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There a no game extant which 20
admirably combines educational and
reueative features or which e in every
way 90 wen adapted for popular and
profitable amusement among refined
snd appreciatiEe classes as draughts.
tn Influences are OF an elevating char.
acter. II not only teaches. but prac-
ficaTly euforces. the necessity Of pa
fience and perseverance. courage ana
cpurtesy, self reliance and self ecnizcl-
ne came Is also peculiarly and self
evidently worthy OF paternal eneour-
aeement. as q knowledge Of It's neon
narable beauties WI destroy the TASTE
for demoralizing gaines o. Chance
Exehansa
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Tines have changed since $50 years
ago, when Hailey's comet. for whose
disappearance astronomers are now
looking, was in the heavens Then the
Christian world prayed 70 be delivered
from sthe devil. the Turk and the
comet" Now It says the devn Is not
% black as he has been painted. the
Tux Is a negligible quantity, and the
comet would be rather welcome than
otherwise-Boston Transcript
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MIX bricks are sold in Belgium and
Denmark. These bricks are milk fro-
zen solid, and when intended for use
as soon as received In the household
the lacteal fluid for the tea or coffee
has to be Clipped OF according to the
quantity desired In the drink This
brick milk has. grown to be a necessi-
q IN the warmer countries Of Europe.
The Belgium government has given q
yearly subsidy to increase the trade.
In Copenhagen q hrm engaged In this
business makes a weekly delivery Of
10000 pounds. A great deal Of this
Roes to distant countries.
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the BROAD Ak

49, NS ~
= ~ saIS AZ the following nsvSs
sGands:
A +. TerValon. 1s4 W. 5lst strsst
Cigar Store and News stand
Geo. [ Martin, maker Of ane cigars,
and news stand. s42 East Slst St
c H. Green, cigars, tobacco and
news stand. z7Is State 81
'MrA Nellie Phslpa, Cigars NOriOns
and News Stand, ls1 W. Stat Srsst
I. ,. EAII's olW stors 80
LAaAAIy OAea. ga sssh o.
Mrs. Alma A. Simpson. news GSsnL
1855 State street.
". 9. Cole, $50 Thirty arsl aresi
elgars. tobacco and nsvs staad
J. r Pses5 Cigars. IobAcoO Gn1
News stand, Sss 4 s7th SrrosG
Ma A n Baker. NOtions sd News
stAnd. l1S. ssh strosl
W. P. johnson. Notion Store a.
News staad s7o4 STATE q
TaEaE WullanE BAAvias Parss
aad News scAad. ssos Aruoa- ava
n Davl4 dsass. sohasoe ana sss
ssSEi0asry. asa 0tats 81
c c McLain. eigars. tobacco and
news stsnd. ago State street
Mrs. ,. ". Hsdlsy Ils w. sla =
cipr. bobaoeo and news stand
slAndara News Company. - y.
IssGh strssl NsE YoEk city. ~ :.
r. A johnson. news stana. cigars
and tobacco. ss13 stats sussg
ns lnssrn~ NsuS Co. lss "a,
'oipa q. DvrOiI Nlel
ne st.ndara News o. Isl y. ssr1
81. Esv vera. CO. n
tobaoso. and fansy sroesriss 40 ssss
sraad seas Aruow ava
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Londoo,, F,.bI, Minded Children

There are. eIghty-four schools IN Lon
don for the education Of children who
are not Included under the extreme
tsrm idiots or imbecfles." but are
-reeble minded and detective" They
are attended by 1000 children. Of
whom about two-thirds learn some
useful manual work. while the rest
are hopeless and require permanent
eustodial-care.-LSndou Telegraph.
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Experiments conducted abroad have
Demonstrated that balloons travelling
a. q heieht Of from coo TO 1000 yards
cuuld Be lift only once out Of six shots
while they were absolutely safe At q
heighf Of 1000 yards. Even when
struck the damage 70 the gas bag was
% small that the balloon vas able 70
continue Its Journey for hours before
shs escaping gas made q landing neces-
mrE.
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Win destroy chicken Ice. Heas on
cats and dogs. hee on horses and
other animals. The liquid b . disin-
fectant a. ven as q healer. Does
not stain" TIE ISe and Sc bottlss
and Csc paekzgss Of cOckroaeh and
Ant Feed are the small orders rSfsFTsd
to b our al IN another column. for
which We WIN accept stamps IN pap.
ment By out Of town orders Il desired
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A recent Partisan earicature shows
bearded Turk IN q turban upon the
crenelafed roof Of his house looking
through a heldglass. "Ailah g Just. |"
he excIaIms. Nov thar my neigh
bors' wives 20 about with faces IN
covered I see that they are quite as
homely as my own
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tive got a regular cinch."
what is it?''
"WeT, I'm going to take a little ran
road trip. So bet one man that the
train would be wrecked. Then another
man bet me that It wouldn't be robbed.
I can't lose, can IY'-Cleveland Leader.
WAMsLEY 4 SONS
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Grocer-rm doing myself an injus-
tice when 1 let you have six onions
for a nickel.
Customer-why, how Is that7
Grocer give you six scents for i've.
Chicago News.
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A Lana Ealt Want.

Il had a hair raising experience this
morning" said the doctor.
swish l could bump up against
something like that" said the bald
headed druggist-Detroit Tribune.
The broad ax., 1908-11-14

I'VE have got as far as the hreless
stove, l see"
Eyes, but the acme Of human do.
nestle happiness VIII never be reached
until we have the coaIless furnace
Baltimore American.
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What Got.

Bacon-DOes he get much for his &c
don?
Egbert-Oh, yes: his wife gives him
the laugh.-Yonkers Statesman.
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AP saSant Winter Evening
ARE YOU IN SEARCH oF oNEP
Then WsIt the >chatssu.' ssz4 stats
street. Tonight

There a q ane Picture Show,
Roller Skating. Dancing and superb
music, refreshments and Jolly good
time for good people. No proscrip-
ton Special prize program every
Saturday and Sunday.
AdmIssiOn, 70 cents--One dime
LELAND GIANTS BASEBALL
AND AMUSEMENT ASSN.
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Ieard In the Dressing Room.
Say, aren't you going out tcdayr
asked the derby hat.
-SureF' replied the tan shoes But
you need not wait for me-"
"Why not7" asked the hat
Because it's your business to 90 on
q head" replied the shoes.-Detroit
Tribune.
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A student of Nature.
Louise,

"Father," began Emily Louise,
"does God make peaches 2"
"Yes, sweetheart, God makes
peaches and everything" replied
the parent from behind his news
paper.
'Well, father, how does he put
the stones inside?" insisted the fam
lily angel.
"oh," said her father, chats as
easy for God to do as it is to make
the peach. You see, God first makes
the stone and then puts the peach
on the outside. That's for our con
vemence. You see, we eat the peach
and not the stone, and 30 God puts
the peach on the outside"
Emily Louise was silent for mo-
ment. Turning again to her father,
she inquired:
of God makes all things for our
convenience, father, why does he
put the nut inside the wooden
shell ?"-New York Times.
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SUMMIT OF MOUNT BAKER.
Il Freak Among Freaks Is the eroat
Tablelands


Il Freak Among Freaks Is the Great
Tablelands
There is no evidence of recent ac-
tiyity of this volcano, nor are there
any alarming indications that it will
ever be active again, says Forest
and Stream. True, there are live
vents on the sides of the cone where
the vapors and sulphur are contin-
ually emitted, where the lava is still
hot and steam Jets issue with rum
bling and violence, but the SHOWS
of recurring seasons have blanketed
it for centuries, as if to smother out
the internal fires, and it can hardly
be considered now moro than the
lingering of heat which once warm
ed the surrounding regions to
f1uorescencc, the base of the noun
tain to bright red, and where it is
now buried under a mantle of per-
petual snow its summit once shone
with luminous glare winter than
the electric arc. But the freak
among freaks in this interesting
region is the tableland already re-
ferred to.
1t rose in its magnificence and
grandeur from the bowels of the
earth as did Mount Baker, of which
it is simply part and parcel. 1t
probably rose to its present emf
nence above it's surroundings and
especially out of it's immediate bed
of porphyry somewhat later after it
had cooled enough to hold it's shape
by renewed pressure directly under
it, showing it up like a cork out of
bottle.
The writer was strongly inclined
to take. the plug clear out and look
inside to see exactly what was the
cause of it. There is much evidence
that the secondary uplift came at
much later day than the volcanic
eruption or eruptions which pro
duced the main features of this dis
trict, the most important of these
evidences being the fact that the
disintegration about the vertical
walls of this tableland is very much
less than about the sides of any 9TH
CIR cliffs around, irrespective of
height, position or material to be
crodcd.
The walls of it are crumbling
away and accumulating about the
base in rock slides, somewhat faster
on the sunny sides. If it were pos
sible to count the annual layers OF
rock on these slides, which have
faxed Off the walls above by the ac-
ton of the summer sun and frosts
Of winter, like the age of trees b.
the rings of growth, it would b'
easy to determine when Mazaml
dome last made move to riYa
Coleman peak or get in better view
of the parent cone.
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toorn out. Very many times young
women get old or 1',tr d0i0r, before their
time, through Ignorance and the I'm
proper handling OF this human tl, mecha9- f1
backacho, headache, and many symptoms
of derangcmcnt OF the womanly system
can be avoided. Go to tho source of the
trouble and correct the Irregularity., The
drains on the womanly system and the
done easily and nteIlgGnty yatrros ahout
such n condition is that so few women
connect IT with It's common cause--wom-
anly disease, They try all kinds of sed-
"sleeping powders and headache pow-
ders and all, sorts Of drugs which at the
best can only numb tho Nerves and stu,
womanly diseases. Then with quleted
nerves, natural, refreshing sleep will
The Correctness OF this advice is amply
proven by the experience OF many thou,
sands of women-a large number Of
SO sure of it is the Worlds Dlspensary
MEDICAL Association, the proprictors, OF
DIR. Picrce's Favorite Prescription, that
cannot be cured of LeucOrrhea, Female
Weakness, Prolapsus, or Falling OF the
Womb. All they ask is fair and rca-
Their financial responsibility is we'll
known TO every newspaper publisher
and druggist In the United States. This
wonderful remedy therefore stands ABB
solutcly alone as the only one possessed
OF such remarkable curative properties
as wouid warrant its makers in publish
ing such marvellous offer as Is above
made in the utmost good faith. 1t Is a
medicine which has stood the test of a
third of century, and numbers Its cures
tonic In any condition OF the SYSTEM
being entirely vegetable.
Sick women, especially those suffering
L., I'd
to consult DIR. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held as strictly conf
dental. Address DR.. II. V. Pierce, Buff
falo, N. Y.
to you for your wonderful medicine"
writes Mrs. Hattie TannehLll, OF 1923
Zanes St, Louisville, Ky. "Dr: Pierce's
Eavorite Prescription has saved many n
woman's life, and eased and cured thou
sands OF women, who, before taking this
medicine, dragged w.earily through life.
and we'll Have had ten children, seven
boys and three girls, and my share OF llfe's
burdens. AT age OF 80 change Of life bo-
gan, ana felt the hot and cold flashes,
extremo lassitude and nervousness pecu-
liar to that period. After using your Fa-
vorite Prescription these symptoms dis
critical period safely and well. 1 heartily
recommend 1t to any. sick woman; II
builds up the general health and surely
cures troubles peculiar to the Sex"
for the young woman or the mother Is
the proper Understanding OF her ,wom
anly system and we'll being. Every
self and her physical make up. A good
way to arrive at this knowledge is to get
a good doctor book, such for instance, as
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser" by r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., which
can be procured by sending 81 cents in
9ne,ccnt stamps, to DR.. X. v. Pierce,
or 81 stamps for ol0th.bound copy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-22
Curiosity.

Nothing is more nobler than
the desire for knowledge; noth-
ing much shabbier than low curl
osity. What does it signify to
us what others do or have, and
why cannot we leave them and
theirs alone? No one in the world
likes to be watched and pried aft
er, aud it does not seem very diff
ticult to do to our neighbors in
this matter as we would they
should do to us. This curiosity
is the great sin ofsmall societies.
For want of more healthy out
let of the dramatic instinct with
which we are all born, the dwell
ers in confined localities turn up
on each other, like so many spi-
ders in a tumbler, and try to
make the real starvation OF this
instinct by the false nourishment
of gossip.
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OBITUARY.

James Frederick, the einfant son
of Mr.. and Mrs. @. A. McDer-
mitt, was born June 90, 1904;
died Jan. 10, 1908, aged 8 years,
6 months, 10 days.
Afterthe funeral services con-
Quoted by Rev. Rifle, his body
was laid to rect in the Yauger
burying ground, Jan. IL, 1903.
He leaves q mother, father,
four sisters and three brothers to
mourn their loss, and while we
grieve over the loss of our little
friend, we rejoice to know that
we can look forward to the time
when we can meet him in that
celestial home where there will
be no more parting or sorrow.
Farewell Jimmie, how we miss you,
In our home and country round;
But your body lies sweetly sleeping,
In the quiet chufch. yard ground.
And oft wen lift the fearful eye.
To hear him calling from the sky;
oh, how could we his absence bear,
But that we hope to meet him there.
A FRIEND.
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Old Fashioned Mother.

Il
Thank God, some of as have,
and others have had, an old
fashioned mother. Not woman
of the period enameled and paint
ed, with her great chignon, her
curls ana hustle; whose white,
jeweled hands never have felt the
clasp of baby fingers, but atdear
old fashioned, ,sweet-voiced moth
er, with eyes in which the love
light shone, and brown hair
threaded with silver, lying
smooth upon her faded cheek.
Those dear hands worn with toll;
gently guided our tottering steps
in childhood, and smoothed our
pillow in sickness; even reaching
Quito us in yearning tenderness,
.whea lier sweet spirit was bsp.
tised in the pearly spray of the
river. Blessed is the memory of
an old fashioned mother. 1t floats
to us now, like the beautiful per-
fume OF some woodland blossoms.
The music of other voices may be
lost but the entrancing memory.
of hers will echo in our souls
forever. Other places will fade
away and be forgotten, but hers
will shine on until the light from
heavens portals shall glorify our
own.
When in the fitfnl pauses OF
busy life our feet wandered back
to the old homestead, and cross
ing the well-worn threshold,
standing once more in the low,
quaint room, as hallowed by her
presence, how the feeling ofchild-
ish innocence and dependence
comes over us, and we kneel
down in the bright sunshine
streaming through the western
wlndow-just where, long years
ago, we knelt by our mothers
knee, lisping "Our Father" How
many times when the tempter
Iured us on has the memory OF
those sacred hours, that mothers
words, her faith and prayers,
saved us from sin. Years have
illed great drifts over between
her and us, but they have not hid
len from our sight the glory o.
her pure, unseltish love.
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n You Read This

It will be to learn that the leading medi.
cal writer's and teachers of all the several
schools of practice recommend, in the
strongest terms possible, each and every
ingredient entering into the composition
of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
for the cure of weak stomach, dyspepsia,
catarrh OF stomach, silver. complaint
torpid liver, or bilioueness, chronic bowel
affections, and all catarrhal diseases of
whatever region, name or nature, 1t Is
also q specific remedy for all such chronic
or long standing cases OF catarrhal ahec-
tions and their resultants, as bronchial,
throat and lung disease Except consump-
tion) accompanied with seyere coughs. 1t
is not so good for acute colds and coughs,
Specially @ efiicaclo9s In producing per-
feet cures. It contains Black Cherrybark,
Golden Seal root, Bloodroot, Stone root,
which are highly praised as remedies for
all the above mentioned affections by such
minent medical writer's and teachers as
ieEe; S Prof. iiS Hare OF the Univ. '' Of Pa; Par
Prof. Finley fsffhhgwood, NJ. D., Of Benz
nett Med. College, Chicago; Prof John
Edwin NJ, 4HSte, II. D., Of Hahnemann ann
Med. CShegG Chicago. and scores Of
otherS e9dally eminent In their several
T6e Golden Medical Diacoyery y Is the
only medlclp - nilt np-tlr sale t6EQQRR
SGch pfdIEEEtQlQL e1dQrsemenf-WoTEh
moro than any numheEof ord InarY testI-
Is the 6eSE possible guaranty of its merits,
A glance at this published formula will
contains no poisonous. harmful or habit
forming drugs and no alcohol--chemicallY
pure, tfiplerefincd glycerlne being used
instead. Glycerine is entirely unobjec-
tIonable and besides is a most useful agent
in tho cure of all stomach as well as bron-
chiel, throat and lung, affections. There
Is the highest medical authority for It's
use in all such cases. The "Discovery"i is
a concen : -ated glyceric extract Of native,
medicinal roots and Is safe and reliable.
A booklet of extracts from emil lnent
medical authorities, endorsing its ingre.
lient0 mailed free on request. Address
DIR. r. v. Pterca. Buffalo. N. Y.
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She Was in No Hurry

The Rev. DIR. Wallace, new
pastor of the East End Baptist
Church, brought a new one to
Cleveland with him,
According to the story, a Bos.
ton girl got on the street car one
day carrying one of those muffs
the size of an ordinary hassock
She had only one hand in the
muft. A young man sitting next
to her took advantage of the op-
portunity to slip his hand into
the unoccupied end of the mutf.
The Boston girl turned upon
him severely. "T could have you
arrested for such a familiarity
says she. "But," she added.
"I'm from Boston and 1 purpose
to keep calm. Now, I'lljustgive
you ten minutes to let go of my
hand"
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A compromlse.

Four-year-old Gordon was the de-
voted owner of cloth doll called
Maudie, from which lie could not
be parted even after it became SO
dilapidated that the other members
Of the family would have dispensed
with its company without muir
mur. One morning he started on a
walk with his grandmother, and as
usual Maudie was hugged close in
his arms.
ooh, Gordon" exclaimed his com,
panion, "do throw that dreadful
looking doll away, and grandmother
will buy you new one"
An agonized expression spread
over the little fellows countenance.
"Oht grandmother" he replied sad
ly, ri couldn't throw Maudie away,
but III try to lose her."-Lippin-
cotts.
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Proof of Property.

The teacher had found lead
pencil on the floor of the school
room.
"Children," she asked, holding it
up, "does this belong to any of
you?"
"For several seconds there was
no answer; thon little girl timidly
raised her hand.
'Ts it yours, BessieS" said the
teacher.
"Yes'm."
"You are sure of it, are you?
How do you recognize it?"
"I don't like to tell"
"But you will have to tell or /
can't let you have it."
T-I rcco'nize it, teacher, by the
way it's sharpened. If it wasn't
sure enough mine, I'd be mighty
clear of ownin' up to such job as
that"
Bessie got her pencil Chicago
Tribune.
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Big Insurance Deal.
Northwestern Mutual Life Insur.
ance Co. Adds Part of Ohio to
Wont Virginia.

Belmont County, Ohio, in
which such thriving manufactur-
ing towns and cities as Martins
Ferry, Bridgeport, Bellaire, St.
Clarsville, Barnesville are situa-
ted, has been taken from the
Cleveland agency to the North
western Mutual Life Insurance
Company and added to the
Wheeling agency
Under the management of O..
B. g. II. M. Taylor, the West Vir-
ginia agency is rapidly forging to
the front as one of the most
prominent agencies of the COM
pany. The Messrs Taylor have
been in charge only since the first
of January, 1907, but their snc-
cess in increasing the business
has been 80 marked that the COM
pany felt 1t would be a good
business move to place this ad-
ditional territory under their su-
pervision.-Wheeling Register,
Jan. 8.
Mr.. e. @. Winger, of this city,
the above company in
Mason county.
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ono Good Shoe.

A story is told of the way in
which Lord Coleridge once turned
his wit for the benefit of con-
fused young barrister. The latter
had called the attention of wit.
ness to two contradictions in his
testimony, one of which his own
counsel proved to be no contradic-
ton at all. The young barrister
grew crimson with modification, but
Lord Coleridge, noting his. embar-
rassment, said kindly: "Never mind
sir. One of your barrels has missed
fire, it seems, but the other has talk
en- effect"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1908-01-22
Wildcat Ride As
Hobo Passenger.

When No. 3, rolled into Will
hanson early last Saturday morn
ing she carried an unusual hobo
passenger which was evidently
very much frightened. When
engineer j. A. Martin got of his
engine he found couched on the
pilot of his engine q fine speci-
men of the genius wild cat. The
passenger was evidently very
much frightened at first and for
some little time made no effort to
escape. Mr.. Martin either did
not have a gun or was loath to
use it in the corporation so he
.hurridly called officer Otes Riley,
but in the meantime Mr.. Cat de.
'cided that he might be lockedup
as a suspiclous character and he
proceeded to light out. officer
Riley fred several shots at his de-
parting figure but none took eff
feet. 1t is not known where or
how the big feline got aboard, but
he was surely there. Probably
he was on the track up the road
somewhere, and becoming dazed
by the bright headlight remain
ed there until the train was near
ly on him, and then jumped on
the pilot to save his life. We
have never noted a similar Incl
dent.-Huntington Herald.
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wh0na ~ EoIL

Down the postoffice steps the Rev.
DR.. Fyfthly carefully picked his
way, and then his feet suddenly
shot out, and he went down right
In the midst of group of stock
brokers.
"Ah, good morning, doctorlp
laughed the stockbrokers, recogniz-
ing the minister. "You remind us
of the wicked man whose foot slip
pcth."
"Nay," retorted the good minis
ter, "but rather do 1 seem like the
man who went down to Jericho"
GLOW is that? ?" chorused the
brokers'.
'Because he fell among thieves"
murmured the doctor as he got up
and moved decorously away.