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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
A ReaIist.

al am great believer in real
ism" remarked the poet.
"FYes" we queried, with a rising
infection, thereby giving him the
desired opening.
n sometimes carry my ideas of
realism to . ridiculous extreme
continued the poet.
Indeed" we exclaimed namely,
somewhat impatient to reach the
point Of his vitticism.
'FYes;" continued the poet; 'the
other day / wrote a sonnet to the
gas company and purposeiy made
the meter defective"
At this point we fai1ted.-Wash-
iDgton Post.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
SEWING NEEDLES.
ROW They Are Fashioned From csiIs
Of Fine Steel Wire.

of Fine Steel Wire.
We are 50 accustomed TO seeing
the little steel sewing needle in
everyday use that We accept It's
presence as matter of course,
quite as if it grew on tree like an
apple.
1t is true that needles have al
ways been used, but not always in
their present form. In times when
skins of animals were worn for
clothing the needle was made of
fshbone, bone or ivory, without an
eye and of goodly size sn, strength,
in order to pierce the sS; rs easily.
Since the latter part Of the four
tenth century steel needles have
been made. Various are the kinds
and sizes which are now required
for everyday use by world Of peo-
pie for sewing by hand, by machine,
for packing, upholstery and leather
work, wonderful needles for surgi-
cal purposes and many others.
The material used in the manu-
facture Of the needle consists of
fine steel wire, which is supplied in
coils. These coils are cut with pow
erful shears into lengths, each suffi-
Gent for two needles.
Several thousand of these lengths
are placed together in bundle,
heated to red heat and then quick
ly Strengthened by pressure and
rolling.
These Strengthened lengths are
then pointed at both ends on a re-
volying grlndstone. A grinder will
point as many as 100000 needles in
day, while machinery invented for
the same purpose will point three
times as many as a skilled workman.
Next comes the eying of the nee
dies. You will remember that each
length of wire referred to is suffi-
Gent for two needles. At the cen
ter of each length, therefore, is
stamped the grooved and rounded
impression of two needle heads, end
to end, and then perforated-by steel
punches.
Through the double eyeholes thus
formed (of say 100 needles at a
time) is threaded fine wire, giving
an appearance of a two edged comb.
The needles are held rigid and then
broken apart with comparative ease
between the eyeholes.
The needles are next hardened
and tempered by being subjected to
red heat, plunged into an oil bath,
reheated again and gradually cooled.
After this they must be secured
and polished by friction combined
with soft soap, oil and emery pow
der. Washing, drying and more pol
ishing follow. In fact, there seems
to be no end to the polishing and
finishing processes. But when the
work is finally completed the nee
dies are as near perfection as mod
ern machinery and human skill can
make them.-Exchange.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
How New zeaIand Reenme Rri.i,h.

How New Zealand became a
British possession is one of the TO-
mances of colonization. In 1889 it
was a sort of no mans land, but it
leaked out that France contemplate
ed annexation. There was a race
from Sydney between British and
a French man-of-war, the former
winning by few hours and secur-
ing New Zealand for the British
crown. a few years previously a
French adyenturer, Baron de
Thierry, at the head Of 100 follow
ers, whom he had recruited in Syd-
ney, had proclaimed himself 'lzing
Of New Zealand" but the baron had
not sufficient funds to maintain a
monarchy. His subjects deserted.
and his reign collapsed.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-13
ANCIENT VESSELS.
Ehe Bye, the Fiaurehead and One.
Devices on Their Bows.

Ehe Bye, the Fiaurehead and One.
Devices on Their Bows.
On the boats of the ancient
Egyptians the sacred ibis, the lotus
and the phenix were favorite de-
signs for fgureheads, sometimes
placed on the raised up prov itself
md at others rather behind it. A
hinge eye painted on the bow just
below the figure illustrated the gen
eraI feeling that a ship was endow-
ed with a personality of It's own.
In one form or another the eye has
maintained its position on the bows
century after century up to the
present day, in which it is often
seem on the bows Of Maltese @dy-
SOS" and other ,gaudily painted
European craft, to say nothing Of
its almost universal use IN China.
IF no have eye how can see?"
asks the Chinese sailor, and the.e1-
preston Fright in the eyes of her"
IS still usual aAoat among seamen,
meaning as far forward in the ship
as possible. The ships Of the
Greeks and Romans preserved the
eye on their bows and carried a
distinguishing emblem or figure
head at the bow, while their tute-
larry deities were generally given
billet at the stern. All these YES
sells had their distinguishing de-
vices and tigureheads, in addition
to which those named after noun
tains and rivers had lion or croco-
die respectively painted or carved
in relief on either bow. Numbers
Of representations of these may be
seen on old coins.
A special class of Phoenician
vessels had a fgurehead represent
ing a horse and were therefore
Known as 'fhippi," the idea of riding
over the sea as on horseback being
evidently the origin of the adorn-
inent. In the year liz B. c. one
Of the fgureheads was found
thrown up on the east coast of At
RIGA and taken to Egypt, strong
circumstantial evidence that some
early Phoenician mariners had al
ready doubled the Cape of Good
Hope. Ramming being the most
usual form of attack among the an
clients in their sea engagements,
the bow decoration often took the
form of the head of ram or of a
wild boar, the well known butting
tactics of these animals rendering
the figure very appropriate.
When Rome in the days of her
decadence lost the command of the
sea the most formidable navies
we're those of the Scandinavian sea
robbers, the vikings. Their YES
sels-the famous long ships-were
adorned with fgureheads. But the
vikings conception of this form of
ship enumeration started from
standpoint quite different from
that of the ancients. 1t was not so
much distinctive design as re-
ligious emblem. It's intention was
to strike terror into an enemy.
The figurehead of a warship, ac-
cording to S. Baring-Gould, was
designed in ike manner to strike
terror into the opponents and scare
away their guardian spirits. An
Icelandic law forbade vessel com
ing within sight of the island with
out first removing its fgurehead,
lest it should frighten away the
guardian spirits of the land.-Chi-
cago News.
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WEDDINGS m gELGIUM.
The Necessary Civil Ceremony Per.
formed IN the Town Hall.

T2rneo IN Sne Town RAIL.
If you want to get married in.
Belgium you must go to the town
hall of the particular city in which
you happen to reside and take one
of the chief parts in brief cere-
mony, which alone legaIizes yeur
matrimonial union. You can 20 to
church before or after the little bit
Of civic business, as you choose.
but nothing that priest or minister
can do for you, however soothing to
your feelings or your conscience,
can give any recognized binding to
your wedding VOWS as far as the law
of this country goes. In most of
the ancient and wonderfully inter-
esting town halls of Belgium there
is ~salle des marriages" a spa
cious chamber specially reserved for
nuptial ceremonies. At Antwerp
the town hall is more to be admired
for its interior than for its exterior.
The facade is in the renaissance
style by Cornelis de yriendt and
dates from 1881.
The Antwerp town hall occupies
the whole of the west side of the
square of old guild houses and in
its center rises to a height of 1873
feet. A statue of the Virgin Mary
is in niche in the center of the top
story.
Half a dozen wedding parties
await the advent of the deputy
mayor each morning. The process
sion of brides and their friends
leads into the marriage chamber,
the walls of which are appropriate
" covered with five frescoes.
The several wedding parties APP
preach the mayors table in turn,
the unmarried parties remaining
seated in the body of the hall,
watching their predecessors. The
proceedings are very brief. The
deputy mayor examines a few pa
pers put forward by the father or
other representative of the bride,
asks one or two low voiced ques-
tons. smiles at the bride. mods to
the groom. signs a certificate and
informs them that they are man
and wife. Then he touches a but
ton on his desk, and from an ada
cent apartment an organ sounds a
few bars of a wedding march, dur
ing which the married pair and
company file out of the chamber,
and the deputy mayor murmurs the
French equivalent of "next" to one
of the two little pages attending
him-handsome youngsters in court
dress. Another wedding party
stands before a desk: a repetition
of the short proceedings; once
more the tap on the button and the
wedding march on the organ. Out
they go, blushing and smiling, and
No. 3 marriage begins. In less
than half an hour the six marriages
had been made. Nothing more and
nothing less happens, no matter
what the rank or position of the
contracting parties may be, except
that the mayors pages can be en-
ployed to carry the brides train if
she happens to be wearing one
Washington Star.
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WA. M. 4Mr.." and 4Mi,,r Mean

mr." the common form of pre-
fix by courtesy to the name of an
untitled male, whether married or
single, is a contraction of the word
tmaster." 'tMiss" and '9lrs." are
similarly contracdons of the word
mistress and as late as the reign
of George II. unmarried ladies used
to be styled Mrs" Then it be-
came convenient to distinguish be-
tween the married and unmarried
woman, and Miss" was the origiina!
spelling Of the new label.
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AN AUSTRALIAN TeREaDo.
TIE Show as Seen From Reserved
Front Seat.

TIE Show as Seen From Reserved
Front Seat.
The tornado of Australia Is re-
lated pretty nearly to the same
phenomenon in this country !.
on the land what the +--iyiloon is m
eastern waters. The storm of wind
and lain is preceded BY an unnat-
ural stiffness and silence of the ele-
ments. Sensitive persons and ami
mails are aware of the approaching
storm. The author of parts Of
the Pacific" who calls himself "a
peripatetic parson." experienced one
such galelwhen he was at the house
of a friend in the northern part of
Australia. very near the equator.
His account is humorous as well as
instructive.
BY and BY there came across the
night air a distant roaring nose.
The stiffness of the slumbering
hours was broken. Something ter
rible was at-hand, as had been fore
told by the clerk of the weather.
The wind began to moan. then to
whistle, then to below. The roof
ratified, the trees shrieked. rain
rushed and Kissed, lightning blazed.
and thunder crashed and doomed.
All the household was busy hold
ing on to goods and catching things
as they were hurled Off BY the vio-
lencc of the storm. The roof was
ripped up and carried away. Shut
tiers and doors. walls and furniture
of they went. and people raced
after them to the rescue. All were
at work. myself induced.
l had bad leg coming on, and,
considering the bed to be the most
valuable article in any part of the
house, l right manfully lay in it and
so held it down. From the com
Portable bed / watched the roof go
of, piece by piece. From it l saw
the slabs and boards go-I saw
everything go until there was moth
ing left at my side of the house but
me and my noble bed.
Together we weathered the. storm
.bravely. Together we remained in
the torrents of rain and in the
binding Lightning, Uttered with
broken timber, hornets nests,
oranges. bits of furniture from the
next room, pomelos and guavas-
boughs of trees and sundry other
things.
1 had never before witnessed a
tornado. and the kind bed gener-
ously afforded me front seat on
the brow of the hill, from which the
whole show was seen splendidly.
Moreover, as you do not always re-
quire roof over your head in that
country, it was mere trife being
left without one on a night like
that.
When the storm ceased and day.
light forced itself in a measure
through the still Indictment weather
it was strange to see the river a
long way up the lawn, spreading
its turbid waters over the plain
which we had traversed only the
day before right up to the foot of
the mountain. Two trees out of
every three were blown down, and
no leaves were left on any. Water
was running everywhere, and the.
bright, peaceful scene of yesterday
was now an expanse of dull gray
and wholesale desolation.
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RosEBERYs TIPS.
The TraveIsr WOULDN'T Take lt and
Voted Himself q chump.

The TraveIsr Wouldn't Take IL and
Voted Himself chump.
"Whcn Lord Rosebery was a
young man" said London sport
ing man, -Ehe was on journey to a
race meeting at Ayr and for his
companion in the railway carriage
had remarkable pushing species
Of commercial traveller, who at
tempted to force a speaking ac-
quaintance. Seeing his lordship
perusing the racing calendar, he
broke earth with the remark:
Racing ia. a great institution. Sup
pose you're going to the Ayr meet
ing?
az am going as far as Ayr re-
piled his lordship.
"Pity young swells get feeced
by blacklegs. Some noblemen, /
hear, drop fortunes on the turf
1ndeedp
EDO a bit myself sometimes
tenner or ponys about my cut.
Know anything good for today
worth my while touching
81 am not tipster.'
%Beg pardon. Saw you reading
the racing calendar. Thought YOU
might know
'Well,' replied his lordship, ST
give you the straight tip will it be
of service to you?'
Depends if l fancy it.
"Put your tenner or pony on
Lord Rosebery's Cheyronel for the
Welter cup
"fNot for Joseph! l never back
Lord Rosebery's horses. They say
he's regular chumpkin.'
"Indeed! Perhaps they're right.
However, you asked me. / can
only add that heard Lord Rose
berry himself tell what you term
chumpkin to back his horse
depend upon it, if it was all
right he would not let you overhear
his conversation. Mum would then
be his game. Why, there's lot in
that race. I'll bet you a pony Lord
Rosebery don't win it.
Really! ] am not accustomed
TO bet in railway carriages with
strangers
"'There's my card. Fact is you
amt game to bet
Il think you'll lose your money.
But, as you challenge me, let it be a
bet. You'll see me in the stewards
inclosure at the course. l have no
cards with me-
"EAgreed! It's bet. bet you
an even pony against Chevronel for
the Welter cup. But what's your
name. young fellow
Primrose. Sometimes I'm 9TH
erwise addressed
"'All right, young Primrose.
Pay and receive after the race
''The companions separated at
the station. Chevronel won in a
canter, and the commercial traveller
received the following morning a
short note by messenger from the
stewards stand: Mr.. Primrose
Qord Rosebery) would feel obliged
by Mr.. handing to his servant
s25, which his lordship will have
much pleasure in forwarding as
donation to the Commercial Tray
elers' Orphan asylum
"The Fbagman' paid his money,
looking very crestfallen, and was
heard to ejaculate: Done! Who
on earth would have dreamed that
the good looking, atfable young fell
low, whom l imagined was
chumpkin, was in fact none other
than the Earl OF Rosebery, giving
me a good, honest tip about his
own horse, by which I was fool
enough to lose s25? Anyway, he's
a regular trump, and he's right.
I'm the chumpGin after allv"-
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GEORGE Washinaton,, Lo.t.rx.

The great Father of His Country
was on at least one occasion the
originator of a lottery, the like of
which at the present day would
be forbidden to send its tickets
through the mails. That George
Washington was interested in such
a scheme is proved by number of
tickets still in existence which bear
his august name. 1t was the Noun
tain Road lottery of which George
was the promoter, and it is, of
course, unnecessary to state that
Washington himself did not fnan-
cially profit from it. All the funds
raised by the lottery were spent in
building the road through Cumber-
land gap, near Fredericksburg, Va.
Originally the lottery tickets which
Washington signed were worth 81
each. Now, because they bear his
signature, they are easily sold for
$50 apiece, though it is certain that
not one of them Will ever draw a
prize.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21
The Bisbee Daily Review

county, Territory of Arizona, the location notice of which are record ed in the office of the County Re corder of sad county in the Records of Mines in the Books of said records and the pages tAsreof as follows;
 'Horsehoe." recorded in Book 90, page 330.
 Sunshine" recorded in Book 90, Page 332.
 Nancy Hanks" recorded in Book 90. page S31.
 Sunday Easter" recorded in. Book 90, page 2S0.
 Said labor and Improvements were done in order to hold said claims un- der the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revied Statutes of the United States of Amerira and tre amend ments thereto, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount to hold said lode mining claims for the period ending on the 3ist day of December, A. D. 1908. And if, within ninety days thereof, the personal service of this notice upon you or within ninety days af- ter the publication thereof you fail or refust to contribute your pTopor- ton of said expenses as co-owner which amounts to fifty dollars (S50) for each of said above mining claims, or a total of two rundred dollars (s2Gc.0O), your interest in the said claims will become the property of the undersigned, your co-worker. who has made the re- quired expenditure by the terms of sad seCtscn.
 N. F. D. NICHOLS.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21

Book No. g, Records Of Mines, Et Page 493, and THE PRIpE OF THE WEST Mining Claim, tho Location Certificate CT which ia recorded is said Recorders Onice iR Book No. g. Records of Mines, at Page. AS7, E5 will appear hy certificates flea in tEe Ofice of the Recorder Of said Cochiss County. in order to hold B2id lands and premises under the provisioss of Section 2S3i Revised Statutes or the United Slater. being the amount re Quired to held the same for the yeari 1904, 1905, 1906. 1907 and 1908.
 And If within ninety (s0) days after this notice by publication .you fsn or refuse to contibute your proportion of such expenditure, ss a co-owner your interest In said claim vii become the property of the subscriosrs under said Section 222f. of the Revised Statutes or the United States.
 THOS. SAVERS (SesI).
 c. McCARTY (SssD.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21
DISAPPEARANCE OF
 BROKER IS MYSTERY

PHOENIX. May 20--Wlth no mo tive that has yet been offered to sat isfy his associates and friends. P. D. Brown, partner in the brokerage firm of Brogan and company, whose of. fees are on Center street, has disap peared, either leaving the city or pos sibly taking his life, as he has sever. al times threatened to do during the past month. t
 As far as known. Brown was last seen in Phoenix Sunday morning at 2 o'clock. when H. Page saw him enter a hack on Center street near Washington and start south. R. R. Brogan, Browns partner, is of the opinion that he went to Los Angeles yesterday morning.
 Mrs. Brown went 10 Los Angeles last Friday for the benefit of her health, Brown borrowing $50 at the Valley bank and s25 he collected for assaying for Bishop and Meyers, on which to send her. Outside of these two amounts it has not been discov- cred that he obtained any money here sin the past few days.
 What makes Browns disappear. ance so strange is that no motive has yet appeared. Though he threatened 1 several times to commit suicide, his closest friends believe that he talked of self destruction only when he had | been drinking
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21

q thought, count. you were a dead shot?"
 ''T ann
 And yet. though you said you would shoot your adversary through the heart, yCu hit him in the foot"
 1t was an error of judgment. thought his heart was in his boots. it turned out to be in he right place"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21
ROCKETS TO WHiZZ.
Los Angeles Elks Planning Big Show to Gather Cash for Grand
 Convention of Order.

LOS ANGELES. May 20-The Elks have issued special appeal to the people of the city to aid them in their efforts to raise slOO00 to be used in decorating the streets during the big gathering here in July. A monster pyrotechnic display is to be given at Fiesta Park during the week ending the 24th inst, and members of the order are hoping that crowds will turn out for the affair.
 The spectacle is to be full Of real ism and beautiful effects. big vau- deville program and Paine's Vesuyius and Carnival Of Naples, three shows in one.
 Civic. State and National patriot ism should be aroused by the various programs offered. Monday evening is 10 be Elks' night Tuesday will be devoted to Los Angeles. Wednesday is to be children's night; Thursday. ladies' night; Saturday. Southern Cal ifornia night.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-21
STEMS PASS BLAST
 WAS SPECTACULAR

TUCSON, May 20.-The Star men met one of the s. P. engineers just in from looking over the big blast set on at Stein's Pass on May 14th. to break down rock to crush for ballast on the Tucson division, and obtained from him some of the details of prob ably the largest single blast ever made in the southwest. The four tun- nels were commenced in February, and all told. 1000 feet of tunnels were driven under the direction of Division Superintendent Whalen and Division Engineer Mathews. The charge of powder was placed by Mir. A. H. Crane. expert for the DuPont Powder company, and c. w. Kearney, an expert powder man in the employ of the Southern Pacific company, and Sam Mustain. general foreman of the crusher plant at Stein's.
 The output of broken rock in round figures amounts ;o 230,000 cubic yards, or 775.000.000 pounds. enough to ballast 100 miles of the main line of road.
 The sight to the onlooker was a great surprise and was like a nov ing picture- for notwithstanding the
 7S,000 pounds of powder burnt in the twinkle of an eye. not a sound was heard. The front Of the noun. tain raised up. then moved out f5 feet and sank down a broken mass.
 The s75.000 crushing plant was only 200 feet away and directly in front It received sum total in damage of one wire guy over the smokestack being broken, and on Monday morning it began grinding the rock down the blast as though no such an eruption had ever taken place.
 From a point of sightseeing. to go upon the mountain and look down on the three acres of broken stone far surpasses witnessing the blast Great caverns. in which an ordi
 nary residence could be hidden. meet the eye, and the thought that powder
 though invented for use in war ma chimes, it's greatest victory is wheI used in the arts of peace