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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
Described.

A teacher was endeavoring to
make clear to his young pupils
minds the meaning of the word
Slowly" he walked across the
room in the manner the word indi-
Gates.
Now. children, tell me how I
walked"
One little ,llow who sat near the
front of { som almost paralyzad
him. by blu 8 out, "Bowlegged!"
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
HAVE YOU SEEN IT?
The LAST ISSUE OF THE CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER.

or any recent issue? If not, YOU
know nothing of the wonderful bet
terments its pages exhibit, or what a
valuable, instructive, and cheer Civ
ing weekly visitor you are missing.
We are aiming and will make it
the very
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
WHO WAS THE FIRST DEVIL EVER A
PRINT SHOP.

The devil.is the Grand boy or the
youngest apprentice in printing
Office. 1t is said the word is derived
from the belief that John Faust was
in league with the devil, and the
.urchin covered with ink certainly
made good representation of his
Satanic majesty.
The printers DEVIL" saidSMc-
creery, poetical printer, SIS is char
acter identified almost with the orr
gin of the art, and we may consider
ourselves peculiarly fortunate in hay-
ing a guardian exclusively assigned
to US, from whom, notwithstanding
his general bad conduct to other peo-
pie, we have so little to apprehend,
and who is commonly our faithful
assistant, both in our labo,s and our
pleasures. An early author gives
the following sto.y of the origin of
the legend of compact between Faust
and the devil: Faust having taken
to Paris some copies Of the Bible. of
which many, printed upon vellum,
were ,ornamented with letters and
yignettes, sold them as manuscripts
at al excessIy price. But the bny-
ers, struck with the great number
and the resemblance of the copies,
accused him of magic. Pursued for
this by justice, he was obliged to,Ree
to Mentz. The matter was inquired
into, and his innocence appearing,
the parliament of Paris made de-
cree which relieved John Faust of
all accusations and action, against
him on account of the sales of Bibles,
considering that they were the pro-
duct of new invention, yet unknown.
in Paris.
On this subject Moxon says: THE
pressman sometimes has week-boy
to take sheets, as they are printed
off the tympan; these boys do in
printing house commonly black and
daub themselves, whence the work
men do loosely call them devils,
and sometimes spirits, and sometimes
flies Savage, writing in 1910,
says: The boys that mike the
fires, sweep the rooms, assist in the
warehouse and 90 on errands are
now called devils, or printers devils,
but in trade they are generally called
errand boys and warehouse boys"
When Aldus Manutius, in the lat
ter part of the Fifteenth century,
set up in business as printer in
Venice, he came into possession of a
little negro boy. The boy was known
over the city as the the little black
devil, who assisted the mysterious
bibEo-factor; and some of the most
ignorant people believed him to be
none other than Satan, who helped
Aldus in the prosecution of his pro-
fession. One dav Manutius, desir-
ing to dispel this strange hallu-
cination by publicity, displayed the
young imp to the poorer classes.
Upon this occasion he made this short
but Characteristic speech: Be it
known to Venice that l, Manutius,
printer to the holy church and Doge
have this day made public exposure
of the printer devil. All who think
he is not flesh and blood come and
and pinch him.
a far more plausible story is that
William Caxton employed as appren-
tice the son of French gentleman
named Deyille or Deville and the
English naturally pronounced his
name devil. 1t will thus be seen
that this word applied to a printers
apprentice has very innocent origin
and meaning, mere pet name, as it
were.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
SEE OUR CLURBING LIST

We will send the Weekly Enquirer
and either of the following journals,
both one year, for price named:
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05
The Cincinnati
Weekly Enquirer.

A24 PAGE UP-TO-DATE JOURNAL, each
issue carrying quantity and quality
of reading equal to best Monthly
Magazines. Only Sl.oo a year, in
clubs of 5 at 75ctS each
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-01-05

Don't be too hard on the boy wi h
his sled. The snow won't last long.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
ATCHiS0M'S ORDER OF SPINS
Unmarried, and Contented Withai,
They Have Mapped Out for
Themselves a Pious City.

There was called a meeting of tho
Ancient Order of Spins last evening,
and papers were read on every sub
ject, from removing grease from car-
pets to the sad memories that attach
to bunch of old letters. The Spins
were having a hilarious time when a
visiting Spin got up to make few re-
marks. She said that, while they are
happy now, there was a sad time COM
ing. Think OF the day." she said,
when, having no husbands or chill
dren, you will be all alone" There
was a sniff and then snort as Spin
after Spin recalled wives and mothers
who are alone from daylight till dark,
except when some member of the fam
lily wants waiting on. The smiling
and snorting increased in volume as
Spin after Spin told of her freedom
from worry, her independence in H.
nancial matters and the joy of doing
as she pleased. But we must not
take offense at what our sister has
said,' one Spin remarked. Let us
show our good Intentions by calling
on every lonesome wife and mother
we know" This was six weeks ago,
and though the Spins have devoted
every afternoon and evening since to
this missionary work, they haven't
made half the rounds yet-Atchison
Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
BABY's SKIN TORTURE

when our baby was seven weeks
old he broke out with what we
thought was heat, but which gradually
grew worse. We called in a doctor.
He said it was eczema and from that
time we doctored six months with
three of the best doctors in Atchison
but he only got worse. His face, head
and hands were a solid sore. There
was no end to the suffering for him.
We had to tie his little hands to
keep him from scratching. He never
knew what 1t was to sleep well from
the time he took the disease until he
was cured. He kept us awake all
hours of the night and his health
wasn't what you would call good. We
tried everything but the right thing.
Finally 1 got set of the Cuticura
Remedies and am pleased to say
we did not use all of them until he
was cured. We have waited year
and half to see If it would return
but it never has and to-day his skin
is clear and fair as 1t possibly could
be. hope Cuticura may save some
one else's little ones suffering and
also their pocket-books. John Leason,
14O3 Atchison St., Atchison, Kan, Oct.
10, 1909"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Now They Sleep inside.

George H. Beattie, jeweler In the
old Arcade, and L. E. Ralston, auditor
of the News, have Jointly and several
ly decided that sleeping out in the
open isn't all that 1t has been declared
to be, says the Cleveland Leader. They
were both In deep snooze out at the
Beattie farm, near Chagrin Falls, the
other night, when a runaway team
from the county fair city turned into
the lane leading up to the Beattie es-
tate and came along at full speed.
Sound asleep, but dreaming of i'm
pending danger. Ralston rolled out of
his cot toward the north, and Beattie
from his cot toward the south. The
runaway horses dashed between the
sleepers, overseeing everything in the
way, but missing Beattie and Ralston
by margins too narrow to be meas
ured. Since that night Ralston has
slept In his town house and Beatt1e
has found shelter under the ample
roof Of his house on his big planta-
top
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
His First Lesson in Economy.

when l was very small boy and
a dime looked pretty big to me, met
John H. Farley-who had always been
my good friend-on the street one
June day." says Frank Harris.
Frank he said, the Fourth of
July is coming soon. You'll want
some change then. Let me be your
banker until then and you'll have
some money for firecrackers, torpe-
does, lemonade and peanuts
Il emptied my pockets into his hand
and every day thereafter until the
Fourth turned over to him my small
earnings. When the day of days came
around 1 had a fund that enabled me
to celebrate in proper style, while
many of my platmates were fiat
broke. 1t was my first lesson in thrift.
and it was a good one. Hundreds Of
Cleveland people would be glad today
to testify to the fact that when John
H. Farley was friend of man or
boy he was friend indeed. "-Cleve-
land Leader
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
HIS RUBBERS HAD VANISHED
Consequently Man From the Country
Had Little Use for City
Methods.

The benches in the waiting rooms
at the Union depot in Kansas City are
used for other purposes than to rest
on by travellers, the Kansas City
Star enlightens us. At every midnight
the maids clean out the rooms. They
do not forget to poke under the
benches for stray bundles left by trust
ing travellers.
Sometimes, after intervals, the tray
elers return to claim their property.
Some time ago red cap at the depot
saw man in linen buster, felt hat
and the manner of one who had spent
his life in a secluded part of the
Ozarks get down on his knees and
peer carefully under several of the
benches.
Lost anything, mister?" the red cap
queried
wall, no, sonny, not a'zactly. 1 left
a pair of rubbers here last January
when 1 was on the way tew Emporey.
Haint seen nuthin' of 'em, have your"
The red cap explained that he
hadn't, and, moreover, that the room
had been cleaned out several dozen
times since last January
well, l swan" replied the traveller,
blinking and stroking his beard, ''the
city methods do beat me-"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Rouoh on the Doctor.

To have themselves called publicly
out of a crowded place of entertain
ment on the pretense that they are
urgently wanted by importunate pa
tients is stated to be one of the stock
methods of advertising resorted to by
young doctors, who wish to build up
a practise. A budding physician tried
this device. He instructed his boy
to go to the doorkeeper of the theater
and say that patient Of his was in
urgent need of attention. Right you
are sir!" said the servant, with a
solemn wink you leave it to me-
I'll manage it all right" But appar-
emily the honest retainer exceeded in
structions in his zeal, for at the end
of the second act the manager ap.
peared before the curtain and made
this announcement: eff Dr. Blank
is in the audience, l am requested to
tell him that he is wanted at once,
as the poor fellow he gave some
physic to this afternoon has been
having fits ever SINCE"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Points to Good Future.

Seven poor children, four girls and
three boys, all about ten years old,
went to nearby seashore resort, in
charge of two women, for a days out
ing. The funds for the picnic were
provided by two boys who sell papers
aid who live in one of the two houses
from which the excursion party was
recruited. One of the women in
charge of the children said that the
boys had arranged the outing "of their
own accord, and the remarkable thing
is this: They are not good boys by
any means and one of them is prob
ably the naughtiest boy in the neigh
borhood. But we think that when boys
do little things like this they will come
out all right.'-New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
loves Crime.

George was a manly fellow, yet, sur
prising as it may seem, he was guilty
of grave charge, criminal offense-
theft, for had he not many times,
stolen kisses from his fair sweet
heart?
Maude, one of the most lovable OF
girls. was equally guilty as an acces-
sorry; she received the stolen property.
Each seemed to have perfect conf
dence in the other, however, and when
sentence was pronounced by prop
erly qualified Official, they decided to
serve their time together.
They remained loyal to the end,
neither making any effort to have
their sentence abrogated or shortened,
but during the course of their long
term together several small offenses
were directly chargeable to them
J. w. B., in Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
NOT CUT OUT FOR SOLDIER
Widow Heaiy INDUCES In Some Plain
Speaking to Her Devoted but
Timid Lover.

The counting of the Widow Healy
by Terence Corcoran was a tedious
affair to every one in Magray place,
most of all to the widow herself, who
tried various expedients to assist hel
timid admirer.
I'm thinking 1 might go for a
sojer," Terence announced one night,
when his fancy had been, stirred by
newspaper account of military
pageant. I'm not so old but l could
do it. 1 was wanst in a school regi-
ment."
you go for a sojer!" cried the
Widow Healy in mingled scorn and
alarm "a man that calls on a lone
widow for two years and more, wild
out pluck enough to spake his mind,
hasn't the markings of drummer boy
In HIM"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
PUTNAM EADELE

Color goods brighter and faster cocrs than any other DYE
you garment without ripping apart Write Tree boeae
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
A FOOD DRINK.
Which Brings Daily Enjoyment.
A lady doctor writes

A lady doctor writes
Though busy hourly with my own
affairs, l will not deny myself the
pleasure of taking few minutes to
tell Of my enjoyment daily obtained
from my morning cup of Postum. 1t
is a food beverage, not a poison like
coffee.
Il began to use Postum eight years
ago, not because l wanted to, but be-
cause coffee, which l dearly loved,
made my nights long weary periods to
be dreaded and uniting me for bust
ness during the day.
"On the advice of a friend, l first
tried Postum, making it carefully as
directed on the package. AS l had
always used cream and no sugar. l
mixed my Postum so. 1t looked good,
was clear and fragrant, and it was a
pleasure to see the cream color it as
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look-like a new sad
die
Then l tasted it critically, for had
tried many substitutes for coffee. l
was pleased, yes, satisfied, with my
Postum in taste and effect, and am
yet, being a constant user of it all
these years.
81 continually assure my friends and
acquaintance that they will like it in
place of coffee, and receive benefit
from its use. l have gained weight,
can sleep sound and am not nervous"
There's O Reason"
Read THE Road to Wellville" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Whv He Wouldn't Hurry,

They were riding to church and
were late. Several of the party were
dience will be waiting" "Well," OBJ
served the old pastor (who was to
preach that forenoon), don't let's fret
over it If we are a little late. 1t re-
minds me of the man who was being
taken to execution. His guards were
greatly exercised over the fact that
they could not possibly get there on
time Never mind said the poor fell
low, philosophically. Don't fuss over
it. The people can wait There'll be
nothing doing till 1 get there -
Christian Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
The Needs Return.

"Confound these election bets. any
way" grumbled Harker.
Lose heavily?' inquired his friend.
mo, | won ten boxes Of cigars and
they were so rank l sold the whole lot
to the corner tobacconist for dollar"
We'll, you made a dollar, anyway"
Eyes, but that is not the worst of
it. My wife saw the boxes in the
window marked "A Bargain, 81 and
bought the whole lot to give me as
birthday present"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14

almost tell the date of any individual,
specimen by the literary style. His
tory records, believe, that the NOR
ais of the eighteenth century were
anything but above reproach in Eng
land, but if Westminster is to be ia
ken as the test that was an age of he
roic saints and sanity heroes. Yet
that these quaint old hypocrites were
not self-deceived is suggested by the
closing sentence Of one Of the cpl
taphs of a priod following that of the
most stilted specimen. Reader" il
says, eff on perusing this tribute to
private individual thou should be
disposed to suspect it as partial OF
censure it as diffuse, know that it is
not panegyric, but history"
True Sentiment Not Wanting.
Upon the monument of Grace Scott,
wife of Colonel Scott. a member OF
the honorable house of commons, 1914,
are engraved these words:
"He that will give my Grace but what
is hers
Must say that death has not
Made only her dear Scott,
But virtue, worth and sweetness, wild.
overs"
Punning, indeed, was highly es-
teemed by the ancient eulogists, as in.
stanced in the epitaph to Sir James
Fullerton: "He died fuller of faith
than Of fear; fuller of consolation than
of pains; fuller of honor than Of
days" Yet there are not wanting
specimens of true and ingenious sen,
timent, as that in the case of Mrs.
Mary Kendall, whose friendship for
Lady Catherine Jones was such that
she desired that even their ashes
after death might not be divided and
therefore ordered herself here to be
inferred where she knew that excel
lent lady designed one day to rest
near the grave of, her beloved and re
ligious mother" and also the little
marble cradle over the grave of the
daughter of James l., who died at the
age Of three days, with verses BY
Susan Coolidge, which do not wholly
lose their pathos in spite of the fact
that they are placarded on the walls
with the Keep Order" and other
signs.
When Abbey Becomes Impressive.
And, moreover, there are times when
the abbey does regain some of the
majesty and awe that the early
writer's tell of-of a late afternoon,
perhaps, when the sightseeing mob
has gone and the light has grown dim
and a faint but impressive radiance
fails from the big rose window in the
south transept. Then, having climbed
to the little gallery wherein the eff
gies are displayed-not to see those
denominations but to gain therefrom
charming and varied vistas OF nave
and pillar, of arches SO slender that
they seem to sway and vaulting traced
with delicate designs-haying got
above the noise of shutting feet and
the clotter OF light-hearted tourists,
you hear in the dimness and silence
the impressive strains of the Largo
from the fingers of belated organist
and find a rare and appropriate har
mony in the music, the light and the
spirit of the place. And you walk out
reverently, thinking that the abbey is,
after all, still worth while.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Waman-like.

81 hate him! think he is the mean
est man l ever met"
Gracious, Jeanette! What is the
trouble?"
"Why, he told me he loved me de-
voteily and l told him it would be i'm
possible for me to love him in return.
The poor fellow looked SO downheart-
ed l told him to try and forget me-
"Well?"
"Boo-hoo! He he-did!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Flirting With Fashion.

That innate tendency on the part
ion, playing fast and loose with vari
Gus commodities, is responsible for
the uncertainties that have prevailed
during the month. There was such a
lack of confidence as to the ultimate
acceptance of the various lines pre-
pared by distributors and consumers
that buying was somewhat minimized.
Prosperity or adversely has nothing to
do with the millinery business. Fash.
ion alone makes or breaks.-Millinery
Trade Review.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14

a tumor caused by rupture. / wrote
to you for advice and you told me not
to get discouraged but to take Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
| did take it and soon the lump in my
side broke and passed away" Mrs.
R. R. HUEY, 713 Mineral Ave-, Galena,
Kans.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
has proved to be the most successful
remedy for curing the worst forms Of
female ills, including displacements,
Inflammation, fbroid tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, bear
ing-down feeling, 1atulency, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration. 1t costs
but a tribe to try it, and the result
has been worth millions to many
suffering women.
If you want special advice write
fOrit to Mrs. Pinkham,L Lynn, Mass
It is free and always helpful.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Queer Death of Boy.

A curious story of how a twelve
year-old boy was accidentally hanged
whilst endeavoring to bind himself in
the way depicted in the drawing, The
Christian Martyr" was told at a West
HIM (Eng) inquest. The mother Of
the lad said that she and her hus.
',and went out one evening. leaving
the boy sketching. Asked what he
vas sketching, the woman replied,
THE Christian Martyr" Il have got
It here" she said, and she handed It
to the coroner. It was executed In
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Good Advice but

A traveller entered a railway car
rage at wayside station. The sole
occupants Of the compartment con-
sisted of an old lady and her son,
about twelve years old. Nothing of
note occurred until the train steamed
into the station at which tickets were
collected. The woman, not having a
ticket for the boy, requested him to
"corrie doom"
The traveller interviewed and sug-
gested putting him under the seat.
MAN." said the excited woman, cts
as shair as death; but there's twa un
der the salt a'ready!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14

tacks was so severe that it required
two strong men to hold me. The only
relief l received was from morphine
injections. I was completely cured
by Doan's Kidney Pills and believe
they saved my life.'
Remember the name-Doan's
For sale by all dealers. so cents
OK. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
A Question:,

Vera (eight years old)-What does
transatlantic mean, mother?
Mother-Across the Atlantic, of
course; but you mustn't bother me.
Vera-Does trans always mean
across?
Mother suppose it does. Now, If
you don't stop bothering me with your
questions I shall send you right to
bed.
Vera latter few minutes silence)
Then does transparent mean cross
parent?-Ideas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-14
Useless Deceit.

It is useless to try to deceive any
body and you cannot deceive God. 1t
is useless for one to say, l am a
Christian and believe in Christ and
God, if he is not, thinking that by
that statement he will deceive the
Almighty and gain something for him
self from God.