feast of Harvest
has never been intermitted among
pious Jews. Its spirit has, more
over, been recognized in all ages
of the Christian church, in Harv-
est Festivals and autumnal
Thanksgiving days. In the church
of Eng and these days have al
ways had prominence. Even now
the English religious papers are
filled with sketches of Harvest
Festival observances in churches
of various denominations. Thanks
giving day has been sometimes
spoken of as in this country, pc
culiarly New England holiday;
but this is hardly the truth. The
Dutch governors appointed this
day as early as 1914. Such a day
was designated annually by the
federal congress during the rev.
olutionary war. In the Boek of
Common Prayer of the Protest
ant Episcopal church of the
United States, as ratified in 1889,
it is recommended that "the first
Thursday in November (or, ifany
other day be appointed by the
civil authority, then such day.
shall be observed as a day OF
Thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the fruits of the earth, and
other blessings of His merciful
providence" And this festival Is
as seemly and as reasonable as ii
is venerable.-S S. Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1905-11-29

Mrs. Mary Ann johnson, the
oldest woman in Fayettee county,
died at the home of her daughter,
at Kincade, last Sunday. She was
va years, s months and 29 days old.
She was born near Lewisburg,
Greenbrier county, April 1, 1910,
and went to Kanawha, what is now
Fayette. when about eight years of
age and lived there until her de 18th
She was the eldest daughter of Ab.
ner and Nancy Pinnell Settle. She
reared ten daughters-nine of them
being at her bedside at the time oil
her death-the oldest being Is
years old and the youngest "a Be.
sides these daughters 81 grt nd.
children. 160 great grandchildren
and "a great-great- grandchildren
survive her.