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$4,000 Dinner.

Sixteen young men :assembled
early Thursday morning around
table spread in a garden OF
roses under bowers hung with
living vines and rich fruits and
dallied with q repast of exquisi-
tely prepared viands for which
their young host paid $500 a
plate.
The new Lucuius is julius
Myer, an athletic young million
aire, who lives in bachelor apart
ment at 1856 East Sixty. fifth ST.
and goes to his business every
morning at $50. He is of the
firm of Lipman & Myer, manu-
featuring furriers. AS business
man he is accounted intelligent
and enthusiastic. With tips, the
dinner cost :about $4,000. The
second floor of Shanley's uptown
restaurant was cleared and trans
formed into scene of dazzling
beauty. Fifty musicians played
during the dinner, which lasted
until daylight.
The dinner (ot ID courses) con-
sisted of viands of the greatest
delicacy; prepared under the di-
reotions of chef specially en-
gagged. Each course was the es-
pecial charge of a man who had
made study ofcooking the par
ticular thing served, and appro-
pirate wines had been imported
to be served with each course.
The wines alone would have sup
piled a dozen families for q
month. They were all of the rar
est old vintages. The cigars, made
in Cuba for this dinner cost $5
apiece. Beautiful little jeweled
souvenirs of the occasion were
presented to the guests.
And $3.50 a. m. Julius Myer
was again at his standup-desk in
the office, no longer the butterfly
giver of one of the sensational
dinners of the year in the most
extravagant town in the world,
but hard headed young business
man con the job" New York
World.
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A United Democracy.

Eor some years it has been con-
sidered proper to refer to Ohio
Democrats as the "warring fac
tions," because the party has
been torn by disruption in it's own
ranks, 1t has foolishly permitted
it's organization to be used to fur
ther the purposes of selfish men.
1t has quarreled over petty differ
ences that could have been read
lily adjusted if the party had been
considered greater than the in
dividual. at last Democrats
seem to be awake to the fact that
their only weakness is that OF dis
union. Their principles strong,
the issues are alive, the party is
numerically greater than it has
been in years and with strong
clean men leading the ticket it
can draw from the Republican
and Independent voters as it has
never before been able to do.
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A Days Work for the
Hen.

A Cincinnati gentleman was
wandering through the market OF
an Irish town last summer and,
coming upon a we'll kept stand,
inquired of sharpseyed old
Irish woman the price of eggs.
"Thrippence apiece" she said.
"Thr!ppence apiece!" he exr
claimed.
"Why-isn't that San extrava-
CANT price for one little eggP"
cit ls not, your houo; for it's a
whole days for a hen to lay it, "
she replied, without winking
even the corner of an eye.-The
May Designer.
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DEpIoRABIE ACCIDENT.
j. h johnson. of Mason, Has Mar
row Escape of Instant Death,

Ex Commissioner j a. john
son. of Mason county, and father
of e. A. Jonson. ofthe Court street
Department st; re, was victim OF
an unruly horse at Spilman, Sat-
urday morning, that nearly cost
him his life aud which resulted In
injuries that will oonfine him to
his home for many weeks. He was
riding young horse on his way to
the Flats to SEQ his son George,
who has been i'll for long time.
and when passing the brick plant
at Spilman, his horse took fright
at olay oar overhead. Backing to
one eide of the road the horse fell
over an embankment with its rider
underneath and his head against
teno, .. A Ronsh and others went
quickly to his rescue and carried
him to a nearby house DIR. Bid
die of Mason, was summoned, and
with the two sons. e A, aud Fred
JohnsonI were soon at hte bedside.
An examination showed that he
had sustained broken leg half
way between the knee aud thigh
and some bad bruises about the
head Through the kindness of
the officials of the b 60 railroad
the afternoon flyer stopped at Spill
man and took him to his home at
Mason. He remained in dszed
or semi oonsoious condition for a
couple of days and the outcome
was feared by his family and
friends. He has now rallied from
the shook and is in fair way to
reoover,-Tribune. Telegraph,
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Went Him One Better.

Nothing reused the wrath and
disdain of the late Congressman
Jerry Simpson more than Dragging
about affluence and luxurious liy-
ing. One day rich senator hold
ing forth in that strain remarked
unnecessarily: 81 was obliged to dis
charge my second coachman last
week. Though he was in many
ways an invaluable fellow, he was
continually hanging around one
of the pretticr undcrhouscmaids." "
"Ah," said Mr.. Simpson gravcly, 81
can sympathize with you. ] have
Just been obliged to discharge my
third groom. He was always loaf
ing in the servants billiard ROOM"
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order of Publication.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
MASON COUNTY, To-wit:
AT Rules held in the Clerks Office
the Circuit Court of Mason County,
West Virginia, on Monday, the Sth
day of April 1908, the following order
was entered:
Maria McCulloch,
Emma l.. Newman, Emma i. New
man, Trustee, Alfred Newman, Lee
Newman, James Newman, Kate
McDonie. May Ferguson, Susan j,
MILAN, William Newman, Edward
Newman, Catherine Jordan,
Jordan and - Jordan, the three
last named being infant heirs OF
VIM. Jordan, deceased, Lee N.
Shackelford and Mary j.. Shackel-
ford,
In Chancery.
The object of the above entitled
suit is to partition two tracts OF land
situate in Robinson District, Mason
COUNTY. West Virginia, containing
3S4 acres and As "a acres, respective
ly. which two tracts were known as
the Newman "Home Farm formerly
owned by Mary Newman, now de.
ceased, and in which two tracts OF
land the said plaintiff is jointly inter
ested with the said defendhnts
And it appearing from aftidaytt III
ed with the papers ofthe said cause,
that the defendants, May Ferguson,
Susan ]. MILAN. VIM. Newman, Ed
ward Newman, Catherine Jordan,
Jordan and --- Jordan, Lee
N. Shackelford, and Mary l.. Shackel-
ford, are non.resideDts of the State
Of West Virginia, it is ordered that
they do appear here within one
month after the first publication o
this order and do what Is necessary to
protect their interests.
A Copy Teste--
A. L. BOGGESS, Clerk.
Sommerville & Somervflle,
Soils. for Plaintiff.
april l5. 4-w.
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HUNTINGTON.

The dear old Register that
brings the home news to us every
week.
Doroy Fisher. of North Point
Pleasant, is attending college in
this oity and visited his cousin, p
Fl 81 King and family Sunday.
Jas Crump, of BeeoII Hill. iS at.
tending college here.
We understand our college iB
we'll patronizsd this spring.
Henry Sommer, of Beech Hill,
and Hon j p Austin, of Redmond,
were seen on our streets iaft week.
There will be lots of street paw
ing here this summer
VIM Denny, of GAlIipolis Ferry,
was visiting relatives in this oity
last week A Mason 90. Boy.
There is good prospect for an
abundant yield of fruit this year.
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WorthIesk Man.

Two women seated together on a
Superior avenue car the other day
were telling their troubles to each
other. "Well," said one in a tone
of deep disgust, "your husband can't
be any lazier than mine. He stays
home all day long and sleeps-just
sleeps and sleeps"
"t don't see how he manages to
support you at all" symPathized the
other woman. Doesn't he ever
work ?"
ooh, yes," admitted the first one
"he works, if you'd call it work.
He's a watchman at ii factory, but
all he has to do there is just to sit
around all night with lantern.
Then he comes home and sleeps all
day" ."-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
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CAUTIOUS UNCLE JERRY.
He Would Take No Chances Even For
a Goodly Fortune.

He Would Take No Chances Even For
Geodly Fortune.
A lawyer had travelled all the way
from California TO pay $4,000
legacy over to Uncle Jerry Hope
field, who had lived all his life in a
little town in Ohio, and after break
fast two or three of us were invited
to go along and witness the trans
fer. When we reached the house,
Uncle Jerry was tightening up the
hoops on the rain barrel, while his
wife had gone TO see a sick neigh
Dor. They had been fully identified
the day before as the proper parties,
and now the lawyer said:
"Well, Uncle Jerry, j want to
hand you that money and get re-
ceipt and be off this morning"
''I'm kinder busy just now" said
the old man as he stopped hammer
ing for moment.
"Yes, but 1 have $4,000 here for
you. / don't believe there's man
in the world who wouldn't stop work
long enough to sign receipt for
such fortune"
"Mebbc not, but it looks like rain,
and i want to git this bar'l fixed
right away. Can't you come over in
about an hour? ?"
"Iook here, man, but did you
ever see $4,000 in all your life 2"
asked the lawyer as he opened the
satchel and displayed a big package
of new greenbacks.
"No, / never did," replied Uncle
Jerry as he pounded away.
"Did you ever have $1,000 of
your own?"
Glands, mol"
"Never had hundred all at once,
did you2"
Never! Durn that hoop, but it
don't want to go on!"
'I must ask you to get this bust
ness over as soon as possible" con-
tinued the lawyer as the old man
kept at his work
"But it's going to rain"
eyes, but here's your money"
"And I've got to get this bar'l
fixed"
at won't take over ten minutes
to fix up our business. Run along
and fetch your wife"
"See here" said Uncle Jerry as
he laid down his hammer and wiped
the back of his neck, "NIariar has
gone over to Blodgett's to be gone
an hour. Before she went she said
1 must tinker up this rain bar'l."
"But can't you stop your tinker
ing to handle $4,000 in cold cash ?"
exclaimed the lawyer in indignant
tones.
eyes, yes. kin stop work, but
what about Mariar?"
"Well, what about her?"
"Why, she'd come home cXpectin'
this bar'l to be all tinkered up, and
if she found it wasn't them $4,000
wouldn't hold her no more'n tow
string would hold Il hoss. She'd jest
shove me clean down among the
cabbages and jump on the bar'l with
both feet and squash it all to
squash, and fur the next week I'd
hev to walk around on tiptoe and
eat my meals in the wood shed."-
Washington Star.
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Tho cheerer Alone.

! The "ofIicial cheerer" stole into
her room and quietly locked the
door. Then she threw herself upon
the bed and abandoned herself tc
grief unstinted and deep. For a
half hour she shook with dry throat
ed sobs, filled with pain, and then
when her face was quite splotchcd
with red and her blue eyes were pur-
pie trimmed she sat up and smiled
that sunshiny smile which was the
unfailing cheerer of Office and home
"There, that's over for two months
at least" she said as she reached
for the cold cream with one hand
and for her powder puff with the
other.-New York Press.
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Miss Elkins has tive million
from her father, three million
from her grandfather, Henry e.
e. Davis, and the "Juke" has
$4,000 year private income,
$1,000 salary as an admiral and
100000 year as a member OF
the royal family. All of which
leads to the belief that they can
set up house keeping and man
age to get along.
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Farm work has been greatly re.
tardod by the recent wet weather

Be careful about that little cough.
Get something right away; some
good, reliable remedy that will
move the bowels. Kennedy's Lax
atite Cough Syrup aots gently yet
promptly on the bowels and allsys
inflammation at the Same time
1t is pleasant to take and it is es.
peoially recommended for children,
as it tastes nearly as good as good
as maple sugar. Sold by all drug
.gists,
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YaIIan. Indeed.

During an invasion panic which
spread through England when some
French colonels addressed their en-
pcror, Napoleon Ill, in very fiery
terms n certain Yorkshire colonel
Of volunteers distinguished himself
by the following utterance at To-
cal banquet, "Gentlemcn. OH bchnl'
of my comrades | can assure yor
that If Napoicon's colonies shouid
land Mt Spurn the First East GnrF
rifles will not be tho last to tioc, II
declaration that remained as joke
against the regiment for many
years.
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How to Mako tho "Morry Widow
Hat.

Take one bicycle wheel. Super
impose on the hub one deep gran
ite cause pan, first shipping off
the handle with an ak. Then
stitch on cover of winecolored vel
vet from your season before lasts
coat suit. Put on three inch
binding around brim of canary
colored tafeta silk from your
great grandmother's party dress,
rip nineteen yards of box rush
ing off your shirt waist box, and
wind around crown. A soup la
die and a joint fork will give a
jaunty effect if used as hat pins.
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OFFICIAL CALL
FOR THE NATIONAL DEMO
CRATIC DELEGATE CONvEN.
TION.

GRAFTON, w. Va, April Z, 1908.
Al Democratic State Convention
is hereby called to meet in the city
of Wheeling on the 28th of May,
1908, at IL o'clock, M for the pur.
pose of electing four Delegates-at-
Large. and four alternates, to rep
resent the state at in the Demo
cratic National Convention, which
conyenes in the city of Denver, in
the State of Colorado, on the 7th
day of July, 1908; and for the pur-
pose of nominating three candi-
dates for Judges of the Supreme
Court of Appeals of West Virgin
ia to fill the vacancies in said
dou8t which will occur on the first
day of January, 1909.
Said convention shall consist of
legally elected delegates from the
several counties of the state, which
delegates shall be apportioned be-
tween the several counties of the
State, as follows: Each county to
haye one delegate to said conven-
ton, and no more, for each one
hundred votes, or fractional part
thereof of fifty or more votes cast
in the respective counties for the
Hou John j Cornwell, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor in
the general election of 1904
DELEGATE DISTRICTS
Delegate District Conventions
for the five Congressional Districts
of the State are hereby called to
nominate two Delegates from each
district and two alternates, who
shall, as such district delegates,
represent the Congressional Dis
trict from which they are selected,
in the convention to be held in the
city of Denver, in the State of Col
orado, on the 7th of July, 1908, as
follows:
For the First District:-At the
City of Fairmont, in the county of
Marion, in said State, on the 26th
day of May, at 1 o'clock of that
date
For Second District:-At the
City of Grafton, in the county of
Taylor, in said State, on the 26th
day of May,'at l o'clock of that
date
For the Third District:-At the
City of Hinton, in the county of
Summers, in said st tie, on the 20
day of May, at ! O'Clock of that
dates
For the Fourth District:-At
the City of Park ersburg, in the
county of Wood, in said State, on
the 26th day of May, at o'clock of
that date.
For the Fifth District:-At the
City of Point Pleasant, in the coun-
ty of Mason, in said State, on the
9th day of May, at L o'clock of
said date.
The said several conventions to
be called 10 order by the Chairman
of the Democratic Congressional
Committee, for each of the said
districts.
The said Conventions shall con-
sist of delegates selected from the
several counties composing said
congressional districts, and the ba-
sif of representation in said con
ventions, from earh of the said
counties, shall be one delegate, and
no more, for each one hundred
votes, or fractional part thereof of
fifty or more votes.
The above call for said State
Convention, and said District Con
ventions, is made by authority of
Resolution, unanimously adopt
ed by the Democratic State Exc
cutive Committee for the State of
Yves. Virginia, held in the city OF
Park ersburg, on the second day of
April, 1908.
BY order of the committee
JOHN II. M'GRAW,
Chairman
+ OARI, VANCE. Secretary,
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"When we come to the end of
life it is not the wisdom we have
&C luired, or the wealth we have
gained or the fame%e have won,
that we like to remember but the
love we have given and received.
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TIP-P=-E1'r ii $.

The greatest bargains the largest wall
houses and we will Well better by you Pay atten
paper peddlers with sample books have the
need no more no less pay you gets
roll goods made n charge tst
up date do your work promptly cheaPy correct
You should see our immense of Lace Curtains
he ha1dsoms goods for parors and bed from 98c
$1,000 No carries such stock this city as we are the
prices others pay for these goods where they buy from
dry goods jobbers.
Window shades all grades from the Felt spring rollers
lat cloth that others selling 35cs
the finest grades in oil and nen we are keeping IN
get what you when you want it, at IpPetts
Gocarts beaues styles, manufactured by the best
firm in the U ST. Heywoods goods from IS 100 to 5000.
Carpets, size noleum, oil CLOTH matngs from
novelties 3scts hese patterns sell in the cities at 05cts
Our 9xra room size rugs japanese Brussels, $1,000
Our #. japanese rugs at $I48
Our Japanese mating rugs at 75cs
Or lace 68, o. per pair, without doubt
worth from r.25 to $500 per pair any place you go.
a OAK dressers dresser s,snSr square glass; at S5'9S
Oak chihioniers at $5.9S
Oak sideboards $I2.5o
$500 to SO
Kitchen cabinets ts's ali makes and prices.
Iron and brass beds from the cheapest to the finest
combination book cases. sectional book
Fine bed lounges and couchgs S29S, o,, o. vbite
Curtain trimmed complete nahogany' OAK OF
enameed, three for gets.
See our cotton felt mattress special price for days
only, $1,000 worth regular $1,000
We we'll equipped in the Furniture and Undertaking
business large and complete stock and you can
depend getting just what want when you come after It,
We vehicles and Funeral both white
black Skilled licensed embamers Our prices have al
been easonabe fact we have always to be
lower than could the service elsewhere
need of anything in this line give call and will have
the opportunity of showing that ones ust half as cheap
Tippe We would like that party prices in
We always prepared calls promptly and
good right or day. if caledno otherwise
needed will have to send wordwe will noteoms to
house unnvted with lie upon lips, by stating
that the deceased had made special etc. have
Doctors others interested in behalf agents solicitors
you depend what they tell false impressions or
misrepresentation.
era line of goods Headquarters for porch and furniture
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3. oARL VANCE, Secretary.

Here is a new invention. No
body but a man would have
thought of it.
What islt.
A pocket in a stocking.
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DEATHS


Mr.. Joseph Bais died at his
home near Hartford, April IL, OF
consumption, Funeral services
and interment Monday, April 13.
Mrs. Rebecca Stats, died Sun
day at her home at Hartford,
aged Al years. She was afflicted
with liver and stomach trouble.
The funeral services were held at
the residence Wednesday at 2 p.
m. Burial in the Brown ceme-
terry.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry
AlIemong, of Mason, a,son, re-
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Long Time Coming .

Twenty.nine years ago Point
Pleasant father wrote to citizen
of Ripley to inquire If the publish
or of the only paper in this place
WAS proper person with whom to
entrust boy as an apprentice.
The answer must not have been
assuring, for the boy never reached
here until last Saturday night. af.
ter visiting all but three States OF
the Union. Mr. Kerwood ran aoroeO
him at st. Marys and employed
him asforeman of the Mountaineer
shop.-JAckson Herald, April 10.
This is our Ed. Smith. tourist,
of good family, and an all.round
good printer.
The Fourth of July will soon be
here and we should have big oel.
ebratiun in Point Pleasant Some
one take up the matter. We sug-
gest that a oitizens meeting be
oalled to meet in the court House
and committee be named to so-
lioit subscription and make all 9TH
or arrangements for great big
time and join day of real good
entertainments for the visitors who
might come. Do it now and don't
delay; be up.to dute. ahead of all
towns
Marriage licenses issued sinoe
our last report. March 81, Harry
81 Purdum and Mary e Shank.
Harry r Thompson and Ada b.
Roush; April let, Cicero j Wheel
er and Elsie Metbena; EIiok o
CulshalI and DoTis M Barnett; /;
Vurn d Cleland and Mable Wind.
son; 11th. John Henson and Lus-
etta Bales, John e Owens and Lii
la A Riley.
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THE WoMRN,s PAPER
Notice to Take Dispositions.

To Edgar Ewing,
April, a, D., loOS. between the hours OF
o'clock, a. NJ. and O'Clock M, at the law,
Office OF Somerville & Somerville In the town
OF Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Vir-
ginia, Will take the Deposition OF George
to be read in evidence in my behalf In n GER
tain suit in chancery now pending In the
state of West Virginia, III which am plain
tifi and you are defendant.
Iffrom any cause the taking OF said d po-
sitiOn shall not be completed on that day. OF
II commenced shall not be con pleted 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 the same
hours, until the same shall have been COM
pleted. -
DAISY EWING,
BY Counsel.
Somervlle & Somervlle, Soils.
March lS-Iw
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l once addressed an audience
of men, and L talked two houra
to them, and not man left dur
ing my talk" said Mr. Bryan to
his audience at st. Johnsbury.
"That was indeed a remarkable
tribute to you, Mr.. Mr.. Bryan
said an astonished st. Johnsbury
admirer. "Might 1 ask where il
wasP"
"It was in a penitentiary," re-
piled Mr.. Bryan. "The doorsand
windows were all guarded.
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High school Commencement,

She High School Commence
ment will begin May 22d and end
May 26th. There will be a pro-
gram given by all the school at
the Opera House the night OF the
% of May. The annual sermon
will be preached by Rev. Carl
Barth of the Presbyterian church
the oath of May. The regular
commencement exercises will be
the night of the Goth of May in
the Opera House, Prof. Wilson
M. Foulk, superintendent of the
Huntington schools will deliver
the annual address.
Gallipolis Is to have a Chautau-
qua this summer, to be held at
the old Fair Grounds. The In
terstate Chautauqua Alliance
with whom more than twenty
hight-class Chautauqua assemb-
lies are affiliated, have consum
mated complete arrangements,
and Prof. Fl. E. Conard will have
charge assisted by Prof. Cooper,
of this city, who will look after
the Chautauqua interest on the
West Virginia side.'
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"What's your husband doing
now?" asked a neighbor.
'Oh, he's sitting around in the
Court House yard telling what is
going to happen next election"
answered the busy woman.
"Then he's a prophet"
"No, he isn't So far as this
family is concerned he is a dead
loss"