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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
A GLIMPSE OF SPAIN.
The Manner of a Wedding Dance In
the Provinces.


The wedding dance was being
held in long, narrow building near
fountain, and we entered on
smooth earth floor. Seats were ar
ranged about the sides of the white
washed room, and the low rafters
were draped and festooned with fan
cy wall paper with gold scrolls in it.
The music was furnished by piano
organ at one end of the long room,
turned in rotation by a number of
small boys in their clean blue
blouses and brown corduroy
breeches, who felt their Importance,
and at the other end of the room
table was spread with cakes and
bread and wine concoction very
sweet and pleasant, but seductive.
The women, some bringing their
babies, were pleasant set, but not
beautiful, although a few, with
their large dark eyes, came very
near to it. They did not wear the
gay costumes of my Imagination,
but their dresses showed great care
and conscientious patching. A gay
handkerchief was often folded
around the neck and across the
breast, and large earrings and big
breastpins were the vogue even
among the young women. The men
wore broad brimmed black felt hats
and clean blue blouses, corduroy
trousers, either light tan or brown,
and the long red or black sash belt
called "faja" wound many times
about the waist, the folds serving
as pockets for cigarettes, tobacco
pouch and the villainous knife that
every one carries.
The dances were round" inter
spersed with square dance, where
four people comprised set-a sort
of fandango, with lots of stamping
and attempts at 1.-THE, serpentine
motions, with the hands raised
above the head. There was a very
old man who danced with great
gusto and amused the crowd of
young people, who encouraged him
with clapping of hands. = Edward
Penfeld in Scribner's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Let Il Go at That.

The heavy villain of the barn
storming aggregation stalked into
the workshop of the village editor.
"What did you mean by referring
to me as 'misfit' in your write-up
of the performance last nightT"
he roared.
81 meznt," answered the local
molder of opinion, ftthat you were
entirely too great for the company
you are with"
And the heavy villain, being
stranger to the ways of the village
editors, believed him. = Chicago
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Peculiar Moslem Belief.

The Moslems believe in the exist
ence of "seven great hot hells" bear
ing the names of Jahannam, Latha,
Hutamah, Sa'ir, Sakar, Jehim and
Al-kariah. The first is to be the
endless abode of the Dahriyah, a
sect which denies the creation, the
second for Manichees and Arabs, the
third for Brahmans, the fourth for
the Jews, the fifth for Christians
and the sixth for the Magians. The
seventh, the @great, great, hot, hot
hell is to be reserved for Liars and
hlpocrltes. ..n.ae...
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
THE PARIS Posi-.
Misdireetsd Letter and a TansIe Of
Red Tape.

Red Tape.
A young Englishwoman visiting
in Paris received note from y
friend saying that tickets had been
sent by an earlier post for concert
to take place that afternoon, but by
error wrong street number was
written on the envelope. This, said
her correspondent, might make a
delay in the arrival of the letter,
and it would be well to make in
quiries at once at the post of the
nearest division.
Arriving at the postofice of our
quarter, / made known my errand
to three young gentlemen in success
sion. The last young gentleman
took out long paper and demanded
peremptorily my name, age, address
and birthplace. He was proceeding
to that of my father and mother
when / suggested that all this infor-
nation, although doubtless of thrill
ing interest to the postoffice, could.
scarcely assist in restoring my lost
letter, which contained tickets I
must positively have before /
o'clock that day.
cha! 1t is then of letter lost !"
he cried, as though suddenly illu-
minated.
"Well, misdirected, as 1 have al
ready explained to three persons
here"
"But it is not here where one
brings the letters which find them
selves badly directed. Those letters
are united in another department
of the great post. This document
here"-he pointed to my biogra-
phy-"the chief of my department
will dispatch to the great post. One
will make communication to you
as soon as traces of the letter are
discovered"
1t was IL 80 when l reached the
great post, and 1 was sent to five
different departments before arriv-
ing at the one for misdirected let
ters. Feeling both snubbed and i'll
used, I inquired whether before we
proceeded to fill in more forms this
monsieur would kindly tell me
whether there was the remotest
chance of recovering the letter that
day before 2 o'clock.
'"Today! This day itselfp he
cried in shrill indignation "Par-
bleu, but you imagine to yourself,
then, madam, that the post con-
ducts itself like an automobilew
81 hoped that since my letter is
here-actually here in this depart
meut-that one could place the
hand on it in the course of two
hours. In England" I continued,
with a fine outburst of patriotism,
eve have such perfectly organized
system that 1 should have the letter
[ Lrequired in ten minutes"
Remind yourself that England
is, after all, but an island. Here we
are in France"-he threw back his
head proudly-"and here things
march not so quickly. 1t will per
haps be fifteen days before your
case comes up. Each must proceed
in turn"
:'Then it is useless to go into the
NATTER" 1 answered, and in deep
depression turned away. = EI-
change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
What He Really m.an.

Little Harold had been directed
by the teacher to write the word
"folly."
81 can't" said Harold, "'cause
my pencils busted"
"Why, Harold, what did you say
was wrong with your pencil"
cts busted"
"Dear mel Children, can any of
you tell what Harold means? Fm
sure he hasn't used the right word y
Up went the hand of little Mar
jorie.
"Ah, Marjorie, dear, I thought
you would know. What does Har-
old mean?"
"He meanth that hith penthil ith
buthticated." p Chicago Record
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Tea In Russia.

Russians are very careful about
the way their tea is made. They
make it in a porcelain or eerthen,
teapot and drink it from tumblers
Of glass so annealed that there j.
no danger of the hot liquid breaking
them. Their tea is always made o7
water at the first boiling, an impor-
tant matter. The tea brewed In the
teapot is made quite strong, but tbs
tea glasses are but one-third filed
with this tea and then filed up with
boiling water. This gives a delicate.
fine favored cup of tea not strong
enough to have a rank taste.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
odd rhinrn.

The origin of the sentiment ~oid
wood to burn, old wine to drink, old
friends to trust, old authors to read,1 IS
somewhat obscured. Bacon found that
Alfonso of Aragon was wont TO say in
commendation Of age that age ap-
peared to be best In these four things.
John Webster Q63s) went further in
declaring. "Old wine wholesomest, old
pippins toothsomest," and that "oId
wood burns brightest, old linen washes
whitest." Goldsmith In "She Stoops to
Conquer" says. s'Old friends, old times,
old manners, old books, old wine"
- "a are uaQx variant onotahoua.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Unsatisfae4sry.

A certain English commodore Who
had the misfortune to lose a leg In,
a shark encounter was beset wheTsT-
er ne went with questioners eager to-
know how, when and where he had
met his loss. He finally invented,
an expedient for suppresstng bis tor
mentors. He would promise to an-I
swer them one question, but only
one, on the subject. The question:
invariably was, GLOW did you lose
your leg?" and the invariabls an
swer, 'It was bit of" which OF
course left his hearers more curious
than ever.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Husbands.

a woman furnishes the following
essay on husbands:
"fhere are three kinds of hus-
bands-the young husbands, who
make US unhappy because we are SO
jealous of them; the middle aged
husbands, who break our hearts be-
cause they would rather make mon
ey OF play golf than devote any at
tention to us, and the old husbands,
who sicken us with their silly OBJ
jections whenever we turn to look
at younger men."-Chicago Trib-
une
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
No Is
WOMEN AS HARD WORKERS
Labor So Heavy That the seroaaosk
Become Uooloos nk Thirty.

Labor So Heavy That the 9eroA0osk
Become Uooloos at Thirty.
In Warsaw I once saw a troop Of
women going back and forth from q
building in process Of construction,
emptying hods of dirt and carrying
In hods of brick or mortar. Thsyl
were splendid women physically,
with broad shoulders and hips,
strong limbs and stout ankles, but
they were all young, and when I in
quired why it was the foreman said
the work does for them in q veryi
short time, and when they break
down they are no longer Of use tot
u.s." AT thirty the women are al
ready old and unfit for further uBe-
fulness to the purchasers Of labor,
so they sit at home like grandmeth-l
ers, waiting the passing Of theiri
time. Indeed, throughout Poland
and Russia one sees women bearing
burdens which seem far beyond theirl
strength.
In all the countries Of Europe
one sees them engaged In occupa-
tons of the most laborious kind.
There is no more revolving sight
tLan to see women doing the work
of dumb animals. Here and there
one sees a girl harnessed to a cart
or pushing a heavily loaded wheel
barrow On the canals and rivera
everywhere women take turns with
men in pushing with heavy poles or
in pulling the long freighted canal
boats. Here they are competing
with navvies on the railroad, and
there serving as hodcarriers.> Now.
and then one sees them in the coal
pits and about the iron works. In
certain industries there is no limit
b their hours. On the boats, for
tance, they must work both night
sd day to get the cargo to market.
n this way women become beasts
of burden and remain so until they
are physically ruined. Robert
Hunter in Cosmopolitan.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
ALosson In Etiquette.

Priscilla had, unknown to her
mother, paid a visit to one Of her
small friends, and on her return
Mrs. Parsons was disturbed to nots
the soiled dress her child wore.
Priscilla, do you see that big
spot? What do you suppose Mrs.
Blakeslee thought of such q dirty
dress 20 she asked.
f1 don't know" was PriscilIa's
prompt reply. eff Mrs. Blakeslee
saw it she was too polite to mention
it."-HarPer's Weekly. )
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
A Reminder.

Cheaply-Hello, old mani You
seem to be in a brown study.
Popley-oh, hellol Yes, 1 am.
You see, my wife asked me to stop
at the market for something and ]
can't think what it was.
Cheaply = Here, have a cigar.
Maybe that'n help you to think.
Popley-Thanks. Oh, yes, I re-
member now. It was cabbage sha
wanted.Philadelphia Pres.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
One Penitent Amona rh.m.

In a rare pamphlet bearing the
imprint printed by n. Haines, at
Mr.. Francklin's, in Russell-street,
Covent-garden, 1733," is given
short history of the prime ministers
in Great Britain. Details are given
of the history of trusted ministers
of the sovereign from Odo, bishop
of Bayeux, William the Conqueror's
servitor, down to the Duke of Buck
ingham of James rs time. The
PamPhleteer sums up the fate of
thirty-one prime ministers in the
following fashion:
DY'D by the Halter a
Ditto by the Axe .......................... 10
Ditto by STURDY BEooARs .. 8
Ditto untimely by private Hands .. 2
Ditto In Exile 4
Ditto Penitent
Saved by sacrificing their Masters ......
London News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Trustees Sale

PY virtue OF that certain deed of trust
0executed by Madison c. Fisher AID ran
ces FiShe-, his wife. to the undersigned
Trustee, dated the 10Th day OF FeDruR v.
leOO, and recorded the County Courr
Clerks office of Mason Coun V. West Vir
Rinia, in Trust DEED Book No. 2q, page 40
dc, to secure Edwin E. Zerkle, the De ymen'
of 500. bearing date February Goth, 1905, wftF.
Interest f. ON date and due and payable 4:
twelve months after date and said N Ite I-f-
Ing due and payable according to its tenor
anu effect. and default having been made a.
the payment of said note, and being requir-
ed so TO do. will on
Saturday, the End day of Feb
Iuary, 1907,
commencing at IL o'clock a M on said da,
at the front door of the Court House OF Ma
son County, West Virginia sell for cash sf
public auction to the highest bidder the fol-
said trust deed to said trustee. viz; iy-
Ing and being In the District o.;
Robinson, county OF Mason, state of Wes
Virginia, and bounded and described as fol
lows, to-wit: Beginning at large black oak
stump on the N siue of the Graham Station
road and conner to the old survey thence
South ls' W. Io1z poles to stone Oh
division line N ~. 223 poles to a stone ne r
the top OF a hill, thence n. I5' f. 20 p lies to a
stone near foot of hill, thence with old line
Zuspan, OhllnXer and Others y 7Te E. 223
poles to the beginning, estimated to contain
Witness my hand this the 2nd day of jan
uary, 1907. ]. McMILLIS,
ian. 94-w Trnstee
Beller & BlRgH Attys
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
COUNTY.

Ju'ge of Circuit Court w. A. Par. ons
Point Pleasan,
Clerk of Circuit Court. a L B"gge
Omcial Stenographrr,.. E c. wi z.
Point rips
Clerk of 60. Court j p R Smir
Co. Comm'rs. =. Bird Stone ure>'I
4" -. w. " Jacs sol.
New Have,
- wv. H. vaught,
Point Pleasant
: Sheriff. iR.~..s..-..........J o. &cDeFIDitt
Prosecuting atty ..-......L l.. s. Echols
Assessor lst Dist K E Mu>grav+
Point Pleasant
- 2d Dist. Walter E Sturgeon
MERGERS Bottom
County Geo. E. Childs
Point Pleasant
supt Schools. C. a Green
Ashton
Circuit Court Regular term be-
gins on first Tuesday of March, June.
September and December.
County Court-Regular term be
gins on first Monday of January, April,
July and October.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Edward Brown
Mary E. Brown,
THH


The object of the above entitled suit is to
obtain divorce from the bonds of matri-
mony by the plaintiff from the defe udant
And It appearing by afidavit filed with the
papers in said cause that the defendant,
Mary E. Brown. Is nonresident of 'hr
state of West Nirginia, II is ordered that she
do appear here within une month after tn
nrst publicatio OF thi- Orrie and do what
necessary tU protect her interests
A Copy TesIe:-A- l. b &C ESsI, Clerk
SomeTvIlle Somervi le, "ls.
THE STATE OF " EST VIRGIN
To the Sheriff OF Mason uty, GIt IN.
We com and you that you ~uuiF',uE. MsT
E Brown, n she be foun.s - N.'ur HtIi@i X.
to appear before the Judss our Cir, u
Court for the County of Nsts..n, al kul.-
he held in the Clerk Office nfs4id H.rtrt a-
the FIST MonHRy in JanuarN- next tn ans
" er a Bill in Chancery -xhs' tied sgaitst her
in our said Court by Edward Brown and un-
less she shall answer "a d bill within ore
month thereafter, the Court, will take the
same.Rs confessed aud decree accordingly
And have then there this writ.
Witness: A L. Boggess, Clerk of our said
Circuit Court, at the Court House, this 5th
day OF January, 1907, and in the 4Ith year of
Tests.-A T. ROC;GE CIark
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Notice to Take Deposittons:

To Mary E Brown, Take Notice:
That on the 9Th day of February, A d
1907, between the hours Of Q O'Clock, a NJ.
and 6o'clock, p. VI at the law Office of SOM
erville & SomeTville, in the Town OF Point
Pleasant. Mason County, West Virginia,
will take the deposition of Nancy Bates.
Charley Brown. Mary Bates. wilt n " right.
myself. AMI others, to be read in evidence in
my beEalf in q certain suit in chaucery now
pending in the Circuit Court of the County
OF Mason, ano State of West Virginia, in
which am plaintih and you are defendant.
II from any cause the taking of said deposi-
tions shall not be commenced on that day.
or IL commenced shall not be completed on
the day aforesaid, the same shall be contin-
ued from day to day. or from time to time,
at the same place and between TIE same
hours, until the same shall have been COM
pleted- EDWARD BROWN.
By Counsel.
Jan. 9-4w
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
Order Of Pu blicat ton.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA:
COUNTY OF MASON. TD-WIT:
At Rules held in the Clerks Office of the Cir
cult Court Of Mas n County, on Monday the
7th day OF January, sOT, the following or
der "
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
A Gladstone Story.

Of Mr.. Gladstone it was said by
his detractors that he had some
thing of the schoolmaster in his
composition, and this trait was apt
ly illustrated when during the sum-
mer holidays on one occasion he
met the late Duchess of Abercorn
in country house, accompanied by
her schoolboy son, Lord George
Hamilton. Not many mornings had
elapsed before Mr.. Gladstone said
to the boys mother: Duchess:
don't you think it a pity that your
son should spend his holidays in en-
tire idleness? I should be happy
to give him an hours Homer everY
morning" The offer was accepted.
and the foundation of Lord Georges
lifelong hostility to the Liberal
leader was securely laid.
"hello, Arickl Have you heard
about that awful affair ?"
What awful affairT
"About the man swallowing the
girl"
Swallowing a girl? Go long!
Couldn't be done.
eyes, fact. Swallowed little
milk made hot"
"Wen, that's goodl But, look
here, old pal, what about the rail
way man that swallowed his mate,
"Give it up"
"Well, he swallowed q little Dub
hn uoEter eoldP-4epden Meil
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-01-30
DENTIST.

Has moved his Office to the
Barbee building over postofice.
Aug IS
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DIRECTORY.
CITY

Mayor.................H. R Howard
City Clerk ...........W. @. Whaiel
City Marshal. .........John w. Love
City Assessor ot-..........J NJ. Burdett
City Solicitor -....L y Som. rviIi.
Counciimen-ChHs F Flson, Cap
w. r Gum, ] G. Franklin, Joh'
H. Che. sebrew. George Miller
City Treasurer b Tippett
Pres. Board of Health. DIR. L. F.
Campbell
Health Officer. B Smith
City Council-Regular meetings.
first Monday of each month.
The Republican journal., 1907-08-22
WORLDS EM0LLIENT
Is Cuticura Ointment.

For rashes, eczemas, feelings, irrita-
tons, scalings and chappings, for red.
rough, and greasy COM lexions, for sore.
itching, burning hands and feet, for baby
rashes, itchings and chafings, and for all
the purposes of the toilet. bath and
nursery, Cuticura Ointment, assisted
by Cuticura Soap is invaluable.
Complete External and Internal Treatment sor ro.,
Humer Of Infants Children and Adults consists Of CHI"
cua Soap Csc TO Cleanse the Skin Cutcura ontmant
l5oc to Heal the Skin and Cucura Resoyent 5ocS I'm
me FORM OF Chocolate Coated Pills. &c. per vial Of 90
Drug Chem Corp, Sole Props, Boston, Mass Ao''''
" Mailed Free, s. All About the Skin and Scalp.n
The Republican journal., 1907-08-22
The British Ambassador in Islesboro.

The Hon. James Bryce, Ambassador at
Washington, author of "The American
Commonwealth" and other works of stand
ard merit, and as a man of letters un-
doubtedly the most eminent representative
that England has ever sent to any country,
has just spent a week in Islesboro, the
guest of Mr.. Henry S. Howe, whose elegant
summer cottage is near the shore of Gill
keys harbor. He made no addresses and
performed no public functions. but came
simply for quiet rest and recreation. Even
when seen on the streets driving with Mr..
Howe only few knew who he was. One
lady said she heard there was some great
man at Mr.. Howe's cottage, but she did not
know his name: The single word Bryce
was printed upon his baggage, but this
gave no suggestion as regards his official
position, even to the expressmen who hand
led it. His visit was highly enjoyable, and
he was much pleased with the natural beau
ties of the place, both of land and water.
The Republican journal., 1907-08-22
LETTER TO E. o. PENDLETON,

Dear Sir: What will it cost to SOW ten
acres half wheat and half daisy mixed ? and
what'll the crop be worth?
We don't know what daisy-seed costs, nor
how bulky it is we suspect half wheat and
half daisy would make a big crop of daisies,
and last long time; the wheat might be
short.
The parable threw some light on the cost
of paint half whitewash. Whitewash,
mixed half-and-h half with paint, is all-paint
in look and feel; indeed nineten Of the
paint in the stores is part whitewash some
half, some more, some less.
Paint has to De spread with the brush, the
surface prepared, the ladders scaffolds pull
leys and ropes arranged and moved, there's
great deal of labor in putting paint on it
costs So to 81 gallon to do it.
What does it cost to paint whitewash?
Just the same. Half-whitewash? just
the same. 1t doesn't seem worth while, for
the whitewash does harm, not good.
Will the paint hold the whitewash fast
or the whitewash loosen the paint?
Better paint pure paint, the least gallons
paint, the least-money paint, Devoe.
Yours truly,
81 F. W. DEvoE & Co.
F. S. Mason & Hall sell our paint.
The Republican journal., 1907-08-22
BRACKET FAMILY REUNION.

The annual meeting of the Bracket fami-
ly association was held Thursday at Under
wood Springs Park, near Portland. The
following officers were elected: James W..
Bracket, Peaks Island, president; Charles
Sylvester, Cumberland Mills, and Mrs. Ella
secretary; W. E. Watson, Woodfords,
treasurer; Fred B. Levitt, West Hemp
sted, N. H., chaplain; II. 1. Bracket,
Washington, D. c., historian, Henry D..
Bracket, Yarmouthyil!e; James W. Brack-
berland Mills; Miss Lizzie Dodge, South
Windham; Mrs. Annie Watson, Wood
fords, directors. The next reunion is to be
held at Peaks Island on the third Thurs
day1of August, 1908.
George E. Bracket of Belfast, for % years
grand secretary of the Maine, l. O. G. T.,
was unable to attend and sent note of re-
greet also some lines which were read to the
association. The lines are headed ''1ntro-
spect" and were as follows:
Three score and five. Life's dial mark
Upon the disk of passing days
Is thereon cast by weak and paling rays,
And shadows fit which presage dark,
AT three score years and five.
The century's hold seemed far away
When lustful youth the spirit drove,
And on the future victories thrOve;
The sweets and fruit refused to stay,
With three score years and five
Full orbed the day of manhood's prime,
The verdure waved, and flowers bloomed,
But many frOsts have scared and doomed,
Till life's poor aftermath's bus rime,
For three score years and five.
And now its narrowed down so small,
| only hope and trust I've done
Some little thing, some credit won.
Will He accept the scanty all
OF three score Years and FIVE.