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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
THE HERRING CATCH.
1t Is to Northern Europe What the
Wheat Crop ls to America.

IL Is to Northern Europe What the
Wheat Crop ls to America.
Today the herring Is hardly regarded
as luxury. Indeed, It is chiefly eaten
by those who can afford nothing else,
and yet 3,O0O,OOO,0O0 of these fish are
needed to supply the annual demand.
How this ineXhaustible, limitless yield
Of the ocean has swayed the destinies
of nations is strikingly set forth In an
article by Harold BoIce in Ocean.
Despite the unremittlng harvest by
predatory man and gull and cannibal-
istic cod and shark, the unconquered
armies of herring still continue to pop
ulate the Atlantic with multiplying
hosts.
The Atlantic has been aptly called
the herring pond" Indelibly nssociat
ed in the past with the economic and
political history of occidental man
kind, the herring seems destined to
survive rs one of the greatest factors
In the welfare of western nations. To
day what the wheat crop is to America
the herring catch is to northern Eu
rope.
Few persons. even among the masses
that consume this fish, realize its
economic importance. More than 3,000.-
100000 herrings are captured annually.
according to the latest estimate.
The weight of that annual catch iS
over 10000 tons.
1t would require 25,OO0 freight cars.
each with capacity of thirty tons, to
haul the herring harvest inland from
the Atlantic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
EMBROIDERED TRUTH.
Mark Twain on His Own Reputation
For vsraeity.

Mark Twain on His Own Reputation
For vsraeity.
1 am used to having my statements
discounted. Ny mother began It before
| was seven years old. Yet all through
my life my facts have had 4 Substra-
tum OF truth. and therefore they wera
not without preciousness. Any person
who is familiar with me knows how to
strike my average and therefore knows
how to get Mt the Jewel OF any fact Of
mine and dig It out Of its blue clay
matrix. My mother knew that art.
When was seven or eight or ten or
twelve years old-along there-a neigh.
Dor said to her:
"Do you ever believe anything that
that boy SaysT'
Ny mother said:
HE is the wellspring Of truth, but
you can't bring up the whole well with
one bucket" And she added: II know
his average, therefore he never de.
ceiyes me. 1 discount him 80 per cent
for embroidery. and what is left In
perfect and priceless truth without 4
law in 1t anywhere."- TwaiA's
Autobiography In North American Re.
view,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
A nnotnr,s Assistant.

A doctor whose large practice has
made an assistant necessary was told
that the man he selected was hardly
competent.
Hes good enough for what l want
him for" said the doctor. ~ don't
expect him to prescribe for my pa
tents, but to listen to their gossip. In
many cases the privilege Of talking
over his troubles with the doctor con-
situtes the biggest part of patients
cure. 1 haven't time to listen to all
these complaints myself; hence the
need of an assistant This man Is
good looking and sympathetic. Callers
will readily unburden their hearts to
him, then when they are ready for
real medical advice he can pass them
on to me" columbus Dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16

A Chinese cook named Chin Kan had
been engaged by a wealthy Chinese In
Ho In street in Canton. All the money
he earned had been lost in gambling.
On one occasion his master paid him
some money for the provisions he sup
piled. The cook lost all the money 6
one stake. Finding that his debtn
were accommodating day By day, on thS
tweuty-fourth day he went into the
kitchen and chopped of tie forehnEer
of his left hand as a self punishment
and warning in order to relinquish this
evil habit Of gambling In the future.
He became unconscious through the
pain, but was brought round again tn
a few minutsB.-s Singapore Times.
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Went TO Bed For Dinner.

An amusing incident is told of the
observation-disclosures of the late Justice
William G. Keogh of Ireland. 1t was
at bar dinner at his own house. and
he had excused himself from the
guests, who had already assembled. to
go up stairs to dress. Time went by,
but he did not reappear. The company
sat patiently for some time till at
length, when their appetites were get
ting the better of their manners and
they were about to send a messenger
in quest of their absent host, he ap-
peared and explained with many apollo
giles that imagining that he was retir.
ing for the night he had undressed and
got into bed. After an hours sleep he
awoke, and 1t suddenly dawned on him
that his guests were waiting to dine
with him below.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
NO. IL
PIONEER COURT INCIDENTS
Free and Essy Manners In Early IIil-'
noIS Trials.

Hoto
Most Of the early Illinois court.
houses wers log built, but in some dis
tricts, says the author Of Lincoln. ths
Lawyer" the sessions were held In the
barrooms of taTerns. and the absence
Of all formality In the proceedings Is
best illustrated by the fact that IN tie
circuit court OF Washington county.
held by Judge John Reynolds. the -HhoF-
lff usually heralded his honor by sing.
Ing out, Come in, boysl Our John is
a-goin' to hold eourtw to which cordial
invitation those having business with
the law responded.
Another sheriff In Union county nadO
laudable efforts to meet the require
ments of the occasion by shouting ont
this singular announcement: "Oh, yesl
oh. yes! oh. yes! The honorable judge
IS now openedF'
In one case Judge who desired 70
display his learning instructed the Jury
very fully, laying down the law with
authority, but the jurors, after dOllb-
Grating some hours. found themselves
unable to agree. Finally the foreman
rose and asked for additional instruc-
lions.
Judge, this ere Is the difficulty" ho
explained. "The jury want to know II
that thar what you told Us was Tal'y
the law, or on'y jist your notion
Youths Companion.
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His Old Lst.srs.

A Wall street business man showed
visitor a bundle OF old letters that
ne was taking home from his once to
1urn in his furnace. II wasn't always
10 particular about these useless busi.
less letters" he said. until / learned
hat the women cleaners were sorting
hem out Of the wastebaakets and SELL
ng them to certain firms which mako
business Of furnishing lists Of names
'or various purposes, mostly to specu-
alive concerns. Then 1 concluded
hat I owed It to my clients to protect
hem from the nuisance that follows
'etting ones name on a mailing list
New York Sun.
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Unfortunate ROYALTY.

Horse accidents caused the death of
William /. and William Ill, William
II. and Richard 1. were killed by ar
rows, Richard III. was slain In battle,
Charles l. was beheaded. Edward IL,
Richard II. and Edward V. were MUIR
dered, surfeit of lampreys cost Henry
l. his life, poison or surfelt of peaches
killed John. poison is suspected to have
been administered to Edward VI, and
the death of Henry vi. is by some his
torlans laid to the charge OF Richard,
duke of loucester.-London Standard.
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The Fiohtino L.nn,i,,.

If the jennings powers were pro-
portioned to his pluck. the lemmIng
would make things lively for the
hunter. 1t attacks with reckless fury
he harmless passerby. One OF these
'reatures. smaller than a rat, will as
sail without second thought couple
II human beings weighing 16o pounds
ipiece. 1t will spring to ones knees,
barking and biting, and In purblind
fury fall back "all ends up" to the
:arth, only to renew the attack again
md again. One day while one lem.
ming was flying at me another from
beyond a small stream Joined 10 the
demonstration and presently SWAN
,cross to get TO close quarters. was
lot quite sure that the first fall into
the water was not accidental but
hardly think 30, since once there ie
'ame straight to the charge.-'Wlld
Norway"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
THE GREEN SUN.
Il Was Noticed and Commented Upon
BY the Ancient Egyptians.

DJ Sno AnolonI Eqypttano.
The appearance OF q green light at
sunset was noticed and commented
upon by the ancient Egyptians and
more particularly SO because in the
clear air of Egypt the tints of sunset
are peculiarly distinct.
AS the sun there descends nearer
and nearer to the horizon and is i'm
mensely enlarged and flaming, 1t sud-
denly becomes for an instant brill
liantly green color. and Immediately
series of green rays suffuses the sky In
many directions. we'll nigh to the Ie-
NTH. The same phenomenon appears at
sunrise. but to smaller extent. Some
times, just as the last part of the SUMS
disk vanishes, its color changes from
green TO blue. and SO also after 1t has
disappeared the sky near the horizon
often is green, while toward the zenith
1t is blue.
This was alluded to in Egyptian
writings. Day was the emblem of life
and night that of death, and the noe
turnal sun. being identified with Osiris.
thus rendered Osiris king of the dead.
The setting sun was green; therefore
Osiris, as the nocturnal deity of the
dead, was painted green. The splendid
cotiins of the high priests of Ammon
frequently depict the green sun. and
the funeral deitles are all colored
green.
There are innumerable instances in
the Egyptian relics of representations
relative to death being colored green.
The practice undoubtedly arose from
the green tints of sunrise and sunset.
The green sun disk is referred to 5000
years ago in Egypt. This is the earli-
est known human record Of an as
Economical phenomenon.-Wash
Star,
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BOYS -Four Season.,

Spring, summer, autumn and
winter, these are the four seasons
as the man sees them," said a
sehoolteacher few days ago. "The
boy has another way of dividing the
year, however, and when he does
not watch the seasons of his year on
a calendar above his desk he never
forgets them. His division is mar
bles, ball, shinney and skating. Mar
bles come in place of spring, base
ball in summer, shinney in the fall
and skating in the winter. You can
tell what season it is by watching
q group of boys at play just as well
as by an almanac. kansas City
Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
MuddIsd Memories.

Among the gems of collection
of schoolboy 'howlers" are the fol-
lowing:
Charon was a man who fried soles
over the sticks.
The heart is over the ribs in the
midst of the borax.
A thermometer is All instrument
for measuring temperance.
The snow line stretches from the
north pole to the south pole, and
where it crosses the Alps and the
Himalayas it is many thousand fee!
high in the air.
"Honi soft qui NAL y pense" ('Ie;
hin be honored who thinks eviTO.
A toga is a sort of naval office;
asually found in China and Japan.
Contralto is low sort of musi,
which only ladies sing. - Kansa
City Journsl
Mutual DistPust.
IA genius" said the young man with
long hair and eyeglasses. usually r"
CARDS the world as balky mui.."
"Yes." answered Miss Cayenne, land
the world usually regards genius az p
horse that Is trying to run away
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
THE BLACK SEA.
ItO Waters So Badly Poisoned That
Life 10 Practically Impossible.

ltS Waters So Badly Poisoned That
Life Is Practically Impossible.
Few persons. probably. other than
those engaged In the pursuit Of sci
ence, are aware that the Black sea
presents an interest Of its own to the
LOologist and the geologiSt shared by
no other part Of the ocean at the pres.
ent day.
Throughout the greater part Of the
ocean the bottom Is the dwelling place
of a number Of creatures whose busi-
ness 1t Is to consume the bodies OF the
members Of the surface fauna which
after death sink to the bottom. In the
Black sea. however. says the Field. ow-
ing to special geological events, such
scavengers are totally wanting over
the greater part OF the bottom, so that
the carcasses of the creatures which
fall from above are left to decompose.
which they speedily do at the COM
paratlyely high temperature of the
water.
BY their decomposition two soluble
compounds. carbonate of ammonia and
suIphureted hydrogen, are developed
In enormous quantities. while no free
lime. except such as is introduced from
the Mediterranean. Is left. The vol
ums Of sulphureted hydrogen is SO
great as to poison the water from
the greatest depth u.221 fathoms) to
within about hundred fathoms Of the
surface to such a degree that life. e1-
cept for 4 few bacteria. Is absolutely
impossible.
The circumstance has a dclbIe inter.
est-1rst. that It Is absolutely unique
Lt the present day, and. secondly. that
It seems to offer an almost exact paral-
lei to the state of affairs that existed
at the inconcelvably remote epoch
when the oldest known sedImentary
rocks were laid down as mud on the
ancient sea bottom.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
.BOWSER PAINTS FENCE
Many Things Happen to Interfere
With Plan to Beautify Home.
FINALLY GIVES UP THE JOB.

Old Fellow BIames His Wife For the
Misfortunes That Befall Him on This
Occasion and Acts Like One Whose
sufferinss Are Many.
Copyright, 1907. by G. D. Daniels]
When breakfast was finished the 9TH
er morning Mr.. Bowser did not shove
back and rush upstairs and grab his
hat and overcoat and hurry of with the
declaration that he was fifteen min
utes late and that his was the worst
run house in America. according to
his usual programme On the con-
trary, he dallied around until Mrs.
Bowser's curiosity got the better OF
her, and she asked If he thought 1t
was Sunday.
81 am not going to the Office this
morning." he replied. "In fact, I eD
going to take the day off. I want Is
give the front fence coat Of paint
and brighten things up bit"
'I know of aipainter who will be
glad to do the work and do 1t well and
cheap" she said.
$50 do l. but he won't get chance
to swindle me. don't propose to have
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
What aea4rnIn.A Hl~

A stranger in q small town want
ed the advice of lawyer and as he
was hunting for one one day he
came upon a sign which read "a.
Swindle, Attorney ct Law"
he entered the Office end after
receiving the necessary advice said
that the lawyer was q fine man,
but he wanted to know Why he
made his name sound 30 ridiculous
and why he did not put bis fYst
name in full.
u would" replied the lawyer,
laughing, "if nay first name were
not Adam. Magazine Of Fun. !
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Most Nearly Perfect Vacuum.


1t was Professor Dewar's achieve
nent in llquefying hydrogen that led
% the discovery Of an easy method Of
obtaining an almost perfect vacuum,
ind that in single minute. when Q
glass tube filled with air and closed
It one end has its open end dipped into
cup OF liquid hydrogen. the intense
old condenses the air into a kind Of
now that settles to the bottom. II,
hen, the upper part of the tube. from
which the solidified air has fallen, Is
emoved by heating and cooling It Of
t becomes a vacuum chamber 20 free
rom mir that It is difficult to force an
electric current through it.-New York
Herald,
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Biblical Repartes,

Justice jeremiah Black of Pennsyl-
vania, in reviewing a case that came
up from the court of his old friend
Judge Moses Hampton, remarked,
"Surely Moses must have been wan
dering in the wilderness when he
made his decision" and sent the case
back to tho lower court Judge Hamp-
ton on its second trial remarked that
although he would have to submit to
higher authority, he still thought he
was right in spite of the lamentations
of jeremiah"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-10-16
The Aye.nva.

A very strange animal. related 70
the lemurs and peculiar to Madagascar,
the aye-aye. II feeds on wood boE-
'ng grubs that tunnel into the bark OF
trees. The beast cuts away the outer
park with its chiBSlIIke teeth, ana O.
:he worm retreats to the end Of its holo
Jokes after It with 4 finger. This an-
ger is a remarkable organ, evidently
provided by nature for this purpose.
1eing abnormally long and armed WITH
hook shaped claw for dragging out
he grub.
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10 pi. In III. La. Ditch. y

The earliest use Of the expression
ITO die in the last ditch" was made
by William of Orange, the stadt-
holder of the Dutch republic. While
he was carrying on his apparently
hopeless struggle against Louis
XIV, Buckingham, who was urging
him to yield, asked him whether he
did not see the utter ruin of his
country that was impending.
"There is one certain MEANS" re-
piled William, by which ] can be
sure never to see my country's ruin
j will die in the last ditchw
Failed to Please.
His eyes make no attempt to con-
eeal his admiration Of the beautiful
young thing as she enters the par
lor.
Indeed, he does not want them to.
"You are positively queenly," he
declares enthusiastically.
An offended expression comes to
her f.ce.
"Queerly" she asks disdainfully.
"Yes; you are veritable queen
In appearance"
Haughtily she bids him leave.
"But why?" he inquiries, amazed.
ooh, nothing. I'm queen in ap-
Pearance, am l? Well, 1 happened
to look over lot of magazine pic
lures of different queens and prin-
cesses today, and if you think l look
like them it's time for you and me
to be strangers. Life.
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Friandahin.

Friendship is vase which when II
Is fawed by heat or violence or acci-
dent may rs well be broken at once.
1t never can be trusted after The
more graceful and ornamental It was
the more clearly do we discern the
nope!essness Of restoring 1t to It's
former state. Coarse stones, If they
are fractured, may be cemented again;
precious ones, aever.-Landor.
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chanoed oplnIons.

You think 1t a want of ju' gment that
one changes his opinion. Is it proof
that your scales are bad because they
vibrate with every additional weight
that is added to either sidei-Maris
Edgeworth.
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'AIiss May" began Mr.. Hoamley,
would you-er-be mad If were to
kiss your
"Not necessarily" replied the bright
girl. "but would certainly be mad to
let you"
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The Insn.stor,.l;t

caller-rd think that your fathers
iuties as building inspector would be
iwfully dangerous going round unsafe
buildings. Small Son Of the House
Oh, no; he doesn't go near 'em till after
hey fall down.-Life.
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WiIIina to Aeo.pt AM AnoIonx

Priscilla Gust arrived = Are there
any men here? Phyllis-oh, there are
few apologies for menI Priscilla
Well, If an apology is offered to me
1 shall accept it-London Times.
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The other fellows advice may be all
light. but you'd better use little horse
Iense with it-SprinRfeld RennhIIcan
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Salisbury Decemr ye q A. D. 1755.
This Is to sertify all whom It may Con-
Bearn that Jonathan Morrill, hath paid
Sufficient Bevrage for Suit Of Cloths a
Coat Of light Coulourd Drab Cloth with
Darkish satine lining, moheir Buttons a
full Coat and Briches of Sd Drab and a
Jacket Of light Couloud bleu Shag Velvet
with Tick lining and green moheir and
famed (hangedD Brass Buttons as wit,
neB1 our hands. DAVID PURINTUN.
NOSES RoWELI.
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S---7--I11
Muley cattle have come to stay.
Food for reflection" should be well
digested.
This is a good time of year to dip
the live stock for parasites.
The improvement of the potato is
said to have decreased its hardness.
Drains in fields should be at least
80 inches below the surface of the
ground.
Eastern cattle feeders want hornless
cattle and will pay more for them than
for others.
Plant few sugar beets. They will
be appreciated next winter by the
stock when the bulk of the rations is
SO dry.
The boy born with the silver spoon
in his mouth generally swallows 1t
before he is big enough to know how
to use 1t.
The wood pasture can be kept
cleaned up with flock of sheep, but
remember that they cannot live on
weeds and brush.
Don't feed 80 literally that the
swine leave portions of the feed each
time in the troughs. Feed only as
much as will be eaten up clean.
A little soaked corn scattered about
will soon encourage the little pigs to
eat and they will soon learn to eat
the corn dry and to shell it them
selves.
Some Of the best orchardtst dispute
the claim that fruit buds can be kept
back in the spring by mulching the
ground over their roots while 1t is
frozen.
Let us repeat that tidiness is es-
sential to pure milk. Enough dirt can
be carried on the clothes of the milk
er to influence the product, whether
1t be milk, ere I'M or butter.
There is a vast difference in soils.
A heavy soil turned up too soon after
rain will bake and dry out quickly,
while some lighter soils If allowed to
go over IL hours will not plow good.
One advantage of planting potatoes
in the time of the full moon is that the
planter is able to see 30 much better
In doing his work. That is, If he wants
to do night work. If not plant in the
day time without reference to the
moon.
Milk may become tainted from vari-
GUS reasons, ouch as unsuitable feed,
injudicious feeding, impure water sup
ply. want Of salt by the cows, alb
sorptfon of odors and the germs which
get into the milk during and after
milking.
Remember every weed which you
give place to on your farm Is taking
SO much from the soil which you need
for paying crops, and not only that
but 1t is growing and scattering seed
which will cause increased trouble in
the future.
"Cornf1eld stuff' are sheep and
lambs that have been fed in a field
of corn and rape. The trouble with
this method is that the sheep will
eat nothing but the rape while it lasts
and will then burn themselves out"
with too hearty feeding on the corn.
thus throwing them off and causing,
in many cases, death.
The success of the dairy business
depends as mu n on the disposition of
the skim milk as upon that of the
cream, and here Is where a good
many farmers fall down. The skim
milk used in hog raising will return a
handsome profit where consideration
is given to the best proportions in
which to feed corn and skim milk in
order to obtain the largest gain with
tha Iaoak 80
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SuHeiency!

Lady-And how was It that you left
your last placef
Cook-It was the smell from the au-
tomoblle garbage what was next to the
kitchen.-Tatler.
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Are we to mark this day with a
white or black stone?-CerVantes.
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Fortunate.

Goblet had great luck in Wall
street.
Somewhat did you do2
Game out even."--New York Life.
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The improvement of the potato is
said to have decreased its hardness.
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A weddinu Suit /, 1855.

Jonathan Morrill, and Hannah Hack.
EFT were married Dec. 20, 1855. This
says the Journal Of American History,
Is the recent for his wedding suit:
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Drains in fields should be at least
30 inches below the surface of the
ground.