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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05
SCRAPS

The Great Lick telescope will
pick out a star SO small that n
would require 10000 OF them put
together 20 be- visible 10 the naked
eye
The .00Oth anniversary OF the
founding Of g. Peters church
Chester. England. finds the struc.
tire IN good condition. portions Of
q having been rebuilt IN 1910 and
1873.
On the i35ih anniversary Of York
Minister one of the finest cathedrals
Of England q large statue of So
Cnthbert was unveiled IN the south
transept by the dean Of York.
The Society Tor the Protection Of
Ancient Buildings has been making
strenuous protests Of late against
Turkish baths. under Grand the.
etef. go
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

She looked az the siEn on the
house for 10 minutes. and then
knocked
Is this house for rentf she
asked.
Yes, would YOU like % see ltr'
The visitor started tn.
DO you winh 90 come ln7" en-.
qulred the owner.
Ouch" calculated the visitor.
az she stepped on a tack
"Ohl DID u hurt nskcd the
other.
Then they began 20 talk business
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05
REMOVED 70 WASHINGTON
BUILDING.

The Washington Institute Of Os.
teopathy Dr1 Potter q Peterson.
have removed their offices from
the Mutual Life building 10 the
fourth floor of the Waahinaton
building. near foot Of Cherry. on
FIRST Az This move was necessary
In order 10 secure sufficient room
~ which 10 conduct their practice.
sss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

rage among the women Ia the
mode
Recipe for one Teddy bear hat.
Take black velvet hat Of mush-
room shape. add two qullla. sot
iauniily on one side. sprinkle a dash
OF pink ribbon and 20 the whole
add two small white Teddy beara
Miss HobBon says that tho
women who want Roosevelt for
president again. can Induce him To
run by making the hat popular
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

Ia a cricket match 10 BE- played
at Nottingham. England. eleven
ladies from the tosu aud county
will play eleven soldiers who aaw
service ia the Crimsan and indian
mutiuy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

"Now. my dear air. I want you
70 forget an about the annoyance
u your office while sou ara az this
water resort
Then. doctor you viii have 20
get them 20 remove those Whiatllug
buoya baltimore American
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05
STAR DUST
BY JOSH

80" replied the giri with TIE
rod treaAea. I'm afraid Il would
give you heartburn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05
Josh Wise says:

san. ita some comfort Ga know
that the only reason 80 have been
suffering that financial atringnncy
IL hccanao they don't make money
enough 10 80 around
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

every attraction was drawing
card
ne two men purchased a ticket
and passed into thu show. The hail
vas we'll lighted. Their old com.
fade aacended the platform. lie
sore a dress suit. lie had changed
MS appearance. az was befitting he.
Teaya ts,., -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

tsng AGO.
remember. remember
When first the story came.
When first there came before my
eyes
The old familiar name
But BOW u seems that aconR must
Have passed since first saw
The name ! start o. see again
OF SIR. Harry Thawi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

a man can repent of most any.
thing u g hnrts him hard enough --
New York Press.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

That beautiful house Is made Of
gold brickA~
Looks to me more like gray
stone
"ii may look that way. bat a lot
OF Jays that wanted 20 get rich
know better Nashville Amcri.
can
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

Give me a lock 81 your hair
% wear over my heart" pleaded
the romantic young man
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

Has great aversion Tor butter.
milk. globe trOttera and the siren
uous life Believes Ia the 1873 Stick
and uses II as a club 70 keep things
moving the way he wants them Ia
congress Seventy years old. but
fail 81 tabasco sauce II elected
president would probably say 10
congress. as Ola Ariemus Ward
Go home. you vulnerable devils
so home" and run the country 10
suit himself
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05
FROM DlANA'S DIARY
ny r. W. soHAEFER.

E Again pupokea Experience.
Finds She Has pluoked Dead sea Apple
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

Jackass-i'd hate 10 have 10 buy
ear muffa for you
Rabbit -0san You'd 70 broke
buyin' en- for yourself
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

Leave Pier Z 70 500 baltioahiTs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-05

Turkish baths, under 0rand the.
hter. 49,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Whsrs the Patch BELONGS.

a New Englander had occasion
to engage a gardener. One morn
ing two applicants appeared, one a
decidedly decent looking man and
the other of much less proposes
ing appearance and manner.
After very little hesitation the
man of the house chose the latter
applicant.
A friend who was present evinced
surprise at the selection, asking:
fHas that man ever worked for
you before?"
No." replied the other. ON
fact, 1 never saw either of them un-
til today"
''Then why did you choose the
shorter man? The other had a
much better face"
'Faeep exclaimed the proprietor
of the place in disgust. LET me
tell you that when you pick out a
gardener you want to go by his
overalls. If they're patched on the
knees, you want him. If the patch
is on the seat of his trousers, you
don't. Success Magazine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Prosie;es In Fasting.

A French girl, one Christina
Michelot, when recovering from a
severe attack of fever, is said to
have lived from November, 1751, to
July, 1755, on water, without any
solid food of any description"
Twenty years later Monica Mutche-
terra, a woman of Suabia, while suf-
fering from a complication of nerv-
Gus disorders subsisted for two
years on a dietary of curds and
whey and water, and, to add to her
discomfort, she was unable to sleep
during the whole of this period,
while in 1862, we learn-and we are
simply quoting records of cases
which appear to have been well at
tested-Ann Walsh, a twelve-year-
old girl of Harrogate, survived for
eighteen months on a daily allow
ance of third of a pint of wine
and Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Greek Humor.

When, after Salamis, Xcrxes was
in full flight for Asia, and the over
crowded vessel, SO the story ran,
was laboring in the storm, Xerxes,
getting frightened, asked the CAP
tain whether there was any chance
of safety. None" said the captain,
"unlcss the ship is lightened of
some of its passengers" whereupon
Nerxss, turning to the Persians, ex-
claimed, "Now is the time 10 show
your loyalty to your king, for on
You my safety depends" And with
out a word The well trained courtiers
made obcisance and leaped into the
sea. Thus mbIrdened, the ship ar
rived at the land, whereupon Xerxes
presented the captain with a golden
crown for having saved the kings
life and then ordered his head cut off
for having caused the death of 50
many noble Persiana.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Raising Chickens.

Little Girl = Mrs. Brown, ma
wants to know if she could borrow
a dozen of eggs. She wants to put
'em under hen.
Neighbor-So you've got a hen
setting, have you? l didn't know
you kept hens.
Little Girl-No, ma'am, we don't,
but Mrs. Smiths going to lend us a
hen that's going to set, an ma
thought if you'd lend US some eggs
we'd find nest ourselves.-House-
hold Words.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
The Rebate System.

Justice as administered in Arizona
some years ago formed the kernel
Of many more or less amusing sto-
ries. A man was sentenced to pay a
fine of SO or spend ten days in
jail. He had only So, and the court
accepted the amount in lieu of three
of the days allotted for his impris-
onment. BY some carelessness on
the part of the jailer the man was
detained in jail for the full ten
days, and when set free he demand
ed redress for his wrongs.
you'd ought to have some al
lowance and return made" the
court admitted, "but we don't see
any way to do it unless you get
sentenced again for something;
then we could give you three days
for a kind of rebate. That's the
only way to fix it up square,
Youths Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
A Friar's Prediction.

A certain Spanish friar who was
an almanac maker predicted with
accuracy and in distinct and precise
terms the death of Henry ". of
France. The friar in question was
arrested and brought before the
king, who treated the prediction
with contempt, while he thanked
the friar for his anxiety upon his
(the kings behalf. The event, how
ever, happened as the prediction
had foretold. 1t is of course posi-
bic that the friar may have had
some secret knowledge of the exist
ence of a conspiracy against the
kings life and desired in this way to
warn his majesty of the impending
danger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
NeighbOrs Got Fooled

1 Was literally coughing myself
to death, and had become too weak
to leave my bed; and neighbori
predicted that l would never lesve
it sliver: but they got fooled, fol-
thanks be to God. l was induced
to try DR. Kings New Discovery
1t took inst four one dollar bottles
to completely cure the cough and
restore me to good sound health"
writes Mrs Eva Unoapher. of Gro.
vertown. Stark Co, Ind This
King of cough and cold cures, end
healer of throat aud lungs, is
guaranteed by all druggists 500
nd $1.00 Trial bottle free
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Tall and LOW PInnts

Tall growing plants are not suit
able for beds near the paths, espe
cially when those beds are close to
the house. The tall growers should
be given a place somewhat in the
background, where they can be seen
at little distance and will not OBJ
struct the view. Low growing plants
close to the path or under the win
dows can be looked down upon with
most satisfactory results. For such
beds there are few flowers superior
to the verbena, and by pegging the
branches down during the earlier
stage of the plants growth the en-
tire surface of the ground can soon
be covered. The scarlet varieties
are as brilliant as the geranium. If
the seed pods are cut off as soon as
seen, this plant will continue to
bloom during the entire season.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Rising From the Grave

A prominent manufacturers, Vim
A Fertwell, of Lucama, N @. re
lRtes a most remarkable experience
He says: After taking less than
three BOTTLES of Electric Bltters,
feel Ike one rising from the gray
My trouble is Bright's disease, il
the Diabetes 4tage 1 fully be-
lieve Electric Bitters will cure me
permanently, for it has already
stopped the liver and bladder com.
plioatious which have troubled me
for years Guaranteed at all
druggists Price only SOC
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
SAVED BY A TRIPOD.
A short but Lucky Encounter With a
Mountain Lion.


The largest wild animal which
frequents the Colorado desert is the
mountain lion. This member of the
cat family, writes Mr.. James in
'sThe Wonders of the Colorado Des-
ert," is large enough to brighten
thoroughly an unarmed man unless
the man, conscious of his own kind
iy intentions, is willing to take those
of the animal for granted. This is
not always safe thing to do, as the
mountain lion, if he is driven either
by hunger or by fear, will some
times attack man.
A friend and !, writes Mr.. James,
we're once climbing a steep noun
tain trail in the heart of dense
forest. / was in the rear, carrying
on my shoulder very heavy sur
veyor's tripod, REINFORCED with
brass and with long spikes at the
ends of the legs. Stopping for
breath, I happened to look up, and
there on the branch of tree not
ten feet away was a large mountain
lion just about to leap upon my un-
conscious friend.
swung up my tripod in lance
like fashion over my friends shout
der in the uncomfortable impulse to
do something, what | did not know.
Was it good fortune or chance or
Providence that pointed the spikes
of one of the tripods legs at such
an angle as to penetrate the eye
and brain of the leaping animal,
swerye it from its course, render
ineffective its wild, death dealing
stroke and SO blind it that a few
blows from the brassy end of the
tripod killed it?
The remarkable thing of it was
that my friend was not only un-
harmed, but almost unaware of what
had happened until it was all over.
He was an old man of somewhat
slow mind, and when he heard my
exclamation as l threw up the tri-
pod he turned round to see me
thrown topsy turvy down the bank.
The cause of it he did not see.
Before he was aware of it his
amazement was made complete by
my sudden and energetic rising,
picking up the tripod and fercely
swinging it upon the head of some
PROSTATE creature which until l
struck it had not made the slightest
sound. Then it began to shrek and
scream with a ferceness that was
appalling.
In far less time than it has taken
me to write this story the animal
was dead at our feet. The force
with which he sprang can be under
stood by the fact that the wooden
part of the tripod beyond the spike
had crushed the bones surrounding
the eye.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
IN THE ToYsHoP.
A Small Sale With a Large Portion of
Human Nature.

Twas a delightful toyshop, full
of all sorts of tricksome things
dolls for the girls, guns for the boys
and rattles for the babies-says the
Reader Magazine. And everything
was a different color from every
thing else, while some things were
in spots a different color from them
selves in other spots. Surely the
end of the rainbow was in that toy
shop, and what one found there was
better than a pot of gold.
AS the front door opened a bell
tangled gayly, quite'in an old fash
toned manner. A stopped old crone
came out of the room in the rear of
the shop. She had iron gray curls
and spectacles and wore little gray
cape over her shoulders and walked
with a cane, quite like a picture
book grandmother.
She stopped short and smiled at
sight of her small customer. GLOW
do you do?" she said. 81 suppose
you have one penny to spend and
know exactly what you want for it, "
for it was man child.
eyes; 1 want a jumping jack, "
answered the miniature man.
"a jumping jack? What kind of
a jumping Jack? Would YOU like a
lady jumping jack? 1t is the very
latest thing"
81 should like to see one first, "
said the small boy cautiously.
eve have two styles of lady jump
ing jacks. This style, you notice,
is very strongly made. 1t is of very
good quality wood and warranted to
wear well. The paint will not HEX
off. This other, you will observe, is
very fimsy affair, tawdry gew-
gaw, not worth considering. Shall
L wrap up a style No. II"
''No, thank you," said the small
boy <1'd rather have the other
kind"
"But it's not half so much for
the money" said the old crone, as
tonished.
81 know, but it's pretty"
''It won't last half SO long"
q know, but it's pretty"
ooh, very well. It's your penny"
said the old lady in a huff as she
wrapped u" tho parcel with vi
cious jerA.
The bell Jagged again as the lit
tie boy went out, tearing the wrap
ping from the beautiful lady jump
ing jack. The old crone took up
the despised, strong, reliable, well
painted wooden thing and held it
close for moment.
Its a pity to last too long," she
said.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Elizsheth,s Virtues.

A noble woman Elizabeth was not.
The miracle of virtues and charms
depicted by courtiers and poets, if
it did exist at all, existed entirely
in their exuberant Imagination. She
could be indecently coarse and in
tolerably mean. She could lie with
unblushing effrontery. Her vanity
was inordinate. But voracious as
she was of fiattery, it never misled
her. She could appreciate in 9TH
ers the virtues she herself lacked.
Behind the screen of capriciousness
an intellect was ever at work, as
cool and calculating as her grand
fathers, as hard and resolute as her
fathers --fEngland Under the Tu-
dorg
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01

super.titien and seienee.

A young woman in Washington,
who is a graduate of a seminary that
makes a feature of hygiene, was
walking with a friend and discuss
ing some rather abstruse questions
on sanitary science, on which she
intended to present paper before
a woman's club in the capital. The
graduate was holding forth in APP
proved seminary style on the schol-
arly theme when she suddenly stop
ped and picked up a pin on the
sidewalk.
81 am surprised" smilingly OBJ
served her companion, glancing at
the rusty pin as the graduate stuck
it under the lapel Of her coat.
at issa little superstition l have
never been able to conquer" said
the graduate, ''but," she fastened to
explain, 81 shall sterilize this as
soon as / get home"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
MOUTH BREATHING.
The Many Physical Ills For Which It
Is Responsible.

10 neSPoHSiple.
Nature intended us to breathe
through the nostrils, and if for any
reason this becomes difficult or i'm
possible we suffer for it.
The nose not only warns or just
tempers the air as it is drawn
through it into the air tubes, but it
also filters it in great measure, keep
ing back not only much of the solid
matter in the form of dust, but also
the bacteria carried by the dust par
ticles or floating in the moisture of
the air.
In mouth breathers the air strikes
the back of the throat and rushes
into the windpipe before the chill
has been taken off and while it is
still laden with dust and bacteria.
In this condition it causes local irri-
tation, which results in congestion
of the mucous membrane lining the
air passages. This congestion when
long continued passes into chronic
Inflammation or catarrh.
Theinfammation graduallyspreads
if the cause continues and often
passes from the throat into the
cars, where it produces a thickening
of the delicate structures there and
finally deafness. The mucous mem
branes throughout the air passages
and all their ramifcations become
thickened, secrete phlegm and lose
in great part their power of resist
ance to the germs of pneumonia,
diphtheria and other diseases.
The causes of mouth breathing
are numerous. Anything that OBJ
structs or narrows the upper air
passages-the nose and vault of the
pharynx-forces the sufferer to
breathe through the open mouth.
A deformity of the nose, the pres
ence of "adenoids" or enlarged ton
sis may cause the trouble. Exam
nation for such conditions should
be made whenever child is seen to
breathe habitually with the mouth
open, and as soon as the cause is
discovered it should be removed.
So many serious consequences may
follow mouth breathing that it
should never be allowed to go on
moment after its cause is ascer-
tanned.
One cause that is not often sus-
pected is deformity of the nose
resulting from the use of improper
nursing bottles by babies, but the
most common is the presence of
adenoids.
1t is useless to scold or remon-
strate with a mouth breathing child
if the habit is caused by the air
passages being blocked by growths
that call for removal. He must
breathe to live, and if the legitimate
channels for air are closed by dis
ease nature does her next best
Youths Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Ll;<s a PIANO Lamp.

A young merchant recently pre-
sented to his better half an elaborate
piano lamp. He was much fnttered
when she told him she intended to
give it his name until he asked her
reason for so peculiar a proceeding.
"Wcll," said she, "you know, dear,
it has a good deal of brass about it.
II is handsome to look at, requires
good deal of attention, is remark
ably brilliant, is sometimes I'M
steady on its legs, liable to explode
when only half full, flares up occa-
sionally, it is always out at bedtime
and is bound to smoke"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Her Moneys Worth.

During her sojourn at hotel a
lady broke an article belonging to
q toilet china set. On leaving the
house she was charged with the en-
tire set. AS remonstrance was IN
availing, she paid the bill and, plead
ing the excuse of having forgotten
something, returned to the room and
broke each and every article of the
set for which she had paid. And
Eome people say women are not cley-
erI
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
The Modern Way.

Governess (who has told her
small pupil the story of "The Fox
and the Grapes")-Now, isn't that
4 clever story, Ethel?
Ethel-Clever? Not bit CT it!
That fox was nothing but a goose.
He pretended that the grapes were
sour. What he should have said
was: "0h, what beautiful grapes
so tempting and so sweet! But
my doctor has told me never to eat
sweet things, so must refrain. p
Taller.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
BALAD1N
THE only imported Percheron
horse in Mason or Jackson
counties.
pEnTGREC

Foaled april 20. 1899. Bred by NJ.
La. saussaie, commune Of st LaDgis,
department of Orne, got by Hecmard
81, 10Y he by AfIanIus 50, 10i, he by
CheIi l0,95S (l5,39l), he by Vas -Tu-
(2,S69), lie by Athos belonging To NJ
Caget, he by Monai ch belonging TO
NJ. CageU. Dan-Poule (l5,72D by
Chaluneau, b. longing to NJ. Du-
polIt. Second Dam-La Petite Is, 9S)
by Se,im (74O, he by Porthos, belong
ing to Nj Fromentin Third Dam
Mignonue, belonging to Al. Bel
holnm. by Duke De Cnartres 1862 (72)
he by Coco III (7l4) be by Vieox- Chas-
lin I1l3). he by Coco GID, he by Mig
NJ II (7l5). he by Jean-Ls Blanc $3.50.
In witness whereof we have here.
unto affixed the seal of the Associa-
ton. Dated at Chicago, ILL.,, this the
oath day OF December. 1902.
G. D. KEISER, President.
Baladin will be eight years old
on the 10th day of April. 1907, He is
a jet black in color, LIZ hands high
and weighs 1850. He is heavy boned,
very compact, strongly built and n
fine actor. He has proven sure foal
getter. A. Il. Landfried, of Ripley,
w. Va. has a filly colt en.fourteen
months old that weighed ,O40 pounds.
Enoch Mcintyre, of Angerona, W.
Va, has horse colt that weighed
at nineteen mouths old over 1900.
Will make the season at
Point Pleasant and at different
points in Mason and Jackson
counties.
G. NJ. WARTENBuRc, Keeper,
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
Ripley P. H. Co..
Ripley, w. Va.
feb IS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
An lnaui,itixs Miss.

Her nurse had fallen asleep, and
a four-year-old girl tOddled to the
pulpit steps in a church and tenn
POrarily stopped the sermon by ask
ing the clergyman: please, man,
why do you get up there? Why
don't you come DOWN." When a
church warden gently led her back
to her seat amid the tittering of the
congregation she repeated her ques-
tion, adding. "Can he see bettere"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-05-01
Hunting for Trouble

i've lived in California 20 years,
and am still bunting for trouble in
the way of burns, sores. wounds,
boils, cuts, sprains. or a case OF
piles that BuckIen's Arnica Salve
won't quickly cure" writes Charles
Walters, of Allegheny, Sierra Go
No use hunting, Mr. Walters ii
cures every case. Guaranteed by
all druggists 25o