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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
rhs stiek Ear wiu.,.

In the old Anglo-Norman marriage
ceremony the gentlewoman used to
promise her husband to be buxom
unto my gentll name" The word
buxom corresponds to the modern Ger
man biegsam. meaning bending or pill
ant and the old English was Dusk
am" all of which goes to show that
things must have been very pleasantly
ordered in the good old days that are
dead and gone. According to the old
English law, which is still unrescinded
In the statute book. the 'gentIl manne''
was allowed to beat his goode wife
with stick the diameter of which did
not exceed quarter of an inch.-New
York World. -.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02


see 1t. the building of state roads by
state funds does not best solve the
problem Of good roads for the farmer,
but BY the farmers cooperating with
the state. -. -
The local interest aud effort are need
ed. Then they will get better roads at
less cost. In many sections farmers
are, complaining about poor state
E0sds. ., InEone. road district, In New
York two miles of macadanlzed road
were built at cost Of s., 800 per mile
.sOne hGlf Of this amount was subscrIbl
ed by the people living in the road dis
trlct, and the state paid the other half
This road vas built under the super
vision OF the town road commissioner.
and the steam road crusher and other
machinery owned by the town were
/ used. . No large; profit was paid to a
sssa1htSaofor. Nothing was paid for ma
--teFials--The only cost Of the road was
the cost Of labor | would call atten-
, tion, to-the fact that the. process Of
: Scientific road Building as It was done
IN this instance Is the reverse Of that
80 long practiced by farmers The soil
they try to keep in the road Is first
all removed down to the bedrock or
gravel. and; when the grading is done
the understratum, of the roadbed Is
made Of the common field stones one
or two feet thick. Next quarry stone
Or refuse from the quarry is broken
TO make layer several inches thick.
then finished with a layer Of hard
crushed stone from the stone erusher
and rolled With the steam roller
drove over this two years from the
time 1t was built and can say 1t was In
better condition than some state roads
hive seen built at the same time
have taken pains to talk with people
living on this road and find them en-
trely satisfied with their Investment
and planning to build more OF this road
] think on one mile Of this road four
farmers live on the average. The road
cost them $3.50 per mile, or about $163
each. The interest on the investment
Is less than SO. and l think all can
see that no farmer can make better
Investment Here they have a road
bed that viii last for many years. and
the yearly road tax Will keep 1t In
repair. Farms have been cleaned of
stone In providing material. work was
provided for home labor. a road has
been made in the right way. according
TO the principles of good road build
ing. and the benefits that follow are
beyond estimation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Train and Track.

washouts and landslips occur so Of
ten along the railway in Borneo that It
costs, though labor is cheap, S14 per
mile per month to keep the road in re-
pair.
Passengers by the Transsiberian e1.
press now reach Pekin from London in
sixteen days, the North China railway
having been ihdoeed 10 ran the trains
by nightas well as by day.
Fourth class passengers will here
after be carried on Saxon railways
every day in the week. Hitherto these
passengers had to pay extra and travel
third class on SUNDAYS and hOlidayB.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
CUTTING II Short

A British lieutenant in the Second
battalion, Lincolnshire regiment, who
was called Leo Quintus Tollemache.
Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet
Observation-Disclosures, gave notice by
means of advertisement that he re-
nounced the names of Quintus Tolle-
mache-Tollemache Plantagenet Tolle-
mache and should henceforth upon all
occasions and at all times sign and
use and be called and known by the
name Of Leo de Orellana Tollemache
nn1y st~l
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
RURAL ROADNAKIN(,
How Some Farmers Built a Good
/ Highway cheapIy.
STONES FROM FIELDS USED.
Nothing Paid For MatsriaI-No Large
Profit For a contraetor-only Cost
Of the Road Was the Cost Of Home
/ Labor. ..


Of the Road Was the Cost Of Home
Labor.
One fact people are slow to learn Is
that the soil nature made for growing
plants in does not make a good road
bed. Soil is decomposed or pulvertzed
rock with some humus or vegetable
matter. When this is wet 1t Is mud;
when very dry it is dust
When soil is used for 4 road the
most Of the time 1t Is In either one Of
these two conditions, but there are
short periods when there is Just the
amount of moisture In the soil that
makes It so compact as to be firm
road. For many years rural roadmak-
ing has been some process OF getting
more soil into the road and the stones
out. 1 can remember how under the
supervision Of the path master" we
used to work out the road tax by
and scraper and afterward throwing
the stones from the roadbed into the
ditch The next year, after the soil
had been fattened out by travel, the
same soil was scraped into the center
Of the road again and the same stones
thrown out. The last few years this
work has been more cheaply or easily
done with the road worker. This plan
OF roadmaking may give a fairly good
country road, where heavy loads are
seldom drawn, for two or three months
In summer, but for the greater part Of
the year there Is no firm, smooth road
bed. but mud, ruts and dust, says W.
H.. jenkins of Sidney Center, N. Z.
In Hoard's Dairyman. For the same
reason that we need better school
houses and rural schools we need
better country roads. Instituting stone
Or macadamized roads in agricultural
localities is most wise and farseeIng
policy, for 1t hnstens the time Of bet
ter agriculture and civilization and
adds to the value Of real estate.
Nan always finds nature has antici-
pated his needs and Is only waiting
for him to work up to point where
be can use what she provides. He
must learn to make his roads from the
rock before the glacier has ground
them into soil, not afterward. For
many years In many sections the agri-
culturists have not known how to get
I'D Of the stones on their fields or what
use to make of .outcropplng lodges Of
rock that could be quarried. Now the
modern machinery for making macad-
amized roads and the need of them
and learning the uses of concrete will
make these among their most valuable
assetszon the farm AS 1 am able to
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Canada. Inland s,,

People at home who have only seen
Hudson bay on the map have mainly
regarded it as patch of polar desola.
ton. forbldding and une1plored. In
reality It is nothing of the kind. 1t Is
a huge inland sea as large as the Med.
iterranean reaching down into the
center Of the Canadian continent
Milling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Waves of Water.

The area of the Pacific ocean is
about the same as the earth's land
area-i. e., 100000 square miles.
The river Polk flows into a cave In
the side of mountain and completely
disappears at Adelsberg, near Trieste.
On the Yukon river, at distance Of
from 700 to 800 miles from the sea,
there are many points where 1t is
nearly twenty miles wide.
The Great Salt lake is some eighty
miles long and from twenty to thirty
two miles wide. 1t is 1900 feet above
eaaG IeyeIE and the saline matter in Its
waters varies from "A to q pei. cent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
IesIand Out For Fine Roads.

Highway improvement Is becoming
live Issue In Iceland. It Is claimed
that with god roads more than 10000
acres Of land could be made profitable
for agricultural purposes and that such
roads would lead to the development
Of the rich veins Of gold which are
known to exist near Reyk5svik. the
chief seaport.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
What She Wanted to See.

The chauffeur was taking his load of
tourists for ride through the resi-
dence portion Of the metropolis and
pointing out to them the state man
lions Of the nabob. "Tve often heard, :"
laid the portly dowager with the dia-
monds. 'of these Oliver Wendell homes.
Would you. mind showing rs one Of
emT-san ETancisco ArsOnaut.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

CoxJa Mill

Taking the result of a large numbe;
Of analyses by different chemists, X
may be said that the average percent
age composition OF cows milk Is as fol-
lows: Casefn, or cheese matter, 3.64;
butter. 8.55; milk sugnr. or Iactose,
40; saline matter, 81; water. $3.50.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
The Wronu Heart.

"Mr. Bubkins," said the proud father,
shaking the young man warmly by the
hand, 'let me tell you that you are
man after my own heart"
"oh. no, SIR" protested the blushing
sutton; I'm after your daughter'sr'-
london Answers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
No Leak,

Suppose" Kissed the villain, Sup
pose our plot should leak out?"
That's all right" said his accom-
plice consolingly. at can't. Don't you
remember telling me Eve minutes ago
that It had thickenedT
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

Under the Romans If lover kissed
his betrothed before marriage she in
hertted half Of his worldly goods In the
event Of his death before the marriage
ceremony, and If she died her heritage
descended to her nearest relatives.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Took Him a, hls Word.

A young man of Vienna thoughtless-
ly promised his aged aunt that he
would never part with any treasures
she might bequeath to him. He now
finds at her death that he has taken
upon himself the care of ffty-slx cats.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Jamaica oinaer.

The ginger grown in Jamaica COM
mands more than double the price Of
any other. Under favorable conditions
an acre win produce as much as 1000
vOund& .r,Dss -, !,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

The wealth of man is the number
of things he loves and blesses, which
be is loved and blessed by.-Carlyle.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02
Danuer In Dust.

Nine horses that were employed on
gravel road construction in Hamilton
county. Ind, died from the effects Of
breathing dust.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

A hen attains her best laying capac-
lty in her third year. She will lay in an
average lifetime from 300 to 500 eggs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-02

The greatest altitude in Pennsylva-
MIA is Blue Knob. being 3A38 feet
above the sea.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09
DIVIDING TIL: REWARD
Continued from Fourth Page

| the first command, and now he tower
| ed above her, still smiling.
| ''There is some mistake" he said. If
you will kindly turn aside my coat You
| viii find detectives star there thar
should vouch for me-"
| RE approached as though to perr1!:
her to carry ont his request. but she
| retrcated before him.
Not muCh.' she declared. THAT
| would give you Il splendid chance to
overpower me. You keep your dis
| lance"
But 1 can't hold my hands over my
head al night" he pleaded. What are
! you going to do with me-
''Some one will come for me if l dc
not go home.' she explained "You
won't have to wait for more than an
hour"
The intruder groaned. "YOu don't
| suppose that l can keep my arms in
the air that long, do you:" he demand
| ed. I'D rather have you shoot"
Il will if you come any Closer she
warned. He stepped back. and for ten
minutes he looked eagerly out of the
door. Then he gave cry. and with a
sigh Of relief Bertha turned her head
to greet the newcomer
For an instant she gaSped. for the
| newcomers arms went above his head
promptly. and his revolver went clat-
tering to the ground. In general ap.
I =, q
visitor. though he lacked the frank
ness. expression and genial lines about
the eyes.
His action reminded her of her cap
tive, and she turned. To her surprise
he had whipped out revolver and had
the other covered
Will you Oblige me by feeling in my
coat and taking out pair of handouts
yOa will find there:' he asked.
Bertha drew out the gliStening brace
lets ana snapped them about the new
co,ner's wrists. Then the other man
! came forward, and with the heavy
leather belt he wore about his waist
| he fastened his Victims feet
This is Butte Bill" lie explained as
he dragged his captive to chair.
There are probably two others of the
gang waiting outside. You stand over
him and shoot INN if he attempts to
get away. I'll see if | can round up
the others"
DeprivinG the bandit of his weap-
ons. the stranger slipped out. Pres
emily there was a sound of firing. then
Il silence The girl and the man in the
bank stirred uneasily Bill was anxious
as to the fate of his accomplices. and
Bertha felt an unaccountable strong
interest in the welfare of the stranger.
The minutes that sped by seemed like
hours until. with a whoop, a crowd
burst into the bank and relieved her Of
her guard duty. The stranger was in
the van. 4 bloody handkerchief wrap
ped about his left hand and q thin
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09

s,-i.am or blood tr1ckllng down the side
of his face.
Pm not hurt" he aid, with laugh,
as he saw her look of dismay-"just a
scratch on the head and a ball through
the palm"
THE sheriff can take care of these
men," she said. Come home with me
and let me fix you up"
Rapidly she closed the vaults and led
him down the street to the little home
where her first aid to the injured had
! more than once gained her the title of
1.-THE little DOCTOR"
Over the bandaging he told her that
he was 4 railroad detective looking for
some car thieves and that one of the
Butte band had mistaken him for the
leader and had uncovered the bank plot
to him. He had seen a chance to earn
the reward, and so he had sought an
excuse for lingering around the bank
until the desperate had put in an APP
pearance.
Il did not want to alarm YOU" he
explained. 80 l said nothing. though
if | had had my hands in the air much
longer 1 should have had to speak in
self Defense
"And l thought was earning the re-
ward" she laughed.
You did" he insisted.
Not at ALL she contradicted.
"Then half" he pleaded.
She shook her head. and it was six
Iz4a
healed and they effected Il compromise.
Then they used the reward for the
honeymoon.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09
notice.!

Notice is givan to all lot owners in
the First and Second Additions to Ken
newick, Washington, that there is now
due and payable at the office of the
Town Clerk of Kennewick, the water
right in the Northern Pacific Irriga-
ton Company's canal, TO each of the
lots in said First and Second Additions,
amounting to 50. 20 per lot % feet wide
and 40 feet deep: also the annual
maintenance fee of 40 cents per lot.
If these assessments are not paid on
or before August lst, 1907, inter est
and penalty will be added at the rate
OF Is, per cent per annum. Dated this
18Th day of July, 1907
FAY F DEAN. Town Clerk
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09
Bad Drinking Water q Common
Cause of Sickness.

One of the most common causes OF
sickness is bad drinking water. In
'me parts of the country where
shat "w wells the PRINCIPAL source
OF supply. diarrhoea is quite common
and Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
ID arrhoea Remedy i'm demand. One
or two doses OF this remedy will
check the attack aud prevent any
serious consequences. When diar.
rh0ea is prevalent the source of sup
ply OF drinking water should he
Looked to. This remedy is for sale
by the Columbia Pharmacy.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09

Some people think don't have much to do, but
they mistaken If they could see the way the new Fall
Goods are coming in they would change their mind
Why already 300 pairs Of Fall Shoes have
lately come in and that but little over half the number
we have ordered for Fall.
1t is little early (and kind Of warm too) to talk
about it. but have just opened up nearly Two Thousand
Dollars Worth Of Fall and Winter Clothing and Over
coats 1t is not near all we have coming but there are
some handsome suits among them.
We certainly haven't forgotten the children in our
Fall buying Every boy, from the three yeaod youngster
to his egheen-year- brother. will have line of the
finest clothing made to select his next suit from.
We have taken great pains with buying for Fall
and expect to please almost everybody
Little did we think, little over six months ago when
moved into present splendid store room, that
would be needing But it is fact that
need about third more than we have for the
proper display Of present stock and the new Fall goods
that are arriving at close intervals
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09
We are Busy These Days

We proud of this record of quick and substantial
growth and believe is the result of tending strictly
business treating everybody alike and fair always trying
have in stock the goods people want, together with the
things that constantly coming from the manufac-
ters shops; keeping expenses very low and selling
for cash only and at prices that absolutely low
dependable merchandise be bong h from any market
anywhere.
We want every man, and child to feel in
terest in store. 1t is YOU trying to please.
Our pleasure after we know you are pleased
sleep soundy and work harder than to please
you
Some people will send to the Chicago mal-order
houses for their winters supplies. But let say you will
gain not thing rather you will weaken our town and
community just much.
Our stock will be nearly double this Fall that Of any
former season. and you will have trouble in getting your
wants supplied. All we ask is show and we don't
prove good, tell We ready to you to the
best Of our ability.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-08-09

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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04
Ireland's ssHome Rule"

Compared with the home rule bills
Of 1886 and 1896 the measure now be-
fore the British parliament, if adopted,
will confer but a semblance of self
government upon the citizens Of Ire
land. 1t provides for an administrative
council to control certain departments
Of the administration Of Ireland's home
affairs. Out Of LOG councilmen 80 are
to be elected by Irish votes and "a
nominated by the king. The lord lieu
tenant of Ireland, acting for the crown,
may nullify the measures Of the u
| Gil and also control the constabulary Of
Ireland, a state Of things that has al
ways been a thorn in the flesh of the
Irish people.
Briefly, the new bill is a halfway
measure, pleasing to no political party.
The council is to control the board of
local government, agriculture, public
works, national education and refornla.
tory institutions, under the approval al
ways of the lord lieutenant, appointed
by the crown, and the lord lieutenant
will alone control the supreme court,
constabulary, Dublin police, land com
mission, which is a great hope for the
Irish %peasantry, and the prison board.
The radical members of the Liberal
party, which proposed the measure, are
keenly disappointed that it falls so far
short of home rule, while the opposi.
ton party ridicules it as a step too fa1
on the road to Irish independence. j.
o. Redmond, the Irish leader, says il
is better than nothing, provided it is
workable, and O'Donovan Rosa says
that the bill is only another instance
of sweet promises thrown 4out by the
government "as a bait to, fool the
Irish"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-07-04

DR.. Young, druggist and medical
practitioner at Munich, was a county
seat visitor last Saturday.
o. G. Glaserud. manager of the Lang
don Abstract Co., is away, spending the
Fourth with the folks at his home in
Crookston, MINI.
The standard bred trottlng stallion,
Eaglecoast, will make the season at
Pierce's barn and the Langdon race
track. Look him over.
E. Moore returned yesterday from a
trip out west to Sarles, whore the firm
of Loynes & Moore have the contract Of
building a $4,000 school house.
AS a result of an accident in the bal
game played here last Friday Afternoon
between Langdon and Fairdale, il
which the home team won by 4 to 2
John Boyd, who so efficiently cover:
the infield between second and third wal
carried off the diamond with a broker
leg. The fracture being a clean breal
of the right leg just above the ankl'
joint. The accident occurred IN tn,
second inning whenFairdale was at bat
one of their base runners colliding will
Boyd at second base. The runner il
making the slide for the base came fee
first instead of the usual manner. Tn
accident is particularly regretable as i
cripples our ball team by laying up on
of the best players for the balance Q
the season.