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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-09-16
Tho lmpoosJbI Truth.

In one of Silas aHockings novels
there is an irresistible scene which
some of the critics condemned a.
too absurdly impossible. A farmer
and his pretty but strong minded
wife arrive for service, put up their
horse and cart atgthe village inn,
then take their places in their pew,
bringing in their whip with them
During the sermont the farmer, rem
dered drowsy by the heat and the
after effects of heavy weck's work.
mods and finally falls asleep. His
wife quietly reaches out for the
whip in the corner of the pew, picks
it up and gives him regular deal
er's cut across the eur with the lash,
with supremcly funny tablesu for
sequel. That was what the critics
declared to be an impossible situa-
ton. AS fact, the present writer
heard the whole story from Mr..
Hocking's lips. 1t actually happen
ed before his eyes, and he was the
preacher. The heroine of the story
is still alive on her farm near Bos-
ton, Lincolnshire.-St. James Ga
zebta
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BLOCK AND BLANKET.
There Was Nothing Dainty About ThIs
English 9quiro'o Bed.

An old highland chief, finding
his youngest son, a mere boy, sleep
ing on the battlefield with huge
SNOWFALL under his head, kicked it
away, exclaiming: "Wllat do ye
want WI pillow? I'll nae such
efeeminacy in my family" A simi-
lar aversion to "efeeminacyD mark
ed Charles Waterson, an English
squire, who in early life had wan
dered through many lands as nat
uralist, intent on making collections
of birds, reptiles, insects and wild.
beasts.
The bedroom where the squire
slept and also prepared the speci.
mems in his natural history collec-
ton was in the roof and open to the
rafters. Across a stretched rope
we're thrown striped blanket and
his working clothes. The furniture
was rough, coarse and scanty-an
old deal table, three crazy chairs, a
deal clothespress and q chest Of
drawers. The floor, deal boards,
was uncarpeted.
Mrs. Byrne, who narrates the in
cident in hor volume, "Social Hours
With Celebrities" on surveying il
remarked on the anomaly of bed.
room lacking bed.
"I've long learned that bed is
usclsss luxury" said the squire,
drawing from a corner an oblong
block Of oak two feet long, ten
inches wide, eight inches deep, hol
lowed and polished in the middle.
Then he pulled down the striped
blanket, rolled it around him and
lay down on the bare boards, resting
his head on the block.
"Thcrc, that's my bed! It's soon
made, and I'll answer for 1t none OF
YOU sleep more soundly than l."
For thirty years the block and
blanket had been the squire's bed.
summer and winter, in health and
sickness. When travelling, as ho
couldn't carry about his timber pill
low, he used the best substitute he
could devise. Once he was Mrs
Byrnc's guest in London and, as
usual, retired to rest at 8 o'clock.
The German maid, not supposing
that he had retired at SO early an
hour, went into the bedroom to take
in the can of hot water. She gave
a scream ard rushed out. The next
morning her mistress asked for ali
explanation.
Zach, veil may You askl vent
into dc room ind vat did / see? A
long body Toll apfina blanket on de
floor and Ecray head on portman-
teau."
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oathorlna Knowledpe.

at seems to mo-" said Mra
Wakeman, pausing on the sidewalk
to let tho grade pupils, just released
from bondage, rush by, chat school
must be more interesting than ii
was in my time. The children ac-
quire so much general knowledge
novadays-so much that is use
full"
"They do" agreed Mrs. North
rop promptly. "Now, hore &C comes
little Johnny Greenfield. Well ask
what he learned. Here, Johnny
Tell us what your lesson was about
today"
"About octagons," replied blush
ing Johnny.
"And what" pursued Mrs. Wake
man, "is an octogon1"
Its a many sided animal" "
piped the lad, "that grabs you when
you go in swimming" = Youths
Companion.
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On. Kind Of Economy.

"some people have queer ideas Of
economy, don't thcy?" said II Wall
street man. "Thc other day was
waiting with man on an ~ sta
ton to go downtown. He saw a
friend on the opposite platform and
called over to him to come across
and 20 down with him to his office
on matter of business. The man
said he would, and after asking the
ticket chopper to pass the word over
that his fare was paid he handed
out cigar to tho chopper and came
over to our side. He was greeted
with laugh by the man who had
called to him and naturally asked
what it was for. Didn't you give
that ticket chopper fifteen cont
cigar2' asked the friend. The man
admitted that ho gave the kind he
usually smoked. 'Well,' said the
other, why didn't you Just come
across without saying anything
about it, pay your fare and save a
dimc?' The man rubbed his chin
and looked serious. lie had become
SO accustomed TO tipping everybody
for any sort of favor that he never
thought of tho other plan."-New
York Press.
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To strengthen Tho EyoO.

Unless one has unusually strong
eyes ono must not read when one
is extremely weary. Exhaustion
and fatigue affect all the nerves of
the body, and tho optic nerve is so
sensitive that it should receive par.
ticular consideration. Nor should
one ever be guilty Of the careless
ness of reading or writing facing a
window. This, too, is a cruel strain
on the sight. Washing the eyes
morning and night in water as hot
as it can 'e borne is wonderful
tonic for those useful servants
which are 80 easily injured. When
we consider how we neglect their
welfare by using them by fading
daylight and insufficient artificial
light, by forcing them to do work
when they are weary and By deny
ing them the rest for which, they
long, we have cause to wonder not
that they sometimes become mutt
nous and refuse to fulfill our de-
mands, but that they are ever faith
full in our service They will, as a
rule, bo as good to us as We are to
them
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TO CUT UP DlDos.
soms Speculation as to the Origin Of
the Phrase.

The phrase "kick up didosD- for
the plural is formed either with or
without the "e"--is allowable. 1t
occurs, for example, in Quillcr
COUGHS "Delectable Duchy," but
the more common form is "to cut"
or "to cut up didos." The word is
dictionary one. DIR. Murray says
that 1T is "United States slang"
He defines it as a prank, caper, a
disturbance, a row, slindy. He
quotes, as the earliest use in Eng
lish literature, this sentence from
"Sam Slick In England" 1843-4):
"Thcn Italian singers recitin' their
jabber and cuttin' didoes at pri-
vate concert" He Gays that the ori-
gin of the word is uncertain.
But Halliburton used the term
in "The Clockmaker" in 1885, and
Professor Joseph Wright in his
"English Dialect Dictionary" says
that the term is known in Ireland,
Kent, Isle of Wight, Cornwall and
also in the United States. Halibur-
ton used it Interference to Nova
Scotian: al met man this morn
in from Halifax, real conccited
lookin' crittcr, all shines and di-
does" Professor Wright gives as
the first definition disturbance,
noise, fuss, us in the speech heard
ON the Isle of Wight, "Hc kicked
up middlen dido about it," then
plural - tricks, antics, eccentric
ieats-as in Kent, "Dreckley ye be
backturned, there lie be, a-cutting
all manner o. didos," and, lastly, a
plaything; also used as term to
denote articles which do not give
satisfaction to tho owner, as trim
ming OH dress or bonnet.
Yet the learned Professor Wright
does not venture to explain tho der
iyation of the word; he does not
suggest a possible derivation. Did
the term come from the fuss made
by Queen Dido after the pious
Acnas left her? An obsolete word
"dido"--n thrice told tale may have
been originally "a tale of Dido"
TAFT in his "Quanternios" speaks
of Didonian curve, with reference
to the story of Dido, who bargaincd
for us much land as could be coy-
cred with a hide and then cut tie
hide into long and narrow strip.
Why not say glibly that "to cut up
didos" is to cut up as Dido did!
Let us honor the name of that no
bic dame in every way.-Boston
Transcript.
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Tho Face and Tho Emotions.

Habitual worry shows itself in
the action of the facial nerye-the
nerve of expression, as anatomists
call it-producing lines which in
course of time become permanent,
The same is true of many other
emotions and states of mind, and
those which are dominant in the
life of the individual will ere long
produce permanent changes in the
face. The secret of the beauty
which age cannot wither is to pos
sess beautiful mind. Chin straps
and dcpilatorics and electricity and
massage and cosmetics are poor
makeshifts compared with this
Pail Mall Gazette.
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A FINANCIAL GENIUS.
HE Great Scheme Did Not lmprssS ths
Bank President.


HE Great Scheme Did Not lmprssS ths
Bank President.
The president of the Western
Hemisphere bank sat in his easy
chair smoking a fragrant Havana
and mcditating upon the lessons of
the late business panic when the
door of the Office was opened, and
tall, slim man wearing suit of
faded black entered the room.
'Beg pardon, sir" said the caller,
removing his hat and sitting down
in another chair, "but you are the
president of this bank, are you
not?"
"How did you get In hereP
81 was told by one of your sub
ordinatcs that / would find you here,
and"-
"who the devil are you"
"My name is Glasspy. / am an
inventor o1'-
"What do you want?@
Nothing, sir, if my presence is
Objectionable. My object in calling
was to arrange for the dcpositing OF
sum of money"
"The cashier attends to all that"
II know it, but the amount is 50
largo that l was sure he would refer
| me to you, and l thought it best t.
come straight to headquarters"
GLOW large is the amount~
zone million dollars"
"In cash2"
"In cash. may add that it is
the outcome of financial scheme
which even the president of a great
bank may we'll consider
"But the money-is it in such
shape that you are ready to deposit
Iit3
"No, sir. AS was about to e1-
plain, the money will not be ayaila-
Bile until certain carefully consid-
cred plans mature, but it will be in
cold cash when p
Ts it contingent on q business
schcmc?"
eyes, sir; it is. But the scheme
rests on business principles as solid
as Gibraltar and as broad as the
Rocky mountains. 1t is contingent
lupon the success of two great inven-
tions namely, Glasspy's celebrated
shaying compound and Glasspy's
footpad discourager, an absolutely
unique device which 1 shall explain
to you presently. In order to e1-
plot these two inventions properly
l. need the sum of $3.50, treasury
notes preferred, to be regarded as q
loan until the returns begin to-
The president pushed knob on
the side of his desk, and husky
uniformed bouncer instantly ap-
peared.
"William," roarcd the official
head of the Western Hemisphere
bank, "take this man out and fall
on himp-Chicago Tribune.
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rho Protse.lon Of .ho Eorss.s.

Few that fell trees plant them,
nor would planting avail much to-
ward getting back anything like tho
noble primeval forests. During a
mans life only saplings can be
grown in the place Of the old trees
tens of centuries old-that havo
been destroyed. 1t took more than
1900 years to make some Of the
trees in the western woods-treeP
that are still standing in perfect
strength and beauty, waving and
singing in the mighty forests OF the
Sierra. God has cared for these
trees, saved them from drought,
disease, avalanches and thousand
straining, leycling tempests and
floods. But he cannot save them
from fools-only Uncle Sam can do
that.-John Muir.
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On the Map.

Two women CHANGED to meet on
street car in Chicago. "Why, how
do you do, Mrs; ThomRson% ex,
your house one day last week, and
there was nobody at home"
"We've moved, Mrs. Giles" said
tho other. Didn't you know that? z"
"No. When did you move"
"About two weeks ago. We got
tired of living in all the noise and
hustle, and we went away out in
the suburbs"
"What dircction%
Northwest"
"And where are you located
nowi"
Tts new neighborhood, Mrs.
Giles, and can't describe it exact
ly, but il l had map Of the city
here l could show you. We live
Just about half an inch outside OF
the city limits" s."-Exchange.
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4 DREAMING MATCH.
The indian Did Pretty Well but tho
White Man Did Better.


Among the famous Indian trad
ers Of the past was George Galphin,
whose trading station at Silver
Bluff, s. c., was frequented by In
lians from far and near. In "Bench
and Bar of South Carolina" a char
acteristic anecdote is related of Mr.
Galphin and an Indian chief.
Chief Mogoloch from beyond the
Savannah river spent the night at
Mr.. Galphin's. In the morning the
Indian said, 'fMe dream last night"
~Ahi" said Galphin. "What did
my red brother dreamT
''Me dream you give me fine big
rife" in Galphin's possession at the
time.
The trader instantly passed the
rifle to the chief, saying, '1f you
dreamed it, you must have il"
Next morning Galphin said to the
chief, 81 dreamed last night"
"What you dream?" asked Mogo-
loch.
III dreamed you gave me the
GhicIasaw stallion" which the CHIEF
was then riding.
If you dream um, you must have
um," said the chief, and the horse
was straightway transferred to the
trader.
The next morning the Indian re-
marked, 81 dream last night"
"What did my red brother
dream2" was the inquiry.
'I Dream" answered Mogoloch,
"you gave me red coat you wear
and much calico"
"If you dreamed it, you must
have it." said Galphin, and the In
dian received the red coat and cal
leo.
Next morning 1t was Galphin'l
turn. He said to the chief, u
dreamed last night"
"What you dream~ was Mogo-
loch's inquiry.
I dreamed" replied Galphin!
"you gave me ten miles of land
around the ogeechee old town"
"Wughl" said the Indian. III
you dream, you must have um, but ]
dream with you no more"
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Revenge.

Two Thompsons lived next door
10 each other, and, having to call
pn one OF them, Green Of course
vent to the wrong house. A crab
bed servant answered the bell, and
,n Green asking, 'Gs this Mr.. John
rhompson's ?" she replied snappish-
y as If she had been bothered with
many such inquiries:
mo, it amt" and slammed the
loor In his face.
Green walked on a few yards or
70, when bright thought struck
Iim. He returned at once and rang
the same bell. Again the Grabbed
,ervant appeared. "Who said it
vas ?" asked Green and triumphant
y walked away.-London Answers
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TOMATO BIsouE.
TSibuto 20 This Culinary Triumph and
Gastronomlo JOY.

Very often when a person sits
down to dinner he is confronted
by the alternative -consomme or
PURGE. The former is a clearliquid
supposed to represent the strength
Of some meat, and the latter is the
infusion into crerm, of the virtue
of some vegetable. The former is
really the dinner soup and the lat
ter lunch affair, and when per-
son makes his choice upon these
considerations be leaves out the
question Of merit altogether.
But what we want to select out OF
all the category Of soups, consomme
or puree, is that form OF the latter
known as tomato bisque and boost
1t up on the pinnacle of glory as the
diyinest revelation of the culinary
art, You say it is not entitled to
such superlatiYe adulation, but did
you ever taste it at its best-that
delicious blend of tomato and cream,
with an alkaline trace in 1T and q
faraway suggestion of mace and on
ION and DaV lea1y Gil put lnto ~ hhL-
mony as delicate as dream of a
loved one?
There is nothing in all the kitch-
en- joys that more completely en-
ploys the soul of good things than
the puree, whether it is of celery or
corn or tomato, for there is no COM
bination over which the graces OF
tho cook can moro happily hover
than over this Wand. We spoke OF
the tomato bisque. When you put
your spoon in 1t, it blushes up at
you as If it were kindred spirit,
and isn't it-a symphony in which
all nature joins, where one feels
the ruddy glow of the sunset, tho
cream of the clover, the sunshine OF
the tropics and the gurgle of the
brooks? All thereH Yes, sure, to
the soul that discriminates and eats
with grace. Anyhow, one will be
able to say-take away tho roastP,
the entrees, the salads-this is the
climax, this is the answer to my
prayer-Ohio State Journal.
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prannrlnn cold Powder.

Finely powdered gold may be pre-
parcd by most simple process. Fill
q small unglazcd earthenware bowl
with common kitchen salt, cover it
and expose it for some hours to
heat. The stove oven is good
place for it. When the water has
all been dried out put equal quanti-
ties Of this salt powder and honey
on a glass grinding plate and mix
in with it the necessary quantity OF
gold leaf. Grind this up very gen
tly, being careful not to press hard
on the mass. The salt acts as . dis
integrator, and the honey is used
because it will not dissolve the salt.
When the gold is reduced to the fin
est possible powder it must be thor
Oughly and carefully washed with
an abundance of pure water to re-
move the salt and honey.
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Work WIKI Pile Driver.

A gang of workmen were engaged
in driving in some piles, and a
crowd was watching tho heavy block
raised to the tep Of the machine
released aid allowed to fall upon
the pile. Among the onlookers was
an old woman from the country
who had never seen such an appa-
ratus before and was evidently at
some pains to discover its object.
She watched patiently while the
ram made its laborious ascent and
sudden descent for about twenty
times in succession, and then she
turned away.
"Ach," said she In disgusted
lones, "suro, they'll never get it to
Itay upp-London Bystander.
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Commissioners Notice To Make
Partition.
In the Circuit Court of Mason County.
Marla Mccullooh. plalntln,

west VirslniSi
Maria Mcculloch, plaintiff,
EmmaL. newman. Emma l.. Newman.
James Newman, Kate SIC Donie, tnee New
REsR EsRmaa Mny EsdEssSdh HaESsfd Sss%sn sSnR
jordan, yiEgIniA Sordsp, Willie IsIS5 JoEdsn Ian
inS Ing infantS HEIR heiTa OF Of William Jordan. de.
cessed. Lee N. Shackelford and Mary L.,
shachelford, dH5s1pSSHnss, In1 1'SSnss,,v
The parties TO this cause, of whom May
Ferguson, Susan MILAN, VIM Eewm4n,
En ESES5s TorssS %is asTlns foIasn and
dan, Lee NJ. shackeMofd and Mary T.
shackelioTd are non.residsnis o, me SLate sSat
pursuant toa decree entered In the above
mentioned cause ON the Srd day OF June.
ionerS 70 make partition among the parties
entitled thereto OF certain real estate situate
son. she ana dIistriot Il Robinson; owned BY the
SAID pIaintiIf, and Emma L.. Newman In her
own right. and as Trustee, With sonunHent
tate owned by Emma l.. GeWman.R ms Trust
ee, 10 the other defendants In the SAID suit
tain ssi Sac acres aud IS 4 acres, which trerts q
saH %6ieS S1G traets Maria Ssoaliioeh i The own
second OF said tracts the said Maria Mo,
Cuiloch is the owger of the one. half part
owned by the aaid defendants Rs shown In
missionefs viii, on The 9Th day OF October,
iVCS. go upon Aforesaid tracts OF land 70 com:
mence their proceedineg TO execute SAID
decree OF partition according TO the said do.
cree; and IN for any reason said proceeding
shall not be commenced on said date, or. u
commenced on said date, SHOULD not be con;
cluded thereon, the Fame Will be adjourned
from time TO time until the same are COM
ptSis Given under our hands this sth day Of
WI, HOWARD,
OSUAR YEAGER.
HUGH DAUGHERTYt
Commissioners of the Circuit Court OF Ma
son County. West Virginia. TO make parh
scmeryIlle q someryille,
Sept, V.w.
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Gettlnu Even.

A Lancashire lad went into a
large postolficc and asked for a pen,
ny stamp. "Next counter" said
the clerk briskly. Cant you read |!
Look at the labels" The lad did
not answer. He went to the counter
indicated, on which was the legend
"Postage Stamps" and bought one.
Then lie affixed it to tho letter and
went back to tho clerk he had at
first addressed. That individual
was checking postal orders. When
he had reached the end of the bun
die he looked up. "WellT" he ask, :,
ed. Tf 1 post this letter tonight"
inquired the lad, will it get to
Bolton tomorrow morning" Ger
tainly it will" "Well, then" re-
Piled the lad, "thou'rt . liar. It
won't, for it's going to Sheffield"
And he withdrew, leaving the clerk
looking after him in spcechless
amazemcnt.-Liverpool Mercury.
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Notice to Teachers.

The last examination for teachers
this year In Mason county will open
at North Point Pleasant, Sept. 1lth, g
III. Examination for four diff
ferent certificates will be offered, viz:
High school certificates, primary GER
tificetes, eleven subject certificates,
and thirteen subject certificates. For
the last named certificates will be re-
quired TO pass on General History,
18th and 10th Centuries not including
English History. Peter III. Steenbef-
gen and @. A. Green, either OF whom
will gladly give further Information
upon request.
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He Surrendered.

"Did 1 ever say all thatr" he ask
ed despondcntly as she replaced the
phonograph on the corner of the
mantelpiece.
"You did"
"And You can grind it out of that
machine whenever you choose~
Certainly
"And your father is lawyer"
Dyes"
"Mabel, when can I place the
ring on your finger and call you my
wife 2"-London Answers.
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Eraa From Bad onss.

The leading citizen of small coun
try town escorted friend on tour Uf
inspection through the village. The
friend, who was resident Of metro,
polltan city, was duly impressed by the
many advantages of the little town
Finally the two men reached the Gem
etery. The visitor carefully looked al
the various tributes and then turned to
his guide. "Say. Dave" he began
i"wh-wh.w where do you b-b-bury your
s.s-slnners T'-Judge.
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TreatIna Warts.

Chiidren's hands are often disfig-
ured by warts, and they can be
cured in simple way. Get harts-
horn and sweet oil of equal mix
ture and paint tho warts with this
each day. 1t is slow, yot thorough
ly satisfactory. Acetic acid touched
to the most tenacious warts will in
time kill them, and they can be
easily removed. Most children.
however, object to your cutting
even the dead part away, since they
have n fear of its hurting. After
removing warts wash the parts with
a weak solution of carbolic acid. a
drop of peroxide of hydrogen in the
cavity will cleanse all impurities
Do not believe in such absurd
things as superstitious persons en-
tertain for the removal of warts,
for warts are almost as difficult to
remove as teeth, and the foolish no.
ton which has ever prevailed OF
causing them to disappear through
some magic is not to be thought OF
in this enlightened age.-Exchange.
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NEW
Meat Market.

have opened flrst-class, clean
Neat Market in the WagRener old
store room, corner of First aud Main
Streets and will try at all times to
customers; will aim to butcher moth.
ing but the best, and will keep at all
times the best OF beef, mutton, fresh
pork, chickens, homemade lard, salt
meats of all kind. Give me your or.
der. Both phones.
s.. E. ERRETT.
July %.