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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
Give ooldf.h Shade.

a friend was showing me her col
lection OF goldfish the other day
with great pride. The tiny fish
were darting about here and there
in the clear water, and. then resting
for awhile, they found life very
pleasant.
Some people do not seem to re-
alize that it is positive cruelty to
keep these fish in an open vessel
without any shade.
Fish have no lids to shield their
eyes, as We have, and so cannot en-
dure a bright light. They suffer
greatly if entirely exposed, as is
evident from the way in which they
dash around and around, sometimes
until they are fairly worn out.
Shade can easily be provided BY
placing growing plants, dense
enough to shelter the fish, near the
globe in which they are kept or by
placing grotto of rocks in the
aquarium itself.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
A shrewd old Vermont farmer
went into lawyers Office the other
day and proceeded to relate the cir
cumstances in a matter about which
he thought it would be profitable to
ego to law"
! "You think I hev got a good
case" be finally asked.
Every good indeed" the lawyer
assured him. "You should certain
ly bring suit"
'SWhqt would your fee be fer the
whole thing" the old farmer asked.
FIFTY dollars" was the prompt
response.
The client pulled out an old wal
let extracted a roll of bills and
counted out $50.
"Now," he said, ttyou hev got all
you would get out of this case any
how, so s'pose you tell me honestly
Just what you think my chances Of
winnin' a suit are"
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EAslNEss OF DEATH.
The Last Moments Rarely Witness
Real Physical Suffering.

The Last Moments Rarely Witness
Real Physical Suffering.
It is as natural to die as 1t is to
tye-and as easy. Practically all
the distress witnessed as taking
place in the act of dying is the au-
tomato tissue struggle against dis
solution and is not recognized BY
the individual who seems to be
acutely suffering. Occasionally IN
the delirium of fever, IN uraemia and
other intoxications, IN certain Of the
brain degenerations witnessed in
old age, there is an exhilaration or
happy, peaceful calm that peryades
the final scene.
remember one dear lady, a Swe-
denborgian, who believed that after
death one would follow the occupa-
ton that had been most congenial
IN the present life. This lady was
especially fond of babies, fondling
them and giving them personal care.
When she came to die of a linger-
ing, most painful illness, at the final
moment beatifc smile pervaded
her countenance, she beamed in
gentle ecstasy and murmured: "Now
/ see the heavenly light. / see a
baby"
Yet nature is not often SO lavish
with her kindness. Usually every
thing is dulled, blunted, so that al
the border line between life and
death it is often difficult, even I'M
possible for certain time, to say
whether the soul has fed or not. II
was long debated IN medical circles
whether or not there was reliable
test for death. Indeed, the tissues
always survive the departure of the
vital spark for a longer or shorter
Tine. a muscle viii contract to the
electric current for a considerable
time after the eye is duh, the intel.
lect a closed book, the soul on its
way. The hair grows palpably after
death.
OF course there are some excep-
tons, and once in awhile-so l read
and so l am told-some one dies
really in conscious terror and pro
test, but I have not seen such a tax
ing of, and l can state candidly that
of the many scores of deaths that
have witnessed, in hospital and out,
among the very poor and very
wealthy, the young and the old, the
pious and the blasphemer, some of
which have been very painful to be-
hold, in nearly all of them the main
actor at the last moment was not
conscious of what was going on.
The occasional examples of con-
scious cheerfulness are the excep-
ton and still more so instances of
terminal torture.-E. L. Reyes, N
D., in HarpeTs Magazine.
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THE BABY CROP.
Worth More Than All Other Crops as a
National Asset.

Worth More Than All Other Crops as a
National Asset.
When you come to think Of it, there's
no escaping the conclusion that the
baby crop is worth more to this good
country Of ours than all the corn,
wheat. cotton, beef and poultry prod
ucts put together-worth more in dol
lars and cents. UntImely frosts, the
boil weevfl, the wheat rust, the green
aphis and all the other crop and ami.
NAL ScourSes couldn't work SO great a
national disaster as a genuine baby
famine.
And 1t is simply appalling to think
what would happen to our national
temperament II babies were abolished.
Our sense Of humor would instantly go
glimmering. and smiles would become
rarer than black hoIlyhocks. The edu-
cation Of parents in all the little arts
Of tenderness would go into instant
decline, and we would speedily become
a nation Of ossE6ed hearts and sour
faces.
Babies are the chief apostles Of IN
selfish affection. Al the world admits
that The mother who has constantly
maintained an attitude Of unalloyed
selfshness toward all the world VIM
go to the depths Of self denial and sac
riace for the helpless child. and men
Of fiery and autocratic Temperament
become meek and plastic disciples In
schools Of patience and restraint where
in their own babies are the teachers
and dlsciplinarians.-Red Book.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01

preseryatiye treatment the aanualre
placement would be, reduced TO one.
thirteenth Of 600 million, or approx
imately Is. 500, 900 cnbicfeet. Hence
by proper preseratiye treatment Of
all mine timbers which can be treat
ed adSantaseously, an annual saving
would result of approximately ST.
100000 cubic feet, equivalent 70
$40, soo. 900 feet, board measure, Or
more than half of the present annual
cut"
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In an article published in the
Youths Companion of Septem-
Der 23rd, 1909, DR.. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building
There is one kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as a food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
YOUTH. and that is oatmeal.
Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals, being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the well-to-do Of
Great Britain. He speaks of It
as the mainstay Of the Scottish
laboser's diet and says it pro-
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01

he said. Trench come next Our own
come last Our own smell salty. The
others smell fresh and sweet. Have a
tyT
The skeptieal clubmen in their seats.
snud1ng the books. were soon able IN
their turn to distinguish them by the
odor.-ExchanSe.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
Tho SCENT Of eooks.

The publisher shut his eyes.
Bring me books" he said. "and by
the smell alone III tell what country
each was published in"
BE did indeed distinguish In this
manner French. an English and an
American book.
ENGLISH books have the best smell
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
LAGOON SHARKS.
Aitutassi islanders Catch Them by the
Tails With Lasso.

Aitutassi islanders Catch Them by the
Tails With Lasso.
The island Of Aitutali, one of
the Hervey group, in the Pacific, is
surrounded by islets underneath
which are submarine cayerns, the
home Of sharks. The natives CLASH
fy them as lagoon sharks, which are
quite ferocious at times and spare
nothing they can seize. The lagoon
shark, about SIX feet long, IS es-
teemed a deicacy, and the natives
supply their feasts with the tooth
some dish by a remarkable style of
fishing.
Arrived over the entrance to the
shark cave, the fisherman leaves his
canoe to the care of his compan-
ions and dives to the bottom, car
rying with him a slipknot ofstrong
cord. He expects to find two or
three sharks at home, well satisfied
and drowsy after feeding IN the
lagoon. with their tails toward the
entrance. Selecting the largest, the
diver adroitly adjusts a moose over
the tail, taking care that it hangs
loosely. If he has another moose
he secures a second shark.
The shark catcher now, with one
bound on the white, sandy bottom,
rises to the surface in order to as
sist his friends in hauling up the
fish. The astonished. sleepers be-
meath suddenly find themselves as
cending tails first to the surface.
Once inside the canoe smart blow
from an az between the eyes or on
the nose ends the career of the fish.
One Of the most successful shark
catchers at Aitutaki was Reubena.
Long practice had made him almost
amphibious. One morning he start
ed off with two companions to one
of the more distant islets.
On entering it Reubena found
several sharks lazily resting them
selves. In triee slipknot was
skllfully passed over the tail of the
nearest shark without exciting its
ire. The shark at this critical juno
ture moved so that there was not
room enough for Reubena to get
out.
he gently stroked the side of the
shark and succeeded in inducing it
to move away so as to permit his
exit This operation is said to be
very agreeable to the fish, but if
through nervousness the shark be
stroked the wrong way its anger is
sure to be excited and the Divers
life would be the certain forfeit.
Reubena was making his escape
when, to his dismay, another large
shark came back from feeding in
the lagoon and blocked up the en-
trance with his unwieldy body. To
get out now was impossible, for
even Reubena dared not stroke the
head of the monster.
The captive fisherman waited,
hoping the shark would go farther
in so as to leave the opening free.
The huge fish did not move. Reu-
bena's agony became intense. Sec
onds seemed to be hours. at last
the shark passed on quietly into the
interior, and Reubena was barely
able to get out Of the cave and rise
to the surface. His associates in
the canoe, who had become anxious
for his safety, seized him BY the
hair and pulled him in, blood flow
ing from his ears, eyes and nostrils.
Philadelphia North American.
Give Goldfish Shade.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
MUCH N NAME.

What became Of that paper you
were going to start in the interest Of
uplifting the poor tramp" asked tho
interviewer.
All, ii fell through" confessed
the great refOrmer, with agitation,
and all on account { the blooming
carelessness of the printer
Did he make a grave errOre,,
Il should say so. You know The
paper was to be named the Bar Of
Hope Well, that idiot of a print
er changed it to the Bar of Soap
and as soon as my constituents heard
the name they started running AMI
they are running YETI
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08
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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08
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bette er ubfommct meo islgeube Sno.
holo:
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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08

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piIoe oct, efter Scr. aooms' Spfat
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retningen Der / 2onSet bIeo en- iuIo
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fallife 9per er Gbicoeo ben bpor D.
beoite % melt Durable Spsningcr
opfereS.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08
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at 9ronoIfaben her / Sanoet bpert
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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08

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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08

Diamond Joe,s Bic White. Zen tieHeiie gais gereeu, Der
n9rer tore VIZ. Bdarfi JOB Nuih pr Acre, Ief fpner Inn 2c pr
acre for gro. etor ianitreret AcioIpa orcr aRais for sgs ~
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bette Slao. RATEKINs SEED HOUSE, Shenandoah, Iowa
tStsrNe aplere at aRatsiRb Scroen.)
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1909-01-08

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
Many SIeepless Nights, Owing to .
Persistent Cough. Relief
Found At Last.

For several winters past my wlfs
has been troubled with a most pes-
slstent and diasagreeable cough,
hich Invariably extended over q
period of several weeks and causei
her many sleepless nights" writes
WIN ]. Hayner, editor OF tn Bur.ey.
Colo, Bulletin. Various remedies
were tried each year. with no benz
icial results. In November last the
cough again put In an appearance
and my wife. acting on the sus-
gestion of a friend. purchased a bot
tie OF Chamberlain Cough Remedy
The result was, indeed. marvellous
After three doses the cough entirely
disappeared and has not manifested
Itself since" This remedy is for sale
by DR., stones Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
THE MARKETS
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.

San Francisco, Feb. 23.-Wheat--
No. / California club, per GENITAL
$1.75@1.77h; California white mill
ing, s1.75Q1.SO; Northern bluestem
$1.Sih h@1.95; off grades wheat
$1,000 1.70; reds, $1.70Q1.72h.
Barley-Feed barley, $1.40Q
1.42h; common to. fair, $1.S5 q
LAO; brewing, at San Francisco,
nominal at, $1.45@ 1.5O; chevalier,
$500 1.6O, according to quality.
Eggs--Per dozen, California fresh,
includin cases, extras, zee; firsts,
csc; seconds, 27c; thirds, 26Mc;
pulIets, select, % NC.
Butter-Per pound, California
fresh, extras, sec; firsts, 33c; sec
onds, 3O15c; storage California ex-
ira, S21hc; ladies, extras, 23hc.
New Cheese-Per pound, Califor-
MIA flats, fancy, 14hc; firsts, 12 hc;
seconds, 11h; California Young
America. fancy, 16hc; firsts, 1 &C;
Eastern New York oheddars, fancy,
lie; Oregon flats, fancy, 14hc;; do
Young America, fancy, 16hc; Cali
fornia storage. fancy, flats, 13c; Ore
gon flats, fancy, 14hc; do Young
America. 16c.
Potatoes-Per GENITAL, river whites,
S1.55 a 100; Lompoc Burbanks, so;
10 Salinas, s1.75 ~ -.S5; do Oregon,
1850 1855; sweet potatoes, per
rate, $3.50; do per sack, $1.25.
Onions-Per sack, Oregon, $2.25.
oranges-Navels. standard, $1.25
d2.25 per box; fancy, $2@2.50;
half orange boxes, s1@
so; Mandarines, per box. 75c@$1.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
W0RKMEN CAUGHT
BY FALLING WALLS
United Press Leased Wire !

San Francisco, Feb 23.-one man
was killed and another seriously in
iured today when a portion OF the
west wall OF the old city hall, which
is being wrecked, collapsed. Both
were preoipitated from the third
floor OF the building to the ground
floor. They were buried under a ton
OF twisted iron aud masonry. The
dead man Is A. Tisner, a FrenchmRn.
80 years OF age. The injured man.
who is at the Central Emergency hos
pital, and will survive, is A. Sjaliu.
The accident is the hrst which has
occurred since the demolition OF the
city hall began some weeks ago. The
work Is dangerous, aud the men en-
gagged on the job have been warned
repeatedly by the contractors to look
out for accident.
The dead man and his oompan,cA
were attempting TO remove large
iron girder on the third door. wnen
a portion OF the brick wall gave way
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
FREE PILE CURE
Sent TO Demonstrate the Merits Of
Pyramid Pile Cure.
What Il Has Done for Others, It Can
DO for You.

What It Has Done for Others, It Can
DO for You.
We have testimonials by the hun
dreds showing all stages, kinds and
degrees of piles which have been
cured by Pyramid Pile Cure.
If you could read these unsolicited
letters you would no doubt 20 to
the nearest drug store and buy a
box of Pyramid Pile Cure at once,
prince so cents.
We do not ask yom to do this
Send us your name and address and
we will send you a trial package by
mail free.
We know what the trial package
will do. In many cases II has cured
piles without further treatment. II
II proves It's value TO you order more
from your druggist, at so cents a
box. This is fair, Is II not7 Simply
fll on free coupon below and mail
today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
Made Needed improvement

Dan Allen, clerk of the circuit
court, has made a needed improve
ment In the court chamber by string
ing sounding wires over the ceiling.
which eliminates the many echoes
which resound from the slightest
noise made In the room. These echoes
have been the source OF much annoy
ance during the sessions OF court. not
only by rendering the witnesses
speech almost impossible TO under
stand but the confusion OF opening
doors and walking about interfered
with the court considerably. The
cause for the many reaoting sounds
Is from the unusually high ceiling
which is 25 feet from the floor.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23

and carried them with the mass Of
debris to the ground floor.
The accident was witnessed by 9th
er workmen. who were rushed to the
assistance of the two buried men.
Sjalln was quickly extricated. Tis-
Ter was dead before he could be
pulled from beneath the mass of NOR
tar and brick that covered him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
ATTEND FUNERAL
OF THEIR NEPHEW
CUnited Press Leased WireD

Washington, Feb. 2S.-President
ttoosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt will
leave at midnight for New York to
attend the funeral OF Stewart Doug
las Robinson, nephew of the presi-
dent, who was killed by falling from
window of a Harvard university
dormitory last Saturday night. They
expect 10 return Immediately after
the funeral
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-02-23
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A Cincinnati man has been arrest
ed for wearing women's clothing. Bet
a nickle he didn't use a 1o-inch hat
pin,
Taft is stlll shy one man for his
cabinet. Oregon has the finest quail
ity and largest body OF timber In the
United States. Maybe he could fird
the right kind of a stick in Port.
land-or out OF II.
Georgia man proposed 10 20l
girls before he was accepted. Which
shows that trouble is not so easily
found as some people think.
The telegraph today says Taft has
picked up that other cabinet member
in one General Dickson. a Democrat,
who did not vote at the last election
and a Confederate veteran. The opi7
ion still holds good that Taft bet
ter look to oregon for some really
big timber.
The special session may come later
but for the present IL is like the nor
NAL schools and state institutions.
hung up"