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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15
Throwino stones Al a Tioer.

Stone throwing is not without its
uses in hunting the fercest of game.
At the first sound the tiger walked
out and up the opposite bank and
fell to a general discharge. As he
lay motionless one of the guns sug-
gested oar walking across to meas
ure him, but l demurred to measur-
ing tiger before / was sure he was
dead and insisted on some one throw
ing stones at him first. A large
stone hit the tiger, who got up and
lurched rather than charged in oui
direction, with the savage coughing
grunt-you cannot exactly describe
it as a roar-which tiger makes
when charging. There was another
general fusillade as he dipped into
the ravine, then a moment Of strain
ed suspense as to whether he would
be up our bank and into the middle
of us. he had had enough, how
ever.-Colonel A. Durant IN Corn
hill
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FREED BY DEER, GIRLS TRICK HIM

Danbury, Ct, Dec. s.-Miss
Estelle Killers and her sister Bertha,
daughters of Henry c. Killers, a
farmer living near ROmford, were
driven into tree by handsome but
ungallant young buck deer, and suf-
fered severely from cold until they
were released through strategy on
the part of one of the girls and the
sacrifice of a part of her apparel.
The deer remained beneath the
tree, tossing its antlers, and after
half an hour had passed the predica-
ment of the girls upon their chilly
perch had become serious. They
hoped for assistance from some pass
ing hunter who would drive the deer
away, fhe might not kill it. Deer
may be killed when caught destroy
ing farm produce, but the Connecti-
cut statutes say nothing about what
shall be done to deer that keeps
two girls his prisoner in tree on a
winters night.
The deer's antlers were just be-
meath the girls, and the elder sister
thought of plan to turn the tables on
the animal. Slipping off heavy
underskirt, she swung herself down
to the lowest limb of the tree, and,
spread the garment wide, dropped it
like bag over the horns and head of
the animal. Then before the deer
had chance to recover from its
surprise or shake off the cucumber
ing garment, both girls slipped from
the tree and escaped.
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DOoTORs MTST4FES


are SAID often 10 % buried SIX teet undet
sbeir fsmIIy oSysietsas. sutserinr. IS 81 thew
inavine one frnrn dyspeusia. another from
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naaon, anotner Win pam mere sIIo mere,
ana IN this way they present eltke %
themselves and their easy-golng OF over
busy doctor, separate diseases Tor which
he, assuming them 70 be such, preseribeS
his plIls and potionS In reality, they arc
~ only stElptgls ea0sed BY some uterine
disease, The Phxst etan, SGporant Of the
eutss Of suffering, HeepS up MS treatment
until large nlllS are uSde. sISeSQt ering
patient gets no 3eettefl ~ saSoaSe the
wrong treatment. put probably worSe. "a
pcoQeE lnedle1pe4 Ike u leccess. saInrlte
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to11. ano lnStttutlng comfort instead Of
ptolcngeo misery. Il naS been we'll SAID,
t6at a disease known. 8 bali cured
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sclenlne meols1ne. saEe;nlly devised oy
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15
EDMUND RoYLE.
Tho Man Who Came to Be an Author.
ity on Card Games.

~ vi SeAA SAhtGos
Who was Hovle, and why should
his name be used as a sort of guar
antee of correctness so that it ad-
mits of no doubt or question? asks
a writer in Munsey's, who goes on
to answer the question.
Edmund Hoyle was IN English
man, born near Halifax in the year
1872. Nearly $50 years before his
birth there had been invented a
game of cards which was originally
called triumph" Its early history
is obscure, as is the case with nearly
all games at cards, but it was almost
certainly English in its English
game. The name was gradually
shortened into 'ftrump," and Shake
speare puns upon it in "Antony and
Cleopatra"
Trump" became very popular,
but again the name was changed
it is not known precisely when-to
"whisk,' p and later still to whist"
the word trump" being retained to
denote card of the leading suit.
Differences at play often led to vio-
lent disputes and sometimes even to
duels, and it was left for Hoyle to
establish all the points of the game
with real authority.
Hoyle was of good family and
was educated to be barrister. his
mind was essentially a legal mind
keen, iudicious and logical. Living
in London. he became greatly in
terested in the game of whist and
gave to it the same thought and
care which he would have given to
an important case in court. Every
evening he met with a regular COM
pany Of whist players at the Crown
coffee house in Bedford row, where
some of the deepest players and
most distinguished men about town
used to gather.
Hoyle's acumen and the serious
thought which he had given to the
game made his opinion on any dis
puted point absolutely final. His
name was noised abroad throughout
all London, and a great many peo-
pie used to come to him, begging
him to give them lessons in whist.
Finally, for the use of his pupils, he
wrote book, which he called "a
Short Treatise on Whist" in which
was embodied his notion of the cor
rect way of playing the game.
Hoyle continued to give instruc-
ton in whist, and he also wrote
books relating to other games at
cards. The rules that he laid down
were accepted by every one, so that
when any dispute arose it was al
ways decided according to Hoyle."
he lived to be ninety-seyen years of
age, dying in 1863.
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ARTOF ADVICE
First = Don't Delay. Second -Doaa
Experiment

If yon suffer from baekache; head
ache or dizzy spells I; if you rest poorly
and are languid in the morning; if
the kidney secretions are irregular
and unnaturalin appearance, do not
delay. The kidneys are calling for
help. Slight symptoms of kidney
trouble are but fore, runners of more
serious complaints. They should be
given attention before it is too late.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure kidney
trouble. They are recommended by
thousands. Can Point Pleasant res
idents desire more convincing proof
than the statement ola Point Pleas
ant citizen who says that the cure
DOan's Kidney Pills effected years
ago has proven permanent
W. E. Church, one and one-half
miles north of Point Pleasant, W. Va.
says: ''Doan's Kidney Pills made a
complete and lasting cure in my case.
l was annoyed by a lameness across
my back for several years and often
i found it hard TO straighten from a
stopping position. The kidney secre-
tons were highly colOred and the
flow at times became scant. 1t only
required two boxes of DOan's Kidney
Pills, procured at HOofFs drug store,
to nd me of these troubles. In
March 1908 gave public testimon-
ial in favor of this remedy and as l
have had no return of kidney com
plant, ! can now confirm that state
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milourn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. IS
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Didn't Lik. His Looks.

a would be author called on Mr..
Fields one day at his Office in the
old time Boston publishing house
of Ticknor & Fields. Evidently the
young man did not Ike Mr.. Fields
appearance, for this was the CONVEX
sation that took place: 'Is this Mr..
Felds?" at is, sir" ''3fr. James
T. Fields?" 81 am he" seWen,
then, I'd like to see Mr.. Ticnor."
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15
OHIO RIVER COAL
MEN APPEAL
FOR RELHROM ONEROUS RESfRIC-
nONS.
Washington, Dec. s.-A commit

Washington, Dec. s.-A commit
tee representing the owners Of steam
tow boats, coal barges, Sc, carry
coal from the mines along the Great
Kanawha river to the Ohio river
markets, this after noon called upon
Secretary of War Dickinson to urge
the removal of the restrictions
against movable locks on the Great
Kanawha SO as to facilitate the ship
ment of coal to Cincinnati and other
cities. The committee which con-
sisted of Edward shOnebaum, Capt.
Fred Hartwig, J. T. Hatfield, Edwin
Marmet and Robt. P. Gillian, of
Cincinnati, and Col. ]. E. Dana, of
Charleston, W. Va, were accompa-
MED to the War Department by SEN
ators Elkins and Scott, and Repre-
sentatiyes Hughes and Gaines, of
West Virginia. They presented a
written petition to hesecretary who
intimated that he would act favor
ably upon it.
In the petition presented it is
pointed out that ever since the com
pletion by the Government of the
system of locks and dams on the
Great Kanawha. and until 1907, the
engineer in charge at various times
during low stages of water in the
Ohio river partially lowered the weirs
or dams below Charleston and allow
ed water from the pools to Gov into
the Ohio, which, together with the
natural water in that stream, en-
abled the barges to be moved to
market.
This could not otherwise have been
done until late rains caused the rise
in the river. It was urged that if
the present rules were rescinded 1t
would relieve the coal situation at
Cincinnati and other points at this
time and hereafter make practically
impossible shortage of coal in Gin
cinnati and other places on the Ohio
river.
A week ago slight rise came in
the upper Ohio river, lacking but one
foot of making sufficient water to
move down the Ohio feet of 600
barges containing $3.50, 900 bushels
of coal which lay at the mouth of
the Great Kanawha, with IA tow
boats ready to move it, but the rule
aginst maneuvering the locks and
dams has made it impossible for the
barges to move and they are still
lying at the mouth of the Kanawha.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15

A country editor wrote of chicago's
uniformed police. The intelligent
compositor set it up uniformed, -
which probably covered them just as
well.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15

l am in the picture business. If
you want an enlarged portrait, give
me your order. Work guaranteed.
If ] don't see you send small picture
and order. l get work done at one
of the best houses in America.
j. NJ. Burdett,> Agent.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-15
Notice to the Public
Eve Cars Of shingIes

Just received from the western
coast. Washington Red Cedar and
IS inch; Michigan White Pine le
inch. The best ever brought to this
village.
Also full stock of Felt Roofing in
all its kinds and quality. No. ]
Poplar Lath
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PItiable.

Dreadful" moaned the opera sing.
er, who had been robbed Of $1,000.
why it takes me nearly ten minutes
of hard work to earn that much"
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REMEMBER

that l manufacture a full line of
Undertaking Supplies, such as Cas-
kets of all colors and shades, Innings
in all its kinds. Can make to Order
any kind ofcasket upon 1e hours
notice. 7 Funeral Cars, 5 black and
9 white, 5 Hacks, $ covered Wagons,
and Good Horses and Good Help:for
Prompt Calls and attention. Both
Phones at the Office at PomeroY.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-30

Last year the cry was Brown and
Bread" This year il seems that the cry
will be THROWN, BANKRUPTCY AND
BOOZE" Is the slate 50 badly ruined
When last year honey was going to Gov
from every tree, while now Il is broke and
bonds needed, aud booze necessary. Even
Or. white is pleading Tor near beer.
oh! ye Gpds aud little fishes.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-30
WeapoD Set For
Burglars By
mercRa3t--His
Wife Opens
Store
Door

SMTTHvILLE, GA. Jnly so-Mrs
Emmett Booker was >hot and killed this
morning BY the discharge Of trap gun
her husband had attached to hrs store
door.
Forgetting ahont the trap her husband
bad set Tor burglars, she went in the store
early this morning and received both bull
lets in the stomach. She lived about four
hours, dying about 10 O'Clock today.
She was Miss Bessie Carpenter before
her marriage, and was the daughter OF
Mrs. Alma McLain Carpenter and was
Fealed here.
She is survived BY hes husband and a
little hoy about FIVE years old, and an
Aged father. WHO sides with her. Funer-
~ will be held here today. She was a
member Of the Methodist churc.
A pail Of gloom was cast over this place
py the unfortunate accident.
The husband Is Frustrated with grief
over the occurrence.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-30

LIZ Ten! ". havs ) N \ Ifoi :
osition o'ivlty iot~ a, sparks, which 1e
s~iii seli loa hrstiing youns man for \
sagnll payment do~n ard the bai.nce .
u. sells ;hs ropsris vs. vii sell tor
one -lhlsd lne Isl prick On The above TENS
Some "a j money eau Is made on this
Proposition. National Loan & rsust Co..
Triton, Ga. Il
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-30
WANTED!

Position as farm 0verseer. Have had sew
oral years experience and can give best Of
TeIerepces; also am competent Of keeping
any SET Of farm books Address, c. RI
Robinson, AmerIcus, Ca, Route Moo
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-30
SJB SC RIRTIOH RHTGS
Qh3 yBKFz $i.CO
8 nNCMrE4s so
q MONTHS eg

Adver ising rates reasonable, and md.
IxnOwR on application.
Card of thanks, resolutions Of respect
snd oh tnary notices otneF, than ;hose
winch the paIeT itself may give a. mat
ter of news, will be charged vow ut the rabs
Of 10 ceDts line, except wlTbn such no.
tices are published by charitable orran,-
Eations, when 4 spcc:al rate VIII te named.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-30

subecTipelon Muet Be Paid in IA.
vance.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
GIRL BROWNS AFTER
SAVING TEN CHILDREN
THOUSANDS SEE HEROIC LIFE.
SAVER SWEPT OVER MONON-
GAHElA DAM.

PltSburg, Pain view OF thou
sands, at shutdown the other day. &C.
ella Roach, aged Il. daughter of a
South side business man was swept to
death over the 25-toot dam OF the Mo-
nongahela river at Eighteenth street.
after she had saved ten children who
were riding in rowboat with her.
With the heroine persisted l3year-old
Bessie Timmons, who had fallen I'M
conscious in the confusion attending
the transfer OF the ten children 70 the
boats of resCuers.
The still pool above the government
lock was fayorite place TOR boating
parties on the river and thousands
lined the banks when the raising oi
the wickets caused an eddy that sent
the boats drifting toward the dam Ave
blocks below. The craft in which &C.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
FOREIGN.

FL Roghi. the pretender to the
throne of Morocco who was eXeCut-
ed at Fee in the middle of September,
was put to death by Sultan Mulal
Hafid himself, under circumstances or
revolving cruelty. The monarch, as
sisted by his chamberlain, dragged
the pretender into a cage OF mons
and then provoked the animals,
which leaped upon the manacled cap
tive. inficting horrible wounds. Then
as Ell Rcghi fell to the ground he
was abandoned despite the goadlng
of the sultan, whereupon he was
pulled from the cage, still alive, with
hooks, The sultan then emptled a
can of lamp oil over him set him on
fire feeding the flames with the OF!
soaked rags until nothing but the
charred bones of the pretender re-
NAMED
Twenty million dollars is the estl
motto nlaced nv weIl-informed banking
men of the City of Mexico on the loss
resulting from the unprecedented
freezing weather which has wrought
destruction over a considerable sec
ton Of the north-central portion OF the
republic of Mexico.
The government weather bureau al
uevico CIV has received a telegram
saving that the volcanic mountain Co
lima erputed Wednesday, throwing
cIouds of smoke and ashes over the
surrounding country. Lava IS reported
to he running down its slopes into the
adjacent valleys.
The house of lords Wednesday, in
7 ondon passed the second reading OF
the Irish land bill, but promised TO
introduce drastic amendments when it
reached committee 1t was stated IN
the lobby that if the lords weakened
the powers OF the provision for the
compulsory purchase OF land, the Ma,
tiopahsts will refuse to accept 1t,
whatever may be the view of the gov
eminent.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, accom-
nanied by her daughter, arrived at
| Venice this week.
NJ. Bleriot, accompanied by his wife,
left Johannisthal, Germany, for Co
loepe with the intention OF undertake
ing a series of flights in his aeroplane
at that city. He was one OF the
scheduled competitors for aviation
week but the management OF the meet
ing seized the French aviators ma
chine, alleging breach OF contract.
A detachment Of Spanish troops
searching the gorges OF Mount Guruga
near Melilla found the bodies of over
one hundred Spanish soldiers and sew
eral officers who were killed in TIE
/ fighting between Aug. % AMI q.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08

ella Roach, a high school girl. was
floating with II younger children
caught the full impulse OF this tide and
first drifted and then sped toward de-
StructiOn.
A cry went up from the river bank
and skiffS manned by hardy river men
put off from the shore. Miss Roach
huddled to the stern the frightened.
screaming children, ranging in years
from five to fifteen. This caused the
Prov to lift out of the water, and Ce-
ella deity turned it up stream and
attempted to stay the boats rush with
strong. even strokes The steady rise
and fall of the oars evidenced her
calmness and strength and reduced
the rush to drift.
One rescuing boat gained the i'm
periled ones, but in transferring them
a child fell overheard and Nike Hub
bard, in charge pursued and rescued
Maize Kearns. Other children then
jumped into the water and were land
ed in the boats.
AS a third empty boat tried to res
cue Cecilia Roach the current sped
the boat over the dam. One of the
rescuers saw the golden-haired Bes-
sic Timmons lying unconscious under
the gunwale as the boat disappeared.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Trying to Locate the Lord.

Baton Rouge.-Which side is the
Lord on? This has. been The subject
of considerable debate among pOr.
ton of the religious negro popula-
ton of Baton Rouge, as a result of
the severe storm which destroyed
nearly every negro church in Baton
Rouge, only very few negro reli-
gious edfices being lett standing
when the sun rose after the gulf hur-
ricane. Some of the faithful of the
more fortunate congregations de-
clared promptly that the Lord was
on their side, and as an evidence Of
this they point to the fact that their
church was not blown down, while
that of the congregation in the next
block was. The challenge was taken
up by those who had their churche s
destroyed, and the latter are decid-
eddy in the majority. They report
that the two congregations whose
churches We're not DESTROYED were
too small to be noticed Nv the Lord
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
LOUISIANA STATE
NEWSPARAGRAPHS
STATE SENATOR MARTIN GLYNN
ADVISES FARMERS TO SKIP
ONE COTTON CROP.
PLAN WOULD IMPROVE LAND
"Hog and Hominy' Talks Are Grow
ing in Popular Favor-Eotation OF
Crops and improved Methods OF
Farming Will Increase Yield.

New Roads.-State Senator Martin
Glynn of POinte COupee has issued
an address 10 the pianl 2rs or POlnNe
COupee in an effort to encourage the
continued planting OF cotton along
different lines than tn0S" heretofore
pursued. He says in part:
The burning of stalks and every
other method that has been proposed
up to this for the destruction or the
weevil have proved failures; they
may Kill few weeyiIs, bur there are
enough left to destroy the cotton.
Then what are we TO do? Give up
the cultivation of the greatest crop
on earth. a crop that th3 world must
have at any price! With the con
sumption Of cotton increasing, ana
the production decreasing, shall We
abandon this great industry? II we
follow the SO-called cultural methods
we will only prolong the struggle and
will al go broke We must arise TO
the emergency and meet it. There
are BRIGHTER hopes for PClnte Coupee
than we ever dreamed Of, but We
must not plant a hill of cotton next
wear. Plant cane, rice, corn or any
thing but cotton, and Ey all means
keep ND your organization and keep
In,r n ~ l. a.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Farmers Urued to Raise Hogs.

BaStrOp.-A large assembly OF cit
iZens greeted Congressman J. T..
Ransdell and other speakers in their
campaign of hog and homlny,
drainage, dyersifcation OF crops and
eradication of the boil WeeVil. Peo-
pie came by train and IN buggies a
distance of sixteen to eighteen miles
from Mer Rouge, Oak Ridge, Bonita
and Co instOn. This meeting will
unouestionably be productive of much
good to the farming interests OF this
parish.
The meeting was presided over by
DR.. W. R. Russell of Oak Ridge, who
introduced the speakers. The hours
of the meeting in the forenoon were
from 10 to T. and The afternoon from
9 to }. Mr.. Ransdell handled the
question of hog and hominy in an
able and convincing manner, showing
it had been inquired into. urging the
farmers 10 so conduct their farms
as to produce their own hams al .
to s cents, instead of paying IS to
20 cents, and their breakfast bacon
at s to 10 cents, instead Of paying
-, as they now do.
He stated that mother earth never
wears ont, but il takes diversified
ton yearly to make it productive TO
its full extent, giving statistics show
inc that while down south lands pro-
duce an average Of Is II bushels Of
wheat per acre, in England and Ger
many, after continual cultivation of
1000 years, it yet produces "A and
80 bushels, respectively, demonstrate
ing that ell live from earth produc-
ton and that the formation of the
sustenance OF life for every human
being comes from the soil.
Human life would become extinct
if the mistaken idea were true that
lands eventually become too poor TO
cultivate He urged rotation plant
ing cotton, then corn and peas and
oats in the fall. Hogs Can be raised
al cents per pound and are selling
now at 7 ~ cents in New Orleans.
He then asked, Does that pay?' He
does not advocate abolition: of cotton
raising, but of less cotton and more
corn and other commodities. He
closed with an appeal to reduce allie
glance to King Cotton and give
more to cattle and corn raising and
10 King Hog and Hominy.'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-08
Held "Hog and Hominy" Rally.

Eros.-There was quite a large au-
lience of farmers from the surround
e country in attendance at the ag-
ricultural meeting in this city. The
meeting was called TO order and Dr.
J. H. Landrum chosen as chairman.
Making a few remarks, he first in
troduced J. E. Ransdell, who made a
practical! address which completely
captivated the farmers, and he was
rOundly cheered when he closed He
asked the farmers to make Hog and
hominy' their slogan. ". F, Ward
delivered talk on the hog in Lou,
isiana. He showed that hogs could
be raised in this state practically for
less than cents per pound, and they
were now quoted in the Fort Worth
market at $40. His figures were a
revelation to the farmers.