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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Speed Statistics,

A gentle wind travels about five
miles an hour, a high wind about
thirty to forty-fve miles ar hour, a
hurricane eighty to a hundred miles
an hour. The velocity of the earth
on its own axis exceeds, it is esti-
mated, 1000 miles an hour. The
velocity of the earth around the sun
is calculated to be $4,000 miles an
hour, and the velocity of the noon
is calculated to be 2,273 miles an
hour. Sound travels through dry
air at the rate of about sixty feet a
second; through water at the rate
of about $40 feet a second; along
steel wire at the rate of about H.
$50 feet a second. Electricity is
said to travel along wires above
ground at the rate Of about 1850
miles a second. Light travels at a
velocity estimated by astronomical
observation to be about 1S6,710
miles a second.-London Standard.
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BY Easy Stages.

Justice McEwen once sat on n
COW case-that is, a case involving
money due one man for boarding
the COW of another. The wrangle
was as to what the board was worth.
One attorney called three or four
liverymen and got their testimony
on the cost of boarding a horse. OF
course the opposing counsel object
ed and declared such testimony to
be incompetent on the ground that
the cost of boarding a horse is not
the same as the cost of boarding a
COW. This the other attorney con
coded, but he explained that he was
going to follow up the testimony of
the liveryman with expert testimony
to show how much less, if any, it
costs to keep a COW than a horse.
ooh, if you're going to work on
that plan," put in McEwen in judi
cial tones, "you might as well start
in with elephants and work down to
COWS by gradual stages."-Clevelan
Leader.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
City Markets
The Appeal to the Record.

Little Tommy returned sore and
trembling from the torture room.
Doesn't your papa ever thrash
you?" he asked his chum, who is the
son of a cabinet minister.
81 should say not!' replied the
other loftily. every time he threat
ems to cane me | read him an ex-
tract from his great peace at any
price speech, in which he said:
"These barbarians are like hayward
children, but have we on that ac-
count the right to take away their
heaven sent privilege to do as they
please? Let us treat them as we
would our OWL hayward children
plead with them, beseech them, but
never coerce them with either gun
or rod"
"That's a good deal to remcm-
ber," remarked Tommy.
"Yes, but now he's got so used to
it that he drops the cane as soon as
! start."-l.ondon Answers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Ancient Paper Money.

Marco Polo, the celebrated Vene-
tian traveller, was the first to an
nounce to Europeans the existence
of paper money in China under the
Moguls. The fact has induced the
belief that the Moguls were the
originators of it. But in the his
tory of Tchinghiz-Kh of the Mo
gul dynasty in China, published in
the year 1889, the author speaks of
the suppression of the paper money
which was in use under the dynasty
of the Sung, who reigned in China
previous to the Moguls, and he also
mentions a new species of notes
which were substituted for the old
in the year 1864.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Love the Greater Wisdom.

Wisdom always betrays the love
in it. Love. just another warmer,
closer name for wisdom, is selfish.
ness absolute. 1t is the law and
the sweetness of the one organism
which the universe is.
The eternal strange forces, love
and selishness, faith and godliness,
have been submerged-nay, hidden
from human consciousness in the
swish and swash of sentimentalism
and hypocrisy. They stand, none
the less, eternal, complete, the foun-
dation, the n necessity, of the
world, the home and character.
They are the inner fact of man
waiting to enamor him of the
chance of completeness.
Where they are not recognized
and made at home in the character
man finds his life shredded to scraps
and rags.-Practical Ideals.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
The Discovery of Florids.

Juan Ponce de Leon, sailing from
Porto Rico in search of new land,
discovered Florida on March 81,
1912. He landed near st. Angus
tine, planted the cross and took pos
session in the name of the Spanish
monarch. In 1863 a treaty ceding
east and west Florida to Great Brit
ain in exchange for Havana and
the western part of Cuba was rati-
fed. In 1881 part of Florida was
receded to Spain, and in 1888 Great
Britain coded east and west Florida
to Spain. On Feb. %, 1919, east
and west Florida were coded to the
United States by treaty and pur-
chase, Spain receiving $5,OOO,000.
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BOTH SATISFIED.
Two Widely Different Views Of a Shop
ping Incident.

When Mrs. Hobbs and Mrs. Cob
bett returned to their respective
homes at the close of stockholders
day" they were both obviously salts
fed with the result of the days
shopping in the city. One little in
cident had given each of them, after
her own fashion, a large measure of
content.
"You know | always say that Ell
len Ann dresses a mite too much
for travelling off for the day." said
Mrs. Hobbs to her husband as he sat
patiently listening to her account Of
small happenings. "Well, today
twas borne out by what | saw at
Ransom & Klein's.
eve were both looking for dress
goods for the children--she for a
plaid, green and blue, for her Sophie
and | for "A dark red for Matte.
eve both wanted to see what the
ones we'd half chosen looked like by
daylight, and it so happened that
we started for the place where you
can stand under the skylight at the
same time. Being two counters
apart, we hadn't kept watch of each
other, and twas Just a happen.
"WelI, the man that was showing
me the goods looked at me kind Of
searching, and then he handed the
piece Of goods over the counter TO
me, and he said, You car take it
right over to the skylight yourself,
madam, and turned to straighten
out some other goods.
"When | got to the skylight, if
there didn't come Ellen Ann, meek
as YOU please, with a little cashgirl
carrying her piece Of goods, and
that child never let go her hold of
it once, and it come over me that
Ellen AIMS fashy hat and her
plush bag with gilt trimmings had
made them think she wasn't to be
trusted.
I'm afraid they took her for one
of those light fingered folks-shop-
lifters. | felt real sorry for her, and
| hurried off SOS not to shame her
While Mr.. Hobbs was digesting
this piece of news Mr.. Goblet was
listening to his wife's version.
''The clerk looked at me-" she
said, "and then he beckoned one of
the cashgirls and said to her real
sharp, Take this to the skylight
and let the lady look at it
'And | followed after her empty
handed to find poor Mary Jane
there, with a great piece of red stuff
she'd lugged in her own arms from
the counter.
at just proves what I've always
told you. When Mary Jane goes
among strangers those plain, home,
ly clothes of hers give them the
idea she's a hardworking woman
that's always had to do for herself
and doesn't expect to be done fol
by anybody.
"But there! | like Mary Jane
and always have, and / let her stink
off with that piece of goods just's il
l hadn't really sensed who twas
Youths Companion.
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Dodqed.

During a lecture on history in a
Baltimore educational institution
the instructor had given a lengthy
disquisition on the character Of
George Washington, Incidentally
touching upon his work as the or
ganizer of the Revolution.
"Now.' asked the instructor. IF
George Washington were alive to-
day what practical part do you
think he would play in present day
politics, Judging fsoM the past'" :,
A prolonged silence on the par
Of the pupils followed this. Final
", however, n lad saw a way out.
"Sir," he queried, wouldn't he
be 700 old ?"-Lippincott's.
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Motherly ENCOURAGEMENT.

"Mother," she said, with a little
catch in her voice, "I'm beginning
tQ'be almost afraid the count wants
ne only because he thinks he can
get a lot of fathers money with
me-"
"My dear child, don't worry
about that. Your pa is enough of
a business man to get him at the
lowest possible figure, and the title
will be just as much yours if he
marries you for money as it would
be if he took you because he wor-
SHIPPED the ground you walked on
Chicago Record-H Herald.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
FAMOUS GIANTS.
John Middleton tho TaIlest Of tho More
Modern Ones.

The record Of men remarkable for
their height commences at an early
period of the recorded history of
thesworld, for in the Old Testament
Og,,king of Bashan, is mentioned as
using a bedstead nine cubits long,
which is about sixteen and a half
feet. Later we read of Goliath Of
Gath, slain by David, whose height
was 'six cubits and a span" The
Emperor Maximin was of vast bulk,
according to some measuring over
eight feet. Then Pliny writes:
"The tallest man that has been seen
in our age was one named Gabara,
who in the days of Claudius, the
late emperor, was brought out of
Arabia. He was nine feet nine
inches"
Of more modern giants there was
John Middleton, called the child Of
Hale, who was born in Lancashire,
England, in 1873. He was nine feet
three inches tall. His hand meas
ured seventeen inches from the
wrist to the tip of the middle finger,
and the palm was eight and a half
inches in breadth.
Patrick Cotter, the Irish Giant"
was born in 1861 and measured
eight feet seven inches in height.
His hand to the tip of the middle
finger was twelve inches, and his
shoes were seventeen inches long.
Charles Bryne, called O'Brien, was
eight feet four inches. He died in
1888, and his skeleton is in the
museum Of the Royal College of
Surgeons.
Big Sam, porter of the Prince of
Wales, afterward George w., at
Carlton palace, was nearly eight
feet tall.
NJ. Brice, a native of the Vosges,
seven feet six inches, exhibited
himself in London in 1923.
Robert Halcs, the Norfolk
Giant" was seven and a half feet
tall and weighed ASP pounds.
Chang Woo Cow, a Chinese giant,
was seven feet eight inches when
nineteen years old, when he was ex-
hibitcd in London in 1865. Grown
to eight feet, he exhibited at the
Westminster aquarium with Brus-
tav, a Norwegian giant, seven feet
nine inches, in June, 1880.
Captain Martin Van Buren, Bates
of Kentucky and Miss Ann Hanen
Swami of Nova Scotia, each about
seven feet tall, exhibited in London
and were married at st. Martins-in-
the-Fields, June II, 1871.
Marian, the "Amazon Queen
born in 1866, was eight feet two
inches tall when exhibited in Lon
don in 1882.
Joseph Winklemaier, a native of
Austria, eight feet nine inches tall.
exhibited in London in 1887.
Elizabeth Lyska, a Russian, was
six feet eight inches when exhibited
in London in 1898 at the age of
twelve.-Boston Globe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Joe Cans, former lightweight
champion. died Wednesday of on
sumption, brought on, he SAID. by
his fighting. Cans lost his cham
pionshlp to Battling Nelson a couple
of years ago,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
An Artfui Dodaer.

"How is your boy getting along
at SCHOOL,"
"Splendidly, splendidly! l tell
you, my friend, this boy of mine
will make his way in the wo:M,
don't you fear. During the time
he's been going to school they have
had thirty-two examinations, and
he's managed to dodge every one of
them."-Glasgow Times,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

We wish to call the attention of
PRESS readers to the story now run
ming on the patent side of the pa
per. The Man In Lower Ten" is
the name of the new serial.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

G. f. Erickson, county comniSs-
Toner, and Miss Grace Butler. de-
putty Register of Deeds. were the
recipients Of birthday presents this
week. Mr. Erickson received hand
some clock, and Miss Butler a copper
coffee percalatOr.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

EDITOR Press wish to sincerely
thank those friends who so kindly
remembered me with a fine 400-day
clock a. a birthday present August
10th, G.. +. Erickson.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Banker Watkins, of Athol, a mem
Der of the firm of Kegier-W Watkins
of this city. is in Miller this week on
business.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Mayor Gaynor, Of New York City,
Was the victim of an attempted as
saeination Monday, but was not ia
tally injured.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11
Additional Local

J. c. Thomas, of Burdette, is Wis
iting relatives in the city.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

Lewis Shuster, of Mitchell, is Il
the city on business today
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

The well drillers have reached the
depth where they are constantly ex
pecting to strike water in the new
city well.
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Thev valuation land any township is ad or waeia sufcentp per cent to make the aver
ase value per. acre eauhn the vhuepe r acre as equahd by the Board of Equalization The u
aon OF personal shown in 1.-THE above scale is raised or lowered a sumce mt per cent onakee ma
to the a~rasep price offs I'D class of ropntya ermHzei by the Board of Equalization.
Any poperty ntm mentioned in the above er emainst the sae as eauaH1d by the Toynht
Bord
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

has. /. ollie. AUDITOR being mist duly sworn.
II - true aud correct s~tntpnpnt ui the tiuHu-
" his books. aud that the Auditors exhibit -
> dra WV On the treasury during the Qunrtp'
u y IL true hu'l correct
MAS. I ODLE. Count Auditor
2Bth daN luIy $40
X. :. MEAD. notary luhl'"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-08-11

lIAn,IrrtEs or ,UuN1r ~ DETAIL.
Total Amount ui school Money Re
ceivrd Nptn Date ................. i 1880 Un
Warrants issued and ~ Hands of
Auditor. ... ....... . ......... ........ l6O = D
Warrants O~utStHudiug ..............-..
Permanent school Maud ovrrdrHwn
Excess 81 assets over liabilities
county fluids OverdrnW ..........
BY d, lance .... ... ....... ........ 33o32 -
Total ...... ........ ....145O92 81
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
DAIRY NOTES.

1t does not pay to mix breeds.
MIX sellers find the Holstein hard
to beat.
MIX the COWS quietly. quickly and
on time.
A good milk COW never becomes
rolling fat.
Salt regularly twice week is bet.
ter than once.
cOoi the cream as soon as possible
after separating.
Prepared dips kill lice. A lousy COW
is a hard keeper.
A coed appetite IL. COW Is IKE a
good draft to a stove.
Plenty o: clover hay is good medi-
cine fof the young hci'er.
Clean the dairy stable in summer
lust as regularly as in winter.
Treat the COWS kindly and they viii
repay you in dollars and cents.
The man; the COW: the feed. are
three essentials to successful dairy
ing.
aalk the cows clean every time If
YOU would keep up Uniform flow OF
milk
DO not keep COWS fer side issue:
make it a haginess. ike any other
branch Of fa.@ wcrI
Il is not a,one the quantity Of milk
2 CO.. mag give that makes her profit
2ble, but it is the quality. Is well.
Mix COWS quickly and Thoroughly.
The striDDinSs are at least three times
as rica as the first flow OF milk.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
FARM NOTES.

The maintenance ration produces no
profits.
Land worth 500 should not have
s25 care.
Now is the time to plan and get
ready for next seasons work.
There are few farms but would be
benefited by carrying a flock OF sheep.
All kinds of forage are high, and will
be sun higher before another crop can
be made.
II the home is cheerful and attrac.
tive the young folks win be more will.
ing to stay there.
The farm that Is upon good high
way is much nearer the market than
one on poor road.
Soil holds moisture better when
plowed early. and gumbo. especially,
should be turned under one year be-
fore harvest.
&usty or moldy hay IS harmful as
feed, and the one who feeds such to
his stock will be rewarded by cases OF
sickness. paralysis and sometimes
death.
Many farmers are buying gasoline
engines for pumping. The points to
be demanded are compacness, sim
plicity. economy. effective cooling and
durability
In the New England states the win
ter vegetables are mostly raised in
hot houses. Hot water Is preferred to
eithe= steam or hot air. giving an
even, moist temperature. most favor
able to healthy plant growth.
A new weed destroyer for gardeners
combines narrow spade with a pair
Of jaws, operated from the handle in
such manner as to lift weeds which
the spade has loosened.
When everybody owns an airsh!p
we won't have any need for good
roads; till then it is better policy TO
use the split-!og drag and TO vote a
few thousands nc. and then to build
permanent highways.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
Stiff ssemmed Variety.
ELMER D. SMITH,
The diversity in color Of chrysanthe,
nuns make them OF unusual interest

especially where large numbers Of
seedlings age grown. This wide range
also extends to all the other charac.
;eristics such as form OF petals. con.
joar OF blocm. foliage, substance. pro-
G"cureDess AID roofing qualities Of
the cuttings and firmness or stiffness
of the wood or stem. Some varieties
are always stiT stemmed regardless Of
conditions under which they are
grown, while others are exceedingly
soft at their best
Our present requirements and meth.
DDS of handling this class of flowers
seem TO direct all chrysanthemum
growers to favor those possessing
strong stems. Where the arrange
ment Is in large vases no doubt such
are preferable. For fiat punches and
baskets those which have slightly
softer or more pliable stems are the
most graceful. The illustration shows
ongawa. White Cloud and Mrs. Elmer
D. Smith. all of which are very rigid.
Cultural methods and the nature of
the soil have some influence on the
texture Of the stem. but these char.
acterisdcs are decidedly constitu.
tional.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
HORTICULTURAL NoTEs.

No alfalfa for the orchard. II
takes too much moisture out of the
ground.
Wood ashes are a good lawn and
general garden fertilizer. containing
potash, lime and other similar food
elements.
If an orchard is on low ground &;
should be drained. because the air
must be admitted to the soil or the
trees will die.
The advocates of sod mulch and cul
dvation are still Ashttng as bitterly
as ever and probably viii continue to
do SO until the end OF time.
Prepare for the spraying campaign
Consult our spray pump advertisers
and write to your state experiment
station for bulletins on spraying.
We do not believe that pruning fe
exactly science, but it Is an ar,
which the individual grower must ex
ercise according to his own judgment
These cold. high winds make fel
low think OF windbrealss. Let's plan
10 set .ow Of Norway spruce to the
windward of that orchard. Why mott
a two-yeer-old tree can be started
more easily than a three-year-o!d
With some varieties one-year-old
tree is even better than a two-year.
old.
An inexperienced man with a pair
OF sharp pruning shears will do more
harm in an orchard in one day than
all the insects combined could do in
year.
In the vineyards of France growers
not only use smudges to keep of the
frosts. but 10 protect the vines from
the suns drying rays the morning
after the freeze
The latest and most interesting Of
vegetable novelties is a seedless toma.
to produced as the result of expert.
merits at the experiment station at
New Brunswick. n. ].
A Moutana fruit grower writes that
he tEins his 15.aere orchard Of Back
intosh keds to one apple every six
inches anG clips away the leaves.
His apples are superb in every way
and there are no culls.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16

IRONING a GERM KILLER.

To most of US a aatiron means
nothing but kitchen article which
weuse to press our apron strings and
occasionally take to bed to warm
cold feet. But the aatiron has risen
to an Office of dignity, having been
dicOvered as one of the most powerful
germ destroyers we have. Two hun
bred and sixty-six degrees, or little
more heat from the aatiron. viii
send the gentle spirit of the very
worst bacillus back to its own happy
hunting ground. Where sterilizing
devices are not handy, the flatiron is
doing the work.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
capstan for Raising Logs.

large spikes are driven into one side
about 3 feet apart A heavy plank
support IS made about AZ feet high
with half.round notch in the top and
a crosspiece at the bottom. A groove
is cut in the circumference OF the cap
stan stick so that the notched upper
end of the plank support will fit It
loosely. Put a chain under the log and
draw both ends up tight on the same
side of the capstan piece and slip a
link Of each end over each one of the
spikes. Run common iron bar
through the hole in the capstan piece.
grasp the bar and turn the capstan as
If screwing up a bench wise, thus wind.
ing the chain upon the wood and lift.
ing the log.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
Milk Pacteurizer.

TIN pie plate and punch the bottom
full OF holes. Turn this upside down
in the bottom Of a Kettle and set the
bottle on It. This will prevent bump
ing when the water is heated.
Punch hole through piece OF
cardboard and insert it in the top OF
the bottle. Through this hole sus-
pend thermometer. A good Their
mometer with the scale etched on the
glass should be used. Heat the water
until the thermometer registers I55
degrees.
The bottle should then be removed
and allowed to stand for 20 or 80 min.
utes. Cover the bottles with towel
to make them cool or slowly. After
20 or so minutes cool the milk as
quickly as possible by setting it in
cold water.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
woMEN EouAL mo- rMERoENcY.

Women have truly played the part
of a national boycott during the last
month throughout the states. 1t is
not one of those boycotts which the
courts would call Illegal, for the hard
est-hearted Judge in the United
States could not disapprove of wo-
mans individual boycott against the
beef trust. The women have econo-
mixed in various ways without robbing
the table of nourishing food. Papers
throughout the land are giving prizes
for excellent dishes that can be made
without meat, and through the in
genuity ofwomen, the call is answered
to the satisfaction of almost everyone.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
Milk Son. nrrInr g. -

There has long prevailed the idea
that milk sours when electrical storms
prevail. This has been pretty well
exploded by careful investigation. 1t
is now held that milk sours quicker
when an electrical storm Is approach.
ing According to Mckay ard Larson.
the reason is that the air temperature
warns the milk and creates more ia.
vorable conditions for the rapid mul.
ti2lication Of the germs present in
the milk. It is for this reason that
milk sours quicker during or previous
to thunder storm than at any other
time.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-16
EASIER KITCHEN WORK.

You would think woman who
has been cooking for thirty years
would know everything about kitchen
work. Some do and some do not.
One clings to the heavy article and
another makes her work more la
borious by not washing utensile as
she uses them, which is one sign OF
good cook when she does. Discard
every kitchen utensile and aim to use
only what is modern.