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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
TEACHING HORSES TO JUMP.

There Arc Three Methods used-coax-
ing, Lunslns and Driving.
There are three methods OF teaching
horse 10 leap-coaxing. lunging and
driving. In the coaxing method the
young horse is turned into a small
paddock having low hedge or hurdle
across the center. In plain view of
The pupil rider on veteran jumper
should take him over the hurdle sew.
eral times.
The trimmer then goes to the opposite
side with a measure OF corn or oats
and calls the horse. shaking up the
grain and pouring It with his hand
back and forth in the receptacle. The
boundary viii soon be cleared. and
when few mouthfuls have been cut.
en- the station Of the instructor should
be at the other side OF the hurdle and
the lesson repeated. II this be done
daily the hurdle may be gradually
Heightened.
The habit OF jumping IS thus nc
CURED without those risks which ar-
tend a novel performance when a
heavy burden Expresses the strength
and whip and spur distract the at
tention. The horses body. says Coun.
Try Life In America. Is not partially
disabled by the imposition Of II heavy
load before The powers Drp Iaxed 10
the utmost and his capabilities ARE un-
fettered.
The second method is termed lung
ing. A long rein or cord is attached
to the bit. and the animal is exercised
in circle 10 which hurdle has been
placed or n shallow ditch dug. A long
dashed whip. used only TO keep him
in motion or lightly applied at the
proper moment. will keep him up 70
his work. Soon the horse viii enter
into the spirit Of the occasion and by
unmistakabe signs will manifest his
enthusiastic enjoyment of the exercise.
The third method. driving. is exactly
what its name implies. AT first the
obstruction should be slight. Any
open space will answer the purpose.
an earth or sod surface or ,anbark
being preferable. Long rpins.
straight bur or snaffle bit. long whip
and patience and perseverance, are rp-
quired.
All thinrs considered. the driving
method Is the quickest and Suresr way
of teaching the horse to leap. When
he has become somewhat proficient.
having thoroughly learned what is re-
quired OF him. the saddle may he
called INTO requisltIon and the prac-
Teal lessons begun.
Almost any young horse can be
taught to leap. OF course his proh-
cheney will depend on the care bestow.
ed on his training and on his general
characteristics OF wind. limb and nerve.
An ordinary cob or Morgan will attain
the proficiency OF an Irish hunter. but
any horse that is used for saddIer
will be Of fur greater value to his own
er II he cnn be taken occasionally for
cross country ride and put over
bitches and low distractions.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
THE STAGE IN Japan.
Origin Of the Drams-women's Ardu-
GUS Preparations Of Dress.
8 Ardu-

OrtStn On 6no Oroma-WomenS Hfcu-
Gus Preparations Of Dress.
There IS legend IN japan that the
theater had It's origin In that country
in the ninth century by reason Of an
earthquake which took place in the
province Of Yamato. A large creyice
was formed by reason OF the upheayaL
from which emauated poisonous vapors
which spread death and destruction
all around. An awful scourSe was the
result until the priests conceived the
idea OF performing symbolic dance
of Incarnation on the grass covered
hill outside the temple. as II by mag
&c the death vapors vanished. and
peace and happiness were restored TO
the country. The legend concludes
that this Is bow Japauese acting orig
mated. The Japanese word for thea
ter. shibaI-ya. Is supposed to have
come from its origin. shibaI. meaning
sod. and ya. house.
In Japan when japanese lady IN
tends to 80 10 the theater she Is called
upon the day previous by u hairdress-
er 10 build up the artificial structure
which Is the pride OF every japanese
htghborn lady. This uecesSi,ates her
spending the night In Der stale dress.
reclining her bend on wooden bloc
called makura. a few hours before
going TO the theater she covers her
lips with thin layer Of gold. as 1t
takes several hours for this paint TO
change into the cherry color which
lends charm to the artificial white COM
plexion Of the face.
AS rule. japanese performances
last from a. III. 70 p. m. although
certain historical dramas which follow
the life Of the hero through all his
vicissitudes TO his death so on for sew
eral days.
In japan. officially. the social posi-
ton of the actors Is that of the lowest
class Of society. but in reality they en-
joy great consideration and are idol
lied by the general public.-washing-
ton Post
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
HUGO AS AN ARTIST.
Tho Great French Writer'S Opinion of
His Own DRAWINGS.


His Own Drawings.
When Victor Hugo's Marion De-
lorme" was read before the troupe OF
the Porte-Saint-Martin tbeater. the
actor Laferriere. then u young man.
protested against the insignificant role
assigned him. In which be would have
only ten lines to recite. Hugo prompt
ly reduced him to silence by thunder
Ing. Ten lines OF Victor Hugo are
something not to be refused-for they
endure" Hugo attached similar ex-
aggerated Significance to everything he
did and to every object that was in
any way associated with him.
For instance. be considered his draw
inSs. which were for the most part
commonplace enough. OF sufficient i'm
Portance TO make them the subject Of
testamentary provision. In his will Of
Aug. 81. 1881. be wrote. 81 give my
drawings and everything which shall
be drawn by me to the National Ii
brary OF Paris. which will be one day
the Library Of the United States Of
Europe"
HuGos drawings are said to have
been produced more often than not in
the following manner: II blot OF ink
CHANGED to fall on his paper while he
held his pen aloft In quest OF word
or rhyme. he enlarged the spot alb
sentmIndedly and made additions to
it lnStlnctively under the influence Of
species OF subconscIous direction un-
I'll he had produced sinister moon
light scene or venerable bourg dom
mating with its br:stling ruins the
shuddering waters OF q river OF
legend" he elaborated With great
care. however. during his irksome exile
at Guernsey certain crude impressions
he had transferred TO his sketchbook
during his journeys in the valley OF
the Rhine. Furthermore. being great
lover OF children. he drew figures Of
the most extravaSant sort for the
amusement Of the young people OF his
household.-Alvan L. Sanborn In Book
man
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
STATE TAX LEVY IS FIVE CENTS.

Charleston, W. Va, July 2o.-At
a meeting Of the State Board of Pub
lie Works today, the state tax levy
was fixed at five cents, the same as
last year. No action was taken rela-
tive to the state road tax ofone cent,
the board considering that they had
nothing to do with it.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
The Pins

"oh. dear sighed her husbands
wife, 81 can't and a pin anywhere. [
wonder where all the pins so to any,
way"
That's q difficult question to an
swer," replied his wife's husband. be
carse they are always pointed in one
direction and beaded IN another."-
Chicago News.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
A Division Of Labor.

The following dialogue at the Bow
county court deserves to be recorded:
Witness-one day had some
shrimps to sell. and asked the plain.
tiff to help me. BE said. Il can't push
the barrow because my arm is bad.
but If you Ike I'll come along with
you and hol!er."
Counsel-Why was that?
Witness-Wcll. it's like this, sir. A
man can often shout when he can't
Ihove.-London News
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
BRITIsR AUDIENCES.
Their Habit Of -eooins- Pisyo The,
Do Not Like.

Do Not Like.
! 1t is difficult thing for theater
goers on this side of the water to
understand the temper of audiences
which attend the first performances
Of plays in England. Apparently
the British first night audience not
only understands full well that it
has the power practically to make
or break play, a manager or an
actor, but is invincibly determined
to exercise that power to the very
utmost. At all events, the frankness
and candor with which London au-
dience expresses It's opinion of both
play and players are wholly unknown
In this country. A player who is
so unfortunate ss not TO please q
London audience is not allowed to
escape, as here, with liberal SEN
tence Of cold and contemptuous 81
lenee or IN occasional half hearted
outbreak Of ironic laughter-not at
all He is literally "booed," while
the outbreak Of this typically Brit
ish form Of censure at the fall of
the final curtain OF a play that has
not pleased IS Of so vindictiye and
4 poisonous a character that nobody
who has heard it once is ever likely
to forget it
Nor is the British audience al
ways merely frankly and candidly
brutal in its behavior toward those
who have been so unfortunate as to
fail TO please it. Occasionally it
exhibits a subtlety in its cruelty
that is quite marvellous, considering
that it is shown by not one person
or by small group of persons, but
by majority of large assembly.
This mob subtlety takes the form of
Turing the author of a new play by
means of spurious applause to make
his appearance in front of the cur
tain, only to be instantly greeted
and overwhelmed by a perfectly c.
clOzic storm of turiously angry
'Fbooing."
AS for the 'booing,'" said an
American actress who played. in
London, it is an old custom. There
is no doubt that it is cruel. 1t $
brutal and merciless, and no mistake,
but there is this to say for tit has
done q lot to keep utter trash off
the British stage and to keep the
English theaters of the first class
from swarming with incompetent
( players who ought to be working Is
stenographers or ribbon clerks or 1T
some other wage earning task Ill
stead of being foisted upon the pub
lie in positions for which they have
no natural aptitude and for which
they are totally unable to acquire
the necessary skill. I think nobody
at all acquainted with the facts will
contend that the general average of
ability among PLAYERS in America
is anything ike the equal of that
shown by the English. don't pre-
tend that the 'booinG custom is the
only cause OF TIE British superiority
in this respect, but I am firmly con-
WINGED that it has a verv great dea!
to 20 with the fact that in London
one seldom sees a grossly incompe-
tent player set forward to play =
leading part requiring finished skill,
and that certainly is not the case in
America. 'Booing' is heroic treat
ment, but it gets results" New
York Sun.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

Your baby cries great deal at
night, Can't you do anything for it,"
Your dog barks good deal. Can
you do anything TO stop him?''
"Confound 1t. such unreasonable PEG
pie rs you haven't any right 70 live in
q Hat"-ChlcaGo Record Herald.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
Painters Collie.

Mamma-Whats the matter w1'r
Fido: Tommie-oh. was playin:
with my soldiers. and be came IN and
insisted upon licking the whole army.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

Eighteen men were tied to the
whipping post in one day recently at
Washington, Del, and given a total
of 955 lashes. This beats all preyi-
Gus records.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
WHEN TIE SONGS COM"

When the song gone out of your life
You thought would last to the end !;
That first sweet song of the heart
That no after days can lend
You can start no other song,
Not even a tremulous note
VIII falter forth on the empty air,
1t dies in your aching throat.
1t is all in vain that you try,
For the spirit of song has fed;
The nightingale sings no more to the
When the beautiful flower is dead.
SO let silence fall
On the bruised lie ats quivering
strings;
Perhaps from the loss of all
You may learn the song that the
seraph sings;
A grand and glorious psalm
That will tremble and rise and thrill
And fill your heart with its gratefu!
rest,
And its lonely warnings STILL"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

There are 100000 rural tele-
phones in this country. Think of
the time that is consumed listening
to what the neighbors are saying.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
The Resul. the Same.

"Gimme some of that prune pie"
"Son. you've had two kinds OF pie
already"
Then another kind won't matter.
There's only one kind OF stomach
ache."-Louisv!lle CourierJournal.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

Some men can't understand why
the truth will nearly always serve
better than a lie.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28

Take n rest. a field that has rested
gives . beautiful crop.-ovid.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

SALESMAN as local manager to handle
Formacone, the formaldehyde disinfectori
over lo.OO In use. Also complete line OF
sanitary supplies. Used by u. 8. govern
ment. Our manager az Duluth, MINI.
made $50 week OF September 18th. Elk
elusive territory to right man with good
references. Investigate today. Formacons
Co. 50 Church St, New York;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
HELP W%ANTED-MALE


A FEW years spent IN the navy are
years OF valuable experience Habits Of
regularity are formed. Healthy exercise,
regular drills and growing responsibility
develop quiCkness and self-reliance Many
large employers prefer men who have had
naval training because more capable and
efficient.
Young men with mechanical knowledge
have greater opportunities. They master
their trade instead Of being mere helpers.
Go to a recruiting office and learn about
the fine chances In the different branches
Of the service to save money, the hours OF
duty, cruises, sports, promotion, etc. You
are not urged to enlist. individuality VIII
be developed, not suppressed, in the navy.
ASK any one in the service about Il.
The navy hanger In postoffice, and navy
posters will give you an idea OF the ap-
pearance of a bluejacket. Apply at NAVY
Recruiting office, Postoffice Bids Omaha,
Nebraska
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

THE PRINCESS, Omaha's most popular
Moving Picture Theater 14th q Douglas
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

WAHTED-Agents can easily make $40
~ DAY selling Hilker's famous patented
lour cleaners: every housekeeper buys: be
1rst. Write HilkeT Mop Co, 1865 Grand
Ave. Chicago. Established 1901
statesmen WANTED-To nl vacancies
WI good selesmen Of ability. to hold posi-
lions paying 2@O per year. Men eXper-
fenced with Advertising or special selling
plans write. Long time contracts. Franklin
Price Co, Iowa City, las
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
MEDICAL

BEST nerve brace for man, Gray's Nerve
Food Pills, 81 a box, postpaid. Sherman q
Mcconnell Drug Co., Omaha.
FREE medical and surgical. treatment
at Creighton Medical college, 18th and Dav-
export SITS; special attention paid to com
finement cases; all treatment supervised
by college professors. Phone Douglas 1857.
Calls answered day or night.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

CIGAR salesman wanted. Experience un-
necessary Big pay. Globe Cigar Co..
Cleveland. Ohio
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

AGENTS-New profitable field; brilliant
Mexican diamonds exactly resemble genu-
inc, defy experts; quick sales, large corn-
missions, Send for special offer. Mexican
Diamond Importing Company Dept. 426,
Las Cruces, N. M"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

LATEST 1910 money maker. new and
original, no competition, agents making
sensational sales big Christmas PROPOSE
lion. Send for free samples. b. p. Black
mon. i4le Carroll Ave. ChicagO.s
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
HELP ~wANrED-FEMALE

WANTEr@An experienced cook for fam
ily Of two. Mrs c. W, HuI, 920l Farnam
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31

EXPERIENCED cook by November s..
Tel. Harvey p0 22 s oath st. Mrs. Nor.
Ram.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
MOSHER-LAMPMAN
COLLEGE

tomorrow morning. This school has proved
over and over again that Il has the ability
to give young people the very best quail
fications for success.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
EDUCATIONAL
If You Want a Better Position

a larger salary and better chances of
promotion, you should by all means join
the class which enters the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-04-03
(Continued Next WeekJ
A Spectre Moose,

FROM the IHllauelpnla Item.
Again the king of all Maine n!oUsC,
sometimes called the spectre moose,
because of the weird appearance of the
grey monster at night, has been seen
near Lobster lake, and the news has
made all the sportsmen, native hunters
and guides anxious to gel shot at
him.
The average weight of Maine moose
is 800 20 900 pounds, with antlerS
spreading four to four and a half feet,
and eight TO ~ points to n side, while
eight or nine inches is good length for a
bell, the apendage under the animals
neck. All who have seen the big moose
at Lobster lake, however aver that ne
must weigh 1000 pounds, and that his
antlers spread not less than 10 feet.
while the bell is declared to be not less
than IS inches long.
The latest report of the giant moose
is brought to Bangor by George II.
Houston, a timber cruiser, who saw
the big fellow with 16 other moose.
1t was in 1901 that this moose was
seen first by Clarence Duffy of Old
town, a guide, who was cruising around
Lobster lake. Duffy did not get near
enough for shot, but he could see him
plainly, and gave detailed description
of the animal when he came back to
town. Everybody laughed at the story,
and Duffy was set down as a romaHcer.
Not long afterward however, John
Ross, a Bangor lumberman, while
crossing between Big Lobster and Lit
tie Lobster lakes. saw the big moose.
When he told his story people began
to believe that there was something
~ there worth shooting at.
For some years hunters searched the
woods in vain for the big fellow, but
not until 1905 was the monster seen
again Granville Gray, a Bangor taxi
dermist got sight of him at a little dis
tance, and since then he has had a
second view. Gilman Brown, Of West
Newbury Mass, got nearer to the
monster than any of the Others and
shot at him. Brown says the moose
stands Is feet high. Like most of the
others, Brown saw the moose at dark.
He got several shots at him, but he
does not think he inflicted serious
wounds. He was so close thai he could
count % points on one side of the ant
lers. and thinks there are more.
From all descriptions, this moose is
like those of British Columbia, and
some think he may have wandered into
Maine from some distant poin- over tho
bpr6pr
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-04-03
OPERA STAR PAYS
BACK THE $4,000

New York. March 27.--The latest
trouble Of Miss Mary Garden, the Sa-
lone and That's of the Manhattan opera
house, had to do not with Oscar Ham
merstein, nor any italian soprano, but
with David Mayer, OF Chicago, who
was member OF the firm Of Schles-
niger & Mayer. Mr.. Mayer, with his
wife, had advanced Miss Garden $20,-
900 for her musical education, and Miss
Garden has Just repaid the loan.
That was eleven years ago Miss Gar
den at that time was choir singer in
Chicago. She was about to start for
Paris to learn to sing and act. The
Mayors were interested in her--they
had been friends of her father--they
believed she had talent. They fur
nished the money necessary for her
grounding herself in her art. She not
only grounded herself, but made big
success. However, success at the Paris
opera comique does not mean the same
thing financially tE.t success means in
New York and Miss Garden did not find
it convenient to reimburse her bene-
factors.
Miss Garden will not go into details
on the subject, which she insists, is a
private matter. But about two months
ago, Mr.. Mayer, impatient for the
money, and believing the soprano was
now making plenty to pay him, de-
manded il. There were communications
of more or less acrid character between
the Mayors and Miss Garden and then
the soprano did little scurrying about
to her banks and sent to Chicago
check for the sum of $20,000 plus the
interest
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-04-03
STANLEY MCCORMICK
HOPELESSLY INSANE

Chicago, March 26.-News that Stanley
| Mccormick, youngest son OF the reaper
| inventor, Is hopelessly insane and under
restraint I'm Santa Barbara, Cal, has
greatly shocked his friends hero.
Stanley Mccormick is 35 years old. He
was graduated from Princeton In 1885, and
was noted as an athlete. He was a star
polo player at the Onwentsia club, quite
as proficient in that line as his brother
Harold Is in the tennis game. His estate
Is appraised at $l2,OOOo0.
After leaving Princeton he went into
business Connected with the expansion OF
the harvester works. He took a leading
part in tho organization OF the Interna-
tional Harvester company with its $780,
900, 900 capital, Of which his brother Cyrus
II. is president.
In 1905 he married Katherine Writ Dex-
ter, of Boston. daughter of Writ Dexter,
a once noted Chicago lawyer. He had met
Miss Dexter when she was a child at
school in Chicago He Joined the Dexter
party and travelled with il through Italy.
After a brief and romantic courtship tho
couple were married in the fail Of 1896 In
Lucerne, Switzerland. The honeymoon
was passed In the mountains OF Switzer-
land and upper Italy. Several months lat
er the counple returned TO America. After
a brief visit to Chicago relatives, during
which young Mrs. Mccormick was lavish
ly entertained, they made their home In
Boston.
II like Boston and its ways and people
and Katherine feels at home there" Nc
Cormick told his family. 81 will take care
of the business at that end and live there
most of the time"
After that he spent his time between
Boston and a ranch which he had bought
In New Mexico.
In her petition for n guardian Mrs. Nc
Cormick mentioned Mary G. Mccormick,
sister OF her husband, as mentally in.
competent. Mary is now living at Hunts.
Vile, Ala, under constant care.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-04-03

Scranton. Pa, March 27.--Reaffirm-
Ing the demands already presented to
the operators, the anthracite miners
voted to remain at work after April /.
allowing the district executive boards
OF the hard coal fields of Pennsylvania
to continue their efforts to get an
agreement satisfactory to the men.
The miners were instructed by the
convention to continue at work until
such time as they are otherwise noti-
fled by the official representatives OF
the three anthracite districts, and the
executive boards were instructed to
negotiate an agreement upon such ba-
sis as the boards in their judgment be-
lieVed the conditions warrant.
The convention was called upon to
act upon a resolution looking to arbi-
tration as final solution If the men
and their employers cannot agree. The
resolution was introduced by district
officer, and in substance asked Presi-
dent Taft to create a commission sim
liar to the one appointed by President
Roosevelt in 1902. A heated debate
followed, with the result that the reso-
luton was referred to the three execu-
tive boards. Nearly all the leaders
We're against II, and II may never be
put into effect by the boards.
While a suspension of coal mining on
the part of the men has been avoided
for the present, there Is still a possi-
bility for strike. but II is remote.