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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
THE PLUSH COAT.
ssrah Jane Was Told the True Reason
She Couldn't Get Il.


Fifteen years ago the community
of Wigglesquack Center was startled
by the report that Eben Grabshaw
was going to buy his wife plush
coat. Eben didn't deny the rumor.
and Sarah Jane, his wife, contente6
herself with replying to all queries
that where there was so much smoke
she guessed there must be some fire.
Jared linthorn, who kept the gen
eral store, was much exercised and
wanted to take the order, but Eben
said he guessed he'd select it from
the catalogue Of the Chicago mail
order house, which caused consider
able hard feeling between Eben and
Jared.
As the years went by and Sarah
Jane didn't get her plush coat the
storekeeper began to get skeptical.
After ten years had elapsed he be-
came Factions, and the thirteenth
year he began to taunt her. Il
hain't seen that there plush coat
yit, Sar' Jane" he said.
Sarah Jane went home and told
Eben. and Eben was so wrought up
that he determined to trade with
Harvey Stackpole over at Burnt
Meadows. although Burnt Meadows
was three miles farther away.
But the legend of the plush coat
had penetrated even to Burnt Mead
ows. and after couple of years had
elapsed Harvey Stackpole said to
Sarah Jane one day, slow about
that there plush coat Eben's a-goin'
to get you:?"
But this time Sarah Jane was
primed. Eben had tutored her
Drawing herself up proudly, she re-
piled:
EMr. Stackpole, eff you S7owea
as much about furs as you do about
mixin' sand an sugar you'd know
that the United States gov'ment
has been compelled to perfect the
species from foreign invasion, that
the animal is rapidly becomin' ex-
tinct and that there amt no more
pushes bein' killedw Woman's
Home Companion.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
He Knew the Fact.

A small boy had dog that was
rough, as most small boys dogs are,
and young girl who lived next
door had a kitten, sly, as all cats are
One day the small boy came non
chalantly into the girls presence,
and after some desultory coaversa-
ton he said:
"You know my dog Barca and
your cat Dar!ingS"
eyes"
"We!l, my dog had piece of
meat, and he thought your cat was
going to take it away from hiz1."
Thought" exclaimed the wise
little girl. 'What makes you say
that The dog thought? You know
dogs don't think; they instinct"
"Wel," said the boy, q don't
care whether he thought it OF
whether he Instructed it; but, any,
how, he killed your cat. London
Fun.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
What Troubled Him.

The impecuniouS poet had long
worshiped the editors daughter.
and now-oh, joy!-his dream Of
bliss had come true, for she had
said that she would be His, with a
capital H. Still, in the first thrces
of his rapture ne seemed strangely
i'll at ease She was quick to notice
it, and a shadow chased the sun
shine from her fair face.
"Are you not happy" she whis-
pered.
"Ye-es," he faltered.
<But something troubles you,"
she insisted. what is it, darling?"
''Nun-nothing, dearest" he STAN
mered.
t'Tell me" she demanded. ''There
should be no secrets between US now
that you have been accepted"
"Does your-does your father
pay on acceptance or-or-pubica-
tom" faltered the impecunious
poet.
The glad light died from the eyes
of the editors daughter, and for
the rest of the evening they talked
about the weather. = Philadelphia.
Ledger.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
Opened His Eyes.

The manager of a small country
estate decided to sell his property
and consulted an estate agent in
the nearest town about the matter.
After visiting the place the agent
wrote description Of it and sub
mitted it to his client for approval.
Read that again." said the own
er, closing his eyes and leaning back
in his chair contentedly.
After the second reading he was
silent few moments and then said
thoughtfully, 81 don't think III.
sell. I've been looking for that kind
of place all my life, but until you
read that description l didn't know
| had jt! No, I.:won't sell now"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
Modern Novels.

Our novels. are usually much ado,
about nothing. The ado is we'll
done, on the whole, but still It's.
about nothing. The people in them
aren't so atrociously bad, only they
do make themselves seem rather IN.
real by the seriousness with which
they take the tangled web we weave
when we practice to write a seller.
When nature is too much for us We
hold the mirror up to a species of
supernature, conceiying demigods
Of lath and plaster and making ma
terial Of their queer loves and hates
and hopes and fears. That is toler-
ably safe ground, because nobody
understands the psychology Of demi-
gods, and one mans guess Is. as
good as another's.-Puck.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
A Winning Compliment.

The beautiful girl shook her head
in the negative.
no" she said after a moments
elaboration, II can never-no,
never-be your wife. But I'll tell
you what l will do. Just to show
you that there is no hard feeling on
my part l viii be present when YOU
marry some other girl and lombard
yous%ith my shoes for luck"
All. here was an opportunity!
Quick as flash the young man re-
sponded:
'sPlease don't. If you must throw
old shoes, borrow them"
%And why not use my own"
Because they are so small we
could never detect them from the
rice"
Flattery won. The beautiful girl
decided then and there that the
young man was altogether too clev-
er for anv other girl, so she re-
versed her decision, and the cards
are out.-New York Times.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
ELATFIsHEs, EYES.
A Migration Which Takes Place Af.sr
the ceeatureS Birth.

A Migration Which Takes Place Af.sr
the cesatures' Birth.
Flatfshes keep their white and
blind side on the muddy or sandy
bottom and pretend that the upper
and speckled side is part of that
bottom. This they do to avoid OBJ
servation, for in spite of their awk-
ward shape they are swallowed al
sight by pertinacious enemies, to
the manifest discomfort of both. a
greedy cormorant curling up and
attempting to swallow a plaice.
which tries to be as disobliging as
possible. affords an object lesson
not soon forgotten on the way not
to'behaye at meal times. But the
bird usually succeeds in its object.
and the fatfsh, IN spite of persis-
tent efforts to retain its natural
fatness. at last disappears down the
round. elastic throat of the cormo-
rant. With a view to avoid unpleas-
antnesses of this kind soles are
wont TO hide themselves in the sand.
keeping only their eyes above the
surface to act as sentinels.
In reality the dark surface of a
sole, plaice or turbot is its side and
not its back. 1t is true that both
eyes are visible. which is not the
case when a mackerel or a conger
is laid on its side, but this is simply
owing to the fact that one eve Of a
flat6sh has since the creatures birth
passed across what we may call the
bridge of its nose to keep COMPANY
with the other eve.
The wandering eye begins its
migration at a very early age-so
early, indeed. that it is a little diff
fcult to detect it on its journey. A
place fifth of an inch in length
and FIVE DAYS old carries one eve On
each side of its nose. When three
fifths of an inch long and about two
months old the left eye has crossed
over to the rioht side. Lemon soles
when one inch long or two months
old have the left eve on the edge of
the head. but when double that size
and six months old both eyes are
found on the right side. a sole as
sumes its lopsided aspect by the
time it has been hatched tive
months. When turbot is half an
inch in length the right eye Just be-
gins to peep over the center arch of
the bridge, at three-quarters of an
inch it is half way across, and at an
inch the passage is complete and
the two eyes look out from the left
side of the head.-Westminster Ca
zette.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
Such STUFF a. Dreams Are Made OF.

Such STUFF as Dreams Are Made OF.
The materials of dreams NAV be
enumerated as memories of waking
sensations, memories of waking
thoughts and new sensations re-
ceived in sleep, whether from with
out or within. DR.. Gregory men
tons Of himself that. having no one
occasion gone to bed With a bottle
of hot water at his feet, he dreamed
Of walking up the crater of Mount
Etna and feeling the ground warm
under him. BE had at an early
period of his life visited Mount We
scvius and actually felt a strong
sensation of warmth in his feet
when walking up the side of the
crater, and he had more recent
" read Brydone's description of
Mount Etna. On another occasion.
having thrown off the bedclothes in
his sleep. he dreamed of spending
a winter at Hudson bay and Of
suffering distress from the intense
frost. He had been reading few
days before a very particular ac-
count of the weather in that region
during winter.-Cassell's Magazine.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
He Was Perfectly Willing.

Artemus Ward and friend were
one day discussing sacrifices when
the friend asked the humorist,
Don't you think, for instance, that
II a war should break out we should
be willing to sacrifice our relations
for the sake of.our country"
"Yes;" said Ward. 'T'l be will
ing, for the sake of my country, to
sacrifice all my wife's relations If
need be-"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
servieeahIe and ch.an-

The old gentleman showed a good
deal of displeasure.
at seems to me-" he exclaimed
testify, "rather presumptuous for a
youth in your position to ask for my
daughters hand! Can you advance
any good reason why 1 should give
my consent ?"
Certainly, sir" promptly re-
Piled the suitor. (He RETAINED
from adding, Because 1 suit 'er,"
being a respectable young gentle
man,
"What?" pressed the old man.
q am comparatively modest and
economical in my personal expendi-
ture," replied the suitor, "and 1
think, sir, that altogether, you will
find me less costly to maintain than
almost any other son-in-law You
could select" London Answers.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
Not Exempt.

An evangelist was exhorting his
hearers to flee from the wrath to
come. II warn you," he Numbered,
chat there will be weeping and
wailing and crashing of teethp"
At this moment an old woman in
the gallery stood up. "Sir," she
shouted, Il have no teeth"
Madam" returned the evangel-
list severely, %teeth viii be proTid-
ed." Success Magazine.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
RECKONING TIME.
The sssasesimal System. Which Wa
Used In 5abylenia.

The sesasesimaI System. Which Wa
Used In 5abyIonia.
Why is the hour divided into
sixty minutes, each minute in.c
sixty seconds. ETC.? Simply ana
solely because, in Babylonia, there
existed by the side of the decimal
system Of nations another system.
the sexagesimal, which counted By
sixties. Why that number should
have been chosen is clear enough.
but it speaks well for the practical
sense of those ancient Babylonian
merchants
There is no number which has 50
many divisors as sixty. The Baby
lonians divided the suns daily jour
ney into twenty-four parasangs, or
720 stadia. Each parasang, or hour.
was subdivided INTO sixty minutes.
a parasang is about a German mile.
and the Babylonian astronomers
compared the progress made by the
sun during one hour at the time of
the equinox to the progress made
by good walker during the same
time, both accomplishing one para
sang.
The whole course Of the sun dur
ing the twenty-four equinoctial
hours'was fixed at twenty-four para
sangs, or 72o stadia. or 800 degrees.
This system was handed on to the
Greeks. and Hippalchus, the Greek
philosopher, who lived about $50
B. c., introduced the Babylonian
hour into Europe.
Ptolemy. who wrote about $50
A. D., whose name still lives in the
Ptolemaic system of astronomy, gave
still wider currency to the BABY
lonian way of reckoning time. He
2opularize1 it.
1t was carried along on the quiet
stream of traditional knowledge
through the middle ages, and.
strange to say. it sailed down safeIr
over the Niagara of the French rev
olution, for the French. when
revolutionizing weights. measure.
coins and dates and subjecting all
to the decimal system of reckonin:
were induced by some unexplained
motive to respect our clocks and
watches and allow our dials to re-
main sexagesimal-that is, Baby
lonian, each hour consisting of sixty
minutes.
Here you see again the wonder
full Conference of the world and
how what we call knowledge is the
result Of an rnbroken tradition. Of
teaching descending from father
to son. Not more than about 100
arms would reach from us TO the
builders Of the palaces of Babylon
and enable us TO shake hands with
the founders of the Oldest pyramids.
I-Srran Rook
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
DO YOUMOW THAT

The south's agricultural produc-
tons now exceed the total value of
the agricultural output of the United
States in 1880, and are almost as
great in value as the total of the
United States in 1890?
Do you know that the South is
mining more than twice as much
bituminous coal as the United States
mined in 1892
Do you know that southern rail-
roads must spend se, 600, ooo, 900 in
ten years to provide facilities needed
ia Southern growths
Do you know that the most com
prehensiEe and remarkable ware
housing system in the world is in
operation in Southern town.
Do you know that the South is
building two of the most remarkable
railroads eyerconstructed in America,
and that on of them is the most
unique ever built in the worlds
Do you know that the Steel Cor
poration having $50, ooo, 900 invested
in Alabama is carrying out vast i'm
provements which will add immense
ly to the prosperity of the whole
Southa
Do you know that good roads,
which mean more for agricultural
prosperity than anything else before
the public, are being built all over
the South as never before at cost
of many millions of dollarsb
Do you know that this drain has
largely stopped, and that Southern
men and boys are now finding more
avenues of employment at home than
elsewhere?
Do you know that the tide of in
vestment of American and foreign
capital and the movement of popula-
ton is turning southwark as never
before, and that wonderful things
are in store for this sections
Do you know that you would have
known all these things and thous-
and more which affect the life of the
South if you had read the Manufac-
turers' Record during the last twelve
monthsa But you will learn still
more if you read it during the neat
twelve. 1t is the final authority on
all information about the South and
its resources.
Do you know that you can receive
this paper every week from now till
January LIST, 1911 by sending $500,
which is the regular annual subscrip-
ton price, to US now at Baltimore,
Nd.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
Tho Al. In a Room.

Given a medium sized sitting
room with four people and two gas
Jets, the air must be changed ever,
fifty minutes to keep It pure. As
air is heated it expands and becomes
lighter per cubic foot. If all the
air is heated equally it remains at
rest s::e: "vaa"-.o1, but if hot al
Is 4 ;&e n-e>e.ce Of cold air tie
latte: o. rea<o1 of its heav;ness.
forces Is wgy down and dives the
hot ar Up. The moving force Of
ar currents is the greater weight
of the colder air. This, then, is the
force by which We are to drive out
foul ar and put pure air IN its place.
Pure external air VIII always drive
out foul air if you give it chance.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
saeeharine Sarcasm.

They were at luncheon. One had
a very sweet tooth. He was insert
ing into his demi-tasse a surprising
number of Jumps of sugar. His
companion watched the operation
quizzicalIy.
"Say," he observed at length,
why don't you eat your sugar
straight instead of saturating it in
coffee? Its much more healthy
Exchange.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
snindl.d-

40 be in the swim I paid q ad-
mission to hear that new pianist
last night"
well, do you begTudee St?
"Yes, I do. BE turned out to be
the fellow I complained TO the 20
hce for thumping the piano al day
md ILL night in the next aatR.
IudRe. :.
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lished, the section of the country
which / have the honor to represent
in part, cannot help but be benefited
when the work of increasing the
facilities for water transportation Is
accomplished"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27
Gsuanter.

Laughter is positive sweet
ness OF Ete; but, Ike GOOD coffee, it
should be vel cleared Of de:eteri-
Gus substances before Use. I'll Will
and malice and The desire to wound
are worse ttaz chico5y. Between Il
laugh and giggle there is the
width Of the horizons. ! could st
al day and listen tc the hearty and
seartsome ha-ha Of lot Of bright
and jolly people. brt would rather
be SHOT than be forced to stay with
in earshot % a couple Of silly Cos.
sips. Cultivate that part Of your
nature that is quick &c see the
mi-thful side Of things. so you sEaT
be enabled to shed many Of LIES
troubles, as the p!umage Of the bird
sheds the rain. But discourage al
tendencies TO seek your amusement
at the expense of arothe-'s feelings
or IN aught that is impure. 1t was
Goethe who said. ''TeIi me what a
man laughs at and l viii read you
his character" Exchange.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27

It's only a matter oftime until peo-
pie who want some other kind of
weather will get it-Only to be dis
satisfied again.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-10-27

Many man who wouldn't steal a
penny rObs his employer of valuable
time.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-02

about the bush, and so / came right
out and offered him 100000 for his
plant and his patents, and in addition
to this the position of manager Of our
works with a $4,000 salary"
The girl suddenly laughed.
why, that was fine, daddy. And
what did the gifted young man do?'
THE gifted young man never turn
ed hair. If he was surprised at my
offer he carefully concealed the fact.
He thanked me, but added that he
would be guided entirely by his part
ner, who owns a half interest in the
factory and patents. He promised to
let me know his partners decision
very soon, and had to be satisfied
with this promise. And that, dearie,
is what | call eating humble pie
and lots OF it,
There was a little silence.
Daddy" said the girl, II want your
advice"
But 1 know nothing about hats or
gowns"
She softly laughed.
"It's a money matter this time, dad
dy. bought a half interest in a
manufacturing plant a year ago and
I've been offered 400 per cent profit
on my investment if will sell out. F."
The old man stared down at her.
'That sounds good. What's the
plant called?"
The girl hesitated
Its the Anrdus Transmitter Co.,
daddy"
What"
"Yes, daddy. I'm the partner who
must be consulted
"You!"
YES, daddy. What do you advise
me to do?"
Let me get my breath, you ras-
cali"
"All right, daddy. Take your
time" She looked toward the door.
Robert" she called. And Robert
Andrus entered the room. Here is
my partner, daddy"
The old man stared at the new
conner.
"Well, WE'LL" he muttered.
"And, daddy, Roberts price has
gone up. IL found it out this af-
ternoon He wants me, too!"
The old man stared from Robert TO
the girl. Her arm stole round his
neck.
"Say it's all right, daddy"
He sank back with sigh OF resig-
nation.
more humble pie he murmured.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-02
DUBLIC SALE
HOUSE AND LOT.

By virtue of decree of the Orphans
Court, 1 will sell, on
TUESDAY, JULY 13, at 8 P. M,
The House and Lot, formerly the prop
60 erty of Samuel H. Patterson, de
kESl ceased, situated on the Nicodemus
road, 9 miles southeast of Westminster
in the village of Louisville. This roac
was selected for Improvement by the
Good Roads Commission, and runs from
Sykesville to Westminster. The house
is half log and half frame, z rooms, al
outbuildings, good well of water, con.
venient to schools and churches, about
l acre of ground.
Terms Of Sale:-One-th third of fpurchase
money to be paid in cash on day of sale
or upon ratification thereof by the
Court, the residue in two equal pay
ments, one in 6 and the other in IL
months from day of sale, the credit
payments to be secured by notes of the
purchaser, and bearing interest from
day of sale. or all cash at option OF pur-
chaser.
JOSHUA M. PATTERSON,
june 18 is Executor.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-02
A Story That Varies.

There is story more or less diff
fused Of young bride on her wedding
day playing the game Of hide and seek
and concealing herself in one Of those
ancient carved chests Of large size.
After she had got In the lid closed,
and she found herself unable to raise
it again. for it fastened with a spring,
and she was shut in. Search was
made for her In every quarter but the
right one, and great perplexity and
dismay were caused by her disappear
ance. 1t was not till years after, when
chance led to the opening Of the chest,
that the body Of the young bride was
discovered and the mystery of her dis
appearance solved.
The story Is found in so many places
that it may be questioned whether it
is true Of any one Of them. Rogers
tells it of a palace in Modena. The
chest in which the poor bride was
found is shown at Bramshil1, in Hamp-
shire, the residence of Sir John Cope.
Another similar chest with precisely
the same story attached to it was long
shown at Maxwell Old Hall, between
Winchester and Bishops Waltham.
The folk tale of Catskin or Peau
dane represents the girl flying with
her bridal dresses from a marriage
that is repugnant to her, and as this
tale is found all over Europe it may
have metamorphosed itself into that
Of the bride who got into chest and
died there.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-02
Found SIS i'm Crows Nest.

High above the street, in crows
nest built in the steeple of ST. Aga
tha's Catholic church at Philadelphia
a S. gold piece was found recently by
two steeplejacks. The money was
tightly wedged in the nest and had
evidently been there for some time.
John Hessler and Louis Jennings, the
steeplejacks, are tearing down the
spire, and in the course of their work
they have had to remove all of the
many nests found in the crevices.
This particular nest was brought to
the ground, and the discovery of the
gold piece was made by little girl
who was searching for eggs in the
nest How the money got there is a
mystery too deep for the steeplejacks.
A crow will seldom carry anything to
it's nest except food.