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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-25
sAMuEL WARREN.
Vanity Of the Creator Of Tittlebat Tit.
mouse and Oily Cannon.

vanity o. the Cecator OF Iitrlenaf lik-
mouse and Oily Cannon.
Nothing can be more diyerting
than the revelation in their CORE
spondenee of the characteristics of
authors. Samuel Warren, who at
tanned immense popularity by his
sTen Thousand Year. which apz
sared first in Maga, is delightfully."-
naive sometimes and describes HIM
self in a letter dated 1919 as "an
honorable and fearless rival of Dick
ems" then at the height of his pop
ularity. He offers to review Dick
ems "American Notes" and sketches
out his line of criticism:
"There is palpable genius, subtle
and vivid perception, exquisite felica
ity of illustration and feeling and
natural circumstances, real humor,
mannerism, exaggeration, glaring
but unconscious egotism and vanity.
glimpses of underbreeding These
last | should touch oS in u nissi 4
and delicate and generous spirit.
Rely on Sam Warren. Dickens
seems to have been incapable and
indisposed to look beyond the sur
face of American mannecs and So
ciety. oh, what a book could
have written! l mean who have
not only observed but reflected so
much on e characters of the peo-
pie of England and America"
Poor Sam Warren! 1t seems al
most unllandsome to show up his lit
tie weaknesses, seeing that 'Ten
Thousand a Year is nearly forgot
ten and Dickens is still Dickens.
His talents never dazzled his pub
fishers, but he was fiercely intoler-.
ant of criticism or editors inter-
ference. 81 hate his beastly names"
wrote Alexander Blackwood to his
brother, referring to the trick War
ren had of naming his characters in
allusion either to their originals or
to their imaginary qualities-Lord
Bulfneh (IOrd Russell), 0'Gibbet
(o'Connell), Rev. Morphine Velvet
fashionable preacher), and SO on,
but he refrained from telling the
author SO. Warren's own portrait
is given in single sly sentence by
the Rev. James White, a frequent
and entertaining correspondent of
the Blackwoods from the Isle of
Wight. warren was in the island
for week and dined ht one day.
Oh, Tittlebat! sHimsc e won
drous hero of his song 'nglish
Magazine.
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Tor4olss She'll.

The finest tortoise shell comes
from the Indian archipelago, but q
good quality is also obtained on the
coast Of Florida.
There are three rows of plates on
the back of the tortoise, called
blades by fishermen. In the central
row are five plates and in each Of
the Others four plates, the latter
containing the best material Be-
si6ss these there are twenty-five
small plates round the edges Of the
shell, known as feet or noses. The
largest turtle does not furnish more
than fifteen pounds Of she'll The
tortoise shell of present day COM
merce Is made largely from the
horns of animals.-St. Louis Re-
public.
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Wrl,ina Letters.

In the course Of our lives.
a statistician, although we write
many letters, we have not the re-
motest idea of the distance our hand
covers while travelling over the pa
per. According to him, the average
man or woman writes about thirty
words minute, which, with the up
and down strokes and curves, repre-
sent something like FIVE yards. or
300 yards an hour. A person, there
fore, using his pen for, say, two
hours a day-can boast that his right
hand has journeyed a distance Of
100 miles.-London GentleWoman.
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The LiuRRYIMe NAN.
40 IHs EIa5 Who Keeps cosI ana

And the HAN Who Keeps Cool and
pesp Things Without Hurrylns.
q like to see a man quick about
lis work, said Mr.. Qnilkinton, but
don't ike a man who habituallJ
hurrles.
The hurfying man gets on my
nerves. He grabs things up and
slams things down and makes q
great show Of doing things. Fol
that matter, the earnest, hurTyine
man may actually do things, bui
he does them at the cost Of an un.
necessary expenditure Of nervous
force on his own part, and / am sure
she must wear on the nerves Of other
people around him.
Nov, the hustler is a very diff
ferent proposition from the hurry
ing man and so also the man Of en-
eEgy The hustler is indeed man
,lof energy, but he is one working,
or comparatively SO, within com.
dratifels narrow compass or along
sosie ssps ssias line Of svosll He is q
bull sort of man, a driver, who
makes it his business to get things
done and to keep ON getting them
done and always with the least pos
sible waste of time or force. There
are other sorts of hustlers, men who
make great to do and don't accom-
plish much. But the one have de-
scribed is the hustler of the best
type.
''The man of energy is man of
strength and momentum who gives
also an impression of reserve power.
He is likely to be the head of the
enterprise, and he communicates his
strength to the hustlers and diffuses
power all around. Everybody with
in range of his influence feels his
strength and works better for it,
and he puts his own shoulder to the
wheel on occasion.
'But neither the hustler of the
best type nor the man of energy
ever hurries. The hustler rushes
things; he crowds 'em hard and
keeps crowding, but he doesn't hur-
ry, for hurry means impairment of
strength, and on a big job hurry is
likely to mean confusion worse CON
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A considsrats rramp.

Magistrate Ito tramp)-You met
this lady on the highway and de-
manded aims of her, and she re-
fused you.
Eyes, your honor"
"And then you threstened her
"Oh, mol l didn't do that
"You seized your bludgeon With
both hands and said, Madam, you
must de- You did that, didn't
your
Eyes, but didn't threaten her
life. l said that she must die, and
SO she must some time or other.
We all must die some day. didn't
say when she must die. think q
great deal about death and all that.
and"-
"si1 months hard labOrp-Eon-
don Express.
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eoiJino n Ham.

A great many women do not know
how properly to boil a ham. Many
of them put it in a pot of water and
let it cook, fast or slow, as the fire
may allow, until they think it is
done. Try this way for change
and see if the little trouble involved
is not worth while. Boiled ham to
be at its best requires very slow
cooking. Put the ham in a kettle,
cover. it with cold water and let ii
soak four hours. Take it cut, wash
it thoroughly, scrape and clean off
the hard edges of the skin, put back
in the kettle, cover with cold water
and let it simmer until the meat is
tender when tried with fork. A
ten pound ham would require about
five hours cooking in this way. Re
move the ham from the fire and let
it stand in the water for an hour,
then take from the water and re-
move the outside skin. Sprinkle
the ham with granulated sugar and
cracker crumbs, dash of paprika
and insert two or three whole cloves.
Put in slow oven and bake for an
hour.-Chicago News.
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Tho Leaend Of ,he poIphln.

A rich Bristol merchant was com
ing home from the West Indies in
vessel which contained all his
wealth, says London paper. When
far from land the ship sprang a
leak. The crew tried hard to keep
her afoat by pumping out the wa
ter. The water was coming in fast
er. Although they worked at the
pumps day and night, yet it seemed
as though the ship would sink. ALI
at once, to their great astonish-
ment, the water stopped coming in,
and the ship was pumped dry. On
examination of the bottom of the
vessel it was found that a dolphin
had squeezed itself into the hole
and thus saved them from destruc-
ton. Out of gratitude the mer-
chant founded charity school in
Bristol, and all the scholars wear
on their breasts the figure of dol
phin in brass in remembrance Of
this remarkable deliyerance.
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An old Hungarian countryman had
smoked the same pipe for more than
hfty years and as natural conse-
quence had grown to love 1t as a
companion One day, however, his In
FAINT grandson smashed the pipe be
yond all hope of repair. The old man
was so broken hearted at his loss that
he hanged himself on a peg. In his
pocket was found scrap of paper ON
which was seribbled. "My pipe Is done
Tor, and must go too"
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OLD jim BRlDGER.
A Rocky Mountain Guide Who Thought
Munehausen Was Liar.

A Rocky Mountain Guide Who Thought
Munehausen Was Liar.
Sir George Gore, wealthy Irish
sportsman, began in 1855 hunting
expedition among the Rocky noun
tains which occupied two years and
exceeded anything of the kind ever
seen on this continent. The outfit
consisted of fifty persons, including
secretaries, steward, cooks, fiymak-
,rs, dog tenders, servants. train
nf thirty wagons and numerous sad
die horses and dogs.
Old Jim Bridger was Sir Gcorge's
guide and interpreter, and no man
on the frontier knew the glens and
passes OF the mountains so accurate
ly as he did. Though illiterate and
as unconventional as an Indian,
Bridger was honest, kind, generous
and shrewd-just the man to al
tract the Irish sportsman.
In his cold Santa Fe Trail" Colo
mel lnman describes the companions
ship of the two men-one a rich,
educated, whole souled Irish noble
man,-the other man who from
boyhood had lived on the plains.
depending on his tact and rifle for
food and Lie.
Sir George would lie in bed until
10 O'Clock in the morning. Then he
took bath, ate his breakfast and
set out generally alone for the days
hunt. 1t vas not unusual for him
to remain out until 10 at night, and
he seldom returned without "meat." "
His dinner was then served, to
which he extended an invitation to
Bridger.
After the meal was over Sir
George was in the habit of reading
from some book and drawing out
from Bridger his ideas about the
author.
The Irishman usually read from
Shakespeare, which Bridger reck-
oned was too highfalutin for him.
"Thet thar big Dutchman, Mr..
Fullstuff," he commented, "was a
leetle too fond of lager beer"
Sir George read the adventures
of Baron Munchausen" to Bridger,
who remarked that he'd be dog
goned eff he swallowed everything
that thar baron said. He thought
he was Z" liar" yet acknowledged
that some of his own adventures
among the Blackfeet would be
equally wonderful "if writ down in
a book"
Bridger thought Sir George sue
cessful hunter, an opinion justified
by the records of the two year,
Shunt-forty grizzly bears, $500 buff
faloes, numerous antelopes and 9th
er small game.
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Nursery Rhvnes.

The old merry rhyme @Girls and
boys come out to play is said to
date back to the time of Charles
H., in whose reign "Lucy Locket
lost her pocket" is supposed to have
had its origin. "Sing song of
sixpence" is traced back to the six
teenth century. PUSSY cat, pussy
cat, where have you been2" is of
the Elizabethan period. Little Jack
Horner" is probably as old, and
London bridge is broken down" is
of unknown antiquity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-25
Only a Preeaution.

He Gn the conservatory why
did you lead me on to a proposal il
you intended 10 refuse me?
She-Yol DC me a great injus-
tee. Wnat have 1 done to make
you think loved you?
Hem every waltz with other
men you kept them almost at arms
length, but when waltzing with ma
yo1 leaned your head on my shoul-
der and let me almost carry you.
She-TlIat was to keep my feet
1T tile fleo- so you wouldn't step on
my .toes.-aSev York Weekly.
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Died Game.

In the delirium of buck fever he
mistook a colt for a deer.
And the colt, mortally stricken,
sank down upon the straw Of the
barnyard, looking with glazed eyes
upon the multitude of sympathetic
creatures that gathered gently
about it.
"Have you no last message for
any one?" they inquired.
Thereupon the moribund animal
raised its head proudly.
"Tell my SIRE" it said in a loud,
firm voice, chat | died game"
One long, shuddering sigh and all
was oyer.-Atlanta Constitution.
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Ways of the Cuban.

Without doubt the best index to
Cuban character is to be found in
his conversation. Standing in the
streets of his native village, sober,
discussing with his neighbor crops,
the weather OF other like common
place, he habitually uses an excited
manner, fiorid language and exag-
gerated gesticulation that elsewhere
in the world would cause perhaps
his reproof for disorder OF put him
under suspicion of being drunk or
a lunatic. A popular and oft re-
peated proverb, "a man has no
small enemies" affords almost as
good pointer. This means that of
equal importance in his view is the
threat of pin prick or of the dead
ly stroke Of a dagger. Such an emo
tional, unselfcontained nature, such
an exaggerated, strained view of
things, can but constantly lead to
foolish extremes.-Army and Navy
Life.
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Knsw How n WouId n..

The simplicity Of children q
sometimes hard to fathom. In the
following case, for instance, report
ed by an exchange was the boy's IN
nocence real or RfectedP he had
brought home his monthly school
report, which made POOR showing.
"This Is very unsatiS tiSfactory, ? oaid
his father as be looked it over. II
am not at all pleasediwith IL
II knew you wouldn't besS an
wered the little bog. Il tod fha
teacher 50, but shs oaid ehs oould dr
ehanga 4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-12-25
A pifeuIt RON cali.

The. professor of English in one
OF. our western colleges was noted
for being very. absentminded. 1t
was his custom to call the roll each
morning before the, lecture. One
morning, after calling a name to
which there was no response, he
looked up, and; peering over his
spectacles, he asked sharply:
"Who is the absent boy in the
vacant chair I see before me ?"-
Lippincott's.
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The Truth Of Il.

Teacher-Johnny, can you define for
Us the difference between caution"
and "cowardiceTv Johnny = Yessum.
When you're scart to go out on boat
and stay home for fear it'll sink and
the boat comes in all right. ifs "eow.
ardiee." Teacher : Well? Johnny :
And If you're scarf and stay home and
the boat does sink. then it's caution"
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Easx way to Rsturn Eaxor,.

'1f you owe somebody a dinner
or something or an entertainment" !"
remarked the careful man, "the
best way know to return it is to
send them complimentary concert
tickets somebody has given you. !
know pair of such tickets that did
duty Elk times in the way of return
ing obligations. / started them,
they passed on to FIVE other people,
and, BY jingo. if they finally didn't
get back to mei"-New York Press
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Gold EaiIs to Excite.

Nearly four tons of gold were piled
up in the assay office in Seattle re
Gently. the bulk of which had been
received from the north. The arrival
of this gold did not excite more than
q ripple of interest in the city.-Se
attic POst-Intelligencer.
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Papa was carefully studying the fam
IIy history in the big Bible when his
nineyear-old daughter surprised him
By saying, Papa, was Aunt Ann one
of your AnnzisbrsYt
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DIV Brown, Pension. Attorney and
Notary Public, % Years Ex-
perience.

perience.
prosecute pension claims OF
every kind, inorebses, widows and
minor claims, bounty, eto.
| also write DECIDE. decide of trust,
bills of sale, make abstracts of title
to real estate. Have me examine
title to real estste before you buy,
/ may save you money. lalso exc
cute vouchers, administer oaths,
eto Give me a trial with your
D. W Brown
OEse with circuit CLERK,
Point Pleasant, W Va.
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Notice to rrespassers...
Oct 81, 1907

CIGAR SALESMAN WANTED
Experience unnecessary. 800 per
month and expenses. Peerless Cigar
Co., Toledo, o nov. 27.2t pd
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WANTED -Hus,ling lady oan-
Vasser lu handle fast selling HI
ticie Good pay. Address quick
q E Eddy, Huntington. W. Wa.
deo 3 pd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
TO SAVE MONEY

"When buying newspaper study
it's value to yourself. The paper
which contains the news that you
want is the cheapest and best to
buy. If you live in Iowa the Times
Republican fills the bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
GOVERNMENT AFTER 1
100000 B[QU[g|
Contest of Hooker Will Cas-
Resumed at Rochester
N. Y.
UNITED STATES INTERESTED
Hooker Left an Estate Which He Dss
ignated in His Will, Was for tn
Establishing Of National Militar
Academy at GaIesburs, III.-Govern
ment Seeks to Sustain 1t.

Rochester, N. Y, July 23.-fne Cap1
tain James H. Hooker will confess
case was resumed in the surrogate
court today, the testimony taken by
the commission in Galesburg, ELL, being
read and made part of the minutes OF
the court. The testimony is given BY
negroes and others employed by Hook
er, and pertains to his alleged eccen4
tricities. Hooker left a 100000 estate
to found a national military academy
at Galesburg, ILL.,, naming President
Roosevelt as executor. The president
declined to serve, but the United
States government regards the matter
seriously enough to send federal
district attorney, Lyman Bass, into the
Monroe county court to fight for thd
sustaining of the will There werd
appearances in behalf Of about a dozeri
parties, including the city of Gales
burg and the United States govern
ment, which was to be beneficiary
under the disputed will, and various
relatives of the testator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
cHlcAeoAN FOUND MURDERED
Adam corros Supposed to Have Been
kilIad il Michiuan Lumber Camp.

Adam Corros Supposed to Have Been
Killed in Michigan Lumber Camp.
Gaylord, Mich, July 2S.-The body
Of Adam Corros, about 20 years old,
who came from Chicago about two
weeks ago with a party of men to take
the place of some striking lumbermen,
was found yesterday in a lonely spot
near Boyne Falls, along the right Of
way Of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
railroad He had been murdered. The
body was lying in a small pool of stag
nant water, face down. The ground
indicated that there had been a fierce
struggle. His clothing was badly torn
and his pocekts turned inside out.
Saturday morning some of his party
left the lumber camp for Boone Falls
to return to their homes, being dissat-
isf1ed with the conditions there. When
they arrived at that village some of
them imbibed quite freely, and, it is
supposed, spent all their money. Cor
ros, who appears to have been of a
quiet disposition, kept his, and it is
supposed that when his companions
ran short they sought means of obtain
ing more. Sheriff Mcwain is trying to
locate them, and will round up the
whole gang.
bic brewing for some time, and this
may be the climax of the strike, as a
road boss on the railroad was shot
and badly wounded last week by some
of the strikers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
YOUNG vANDERBILT MISSING
Sailed on Yacht July 10, But Failed e
Reach Destination.

New York, July 2s-Great anxiety
was felt in this city yesterday by the
friends of Harold S. Vanderbilt. be-
cause of a report published that Mr..
Vanderbilt, who is a son Of W. K. Van
derbllt, had left New London, Conn,
July 10, on his polemast sloop yacht,
the Trivia, for the Jamestown exposi-
ton, but had not arrived there. Neith-
er he nor his yacht had since been
heard from. Telegraphic inquiry sent
to all points along the coast where the
yacht was likely to have landed or an
chored failed to locate the vessel.
When inquiry was made of young Mr..
vanderbilt's mother, Mrs. Oliver H P.
Belmont at Newport. her secretary de-
clared that the young man was safe,
and that his mother knew where he
was She declined, however, to say
anything further.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-23
the Decatur Racing association, and is
one of the wealthiest track men IN
central Illinois.
SAILORS MAY CLASH.
Effort Being Made to Prevent Aneri
cane and .lans Gamma 1onether.


Effort Being Made to Prevent Ameri'
cans and Japs Coming Together.
Rrest, July 23.-The Japanese squad
ron is expected to reach port tonight.
The delay in arriving is generally at
tributed here to the desire of the Jap
anese commander to make as short as
possible the time that the American
and Japanese warships will be together
in the harbor in order to reduce the
chances of any untoward incident be
tween the salormen. Sailors from the
American cruisers Washington and
Tennessee, which are now here, seem
to hold grudge against the Japanese
on account of the fancied grievance al
Jamestown Rear Admiral Stockton
has decided to grant no shore leaves
after the Japanese arrive.