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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
PATS BABY.


Patrick O'Toole had just arrived
from Ireland. and Ras beating
about New York. when he fell in a
faint in the streets He was PICKED
up. placed in an am6ufance and
carried to the emergency hospital.
Expert physicians examined the
senseIess Hibsrnian and found
that he was suffering from an
acute attack of appendicitis. The
knife was used and the vermiform
appendix was removed Pat began
straight away to improve. but it
was several days before he vas CON.
scious of anything So soon as
his mind cleared he asked the as-
tending doctor about his trouble
I'VE have delivered you of yuur
appendix. Pat" declared the doc.
tor.
why, bless me soul. 1 didn't
know 1 had one..
"Yee." explained thedoo.or. "and
it was a good big one. too"
"Aud be 6. try where is itP"
'Over til. N the window, but
you must qniet now, for you
are a veryr.ck man 1 will take
care of it for you until you are we'll.
Rest essy until you are stronger. "
The mascot of the hospital is a
large monkey, with fine old Irish
face. The monkey goes from
room to room to visit the patients.
and one of his fsvorite tricks is
making faces at the oonvslesoents.
It came Pats time to receive oalI.
The doctor had just left the room,
after having the talk with Pat about
taking out his sppendix. The
Irishmsn's curiosity had been
thoroughly aroused and soon fit
made him turn to see Sif be could
see the appendix. In the mean
time the monkey had slipped in
and taken a seat in the window,
where the doctor had said Pats ap-
pendix was. The monkey made
all sorts of faces at Pat and equesled
gently at him. Pat smiled and
said: Don't do that, son; you
surely don't realize that your moth.
or is very sick man."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
Home, Sweet
Home Gone.


The little thstchsd cottage in
East Hampton, l. l.. in which
John Howard Payne. author OF
"Home. Sweet Home" lived in his
early years. which when he was q
wanderer on the face-ef the globe.
inspired his immortal ballad, is to
be destroyed The site on which
it has stood SO many years has been
purchased and the structure will
be torn down and church erected
in it's place.
Home, Sweet Home" was writ
ten in 1922. Payne. the son of an
elocutionist, was intended by bis
father for business career. The
young man, however, was deter
mined to go on the stage, and his
first appearances in America were
sucoessful. After six years of effort.
however. he decided that there was
more chanoe of continued succsss
in England, and be went there in
1913 He carried letters to Lord
Bsmble the tragedian. Samuel
Taylor CoIeridge and other oele.
brities of the day.
In London his thoughts often
reverted to his little home on the
Hudson. and in 1922 he wrote the
now famou shines. They were CON-
posed for an opera entitled "Ciari,
the Maid of Milan The opera
was conventional but the song es
sung by Miss Maria Tree brought
extraordinary applause. 1t is said
100000 copies of the song were
sold within year Payne received
more than 81 200 as his share OF
the proceeds, a considerable sum
in thoee days. Payne returned to
America several times and On one
of his trips he displayed such a
keen sympathy for the Indians in
Georgia who were dispossessed OF
their lands that he was thrown into
Jail. 1t is said his escape was oon-
nived at by guard who learned
that the prisoner was the author
of the famous lines
Misfortunes followed him, and
his friends finally secured him the
post of ooneul to Tunis. He died
tlere in 1845, and the man who
Gang most sweetly of home was
buried among strangers in for
eign land Thirty one years after
his death his body was disinterred
and removed to Washington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
The Presidents Cabinet.
TPublished by reouest.

NS1SNOSS'J
Secretary of State. Elihu Root.
Secretary of the Treasury, Les
lie M. Shaw.
Secretary of War, VIM. q. Taft.
Secretary of the Navy, Cherries
j. Bonapsrte.
Secretary of the Interior, James
q Hitchock.
Attorney General, William H.
Moody.
Postmaster General. George B.
Cortelyou.
Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor. Victor 81. Metcalf-
Secretary of Agriculture, James
q. Wilson
On January 1, 1907, number of
ohanges will be made in the above
list. Some of the members will
resign. some will be promoted and
the vacancies will be flied by new
men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
CIGARETTES
Are the Nails That Fasten Down
the Coffin Lid.

ARE the Nails That fasten Down
the Coffin Lid.
Probate Officer w. q. johnson,
of Kansas City, addressing an au-
dience of several hundred boys in
That city, said cigarettes caused
nearly all the downfall among
youths.
"out of $50 boys who have
been takeu into the Juvenile
Court" said Mr.. johnson, "95
per cent. were cigarette smokers.
1 never saw a boy who played
hockey from school who did not
also smoke cigarettes. This hab-
it is the beginning of crime.
81 know a little fellow on the
West Side who lies on the bed
for two and three hours !at a time
smoking cigarettes. lie has be-
come addicted to the habit and
says he can not stop it. He will
be sent to the reform school,
where he can't get the poisonous
things.
1.-TWO boys were caught steal
ing in store not long ago. Each
was cigarette smoke. In nearly
every case where boy breaks in
to store the first thing he steals
is tobacco"
The injury of cigarette smok-
ing is not merely physical. 1t
usually leads him into had asso-
Citations that pervert his ideas of
manliness.
A gang of boys secretly smok-
ing cigarettes submits the leader
ship of the toughest in the gang.
There is magic power in the
practise to lower all to the low
est.
The boy who thinks it is man
ly to smoke has a wrong notion
of manliness. He is training him
self to admire and emulate mans
vices instead of his virtues. He
is cultivating the qualities that
CONT for failure instead ofsuc-
cess
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What's the Use2

1t is little use for the local editor
to waste his Iungs and sprain his
spine in trying to boom a town
when the citizsns all stand around
with their hands in their pockets
and indifferently wait for some.
thing to turn up. II the capitalist
or business men do not put their
shoulders to the wheel and do q
little boosting it is useless for the
editor to try and boom things. he
can write "boom" articles till he
gsts bald beaded, but If the citi.
zens themselves do not take hold
and push. the town will forever
stick in the mud. OF what use is it
for the local paper to suggest i'm.
provements and new enterprises
it the suggestions are never acted
uponP One cannot boom a town Il
requires the concerted aotion OF
the citizens. When one man should
ers town and attempts to Garry It
there are slways q lot of cranky
kickers ready to jump on top of
the load. Unity Of action is what
counts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
Marriage and Crime.

Inyestigations which sustain the
nmoply Droevalent opinion,
M salisf, ing in-,heir way. have
ssa interest tnau those which CON.
edict such opinions. Thomas
psed Mosby. pardon attorney to
zhe governor of Missouri, hae been
Investigating jefferson prison
Ehich. because it is the one prison
ef populous State. has the lar
Gest number of inmates of any
prison in the country. His article
IN the "NoTth American Review
is Of particular interest. notes the
Detroit News"
OF 1874 convicts recsived dur
ing q recent two year period 785
we're young men ranging from l6
25 years. II would appear from
the number at various ages that %
IS tho most dangerous age. Those
tfom 20 to 26, inclusive, included
nearly all of the total mentioned.
Few of the .974 persons had any
trade There were 107 giving their
occupation as that of shoemakers.
out most of these had learned their
trade in prisons.
1t is the common impression
that intemperanoe lies at the bot
tom of most vice, but 852 of these
oonvicts were temperate. Thep per-
oentage illiteraoy was 26 5. or four
times the general average of the
State; but education did not keep
the remaining 73. 5 per cent. from
criminal offsnses.
The conviots were not lscking in
religious training, since 1851 were
professors of some form of belief.
The Baptists mum bered 1885,. .Metho-
Iists 335, Catholics 312, Cnristiane
t20. Presbyterians 48, etc. From
these percentages Mrs. Mosby CON.
oludes that religion is a better
deterrent of crime than education
Education makes men more cun.
ming in covering their crime and in
avoiding punishment but it does
necessarily hold men to the paths
of reotitude. Marriage, he finds
is a marked deterrent of crime.
LESS than one third of the in.
mates were married, from which
it is fair to conclude that where is
one marie criminal are two un.
married. Taking society at large
prepondersnoe of the married por.
tion over the unmarried makes the
otse still stronger.
Another idea of common scoep.
tauce is the fact that large per.
q. csiaIinaI population
ia foreign birth and that the CON.
stant food of immigration is max.
ing it more apparent every year
As a matter of fact the State OF
Missouri demonstrates that out 4e
foreign born resident. in 10000 are
oonviots while the percentage
among the native born is SO in TO-.
600 One common opinion is sus.
tanned. and that is that the bulk oil
the criminals are to be found in
the large oenters of population. In
the cities men are drawn together
by the common social instinct
Men of similar type. like birds oi
feather, are mutually attracted.
Thus. instead of being sustained
in morality and deferred from crime
by mingling with honest people
and enjoying the benefit of moral
associations, the men of criminal
tendencies re act upon one another
and tend to develop those character.
istics in each which ought to be
suppressed.
That reformatories accomplish
some benefit and that the habituaI
triminal is a rather uncommon
type. is shown by the fact that Se
per cent. of the prison inmates are
first termers while less than three
per cent. were serving third terme
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Remembering
NANNY"

The old house servant of the
South is passing into tradition.
No domestic functionary ever
held a more respected position
than did the "mammy," "befo'
de wah." a little incident relat-
ed in Letitia Burwell's, GA Girls
Life in Virginia" reveals how
much one young soldier thought
of his old black nurse.
The, young Virginian, endow-
ed with very fine qualities, and
the hope of the house, had gone
away to the war. Meantime, as
was the case in SO many of the
Southern households, the store of
family provisions grew smaller
and more restricted. In place of
fragrant coffee drink made of
parched corn did meager duty.
One day the son of the house
came home on furlough. His
clothes were tattered and his feet
shoeless. After the eager greet
ings were over, the young fellow
drew a small package from his
pocket.
"See what I've saved for black
mammy!" he cried, with a.ioy-
Gus smile.
The little package contained
coffee.
"oh my son." exclaimed the
boys mother, "you needed it
yourself? Why didn't you use
it?"
81 made out very we'll on wa
ter" said the soldier, tossing the
coffee into mammy's keeping. 81
know it was long time since
you'd had any, and 1 remember
how old nanny used to miss her
coffee if she didn't get it."
The frs. month cf the term of
Flat Rock school closed November
9th with an enrolment of Is boys
and IA girls. While this is nv first
opportunity to be with the pupils
of this school, yet 1 can say that 1
find tLem all to be very nice and
workers in real earnest. The per.
oentage of attendance for the bows
is 90. girls So While this may not
be as high as some country schools
with better location still we are
glad for these figures The names
of those making clear record in
the way of attendance are as fol-
lowe:
Frank Daugherty, Hobart Dan-
gherty, Clarence Daugherty, Cory
Fadely, Roy Rifle. Hoy Pullin,
Homer Rifle. Gilmore Rifle. Mary
Smith, Gusta Sterne. Zslda Dan.
gherty. Hszel Eokard. Beatrice
Eokard. Ona PulIin, Gladys Pullin,
Grow Daugherty, Eunice PuIlin,
Lola Rayburn. Rosa Rsyburn, Stb-
yl Boggess, Lily Rayburn.
Q. d BALL. Teaohor.
The area of the Atlantic ocean
ia n ahont An mn noo
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

Somebody has figured it out that
the average boy who is dependent
on his parents for a livelihood un-
til he reaches the age of twenty
one years cost them four thousand
dollars. On this basis of caloula.
ton a brood. for instance, of six
boys would represent an outlay of
twenty.four thousand dollars
by the time they get away from the
home rcost. The question arises
does it pay to raise boys, and are
there no other crops that would
prove more profitable? If a boy
turns out to be a cigarette fend
with breath like q turkey buzzaTd
and a laugh that would make the
uututored donkey feel perfectly at
home in his society and with an
untrammeled and unconquerable
desire to avoid work, it is safe TO
say that his parents might have in
vested their four thousand dollars
to a much better advantage Bnt
IT the boy grows up to manhood
with the leeson well earned that
wealth and success grow only on
bushes watered by the sweat of
ones brow, the parents need not
begrudge whstever they have
spent on him, for he will be a
source Of increasing pride and JOY
to their hearts, and when they grow
old and their hands trsnbIe and
their legs wabble and their step is
slow and faltering they have two
strong arms to lean upon and help
them over all the rough places that
lie in their twilight path.
Our prices on coal are always
right Point Pleasant Coal & Ice Go.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

Mark Twain says man bought
hog for $1.5O and fed it $40
worth of corn. and then sold the
hog for nine dollars. He lost mon.
ey on the corn but made $3.50 on
the hog. This illustrates how the
saloone, which cause most of the
crime pauperism and insanity of
the country are increasing the tax.
80 very heavily but the taxpayers
are getting money from the saloon
license free.-West Virginia Git
zen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

Whom your neighbor begins to
boast of his honesty. its up to you
to put an extra bolt on your back
door.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

At the age of sixteen a girl knows
a lot more about men than man
at the age of sixty knows about wo-
men.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
HAPPY WOMEN.
Plenty of Them in Point Pleasant,
and Good Reason for It.

Plenty of Them in Point Pleasant,
and Good Reason for It.
Wouldp't any woman be happy,
After years of baokaohe suffering,
Days of misery. nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
She fnds relief and oureP
No reason why Point Pleasant
reader
Should suffer in the face of evil
denoe like this;
Mrs Sophia Vollert, of Main ST,
Point Pleasant, w Va. says: For
at least twenty five years 1 suffered
from kidney trouble No amount of
medicine seemed to relieve the
severe pain I had across the small
OF my back l was often confined
to my bed The least bit of exer.
cise would put me in great pain 1t
was very tiresome and painful for
me to go up and down stairs The
kidney seoretions were much dis.
oolored Seeing Doan's Kidney
Pills 80 highly recommended I
called at g IN Hooff's drug store
and procured a box and after giving
them a good trial, I pronounce
Doan's Kidney Pills the best kid
ney remedy I have ever tried or
ever heard of"
For sale by all dealers Price
80 cents Foster Milburn 90.
Buffalo. New York, sole agents for
the United States
Remember the name-D .an's-
and take no other 1919
The Rural mail delivery system
is spreading as rapidly as the de.
partment can find means and men
to take care of the increased re.
sponsibilities. Everything is keep.
ing pace with the Improvement of
country life except the good roads
movement For some unexplained
reason we find whole communities
opposing any movement for the
road betterment-because they are
afraid of extra taxation. They do
not seem to understand that for
every dollar paid out in taxes for
legitimate road improvement ten
will come back in increased values
of farms and reduced oost of
marketing farm produce.
The quotation: You have flow.
ers for me scatter them in u. y path
way while I live that 1 may enjoy
their beauty and inhale their fra
granoe." contains beautiful senti-
ment, and certain it is that We are
apt to forget the living, and keep
our affections pent up to be poured
out only after death. For those
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

When the folks in the towns
and cities were teasting on fine
turkeys aad chickens I lhanksgiv-
ing, wonder if they ever thought
of the hand of toll that raised
them. Were it not for the farm
ers where could you get your
turney sop"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12
DR. Billions Successor.

The suggestion to appoint Capt,
John K. Thompson, of Putnam
county, to the position of State tax
commissioner to be made vacant
January let. by the resignation of
Mr., Dillon. seems to be meeting
with general approval.
Capt Thompson was an original
tax reformer, and was member of
the tax commission.
He is thoroughly educated man
in books. men and thinge. There
are few within our acquaintance
who have garnered to their brain
store house such wealth of use-
full scientific, interesting and prao-
rioal knowledge. He has convio-
tions. courage, knowledge of state-
Draft, familiarity with the business
development of the state, a speak
ing acquaintance with nearly every
body. and fs a oourtIy, entertaining
aud highly interesting companion.
and gentleman. He is farmer
a genuine. real thing farmer, who
works with hand and brain, setting
the pace on scientific lines and OK.
employing theory by practice. He
is sturdy OAK amongst honest
men, and if he wants the job. he
will be in the running Charles
ton Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

Ever notice how polite the aver.
age man is when he has something
to sellP
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

The quality of neither a women
nor Cigar depends on the wrapp.
eE-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

Once in a great while a cook eets
contrary and refuses to quit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

Aug Is
For rnvum4tlsm, We suggest you
try "E'ectropodis" You pay a
dollar for pair. wear them twenty
five successive days and if not
CURED bring them back and get
your dollar. Sold at Van Gilder's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

The Supreme Court of AppsaIs
has decided, in q case going up
from Wood county. that a tag deed
is valid and binding and gives the
holder absolute and unassaiIable
right of possession, and that q pur.
chaser of lands bought at q delin-
quent tag sale will hold his pur-
chase against all persons Whomso-
ever. The fact that a house and
lot worth, for instance. 81 600 is
sold for trife of taxes due there.
on is no grounds for attempting to
have the deed set aside.
"FiddIing Bob" Taylor, theme
Senator from Tennessee, can dance
a Jig, play the fiddle, argue q law
suit. debate political questions,
lead q prayer meeting. tell funny
stories. write interesting poetry
and has many other accomplish
meuts. Tsylof was recently elect.
ed Senator after Eve attempts. Not
80 long ago he gained national note
BY stumping the State for Cover
nor against his brother.
The Young Ladies of Trinity
Church will hold their Annual
Xmas Sale. Dec. IA and 18th
in the BickeI building one door
above FiIson'g Hardware Store.
Call on them before purchasinR
Xmas gifts as they will'have sOme-
thing suitable for young and
old. 5-2v.
We never miss the water till the
hnokak oha{v, t,v..ks
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DENTIST.

Has moved his Office to the
Barbee building over Postofice.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1906-12-12

We never miss the water filI tho.
bucket chain brsaks.
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Our prices on coal are always
right Point Pleasant Coal & Ice Co.
Evening journal., 1906-08-10

down prices at this season OF the year.
The Jamaica orange is about ready to
come to market. but the West Indian
fruit is not considered a competitor
with the finer California Old Mission
brands and the Florida kind. The
Northern California crop is due TO be-
gin 10 show here about November ia
and the product OF the Southern
California groves about the 1st 20 the
10th Of December. Bloridas are due
in October. Until these finer fruits
show up dealers insist that prices will
be high. E
Evening journal., 1906-08-10

largest Hotel on the Atlantic
-oast. Situated directly on the
Ocean. Surrounded by lawn OF
twenty acres. Appointments and
cukine first-class. AL amuse-
Dents-tennlr, tenpinu, etc.
Large cafe and palm garden
Orchestra OF sixteen pieces,
Same management es the past
fourteen years. For terms, etc,
address p. II. S. CAKE. Rates
sl7.5O week and up.
Evening journal., 1906-08-10
office Hours-9 a. m. to p. M
Saturdays-9 a. m. to IL noon
DIRECTORS
I 1t Depends

Somebody has said that the mas
terry of the womans heart by the
man" will make marriage a foretaste
of heaven"
It is to wonderl
There are so many different kinds Of
men. There are men so unworthy
that their mastery over any woman's
heart would mean misery for her.
There are men 90 utterly unappre-
ciatlve OF what that mastery involves
the tenderness, the gentleness. the wis
DOM the humility. the sense OF re-
sponsibility for anothers happiness
and welfare.
So few Of us are fit to be custodians
Of another's peace OF mind.
II is safe to say that the mastery OF
any heart and life over another can
never make the prophesied "foretaste
Of HEAVIER" unless it is an exceptional
heart, worthy OF matering another
as few, indeed, either men or women
are.
Evening journal., 1906-08-10
WOoin9 Morpheus

It's hard 10 sleep these sitting
nights.
one can do some things to make il
easier.
Abolish the pillow and bolster.
Have a moderately hard bed.
Wear a robe cut low in the neck and
short in the sleeves.
Don't keep the light burning a sec
ond longer than necessary.
Have a basin Of cold water and a
wash cloth beside the bed.
Frequently wipe the wet cold cloth
over face and hands.
In ten minutes after several such
spongings. the wakeful one VIII be
sound asleep and comfortable.
Evening journal., 1906-08-10

one piece style. that OF sagging. and
possessing all Of its virtues. 1t fits
smoothly over the hips and hangs
with increasing fulness to the lower
edge. For The medium size 1-2 yards
of 27-inch goods are needed for the
waist IN the medium size and "a
yards a. inches wide for the skirt.
Two Patterns:
6721-sizes. 80 to 40 inches bust meas
ure
6722-sizes. 20 to 80 inches waist.
The price Of these patterns is zoe
but either viii be sent upon receipt OF
l1oc.
Evening journal., 1906-08-10
Too Up-to-date
To Be Jealous.

Few tears are shed by the woman
of fashion nowadays because Of jeal-
ousy toward her husband. Not that
she has such self-control that she
won't let herself indulge in womanly
weeping because her husband has
proved gay deceiver. That isn't the
cause Of her stoicism. The fast is,
most modern women have so much on
their minds they can't spare time to
let those idle tears trickle down their
noses. Two women who met on the
bride path In the Park yesterday
showed what outsiders the husbands
OF some women have become. "Oh,
didn't know you were in town, and
it's such a relief to find that you are"
gurgled one rider enthusiastically. MY
husband has to stay here and I'm go
ing abroad next week. You'll ride with
him, won't you? 1t viii make me so
happy II you'll keep him exercised and
amused"