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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15
Let Us Be Aapp.

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The close of the old year and
the opening of the new, is n time
FOR the general payment of all
debts.
Newspaper men, usually priv
ileged characters, also come in to
the final windnp and are com-
PEELED to pay "the butcher, the
baker, the candlestick maker"
and dozens of others who in their
generosity, have extended credit
to them.
Now then, so far as we are
concerned we don't need money,
Dut the men we owe need it, and
how are they to get it unless
some of our subscribers who have
been reading and enjoying this
paper for the past ten years and
who owe everywhere from two
to ten dollars, come in and give
,s some money to pass on to the
other fellow?
Any-mouey paid us Will not be
boarded, but,cheeriully passed on
to the other fellow.
The other fellow will no doubt
put it in circulation and soon the
dollar will be back in your pock-
ct, aud you will have a years.
good reading paid for without
extra effort.
Please Go this. Then you'll
teel happier and seeing yon all
pappy will make US happy and
We will be happy together.
One young housekeeper has
been annoyed by that frequent
vexation of modern life - the
forced response to the telephone
just as she had nicely plunked
herself into the soothing water OF
the warm bath, and had carefully
soaped all visible portions of her
earthly tenement. 81 will beat
this game" she said to herself, in
confidence, and had her telephone
hung in the bath room.
"Now when my friends call me
L will not have to scatter sudi
aud propriety on my way to tht
phone" So the next day she
took a bath. And friend called
the housekeeper stood up in the
tub, smiled to herself a deep, in
tellectual smile, and grabbed the
receiver. The next moment she
did series of highly immora
flip flaps over the bath room floor
pursued by telephone instru
ment, which seemed to have sud
denly gone mad. The brain storm
only ceased when she hac
wrenched the phone from tn,
wall and the exaggerated ergo
had back aud blue spots all over
] Next day the inspector called
J, The housekeeper was Justly in
censed. 81 want my phone pu
back where it was," she said
shut / want new instrument
Something's wrong with the OLE
one."
, She told the story. The in
, Espector held mp both hands. "It'
) ia wonder you weren't killed
that's ALL" said he. "Standinl
!, in that bath tub you made fin
j conductor of electricity, and III
bet you made the dance of sever
wells look like a maiden's dream
f before got through twisting.
A Parkersburg dispatch say
that woman swallowed a niokl
on street oar. Those ParkeTf
> burgers never did oare what the
did with their money.
As soon as the honeymoon j
i lover man Discovers that his wifi
{ lisn't an angel then she quite pos
ing as a saint,
-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15
A DOUBLE SURPRISE.

Caused by a Little Prayer Book In q
Now York Car.
Granted that person wishes to
do well whatever lie sets out to do,
no matter what the nature of the
Undertaking, there must have been
two chagrined young men on an
Eighth avenue car the other even
ing. Crowded upon the rear plat
form where they stood were several
men and one woman. The woman
vas old fashioned enough to wear a
lrcss with pocket in. it. Some
time durint he trip from Thirty
fourth to iGty-ninth street one o
he men fn%nd the pocket and ex-
'ractcd its contents.
at Columbus circle the woman.
unaware OF Ter loss, pushed into the
ar and 70 nd scat. Presently the
olcmnity nE the tired throng was
disturbed ~ burst of hilarity on
he platform. The two young fel-
ows were rhalling each other in
,oisterous tones.
"N'ou'rc jay, you arc said one.
"A bcdy'd lAink you had spent all
your life rolling over plowed ground.
What you goin' to do? Keep it?"
"No," was the reply. whats
the use. II uin't no good"
The woman listened inattentive-
ly to the loud remarks and wonder
ed in vague way what they had
reference to. She nearly collapsed
when she found out At Seventy
sixth street the conductor came
through the car holding out small
leather bound prayer book which,
when folded, might have been east
ly mistaken for pocketbook.
"This belong to anybody in this
carp" he asked.
Several passengers appealed to
shook their heads. Presently he stop
ped before the woman.
"This yours?" he asked
Hastily the woman felt in her
pocket.
eyes, it is,' she snid. "Where
in the world"-
"Guess you must have dropped
it," suggested the conductor. "Some
fellows out there picked it up and
handed it over to me-"
The woman turned cold all over.
"Give it here, quick" she said. q
want to scc"-
Words were not required to tell
what it was she wanted to see. The
pause was filed up eloquently by
her actions. Rapidly she turned the
leaves till she came to kind OF
pocket fastened between the pages
at the back. From this she drew
two ten dollar bills.
"I declare if didn't forget al
about leaving them there" she said
"Thank goodness, they didn't get
lost!"
The two hoodlums on the plat.
form eyed the bills greedily.
Gay" said one of them in tones
of disgust, "is no name for us fel
lows" New York Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

New Year resolutions last aBout
as long as big white snow ball IN
that place of everlasting tozmezs.
They are worth making, however,
If they only last in making.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

Over 1900 people sought the ed.
vice of the anti suicide bureau In
London last year, bnt the TeturuO
do not show many of them found
it to be somethipg iust as good.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

Incidentally. girls, IL 10 mighty
good soheme to make it look. be.
fore.you.leap year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

When man on trip takes a
lot of trouble to make people think
no is not married he 10,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15
Card Of Thanks,

We desire to express our heart.
felt thanks to the neighboTs and
friends for the many kindness and
help shown us during the:Siokness
and death of our husband and faith.
or, Alfred 81. Yonker.
HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
New Haven, w Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15
Result of the Mason city Election.

'4SSBU1V OF VHV A2HbVH VIGy 1IVVILVWs
Mayors ALewis
Reoorder-OS 8 P Edwards.
Marshal--J N Manley,
Counoilmen-ChEis Weiss. j R
Campbell, Geo w Cooper. j o
Heaton, f p DALEY.
School Commissioner Nathan
Hall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

A Parkersburg dispatch sage
that woman swallowed a niokle
on street oar Those ParkeTs.
burgers never did oare what they
did with their money.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

As soon as the honeymoon is
over man Discovers that his wife
Isn't an angel then ehe quite pos.
ing az saint,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

A woman lie pleased to get any
kind of gift unless it's ussful.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-15

It's a good deal ea0isr 70 cara
money than to get q living out oe
It.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-20
REAssuRlNG.

uug. SIr Henry Irving while play
uE Macbeth" Iu London. VAS sunni
hat disconnected by one II the gal
I-rv gods" He had reached thu point
ah.r. Macbeth orders Banqua'~ ghost
f. ieafr the banquet board
.HsHc. horrible shadow. unreal
HaeksrE hence exclaimed Irving i'm
f- most tragic TONES. and with a con
,Hls4t. shuddsr sank Ia tn, ground
drawing his robe about his facr.
lust as Eanqun Withdrew. an agI-
t9rea rovku-y voice from high ap in
Ire gallery piped ont. as il to rcassurc
irving It's all right now. Emery.
- gone" EVrfyhody'S.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-20
Go 70 n. North Poi.

Bakery for the best bread and pastry
The only coffee house In town.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-20
WALL STREETS NEW GRAB GAME

The apparent intention nf the New
York Stock Exchange L" investigate
th,.wild activity and fevcrish fiuetua-
two hour session Of the market when
transactions exceeded m" million
mark in fewer than a dozen stocks.
should be 20 thorough that when the
verdict - rendered there will be no
suspicion that the committee charged
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-11-20
DINNER AND BAZAAR.

THe Ladies Aid society Of Pilgrim
g,#HHeH HlI gIEe a dinner and bazaar
M December /
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03

IT, In 1890 there We're 162 hospitals while n
1908 there were 32S, and many of the older ones
had been enlarged. In other words, the country
is taking care of the insane and taking them out
or their homes, and incidentally the idea grew
that because the institutions were increasing in
number and size the number of cases was like
wise growing abn0rmaIlv
1t is not generally supposed that there is a
brighter side to insanity. The 100000 people of
this country who have relatives in asylums prob
ably do not this bright side and few of the
OF her millions realize it, But heless it is
fact that the darkest days of the aff1icton are
over.
Nearly every patient in institution is normal
in all but one two subjects. The dangerous
insane are, Of course, another matter: to them
it is always night, and will be until some genius
discovers new method of treating the brain
more satisfactorily than is known at the present
day. But these others are normal human beings
with normal wants and ideas all subjects but
two.
In the old days this normal part of their nature
never had its outlet; their lives We're never given
the leeway necessary for even a moments happi
to say that the insane in institutions are reason
ably happy lot
In many institutions enter ainments are given
regularly by the inmates. The who has the
idea that he is King Edward is allowed to sit
in his royal box in all his majesty, and his other
faculties unimraTed he enjoys the show to
its utmost. The woman who believes she has in
herited million from her uncle sits III the front
row, happy in the belief that in few days she
will leave the institution and buy silk dress for
every she leaves behind.
The indueing principle in the treatment Of the
insane today is simply to humor them whenever
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
MISSOURI NEWS
ERROR FOUND IN COUNT
Amendment Fixing Payment of Legis-
Iators Loses by Revision.

jefferson City-A clerical error in
the office of the secretary of state
was discovered Wednesday night,
and amendment /. fixing the pay of
legislators at $3.50, which was report
ed carried, is found to have been lost.
The vote of Jackson county gave the
yeas" 16.199. The clerk read it &C..
199, passing the bill by nearly 10000
votes.
The mistake is explained through
the fact that the figures We're poorly
written and. in the excitement Of the
office, resulting from the close race be
tween the Democrat and Republican
candidates for liaut2nant-g governor,
the error was made. The amendment
is defeated by 29.0S7 votes.
The only amendments adopted were
Nos. and 3 The former is the initia
tive and referendum. with 1880 ma
jority, and the latter empowers the
levy Of an additional tax for road and
bridg" Improvement purposes Of 25
cents on the S100 valuation, by 35.SGS
majority,
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
BANDITS DEFY a TOWN.
Gang Gets Away With Big Sum Taken
From Bank at Sweet Springs.

Sweet Springs.-A posse is still
securing Lhe woods in search of the
five bandits who broke into the bank
of Sweet Springs, held the citizens at
hay Tor almost an hour, and left with
a booty Of almost $4,000 Sunday
morning.
The yeggmen secured their tools
from a Missouri Pacific water tank
toolhoUse, the section house and the
Fisher Implement company. 1t re-
quired four charges to wreck the
safe. piece of it being blown through
= front window for q distance of 100
feet The bandits overlooked $500 of
$4,000 that was in the safe.
When citizens were awakened, rob
bers on guard fired enough shots TO
intimidate them. AS they left towr
they fired several volleys, and it was
? good twenty minutes before the pur-
suit was taken up.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
HEW R4ZEN7SG NHZCkNYC T11E Az4ZEZo GAlYEeS

his face continually and if he had ever had
chance rule anywhere. no one would ever have
accused him Of cruelty He modelled after
the lines of old King Cole But day pa
tent admitted whose weak point happened
to be the idea that King Edward had sent ennis
saries to kill him. The doctors hesitated
about putting the in the room
with the king, but both perfectly harmless,
so the experiment was tried All went we'll until
the patient learned that King Edward was
about Then he fed in terror and hid under a bed,
and all the cOaxing the could do could
not drag him again. They were in dilemma
that taxed the resources of the institution. Final
y. they decided to put the before the king
and depend upon his well known good nature
to help them He alive to the situation.
His grief touching, for more harmless king
certainly never breathed. Profuse with regrets at
the strange mistake the monarch approached the
under the bed and commenced to parley
with him. With all his negative graciousness the
king assured the benighted one that he was delud
ed. Strange to say, the new man gradually began
to believe it Something in the kings face in
spired confidence and at last he out. The
soon became fast friends and the monarch
raised his found friend the peerage. This
is out of the asylum, cured of his de
lusion. But the king still rules his little king
dom happily the who rules MS home
According to the best known alenists in
America, the natural condition of the insane per-
sons mind may be restored to normal by first Civ
ing health to the body, which ultimately, it Is
claimed, will carry itself the brain, the blood
being purified and eventually carrying away the
diseased portions of the brain. This, of course,
cannot be made to apply to the cases which are
violent, unless unusual conditions prevail, but at
least athletics may be pronounced a great aid.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
Ask Prohibition Election.

jefferson City.-The question of a
prohibition amendment to the consti-
tuition, providing for statewide in
hibition of the manufacture or sale of
intoXicants within the state, is to be
brought before the ensuing session of
the general assembly.
A resolution to that effect. asking
that the voters of the state be per-
mitted to express themselves thereon
at the polls. is TO be introduced in the
senate 1t will be offered by Senator
Peck of the First district. who is
seemingly not dismayed by his failure
to get such a resolution through the
last session. The senator, at that time,
did not even succeed in getting his
resolution to a vote.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03

pateS IN championship games the field diamond,
track, gridiron and gymnasium floor
A great alienst said that where physical
Wel'-beng is to be found there is usually compe-
tent mind also. Athletics naturally promote bodily
Improvement, and with it the elimination Of
the diseased portions of the brain. Thus medical
men hope to eradicate insanity among the patients
at the hospitals.
The heat of the athletic struggle takes the mind
of the patient from his woes, if that be the form
of mania and one crazed woman is declared to have
been cured within two months after having par
ticipated continually in athletics hospital for
insane in the
There is athlete who gets as much apparent
enjoyment out of his successes the who is
insane They take it a kind of play and
take to it with all the vim that their physical at
dainments will permit.
Dances also given in asylums. to which
they have their pathetic side of course, afford
ones.
Surgeons declare that day all varieties of
insanity will yield to treatment and be curable
operation the brain is said by them to be
the solution but yet the man has not arisen who
can perform such operation with unfailing
cess There have been isolated cases and
then that have proved successful, but the brain is
one of the mysteries of the human body that has
been reserved for future generation to solve
MEANWHILE however, under the order of things
the insane far from unhappy lot. 1t is only
those of sound minds who able realize the
plight of hose afflicted people: while they in their
Ignorance are perhaps happier than many who have
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
LIVING ADVERTISEMENT
Glow of Health Speaks for Postum.

1t requires no scientific training to
discover whether coffee disagrees or
not.
Simply stop it for time and use
Postum in place of it, then note the
beneficial effects. The truth will appear.
six years ago l was in a very bad
condition" writes Tenn. lady, Il suf
fered from indigestion, nervousness
and insomnia.
Il was then an inEeterate coffee
drinker, but it was long before could
be persuaded that it was coffee that
hurt me. Finally 1 decided to leave it
off a few days and find out the truth.
THE first morning l left off coffee
had raging headache, so 1 decided ]
must have something to take the place
Of coffee" (The headache was caused
by the reaction Of the coffee drug
caffeine.)
Having heard Of Postum through a
friend who used it, bought a package
and tried it. l did not like it at first
but after / learned how to make it
right, according to directions on pkg,
/ would not change back to coffee for
anything
When I began to use Postum
weighed only III lbs. Now l weigh
ITO and as l have not taken any tonic
in that time I can only attribute my
recovery of good health to the use Of
Postum in place Of coffee.
My husband says I am a living ad-
vertisement for Postum. I am glad to
be the means of inducing my many
friends to use Postum, too
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
Vile" in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letfer4 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
StGrekt.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
WOMEN SURVIVE DUEL.
Daughter of One Knife Wielder
Witness of Sensational Encounter.

GainSVilie.-The women dueiiStS
who fought in q clearing TO wipe out
grudge, and seriously injured one
another with knives, have been re-
leased on bond. Charges Of assault
with intent to Kill have been placed
against them.
The duel. which was prearranged
was witnessed by Mrs. Frank Gra-
hams daughter. and she reported to
her father that her mother had been
murdered Mrs Graham suffered
severe cuts on the shoulder and hand
The opponent, Mrs. James Crabtree.
was cut about the hands, face and
breast. They are sisters-in-law
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
a Dead Bird.

Samuel Butler, the witty but eccen-
tric author OF REORGANIZATION
means "Nowhere"-and of many other
remarkable and suggestive books, is
now more read than during his life
time He died in 1902. In one Of his
notebooks he tells this incident, which
must have amused the great Charles
Darwin:
Frank Darwin told me his father
was once standing near the hippopota-
mus cage when a little boy and girl,
aged four and five, came up. The hip
popotamus shut his eyes for minute.
That birds dead" said the little
girl. Come along" Com
panion
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
FZNIcVT 0rTHE IS WRD n45V E0Q N0V7EN RquEvz0

it is possible This was very strongly brought out
not long ago in asylum Chicago. There
was a patient there who had the idea that he
was King Edward The king all right in
every other way, but his idea this point
strong within him that it gave his normal
part very little room to move about From
morning until night he would talk various
matters of state with his cabinet minister's who
were anyone who happened TO be near him, and
in greeting the women with gracOusness that
the real king would find difficult to initiate. But
the king was a Jolly monarch. A smile was on
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
At the Ridino School.

Mount your horse on the left side.H
why? What difference does it
nake?"
It's the rule"
But why should 1t be the ruler"
Because in the past horsemen wore
swords. They wore them on the left
hip. Hence, had they mounted on the
right side, the sword would have got
in the way. So they mounted on the
left. and We still mount on the left.
Horses are accustomed to it, and il
you try to get up from the right you
are liable to be kicked"
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03

the full use of their
faculties.
Not long ago there
was considerable talk
about the rapidly in
creasing number Of
insane in this cOun-
try. Various causes
were assigned to it.
Some said the growth
of the cities account
ed for it; others
thought that it was
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
EaII Kills Contractor.

ST Joseph.-Robert Garlich, aged 81
years. a brick contractor. while super
intending work at the new Wheeler
Matter warehouse. Seventh and Syl-
vania streets, stepped on loose board
on the third floor, fell to the basement
and was killed. He leaves a wife and
six children.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
PHELPS COUNTY JURiST DIES.
Body of Late Judge Geo. w. Smith
Was Buried at RoI'a.

Rolla,-Judge Geo. W. Smith, judge
Of the county court for the eastern
district of Phelps county, Mo, died at
his home in St. James. The body was
brought TO Rolla Wednesday after
non and Inferred in the Rolla Gem
etery. according to the ritual Of the
Red Mems lodge, of which he was
a member,
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
Prefer Cash to Checks.

The bank check has taken small
hold as yet upon the citizens Of Mexi-
CO, especially when amounts of less
than 81 900 are concerned. They con-
siGer it much easier to pay spot cash
than to give a check for amounts OF
$50 and 500 and maintain with some
amount of reason that a business deal
can be put through with better advan-
tage when the cash is in sight.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
Folk Makes Appointments.

jefferson City.-Governor Folk an
nounces the following appointments:
J. B. Cole. of Columbia. a member of
the state board of Osteopathy for
period of five years from May 1, 1908.
David Hustled. of Gorin, coal oil in
spector for Scotland county, for
period of two years from August %.
1908.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
Woman Stole Toys; not Prosecuted.

ST. Louis-A widow. who stole five
Teddy bears for her children's Christ
mas. was released by the police of
the Carr street station because the
firm that caused her arrest refused to
prosecute her. The woman was en-
ployed by the company, and when the
members heard her pathetic story
they told the police to drop the suit
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
The Dissatisfied.

The happy people in the world are
those who enjoy what they have.
Those for whom nothing is good
enough are neither fit for earth nor
would be satisfied in heaven. Here
they are restless. There their halos
would be damp or would not set
straight. The third domain. which
rhymes with well, -Sould not be we'll
for them, for the best would be too
invariable or attending to fires would
be too monotonOus.
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03

the great nervous
strain that Americans
were under. But they
were both wrong. For
once fl CURES S lie.
Though there We're
only 14,O2S insane in
hospitals in 1890 and
$50, ISL in 1906. the
actual numbe. of in.
sane pro rata. Gas de-
creased.
Here is the Dr0of Of
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03

IFORE the year 1925 has dawned it
is probable that nearly every hos
pital for insane in America will
work for cures from an athletic an
gle. Physicians who have had the
care Of mentally incompetent per
sons declare that sports are the
chief adjunct to insane treatment.
The patients become wonderfully
interested and enthusiastic over
WheelbarroW races, sprints, three
legged races. and the fun they de-
rive from this sort Of exercise is de-
clared far greater than that which
falls to the share of the sane ath-
!ete or the athit.tic fan who nartici-
Marble Hill press., 1908-12-03
AFFECTING SIGHT.

Cook Ito her friend)-The proposal
that the widower made me was really
very moving. He brought his four
children with him, and they all knelt
before me.