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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1907-11-20
CHANGED THE TYPES.
The Story of a VensefuI Wife and a
Bible Error.

The Story of VensefuI Wife and a
Bible Error.
In the famous library Of Wolfenbut-
tel, in Hesse, is an old Bible which is
greatly tresTured. 1t appears that IN
that passage In Genesis where God
told Eve that Adam shall be her mas
ter and shall rule over her the German
translation is. "Und er soil dein herr
seiu." Herr" which means master
does not occur in this Bible. but instead
there appears the word "narr." which
means fool
The error was caused by a quarrel
between the printer and his wife in the
year 1880 The wife was vengeful,
and in the silent watches of the night
she entered the room where her hus-
band had been setting type and mali
ciously changed herr" to ''narr." The
printer was arrested after the book
had been printed and the mistake dis
covered. but his apprentice testified
that he saw the wife steal into the
composing room and alter the word.
rhe woman was imprisoned for bias
phemy and died in prison.
Orders were given that all the copies
Of the edition should be destroyed.
This was done, with the exception Of
the one copy In the Wolfenbuttel Ii.
brary.
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An Extensive Farmer.

S. P. Black, of Apple Grove,
Mason county, W. Va, was in
the city today. Mr.. Black bought
1900 acres of tiIlable land at Ap-
pie Grove, and is highly pleased
with his purchase. He has 80
head of cattle, SO Angora goats,
% head of horses, 1926 head OF
sheep and the only thing he ever
lost money on. was in buying
Harry Woods machinery and he
was buying more of him today.
He has twelve children evenly
divided, a boy and a girly about
and his wife looks not over q or
% years old and he was not over
35 or -Gallipolis Tribune.
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Bear Killed.

Our town was thrown into a
good deal of excitement, by the
report Monday evening that a
bear was in the vicinity of Jesse
Fishers.
Geo. Fisher was on his way TO
Petersburg and while crossing the
ridge near his home. came upon
the bear in the road. He imme-
diately returned home and phon-
ed NJ. NJ. Bean to come up at
once with his dogs, which he did.
The dogs soon got the trail and
came upon the bear near the
home OF Thompson Van Meter,
where quite a fight ensued be.
tween the dogs and bear
Bruin was treed by the dogs
several times before he was shot
and it took several shots to down
him, the fatal one being fired by
Mr.. Bean. The animal was
brought to town He weighed 115
pounds. Quite a number were in
the chase.-Moorefield, w. Va,
Examiner.
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Slang.

We have had something to say
on this subject before to the dear
boys and girls who read the Reg
lister. We are so anxious to help
them to hold on to all that is
good and to avoid all that is bad
and unbecoming that we call at
tention again to the Importance
of the use OF pure, refined En-
glish in their daily conversation.
There is nothing, perhaps, that
sooner betrays ones gentility or
his lack of it than the language
he uses in his association with
fellows, Hear what one writer
has said on this subject, especially
to girls:
"slang of any kind is an insult
TO refinement, especially when in
dulged in by girls. If these girls
would only realize that slang
words and expressions are none
the nicer for being fashionable,
ormore pardonable because used
by some foolish leader of their
society, they would less frequent
ly offend against good taste. If
these girls who talk slang and
treat men in "Hullo, old chap"
style only knew what these very
men think of them, we would
hardly ever come across such
girls. Lack of refinement is bad
IN boys and men, bat absolutely
revolving in girls and women.
Refined voice, refined manners,
refined dress are always pleasing;
but a refined mind is more than
pleasing. 1t is priceless; for it
must be genuine, while the form
er may be but superficial gloss.
Then alas! for the discord to the
eyes and ears of others when a
well-bred well modulated voice
is heard to speak something
coarse!"
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HIS SECOND WIFE
MUST BE DUMB.
Widower Says No. Kept Her
Tongue Going Every Hour,

Pine Ridge, S. D., Nov. A.
12 months trialot life as q wild
over has proved unsatisfactory to
Rodger Manchester and he is
looking for a second wife, but as
requirement is such as to make
the search difficult. His first wife
was an interminable talker, and,
he says, her chatter was continu-
ous from the time she arose in
the morning until bedtime.
Manchester says the womon he
seeks, and he will take no other,
must be without the power of
speech, but she may have her
hearing; he would prefer her that
way. He began his search two
months ago, and has even travel
ed all over the state in his quest.
Dumb women, he says, are not at
all plentiful. He wrote to sever
al matrimonial agencies setting
forth his needs and begging them
to send him at once the names
and addresses of as many dumb
women of manageable age as
they had listed, so that he might
place himself in communication
with them and make a choice.
At the time they received his
letter the matrimonial agencies
had no dumb women listed, but
they have promised to make a dill
igent effort to supply him with
the names of some. and he is now
waiting with as much patience as
he can command to hear from
them further.
Manchester is a reticent man,
somewhere in the fortles, is well
to do and is fairly attractive in
physical aspect and in manners.
He admires good looks in q wo-
man and he says he hopes the wo-
man he weds may be comely. He
likes a sweet, sunny temper also
and he expresses the hope that
his second wife may be of a sweet
sunny temper.
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tfabit-forming Medicines.

Whatever may be the fact as to many
OF the so-called patent medicines con
tanning injurious ingredients as broadly
published in some journals OF more or
less influence, this publicity has certainly
been Of great benefit in arousing needed
attention 10 this subject, II has. in a
considerable measure, resulted In the
most intelligent people avoiding such
foods and medicines as may be fairly sus-
pected OF containing the injurious fngre-
dientS complained of. Recognizing this
fact some time ago, DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. Y, HtOOk time by the forel0ck," as 1t
we're, and published broadcast all the
ingredients of which his popular medi-
cines are composed. Thus he has COM
pletely forestalled all harping critics and
all opposition that might otherwise be
urged against his medicines, because they
are now OF KNOWN COMPOSITION. Fur
thermore, from the formula printed on
every bottle wrapper, it will be seen that
these medicines contain no alcohol or
other habit-fOrming drugs. Neither do
they contain any narcotics or Injurious
agents, their ingredients being purely
vegetable, extracted from the roots Of
medicinal plants found growing in the
depths of our American forests and Of
well recognized curative virtues.
Instead of alcohol, which even in small
pOILiOIlS lOHB COHllHuou, dS III OUSLlHdle
cases of diseases, becomes highly objec-
tionable from its tendency to produce
craving for stimulants, DIR. Pierce EN-
ploys chemically pure, triple refined
glycerine, which of itself is q valuable
remedy in many cases Of chronic diseases,
being superior demulcent, antiseptic,
antiferment and supporting nutritive.
1t enhances the curative action of the
Golden Seal root, Stone root, Black
Cherrybark and Bloodroot, contained in
TGolden Medical Discovery" in all bron-
chial, throat and lung affections attended
with severe coughs. As will be seen from
the writings OF the eminent Drs. Grover
Coe, of New York; Bartholow, of Jeifer-
son Medical College, Phila.; Scudder, OF
Cincinnati; Ellingwood, Of Chicago:
Hale, of Chicago, and others, who stand
as leaders in their several schools OF
practice, the foregoing agents are the
UeTU best ingredients that DR.. Pierce
could have chosen to make up his IA
nous discovery" for the cure of not
only bronchial, throat and lung affec
tions, but also of chronic catarrh in ali
its various forms wherever located.
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THE AVERAGE JURY.
AZ RuI. It's Verdict Is About Right
IN Doing Justiee.

~ Soin0 SusNees
The average jury win sit for an
hour or so listening attentively to
the evidence, "sizing up" the wit
nesses, and particularly the defend
ant, bringing to bear their knowl-
edge of the conditions prevailing
among the class and in the part Of
the city in which the crime was
committed, and viii then file out to
the jury room, through the closed
doors of which can be heard loud
and often heated and profane wran-
glings, which viii suddenly cease,
and then they will come filing back
with a self satisfied air and deliver a
verdict which in 95 per cent of cases
is just about right when looked at
from the broad point of view of do
ing substantial justice. Keeping in
mind that the defendants guilt
must be proved beyond reasonable
doubt, it is but seldom that a fair
minded prosecuting officer can quar-
rel with the verdicts of acquittal
rendered in the county of New
York, Frequently juries viii dis
agree IN the most exasperating man
ner, owing to the presence of "the
eleven obstinate men," But when a
verdict is rendered it is safe to say
that il is a vindication of the wis
dom Of the fathers in leaving the
question of the guilt or innocence
Of = citizen to the judgment Of
twelve Of his fellow citizens. Be
fore that body the innocent man
may gladly come, assured that his
fellow citizens composing it desire
to acquit rather than convict and
thst thoiH combined intelligence and
knowledge Of men will appreciate
and sympathize with his embarrass-
mant or slovness of wit, while the
guilty man breads the scrutiny Of
thoIs twelve stoid common sense
hscas. for whose composite he knows
he Is no match, and with reluctance
does he break the silence which was
formerly imposed upon him by the
lAH.-C. G. Mott, Jr., in Atlantic.
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FathIs araes.

Teachsr-Eov, boys, why do we
say grace before and after meals2
No1replJ.
TeacheE-Coms, come; surely one
Of you can anAwez me. Tell me
what grace Is.
Still no answer.
Teacher-This Is really terriblel
Nov, Jenkins, tell me what your IA
zther does after meal
z. Johnny-Please, miss, he rubs his
vaistcoat..
Teacher - That b not what l
meant. want to know what he
sayS.
Johnny-Pleass, miss. he says:
@Ha, hsI Richard is hisset again. I"
London Standard.
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TRANSFER OF REAL ESTATE.

1-@AA@s - -@AS ~ A - = -
The following is a list of real
estate transfers since our last
issue:
Hannan-Josephine Wallace
and husband to S. FL. Hudson, 10
acres, $40.
Roblnson-James M. Fisher
and wife to John Blanhe, 81 7-s
acres, $500.
Cologne = Willard Greenlee
and wife to Ira E. Hill, 6 acres,
$1OO.
West Columbia-Sarah Booth
and husband to Rebecca A. Bar
rett, interest in lot No. %, $50.
Leon-James Rairden to John
McDermitt, acre, $16O.
Hannan-Vina g. Turner and
husband to 4. f. Wray and wife,
36 acres, $500.
Graham-Thomas M. Elliott
and wife to Taylor j Johnson,27 IA
acres, 81, 900.
Henry Hart and wife to Union
U. B. G. Trustees, 1 acre, $50.
Clendenin-FIora Messick and
husband to N. A. Cline, II acres,
$500.
Henderson-Alioe johnson and
husband to the town of Henderson,
part of Block q, $400.
James 8 Henderson and wife to
L. Shiflet, Lot 8 Block L, $225.
Arbnckle-Rhoda . Hambrick
to Albert W Taylor. 374 acres. 81
Albert W Taylor to Rhoda @
hduUIlokI lO dcIesI pl CO.
Cooper-Albert q Coleman and
wife to William r Hoffman, "a
aores, $1,000.
olendenin-J L Rowley and wife
to Riley G. Dye, 100 acres, $500.
Cooper-DelIa NJ Brinker TO
Ora Brown. II acres, $3.50.
Cologne-Dorothy B Quiokle
and husband to Anthony and Thos.
Mathenar 100 acres, 1925.
Union-John A Stover and wife
to Ruth Ssyre, 80 lies, 81. 900.
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BULLIEs IN BATTLE.
The Barroom Type of Rowdy When
Put to the Test of War.

The Barroom Type of Rowdy When
Put to the Test of War.
"The barToom bully is an arrant cow
ard when put to the test of war" With
this saying of the late General Rose
Grams as his topic, speaker at civic
betterment meeting discoursed on the
ways of the average "bad man" of the
modern cities. He read from writing
of General Rosecrans, familiarly known
as "Old Rosy" in which that officer de-
scribed a regiment of men from Gin
cinnau in the civil war in which there
were many of the barroom bully class
who had been pressed into the service
or entered as substitutes to earn a few
hundred dollars. When these men
came face to face with the grim fight
ers in gray of the Confederacy and
they realized that in warfare the rife
makes the pIny weakling a match for
the muscul"r giant, the bullies just
turned pale and flunked. They couldn't
stand rifle fire any more than they
would the steely bayonet. Big, brawny
bruisers who had been wont to swag-
ger about town with chips on their
shoulders locking for some weaker YES
sci TO tackle found in the fire and
smoke of battle that, while their
frames and muscles were large, their
real courage was mighty small and of
the cravenly coward sort.
Better take the pale faced, modest
hammered Sunday school lads when
you want real soldiers-men who can
face the bullets or the bayonets of the
enemy-rather than the brawny red
faced bullies of our cities, who, when
they are outdone in an argument, want
to resort to brute force to settle the
question in dispute" wrote General
Rosecrans, and he should have known
Washington Star.
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chrl,,lan, and Mon. .chrI,tiann,

II all the Roman Catholics in the
world were assembled in one city they
would make city larger than the en-
tire population of the United States,
Russia and Austria Hungary. But all
the religious Protestant and Catholic
denominations combined would make
a city only about one-third the size of
a city large enough to contain all the
Mehammedans, Buddhists, Brahmans,
pagans and other non-Christlans Of the
world.-Minneapolis Journal.
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$1.0O per Week.

A New Jersey Judge has just
rendered decision which is of
more than ordinary interest to
married people especially. 1t was
in the case of a man who earned
S35 week and gave $34 of it to
his wife, retaining the other dollar
for personal expenses. In return,
his wife not only compelled him
to wash the dishes. but charged
him with leading a double life,
and keeping another woman on the
dollar which he retained from his
weekly wages The judge decided
that while it was not amiss for him
to wash the dishes occasionally, he
could not be expected to do it oon
tinually, and doubtless having had
some experience in that line him.
self, voiced the opinion that the
double life charged had not been
suttained. If it had been, there
would have been an begira of men
fl ,cking TO New jersey in search
of wives. The women who can
be supported on one dollar a week
is in little danger of having to go
through life solitary and alone. 80
All things come to him who
waits. But they come much
quicker when you. go after them.
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IRVING LITERARY SOCIETY
PROGRAM, nov %.

Recitation-Gertrude Moriarty
A Description of My Best Friend
Louis Friedman.
Piano Solo-Raymon Allen.
Debate.
Resolved; That people should be
punished for throwing refuse in
alleys.
Affirmative. Negative.
Don Burnside, Maud shiAet.
Roma Gibbs, Raymond Brown.
Declamation-Hanna Lewis.
Ceases" in General-Florence
Howard.
Essay-Ethel Butdett.
Piano Duette-Mary Hayman,
Florence Howard.
"The Searchlight" for this
month promises to be the best the
Editor has as yet given us.
Visitors are always welcome to
our meetings.
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wormless Fruits.

DID any enc ever see worm in
a bananaP In a lemonP In an
orangeP Apples, peaches, pears,
apricots, plums, oanteloupes, toms-
toes, pumpkins muskmellons, cher.
ries, chestnuts, chincapins. wal.
nuts. pecans, almonds. filberts.
squashes. cuoumbers. lettuce. cab
bage, aoullions, rossting ears, eau
lifiower-all these are the prey Of
discerning organisms which We Te-
gard as soulless and thoughtless
snimsloules.
Wheat is infected with WseviIa.
Every other package of homipy
you buy at the grocer's is alive
With email worms. / have never
seen worm in rioe. Corn meal
is a fine breeding place for worms.
Wheat flower is better. Boston
beans are good homes for worms.
Bewore of oats, rye and barley.
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7. WEST VIRGINIA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 1901
WARN FARMERS oFBIa FRAUD
West Virginia University claims
Fertilizer" is Theft Scheme,

West Virginia University Claims
Fertilizer" is Theft Scheme,
The following letter hes been
received, directed by the aeriOuI-
tural department of the state uni.
versity to the editor of the Reg.
lister:
ut comes to cur notice that some
parties are trying to organize COM
psnies in West Virginia to manu-.
faOtnre yhat they are pleased to
call fertilizer from earth, lime,
salt and about fifty per cent sui.
phuric acid.
You may save money and dis.
appointment of some of your read.
ere BY calling attention tothe fact
that such a mixture would not be
worth asa feFtiliG,s, tue one.tenth
of the cost of the acid claimed to
be used in the product.
"Suoh a scheme has nothing 70 :
commend it to any one conyersant
with the requirements of the soils.
while it does have every esrmsrk
of fraud and SO brand it.
Farmers are cautioned against
putting their money into any suoh
stuff, and parties seeking invest
ment in straightforward enterprise
should leave this scheme alone.
~. 81. STEWART,
"Director W. Va Ag. Exper. Sta."
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uninue Puh1ie House.

In a busy thoroughfare in Glasgow
there is fully licensed public house,
which is probably the smallest estnb-
Iishment of its kind in the kingdom.
When full It can Just accommodate
eight customers. 1t is nicknamed the
Coffin" and the regular habitues give
the various drinks, etc, names to cor
respond. a whisky is NAIL" pint
Of beer a "lid," and brandy and soda
is monument" The sandwiches are
dubbed "grayestones" and the ciga.
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III. E.II.n Minhtv.

at isn't necessary to go to the Wal
dorf to see the nobility" said the man
about town. go down on Second ave-
nue. to the Hungarian restaurants
there. The proprietor Of one is an
s1iled baron. the pianist Is a prince,
the TiolInist Is a duke. the waiter with
the mustachIos was a titled landown-
er in his own country. and each and
every one Of the patrons. myself ex-
cepted. Is a .rclon Of Russian. German
or Hungarian nobility. banIshed for
some reason or other to the wilds Of
New York."-New York Press.
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A Striking Monument.

Nowhere In the world can be found
q more striking monument than that
erected on the shores Of Lake Issy.
Kul, In central Asia, In honor Of the
Russian General Prjevalski. famous
explorer Of that region. The tomb iS
followed cut In the summit of jut-
ting eliR on the eastern margin Of the
lake and the monument consists Of an
enormous rough hswn block of gray
granite. twenty-five feet high. ove'
which iS thrown q chart of central
Asia.
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Her Ambition.

This, snctdent was told by an ae
troSs EshS5 was once playing Rosa.
lind, and playing It as she fancied,
rather deeeptabiy. As she entered her
dressing room at the theatef one night
4 note from a woman was handed to
her whIeh read In this wise:
"DsFe lady 1 work for dentist but
I have spoiled 30 many Of his teeth
saying over your part In the play that
now I can say It Just as we'll as you
!, @. and want you to let me try It
toai8ht and see II 1 can't for the den
list sEyS he cannot have me any more
and mnst pay for his teeth, and SO !
must % on the stage and Twill b
here at o'clock"
Yhs exchange was not madA
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James Poe, aged IT. Augusta,
Ky son of Everett Poe. a we'll to
do farmer living one mile east Of
town. started to the fields with cat-
tie. taking shot gun along Not
returning promptly his younger
sister started in search af him.
Meeting the faithful family dog.
she was led by it to the spot where
her brother lay dead. with a charge
of shot through the bowels.
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New Haven Schools.
HONOR ROLL.

Helen Grimm, Marie Richard,
Zana Roush, Florence Graham,
Elma Knapp, Thelma Riggs, Gar
net Mason, Lorena Hess, Hazel
Gum, Darwin Roush, Roy Roush,
Kinlsy Mason, Ralph Gilpin, Ell
mer Knapp, Cory Bumbarner,
Willie Powell, Ivan Grimm, o Ohar-
ley shipley, Gordon Mason, Har-
old Batey.
Ora V. cartmill, Teacher.
Edgar Layne, Lyle Gum, Cliff
ford Roush. Wayne Roush, Russ
Ell shipleY, Leo Bumgarner, Carl
Blake, Charles Graham, Rosa
Roush, Mayme Bumgartner, Jen-
ME Batey, Yada Roush
Mary Jenkins, Teacher.
Walter oapehart, Jesse Roush,
Matte Miller, Earl Roush, Claude
Purdum, Walter shipley, Leland
shipley, Norman Lee, Herman
TurleY, orpha Kemper, NADIA
Roush, Hazel Hart, Hettie Ord,
Naoma Kirby, Jennie Hess, Flor
ence Lee.
G. D. Ball, Teacher.
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The first of the new gold coins
designed by the late st. Gaudsns
under the general direction of the
President, have been received at
the Treasury department. from the
mint in Philadelphia. The coin is
a $40 gold piece. The words In
God We trusP are omitted presum.
ably as unnecessary under Roose-
veIt administration.
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Her AmiahIs Husband.

Mrs. Tittle-That photographers wife
always goes to some other mans stu
dIo to have her photographs taken
Mrs. Tattle-Of course. She never
could '1ook pleasant" when her own
husband was about.
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Notice to Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given to all tax
PAYERS that t'ey have only until the
last of this month in which to save
q rer cent. discount. Pay now and
save the discount.
30. MCDERMITT,
nov 13tf Sheriff Mason County.
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Still Unsettled.

"Are you entirely settled in your new
dat?"
mo, not entirely; the landlord is still
nagging US for the balance due on the
first month'g rent"-Milwankee Ssnti-
mel.