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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

AZ spring cd,nc on Douglas taFytcd Polly
doirfs % the suniit garden.
I knowed how you was allus a-feelln'
bout her. | guess the leap.a-death's'
husband Is goin' 10 jump bis job soon.
II he gets enough saved up. cause him
an Barker can't hlt II or no more.
We got a good deal o. trouble among
the animals too. None o. the snakes
Is sheddin' Ike they ought 90. an
Jumbo's a-carryin' sixteen foot band.
age around that trunk O. hls'n cause
he got too fresh with Trixy's grub the
other night, an the new CRATES got
the Group III that seven foot neck o.
his'n. guess you'll think got the pip
for fair this time. SO III just get on 60
myself now m cut this short. III be
writin' you as'in when We hit Morgan.
town
your OLD MUvvER JIM"
Douglas lad the letter gently on the
table. bis hard still resting uponh. He
looked helplsssly at the little. shrunk.
en- nsure In the opposite chair. Polly
had made nc sound. but her head had
slipped lower and lower. and she now
sat very quietly with ber face In her
hands. She had been taught by Toby
and Jim ne-er TO whimper.
what a plucky lot they arer'
thought Douglas as be considered these
three lonels souls. each accepting
whatever fate brought with no rebel
lion or even surprise. II was a strange
world Of stoics In which these chill
dren Of the amusement arena fought
ard lost Th.y came and went like
rI;nir"s. - ~ L I, '.srsci isisrcss
~ i'ichr vitae tse-;i ~ of Ia
grcat, niovi;ig powers of the world
tcontinued on second page.)
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06
aIs there any more to that storyT
she asked. ignoring his question.

.Is there any more to that storyF
she asked. ignoring his question.
ayes, indeed"
"would you read me little moreT
She was very humble now.
.swhere thou diest win ] die. and
there will be buried. The Lord do so
10 me, and more also, II aught but
death part Lie and thee"
Their eyes met. There was long
pause. Suddenly the sharp. sweet
notes OF the church bell brought John
Douglas 10 his feet with a start Of
surprise.
-Haye you got to eoT' Polly asked
regfetfully.
"Yes. must. but I'll read the rest
from the church. Open the window
Mandy And he passed out OF the
door and quickly down the stairs.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

she'd put some flowers on II now an
then IL WAS you what made me think
o. that. Poll. 'cause II seemed TO me
what you would "a done You was al
lus 50 daffy about flowers. you an
him.
Il guess this letters too long for me
TO be a-sayin' much about the show,
but the leap-a-death' girl got her'n
last week. She wasn't strong enough
for the Job nohow. done what
could for her outside the show, cause
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06
CHAPTER VI.

.IHEN John Douglas uncle OF
lW fered to educate his nephew
IVI for the ministry the boy wni
- less enthusiastic than ht
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

With lnoihcrly soIIcltude.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Accurate Measure.

4 laoorer in dockyard was one
day given a two foot rule to meas
nre piece of iron plate. Not be-
ing accustomed to the use of the
rule, he returned it after wasting a
good deal of time.
EEWell, Bill" remarked the fore
man, swhat is the size of the
plnte?"
*Well," replied he. with a smile
which accompanies duty performed,
<ft's the length of Your rule and
two thumbs over. with this piece of
brick and the breadth of my hand
and arm and from here to there,
bar finger. London Mail.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Dumas Mushrooms.

a Paris contemporary, comment
ing on the little knowledge of
French possessed BY some Germans,
relates story of Alexandra Dumas
pere, who knew little German. he
found himself at an inn in Ger
man Switzerland. He exhausted his
small stock of German in trying to
make the waiter understand what
dishes he required for dinner. One
he could not make the man under
stand, so in despair the author of
Monte Cristo" called for a pencil
and sketched what he wanted.
Some minutes later the innkeeper
himself appeared bearing large
open umbrella. Dumas had ordered
mushrooms.-London Globe.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Marriaae Deals In Eranee.

French marriages turn out sur
prisingly successful, although they
are generally arranged by the par
ents of the bride and bridegroom.
In some parts of provincial France
the wishes of a man or maid are
as often not taken into considera-
ton by the parents making the
deal" In one province a lover.
after declaring his passion, may re-
ceive. while sitting at dinner at the
house of his beloved, from her
hands plate of pea soup into
which she has grated some cheese.
He relishes that soup, for the
grated cheese means that he has
been accepted. If his addresses to
the young woman are not welcome
he finds that some one has placed a
singing uettle and some oats in his
pocket. Another unmistakable sign
is when the young woman turns the
blackened end of poker toward
him.-New York Tribune.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Climatic Changes.

There is indisputable evidence
that the greater part of Europe was
at one time covered with iceberes
and glaciers and that an arctic eli
mate prevailed as far south as the
shores Of the Mediterranean. But
there is also abundant proof that at
a still earlier epoch not only Eu-
rope, but the lands situated within
the arctic circle, possessed tropical
climate, for the numerous fossil re-
mains found in those regions are
those Of plants and animals which.
according to the present state Of
our knowledge, must have lived un-
der conditions now found only in
the equatorial portions of the Globe.
New York American.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
VGGRK PRISONERS ON COUNTY ROADS
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS CHARLES P LIGHT ADVOCATING POR1AN

STEPS

The H ,ntington Herald-Dispatch
says Sher; !; tIarshbarger has but re-
Gently received a letter from State
Commissioner of Highways Charles
P. Light, asking the number of pris-
oners confined in the county Jail.
The letter is the initiatory step tow
ard securing the acquiesence of all
County Courts toward working all
prisoners on the county roads.
Commissioner Light has dug up an
old Virginia statute passed by our
forefathers away back yonder in the
year 1878, which gives the County
Court the right to work the prisoners
in the county jails upon the public
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Eastern FunereaI Pomp.

When u rich and important Chi
naman dies his funeral is conducted
with much pomp and splendor. His
friends and relations instead of
sending wreaths send innumerable
banners. These are made of white
silk with inscriptions beautifully
worked in black velvet and express
the senders' good wishes to the de-
ceased himself or to the members
Of his family for many generations.
On the day of the funeral these
banners are carried by hired men,
who are all dressed alike for the oc-
casion. After the funeral is over
the banners are all brought back
and eventually grace the rooms Of
the late Chinaman's house.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03

Mr.. Hopperdyke, who had been
slightly injured in a railway col
ision while on trip away from
home, found it necessary to make a
stop of a day or two to rest and re-
pair damages. he was not much
disabled, however. and he wrote a
letter to his wife, telling her of the
accident and assuring her that he
was all right and that she need not
have a moments uneasiness about
him.
When he had posted the letter
an idea struck him, and he sent her
the following telegram:
Have been hurt in railroad accident.
Letter on the way. which will explain.
JOHN.
Two days afterward he received
this dispatch from her:
Why on earth did you send that horr,d
'eiesram! LUCY
His reply was:
sent it to prepare you for the letter.
JOHN.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
TAKE TINE TO THINK.
President Hadley. d, Yale Univers-

President Hadley, offYale Univers-
ity recently made this statement:
1t costs self denial to think. The
man who sees what he is doing avoids
many easy and pleasant paths which
are open to the blind. He assumes
burdens where others are allowed to
sleep quietly. He cuts himself of
from indulgences which Others allow
themselves because he sees the con-
sequences and they do not. The
rights and wrongs of modern business
and modern politics in modern society
are harder to disentangle than they
have been in any previous age. To
him who with unsel6sh purpose and
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
a PessihIe ExnIanntion.

There is a certain clergyman who
has a happy way of enjoying his
own Disadvantages.
Never a handsome man, Mr.. C.
was severely battered in a railroad
wreck, in which he suffered the loss
of foot.
Soon after marrying a beautiful
woman the i'll used minister met an
old friend on the street, who ban
teringly asked. &C.. how in the
world did such pretty girl come to
marry you:"
@oh, ladies ike remnants" was
the cheerful reply.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Mothers Experience.

Fond Mother-Now. look here,
George! l want you to break off
with that girl. She is very pretty;
and all that, but 1 know her too
well to want you to risk 'your life
and happiness by marrying her.
Why, she knows no more about
housekeeping than I do about
Greek-not bit!
GeOrge-Perhaps not, but she
can learn.
Mother-After marriage is rath-
er late for that, George.
George : But you said yourself
that You did not know a thing
about housekeeping until after you
were married.
Nother-Very true, George, and
your poor father died of dyspepsia
twenty years ago.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
How Indians Poisoned Arrou,.

Indians took a fresh deer liver,
fastened it to a long pole and then
went to certain places where they
knew they would find rattlesnakes.
Tie bucks would poke the first rat
tier with the liver. The snake
would repeatedly strike at the liver
with its fangs until its poison was
all used up. Then the pole was car
RED home and fastened upright IN
til the liver became as dry as a
bone. The liver was pounded to a
fine powder and placed in buck
skin bag. This powder would stick
lie glue to any moistened surface
and was used to poison arrows
Denver Field and Farm.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
An Easy Way Out.

Here, you" said the conductor,
you rang up fare. Do that ag'in
and Pn put you off,"
The small man standing in the
middle of the crowded car promptly
rang up another fare. Thereupon
the conductor projected him
through the crowd and to the edge
of the platform.
''Thanks," said the little man.
q did not see any other way to get
out. Here's your dine" Success
Magazine.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
Tied It Down.

Joseph Chamberlain in one OF his
political speeches said: 'SAIany of
my opponents are as ignorant of
my proposition as was a certain
farmer many years ago of the UNI
brella. This farmer had made a
journey of some twenty miles on
foot to a small town. As he was
about to set off for home again a
hard rain came up, and his host
lent him an umbrella novelty
at the time-opening it himself so
as to save his friend all possible
trouble. A week later the farmer
brought the umbrella back. The
weather was bright and fine, but
he held the contrivance open over
his head. This Instrument he
grumbled, IS more trouble than it's
worth. There wasn't doorway in
the village could get it through.
and | had to tether it all the week
in a fieId.'"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03

with clear head shall learn to think
these problems ont and take the re-
sponsibility that they bring with
them is promised the crown of life.
Every time that you face amoralissue
squarely you help to create public
opinion. The leader ofmen becomes
leader of men by not following the
crowd on lines ofeasiest resistance;
by thinking where he goes and max
ing path for Others to follow
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
pRHUpleesz
They Don't Mind Close ouar.ers-Ths
Closer the Better.

Sse-se -
OF all the occupations known to
men, entertaining q prejudice IS
the most absurd. Yet the practice
is almost universal.
The prejudice Is usually uninTit-
ed. he comes IN quietly, removes
his hat and coat, saunters up to the
guest chamber and prepares to be-
come a permanent feature of the
establishment. You entertain him
royalty, strain him to your bosom,
exhibit him proudly to every one,
fight for him, defend him and per-
petuate him. Yet you do not even
admit that he is present. q enter
tain a prejudice you say, with
becoming concern. SNeyerp
Birds of feather flock together.
It therefore happens that if there
is one prejudice present there are
also others. They always come in
unawares and take their places 81
lently and unobtrusively. But, oh,
how they hang together in an argu-
ment!
a group of prejudices is invinci-
bic. They have never been beaten.
The strange part of prejudices is
that one would think they would
prefer more commodious quarters.
But, no; the narrower the mind the
more content they are. They don't
mind close quarters. The closer the
better.
Prejudices are always busy. If
they are not tampering with ones
eyesight they are screening the
mind from the open-putting
blinds on and making it dark
enough to sleep IN comfortably.
A man can get insured against
almost,anything else but prejudices.
BE can insure himself against fire
and water and loss of life and acct
dents and depreciation in his prop
erty. But there is no company so
fortified that it would take the risk
of insuring against prejudice. And,
then, no man would ever think of
taking out any insurance against
one, because he would never admit
that he had it. The prejudice him
self fixes that. The first thing he
does is to make the man think he
isn't there.
That is why prejudices, no mat
ter how much damage they cause
to character. are never evicted.
They have come to stay.-Thomas
L. Mason in Lippincott.s.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
TIE LONGEST WORD.

"a Short Cut to Some English Claim
ants to the Honor.
This moot point has never been
satisfactorily settled. About 1876
the Liverpool Daily Courier came
out with new word Of gargantuan
dimensions, "yelocipedes trianistical-
istinarianologist."
An Edinburgh Journal followed
with @ultradisestablis hmentariasts, !"
an extension of Archbishop Ben
sons previous %antidisestablishmen-
tartan" given in his diary.
A junction might be effected if
one is anxious to see friend car
RED out in state of collapse Ito
the refreshment room) that a good,
long word is @ultrantidisestabIish-
mentarianists" (only thirty-three
letters.
Then there is another short jaw
breaker, antitranssubstantiationis-
tically," which appeared in high
land paper. 1t is highland enough
In all conscience.
Sir Walter Scott has in his jour
nal a word, Observation-Disclosures
cation" (which, Ike wounded
snake, drags its slow length along. y
Then Rabelais takes some doing
with his "antipericametanarbeuge-
damphicribrationis.
Wyntoun in his Chronicle sup
plies US with Observation-Disclosures
tatibus," which Shakespeare uses in
Loves Labour's Lost" (twenty-
seven letters. Dante also has it in
the ablative singular form in his
de Vulgar Eloquentia."
Byfeld in treatise on the Colos-
slams 1615) wrote 'Eincircumscripti-
bleness."
But the Englishman's real jaw
Breaker IS 4 Welsh word over which
Mr.. Justice Lawrence once at the
Anglesey assizes asked an explana-
ton from Mr.. Bryn Roberts, NJ. P,
"What is the meaning of the letters
p. G. after the name Llanfair 2"
The answer was, at is an abbrevia-
ton for the village of Llanfair-
pwllgwyngyllg ogerychwyrndrobwila-
ndysiliogogoch. How is this pro-
nounced? 1t viii take some beat
ing. This word of fifty-four letters
if repeated often enough is said to
be an excellent cure for the tooth
ache.
Bat the jocular man will tell us
there are longer words, @smile" and
''beleaguered," for instance, be-
cause one is more than a emile"
and the other more than a tEleague,"
and another will insist that the
longest word in the English Ian
guage is 'longer," for, however long
any other word may be, it is always
longer" This is on the principle
of the willy Scot who bet his chum
that Glasgow was not the biggest
town in Scotland. Flows that 2"
he was asked. 'There's bigger"
What is it," "Biggar," was the
prompt reply.-London Academy.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
TEMPERAMENTs.
They Divide Ire Human Family Into
Five Crest Glasses.

Five erss. Classes.
The physician Of former gen.
Grafton used to talk much OF the
temperament Of his patients
that is to say, the predominant type
Of physical constitution possessed
by each. BE studied this permanent
temperament fully as carefully as
he did the disease temporarily pres
emf before deciding upon the line
of treatment to be adopted.
Even today, although the physi-
clan speaks less of Compartments
and diatheses and perhaps would be
at loss to tell the names by which
they were formerly designated, he
by no means ignores the physical
tendencies Of his patients. From
the viewpoint Of temperament one
may regard the human family as di-
yided into FIVE great classes, al
though few belong solely to one
type. Most persons have mixture
of two or more, being classified
rather by the one which FREEDOM
mates.
The first of these temperaments
is the Emphatic or phlegmatic. In
this the individuals are of a quiet,
rather inert disposition. They move
slowly, but they move surely. They
are usually dependable people, true
to their word and faithful to per-
form the duties assigned to them.
a second type, in many ways the
direct opposite of the first, is the
nervous temperament. These per-
sons are quick in their movements,
energetic in work and in play,
strenuous, but often without stay
ing power. What they accomplish
they accomplish quickly.
The third type is the equity, san
guine or rheumatic. The indiyiid-
uals of this group are of floral com
ple1on, frank and jovial DISPOSE
ton, good eaters and sleepers and
never sick" But in later life they
pay for their previous health BY
equity attacks, and when attacked
by serious illness they are likely to
succumb quickly.
Persons OF the bilious tempera-
ment are poor assimilators of food.
They suffer from intestinal indiges-
ton, which leads to repeated at
tacks of Sbilliousness.' All the
processes of secretion and excretion
are sluggishly performed.
The fifth temperament is the
strumous. These people have poor
digestion and defective reparatiye
power, little cuts and scratches
healing slowly. They are always
Catching" whatever contagious
disease is about. They lack firm
ness of texture. The glands in the
neck, in the armpits and in the
groins frequently become enlarged.
The treatment of the same dis
ease in persons of different temper
aments often varies greatly. and
hence the Importance of the study
and power to recognize the FIVE
distinct temperaments. = Youths
Companion.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
The highest medical. authority
on foods,
Sir James Criiehton Browne, u.D.-F.R.S.
If London,
gives the best reasons for ealing more
Quaker Oats

In an article published in the
Youth 5 Companion of Septen-
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
iecithins. "
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the well-to-do Of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay of the Scottish
laboret's diet and says it pro-
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03
HANGING J HORSE.
Tfial aad Execution Of a ssoed Which

Trial and Execution of steed Which
Overturned Carriage.
The following account Of the phi
sate trial and execution of a horse
by command of the fantastic Mar
guis de Bnqueyille is taken from
IN article entitled Geographic des
Excentriques," originally published
without signature in La Repub-
lique du PeupIe. described as sAl-
manach Democratique, Paris, chez
FROST, 1885," and republished 10
0euyres Posthumes of Baudelaire,
Paris. The article is evidently one
of Baudelaire's bits Of hack work,
but even here the masters touch IS
felt:
First Of all let US mention the
Marquis de Briqueyille, a very rich
person, popularity deemed crazy and
probably Slightly so. At least he
did all that was necessary to iusti-
~ the opinion one had of him. One
day as he was rushing violently
through the streets IN his brilliant
eqmpage one of his forses fell. The
carriage was upset. and the mar
qris-received an ugly confusion. He
Is brought back to his mansion; he
is in a rage; he wants to dismiss his
coachman. The latter justifies him
self. The accident was not caused
by any fault of his. One Of the
horses is to blame. IF it is So
says the marquis. the horse must
be punished; every fault must have
its penalty. He orders all his
household to appcar-steward, but
er, Wallets, scul.ions, grooms. It is
veritable court ofsjustice. They
u take tier places. The marquis
resides. The accused is brought
n. BE preserves in his noble bear
ing the calmness of innocence. The
coachman makes the accusation.
The secretary Of the marquis. fill
ing the Office of lawyer, presents
the defense of the quadruped. he
is long winded. heavy, fiat, exactly
as if he was pleading before parIia-
ment. BE quotes the Digest; he
spits Latin. He concludes by re-
questing that his client should be
returned to the stable, whose finest
ornament he is. The case is heard.
The marquis gives his opinion first.
he considers the accusation as
proved. lie votes for the sentence
of death. All his Wallets hurry to
vote ike him. The whole thing
seemed to them joke. They were
mistaken. The marquis had a scat
fold erected in his yard. He ad-
dressed to the condemned prolix
discourse, in which he made him
feel the enormity of his crime. Dur
ing this oratorical display the I'M
fortunate victim looked upon the
instrument of torture with a firm
eye-no affectation of courage, no
dependency.
Gas soon as the marquis had I'm
ished a groom threw with dexterity
a rope around the neck of the pa
tent, and a few seconds later the
poor animal was suspended in the
air, the coachman was pulling his
feet down, a valet was stamping on
his shoulders. The hanging was as
correct as those daily exhibited IN
the square of the Greve. The at
tcrdants were stupefed with aston
ishment."
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Just the Same.

District 7isitor-Pve just had a
letter from my son, Arthur, saying
he has won scholarship. l can't
tell you how pleased l am.
Rustic ParE-I can understand
yer feeLn's, mum. I felt just the
same when our pig won medal at
the agricultural show. = Parsons
Weekly.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-03

roads. Mr.. Light has been cores
pondins with the sheriffs throughout
the state trying to find out the num-
Der of prisoners confined in the coun-
ty jails with the view of asking the
County Courts to act in this matter.
If the courts can be persuaded to
adopt his views regarding fhis stat
ute the prisoners numbering about
500 in the state will be put out
among public highways to work and
in some counties, the amount of
work to be obtained in this way viii
be a valuable assistance towards the
building and maintenance of public
roads.