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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
SPITE CHURCH TO co
A MINIATURE STRUCTURE IN
BROOKLYN WILL BE RAZED.
Built to Defeat a Saloon Keeper, But
Failed of Its Purpose-CompIete
in All Details.

Brooklyn's so-called Spite church
is to be dismantled. Just what use
the tiny piece Of ground upon which
the little church now sits will be put
is o known.
The little spite church" Is at No.
FL Lenox road, just off Flatbush ave-
nue.. 1t is in a district inhabited by
Brooklyn's best class of citizens, and
not a few of them will be glad when
the tiny structure is torn down, for it
is a reminder of a trick" that they do
not take particular pride in.
The news that the little church is to
go has revived a discussion that was
rife in the Lenox road district about
five years ago. 1t waxed acrimonious
ly at the time. Sides were taken and
many former friends became enemies.
Though most of the people living
along the road sympathize with the
purposes of the party who had the
church built, they did not sympathize
with the NEAR that were adopted,
and most of them would be glad to for
get it.
The spite church was built by we'll
meaning church people in order to pre-
vent the installation of a saloon on
Lenox road. About five years ago a
large structure with stores on the
ground floor and flats above was start
ed on the southwest corner of Flat
bush avenue and Lenox road. Mem
bers of the Park Side church, then in
the hands of a Methodist congregation,
learned that Henry Hesterberg, at that
time sheriff of Kings county, intend
ed to put a saloon in the corner build
ing. There "a no saloon on Lenox
road then, and most of the residents
on the street did not want one on it.
Particularly did the members of the
Park Side Methodist church, many of
whom lived on the road, object.
After trying by appeals and pro-
tests to prevent the opening of the
saloon, they decided on a new tack.
According to the laws of the state,
a saloon cannot be opened within 200
feet Of a church. The Park Side
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE
IN WESTERN CANADA.
There Are Thousands Of Opportunities
In the Land Of Opportunity.
To the Editor.
Dear Sir:

To the Editor.
Dear Sir:
The following experience OF an iii.
nois man who went to Western Can.
ada six years ago is but one OF the
thousands of letters that could be re.
produced showing how prosperity fol.
lows the settler on the fertile lands of
Western Canada. This letter was
written to the Chicago agent of the
Government Of the Dominion of Can.
ada and Is dated at Evarts, Alberta,
April Sth, 1907:
1T is six years the 9Th of this month
since I and family landed In Red Deer,
family sick and only SIS In my pocket.
Bought q $12 lot, built a 12x14 shack
and went to work as a carpenter.
Next May sold for $500 chad added
16x18 building to shack. Purchased
two lots at $40 each and built a 23x28
two story building and sold for $3.50.
Filed on q quarter section 33 miles
M w. OF Red Deer and have spent
three years on 1t and am well pleased.
Quarter all fenced and cross fenced.
wire and rail, 2M miles Of fence.
House 29x31 feet ON stone foundation.
Last year was my first attempt to
raise grain, liz acres of fall wheat,
yield grand, but was frosted August
End, was cut August 10th and made
good pig feed. Had 1h acres fall rye
that I think could not be beat. A
farmer from Dakota cut 1t for me; he
said he saw such heavy grain
anywhere. Straw was 7 feet high. I
had 4 acres Of 2 rowed barley on fall
breaking that did not do so well, yet
It ripened and gave me all the feed I
need for stock and seed for this
spring. / did not have grain threshed,
80 can't give yield, but the wheat
would have gone at least rs blu. to the
acre. Have a log stable 31x35 feet,
broad roof and two smaller buildings
for pigs and chickens.
IT have lived in Harvey, Ills, and
know something about 1t. I have been
hungry there and though able and
willing to work could get none to do.
One Saturday evening found me with
out any supper or a cent to get II with.
A friend. surmising my situation. gave
me q dollar, which was thankfully ac-
cepted and later paid back. Wife and
/ are thankful we came here. We
were living near Mt. Vernon. Ills, as
perhaps you remember visiting me
there and getting me headed for the
Canadian Northwest, and a happy day
It has proved for me. I have no.
grown rich, but / am prospecting. I
would not take $4,000 for my quarter
now. The past winter has been a
hard one, but I worked outside the
coolest day (52 below all day and did
not suffer. We are getting a school
started now that is badly needed.
sour p. O., Evarts. Is about Is
miles; there is another Office 8 miles,
but It Ia not convenient to us. Wife
and / would not exchange our home
here for anything Illinois has to offer
Yours truly,
"(Sd.) z. KIMBERLEY"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
A Market Weddinu.

Some quaint wedding festivities
were witnessed in the Leeds market.
The bridegroom was a market potato
merchant and his bride the daughter
of another potato merchant. Their
wedding was marked by a free break.
fast to more than a hundred poor peo-
pie. dispensed from the b%ridegroom's
stall, which was ~tastefully decorated
and laden with sandwiches, buns and
tea.
Two turnips and a saw formed the
centerpiece on the stall, with potatoes
and rhubarb arranged around them.
The festivities proceeded while the
bride and bridegroom were preparing
for the wedding. which was followed
by q journey to Morecambe for the
honeymoon.-London Daily Mail
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
PROPER TREATMENT OF BURNS.
The Use of Flour or Oil 10 Strongly
Deprecated.

Deprecated.
In cases of burns death may be due
first to asphyxia; secondly, to shock,
and, thirdly, to s~epticaemia, says the
London Hospital.
The medical nan seldom gets to the
case in time to treat the first condi-
ton; the second is essentially a gen.
eral condition, while the whole sue
cess in preventing the third depends
upon the immediate local treatment.
1t is therefore the last condition which
must be considered here. Among the
public 1t is a generally accepted idea
that the thing to do in the case of a
burn is to dust -four over 4. or to cover
it with oil, and. indeed, even in some
comparatively late text books on sur
gerry a mixture known as "Carron oil"
is advocated.
The use of such applications can
not be too strongly deprecated, and,
indeed, If the lay mind could be taught
that the best thing to put on a burn
before the doctor Is called is a hot
compress which should contain some
boracic acid, If there is any in the
house, 1t is probable that the majority
of deaths due to septicaemia after
burns would be prevented.
For the whole aim and object of
the local treatment is to prevent
sepsis; -four and olive oil may be
soothing and may allay the pain, but
there is no antiseptic property in
them; rather they are excellent cul.
ture media for bacteria.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
THE SHORTEST SOLDIER.
How a Young kansan Under the Re-
quired Height Got into the Army.

ttOW q E06ltH Ndftoaf SUhSf sfC "
quired Height Got into the Army.
Charles l.. Dagan Of Keats, Kan, q
young army recruit who enlisted In
Kansas City and left with a squad of
recruits for Jefferson barracks, near
st. Louis, Is probably the shortest SOL
dier in the United States army. His
height is s feet 2 inches. He was ac-
cepted only on the recommendation Of
President Roosevelt, to whom he wrote
explaining the situation after he had
been rejected on account Of his height
at the auxiliary recruiting station at
Topeka early in April.
Dagan had entertained the hope OF
becoming a soldier for a number OF
years. He Is now twenty-five, and,
having no one dependent upon him, he
went to the recruiting station TO enter
the service. He passed a rigid exami-
nation ave for his height. but the
news that for this reason he could
not become a soldier did not deter him.
He had decided to become one, and
promptly wrote TO President Roose-
welt, explaining the situation. He
made an earnest appeal to the chief
executive, and the frank, earnest man
ner In which he couched his plea
seemed to strike the president as that
OF n man who would make a good
soldier.
This is probably the first instance of
an acceptance of ar application for
enlistment In the army when a dis
crepancy OF two inches in the required
height existed. The minimum height,
as stipulated by the wal department,
is s feet 4 inches.
Dagan is of almost perfect build,
weighs 1870 pounds and has a five-inch
chest expansion. He expressed a de-
sire to enlist In the cavalry and be
sent to the Philippines. At Jefferson
barracks he will be- assigned to a regi-
ment of cavalry under orders or pre-
pairing for orders for Philippine serv-
ice.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
BrookIyn's "Spite Church."

church was further down the street,
on Lenox road, and did not come with
in the prescribed radius, SO no objec-
ton could be made to Hesterberg's sa-
loon on this ground. So, to aforestall
Mr.. Hesterberg, 1t vas decided to
build a church on a narrow little plot
which would bring the saloon within
200 feet and thus prevent its open
ing.
The church was duly built. 1t was
complete in every detail, but was a
joke as to size, being merely a minia-
ture. 1t is about Is feet wide and
about twice as long. When packed to
it's capacity it will hold about so
souls. But it was a church. 1t had
a steeple, Gothic windows, and all the
usual details. Hence when Mr.. Hes
terberg tried to open his saloon the
matter was carried into court, but to
the chagrin of the church members.
the Supreme court, Justice Gaynor
presiding, held that the miniature re-
ligious structure was a church &C.
cording to the letter of the law, but
not according to its spirit, and that
as regular church services were not
and could not be held therein, it was
a piece Of spite, and not a church in
fact at all.
So the Hesterberg saloon opened in
triumph and the little church became
known as "the spite church." end as
such often has been pointed out. The
Park Side church is now Presbyterian,
and sometimes uses the little church
as an for Bible and Sunday
school classes. but it Is not regularly
needed, and Lenox road as a whole
will be glad to see 1t go.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

LIES little ironies generally veal
p~etticoats.
Politics Is q masculine game, blu,
the first boss was a mi
The woman who Is no spring
chicken will usually lay for you.
Love laughs at locksmiths, but the
goldsmith is a serious matter.
The husbands day: Eight houfi
for sleep. eight hours for work and
eight hours for explanations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
More Than One.

Your husband evidently had a fin-
ger In this pie"
Yes; he put in the brandy"
Three fingers!" explained her hus-
band in a stage whisper.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

The average mans love for the Old
Flag is about as much talk as his other
love affairs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

A great many people see themselves
as others see them, but they don't be-
lieve what they see.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

The man who wants to sell it IL
usually the n who has the least po-
litical influence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

Necessity usually knows a good
thing when 1t sees it, even II It does
fall down on a law examination.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
cHAPrEE m.
News OF RevoIutIon.

views OF z revolution.
Marjorie and Lady Poole came into
the room.
For two at least Of the people there
Il vas an asonizing moment But =
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04
No Headache In the Mornino.

Krause's Headache Capsules for over-in-
iulgence in food or drink. Druggists, 25c.
Lichty Mfg. Co., Des Moines, la.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children testhlng, softens the gums. red,cs. A..
ANIMATION allAys pain, cures wind collie. So y bot.Is
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

II women should get the ballot would
they be willing to compromise BY Civ.
linz up the gunf
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

ed boy who didn't like to put On his
Sunday clothes?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

Anticipation is more fun than real
ization-sometimes.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

DO you believe In signs?'
"Of course. How else are people q
know your buslnossfs
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-07-04

There II ! great deal Of talk about
= great many things that there d
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
A CONTRAST.

French and EnE1iah Women as They
Cross Muddy Street.
See a Parisienne cross a muddy
street. She advances tiptoe to the
edge of the pavement. polses like
bird ready for fiight, deftly raises
her dress more than enough to show
her embroidered skirt, the dainty hose
and elegant bottines, and without more
delay she trips across. toe and heel
barely touching and the mud refusing
to cling to the fairy feet that hardly
leave an Impression on 1t. Landed on
the other side. she gives her fine feath-
ers little shake into place and passes
onfwith shoes that look as If Just put
on at that moment.
Watch an Englishwoman Immediate
ly afterward. She reaches the curb
stone. comes to a dead standstill and
stolldly contemplates the muddy road.
Finally she selects a route. Then.
very cautiously, she lifts her dress,
making sure that the tops of her
shoes are under cover; then, slowly
advancing. she puts her right foot out.
Plump 1t goes, the water oozing over
1T, and then splash. splash, splash. un-
til the other side is reached. when.
with soiled skirts and soaked shoes.
she proceeds on her wet and muddy
way.
Nothing could be more characteristic
Of their respective nationallties. and
10
their mutual contempt for each 9th
er's ways. Translated From the
French For st. Louis Republic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
LUNCHEON WAS EXPENSIVE.

Instead of 10 Francs Il Really Cost
10000 France.
One day three friends in Paris were
taking walk together.
81 should like to have an exquisite
lunch." said one of the three.
81 should be satisfied with a lunch,"
said the second, (which is little short
of being exquisite"
'And l." remarked the third one,
SHOULD be content with any kind Of
lunch"
Unfortunately none of them was pos
sessed of the necessary money. Pres
emily one of the trio was struck by an
idea. He led his friends to a music
publisher and made him an offer:
Buy from US a song. This gentle
man wrote the text; that one set 1t to
music. and shall sing 1t, as am the
only one of US with good voice"
well, sing it for a trial." replied the
publisher,
The young man complied. and the
publisher seemed to be satisfied. He
paid 10 francs for the song, and the
friends fastened joyfully to a restau-
rant.
The author of the text was Alfred
de Musset. the musician was Monpur
and the singer Dupre. The song, which
was bought and paid for with 10
francs. 'iThe Andalusian Girl" yield
ed the publisher 10000 francs.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
Strength of ne..

Few people know that grizzly bear
can give points to any other carnIv-
orous animal in point of strength. A
grizzly bear weighing just four hun.
dredwelght has been watched carry
Ing a heifer of more than two-thirds
Its own weight for two miles up the
most steep and rugged mountain side,
and this without pausing one Instant
for rest The grizzly bear is the lar
gest and most powerful of all the bear
tribe. but his cousin. the cinnamon
bear, runs him very close, and the big
white polar bear, though not really so
dangerous n customer. is capable of
performing the most extraordinary
feats of strength.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
THE COUNTRY HOUSE.
Roon Apart That should po
E,ov-r Aha a0Nlren

4 Room Apart That sho1ld BO
Known AZ the H0Mee.n
Ihe most privately conducted home
must communicate with inQeasing fre-
auency with the world outside. The
coal man. the ice man. the automobile
repair shop must be upbralded or ca
joled. Reports must be reviewed. ac-
counts kept. bills examined and the
eenders occasionally treated with a
check. From a room removed from
the rest Of the house one must speak
with the railway station. settle with
the expressman or deliberate with the
chauffeur or coachman, for none Of
these things should disturb the tran
qulllity Of the home or the eQuanamity
Of guests. If the house Is to minister
% all the activities of home 1t is
high time that space be devoted to this
mechanism OF living. For want of
better term a room devoted to such a
purpose may be called the ''ohice" Of
the house. Here the telephone stands
on table that bears also the mis-
csllapeous utensils and printed matter
that are always wanted In house
,ysseb they cannot be found. Here are
eookbooks. gardening books. dlction-
aries, time tables, while a few old
plates. cast or two. bits Of Dresden.
water coiors and few cherished pho
tographs relieve an otherwise hum
drum collection Of necessities. Here
arriving parcels are placed and the
daily mail opened. Mysterious cup
boards there are and drawers with
locks that work.-Indoors and Out.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
Antique Furniture.

So much antique furniture is in use
at the present time that few sugges-
tons as to its care may not come
amiss. Wipe each piece carefully with
a damp chamois skin, rinsing out the
chamois frequently to remove every
particle of dust, and give particular at
tention to the carvings. These may
be gently brushed with soft brush,
such as Is used In Furnishing silver,
dipped in lukewarm water in which q
little soap has been dissolved. After
drying the wood carefully rub in a lit
the linseed oil and polish with a soft
cloth. This treatment applies only to
mahogany and oak furniture. A very
good dressing for black walnut and
ebony Is made from half a wineglass-
full each of olive oil and vinegar and
spoonful of alcohol. Linseed oil with
little turpentine added is also very
satisfactory dressing. If there is
much carving on the furniture the
wood may be cleansed with parafin
before polishing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
Trustees Sale

HNDER and by virtue of the authority
~ vested in me the undersigned trustee by
virtue of deed of trust, executed on the Sth
lay OF December, 1903, by Clark Tlllis and
Mary Tlllis, his wife. to the undersigned
trustee to secure to the Point Pleasant Build
5000 as evidenced by a certain promissory
ote set out and described in the said deed OF
trust. which said died OF trust is recorded in
( he Office of The Clerk of the County Court OF
Mason County, West Virginia. IN trust deed
hook No. "a, pages ZTB and 27S, and default
having been made in the paS ment OF said
lote according TO the terms, con itions and
provisions of the said deed OF trust, and be-
ng required b. said Point Pleasant Build
Il 9 and Loan Association SO to do, the un-
dersigned trustee will sell at public auction
ut the front door of the Court House of Ma
son County, West Virginia,
on the 18th day of April. 1907.
at o'clock p. m. OF said day,
all of the certain lots or parcels OF land TO!
sether with the improvements thereon situ-
ated in the towu OF Point Pleasant, Mason
County, West Virginia, being two certain
lots or parcels of land. the first lot being the
same that was conveyed to Luella Smith by
Il. V. Guthrie and wife by deed dated Jan.
18th. 1898, and of record in the office OF the
'ounty in Deed Book No. so, page az, ETC.,
and being the same lot conveyed 10 the said
Clark Tillis by Luella Smith aud husband by
their deed dated Dec. Sth, 1903.
And the second lot being the same lot
which was conveyed to the said Luella
18th, lSSS, and of record In the said County
''ourt Clerks office in Deed Rook No. 60,
page SS2, etc.
Terms OF Sale-Cash in hand on day OF sale
RANKIN WILEY,
march ls-iw Trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
VIA. word. Can e.

"Any one who swears." declared the
bishop of Carlisle, "manifests the beg
garllness of his vocabulary" The Con-
cord Patriot puts It In this fashion:
People swear because they do not
know the possibilities Of plain Eng
lish or have not the skill to manipulate
1t so that 1t will yield the amount Of
fire they want. You can do almost
anything with common words. No
matter how tame and Ilfeless they
look standing in stupid rows as IL
they didn't know enough to come in
when 1t raIned, they can be made TO
dance like imps. to frolic like fairies,
to float angelwIse on light wings, TO
glow like fire spirits. They can DO
things that make the ordinary bits OF
profanity look like feeble scarecrowh
stiffened up with q fence stake. The
cure for profanity-reformerB and edu-
Gators please make a note-is merely
wit enough to handle your words 80
that swearing will seem like baby talk
In comparison"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
FIowerpots.

All new fowerpots require to be
soaked in water and allowed to dry
thoroughly before being used. The soil
does not hang well to the sides of gar
den pots unless so treated. Dirty pots
are open to the same objection. Let
any one try to put plant with fresh
soil into a pot which has been used
before and left unwashed, and he will
find in a few days, when the soil be-
gins to dry. that It leaves a space and
does not adhere as it should to the
sides Of it. No plant can possibly
flourish under such circumstances. The
roots of a plant draw to the sides OF a
pot naturally in search OF moisture,
and growth Of course Is checked II a
current of air is allowed to pass be-
tween them and the sides. Some plants
exhibit this tendency in such a remark
able degree that few roots are to be
seen, except network on the outside
Of the soil next the pot.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
A rsrribI. Puni,hm.nt.

A man suspected of treason in No
rocco was punished by having the
flesh of his hand sliced, the wound
filled with salt and the whole hand
sewed up in leather. II is a common
belief that this punishment causes
modification to set in and that the
hand decomposes, but such is not the
case. for by the time the leather wears
or the hand is healed, the result being
that the hand is rendered useless and
remains closed forever. 1t is 4 punish
ment not often in use, but is some.
times done In cases Of murder or con
slant theft, as, without in any way In
juring the health of the man, It pre-
vents his committing the crime q sec
ond time or for the hundredth time.
as the case may be. II is q punish
ment that cannot be applied except by
the suItan's orders.-Blackwood's Mag
azine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-03-27
Mems Hats and vvoMen,s veiln.

menu EhtD ana ~oAAOn'n beAAD.
81 see here that woman writer
wonders why a man always looks in
his hat before he puts 1t on" said the
reflective man as he looked up from
his paper. Here is what she says:
When man puts on his hat he most
always looks inside 1t first. What he
expects to see remains mystery, but
he looks for 1t, all the same That's
easy. He looks in his hat to see II the
knot holding the inside band together
will be at the back of his head when
he puts it on. Now. II she'll tell me
why woman always pulls down her
veil and purses up her mouth before
she steps out of doors wen call 1t
square" New York Press.