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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-04-07
mock and In Tie grander houses
'.brtdies,r which are sublime Kind Of
pIe.-san Faneiseo Chronicle.
shoekoi g. Aunu,tinn.

Among the ancient Romans after the
time Of the reformation or the caIen-
dar BY julius Caesar Jan. l was looked
upon as day Of great rejoicing. Law
proceedings were stopped. white robed
professions throngOd the streets OF
Rome. visits were exchanged, present.
were sent masQuerading was In vogue
and banquets were held. To such an
extent did Christians join In these
secular celebrations that prominent
bishops, like the great Augustine
thought It necessary to protest.
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As Many Bald Women as Men.
1Why is it men get bald and wo-
men don't?"
At this question the hairdresser
laughed.
"My dear sir" he said, "there are
quite as many bald women us men
in fact, l incline to believe that
there are more"
he pointed to the switches, curls
fronts, fringes and complete female
wigs In his window.
"Why would those things exist If
women didn't get bald?' he said.
"The hairdresser puts in III his
spare time in making false har con-
trivances, and nine out of ten of
them are made for woman. We.
woman wouldn't wear them If :
didn't need them, would sl.c:"
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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DEAD oaFICEsEEEER.

Washington, D. @. March 30
The FIRST of the dreams of hopeless
-dEeams who throng the capital at
the beginning Of each new admin
istEation, looking for place in the
government, lies st the morgue
here-dead of Disappointment due
TO lack of means. BE was Albert
o. Lum, of Chicago. Mrs. Lum
is destitute in Chicago, and Con.
gresham Boutsll. of Chicago. viii
have the body returned to that
city.
Mrs. Lum says in telegram
that her husband worked hard in
in ward politics. "Had be worked
as hard for his own interests things
would have been different" she
said. Lum was found i'll in the
street and taken to the Emergency
hospital, where he died.
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NORMAN P. WHIT
m OLD NEW YORK.
Etrst Leaf From the plary q . eoa-
tiaman Of feln.

Etrst Leaf From the nlary q Z Gen.
tisman Of 1s4o,
This Is . bona Ode extinct iron
the diary Of a New York gentleman in
the year 1910:
"Jan. 1-ArOse early and dressed.
wore ny fine ruined shirt and whlte
satin crayat. Boots rather tight,
though have been wearing them I
week. The curl would not straighten
out Of my hair. but was better after
brushing. Superintended Williams
dressing. his white gloves not as light
IS mine; nearly half an hour getting
mine on.
AFTER being dressed we were In
gpected BY the whole family. Mary
and the girls each one doing some
thing, pulling out my shirt rufie or
poking my crnFat.
WILLIAMS hair brushed by each ono
In turn. About ten sailed forth.
Called on DR.. Burgess first; very
merry here; told my story about AIr.
Bell being 'Pewseyite.' Hrs. Burgess
mother very solemn and grand in a
black silk gown and enormous lace
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Our Common nir4hSav.

Charles Lamb SAID: mo one ever Ne.
garded Jan. with Indifference. It Il
that from which al date their time
and count upon what Is left. It IS tho
nativity Of our common Adam" And
as the clock tolls forth the death OF the
old year one cannot but secretly grIeve
over Its departure, and as the birth OF
the new year & heralded the events 4
has In store for one and all cannot but
awaken feeling Of expectation, mixed
With awe.
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HoGMANAY DAY.
Quaint Scotch Customs Described BY
james Barrie.

Quaint Scotch Customs Described BY
James 6arris.
The last day Of the old year In Scot.
land Is called hogmanay, the deriya.
ton Of which word is In grave doubt,
With their faces concealed with paper
masks and wrapped In large sheets
forming big pocket In front Of their
little persons the children go a-begglng
for their hogmanay. Hating before
the door Of house. they sing one Of
various verses, one Of which runs:
Get up. good wife. and DINA sweIr
And deal your bread to them that's here,
For tho time viii come when you'n Do
dead.
And then you'll want neither ale nor
bread.
They are then promptly admitted
to the house and supplied with oat
cake, cheese and a dram. Mr. srrle
has pathetically described hoFs5 lti-
mental Tommy and Little Esp. Z. OBJ
served this custom in their N; aer's
squalid London lodgings, playing the
part OF mummers and visiting her for
their hogmanay. While waiting for
the right time to act their little play
Tommy lured his mother Into telling
them ''how they would be holding hog
manay In Thrums that night, how cart
loads Of kebbock cheeses had been roll
ing into the town all the lIyelong day
and in the dark closes the children
were already gathering with smeared
faces and in eccentric dress to sally
forth at the clap of s when the ring.
Ing Of bell lets hogmanay loose. In
side the houses men and women were
preparing Though not by fasting,
which would have been such a good
way that It Is surprising no one ever
thought Of IT. for a series of visits, at
every one Of which they would be Of
1sEed dram and kebbQck and ban.
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be RoyaI Boz.
apples,

Edward vi. skates well In the stin
English style.
Queen Amelie Of Portugal has one OF
the largest scientific libraries in Eu-
rope. Her fayorite study IS medicine.
By King Victor Emmanuel's orders
AZ court menus win In future be writ
ten in Italian. and only Italian wines
VIII be served at the royal table.
Carmen sylvia. the white haired queen
Of Roumanla. affects the charming
flowing draperies OF her country, with
a long lace veil held IN position With
jeweled pins.
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sleanngs.
WIKI awe

According to Consul General Michael
Of Calcutta, the natives Of India ara
not much addicted to drink.
After living seven years in cities Z
horse broke out OF stable at Wa
bash, md. and went to his old home IN
the country several miles Distant.
The subscribers to the telephone syS-
tenn In Picking are said now to number
about 100. and the demand for con-
nections is more than the administra-
ton can keep pace with.
W. B. Flick OF Lawrence. Ind, re-
Gently sold a bushel Of white plppin
apples to Professor ]. q. skinner Of
an agricultural school for S15.5o, which
Is at the rate Of 10 cents apiece for the
apples.
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PERPETUAL MoTION NAcRINE

Charles E Yanoy, of Hinton. a
fireman on the Piney Branch Of
the O 8 o., who a short time ago
invented a gravity machine, which
if not perpetual motion is the next
door neighbor to it, has juat been
offered Sc 600 by the Victor graph.
ophone people for the invention.
Mr.. Yanoy has declined the offer
and is holding oustoF more money.
The machine consists of a gray
ity arrangement assisted by springa
aud when once wound up and set
going, win continue to run indef-
nitelg, or at least until the springs
weaken or wear out. The machine
will run graphophone, a sewing
machine or other small mechen.
isms, aud if constructed on a larger
scale it would probably prove use.
fol where more power was re.
..-..-I
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wrapper. she went TO meet him With a
pale face ana inquiring eyes.
tits an righe Mrs. Dolbeare.- he
said.
Howl What IS tip
.'oh. It was easy enough. When
these chaps come UP here they don't
know anything about our distances.
They don't calculate Oh the thinness
Of the atmosphere. When they see a
barn mile Oh they think they're go
ing to walk right IN at the door,
.Bul Newell? What OF him.-
-oh. he's deadi shot him this
morning before sunup,"
SsnpNtASy D xvrIYTp
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LES WINTERs DIES AZ MASON

Mrs. Andrus Winters died at
Mason City Saturday morning at
Eve o'clock. aged ffty-nine years.
She had been i'll but q few days
and her death came as quite a
shock TO her friends. She had
been a lifelong member of the
Catholic church and was univer-
sally esteemed for her Christian
spirit. Her maiden name was
Christian Gress, snd she had re.
sided in Mason all her life. She
leaves an invalid husband and
seven children, as follows: Henry,
Edward. Mrs. Curt ziscle. Mira.
Harvey Smith and Miss lena, Of
Mason, Andrew, of Columbus,
Louis. of New Castle, Indiana, and
Mrs. Thomas Turnbull, of orbis.
ton.-Pomesoy Independent, Mob.
Sosh.
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JOHN" - y had to call on
friends in Brook
Ign. Quite lively company at Dicks,
all his literary friends and his artist
friend. Was obliged to take q glass of
hot punch. Did SO, but managed to
slip out with 1t to John, the coachman.
Then got him another glass and some
chicken pie. Was glad william was
not with me. At Mrs. Hopson's had
fine glass of madeira. Have not had
such wine out Of my own cellar.
Had another. Went to sleep In the
carriage, and John took me home. At
least six calls not made. Found the
house full Of the girls beaus. Old
Mrs. Damon. our nelgh6or, who is re.
celving calls with Us. did not know me
and received me In some state In the
back parlor.
Went to bed about /. greatly tired,
having made forty or more calls, and
William going to thirty-two of them;
pretty good for a boy Of twelye."-
New York Post.
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Gold Mines.

Since 1908 the gold production of
Rhodesia, South Africa, has been moro
than doubled.
BeIoch, the mining expert. says the
johannesburg gold reef Is good FOR at
least $4,000, 100000.
Mount Morgan. New South Wales, Is
Z yeritable mountain OF gold. It has
produced 2.471,3oS ounces Of gold,
worth $50 an ounce.
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SAVAGE Proverbs.

NThe proverbs OF the savage Of
Africa are interesting" said an eth
nologist. They are full Of color.
Here are a few from the Basutos,
the Yorubus, the Wolofs and the
Pashtos:
"tCross the river before you
abuse the crocodile
He who unjustly spears aaoth-
er nifes himself
"The mud hippopotamus does.
not bring forth the gazelle.'
Zone head impaled on the rai,-
post is more valuable than six
the shoulders of enemies
Kraals built in a day are m
Fums In a week"
Hands and F7ssr.
There Is considerable difference La
tween the size Of the hands and feet
and, curiously enough, on opposite
sides. Thus. while the right hand Is
generally larger, It Is the left foot
which Is the bigger and stronger OF
the two. This is probably due to the
fact that we stand habItually on the
lsts foot. --,,. -
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ANOTHER NINE EXPLOSION.
Five Miners Meet Awful Death In
Fayette Coal Nine.

Charleston, W. Va March 81
As the result of an explosion in
the Echo mine at Bsury, Fayette
county. this afternoon shortly
after 2 O'Clock, FIVE men are en-.
tombed in The recesses are believed
to be dead. Two men we're taken
out shortly after the explosion,
slightly injured. The men en-.
tombed are Sam Melboru and his
brother Charles, Jones, Andy
SydenstFicker, and man named
Smith. All are married. George
Lynch and his son, orvill Lynch,
were taken out of the mine uuoon-
soious, but later recovered.
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Stop earachs in two minutes;
toothaohe or pain of burn or scald
in Eve minutes; hosrseness in one
hour; mnscleache two hours sore
throatin twelve hours-Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil. monarch over pain.
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cap. VILLA m
rather afraid Of
her. Miss Burgess
looked pretty.
Next call on DR..
-, who was not
at home, but the
ladies' very Ane
In silks and sat
ins. Got to James
about Z; a great
table, as usual;
took refresh
ments.
Five p. m. got
round home md
called in for a
moment. William
very tired and
complained Of not
feeling hungry.
Ordered carriage
for evening. as /
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DO the Duty Of TO-DAY.

Do to-day's duty, fight to-day's
temptation. and do not weaken or dis
tract yourself by looking forward to
things you cannot see and could not
understand II you saw them.-KIngs-
ley.
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Good For Ruttencutter.

Lemmie Ruttencutter. son of
W. E Ruttencutter, the Mason
City merchant, has signed a con-
tract to pitch for the Lancaster
base ball team.
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|AnAtnosphercDe Iusion

eiaticn.l
When Ned Pike, cowboy, rode Up 70
the ranch OF Franklin Dolbeare on the
evening Of the 10th Of October. 1889.
he found trouslel IN the household. Dol.
beare was consumptiye who had
oone fsopo The ,ssst With ,sif HE u.,fe ,,,a
- IS,,lo .b,,d-o, = I,,.o =, To,o.. u.
N ~ hons - -o - ~ = ne nsslat
n 10y ~ - ~ a., .s ",
Ill ,sf,. n ~ 80 49,, : =. ~. :,
= W. S- =. ~. 49, J. ! ,. .,TS-s
n,rb.s-. $500 ~. ,e .is.s
49, o,t f-v,-,1 60. - $3.50. -s...s-
fS,,sd S-i+h 4Ss,'ss-o $500. X :.
y-ss 5iesss ,,i ,ss2-cSSi -. -
ss.o,,S $500 - -. 80. - t ~.
hSSs,s. ~ ~ az n Io,.a,, 60 10, 80 ~ -
~ ..,s -, ~. -. - :. ~. .. -. 80, -
,sn Py,-c ho had ~ ~ 49, - ss.s ~ - =.
Mr. no,SsS-s so,,,,S .not -,sS - ~. =
for him n the i,SSnr r S,,s,s s.--s
sqSed !. she s.id .s : h.. ,,-,..o,
Fzanjs ,etfe,. ssyin,, thst be MI; .soot
him an sS.St ,,n;ss. - ,eS.sr.s - !.
morn rsg7,Is,. $3.50 ,,ssg,5- 80 :
the letter. opened it and haven't said
anything to Frank about IL For heay-
ems sake Try and get rid OF Newell
without letting Frank know. In his
condition he Isn't able to think about
It. much less stand up and fight"
TT wouldn't be light II would be
murder" said Pike.
Can't you do something's
Pike took some tobacco from his
pocket rolled a cigarette. lighted It.
gave few thoughtful prfs and said:
How long has Newell been up here?"
he came yesterday"
Ever been in these parts becore?'
Not that I know O"
A few more deliberate puts.
-Just you don't worry, Mrs. Dol
beare. and don't say anything to any.
body. I'll see what can be done"
With that he went out, mounted his
horse and rode away. Later. after
making Inquiries as to where Newell
might be found, be rode up TO an adobe
house where he saw his man sitting on
the porch.
'3Sr. NeweIi7'' he asked.
"Yes7" said the other, with slight
start and placing his hand where be
could more easily grasp his revolver.
a4I,.. - -.....s.---- y. -.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-28
Sea Weed.

The much despised sea weed of our
fathers has come to have quite COM
mercal value in these enlightened
days, especially along our Pacific
coast. Just at present the principal
exports are to China where it is es-
teemed as a table delicacy. Last
year the trade with China reached the
100000 mark. We of the Atlantic
coast sell little in that line, but the
trade is by no means so extensive
Seaweed, however, produces bromine,
iodides of sodium, potassium, calcium,
iodine, hydriodic acid, mercury and
magnesium. 1t is also employed, af-
ter drying, in the place of grasses as
protection for breakable articles
packed for transportation, as sound
deadener," for upholstery and other
similar uses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-28
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

The governor of Texas has pardoned
the six white women VINO were serV-
ing in the Texas prisons.
Wonder if the planes Of that much
tabled Worcester aeroplane are made
steak?
The refinement of cruelty was the
act OF the sophomores Of New YORK
university who captured six freshmen
and let them sit at the banquet taple
and nibble dog biscuits while the noble
upper classmen fed.
The women of the Methodist church
es in this country have collected and
disbursed 81 200 900 for home and for
eign missions during the past year.
In addition to this they raised more
than $1,000, 900, to be expended by 9TH
er boards.
The Norfolk (Va.) Landmark says
that Mother Goose is the American
Homer. Having gone thus far, per-
haps the editor may see fit to tell the
world who Mother Goose was
The editor of the Manchester Union
sang a very pretty editorial song day
upon the Christmas tree. 1t used to
be good form to hang a stocking by
the fireplace in the good old days
when we were kids.
Paz Ferrer the daughter of the
Spanish agitatOr who was recently ex-
ecuted, wants to go on the stage ana
her friends says that she will soon be
seen in a play. She could have gone
into vaudeville in this country long
ago, had she so desired.
Chicago mounted policemen arc
waxing enthusiastic over ''nonskid
shoe which is now put on the feet of
their mounts in icy weather. The de-
vice is Of leather and fits over the hoof
like a boot. On the bottom is a chain
which gives a grip on the paving.
The barber in the House of Com
mons wants change of government
as he claims that although he has re-
duced the price Of q shave by 30 per
cent. he can't make his shop pay.
Boards appear to be popular with the
socialists and labor members and the
barber wants them defeated.
The owner of mule in Missouri de-
tiutu Ills lItllt I)t't ii'l' i'NNJ''H 'ii'
other dav and tried to inject a dash of
antitoxin into it. The mule didn't
seem to care for the scheme, and the
man sailed through a nearby window
with more force than grace. Then the
mule began to holler for oats.
Rev. Samuel Skrene, vicar of Lane
ham, Nottinghamshire. has seven sons
and they are all priests of the church.
One is vicar Of Walton, Lancashire,
famous for its great church long be
fore the adjacent village of Liverpool
overshadowed it in Importance.
Another is vicar of st. Stephens, Sun
derland. One is in Darfield, York
shire. and another in Beccles, Suffolk.
Oxshott claims a fifth. Another is in
Suffolk, while the seventh is in Lin
colnshre 1t is said by those who
know the brothers most intimately
that they represent different phases of
church thought.-The Treasury.
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else of care in the proper addressing
of all mail matter.
In closing he gives a few figures
which reveal the magnitude of the
work carried on:
Some idea of the size of the postal
service of the United States and the
gained from a brief review of the
salient facts disclosed by the latest
annual statistics. These figures show
that the service now has about 1925, 900
employees, and that these employees
handled during the last fiscal year
nearly fourteen billion pieces of mail.
The number of postoffices in operation
is 6O144. There are 1862 domestic
transportation routes, aggregating
44S.61S miles in length, with an an
nual travel of 542,151,121 miles. A
delivery service by carrier is provided
on 40,62S rural routes and in lao
cities and towns. Ordinary postage
stamps to the number of S,712,0O7 OBJ
were sold during the year and domes-
tic money orders to the value of $491,-
074.S44 We're issued. The total re-
ceipts for the fiscal year 1909 We're
$203,562, 3S3.O7, an increase of 6.31 per
cent. over the receipts of the previous
year. The total expenditures amount
ed to 1921 004 1929, an increase of 6.07
ner cent
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Maine Farms.

An esteemed neighbor undertakes to
publish what it says is the truth re-
garding farming conditions in the State
of Maine, and then prints series OF
pessimistic letters tending to create
the impression that the farmers of
Maine are tilling their farms for eX-
ercise or pleasure, or because their
fathers did, not because there is any
profit in it. 1t proves beyond doubt
that farming is a sort of philanthropic
institution in which the humble agri-
culturist gets callouses on his hands,
A crook in his back and rheumatism ia
his Joints. all out of pure love for the
rest of the human race. 1t is all
bosh. All farmers are not conducting
business at loss, neither are all farm
ers CARRYING big balances in the bank
1t is not difficult matter to take
anv business and figure it down to
philanthropic plane if you make up
YOUR mind in the first place to do 1t.
There are examples enough whether
you select plumbing, building. making
shoes, numbering, preaching, teaching
or practising law. The man who not
only knows his business but has some
ability to figure out where he is going
TO land at the end of the year who Is
industrious and reasonably intelligent
will make success of any business he
elects to conduct. Failures are not
peculiar to farmers. We have cases
in all the callings enumerated in which
men who had every appearance of be-
ing prosperous and intelligent and
astute found themselves in the bank
ruptcy court. In every case the rea-
son therefor was not hard to find, once
the facts We're uncovered. NO sane
man has been claiming that man
ignorant of farm life could go onto
farm and get rich without working or
even make living without exercising
ordinary business prudence.
ArooStook farmers have made money
bv learning how to raise potatoes and
getting them to market in good con-
dition. ArOOstook farms that sold
for $4,000 a few years ago, have since
sold for 100000 and upwards. Aroos-
took methods, modified to suit our con-
dtions, are gradually being adopted
in central Maine. Our farms are
gradually increasing in value in spite
Of the talk that they don't pay
Abandoned farms are being taken up
every day The ever increasing sales
of the farm agencies to people from
other states the large number Of sat-
isfed customers and the general feel
ing of optimism among the farmers, all
point to conditions exactly the reverse
of those depicted. We maintain that
Maine farms are as good an invest
ment as farms anywhere else, and
that Maine farms will average to pay
as we'll as other investments when all
the returns are in.
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SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

Discipline forms the excuse for a
lot Of naggng and other unpleasant
ness.
There is always something unusual
about a woman suffragist, not to say
funny
| There is always a bigger crop of
imitation wise men than of genuine
fools. (Note-Alois Philip was two
days thinking this out)
| 1t is hard to convince another by
argument, and convincing him isn't
usually as important as the time you
waste in the effort. anyway.
When YOU shake hands with a little
man he nearly always gives you a
very hard grip, to show you that. while
he is small he has great physical
strength.
When mans fool streak is in con-
| troll, and he makes up his mind to
write a letter. the ink pot is never
empty and the pen is always in per-
| feet repair.
Whenever we hear school girl get
ting up in front of her teacher and re-
citing a piece making fun of old maids,
we wonder how she dares.
1t is not matter of wealth. but
more of environment, that determines
which word is used: In Kansas we
sob" and in Missouri we "blubber.'
II chicken is served with dump
lings, that settles it: it is at least a
year old No chicken can lay claim to
having died young if it is served on
the table with dumplings. Youth in a
chicken is sufficient garnishment, as it
| is with a girl.-Atchison Kans.)
| ha
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS,

It's easier for a woman to talk than
to find man willing to listen.
A woman seldom appreciates a hus-
band until she becomes a widow.
Judge man by what he laughs at;
judge a woman by what she cries over
No man has ever been able to con-
vince his mOtherin-law that he knows
it all
But the modest philanthropist lets
the recording angel act as his press
agent.
1t knocks about 90 per cent. of the
conceit out of a girl when she shows
young man a photograph of her
self and he fails to ask for it.-Chicago
News.