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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
ORGANIC EVOLUTION.
How Nature Changes Her Plans 70
Nest New Conditions.


In the course of organic evolution
very many strange and Quaint de-
yelopments present themselves from
time to time, not only in the history
Of race or genus, but within the
narrow compass of the life Of SIN
gle individual member Of such race
or genus. Nature changes her plans,
in fact, to meet contingencies that
occur Unexpectedly. Probably few
who have any acquaintance with ma
rine fish have failed to notice some
thing strange about the appearance
Of what are called flatfsh, known as
the founder family Tor in zoology as
pleuronectidae), embracing the tur-
bot, place, brill, sole, halibut, foun-
der, dab, etc. The conformation Of
the head and of the anterior portion
of the body in the adult stage is
characterized by strained and I'M
symmetrical appearance. In this re-
spect the flatfsh differ from all 9th
er members Of their geological class.
The question naturally suggests
itself why this particular genus
should be so different from all other
fish, which, as rule, are remarkable
for their symmetrical and graceful
appearance. And the answer is very
simple. The fatfsh, instead Of
swimming in an upright or vertical
position, like all other fish, has for
some reason or another taken to the
unnatural habit of swimming on its
side. 1t may be on either side
night or left. This enables it to
take up what appears to be the lazy
position Of lying fat on the bottom
Of the sea, where it can move about
freely IN search of such food as
small marine animals, mollusks,
worms, etc. The young fish swims
erect IN the ordinary manner for
some time, but it early shows a
tendency to become lopsided and
gradually falls over on one side,
usually the left, but not invariably
SO by any means.
The eye on the under side, Just
so soon as the tendency is shown to
fall over on that side, commences
gradually to move round to the 9TH
er or uppermost side and finally
takes its place beside the other eye.
This process is strangely brought
about through the twisting of por-
ton of the bones of the head, which
gives the latter a decidedly de-
formed and unnatural appearance.
The ventral fms become useless and
degenerate. Impaired fms are de-
veloped, the undulatory motion of
which enables the fish to swim with
ease and even rapidly in the new
and horizontal position assumed
Harper's Weekly.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
TEST BY PHOTOGRAPHER.
He Discovers Tha. In Some Ways the
Whole World Is Kin.

Whole World Is Kin.
'eYou note" said the photogra-
pher, Shat in pictures taken any
where, IN any part OF the globe, the
humans face the camera as if they
wanted to be taken. 1t may be
vanity, but they all seem to like to
get into the picture.
Take a group picture made any
where, say among your own tribe.
Note the people in the rear with
necls craned to get out from behind
blanketing people in from, 50 that
their faces will show. Shyness or
modesty may keep some who are in
the background from doing this, but
unless the photographer has person
ally posed every member Of the
group SO that he viii show You viii
always find in such pictures some
figures Of persons who would other
wise been more or less obscured, but
who have so disposed themselves as
to make sure that their faces show.
$50 Of any set group, and the
same would be true Of any sort of
picture in which many persons were
taken, as at banquet or a wedding.
People like to get into the picture.
Gust how true this is appears IN
many ways in all sorts of pictures
IN pictures in which people are not
the main but only incidental or sub
ordinate features, as Of accidents or
ruins or scenes Of a great variety of
sorts. In such pictures where the
presence of the camera was known
you will always End some persons
facing or turning toward the pho
tographer, with an evident desire to
get into the picture, and it is easy
to imagine that the qualification Of
seeing themselves there may give
them pleasure.
Look at pictures taken of semi
savage or semiciyilized people in re-
motest countries, where perhaps
they had never seen mirror or
heard of camera. but you may be
sure that human vanity exists as it
does with US, and YOU nav see some
body trying to get into the picture
or smiling to look well in it.
Seriously, this pleases me as no
other one minor thing that / know
of does. 1t brings the whole world
closer together, for it shows that
however far apart in land and
tongue and customs the races of the
world may be, yet in some at least
of mans underlying human traits
we are all hn."-New York Sun.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
HEAT OF THE SUN.
The Theory That II Is the Result Of
Contraction.
the

Contraction.
Many theories regarding theS
source Of the suns heat have been
formulated by scientists at different
times. One was that as the sun was
the largest heavenly body IN the !
solar system it attracted smaller
bodies to it IN great numbers and
that the force Of these on impact
caused enough heat to make the sun
glow. When it was figured out how
much would have to drop on it every
day the amount was so enormous
that the theory was laughed out of
existence. There is no doubt,
though, that thousands Of smaller
bodies are constantly falling into
the sun and producing heat
Another was that the sun consist
ed of huge mass Of burning gas.
Now, the character Of a great many
Of the substances found in the sun Is
known, and it is also known that all
! Of them are in a gaseous state on
account of the. intense heat, but
when it came to figuring out all the
! greatest possible quantities of sub
stances necessary to combine and
produce heat it was found that the
sun would be entirely consumed in
less time than we already know it
to have been IN existence.
How, then, does the sun maintain
its heat? The theory now held by
scientists is what is called the con-
traction theory. That is that the
sun is slowly cooling and therefore
contracting and that the enormous
pressure produced on the inner mass
BY this contraction causes it to be-
come white hot and give out heat
and light. There is no serious pal
pable objection to this theory. On
the other hand, it fits in with all the
observed phenomena of the sun.
Therefore it must stand until fully
disproved or a more likely theory is
offered. Likewise this theory is
in accord with common sense. We
all know that pressure produces
heat, and We know that hot body
in space radiates its heat and tends
to contract, and we know that con-
traction produces pressure, so there
you are.
Not many people have any idea
as to the enormous amount of heat
that the sun sends off into space.
Our earth gets only a very small
part of it. The head of pin placed
twenty feet away from an electric
light gets in proportion to the light
on the surrounding walls of a room
about what the earth gets of the
suns light and heat radiated into
space.
Why does not the earth lose its
heat as fast as it gets it, as the
moon does? Because the earth has
an atmosphere and the moon hasn't.
This atmosphere allows light waves
to go through it to the earth, but
when the earth changes them to
heat waves the atmosphere will not
let them out, except very slowly.
Thus our heat is kept through the
night.
All are familiar with this prop
erty from the common dollhouse.
The glass allows the light waves to
come in and be changed to heat
waves, but it will not let the heat
waves go out. Thus the inside of
such a place is much warmer than
the outside air.-Lawrence Hodges
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
Keeping His Promises.

Mrs. Synnex-When Tom asked
me to have him he promised me
that my lightest wish would always
be law with him.
Mrs. Sauer-And of course that
was all the promise amounted to-
merely empty words?
Mrs. Synnex-No, I won't say
that. Tom always respects my
lightest wishes. It is in matters Of
Importance where he is bound to
have his own way.-Boston Tran
script.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
Absentminded.

An English paper says that the
champion absentminded man lives
at Belham. On one occasion he
called upon his old friend, the fam
lily physician. After a chat of a
couple of hours the doctor saw him
to the door and babe him good
night, saying: Come again. Fam
lily all well. l SUPPOSE" ''ATy heav-
ems" exclaimed the absentminded
beggar. .sThat reminds me of my,
errand. Ny wife is in a fit"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
THE GooD-FoR-NoTHlNG.7
He LelIsd Abou. All Day but M=s-
aged to Keep Out Of Debt.

aged to Keep Out Of Debt.
A prominent judge once arrived
in a strange town and, wishing to
ascertain the way to the best hotel,
stopped before a lazy looking, cum
bersome fellow leaning on the corner
fence. This fellow answered his
queries in such a drawing, apathetic
way that the judge, with growing re-
pugnance, wondered what the man
might be good for.
So, looking him over with not
too kindly eye, he asked him what
he was working at.
"oh," replied the other, with a
broad yawn, "T'm takin' it pretty
EASY"
Don't you know, sir, that we are
Iall put here to tol?" demanded the
Judge somewhat testify.
Were here to keep a-goin'," the
other rejoined. leaning over the
fencepost. Il don't believe, though,
in gem into Mysteries over work or
dom anybody else's. ! believe in
actin natural"
'1f you mean"
'Now, when l was young" the
fellow drawled on, ignoring the In
quisitor's last attempt-"when I was
young everybody said / was cut out
for a good-for-nothin', an / amt
done what I'd call a hard days work
since. Still, I've managed somehow
to git enough eat an drink to keep
a-goin'. / let things come an 90
easy-like an leave the worryin' to
Others"
F'There'll come a day of reckon
ing, my man" put in the Judge,
with unsurpassed disgust.
SReckonin'?" His eyes languid-
ly gazed afar off. Now, some folks
"a lot of 'em-stew about that. /
don't. When the Lord calls me up
to throw my load in on the weigh
scales, III throw it right in an pick
out shady, cool spot where I can
take it as easy as l do now" with a
lazy chuckle.
"And what have you got to the
good to weigh-what have you ac-
compished?" insisted the Judge
holly.
Accomplished? Now, as said
before, mister, work never worried
me much, but here's this house
here" pushing thumb YEARLY over
his shoulder. Jim Stetson put that
up several years ago, an I stood
round an watched an put in a word
now an then as to how I'd put FER
up if was doin' it myself. Then
there's them two stores an barn
over yonder, worth nigh onto six
thousand-Stetson had them built.
Next he put up the bank, the opera
house an then the hotel you're look
in for, p
q suppose you stood around and
threw in a little advice, as usual?"
interrupted the judge sarcastically.
Il did thatw the drone rejoined,
with an unexpected burst of en-
thusiasm. AN l was there when
they built Stetson's big mill round
the corner there. That mill was
nothin' but a shack when Stetson
started it up-he was young man
but it grew an grew an ground
out enough money SOS Stet could
build pretty much the whole town.
Stetson"-
''Let up on Stetson, man; he's a
captain Of industry. The question
is, What have you accomplished"
uttered the thoroughly harassed
Judge.
The others enthusiasm suddenly
died down as he looked away and
said carelessly:
'SIe? Oh, yes-werl, Pm Stet-
son Snara MornaD+o
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-12-01
HERE is OUR PRIcELIs
WHISKY. BOTTLED I'M BOND
BARREL GOODS

Smoke House, per Gallon ..................S4 90
EdEewood Rye, per gallon .....................35o
Paul Jones, per gallon ............. So
B. Taylor, perfallon. 10000. 90
Limestone per gallon. .................. d oo
5utler Souny Rye per gallon rs
Royal Club per gallon. 325
cIeIWooo' per gallon
Sweet Rose per gallon.
NORM Sarohna Sorn. per gallon ..--..........
money pew, per gallon 800. 90
Peach Brandy per gallon ..................... On
French Brandy, per gallon. .............4 oo
hpHcot branoy per gallon
Apple Brandy per gallon .....................4o 90
Alconol per gallon.
E1ammotn ave per quart. 90
Three Owls per quart ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 90
Deerield. per quart ......................... M
Old Land Mark per quart .................... no
Burwood, per quart. :. ................. 1 IN
Harvest Home, per quart ..................... 90
Willow Grove, per quart -. ..............1oo
Elein Club per quart .......................1 M
VI, Duttys Pure Malt per quart ................ 90
Weary full line of Wines Gins and cordials
Express companies WILL NOT TAKE LIQUOR O. D. All orde
must be accompanied by Cash Money Order or Express Order payable
ALEX. KELSO. Point Pleasant w vo
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16

in the year one thousand nine hundred
and eleven and every fourth year there
after; and in the election of said officers
each qualified eector shall vote for no
more than two persons. and the three
persons having the highest number of
votes shall be elected; any casual vacancy
in the office of county commissioner or
county auditor shall be filled by the court
of common pleas of the county in which
such vacancy shall occur, by the appoint
ment of elector of the proper county
who shall have voted for the commits
soner or auditor whose place is to be
filed.
Schedule for the Amendments.
Section II. That no Inconvenience may
arise from the changes in tie Constitu-
tion of the Commonwealth, and in order
to carry the same into complete opera
tion 1t is hereby declared that
In the case Of officers elected by the
people, all terms of office fixed by act Of
Assembly at an odd number of years
shall each be heightened one year, but
the Legisla ture may change the length
of the term provided the terms for which
such officers elected shall always be
for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms
shall not affect officers elected at the
general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward,
borough. township, or election DIVISION
listing law, end in the year one thousand
nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred
and ten the municipal election shall be
held on, the third Tuesday of February.
as heretofore; but all officers chosen at
that election to office the regular term
of which is two years, and also all cleo
ton officers and assessors chosen at that
election shalt serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and eleven. All Off
GERS chosen at that election to Offices the
term of which is now four years, or is
made four years by the operation Of
these amendments or this schedule, shall
serve until the first Monday of December
in the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirteen. All justices of the peace,
magistrates, and aldermen chosen at that
election. shall serve until the first Mon
day of December in the year one thou
sand nine hundred and fifteen. After the
year nineteen hundred and ten, and until
the Legislature shall otherwise provide,
all terms of city, ward borough, town
ship and election division officers shall
begin on the first Monday of December
in an odd-numbcred year.
All city, ward borough, and township
officers holding office at the date of the
approval of these amendments whose
terms of Office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven. shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of December of that year.
All judges of the courts for the sew
eral judicial districts. and also all county
officers. holding Office at the date of the
approval of these amendments, whose
terms of office may end in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall
continue to hold their offices until the
first Monday of January, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.
true copy of the Joint Resolution.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16
NOCRT PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS IIoN. CHAs. + TERRY President
jpdye. HoHurabes Henry Richlin and K. G. X.
kskinka Assoc. Judges orhe Courts of oyer and
Trgunuer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter
sessions OF the Peace Orphans Court and Com
inon Pleas tor the County OF sullivan have issued
their preccpt, bearing dnte the % day OF July
i.Ul to me directed, ior holdlng the severa
courts in the Borough of Laporte, on Monday the
20 day of sept. 1909, at O'Clock p. IN.
Therefore notice is hereby given To the Coroner.
Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county that they be then and there in their prop
er person at clock p. IN. of said day with their
rolls records, inquistions examinations and
other rememberarccs to those things TO which
their offices appertain To he done. And In those
who are luuii by their recognzanCe to prosecute
against prisoners who are shall be in the jail Of
the said county of sullivan are hereby notified To
he thcu and there to prosecute against them as
VIII be just.
JUDSON BROWN sheriff.
Sheriff. Office, Laporte Pa. O. J. n 1908
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16
RURAL PROGRESS.
The Necessity of improving General
Farm Conditions.

The Necessity of improving General
Farm Conditions.
A most timely and suggestive ad
dress was given by Dean Bailey at the
New York state grange meeting on the
topic above indicated. DR.. Bailey had
recently completed his work on the
country life commission, and many Of
the suggestions in his admirable ad-
dress were the outgrowth of the dis
cussions had before the commission al
its numerous meetings. lie empha
sized the need of national campaign
for rural progress, and IN order to
make 1t successful there should be q
clean cut state campaign, he said
And this must come as the result of
federation or working together of all
country life agencies within the state.
Among these are the Patrons of Hus
bandry. State Agricultural society
state department of agriculture ex
pertinent stations, State College OF
Agriculture and other state and dis
trict organizations expressive of agri-
cultural industries and interests. Con
tinuing. Dr. Bailey said;
The SPECIAL schools of agriculture can
not meet all the needs of country people
for education in terms of their daily
lives. If there were one school in each
OF the agricultural counties of the state
graduating fifty pupils year, ii would
require nearly hundred years to reach
all the farm people of the state. A farm
er has a right to ask that his son and
daughter be given facilities for country
life education in his home school. The
state should not MAKE 1t necessary for
him to send them away from home 70"
the elements of such education. 1t fol
lows that all public schools should be
open to education by means of agri-
ture on the same terms that they arc
open to education by other means. We
have the basis for such development IN
the act of 1905 for the encouraging of In
dustria and trade schools. l am con
vinced that this act marks q clear ad-
vance In industrial education in this coun-
try. This law recognizes industrial edu
cation as n part of the proper education
al work of the state and the principle
that the initiative should be with the peo-
pie and the maintenance be cooperative
between the locality and the state. II
provides that any public school which es-
tabliShes such work and maintains 1t for
year shall receive $500 from the state
for one teacher so employed and $500 for
additional teachers. 1t limits such in
struction to those who have taken the
elementary school course. 1t provides for
an advisory local board to advise with
the school officers in respect to the work.
This means that the state education de-
partment must develop broad policy OF
industrial education, with well equipped
department or division to administer it.
This division should also have relation to
the work in special schools of agriculture.
Personally l doubt the wisdom of sep
arating the administration of agricultural
education from that OF other industrial
education. The two lines should develop
co-ordinately, and agricultural training
should be in good part manual or indus
trial.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16

f. w. Meylert, Attorney.
Laporte, Pa. June II, 1909.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16

ESTATE OF JOSEPH G. NGTON
Deceased.
Letters 1estamentary on the above es-
tate having been gran ed to the under.
signed, notice is hereby gwen 10 all parties
indebted Ia said esta;c 20 settle their ac.
count, without delay, aud all parties
having claims against SAID estate are re-
qucsted To present he same Tor allowance.
MRS. JAN + l.. PENNINGTON,
w. SCOTT WIELAND.
Executors.
f. W. Meylert, Attorney.
Laporte, Pa, June II, 1909.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16
Prize Speaking Contest.

A grange prize speaking contest was
held III connection with the state fair
at Concord, n. H.. this fall. Contest
ants were present from five oranges
and all under fourteen years of age,
The first prize of $40 was awarded to
Ina NJ. Blood of Hudson grange, the
second to Una White of Bow grange
and the third to Helen Guild of Derry
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that letters tes
tamentarv upon the estate of Mrs. Electa
Mead. late of Laporte Borough, Sullivan
County, Pa, deceased, have been granted
tothe unders igned. All persons indebt
ed To said estate are requested to make
payment, and those having claims or de
m"nds against the same will make then
known without delay to
+. j. X EELER. Executor
+. W. Meylert ATTY. Laporte. Ia.
June 10. 1909
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16
Report Of Auditors

Ot lA!'0ETE BOROUGH school District sr ear
E.Iiu2 June %, 1909.
J.J. Ecclcr collector Of Taxes, in account with
ia..,urta Borough school District for year ending
tn..ts
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16

Estate OF jeremiah Edgar, late Of Da-
wilson Township, deceased.
Letters OF admi listration in the above
estate haeiug heen granted to the under
signed, all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment
To the undersigned and AL parties i'aying
claims agaid estate are REQUESTED to pre-
sent the, same without delay, for allow
ahce.
ANDREW EDGAR, Administrator
F. W, Neglect, Atty.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-09-16

Total e 0. 693 10
State OF Pennsylvania County of sullivan s.
l, NJ d. Swarts cashier OF the above named
bank do solemuly swear that the above statement
is true to the best OF my knowledge and belief.
". u. SWARTo, Cashicl
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Oh
iay OF Sept 1908 ALPH0N~US WALSH
Ny commission expires Feby y, '09. NotaryPublic
Correct Attest:
J. D. RFESFR
+. q SYLNARA, Directors.
SAMUEL COLE.
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