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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
CITY is WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Twenty Thousand Are Homeless in
the phiIiDDincS

the Philippines.
The town Of Iloilo, P. l., was totally
destroyed by fire Friday morning, and
10000 people were rendered home
less.
The fire ragged all day, and, owing to
the heavy wind blowing, it was be-
yond control. The civil and military
authorities did everything posi-
bile to check the flames and assist the
sufferers.
No details are obtainable, owing to
communication with IlOilo being seri-
ously affected.
IlOilO is the capital Of the island of
Panay. The port, which is second in
importance in the Philippines, next to
Manila, is the center Of the sugar ex-
port trade.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
School Board Made Prisoners.

While the school board was listen
ing to the defense of a number Of
high school pupils against the charge
of having entered the building at
night and turned things topsy turvy,
some of the accused, who had failed
to appear, tied the hall doors shut,
and made prisoners of parents. teach.
ers and board at Ionia, Mich.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
WEIGHT AND HEALTH
THIN, NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED
THE TONIC TREATMENT.
This Wcmen Took Or. Williams Pink
Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds and
Has Been Well Ever Since.

How many wonderland men too
are suffering from a general decline In
health which the ordinary remedies
seem unable to check! How many hus.
bands see their wives wasting away,
steadily losing health and beauty, and
are powerless to helpl CONSUMPTION
and other germ diseases find in these
debilitated systems easy prey, for the
lowered vitality is unequal to the task of
lighting off the infection Of these diseases
TO which most Of us are almost daily ex.
posed.
The symptoms indicating the decline
which may have results 80 fatal could
scarcely be better described than in the
statement of Mrs. William Marley, Of
De Court street, Utica, n. Y. Her case
is a typical one. She says:
For six months after the birth Of my
~, I suffered from sick, dizzy head
aches, which seemed like @ rush of
blood to my forehead, just back of my
eyes. Some days they twitchei so 7
could hardly see and black spots foated
before them. The least exertion brought
on this sickness. Ny appetite was poor
and / was often sick to my stomach.
eff tried to work my feet soon be-
came swollen, painipg me terribly. I
had sinking spells and grew pale and
nervous. was so thin that weighed
only 90 pounds.
Zone day when at the drug store to
get headache powders decided to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills instead. I
soon noticed that my headache was dis
appearing and my nerves gradually
grew stronger. The pills gave me q
hearty appetite and now weigh over
100 pounds. believe the pills to be the
best tonic and builder woman can take,
as they certainly helped me when my
condition was critical and have never
been seriously i'll since"
The great value Of Dr. Williams Pink
Pills lies in the fact that they actually
make new blood and this carries health
and strength to every portion of the
body. The stomach is toned up, the
nerves are strengthened, every organ liz
@"'vaulated to do it's work.
n you are i'll and the treatment you
are taking does not cure you, write for
proof of what DR.. Williams Pink Pills
have done in similar cases.
Your druggist sells them or they will
be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt Of
price, so cents per box, six boxes for
g.. so, by the DR.. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, n. Y.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
No Increase by Royal Arcanum.

A proposition to increase the salary
of the grand secretary, John Kiley,
from $2,5O0 to $4,000, together with
a small increase In the salaries of the
other grand council officers created a
spirited debate in the Royal Arcanum
convention at Rockford, Ill. The sal
airy increases were defeated. The
meeting next year will be held in
Springfield.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
Momentary Relapse.

"Mr. Spotcash," said the reformed
sport, 1--WE want to buy thousand crul.
Hers for the waits picnic. Can you give
us something"
"Yes," answered the merchant. Here's
So"
Thanks, Mr.. Spotcasn. I told the
boys, by George. it was dollars to dough
nuts you'd cough up liberal"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
f. A. HITCHCOCK SUED.
DR.. Rider Accuses EX-SeCretary of
Malicious Prosecution.

Malicious Prosecution.
Taking advantage of the presence
in Hot Springs, Ark, of E. A. Hitch
cock, former secretary of the interior,
Or. T. B. Rider, of that city, filed suit
against him in the circuit court for
100000, the suit being based on ar
rests and prosecutions of DR.. Rider
for alleged violations of the rules and
regulations Of the interior department.
which were promulgated when Mr.
Hitchcock was a member of President
Roosevelts cabinet. DR.. Rider, in the
body of his complaint, charges that
the prosecutions were irregular and
that they were the result of a conspir-
acy to injure him financially.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
Minister Given a Divorce.

The Rev. c. II. Anderson, of Whits
Pigeon, Mich, was granted divorce
from his wife, who he accused Of i'm
moral relations with Evangelist Leo.
E. Allen. The minister was given the
custody of the children. Both of the
accused left the town, but returned
to attend the divorce proceedings.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
wn.ted ERert.

"It takes time, trouble and infinite pa.
thence, of course. to be q gooa Suplsy
school teacher, but you have the safis.
faction of knowing that you as helping
to mold the character Of the rising gem
Grafton"
"Yes, but 1t makes me sad to think how
4lickly a years work 10 undons when
green apple time comes"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
FOR MURDER OF INFANTS.
Mrs. West, of Des Moines, Indicted by
Grand Jury.

An indictment charging Mrs Fred
West at Des Moines, Ia, with murder
in the first degree was returned by the
Polk county grand jury Friday.
Mrs. West is the proprietor of the
West baby farm, at which place it is
alleged sickly infants were poisoned
and their bodies burned in the fur
mace.
The preliminary investigation a few
weeks ago created a big sensation,
and caused the Iowa legislature to
pass rigid law bringing baby farms
within the control and regulation of
the state.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
The UsefuI EarthNvorm.

Darwin estimates that there are
100000 earthworms quietly at work
for the advantage Of the upper six feet
of every acre. They continually turn
over the soil and drag down leaves and
grass, and thus they loosen the soil and
fertilize the ground, so that necessary
air can reach the roots that spread and
grow.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27

For constipation, biliousness, liver dis
turbances and diseases resulting from i'm
pure blood, take Natures remedy, Gar
field Tea. 1t is made wholly of health
giving Herbs.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
One Man Burned to Death.

The Hotel Campbell at Athens, Pa,
was completely destroyed by fire.
Elan Kendall. cripple. was burned
to death. The lire started near stair
way and cut off all means of escape.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
Needless,

"Shadbolt, want to give you a point
.r about Dinguss. BY the way, did you
ever lend him any money?
YES"
"Then I don't need to give you any
pointer about him.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27

Mrs. WInaiow.s eooyxrHs Brnuy Tor C,ndr~a
bssthng, softsns the gums reduces NJ
kys pain. cures wind oonc. M cents Q bottle
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27
Honesty Explained.

IOHVhIy HAUIuIHtIs
II returned a dollar that the cashier
gave me by mistake to-day"
mo mistake. He tried to work that
counterfeit off on me- too"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-04-27

S. G. N. U. No. floor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
SAVED BY SILENCE.
A Buffalo Hunt and an Indian Intor.
ruptioR on the Plnina.

1 ~ buHalo uuHt anu an lndlaH lntofs
ruptioR on the Plains.
Two soldiers whe belonged to body
Of troops crossing the western plains
In 1852 started out to capture buffalo.
A herd had been seen about a mile
distant. Their horses were In good con.
dition, and, says the author OF Five
Year, Dragon" they had every req
son to anticipate good sport
They approached the herd at a walk
and were within easy pistol shot be.
fore the buffaloes saw them. Then one
Of them, named Peel, went to the west.
the other TO the east. Peel's compan.
hon had dropped his FIRST buffalo when
the voice of Peel rang ont. Get Oh
your horser'
No time was lost, for, looking east.
he pointed to fifty or more Indians In
half circle half mile away, their
left wing SO far advanced that retreat
to camp was cut OF.
Consultation Was bi.ef. Pee! led the
way down the hill and eircled round a
thieket, carefully selecting the firm
buffalo grass sed, 30 as to leave no
trail. and drew into cover not twenty
yards from where some OF the Indians
we're sure to come down.
There they sat on their horses, pis.
tells in hand. They had no future
plans; they might have to fight death
under that bluff; they would do what
ever circumstances seemed to dictate.
They had not long to walt. The In
dams came rattllng down the rock
trails leading into the bottom, sending
cut their bloodcurdlIng warThoop at
every jump. They seemed to thlnk
that the fleeing men would try to es-
cape toward camp and be enveloped In
the circle: did not think that they
would do anything but run for their
lives. which would be sure death. One
brRwny brave drew rein at the foot of
the trail where the men had come
down, raised himself In the stirrups
and looked sharply toward them.
Peel's companion. believing they were
discovered, raised his pistol to shoot.
but Peel quietly reached over and.
placing his hand on his comrades arm.
gently pressed It down.
In moment the Indian was OF to
the west, showing by his actions that
he had not seen them.
The way now seemed clear. and they
quietly walked their horses up where
they had gone down a few moments
before. turned south and gently trotte,I
back toward camp. No fresh meat
cheered the camp that nirht. but they
lad new adventure to talk over.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
Killed By a Dead Man,

In the second Afghan war an English
officer, q well known swordsman, rode
out to tackle an Afghan chief who.
after the fashion Of his countrymeK.
had challenged all and sundry to q
fight. Both were mounted. They rode
round each other. watching an opportu
nifty. and the Engllshman found his
just a little too soon. He rode at the
Afghan and ran him through the heart
just az he was swinging his heavy
sword above his head. The Afghan
died, but the sword came down and
split the officers skull. The man waa
Of course. dead. but the weight of the
sword brought down by his falling
body was enough to get the blow home
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
CONCERNING OPIUM.
The Drug Exsrts a Varying Effect OF
Different Races.

Different Races.
Comparatively few persons know
what opium really ls. When they
turn to dictionary and CLEAN there
from that 1t is the "insplssated juice Of
the somniferous poppy" they are still
likely, says Chambers Journal. to be
In the dark.
The process of obtaining 1t IL to
score the pods at fixed intervals dur
Ing n certain period. The milky liquid
which comes out soon turns TO darker
hue and thlckens and Is then scraped
off and nodded into cakes, with poppy
leaves for an outside covering.
1t was ascertained from evidence af-
torded to the Indian opium commission
in 1896 that In some states OF India
not few Of the natives took as much
as forty to eighty grains Of opium
daily and that consumption OF forty
grains was common.
The article has q varying effect on
different races and constitutions, ex-
citing some and Supplying others. 1t
reduces the average Chlnaman to a
state of torpor II he takes 1t plentiful
ly and not infrequently causes the
Malay to run amuck. 1t has been re-
corded that the Jayanese regularly
took 1t before going 10 fight, 30 as TO
work themselves up to pitch Of e1-
element.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
hA Man AIiun

The grenadiers Of the famous Old
Guard will never be forgotten in
France as long us the memory of brave
men shall live In the national heart
But some OF them at least were az
bright as they were brave, as the fol.
lowing trustworthy anecdote bearl
witness:
One fine morning after peace had
been concluded between France and
Russia the two emperors, Napoleon
and Alexander, were taking a short
walk, arm in arm, around the palace
park at Erfurt. AS they approached
the sentinel who stood at the foot OF
the grand staircase the man, who was
q grenadier of the guard, presented
arms. The emperor of France turned
and, pointing with pride to a great
scar dividing the grenadier's face. said;
what do you think, my brother, of
soldiers who can survive such wounds
as that?"
"And you," answered Alexander,
what do you think of soldiers who can
intlict themf"
Without stirring an inch from his
position or changing the expression Of
his face in the least the stern old gren.
adler himself replied gravely:
"The man who did 1t Is dead"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
Tho Worst Possible.

The actor whose duty it was to
play the part of the dashing hero
of the melodrama was rather dis
appointing. He stammered over
his lines and sometimes forgot what
he ought to say; but, worst of all
perhaps, he did not lay his hand on
his heart often enough, neither did
he roll his eyes like fish out of
water.
These things combined brought
him into disfavor with the gallery.
Just before the crisis of the play
be clasped the heroine to his manly
bosom and said:
Sweetheart, keep brave heart
The worst is yet to comet"
Thereupon there came a plaintive
appeal from the gallery.
ooh, please, mister" moaned one
of the gods, "you amt a-goin' to
sing are yOu7"-Liverpool Mercury.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13

The highest point on Manhattan
Island is at Washington Bridge road
and One Hundred and Eighty.fourth
street, which il $50 feet above the sea
level
There is nothing better for atom.
aoh troubles than KODOL, which
contains the same juices found in
a healthy stomach. Kodol ia offer.
ed on guaranteed plan for the re.
lief of heart burn, fatulsnos, SOUL
stomache. bslohing of gas, nausea
and all stomach troubles. So al
times when you don't feel just
right, when you are drowsy after
meals, and your head aches or when
you have no ambition, and you are
cross and irritable. take a little 10.
dol. 1t digests what you eat. Il
will make you healthy. Sold by
all druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13

Swinburne's Estimate OF King H.ar.
"If nothing were left of Shakeer <are
but the single tragedy of King Lear
wrote Algernon Charles Swinburne In
Harpers. at would still be as plain as
It is now that he was the greatest man
that ever lived. AS poet the author Of
this play can only be compared with
.Eschylus. The Hebrew prophets and
the creator Of Job are sometimes az
sublime In Imagination and In passion.
but always quite incomparably inferior
In imaginative intelligence.
THAT Shakespeare's Judgment was
az great and almost an wonderful az
his genius has been a commonplace Of
criticism ever since the days Of Cole.
ridge, questionable only by such dirty
and duarfish creatures of Bimlan intel
lect and facetious idiocy as mistake II
for a sign Of wit instead Of dizziness
and Of distinction instead Of degreda.
ton to deny the sun in heaven and at.
frm the fragrance of a sewer"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
Two Sueoesses.

An honest exchange of compli,
ments is always an agreeable thing.
A New England minister recently
married had desired one of his neigh
bors to secure horse to be driven
in the new phaeton which the cler-
gyman had bought with q view to
his brides pleasure.
The minister's wife made her first
appearance at church on the Sun
day after the wedding and was APP
proved by the entire congregation
for her sweet face and simple man
ner.
The next afternoon the minister
took his bride to drive, and, passing
his neighbor on the road, he stop
ped to say pleasantly:
"You bought us a very good
horse, and we thank you for that,
Mr.. Wilson"
you're welcome" said the par
ishioner, with gravity. "and you've
chosen an excellent minister's wife,
sir, which is about as difficult. The
whole parish thanks you for that"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
QUAINT BRITTANY.
Queer Old supsrstitions. That Survive
Among the Natives.

Among the Na4ives-
The Brittany folk doubtless hold
10 more old superstitions and ira
litions than any other people Of the
civilized world. They have the
greatest faith in divination also.
II Brittany person would know
the number of enemies he has he
takes twenty-five new cambria nee
dies, places them in o deep platter
or dish, being careful to arrange
them in such a manner that no two
of the needles touch each other, and
then pours water over them to the
depth of half an inch OF SO. The
number of needles that cross each
other during this process designates
the number of the e1perimenteFs
enemies.
If the Brittany man wishes to
know the length Of his life he will
gather a fresh fig leaf, writing on it
with his finger nail the question,
GLOW long shall l Eve?" Then the
leaf is placed on shelf or in some
place where it is safe from hand or
wind and allowed to wither up. If
this is done rapidly the OWNERS
life is numbered by days or by
weeks, but if the process Of wither-
ing is long one the OWNERS life
is to reach the threescore and ten
mark without doubt.
To cure child of toothache or
the collie in Brittany there is a
strange remedy. 1t is called the
"touch of the molefed hand" The
"molefed hand" is obtained in this
way: Catch a mole and squeeze it
to death in the palm Of the hand.
While the hand is still warm from
contact with the tortured animal
the magic is worked by placing the
palm on the afflicted part of the suf-
fering child.
One of the oldest of Brittany
folks old superstitions is the magic
Of the travellers walking stick"
The secret Of possessing the much
coveted stick is set forth here:
"Take q thick, straight branch
of elder, extract the pith, then ssb-
stitute as filing the eyes of wolf,
the tongue and heart of a dog, three
green lizards and the hearts of
three swallows, all OF these having
been reduced to powder by the sun
as they lay folded between two pa
pers sprinkled heavily with saltpe-
ter. On top Of this paper during
the drying process place seven
leaves Of vervain gathered on the
eve of st. John the Baptist, togeth-
er with q stone Of divers colors,
which is found in the nest of
Eapwing." 1t is said that this odd
ly prepared stick, by name "the
travellers walking stick" will pro-
cure food and lodging wherever its
owner desires to stop in his wander
ings.-E1change.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
Peculiar Vienna cuusom.

The viennese take their pleasures
a. regularly as they do their meals,
but they do not neglect business or
keep late hours. One thing perhaps
which helps to keep the young viennese
Of moderate means and economical
mind regular In his evening hours is
the fact that he must pay to get Into
his own rooms after 10 o'clock. vIen.
ma is one vast system of apartment
houses, and a house master 10 in
charge of each one. At 10 o'clock he
locks the front door, rnd any one de-
string to get In after that hour must
pay for admittance, and the old resi-.
dent has no more right to a key than
the ephemeraI lodger.-London Graph
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
Cured Of Bright's Disease.


Robt o Burke. Elnora, N Y,
Writes: before l started to use
FoIsy'G Kidney Cure 1 had to get
up from IL to 20 times a night,
and I Ra9 all bloated up with drop
% aud my eyesight was 80 impair
I'd I could scarcely see one Of my
family across the room. I had Civ.
en- up hope of living, when friend
recommended Foley's Kidney Cure
One 80 cent bottle worked wonders
and before I had taken the third
bottle the dropsy had gone. as we'll
as all other symptoms of BrighPe
disease" For sale by all druggists
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-13
TRUSTEES SALE
Of Farm Lands in Mason
County, West Virginia.

By virtue of and pursuant to the
terms and provisions of q deed of
trust executed by r. L. Rogers and
Mary Rogers, his wife, to the under
signed, H. r. Howard, Trustee, bear.
ing date on the 25th day of July, 1901,
and duly recorded in the Mason Cum
ty, West Virginia, Clerks office in
Deed Book No. 80, pages 81, &c to
secure to James K. Short ire pay
ment OF one certain promissory note
therein mentioned for the sum Of two
thousand $1,000 dollars, bearing even
date with said deed of trust, payable
one year after its date, with interest
thereon at the rate OF six per cent.
per annum. payable in advance, and
the said note, with interest thereon
since the 25th day of July. 1907, being
due and unpaid, and being required
by the said James r. Short, the hold
er and owner of the said note so to do,
l shall on
Saturday, the 23d day of No
Vember, 1907,
at II o'clock a. IN, expose to sale by
way of public auction, at the front
door of the Court House of Mason
County, West Virginia, the following
real property, or SO much thereof as
may be necessary to pay the afore-
mentioned debt. described in said
deed of trust as follows: The follow
ing real estate situated in Union Dis
trict, Mason County, West Virginia,
being in two tracts or lots, the first of
which is bounded and described as
follows. Beginning at two small black
oaks on the east side of the Kanawh a
River, the same being the upper front
corner OF what was formerly known
as the Geo. w. Craig land, and run
ming thence u, the east side of the
Kanawhs River 81 chains and rs
links (251 rods,) to the center of
Eighteen Mile Creek at its mouth;
thence up the center OF said C eek, 80
chains and 35 links Q20t rods) to a
point in the center of said creek;
thence N. 190 E. Sc chains 1914 rods
to a small beech corner near a branch
of Arbuckle Creek; thence N. $50 w.
20 chains (l20 rods) side line of said
Geo. w. Craig land. to the place OF
beginning, containing 200 acres more
or less. saving and excepting there
from 10 3-4 acres heretofore conveyed
to Samuel Roberts, and one acre con
veyed to T. L. Finley. The other
tract adjoining the above described
tract, begins at large leaning chest
nut oak in a low gap in the river
ridge and in the back line Of what is
known as the Womeldorff farm,
thence with said line n. l9o E 100
poles to beech and pointers on the
North side of a hill upon the waters
OF a branch of Arbuckle Creek, thence
leaving said line s. 200 E. 36 poles to
a large white oak near a small drain;
thence s. 70 w. 26 poles to large
white oak on a ridge by road;
thence s. GO w. "a poles to small
white oak on the ridge by said road;
thence s. 40 w. 80 poles to the be
ginning, containing nine acres more
or less.
Terms of Sale-CAsH.
H. R. HOWARD, Trustee.
Oct. %, 4-w-