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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
THE STRANGER ON THE SILL.
Between the broad fields of wheat an.

Between the broad fields of wheat and
corn
Is the lowly home where / was born
The peach tree leans against the wall,
And the woOdbine wanders over all
There is the shaded doorway still,
But a strangers foot has cross'd the
There is the barn, and, as of yore,
| can smell the hay from the open door
And see the busy swallows throng,
And hear che pewees mournful song
But the stranger comes-oh, painful
proof
His sheayes are piled to the heated
roof.
There is the Orchard-the very trees
Where my childhood knew long hours
of ease.
And watch'd the shadowy moments
run
Till my life imbibed more shade than
sun;
The swing from the bOugh still sweeps
the air,
But the strangers children are swing
there.
There bubbles the shady springbelow,
With its bullrush brook, where the
hazels grow;
Twas there found the calamus root,
And watched the minnows poise and
shoot,
And heard the robin wave his wing
But the strangers bucket is at the
spring.
o We who daily cross the sill;
Step lightly, for l love it still;
And when you crowd the old barn
caves,
Then think what countless harvest
Sheaves
Have pass'd within that scented door
To gladden. the eyes that are no more.
Deal kindly with these orchard trees;
And when your children crowd your
knees,
Their sweetest fruit they shall impart
As if old memories tirr'd their heart
To youthful sport still leave the swing
And in sweet reverence hold the
spring.
Thomas Buchanan Reed.
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You may be broad as humanity in
your friendliness to man. There is
nothing to lose and much to be gain
ed by greeting the world with smile
and a grasp of sympathy. But be
sincere. Let not so holy thing as
the spirit of friendship, even in its
broader application, be desecrated
by hypocrisy. Count yourself friend
to all men, though but one man be
your friend. Live your lives thus
generously; a word of cheer to the
discouraged; hand held out to the
fallen; a mantle of charity to the
fellow who sins-and is caught at it.
You will be bigger man; you will
find the world better to live in, and
you will leave it better than you
found it.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
ROVER.

His last effort was to raise up and
wag his bushy tail when his little
master plaintively called him.
Rover was only a dog-a big
Scotch collie-but he was the idol
of the Littlest Boys heart. He neyer
harmed a living thing in all his short
life. He watched his little master
like a mother, and when the Littlest
Boys feet carried him across the
street, Rover was sure to be along
side, watching to see that no evil
came upon the sturdy youngster.
The first we noticed anything
wrong was when Rover tried to drag
himself upon the front porch. 1t
was poison-administered by the
hand Of some wretch whose heart
held no regard for little boys or
friendly dogs. 1t was too late, for
Rover died in agony, although his
buShy tail wagged feebly, and the
fast-glazing eyes looked devoutedly
upon the tear-wet face of the Littlest
Boy who bowed above him.
And now little boy wanders aim
lessly about calling for his pet, for
the Littlest Boy does not yet under
stand what death is, and as his plain
tive call sounds through the house
we slip outside and think harsh
things of the hcartless wretch who
brought so much sorrow into the
Littlest Boys life.
Some day the Littlest Boy will
realize what death means, and then
he will recall the loss of his beauti-
full dog companion and he will have
lost faith in mankind.
Some of these days sorrow will
come into the life of the man whose
hand administered poison to Rover,
and when it comes we trust it will
be as keen as the sorrow he brought
into the life of an innocent little
boy. We may be wrong in our be-
lief, yet we believe that Rover will
show up on the day of final account
ing, and his splendid devotion to his
little master viii weigh heavily in
the balance against the man who
killed him.-will N. Maupin in The
Commoner.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
What Makes Electricity?

Lots of other people would like to
know what makes electricity, but
nobody does know it. We know a
good many things about electricity,
just as we know a good many things
about life. But we do not know
what makes the difference between
dead tree and a live tree, although
We know the difference perfectly.
Just SO We know it is dangerous to
touch what We call a Give wiire,"
because electricity is passing
through it. but We do not know
what electricity is. We know how
to make electricity do wonderful
things for Us, but we do not know
what makes electricity" = St
Nicholas.
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pedasd a seoldinn-

Ske-George, did you mail that
letter I gave you last Monday morn
ing?
He (cornered, but fertile in e1-
pedients) = No, l didn't. And,
what's more, l demand to know its
contents!
She (amazed) = Why George,
what's the matter2
He inwardly delighted = Pm
Jealous-that's what's the matter
madly, desperately, insanely jeal-
She-You dear old goose! It's
only letter to Cousin Sue.
He apparently much relieved)-
Is that all? How foolish of me!
III go out and mail it at once
Exchange.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
His Farewell.

A sergeant who was very short
was drilling a squad of recruits,
among whom was an Irishman who
was very tall. The sergeant had
several times spoken to him about
not carrying his head erect. At last
in desperation the sergeant went up
to him and, reaching up, placed his
head in the desired position.
Says Pat, as this where I have to
keep my head all the time?"
Certainly it is" replied the ser
geant.
'Then, begorra, sergeant" says
Pat, 'I'll have to say FGoodby' to
YOU, for III never see you any
more~-London Tit-Bits.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
THE uLTRA MICROSCOPE.
II Detects Objects Whose sizeor Shape
C....A q. c..

u SGteSSS O5IeSsS whose St<E Or ohaPo
Cannot Be Seen.
1t viii come as news to most peo-
pie that science has invented IN
struments that go two degrees be-
yond the most powerful microscope
in detecting small objects. The
first of these is known as the ultra
siolet microscope. This takes ad-
vantage Of the fact that photo
graphic plate can often see things
that the human eye cannot, and for
the following reason:
Things cannot reflect light and
consequently cannot be seen that
are smaller than the smallest wave
length Of light that falls on them.
Violet light is the smallest that can
be possibly seen with the human
eye. But there exists much small
er wave length in the part of the
spectrum not visible to the eye call
ed the ultra violet light. This has
the peculiar property of affecting a
Photographic plate Just as any other
light would, so that We get true
picture of the minute object that is
under examination.
Thus the deficiency of the eye is
made up for by mechanical inven-
ton of the human brain. This Ill
ira violet light, though not detecta-
bic by the human eye, is easily seen
by small animals and insects. 1t
has been tried with great success on
ants especially. With this ultra vio-
let microscope the smallest objects
that can be photographed with def
niteness of dimensions are brought
out with wonderful distinctness.
But there is one other instrument
that can detect much smaller OBJ
jects, though their shape or size can
not be seen, and that is known as
the ultra microscope. This takes
advantage of the fact that a small
object viii scatter any light that
falls on it. To make the meaning
clear, all of US have noticed a beam
of light entering a room full of
floating dust particles. We see only
the dust particles In the beam Of
light. The reason we see them is
because each little particle scatters
the light that falls on it in all d.
rections, and some of the scattered
light enters the eye.
This is the principle on which the
ultra microscope is based. Light is
made to fall on the object in such a
way that none of the direct light
can enter the eye. Then the parti-
eles appear as small points of light.
In this way it has been proved that
the coloring in red glass is not DIFF
fused, but consists of thousands of
little red particles close together
st. Louis Republic.
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Appropriate.

It was at a concert held in the
village schoolhouse. In the chair
was a local merchant who, though
a good business man, was not much
of a scholar. He intimated that
the next song would be Cora Pro
Nobis."
The singer made a terrible mess
of it, and consequently it was a
great relief to the audience when
she had finished the last verse. The
chairman did not know the mean
ing OF Cora Pro Nobis," so he ap-
piled to the man sitting next to
him. He also did not know that it
meant pray for u.s." But, not wish
ing to admit such a thing, he said:
'0h, it means we thank YOU"
There was a great burst of laugh
ter from the audience when the
chairman, as the lady was leaving
the platform, rose to his feet and
said:
Miss Smith, ora pro nobis.'
London Answers.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

Don't torment yourself about what
people are going to think about this
and that action. No matter what
you do or leave undone some one will
criticise you severely, and the best
rule for getting through life with
comparative comfort is after you have
made up your mind as to the proprie-
ty and advisability ola certain course
pursue it calmly, without paying the
slightest attention to the criticisms
of the lockers on from the outside.
You see just because they ARE on the
outside they can only see the surface.
1t does not matter in the least what
they think.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
ExTRAVAeANcE m DRESS.
The Costly Rainent In Vogue In the
Eighteenth Century.

Eighteenth Century.
We hear much about modern ex-
trayagance on the part of the rich,
in the matter of wearing apparel
especially. One might suppose that
the utmost expenditure of a wealthy
man or woman for a single suit IN
the eighteenth century was no more
than 500 at the most and that
these suits served year after year.
Nothing of the kind.
In 1920 Nile. de Tournon was
married in Paris. The wedding was
an elegant but not a phenomenal
one as those days went. Her court
gown was of white velvet, elaborate
ly embroidered, and cost $500
nearly $4,000 of our money. This
gown could be worn but a few times,
and the chemicals now used for
cleaning and refreshing fine fabrics
had not yet been discovered. She
had several other gowns at prices
varying from ESQ to 94o0. and her
aunt gave her 47O0 for fans, bags
and garters."
Nine. de verrue, who is not BY
any means a prominent person in
history, had 500 dozen cambria
handkerchiefs and other things to
correspond, and this cambria, hand
woven, had no cotton intermixture.
And the men were as extravagant
as the women. Such suit as was
required by the guest at a fashion
able wedding cost 5000, and he
needed three of them. The most
inexpensive kind of black suit cost
s25 or ESQ, half dozen hats at 81
apiece were none too many, and a
gentleman ordinarily must possess
silk stockings, wooden stockings
and leather stockings and FIVE or six
different kinds of boots, these be-
ing made necessary by the prevail
ing style of knee breeches. A man
Of fashion could get along with SIX
summer and SIX winter suits at s100
apiece, which does not include the
gold and silver buttons and the lace.
And besides all this the barber and
wigmaker cost his lordship several
pounds year. He might or might
not wear jewels, but diamond rings,
pins, jeweled sword hits, snufboxes,
knee buckles and shoe buckles were
not uncommon. And as for lace,
men as well as women wore any
amount of that.
The fact is that wealth is much
more evenly distributed today than
it ever was before. One would have
to go into senibarbarous countries,
to find anybody living nowadays I'M
der the conditions which the peas
ants of England and France lived
under while all this fine dressing
and dining went on. Abundance of
heat, light and hot and cold water
are the Injuries of today; facile
transportation, increased health and
vigor, increased comfort of daily liv-
ing. We snend our money on these
things instead of silk, velvet and
lace, and it pays better.-Gas Logic.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
Got a Prize.

Wertheimer, a London art dealer,
was one day passing through May
fair when he noticed sale about to
take place of the furniture and
household effects of deceased no.
bleman." He walked through the
rooms where dealers were critically
examining choice specimens of un-
doubleday genuine Chippendale and
Sheraton, interspersed among early
Victorian furniture, his eyes ap-
parently dwelling on nothing. But
when the sale was about to begin he
asked the auctioneer if he would
take $4,000 ,OO0) for every
thing in the house. The offer was
accepted. 'cNow you can resell
everything for me-" said Mr.. Wer-
thelmer, Except this" and he took
down from the mantelpiece a dirty
ornament some nine inches high
and put into his pocket. It was a
piece of the rarest Dresden china
bearing the coveted mark of the
wand of Aesculapius, which he aft
erward sold for $4,000.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
"a KentucLian Kneels to None
But God"

All, tyrant, forge thy chains at will
Nay, gall this flesh of mine;
Yet, though it Is unfettered still,
And will not yield to thine,
Take, take the life that heaven gave,
Andlet my LIES blood stain thy sod
But know We not, Kentucky's brave
Will kneel to none but God?
You've quenched fair freedoms sunny
life,
Her music tones have stilled,
And with deep and darkening blight
The trusting heart has filed;
Then do you think that / will knee
Where such as We have trod2
Nay, point your cold and threat ming
steel
III kneel to none but God.
As summer breezes lightly rest
Upon the quiet river.
And gently on his sleeping breast
The moonbeams softly quiver,
Sweet thoughts of home light up my
brow,
When goaded with the rod;
Yet these can not unman me now
III kneel to none but God.
And though sad and mournful tone
Is coldly sweeping by,
And dreams of bliss forever flown
Have dimmed with tears mine eye,
Yet mines heart unyielding still;
Heap on my breast the clod;
My soaring spirit scorns thy will
I'll kneel to none but God.
George D. Prentice.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

The world would be happier if the
people were little more generous
with their praise. There's too much
Aattery, but a word of just appre-
citation would cheer the heart and
strengthen the hands of many dis
Outraged worker in the home, in the
school in the church and in the world.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
Tho AIphabets.

The alphabets of different ma
tons vary in the number of their
letters. Arabic has 2S letters,
Armenian IS, Coptic SO, Dutch,
German and English &c, French
IS, Georgian (Transcaucasian) 80,
Greek "a, Hebrew 90, Italian 81,
Latin 90, Persian Parsee or Zend)
As, Russian SO, Sansrit 40, Slayon-
&c 40, Spanish 81 and syriac 90.
The Chinese have no alphabet, but
they have 10000 syllable signs
their phonetic alphabet.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

AborO the changing of the en-
gine' Se1O's fiddle squeaked its
lou65st.
Funny tine 70 play the fiddle
whn Rome b burning" scofed the
fat Ssa6toz.
Nero ahuehed
'sBe5t tine Of IN ! can't disturb
tbs nGcS5osa"
Ard he.. ho ErSs4 man Screech-
& t..tn the D6Sss II 'Ain't It q
Snar=e, . Buatag Shana1-Chi-
ss1o NewI -. -. -.-
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24
COLONEL CRITTENDERs LAST WORDS.

Colonel William cHttenden, of
Kentucky, with his men, was shot
in Cuba by the spaniards in 1851.
In the account published at the time
it was stated that Colonel critten-
den was reserved for thelast. When
all his followers had been shot he
was told that if he would get down
on his knees to them that they would
spare his life. But he folded his
arms across his breast and in, firm
tone declared that he would kneel
only to his God.)
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

What is necessary to change a
house into home: If you know,
attend to it at once.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

The most sacred thing beneath the
Cross of Christ is the heart of pure
woman. She is Gods last and
best gift to man.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

How many people would be willing
to write the secret thoughts of one
day on blackboard.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

Are you always ready to distribute
good cheer, sweet thoughts and ten
der membranes?
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-24

The greatest of all pleasures is to
give pleasure to one whom we love.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-07
MELON GROWERS OF GEORGIA
WILL JOIN FRUIT EXCHANGE
Imprtant Meeting on Wednesday Is
Called.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept 6-The full board
of trustees and the members of the
executive committee of the Georgia
Fruit Exchange will meet here on
next Wednesday, in one of the most
important sessions of the year
A financial report of the manage
ment, showing in detail the operations
of the organization during the past
season, will be read.
1t will show that the exchange not
only made a profit, but now has in
hand money enough to carry its oper-
atoms we'll into next season.
Several suggestions will be consid
cred.
President Bagley will favor extend
ing the length of membership from one
to three years, and reducing the num-
Der of commission houses to probably
not more than two or three in the
larger markets, and one in the small
er
The exchange will also consider en-
larging it's scope, so as to give the
melon growers the benefit of the or
ganization.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-07
800 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will he
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreadful disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catar-
rh Cure is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and Ind
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma
ture in doing it's work. The prophet
ors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address:
F. ]. CHENEY &, co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills foY constiu
patton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-07
BALDWIN PLANT Is RUNNING
NOW ON FULL TIME.
Greatest Engine Works in the World
Are Busy.

Philadelphia, Sept 6.-"Baldwin's is
running full time" is the cheering
news heard in every section of the
city Inquiry at the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works substantiated the state
ment, and ELECTED predictions of still
greater prosperity at the great indus
trial plant
For the first time in two years, the
great locomotive building shops have
enough orders to keep hands at work
ten hours a day.
Another feature of the return OF
prosperity is the fact that all~the To-
comotives now building are for Ameri-
can tracks.
Most of the locomotives now under
construction are of the new heavy
'Mallet' type, which are designed es-
pecially for heavy mountain grades
These engines are practically two
engines built into one, but so construe-
ted as to require a much lesser guam
lily VI lu0I IHdl loI tWO oOPel 9'N0 0i
gines. Orders for engines have beer
coming in gradually for some time
Early in June one order was for 10;
large engines for the Hartman sys
TEN.
Since then other orders have beer
following, and more are yet to come
The daily force of the great works
now has 1000 men in its ranks, all o
them making full time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-07
SOUTHERN COTTON MANUFAC.
TURING.
baltimore SUM


The announcement in a New Or
leans dispatch, published in the Sun
yesterday, that for the second consec-
utiye year Southern mills have con-
sumed more cotton than the mills of
the North, emphasizes in a very strik-
ing way the extraordinary growth of
the cotton manufacturing industry in
the Southern states.
While this development seemg phe-
nomeual in some respects, it is on
sound economic lines. 1t is the re-
suit of the substantial advantage
which the Southern manufacturers
enjoy in proximity to the sources from
which the raw material they use in
their industry is produced. The cot
ton mills in the South are in the heart
OF the cotton growing region. They
have also advantages in respect to
favorable climatic conditions, water
power and comparative freedom from
Industrial disturbances The growth
of the industry, therefore, is in accor-
dance with natural laws. That the in
dustry is destined to attain even great
er magnitude is the opinion of men
who are qualified to speak authorita-
lively through thorough knowledge of
the conditions
The day is not distant, it is believ-
ed, when the bulk of the cotton goods
manufactured in the United States
will be the product of Southern mills.
The supremacy which New England
has long maintained will be trans
ferred permanently to the Southern
manufacturers. This will be the nat
ural and logical result of the advan-
tage of manufacturing close to the
source of the raw material supply.
The expansion of the cotton manufac-
turing industry of the South than now
exists in the markets of the Orient.
The time is coming, in the judgment
of experts, when Southern manufac-
turers of cotton goods will do a vast
ly larger trade with the Far East than
they do at present-and when the
British manufacturer will feel the
pressure of that competition not only
the Orient, but in the markets of the
world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-07
4 LADY-LIKE FINISH.
NASHVILLE Tennesseean.)

Unless all signs switch from the
present writing, the mad hurly-burlies
of the past September finishes will be
notably absent when the leading club
sights the wire this year. In 1907
Atlanta and Memphis were frothing at
the mouth as they took the last turn
to the finish line, and the final result
was not determined until the last few
days of battle.
In 1908 the Great Scramble ran un-
til sunset of the last game of the year
before the Ultimate Consumer of the
banner was ready for publication. But.
barring the unexpected now, Septem-
Der will arrive without any lourishes
and pass without any thrills. The
expected road slump of the Cracker
team failed to develop at Montgomery
and New Orleans, the two strongest
battalions to face, and with the Crack
ers out in front back home for a two
weeks stay we might as we'll join in
with Mr.. Kipling and open the chorus:
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The chances for the flag depart;
What if they hit or sacrifice,
Or round the bases quickly dart?
In seven cities on the fret
Let us forget-let us forget