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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05
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seedy and his pocket empty. he ii
nowhere; while brainless top
whose attire is faultIess. and who
oarries a full pntse. ia frst.rate,
smart fellow. What chance has q
young lady little ont of style,
who has to earn her own living. TO
chine in society by the side Of one
of our fashionable ladies whose
papa is millionaireP Socially
we are the slaves of gold. Old
fashioned people look at it in the
old fashioned way. and say it 10 all
wrong. Aud 80 it is; but 1t 10 q
that stares us in the face that those
who are worth the most are con-
4idered the most worth. After all.
perhaps the wisest man, was right
when he said "The love of money
is the root of all evil I" We know
from sad experience that 1t is,vory
inoonvenient to be poor, but no
man is poor who has happy home
and it does not require lace ouR-
tains or velvet carpets TO make
home happy.
Bow low the head-do reverence
to tho old man, onoe like you. Tho
vicissitpdes of life have silvered
his hair and changed the round.
merry face to the worn visage be.
fore you. Once the heart beat with
aspiration. crushed by disappoint-
ment, as yours, perhaps. is destined
to be. Onoe that form; Btalked
proudly through tho gay scenes of
pleasure, the beau ideal of grace;
now the hand of time, that withoEs
the Howers of yesterday, has bent
that figure and destroyed that NO.
BILE carriage. Once at your age, he
possessed the thousand thonghtB
that pass through your brain, now
wishing to accomplish decide equal
to mock in fame; anon imagining
life a dream that the sooner he
awoke from the better. But he
has lived tho dream very near
through; the time to awaken 10
very near at hand; his eye never
kindles at old deeds of daring, and
the hand takes firmeF grasp OF
the stsff. Bow low the head, boy.
as you would in your old age be
reverenoed
Woman's hopes are too often
blasted In early youth many cay
to themselves. ~ shall be happy
when have husband to love me
best of all;" then when the hus-
band is too oaTeless, my child will
comfort me; then, through the
mothers Watching aud toll, my
ohild will repay me whom IL grows
up" And ct last, after the long
journey of years has been wearily
travelled through, the mothers
heart is weighed down by heavy
bur den, and no hope remsins but
the grave. We hope this may not
be the CASE with any who weekly
read these columns, but all must
admit that it is often true history
of woman's hopes.
The bost bank ever known is q
bank of earth; it never TefuseB to
discount to honest labor. The best
ahare is the plow share. on which
dividends are always liberal.
The greatest glory is not in
never falling but in rising every
time we fall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05
Facts About Year 1908.

The year 1908 comprises the
latter part of the one hundred
and thirty-second and the begin
ming of the one hundred and
thlrty-third year of American in-
dependence and corresponds to-
The year 1861 of the Julian
period; the year b66s-66e9 ofthe
Sewish era, the year $3.50 begin
ming at sunset September 25; the
year 1861 since the foundation of
Rome according to Vetro; the
year 1868 of the Japanese, era,
and to the forty first year of the
period entitled "Meiji;" the year
1926 of the Mohammedan era, or
the era OF the Hegria, which be-
gins on the fourth day of Feb
1908.
The first day of January, 1908,
is the 2,41T,0O2 day since the
commencement of the Julian per-
iod.
Lent begins March 4. Good
Friday falls on April 17and East
er on April 10. Ofthe years hol-
idays' New Year is on Wednes-
day, Llncoln's birthday (Feb. 12)
on Wednesday, election day (Feb
I8) on Tuesday, Westinghouse
birthday; Memorial day and July
Fourth on Saturday; Labor Day
is September q; the presidential
election is November 8; 'rhanks-
giving is on November 26, and
Christmas on Friday.
In the astronomical world there
will be three eclipses of the snn
and a lunar appulse, as follows:
A total eclipse of the s:sun Janu-
ary 8, not Visible in the United
States except parts of the south
west, and there visible only a
partial eclipse-the sun setting
eclipsed. The path OF the tolal
eclipse extends from Central
America across the Pacific ocean
to a point about midway between
New Zealand and Japan.
An annular eclipse of the sun
June %, visible in the United
States as partial eclipse.
A lunar appulse December 7th.
The moon just rising at Wash
ingto, and visible generally
throughout Europe. Asia, Africa
and the extreme eastern portion
of North and South America.
A central eclipse ofthe sun De-
cember 28. invisible here.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05
Do You K now
bat all odd fellows do not be-

4 That all odd fellows do not be.
long to lodgef
That widow who wouldn't
/ fllrt is unknown?
That many girls would rather
die than be an old maid?
That a faint heart is considered
an easy mark for the modern girli
/ That even a blind man can
find trouble without much diff
Guilty?
That if you kiss a pretty girl
once you'll feel hungry for more?
That nothing costs more than
things we try to get for nothing3
That it's only the pretty wo.
men at show who will romove
their hats?
That. courtship is vessel in
which few single ladies object to
embark?
That smiles cost less than elec-
trio lights and they make the
home brighter?
That It's easier for some men
to make love than 1t ie to make a
living?
That a woman never weeps
more bitterly then when she
weeps for spiteH
That you can't convince a wo-
man that q bargain is a bargain
unless she get it?
That whenever a man angles
for a pretty girl he bats his hook
with tiattery?
That the "better" half, which
ever it is, should build the fires
in the morning?
That truth is better than false
hood, but false teeth are better
than no teeth at all.
That about the second time
you meet a woman she begins to
tell you her troubles.
That a woman enjoys ripping
up something useful to make
something ornamental.
That no matter what girls
political creed may be, she al
ways wants protection.
That you hardly ever can tack
lie boarding house steak which
is "tender and true.
That no matter how church
man he may be, there is not one
| in q million who would not get
the best in dealif he could.
That man who was demon
strating to crowd that there
was no such thing as hydropho
bia was the first to climb up a
lamp post when small yellow
dog came running down the
street.
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For Young People.

The young man with limited
means, who has but few hundred
dollars to begin life with, or per-
haps has nothing but pair of
strong and willing hands. we would
say to all suoh young men that the
farm is the beet place in the world.
Do not be afraid of toll but set an
example to the weak. lazy loiterer
about town by putting your hand
to the plow.
If you are young married man
then the farm offers still greater
Inducements. We know it will
cost your young wife some pangs
to separate from friends and homo
in the town, but If she is true wo.
man che will do it without MUIR
mur, for the battle of life is an
ernest one, and we must eRoh sus.
tain our part. Do not expect to
begin your married life in the same
style that your father and mother
are now enjoying in their old age.
with the fruits of many years of
toll; but be oontented to begin
humbly.
Plan, and SOW, and reep; build
your dwellings,. and gaTnish them
about with fruits and fowers; pro-
mote agriculture, one of the great
institutions of God; and when
your sons and daughters grow up
like olive plants around your table.
while you fail not to remember
their physioal wants, remember
also to supply their intellectual
food the mind orsves; let them
have good books and papers and
proper recreation, that they may
not imbiue the false notion that
farming is drudgery and every
farmer and farmer's wife a drudge.
AS we look about us, how many
sons and daughters of wealthy
farmers we see who despise their
surroundings, and only look on
father" as very necessary ma
chine to ooin money for their ex-
penditure. and "mother" who has
labored for them every day since
Ihey were born, as very useful
automaton for doing cooking and
general nousework.
When you are tilling the rioh
soil think how much worthier is
the cause you are prosecuting than
to crowd into some already over
stocked business or profession in
your home town, with only one OBJ
ljeot in view-to have white hands
and Immaculate clothing, and to
be always struggling with your
limited means to keep up with
those in outward seeming who are
much wealthier than yourselves.
Who are the leaders in our best
society, generally speakingf Why,
| a man may Garry whole library
in his head, and if his coat be
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05
Miss Kenna Weds
Blaine EIkins
Popular and Beautiful Charleston
Girl Becomes Bride of Senator
Elkins' Son.

Elkins' Son.
Miss Mary Kenna, aged 23,
daughter of former United States
Senator and Mrs. John r. Kenna,
and Blaine Elkins, aged 26, son
of United States Senator EIkins,
of West Virginia, were married
in Cincinnati, Suesday evening,
January 28th, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. j. @. Wheeler, with
whom the bride has been visiting
for the past few daye. The affair
was very quiet and took place in
Cincinnati because of the illness
of the BRIDES mother in Charles
ton.
Senator Kenna was formerly
the Democratic Senator of West
Virginia. They will reside in
EIkins.
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DnrIinb RoyoI s,nbIeg.

All the horses In the royal stable at
Windsor are specially trained before
they are considered safe for riding or
driving. After they have been broken
in they are driven past military bands
and are made to stand by railway
trains and to hear them rattle. The
horses are also accustomed to firing
by taking them down on field day to
AIdershot
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Nerto 81 inc TermItor.

The nests of the termites. or white
ants. are proportioned to the size and
weight OF the builders, the greatest
structures In the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05
Han Mn rr,lst In Man.

When a man says II love you" to a
woman it's the fable of the fox and the
crow with the cheese right over again.
--Spinsters Meditation.
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Coins Of 1912.

A Locust post, cut on the farm
ola Mr.. Chapman, near Hills
boro, this state, and sold to par
ties in Cleveland, Ohio, several
weeks ago, on being split open,
was found to contain ten $50 gold
pieces, bearing the date of 1872.
1t is supposed that the money
was hidden in knot hole in the
tree some time before the civil
war and its hiding place forgot
ten.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05

DeWitt's oarbolized Witch Hez-
81 Salve is good for boils, burns,
cute soalds and skin diseases. IL lie
especially good for piles. Sold by
all Druggists
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Items oflnterest.

EurSpe's output of sugar for
1907 is about G, 1888, 900 tons.
New York City receives 1S per
cent Of the worlds importing
trade.
In Cuba the state telegraph of
fees have been combined with
the postal department..
"A bibulous person fell asleep
on the tracks of the Long Island
railroad at Penny Bridge, and a
train cut his hair off without in
juring him.
The great Guadalupe artestian
we'll at Guadalupe, Mexico,w which
used to squirt 100 feet high, is
tired and only goes half that now
Ne specimens of grass and
white orehafds never before
known to exist in this country
have been discovered in Cape
May county, N. j..
Budyard Kipling said to sRobt.
Barr once in conversing on the
the subject of an exchange of
ideas, "Why, all L ever knew
somebody told me-"
Mrs. U. s. Kistler, of salina,
Kan. is sort of syndicate wo-
man. Over 1 700 pieces OF flesh
were grated on her body when
she was burned in an explosion.
Flint Island, from which the
recent eclipse of the sun was OBJ
served, is a mere dot on the Pa
cific 400 miles north of Tahiti.
The government party was ex-
pected in San francisco, January
25th,
Whom Clinton j. Brady, of
Cairo, ILL.,, saw his divorced
wife making a living in st. Louis
by working as clerk in store
he asked her to remarry him,and
she consented on the spot.
A thief who robbed the house
Of Edward Hurlock, of Mill
ington. Md, left note saying:
81 have called again, and hoped
to get money and a dress for my
wife. Don't care for your silver
ware"
Annual report of Swift & Co.,
made at the annual meeting,
shows a volume of yearly bust
ness amounting to over $26O,O00,-
900 and profits at the rate of 12.4
per cent on athe capital stock OF
$5o,OOO,OOO.
Mrs. Susan Merrill, of East Ed
dington, Me-, has supported her
selffo ten years and sent her
two boys through college by max
ing feather beds of real goose
down and selling throughout
New England.
Marriage at an early age is fre-
quent in Mexico. Recently a boy
of 16 and girl of Id were mar
| ried in the capital. In the last
two months there were thirty
three persons from IL to 20 years
married ia that city.
Twenty-Five men of Abb, Iowa.
angered because I'll. @. Wilson
filed a petition to have his wife
sent to an insane asylum, took
him out of bed at night, broke
the ice on pond and ducked
him until he promised to treat
his wifeproperly.
When the South Manchuris
railway was operated by the Russ
ians it received subsidy from
st. Petersburg of 15,0Oo,o00 rus
bies yearly to make ends meet
Nowin Japanese hands, it is earn
ing 80 per cent over operating
Expenses.
In the italian army all cavalry
regiments are supplied with car
rier pigeons, which are used fol-
the transmission of information
during all their military meneuv-
ers in camp. Young cavalry Of
fcers go through course ofin.
struction on the training OF pig
cons for military purposes at the
/ p;c,ornol oOllaoOa
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coNUMDRUMs.

When are muskets like corn
stalks?
When stacked.
When are grass and the stars
alike?
When shooting.
When is a walking stick like
an old lady's hair?
When knotted. !.
What sort of coat is finished
and put on wet2
a coat of plaster.
Why can't you send any moro
letters to Washington9
Because he is dead.
Why is wornout coat like an
empty spoolP
They are both threadbare.
When is a mans watch chain
like a reigning BELIEF
When # has many charms.
Why isn't the government go
ing to havethe bayonets any lon
ger in the armyP
Because they are long enough.
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Notice.
CIeopatra.


The only authentic portrait of Cleo
patra that is known to archaeologlsts
is a bust which appears on series of
coins. 1t is on the reverse and bears
the inscription in Greek, Queen Cleo
patra, the Divine, the Younger" while
on the diverse is a portrait OF "An
tony, Dictator For the Third Time, Trl-
umyir," The workmanship OF the coiR
IS far from good, and this accounts In
some measure for the undenlably plain
appearance of the queen. Yet the like
ness. as far as the features go, Is n
true one, for the other coins of the
same series, though of n different type,
give her the same features. an aquiline
nose, strong chin, long neck and
narrow shoulders. The fact is that her
beauty was not so remarkable as one
would think from the spell she cast
over Caesar and Antony. rlutarch,
for instance, tells us that her beauty
In itself wns by no means incompar
nble nor calculated to amaze th"Se
who saw her." but adds that the mag
netlc charm of her manner. the grace
fulncss OF her movements. the pcrsua-
siyeness of her conversation and her
figure wSFe most attractive.
Tho First Bull.
Charon, the boatman of the Styx,
was thought by many to be of Irish
blood. for Invariably as he was casting
Off from the hither shore he would
call out to his cargo of souls:
"Now, then. look nliyeI
This was doubtless as near an APP
proach to an Irish bull as the then
state OF civilization DermItted.-Puck.
Necessary carleature.
The best portraits are those In
which there fa a slight mIxture of
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05

Time usually proves that old
fashioned people, who predict
that spoilt children will come to
some bad end, are more than half
right.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05
D W. Brown, Pension. Attorney ana
Notary Public, 90 Years Ex-

perience.
/ prosecute pension olAiEng OF
every kind, increases, widows aud
minor elaine, bounty, eto.
I also write deeds, deeds of trust,
bills of sale, make abstracts of title
to real estate. Have me examine
title TO real estate before you buy.
/ may save you money. Ialso exc
cute vouchers, administer oathg,
eto Give me trial with youR
business.
d. w. BRowN.
Office with Circuit Clerk,
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
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Tho Firat Bull.
Nooeaaarv CarIoaturo,

The best portraits are those In
which there is a slight mixture of
faEicsture, re,-Macaulay
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05

Try Hilrs Honey and Tar for
o9lds and coughs. at Van Gildet's
drug store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05

Before a young man is mar
ried he is not particular whether
he smokes the wholeIof a cigar or
not. After he is married he runs
a pin through the snipe, smokes
it until it burns his mouth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-02-05

The average life of an Ameri-
can built ship il only 1s years.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-11

cutting out cattle, but 1t is not
successful if made for cattle to
use for hogs. The sides Of the
tapering alley must be boarded up
tight or hogs will get their legs In
cracks and should be high enough to
prevent hogs from jumping over. Drive
hogs into pen A, which connects with
pens B and C, through chute D. Sort
ing gate E swings from posts F to G.,
but will not clear either. Space be-
tween posts F and G should be no
wider than necessary. The man work
ing sorting gate will stand behind post
e IL right-handed, or G if left-handed.
A stout latch should be fastened to
sorting gate that will fasten to either
post. Mortise hole into post for lever
latch on gate Adjoining pens and
small gates may be made as desired.
BY taking sorting gate off hinges and
placing ringing crate against posts
F. and G it becomes handy place to
put ring in hogs nose. If post F.
is set to one side an incline chute can
be made to fit up to posts F and G.
making a convenient place to load
hogs. In that case pens b and c should
be very short and wide SO wagon can
be backed into pen and not have to so
far to reach chute.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-11
Dispenser Of Kisses.

A Frenchman, who apparently has
been amusing himself by reckoning
up the number OF kisses he has given
his wife during the first 20 years Of
his married life.
He finds that in the first year he
dispensed about 100 kisses day. or.
say, allowing for birthdays and legal
and church holidays. about 36.700 in
the year.
In the second year this number was
reduced by half. and in the third
year to ten day, while in the fifth
year his better half had to be content
with two a day, one in the morning
and one in the evening.
What happened after the NTH year
is wrapped in mystery" but at the
same rate of progression" he prob.
ably arrived eventually at one kiss on
the first of January every leap year
Chicago American.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-11
PIG AND SHEEP NOTES.

Lousy hogs and thrifty hogs are
strangers.
Give the ewes and lambs dry
shed at night and sunny spot in the
day.
Do not run the sheep on last years
pastures this year. This is the safest
method of keeping them free from
stomach pests.
Damp. dirty bedding and healthy
pigs will not be found in the same
house. Cleanliness is one of the
prime requisites for success.
A fresh coat of whitewash on the
inside of the sleeping quarters always
looks good to the visitor and also
tends to check the spread of vermin
A weak solution of some common
coal-tar dip sprinkled about the hog
house will prevent foul odors and help
to preserve the general health of the
herd.
Health and vigor are great preven-
tives of disease. Feed the ewes liber-
ally and let the lambs learn to eat
while young. Stomach worms do not
get possession readily where the
lambs are well fed.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-11
BAD ITCHING HUMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet swollen-sIeep Broken
Cured In 2 Days by Cuticura.

Some two months ago had hu.
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak. all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were SO swollen that could not get
my shoes on for week or more. l
used five or six different remedies and
got no help. only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf-
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at time
Then one morning / tried bit of
Cuticura. From the moment 1t touched
me the itching was gone and 1 have
not telt bit of it since. The swelling
went down and in two days had my
shoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley. so South State St.
Concord, N. H., May IA. 1907"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-11
DRAFT HORSE BREEDING.
Il Pays the Farmer to Raise Good
Draft Colts.

Our most progressive farmers are
reading the signs OF the times and
keeping mares to do their work and
also raise colts. The mares are bred
each year. Such farmers realize that
the greatest profits are not made from
some one crop, but in conserving
small profits from every crop, and
not the least profitable is the colt
crop.
A pair of mares handled properly
will do a good seasons work and raise
colts in addition. BY their labor they
can be made to pay for their feed.
and also that of their colts until a
year old AT the end of the year one
has as his profits the colts reared,
which have cost him only the actual
service fee of the stallion.
fancy | hear some one say that
mares sucking colts will not do as
much work as geldings. l will grant
that is true, but good pair of mares
sucking colts will do all the work in
day any farmer ought to do. Where
brood mares are kept to do the work
/. is good plan to keep larger num-
per OF them than would be necessary
were geldings used. For instance,
keep five mares to do the same work
which would be expected Of four geld
ings This will permit exchange of
mares in the teams at foaling time.
This plan of keeping an extra mare
will be found to be profit by the in
creased value of all the colts reared.
A pertinent question is, What is
the best type of mares to select for
breeding and farm use? This ques-
ton must be answered somewhat ac-
cording to climate, topography of the
land. the Nize of fields and the nature
of the crops grown. Where the fields
are large and comparatively level and
the cultivated crops grown are not of
a small, delicate nature, such as must
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-06-11
With His Frlends-

st. Peter-"Did you make good use
OF the talents given you? Did you do
your share toward improving and en-
nobling the land and the free govern
ment that you lived in?"
American Spirit (proudly)-"I voted
the straight party ticket at every cleo
tion."
St. Peter-"So have heard. Did you
ever take the trouble to inquire into
the character of the men you voted
for?"
Spirit" HIM! They were our reg.
ular party candidates. SIR"
St. Peter-"I see. Well, you will find
most Of them in Department X"
Spirit" Thank you. But have no
wings to fly to them"
st. Peter" You don't have to fly.
You dive."-New York Weekly.