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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
DR.. COOKS HOME COMING

There was genuineness in the
welcome extended to DR.. Cook. the
discoverer of the North Pole, upon
his arrival in New York, that must
have in measure repaid the veteran
explorer for all the hardships and
perils of his efforts in the aid of
science.
1t Is quite true that the coterie of
adherents of the naval hero, Peary,
lid their part in discounting the
welcome and warmth of feeling by
expression of doubt and fear as to the
truth of DR.. Cooks story, yet the
masses of the American people, who
believe in fair play as well as in
Cook, are willing the honor shall go
where it properly belongs, and the
home coming In Now York was fair
test of what awaits the great dis
coverer wherever he may go,
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A, Others See Us.

The man who can pick out the best
picture OF himself is rare bird" said
u photographer. Even an author, who
is reputedly poor judge Of his Owl
work. exercises vast wisdom In select
ing his best book compared with the
person who tries to choose his best
photograph. Every famous man or
woman who has been photographed
repeatedly has his or her favorite pic
ture. Usually it is the worst in the
collection. 1t shows him or her With
an unnatural expression. sitting or
standing in an unnsturaf attitude
The inability to judge OF his best pic
ture must be due to tbs average mans
ignorance OF how he really looks. or
perhaps 1t can be partly attributed to
a desire to look other than he does. a
stout man will swear that the photo
graph most nearly Ike him is the one
that makes him look thin. thin man
the one that makes him look stout, the
solemn man selects the jollIest picture.
the jovial man the most cadaverous.-
Philadelphia Ledger. Z
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Taer George III. ascended the
throne OF England bis wealthy sub
jects were beginning 10 leave of Wigs
and to appear In their own bair, III
they had any" AS the sovereign was
himself one OF the offenders, the per
IKE makers. who feared serious loss
OF trade. prepared petition In which
they prayed his majesty to be gra-
ciously pleased 10 shave has head for
the good OF distressed workmen and
wear a wig. US his father had done be-
fore him.
When the petitioners walked to the
royal palace. however. It was noticed
that they wore no wigs themselves.
AS this seemed unfair TO the onlook-
ers they seized several Of the leading
processiontsts and cut their hair with
any Implement that came most readily
TO hand.
From this incident arose host Of
curious caricatures. The wooden leg
makers were said to have especial
claims on the kings consideration. In
asmuch MS the conclusion Of peace bad
deprived them Of a profitable source
OF employment: hence the suggestion
that his majesty should not only wear
a wooden leg himself. but en1oin the,
people to follow his laudahIe example.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-09-29
WAYS OF THE LION.
its Capacity For Making Itself In
visible In Dim Lialt.

lss Capacity For Making Itself In
visible In Dim Light
e1n the Wild state one seldom
sees a lion either in repose or
majestically alert" writes a CORE
spondent Of the London Times. "a
glimpse the hunter may get Of him,
Standing magnifcently rigid when
suddenly disturbed IN early morn
ing at his Kill Of overnight, and
more seldom it has been given to a
man to watch one, himself unob-
served, gazing from an eminence at
the grazing herd. But the lion is a.
nocturnal animal, possessing an ex-
traordinary capacity for making it.
self invisible IN dim light. Many
sportsman has testified to the expe-
Renee Of being unable to see lion
on a night not altogether dark,
though It was so close that its
breathing was plainly audible, and
many native of Africa has fallen
victim to the sudden onslaught of
what, as he passed it a few feet
away, he took to be only a small
bush or the blot upon the darkness
made by tussock Of grass.
"The literature of big game
shooting contains perhaps no Incl
dent more bloodcurdling than the
experience of DR.. Aurel Schulz,
who, when with his gun bearer he
was stalking hippopotamus at
night found that a lion was in turn
stalking them. By chance the gun
bearer noticed that a bush behind
them had queer way of being al
ways about the same distance in
their rear. In spite of the moon
light they could not be certain that
it really was lion, but when, tc
test it. they turned upon their
tracks, Immediately the shadowy
thing swept, dim and noiseless, in
a wide semicircle, so as to plant
itself again behind them. So, one
going backward with his face al
ways to the lion, the hunted hunt
ers made their way back to camp,
appropriateness having ceased to
interest them"
As to the moral character Of the
beast, the same writer continues:
ut has been said Of the lion that
he attacks only those who with
stood him, scorning to strike one
who fed or sued for clemency,
wherein in real life if you run from
a lion he viii chase you; more.
over, that full grown men only were
his enemies, that he would not
harm babies. But in the lion house
one may see any day the eyes which
look SO indifTerently on the men
and women who come and go before
the cages light up with sudden saw
agery as some small child toddles
alone across the floor. The lion
has learned that men and women
are not for him, but this smaller
creature-nice antelope size, soft
and helpless-presents itself to the
royal mind as easily killable."
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The Forests on the Nicer.

The insects OF Africa are expert dis
ease carriers. and they come In such
numbers on the Niger that one hardly
dareS to use ones lamp or so too near
light OF any sert at night. These
forests on the Niger are deadly places
for all their hunting attraction and
take big toll both. OF European and
native life. Yet the first three days on
the Niger, with all its mud and its
smell and its mangrove flies and its
frogs and IT'S crickets,, are enough to
give the newcomer an inkling Of the
drawing power. the fascination, OF
what is probably the, most unhealthy
country in the world.-w. B. Thomp-
son in Blackwood's.,
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Russia,s Salt Lakes.

The Baskunchak lake, located
within the province of Astrakhan,
Russia, in favorable seasons gives
enormous quantities of salt, some
times nearly 100000 tons. The
bottom of this lake consists of thick
layers Of salt, and the visible sup
ply has been computed at nearly
100000, 900 tons. Another lake,
the Elton, though situated less "a
vorably, contains a larger reserve
OF solid salt all along It's bottom
measuring forty square miles. =
Consular Reports.
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She Endorsed Il.

II want to get this check cashed,"
said the fair young matron, ap-
pearing at the window of the pay
ing teller.
Eyes, madam. You must indorse
it, though" explained the teller.
"Why, my husband sent it to me.
He is away on business" she said.
Eyes, madam. Just indorse it
sign it on the back so we will
know and your husband will know
we paid it to you"
She went to the desk against the
wall and in a few moments pre-
sented the check triumphantly, hav-
ing written on its back:
your loving wife, Edith" Chi
cago Post.
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A story about Keats is quoted by
the late Sir Benjamin Ward Richard
son in his Lives" Of disciples Of
Aesculapius. Mr.. Stephens. a friend
of the doctor. once told him that one
evening at twilight when he and
Keats were sitting together in their
student days. Stephens at his medical
books. Keats enGrossed in his dream
ing. Keats called out to his friend
that he had composed new line-"A
thing Of beauty IL constant joy"
What think you of that. Stephens?"
at has the: true ring. but is wanting
in some way" replies the latter as be
dips once more into his medical stud
les.
An interval Of silence, and again the
poet. "A thing OF beauty is u joy for
ever What think you OF that, Ste
phens?'
That It WILL live forever"
A happy prophecy indeedt
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The Child Viewpoint.

Here are two Sunday school sto-
ries: "Why did Lots wife look
back" a minister asked one day in
the address at the ,children's service.
Up went a little girls hand,
APlease, she lost her 'at."
Excellent was the reply of anoth-
er little girl when the class was be-
ing questioned on the story of the
prodigal son. FNow, were they
very glad to see him? What did
they do to show how glad they
were" ''They had a party."-Na-
honal Review.
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JUDGE RoAS7s THE GIRLS.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. eS.-Martin
Huss was fined 5000 yesterday for
keeping his automobile chug-chug-
ging for an hour while Mrs. George
W. Lederer, wife of the theatrical
manager, went indoors to get her
pocketbook, complaint having been
made by W. T. Stewart, a member
of whose household was i'll. Mrs.
Lederer testified she thought she
only kept the chaufer waiting five
MINUS.
That's just like woman said
Judge Grove. ''Ifit takes woman
as long as that to get her pocketbook
before going to theatre she ought
to stay at home"
Turning to Huss the Judge said
1t takes woman quite long time
to get ready to go to the theatre.
You might have known that and
stopped your engine.
Women take too much time in
dressing and primping,' continued
the Judge. 'They have no idea of
the inconvenience it causes their hus-
band, admirer, and friends. A
woman has no regard for time; she
will take half an hour to adjust three
hairpins.
IN be ready in FIVE minute, is
her usual greeting to her escort.
She will then go upstairs and take an
hour fixing herself up. She fails to
realize that the man who is spending
his money to show her a good time
may have taxicab waiting for which
he is paying by the hour. Her
slowneSs causes the couple to get to
their destination late, and if it is the
theatre they have to pay high prices
for seats or take inferior ones. She
will then complain if her escort is in
a bad humor-I don't blame him.
Even married women frequently
force their husbands 10 eat cold meals
by keeping the repast waiting while
they primp up.
Women should be made to dress
by the clock, the same as man
works. They should run on schedule
time
After court adjourned Judge Grove
supplemented his remarks by saying
that if he had anything to do with
the styles all women's apparel would
button in front so that it could be
easily adjusted.
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d scRAP BOOK.
10 Be yssfuI II Must Be Arranged
With system.

- ~ .
The scrap book habit, provided it
e not carried to excess, is inyalua-
bic. For reference nothing takes
It's place, as it has an advantage
over other compilations of informa-
ton that it is usually formed along
lines that peculiarly appeal to the
owner.
A scrap book to be useful must
be arranged with system. a hodge
podge of information defeats the
purpose of the book. 1t is well to
have smaller books than are usually
used both because they are more
easily handled and because o scrap
book is more valuable If it treats Of
but one class Of subjects.
Be careful in selecting q scrap
book that it opens out fat and IS
well bound. It is a mistake to get
one with a fimsy cover or poor pa
per that crinkles with pasting.
Many books ready mucilaged can
now be bought, but these are more
expensive than ordinary kinds and
sometimes fail to stick.
a good photographers paste is
the best medium; mucilage is sticky
and not lasting and -four paste
sours. Have a broad brush to ap-
ply the paste and put in on thinly
enough not to get lumpy.
There viii be less danger Of pages
sticking together if, after a clipping
is pasted in, thick paper or piece
Of muslin is put over it and pressed
Nth a moderately hot iron. This
latter.
Even where a book is devoted 10
one class of subjects the clippings
should 5s GROUPED IN subdivisions.
and an index should be placed in
the front of the book. If the scrap
book is not alphabeted and PACED,
it should be done by hand. The
alphabeting may be omitted, but the
pdging never.
It saves much time In making a
scrap book if each clipping is care
fully trimmed as it is cut out. 1t
should be pasted at once; to let it
lie around for some convenient time
means to lose it possibly or to have
the edges curl SO that it is doubly
hard to paste.
There should be censorship of
clippings though it is self imposed.
1t is not worth while to cumber the
book with information which has
no definite value or is of only pass
ing interest. To cut out every
thing one reads that attracts for the
moment is to cumber oneself with
clippings valueless by their number.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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carIxIe,s Effort.

Carlyle tried to make the purse
proud English ashamed of their
gentility, responsibility and rub
Dish. He taught that work was no
bic, idleness shameful; that ladies
and gentlemen who live to please
themselves live the life of beast
of the poodle on their hearth rug;
that duty, not pleasure, was "our
beings end and aim;" that realities
we're better than shams. But to
make the upper middle classes
swallow all this he was obliged to
disguise the medicinal truth, not
exactly in nectar, but in a Scotch
porridge manufactured for the pur-
pose, u notable "sham" of his own.
life and Letters of Samuel
Palmer"
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A Bad Memory.
Harvey Worthington Looms ono!

Harvey Worthington LOOMS once
went abroad to study music.
He was young man, and wher
after two weeks voyage he landed
in France he was very homesick.
he stood it for two days and then
booked his passage on the same
ship and returned to America.
When he rang the bell at his
home in Brooklyn his sister opened
the door.
'FWhy, Harvey~ she exclaimed,
%what is the NATTER"
'oh," he replied innocently, 81
forgot my toothbrush. " Success
Magazine.
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A Mean Trick.

Mr.. S.-Toddler is mean man;
that's what fodder is.
Mrs. S.-Why, whatever has he
done to you?
Mr.. S.-Bet me IS that I could
not hit a barn door with a revolver
at five PAGES; tainted me into bet
ting him, got me to put up the
money, measured off the FIVE PAGES
IN the presence of a lot of witnesses,
gave me a revolver loaded and then
set up the door edgewise.-London
Mail.
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Before and After.

She was a frivolous. fashionable
young woman with beaux galore, but
one man With only small income
seemed to be the favorite.
You'll have to work hard before
you win that girl" said his mother.
and good deal harder after you
win her." answered his father. who
knew what he was talking about.
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WE MUST GROW OLD.
Problem That Has Tsrmented Men Q.
Science Is Still unsolved.

.
science Is Still unsoIved.
Every living being Of adult age
begins to grow old. In the case Of
man the weight of years makes
itself felt more or less heavily. 1t
is matter Of heredity and Of good
hygiene. But, although certain per
sons are old before their time. there
are none who, having reached GER
tain age, are not old. Old age is a
physiologic state.
It would seem that If we could
penetrate the mechanism of old age
we ought to be able to retard its
effects and to remain young for a
correspondingly longer time. The
alchemists sought long to solve this
problem, and it has always torment
ed scientific men. The ancients
thought that by infusing into an
old mans veins the blood Of youth
new yigor might be given to him.
They tried such TRANSMISSION of
blood, but without success, as it is
scarcely necessary to say. We find
in various authors proof of the
antiquity of this process. In mod
ern times we have taken it MP
again, but in a totally different
class of cases. The TRANSMISSION of
blood cannot postpone the effects
Of old age on the organs.
The living being takes from his
environment the substances neces-
sary for the performance Of his
functions, He transforms them,
assimiIates them and excretes them
after he has finished with them. In
a culture of microbes the waste
substances accumulate and are one
of the causes of the aging of the
microbes. Transport some of these
microbes into fresh bouillon and
they will take on new activity. They
will become young again.
In more complex organisms life
may be reduced essentially to the
same physicochemical changes, with
more complex machinery of co-or-
dination and elimination. The
waste materials, more or less COM
pletely oxidized, are eliminated
through natural channels. When
the activity Of the organs is such
that the elimination is not rapid
enough there is a sensation Of ia
tigue, need of rest and sleep. Dur
ing rest and sleep the changes are
slower, the waste is eliminated, the
sensation of fatigue is felt no
longer until new efforts bring it on
again. But there are insoluble sub
stances of the nature of tendon or
bone which are continually formed
during the working OF the organism
and which are either not eliminated
at all or are eliminated incomplete
ly during repose. They progressive
ly clog the organism and are the
cause of old age.
As is remarked by LIE Dantec,
who is the author of this hypothe-
sis, the muscles of old animals are
much more cartilaginous because of
this accumulation of tendinous sub
stances, but it is not generally in
the muscles that this incrustment
becomes injurious to the organism.
The effect on the walls of the blood
vessels is more dangerous, because
these vessels, becoming fragile,
may break. every one" it is said,
'tis as old as his arteries."- From
Translation Made For Literary
Digest of an Article by Dr.. L. Ne
nard in Cosmos, Paris.
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Exaaaerated.

Nervous Lady-Don't your exper-
iments frighten you terribly, pro
fessor? I hear that your assistant
met with a horrible death by falling
1000 feet from a balloon.
Professor-oh, that report was
greatly exaggerated.
Nervous Lady = Exaggerated?
How?
Profesor-It wasn't much more
han $500 feet that he teu.-Puck.
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Dodeino a SANDER.

During suit for SANDER brought in
an Ohio town one Of the parties was
asked by the presiding magistrate:
lis It true. us alleged, that you de-
clared that Thomas MulkEns had stoler
your pocketbook?'
Your honor" responded the man,
4 did not so SO far as that. merely
said that If Mu!kins had not assisted
me in looking for the pocketbook /
might have found it."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
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On tho Wrong Side.

Willie's grandmother had come
to visit them.
care you mammals mother?' ask
ed Willie by.way of conversation.
mo, dear. Pm your grandmoth-
er on your fathers side"
"Well," said Willie decidedly Che
vas an Observing little fellow, %Sll
I got to say is you're on the wrong
ade."-ETeEybodys Magazine.
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His Poems.

May I offer you this little gtft, Frau
lein Kate?
Excuse mel never take presents
from men,"
But it is only copy Of my book of
poems"
In that case I will accept. thought
1t was something valuable."-FlieSende
Blatter.
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What has become of the old-fash-
toned chance for young man to get
on in the world by marrying his en-
ployer's daughter, and succeeding to
the business?
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An old Scotswoman was advised by
her minister to take SNUFF to keep her
self awake during the sermon. She
answered brisEly, why dInna ye put
the snuH IN the sermon, mon?
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The Shak..

what did you say last night when
Jack asked you to marry htmP
'1shook my head"
Sideways or up and downT-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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There Is no piety In keeping an IN,
inst promise. German P1oEsrh
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-29

Beginning May %, No. l, the west
bound coast train on the Northern
Pacific, will be strictly Pullman.
After that date no day coaches or day
coach passengers will be taken on this
train but all will have to be supplied
with berth tickets All coast trains
are to be electric lighted as are trains
Nos. 1, 2, and at the present time.
A new train is to be run straight
through from Chicago to the western
coast after the change, for the accom-
modation of the exposition traffic.
This new train, which is to be
inaugurated shortly, is to carry the
latest equipment and to be the most
up to date train on the system.
After No. has been converted into
| a solid Pullman train, new night
train local will be run between St
Paul and Fargo.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-29
FOURTH OF JULY
Business Men Hold a Meeting and
Decide to Hold a Big CeIebrd-
tiOn This Year

At meeting of the business men
of the city held at the city hall Mon
day evening, it was voted to celebrate
the Fourth of July in Sauk Centre
this year. Inasmuch as the Fourth
falls on Sunday, it was decided to
hold the celebration on Saturday the
third.
The attendance was good consider
ing the extremely bad weather.
Mayor Minette called the meeting to
order and stated it's object, after
which he was elected chairman. Geo.
C. Ingram was chosen secretary. 1t
was voted. to have the chairman
appoint an executive committee of
five of which the mayor should be a
member, to have general charge OF
the celebration and to appoint such
other committees as they might deem
necessary. The matter was thorough
ly canvassed and it was decided that
the celebration should be made the
best the city ever had. Manager
Deters of the Sauk Centre base ball
team was present and announced that
he would put on a good game, probab-
ly with the Melrose team. DIR. j. A.
Dubois was appointed a committee
to arrange to secure a speaker. On
Tuesday Mayor Minette announced
the committee as follows: Geo. G.
Ingram, R. E. Hansen, V. L. Burgess
G. Hillerud. The mayor is member
also.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-04-29
White House grounds on this dogs

White House grounds on this dogs
back.
Smith, under the terms of the wa
ger, is to pay his own expenses. He
has done we'll financially and will
easily make nice little sum even
though he should lose the wager,
which is not probable. He gave seve-
raj performances at the Family
Theatre while here and talked to
packed houses, exhibiting his dogs
and outfit.
Smith says he can easily make 100
miles day on the drive. After leav-
ing Bismark he will make long
drives every day. He will leave
Seattle on the first steamer that de-
parts for Nome. Smith and his out
fit proved great attraction here.
He has a partner, and the two men
have their wives with them. Smith
was married while at the national
capital. The women travel on the
trains and have some baggage to
carry with them. Smith registers
at every point and mails letter to
the men with whom he made the
wager.
The sledge has been used for long
time and was made out of lumber
taken from a wrecked ship at Sitka.
The parts are bound together with
leather thongs and wire, with the
exception that the shoes of the run
ners are bolted on. The rig is run on
wheels where there is no snow. The
tenth set of wheels was put on while
the rig was in Minneapolis. A com
plete camping outfit is carried in the
sledge, also the mail bag which Smith
carried in Alaska. The rig weighs
about 400 pounds