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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-30

Editor John W. Miller, of the
Putnam Democrat, was business
visitor here Saturday.
Mr.. A. H. Kendall, the paper
hanger, has moved his family here
from Lexington, Ky.
Miss Rose vickers, ofHuntingtOn,
spent Sunday and Monday here with
her parents.
Mr.. Carl Scott, of Buffalo, was
here Monday.
Mr.. Jas. withers of Huntington,
was here Monday and made this
Office pleasant call.
Eli Fadley was down from Char
lesion, over Sunday, shaking hands
with old friends.
CT. Wallace, of GlenwoOd, called
at this Office, Monday and renewed
his subscription to this paper.
The two pictures, Friday and
Saturday nights at Wonderland Thea
ter, depicting the life Of Moses, was
the best of the kind we have ever
witnessed.
Send your laundry to the Marietta
laundry. W. W. Bryan, agent.
Fresh Southern vegetables, at
organs, all the time,
Capt. John ThOrnburg and wife,
spent Monday and Tuesday, the
guests'of friends, at Huntington.
Mr.. C. K. BlackwoOd and little
son Neale, were the house guests of
Rev. J. Il. Gibbons and family, at
Ashland, KY, Saturday night and
Sunday. Mr.. BlackwOOd, who poss-
esses fine base voice, having prom
ised to assist the Calvary Church choir
with the rendition of their Master
musical program.
We understand that the vestry of
the Episcopal church have extended
call to Rev. Hunter Davidson, now
the rector at Hinton, W. Va.
Miss Muset Eiger, accompanied by
little Neale Blackwood, who has been
visiting Mr.. Gibbons children at Ash
land, KY, came up yesterday even
ing. and returned on the night train.
Mr.. B. n. Anderson was visitor
in town Saturday evening and Sun
day.
Mr.. E. f. Thomas and Capt. Will
Curry have treated their respective
homes to a coat of fresh paint.
What you want when you want it.
Filson Bros. for Hardware of all kind.
We regret to state that DR.. W. P.
Neale's condition continues unim-
proved. An abundance of Easter
flowers came to him as a testimonial
of the kind remembrance of his num-
erous admirers and friends.
Buy your hose at Mrs. L. ].
williamson Mch. scot.
Meroerized embroidery, cotton, in
colors, warranted not to fade, at
Mrs. L. }. williamsOn's.
Mch. scot.
Mrs. Capt. VIM. Kimball, of Hun
tington, is here visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray, on Wand street.
Rev. G. H. Crooks, of Ravens
wood, was guest at the Spencer
Hotel, Tuesday.
Capt, James NJ. HOoF, who was in
command of cooleys & Thoms show
boat up the Kanawha river, is home
again, the boat has gone up the Ohio.
Going to put down cement walk
this spring. If SO don't fail to see
Capt. Fritz Hess and get his prices.
Every hat hand made at Mrs. L. J.
williamson's. Mch. scot.
The Three Twins, the most popu-
/ lar opera company that has visited
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-03-30
PERSONALS

Hang on! Cling on! No matter VIVA.
they say.
Push on! Sing on! Things viii come
your way.
Sitting down and whining neverhelps
a bit;
Best way to get there is by keeping
up your grit.
Louis E. Thsyer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
July'S Heavy Rainfall

Up to yesterday noon the rainfall in
this city in July had been 6.56 inches,
and it is safe to say that no year in
the records of the weather bureau shows
al -,
. record for the first ten days of July
that approaches $50 inches. Rain has
fallen in every one of the first ten
days of the current month and the sum
total stands without precedent. The
records of the weather bureau extend
over a period of thirty-two years, and
they show no rainfall in the first ten
days of June approaching that of the
present month. The July of 1899 was a
very wet month but the rainfall in that
month came in the later days of the
month, tapping over into August which
was a damp month also.
=. 1t by no means follows that the rain
fall of the present year will be Excess
slve. It may not greatly exceed 81 inches
all told, which is the average or nor
NAL annual rainfall of this district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
Gold Is Coming In Again

Large imports of gold have been nn.
known in this country since January, 1905
and the enga cement of 81, $4,000 in gold
bars in London for shipment TO this
country is therefore an event of interest
The treasury officials think the present
import movement will last until Christ
mas. and that it will aggregate s40,o0oo0O'
thus nearly offsetting the net drain OF
coin and bullion in the last fiscal year.
In that year the exports footed up $50,
4es. 2se# and the coinage was s4s,sl5,547. The
net loss of gold in the year was therefore
about 1000. The hope is that this
loss will be made good by imports by
Christmas time.
The fact that gold comes this way be-
fore the wheat expectations set IN is con-
sidered somewhat exceptional. Imports OF
gold in September or October are never
surprising but imports in July rarely &C.
our No Doubt the Bank of England Will
.,rdeavor to minimize the movement by
raising its discount rate. 1t may not Dc
ahle however to control the tendency To-
wards an outflow of gold.
The gold import movement, the pig iron
PRODUCTION which bids fair to constitute a
now record and the steady decrease in idle
cars together with the steady increase
in railroad earnings all point to a busy
season as soon as the crops of the year
are ready to be sent to market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12

From the Washington Post.
In the vast volume of matter written
on the death of Mark Twain, no
"reminiscences have been more real, more
innate memories supplied by Col. Henry
Watterson. Colonel Wattersen has not
long range He knew his friend. and he
tells of his greatnesses and his foibles
with affection.
The fact that Mark Twain wrote his
story of Mulberry Sellers, not for the
study, is news to the general public
Watterson says Mr.. Clements wanted Ed
win Booth to play the part on the stage.
and was sadly disappointed at the char
acterization of John T. Raymond in the
title role.
The original Sellers says Colonel
Watterson, had partly brought him up,
and been very good to him; second and
perfect Don Quixote in appearance, and
not unlike the Knight of La Mancha in
character. 1t would have been safe for
nobody TO laugh at him-nay by the
slightest information, look, or gesture, to
treat him with reconsideration, or any
proposal of his-however preposterous-
with levity.'
Colonel Watterson, who also knew
Colonel Mulberry Sellers In the life tells
how the original of the famous character
once went home after a spree and found
his wife Ill in bed and the children
nearly starved. He tied himself =, to
tree, and was literally horsewhipping
himself to death when the cries of the
family brought the neighbors, and he
was cut loose and brought to reason.
of liquor.
One of Mark Twain's pranks is related
by Watterson with whimsical touch.
He tells how a reporter from the New
York World called one night while he
and Twain and several others were din
ing. The reporter wished to interview
Watterson. Twain palmed himself off
as Wattersons secretary, and regretted
that the colonel was not there at the
moment Would not Murat Halstead
who was present, do as well? The re-
porter being young, and not knowing
the difference. Watterson then proceeded
to give an interview, revising all of
Halstead's well-known theories. The in
terview appeared in the World. Next day
Halstead sent denial, which the World
published with this note, when Mr.. Hal
stead talked to our reporter he had
denied"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
CUISINES Is BUSINESS.

From the New York Telegram.
Too many Americans of the twentieth
century, said Jacob A. Rills. have a
wrong idea Of business. Now, business
is, really, honest servfce-honest service
nothing but that
But too many men look on business
az certain seaside shopkeeper did.
"A friend of mine visited this mans
shop to buy a flannel bathing suit. The
bathing suits were all little too large
for him.
They're marked unshrinkable' my
friend said thoughtfully. This one here
might do II it would shrink But
I'll ask father about it, said the
young attendant
"And then, behind the partition, my
friend overheard this dialogue
Father, a gent wants to know If our
unshrinkable bathing suits won't shrink a
little anyway
Is the suit too large for him.?
Yes, father
" Then of course 1t will shrink Why
don't you try and have some head for
business, Willie2 "
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12

From the St. Louis Republic.
ST. Louis has the same enviable rep
utation among the big cities of America
that Vienna has AMONG the cities of the
Old World. 1t is known as the City of
Pretty Women. Other towns, moved by
jealousy or feelings of supremacy. have
tried to dispute her CLAIMS. New Or
leans, Nashville, Savannah and even Bos-
ton have claimed the title at various
times. but II they have ever held that
proud supremacy even for a day they
have been forced to relinquish it. In
Europe, Paris long claimed the fame of
having the most beautiful women, but II
is now the universal opinion among
travellers that the capital of France and
the home of folly must yield the bays to
the Austrian city.
1t is not hard to see the reason for
the undoubted supremacy of st. Louis
In this one respect. Other cities may
have larger docks and wharves. more
railroad lines or more factories, but the
streets of the old city of Laclede are
proof enough of the beauty Of its daugh-
terS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
GOV. Harmon and the Newark Mob

Governor Harmon, it is plain, has no
Intention of letting the mob that took
4 white man from the jail in Newark
O., a city of about 5000 people, and
hung him, go unrebuked. Some one Is
70 be punished for permitting the mob
70 on unchecked, and the mayor of the
city and the sheriff of the county bid
fair to be impeached and tried for neg
Ject Of official duty.
The sheriff pleads inexperience in the
Handling of mobs and the mayor says
~ addressed the members of the mob,
asking them to dispense, and that he
then hurried home and to bed, believing
that the mob would do likewise
The mayor and the sheriff both evaded
their plain duty. and If Governor Har-
mon calls both of them to account and
Il he succeeds in dismissing both of
them In disgrace he will have set not
only his state but all the other states a
precedent that will not be without value.
hareafter 1t is more than plain that
either the mayor or the sheriff could
B hsve dispersed the mob, and that it.
Action was due to their lack of effi-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12

cheney or their excess of demasogry. In
either case they should be punished,
and Governor Harmon will no doubt see
that the punishment fits the offense in
this case.
Governor Harmon has no intention of
letting the liquor question enter into a
case of mob law Carl Etheringbon,
aged %. was lynehed because as an agent
of the Anti.saloon league he had raided
a saloon and had killed the saloonkeep-
er. Governor Harmon does not take
these facts into consideration. He con-
siders the lynching an outrage against
law and order. He considers the law
supreme. and he will no doubt endeavot
to make the Newark case warning to
all officials who evade their duty in a
crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
Spring Wheat and Other Crops

{ The spring wheat crop in the four great
spring wheat states, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota and Washington. has
been injured by hot suns and dry weather
The winter wheat crop, already harvested
and this year a good average crop of
winter wheat has been secured The acre
age In corn is larger than 1t was last
year by 5,s12, 900 acres. and the crop is re-
ported fully up to the 1o-year average.
The winter wheat crop and the corn
crop are therefore expected to make good
the deficiency in the spring wheat crop.
North Dakota has suffered more from
drouth than any other spring wheat state
Ats crop of spring wheat will be cut dow
to one-half of an average drop.
The total yield of cereals will probably
be fully up to the 1o-year average, sim
Sooh
the drougf,ty effects of the weather on
spring wheat. Corn can stand a good
deal of dry weather when we'll cultivated
Rains have in the last ten days fallen
IN a good share of the territory in the
northwest that has been dry and all in
all the scare over the spring wheat crop
has been overestimated. The losses will
be serious in the two Dakotas only. In
Minnesota and Washington fairly good
crops of spring wheat will be harvested
according to present indicati tons The
uountry Is too broad and varied to be
seriously affected by drouths in one or
two states.
7 The indicated harvest of spring wheat
has been cut down ss,ooo,oOo- bushels,
leaving the total wheat yield of the year
1t go, goo bushels as against a yield
last year of 1877 $4,000 bushels, but the
Yield of corn promises to be 3,114,4 900
bushels, as against 2,772 $4,000 bushels last
year. An unprecedented crop of corn is
anticipated this year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Talks On Crops over state

According to a statement made yester-
day by w. A. Morris. president of the
Alabama Farmers union, the crop con-
ditions of Alabama are very bad at this
time Mr.. Morris has Just returned
from an investigation of the situation
and he says the crops must receive at
tention and sunshine very soon or seri-
Gus results will follow.
The rains of the past few weeks have
simply played havoc with the crops,
said Mr.. Morris. Il was in Cherokee
county a few days ago. You know that
county is famed for It's agricultural prod
uets They tell me in that county that
the crop is seriously damaged, and |
witnessed crop of corn that was four
feet under water and embraced Wide
acreage. The cotton is choked with
weeds and water and l should not be
surprised to see the crop greatly reduced.
Although this Is the condition now, l
believe that If the rains will let up for
a few days and permit the farmers 10
The condition / have pointed out as ap-
plieabe to Cherokee county is general
over the state and unless some change
occurs soon it may be expected that pro-
duction will be far short I hope condi-
lions will improve for the farmers are
seriously In need of a good yield this
year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12

From the London Telegraph.
1t was a glittering pageant The air
was filled with the music OF 40 bands;
700 banners OF all colors, sizes and de-
signs fioated above the steadily march
ing women, and. instead of the sombre
garb of the past few weeks. bright sum-
mer dresses were worn. Variety was lent
10 the scene by the presence of univer-
sity women In their academic robes and
by the beautiful garlands of flowers car
ried by the majority of the marchers.
This latter idea was copied from process
sions on the continent. where flowers
are much more often carried. AS far as
the eye could see the procession stretched.
The place of honor. Immediately behind
the women's band. was occupied by SIT
women, each representing an imprison-
ment suffered for the cause. ROBBED in
white and carrying wands tipped with
silver arrows which glittered in the even
Ing sunshine, the detachment seemed like
the leaders of a triumphal army of peace
marching to take possession Of their king
dom. In their midst was the beautiful
silk banner, bearing the signatures of
so prisoners who had been forcibly fed
while in jail.
At the head of this prisoners pageant
walked Mrs Parkhurst Miss Christabel
Pankhurst in her bachelors robes Mrs
Bethick Lawrence. Lady Constance Lyt-
ton and Miss Annie Kenny. To the tune
Of triumphant music they passed, with
soundless tread. In seemingly endless
numbers. But this was only the begin
ming of what was to come. Headed by
double band, section after section fol-
lowed, each led by Its captain. Ladies
whose hair has grown white in the cause
of womens enfranchisement walked side
by side with mill girls from Lancashire
and sweated toilers from the East End
SO many women were there that it was
difficult to conceive whence they came,
and the very magnitude of their numbers
impressed the onlookers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
A SUITOR REMTss

From the Washington Post
A man who becomes engaged to be
married must keep up his counting Sue
cess in winning the assent of the fair
one and even in persuading her to name
the happy day is no excuse for renpiss-
ness in attention. Such Is the lesson
of the stern British law as illustrated
in the melancholy case of one George
Donaghy, shopkeeper of Londonderry,
who brought suit for breach of promise
of marriage against Miss Elizabeth Nc
Closkey of Dungiven. 1t appears that
after one nights courtship-prolonged
however, under due chaperonage1 from
dewy eve till early morn-the coy lass
uttered the magic yes. Thereupon the
date and church were agreed upon But
when the bridegroom, arrayed in his
best, appeared, there was no bride, and
the clergyman announced that she had
changed her mind.
The testimony brought out some strange
facts about the remiss conduct of the
swain 1t was shown that after his sue
cess in wooing his ardor cooled. AL
though he made the necessary arrange
ments for the ceremony, during the in
terval he never wrote his fiancee, he sent
her no flowers, he gave her no engage
ment ring, and, in fact, he did nothing
at all but present his unprecious self at
the appointed hour and place. But there
were no wedding bells for him.
1t is immateria where this incident oc-
CURED. The moral is International. Its
lesson knows no geographical boundaries.
1t does not need to be put into words
The spectacle of the lone and lorn lover
lis enough If he goes a-wooing again, he
may know enough to keep on going. There
is no such word as certainty ip such at
fairs until the priest has said the words
of union.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
Good Sport Fishing

.Jf You wish to see what it is to be
fishing hungry, just go out to East Lake
some afternoon and see the banks of the
lake dotted with men, and women, too,
pulling the fish out said man who
knows how to bait hook.
THE price for the privilege Is almost
prohibitive in the sportsmans view but
there are many who cannot spare the
time to go a distance to fish.
DO they catch them? Well they GER
tainly do and in this 'beastly weather
to, with rain, muddy waters and thun-
derstoms. 1t Is not generally known
that fish are startled by thunder and
the game fish seek the lowest depths
and hiding places during thunder storm
The popular bait just now consists
of cockroaches which are kept for sale
by dealers who catch them in traps
made for that purpose or employ persons
about stores to catch them. Boys can
make good pocket money catching them.
One simple way is deep tin pan bait
ed with old cheese or stale bread and
beer set In a dark place. The sides OF
the pan should be creased to keep the
reaches from crawling out after being
enticed into the pan. Minnows are used
for trout and good strings of them-two-
ear-olds-most of them are being caught
between showers and storms The water
is too muddy for the fly on the snare
of a troll. BY the way, this last usually
takes a good sized fish as they strike
at it in anger thinking it some strange
water creature. few months ago l
caught a trout at East Lake, with a
"Dowaigroc mnnow" troll, which weigh
ed ~ pounds"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
Amarillo City

Cities that had been making large
claims In the matter of population were
feeling a bit uneasy when the census
figures for. Washington, D. Co. and Will
nineton. Del. we're announced, for the
national capital showed a gain over 1900
of only 10 per cent and the Delaware
metropolis a gain of only IA per cent.
Rnt on Yesterday Census Director Du-
rand gave out his third bulletin. 1t an
nounced the population of Amarillo City,
Texas. and the increase there has been
sufficient to give heart to the most ar
dent boomers of all ambitious commune
ties.
Amarillo is in the Texas Panhandle.
In 1906 its population was only 1442 In
1910 it is s957-an increase of nearly $50
per cent. just what has caused Amaril-
los phenomenal growth, 1t is hard to
guess at this distance but the town is
somewhere nearAthe Oklahamo City zone
and 1t has probably caught some of the
overflow of that congested center. Seat
tie, Spokane, Portland, Los Angeles, Biz
mingham and other rapidly increasing
cities would have been satisfied Nth
we shall expect more. The tide has turn
ed. Washington and Wilmington did no.
set the pace All hail to Amarillo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-12
WANDERLUsT

Thomas R. Ybarra. in the New York
l hear insistent singing in a corner of
my brain
1t must
Be the gust
or some waking wanderlust.
What glimpses 1t is bringing of the
Orient-and Spain!
/ can
And bejeweled Hindustan.
sway to rhythmic measures OF a mel
ody unknown;
Why thrall.'
Is its call,
~. To one land, o yord of all?
You, who yet are straight and strong,
Foot the highway-lifes not long!
Throw away your shryeled crust!
Waken' sings the wanderlust.
See where waters lap the sky,
Slave of poisoned city dust?
Far beyond is bright romance
Where the languid hours sigh.
Spurn the job and lose the chance.
Would you rot?
Would you rust?
Chained and cobwebbed would you die?
Waken' sings the wanderlust.
.sOh, the breakers now are pounding on
Polyneslan snoTe
To the rip
OF ship
Throttled in the tempest's grip;
And the booming conch is sounding in
the temples of Iahoo.
And the lead
Bloody red
Stretches desert bandits dead.
And the slender palms are signing by q
sea OF rippled gold
Where guitars
Lift the bars
or a love-song to the stars
Out!-oh, you who yet are hale;
Quito battle with the gale;
Quito waken foremans thrust.
Waken." sings the wanderlust.
See where scarlet sinks the sun,
Slave Of poisoned city dust?
Far beyond is where there's life
Where the reckless deeds are done,
Stolen kiss and bleaming knife
(Wouid you rot?
Would you rust?)
Ha.--the CLINT along the gum
.sWakenv' krowls the vanderbilt!