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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Senior "reminiscences.

The chapel clock peeled the hour fol
US, and we ate 1t with epicurean en-
joyment We were walking together,
the senior and I, and listened with
balted breath while he told me a fish
story. Arm in arm we walked, but
suddenly he stopped and drew his
hands across his eyes. 1t was good
likeness, but obscured his vision a bit
Then he resumed:
1--WE sure were n bunch of hummers
in our freshman year. In our snow
ball fight with the Sophs on Washing.
tons birthday three of us gained the
fence and began to chop it up into
small piecea for souvenirs. Suddenly a
seven foot soph grabbed the smallest
of my assistants, but with well aim.
I'd SNOWFALL between the eyes l laid
aim low. while scarlet streams rolled
down his face and made Intricate ara.
bcsques on his collar"
The senior paused and fetched q
sigh. goodness knows where from.
But whence the scarlet streams"
nterroguted WAS It bloodY
NO" lie palpltated; there was a to.
nnto In the SNOWFALL"
Then silence fell, but we sustained II
between us.-Yale Record.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Too EIinpant.

The specialist surgeon, hot with In
dignation. exclaimed, NO, will not
take her case. There must be a limit
to even a woman's fiippancy."
why. DR.. -, what do you meanT'
asked the family doctor mildly. 81
have always found Mrs. Jones a lady
in every way"
Perhaps" answered the specialist
surgeon, more calmly, but with dry
severity. she asked me why a sur.
geon was Ike hen. And when gave
it up, what do you think she saidY
II give It up, too" said the family
doctor.
Because his motto is always Cut.
cut-cut ah, cut Wasn't that the
ImitT"
'And that woman has been under
the knife three times" reflected the
family doctor "pll take ner to DR..
Smith. he has a sense Of humor."
And now there is a marked GOODNESS
between the specialist surgeon and the
family Extraordinarily Eagle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Great sehemers.

"These travelling men are great
sehemers when 1t comes to getting
rooms assigned to them ahead of other
ruests who registered first" said a
hotel clerk. "1here were several guests
on the waiting list for rooms yester-
day. One travelling man came up to
the desk holding his hand to his
stomach, saying he was SO sick he
must have room at once. He was
accommodated. In few minutes an
other traVotAG nan who was among
Ne Hat Of SHSsas waiting Tor rooms,
came up and said be had boarded q
sleeper at 2 o'clock in the morning and
tried to get some sleep, but that 1t ran
into IN open switch and gave him such
shaking up he couldn't sleep. He
said he was almost dead with exhaus-
ton and loss of sleep and must have
room at once. Hardly had he gone
to his room when third one came up
and said he, too, must have room i'm
mediately. What do You suppose his
reason was? He said horse fell on
him the day before, and he thought he
was injured Observation-Disclosures City
Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Fear and the Hair.

That fear will cause the hair to stand
on end has been known through the
centuries, ever since spirit passed be
fore the face Of Jobs comforter. Ell
phaz, the Temanite, and 1.-The hair OF
my flesh stood up" at the execution
of horse stealer In 1925 the mans
spiritual attendant noticed that when
his hands were tied Ibis hair-long
lanky, weak iron gray halr-arose
gradually and stood perfectly upright
and so remained for some short time
and then as gradually fell down." Car
dinal Pacca saw Plus wills hair stand
erect from anger, and Eccleslasticus
records that the talk of him that
sweareth much maketh the hair stand
upright"
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There are a great many people

There are great many people
who have slight attacks of indigss.
ton and dyspepsia resrly all the
time. Their food may satisfy the
appetite but it fails 10 nourish the
body simply beoauee the stomach
is not in fit condition 10 do work il
ia supposed TO do. II can't digest
the food you eat. The stomach
should be given help. You ought
sake something that will do the
york your stomach can't do. Kodol
For indigestion an dyspepsia. q
combination of natural digestante
and vegetable acids, digests the
food itself and gives strength and
health to the stomach. Pleasant to
'ske Sold by all Druggists.
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Unnecessary Generosity.


Jose Maria, a once famous Spanish
Drlgand. robbed an English gentleman
and his servant of their horses and
everything they possessed save thelI
clothes. The Engllshman WASH pleas
an.. attractive youth and submitted to
the robbery with great good humor.
This appealed TO Jose Maria, and as
they were forty-mlles from Seville,
whittier the traveller was going, he
determined that he should not walir
that distance and gave him back his
servants horse and 4 doubloon (STB)
out of the 200 he had taken. The youth
thanked the robber warmly and added
that he had still great favor to ask.
"Will you not return me my watchY"
he said. ut was the parting gift OF
my dear father"
as your father alive" asked Jose
Maria, land does he leve you very
muchF
"oh, yesP said the youth. "He lives
and loves me-"
"Then." said Jose Maria. az shall
keep the watch, for II your father
loves you so dearly he Ia sure to give
you another"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Hnw piutnn cntnh ounlL

The Piutes have n unique way Of
getting quail. For them there is no
closed season or, indeed, any game
law whatever. Seasons when the quail
come down from the mountains to Il ,
spring the Indians make great prep
ration for their capture. They bul
a bough house with long slende ?
opening in the front formed of b l
straight sticks set closely togethe +.
Within the house an Indian sits &C ;
cealed. holding a long timber r9 ;
which he operates dexterously throufS
the narrow opening. In the ear ,
morning when the birds flock down fcs
water he picks them of one at tim :.
killing them instantly. There is no r :
port In this manner of hunting -
brighten the others away, and the Ind :
an often gets enough game in sing Q
morning for the whole settlement. =
Los Angeles Times.
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SAVED eY SILENCE.
A Buffalo Hunt and an Indian Inter-
ruption on the Plains.

A Buffalo Hunt and an Indian Inter-
ruption on the Plains.
Two soldiers who belonged to a body
Of troops crossing the western plains
in 1852 started out to capture buffalo,
A herd had been seen about a mile
distant. Their horses were in good con-
dition, and, says the author of Five
Years a Dragon" they had every rea-
son to anticipate good sport.
They approached the herd at walk
and were within easy pistol shot be-
fore the buffaloes saw them. Then one
Of them, named Peel, went to the west
the other TO the east Peel's compan.
ion had dropped his first buffalo when
the voice of Peel rang out, Get on
your horsew
No time was lost, for, looking east,
he pointed to fifty or more Indians in
half circle half Il mile away, their
left wing so far adv cnced that retreat
to camp was cut of.
Consultation was brief. Peel led the
way down the hill and eircled round a
thicket. carefully selecting the firm
buffalo grass SC i, so as to leave no
trail, and drew into cover not twenty
yards from where some of the Indians
were sure to come down.
There they sat ON their horses, pis.
tolls in hand. They had no future
plans; they might have to fight death
under that blufr; they would do what
ever circumstances seemed to dictate.
They had not long to wait. The In
dams came rafting down the rock
trails leading into the bottom, sending
out their bloodcurdling warwhoop at
every jump. They ESsRed to think
that the fleeing men HOGd try to e.
cape toward e&snp aAd be sAVesspOd N
the circle; did not think that they
would do anything but run for their
lives, which would be sure death. One
brawny brave drew rein at the foot of
the trail where the men had come
down, raised himself in the stirrups
and looked sharply toward them.
Peers companion, believing they were
discovered, raised his pistol to shoot,
but Peel quietly reached over and.
placing his hand on his comrades arm,
gently pressed it down.
In q moment the Indian was of to
the west, showing by his actions that
he had not seen them.
The way now seemed clear, and they
quietly walked their horses up where
they had gone down few moments
before. turned south and gently trotted
back toward camp. No fresh meat
cheered the camp that night. but they
bad new adventure to talk over.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Knew Denmark, but Not Hamlet.

Knew Denmark, but Not Hamlet.
The Literary Lady-Do you think
4amlet was insane or merely assum-
ing to be7
The Vlctim-I beg your pardon. /
didn't catch the name.
The Lady Hamlet.
The Victim = Oh. yes. Odd name,
INIT lit Friend of yours?
The Lady-rm talking Of Hamlet,
Prince Of Denmark.
The Yictlm-To be sure. Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark know a lot of
those Denmark princes, but I don't
seem to place Ham. BY the way, Den
marks getting to be quite a town.
They tell me they have two regular
trains running there now. one of them
q freight And 1 heard just the other
day that eastern capital had secured
an option on the building lot across
the street from the livery stable for q
elothespin factory Denmark Is GER
tainly looking up.
The literary lady glares at the vic
tim eoldly and removes herself to an
other part Of the re"'G.
Whereat the victim smilss.-Kansas
City Independent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

Occasional headache, belohing
bad taste in the mouth, lack of ap.
petite and slight nervousness are
symptoms Of indigestion which
when allowed to go unoared for,
will develop into a case of dyspep.
sia that will take q long time to ge,
rid of. Don't neglect your stom
ache. At first indication of trouh.
lie take something that will help il
along in it's work of digesting the
food you eat. Kodol for indiges
ton and dyspepsia will do THE
Kodol will n0ke your food do you
good and will enable you to erjoy
what you eat. Sold by eli Drug.
.gists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
When cleveland Said nev eo,blv


"a long legged friend of mine, who
may be called Bill Jennings as well as
anything else" says Emerson Hsugh
In Appleton's Magazine, always in
sisted that he was responsible for the
opening Of the Cherokee country. 4
went down to Washington said he,
to see Cleveland about it. 1 went up
to the door of Cleveland's house-right
at the front door-and knocked, and
heard Cleveland boiler out to me,
Come lnr' l went in, and there was
Cleveland sittin' in the parlor, with all
his cabinet there too. l says to Cleve-
land, Cleveland, them Injuns has got
to go and them COW men too" l put it
to him right plain. Cleveland he lis
tened, and by and by he got up and
come and put his hand on my shoulder,
and says he, "Bill, by gosh, she
popsw'"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
A Feat Of Memory.


The geographer Marcus narrates an
Instance Of memory probably unequal
ed. He actually witnessed the feat
and had 1t attssted by four Venetian
mobiles. He met In Padua a youlg Cor
slcan who had so powerful a memory
that he could repeat as many as $4,000
words read over to him only once.
Marcus, desiring to test this extraor-
binary youth in the presence of his
friends, read over to him an almost
intermlnable list of words strung to-
gether anyhow, in every language and
some mere gibberish. The audience
was exhausted before the list, which
had been written down for the sake
Of accuracy. was completed, and at the
end of 1t the young Corsican smilIngly
began and repeated the entire list with
out a break and without a mistake.
Then to show his remarkable power he
went over It backward, then every al
ternate word. first. third and fifth, ard
so on, until his hearers were thorough
ly exhausted and had ne hesitation in
certifying that the memory of this In
dlvidual was without a rival In the
world, ancient or modern.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Pepper and Onions and Garlic and

Pepper and Onions and Garlic and
AT a restaurant downtown, redolent
of pepper and garlic, where swarthy
representatives of Spain and all the
Spanish American countries gather ev-
cry day at the lunch hour lone Amer
lean, accustomed to strictly unseason-
ed food, was glancing apprehensiyely
at the bill of fare.
what is chile con carne?" he asked
the waiter.
"Ah. senior. Eat is pepper and q lee.
tie meat and pepper again and once
more pepper and
mo matter. What is bacalao a la
vizcaIna?"
ut is delicious-codfsh and red pep
per and gar
Forget it! What is ola la Espa.
nolaT'
"Ah! Eat is onions and pepper and
garbanzos and chorIzos and"-
Bring me roast beef!"-New York
Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
A BIT Too Realistic

Some amateurs in a provincial town
gave a theatrical performance. Just
before the curtain went up the star
actor took the manager aside and said
to himI
Now, look here! 1 don't propose to
drink water instead OF wine in the
drinking scene in the second act.
want wine genuine wine. The uni
ties nust be preserved. We want to
make this play as realistic as posi-
BILE"
ooh, you want champagne at 10 shll-
lings bottle, do your
Yes, sir. Everything must be re-
alistie."
IAN right In the second act you
shall have real wine, and when you
take poison In the last act you shall
have some real poison. I'll see that
you don't complain of the play not be-
ing realistic enough. How does prus-
sic acid strike youY-London Tit-Bits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
Labor.

The doctrine of the farm is merely
this, that every man ought to stand in
primary relations with the work of the
world; ought to do it himself and not
to suffer the accident of his having a
purse in his pocket, or his having been
bred TO some dishonorable or injurious
craft, to sever him from those duties
and for this reason, that labor is Gods
education; that he only is a sincere
learner, he only can become master
who learns the secret Of labor and who
by real cunning EFFORTS from nature its
scepter.-Emerson
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PEDIGREE

Foaled April 20, 1899. Bred by NJ
Lassaussaie, commune of st Langis
department Of Orne, got by Hecmart
81, 107 he by Afrantus SO, 70l, he b.
Cheri l0,958 Q5, 1911, he by Vas. -Tu
Peux Abs (3,02D, he by Monarcl
(2,S69), he by Athos belonging to NJ
Caget, he by Monarch belonging /,
M: Caget. Dam-PouIe u.s. 29j b,
Chalnmeau, b. longing to NJ. Du
pont. Second Dam-La Petite Is, 9S
by Selim (749), he b, Porthos, belong
ing to NJ. Fromeutin Third Dam
MigDonne, belonging to M Bel
hommt, by Duke De Cnartres 1852 (721
he by Coco III (7I4), lie by Vieox. Chns
lin I713), he 10y Coco (7l2), lie by Mig
non (7l5), he by Jean-L O. Blanc (739l
In witness whereof we have herr
unto affixed the seal OF the Asrocia
ton. Dated III Chicago, ILL.,. this III.
24ih day of December, 1902.
G. D KElSER, President
Ba1Rd1n will be eight years OLD
on the 10th day of April, 1907. Il. i,
a jet black in color, III hands hiEl
and weighs 1850. He is heavy boned
very compact, strongly built and !.
uhe hctoC' lie has proven sure fOh
getter. A. q. Landfried, Of Ripley
w. Va. has filly colt when.fourtee,
months old that weighed / ,OI0 pounds
Enoch Mcintyre, Of AngeronA, "
Va, has a horse colt that weighed
ut nineteen months old over Loo
Will make the season al
Point Pleasant and at different
points in Mason and Jackson
counties.
6. M. WARTENBURc, Keeper.
Point Pleasant, w. Va,
Ripley P. H. Co..
Ripley, w. Va
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No Insult Intended.

A London exquisite had gone into a
west end restaurant and was far from
pleased with the way In which his Or
der was filed.
do you call that veal cutletT he
demanded of the waiter. "Why, such
outlet as that is an insult to every
self respecting calf In the British en-
pIre."
Tie waiter hung his head for mo-
meat, but recovered himself and said
in tone of respectful apology:
"a really didn't intend to insult you,
Dir."'-LendSa answers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
The Twins.


The Harmon twins looked so much
alike as babies that their parents
could scarcely tell them apart. AS they
grew older 1t became evident that to
Grandmother Harmon at least the
twins were a unit
you were asking me how much the
twins weigh" said Grandmother Har-
mon to a neIghbor when l went out
that afternoon l put one of them on
the scales at the grocery and found
they weigh Just twenty-si1 pounds"
"Do they always weigh exactly the
sameT inquired the neighbor, and
Grandmother Harmon looked quite i'm
patient
"The twiDsT' she said. "of course;
why not?"
The neighbor had no reason to give,
but she rebelled few days later when
in answer to her inquiry Grandmother
Harmon said:
"'Where are the twinsY Oh, they
got cinder in one of their eyes, and
their mother has taken them down to
the oculist's to have 1t removed, they
were fussing SO over it."-Youth's
Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

The way to get rid of cold
whether it be bad oold" or Just
little one, is to get it out of ,ol,
system through the bowels Near y
all Icoughicutes, especially thos
that contain opiates, are oonstipar
ing. KeDnedy's Lsxa,ive CcugI
Syrup contains no opiAtes and so's
gently on the bowels. Pleasant to
take. Sold by all Druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

There's reason for that ache in
gour bsok-right where it "stitoll.
es" every time you bend over, turn
around or ulk any distance. Iii
your kidneys. Take DsWitt's Kid
ney and Bladder Pills They are IN
equaled for bsokache. weak kid
neys and inflammation of the blad.
der A weeks treatment 25 cent?
Sold by all DruggistV.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

The secret Of striking a fish, espe-
cially a trout, which bites quickly,
whether In brook, river or lake, is to
give a sharp upturn of the wrist. This
viii move the rod or bait only two or
three inches and will not jerk 1t from
the water. II you miss the fish will
follow the few inches, not being fright
ened, and In the majority Of cases will
be hooked at once. The quick Jerking
OF the bait from the water almost In
Yariably scares a trout-result, dark
streak disappearing down the stream.
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As Other. Saw Him.

A day or two ago it fell out that au
actor with e. purpose was cinemato-
graphed on the stage and was vastly
pleased with the result.
Said he gleefully to prominent dra.
matte critic, ut was the most extraor-
binary experience ever went through
actually to see myself acting"
Now" said the prominent dramatic
critic, you understand what we have
to put up with."-Pall Mall Gazette.
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A Hero.

A boatful of ladies and officers 60
ing to a picnic was swamped in cross
ing an East Indian, river. A lady and
an officer chung to an oar. at Is not
enough for two" said the man. Say
goodby for me to the regiment" Then
he left his hold Of the oar and of life.
1t Is easy to see that romance might
be founded on this, but these are the
plain facts
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orIoln Of the Cross Bun,

The exact Significance or origin of
the cross bun is not too certain. A
superstition regarding baked bread on
Good Friday appears to have existed
from an early period. Bread so baked
was kept by family all through the
ensuing year under the belief that a
few gratings of 1t in water would prove
a specific for any ailment.-Leeds and
Yorkshire Mercury.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

One of the worst features of kid.
ney trouble is that it ia an insidi.
GUS disease and before the victim
realize his danger he may have a
fatal malady. Take Foloy's Kidney
Cure at the first Sign of trouble as
it correots Irregularities and pre-.
vents Bright's disease and diabetes
For sale by all Druggists.
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n eIasss, Get Stuck.

When two glasses get stuck. one In
aide the other, an unfailing remedy for
separating them il to plunge them up
right into some hot water for a quarter
OF q minute or thereabouts. Care must
be taken that no water gets into either
glass. The explanation Is that the heat
expands the outer glass before It has
time to penetrate and expand the one
inside
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

Orino L'x,tive Fruit Syrup is
sold under positive guarantee t
cure constipati IN. siok headsohe,
stomach trouble, or any form ofin.
igestion If it fails. the manu-.
fActurers refund your money. What
more oan any one do. For sail by
all Druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
POOR eirdI

The foolish man approached the VS. l.
derful goose that laid the golden egf I.
odd bird" CALCULATED the fooli d
man, Il think your time has con .:
Golden eggs are no longer populsR
Why can't you lay gold bricksT
Because. master" replied the COOS !.
Il don't belong to the bricklayers' vi.
lon"
And then the ax felI.-Chicago New.
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suspiciousIy Cheap.

Mrs. schoppen = The price seems
low, but I'm afraid of antique rugs.
You know the old saying, "Snug as
a. Salesman-"As bug in a rug"
Ha! Hal But there are no bugs about
this rug. Mrs. Schoppen (shrewdly)-
No? l half suspect the presence Of
little humbug.-Philadelphia Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11

Healthy kidneys filter the impur.
tiles from the blood, and unless
theo do this good health is impos
sibie Foley's Kidney Cure makes
aound Kidneys and will positively
cure all forms of kidney and blad
der disease. 1t strengthens the
whole system. For sale by all Drug.
gists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
NEARING the Limit

Mrs. Henpeck seems to have her
husband 80 well trained that he'd jump
through hoop If she held 1t up and
gave him the word"
ITS worse than that. She even
makes him help her celebrate the ami.
yersary Of her marriage to her first
husband" Record. Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-09-11
How to Avoid Appendicitis

HOW 10 ANVIU ApnenUICICIS
Most victims of appendicitis are
those who are habitua ly oonstipat
ed. Orino Laxative Fruit Syru,
cures chronic constipation By stim-
ulating the liver and bowels, and
restores the natural faction of the
and is mild and pleasant to take
R"fnsp substitutes For sale oy all
Druggists.
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Applying the PrOvorb.

A professional bumorist was having
bis boots BACKED. "And is your ia.
Their a bootblack. tool" he asked the
boy.
"No, sir" replied the bootblack; my
father Ia a farmer"
"Ah," said the professional humor.
ist reaching for his notebook, ''he be-
lleves In making hay while the son
shines"
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The Scope of INDIGESTION,

Indigestion is not only the most
prevalent OF all diseases, but is the
most far reaching In Its complications,
says Or. Latson In Health Culture.
In recognition Of this fact a brilliant
medical man has said:
There is but one dlsease-indiges-
fionH