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The Appeal., 1910-02-26

White-hared sp1nster, and his four sons with
their families, occupy the old home and keep ten
der watch over the treasures which their father
gathered with much patience and expense dur
ing lifetime
One can walk down the corridors, on whose
walls great paintings falling into strings from
age, and climb the stone stairs where comely
servant will greet one and show the curiosities,
or, better, let one look at everything to the
hearts content
In the upper corridor there are a number of
immense earthen Jars which were excavated at
point not far distant and which are valuable
samples of the work Of potters of other days. In
one corner of this corridor there s quaint foun-
tain and pool In whose walls are laid in mosaics
formed of bits of broken glass and porcelain, the
whole ornamented with hideous stone Indian
idols. From the corridor one passes through the
household kitchen to the old one, which is never
used and the walls of which are literally lined
from top to bottom with every class Of earthen
cooking vessels, wooden spoons, forks and choco-
late beaters. Near by is the dining room, whose
long table contains quaint collection of vases
and dishes, while the walls hung with pic
lures and painted porcelain bowls, in two Of
which are the portraits of Macmillan and Car
lotta. There are dishes and plaques made by the
Indians of remote regions which even in this day
OF railway facilities are difficult to find There
are tall "ollas" where soup for regiment could
be made
The dining room opens into the bedroom,
where, in corner, stands the silver bedstead on
which Santa Ana died, it. being elaborately
dressed with hangings and covers of coarse white
lace. On the wall by the head of the bed is
rare group OF guns swords and pistols. In an
other corner Of the room stands an old-fashioned
four-posted bed which belonged to a lady in wait
ing to Carlotta, and at its side is hand-carved
leather trunk which belonged to the patriot HI.
dalgo. Above the trunk is the carved ivory
handled rife OF Miramon. bearing his arms and
name. ....
The daughter, in speaking of the school for
poor children which occupied room on the first
hoor OF the house for years, said: "Yes, my
father established the school and maintained It
for many years In more recent years the teacher
was paid by the town government and three
years ago the school was moved by that same
authority to house in the village Immediately
back of this, which is known as La Resurrec-
tion'" -
When asked about the sale of articles of the
museum she said: "Yes, we have had some offers,
but they have been made principally by tourists
and have usually been very small while many Of
the things here cost my father much money For
example, the gun Of Miramon and the cross of
La Musa Mexicana' each cost $500. OF course
many things were presented to him by friends
who knew of his interest In rare and historic
things. but" she added. tenderly. everything Is
very dear to US and we do not care to part with
anything.
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
EDISON IS PUZZLED
Wizard Of Electricity Finds Radi.
um's Secret Hard to Solve.
Says Fuel Is One Of tho Big Problems
OF the Future-TaIks Of tho Com.
Ing Air Machines and
49, Future Food. l-...

New York.-Thomas A. Edison has
been talking about some of the won.
ders and problems which make this
old world such an interesting place
IN which to live. Radium, for in.
stance, moves him to enthusiasm, the
greater perhaps because even Edison
himself hasn't got on confidential
terms with the substance. - -,
He has some of it, though. Oh, yes.
Says he: II have a spinthariscope
which is tiny bit of radium, of size
that will go through the eye of nee
die, mounted over piece of willemite.
1t has been shooting off millions of
sparks for the six years that I have
had it, and I expect it will be shoot
Ing sparks the same way for thous-
ands of years.
while only small quantities of ra-
dunn have been isolated, it exists
everywhere in water, rock and soil.
The possibility of harnessing this
force for our use is somewhat of a
speculation. A radium clock has been
made and it will go several hundred
years without winding.
"The problem of fuel is one of the
big problems Of the future. We may
find out tomorrow how to get all
the power from our fuel-we get only
Is to 20 per cent. now-and on the
other hand it may take long time.
Water power is being rapidly devel-
Oped MaVbe the utilization 0f tho
tides will follow. More practical are
windmills connected with storage bat.
teries to lay up the energy of the
winds in electrical form.
"Sun engines are promising con
trivances. In Arizona there is a go
The Appeal., 1910-02-26

and a half hours Of refined vaudeville thrown in
-thlngs "hlch ne never patronized at home, but
now felt feverish anxiety to indulge in he con-
suited the head waiter at his hotel to whom
needless to say, he had not confided his VOW
mat functionary insisted that life was a blank
without ride in "caros" or sledge drawn by.
bullock, and caros was accordingly engaged
and the expedition set out the sextant, brass
tube and oil stained manuscript usual in explora-
tions being conspicuous by their absence Dur
ing the course of the perous humping over the
stones the driver In the intervals of shifting his
oxen and greasing the runners held converse.
ton with him which might have been intelligent
had he understood even one-ifth of it. When
the caros returned to the hotel the driver held
up ten fingers and calculated, "Teen hunder
reis" Holy smoke!' said the man. "You thiev
ing backguard-here. and handed him a dollar
and half-"Now be off with you" That even
Ing the other occupants Of the verandah were
horrhed to hear succession Of expletives issu-
ing from the mans mouth he read in his Bae-
deker that 1000 res was dollor
The man next moved on to Alexandria He
had forgotten every care but his VOW He still
cung to the idea. He climbed down the stems
into the barge-like boat with the crowd mostly
notwithstanding Americans and thought he
might investigate it's Pharaohs and see If there
was anything in the story Of the plaques of Egypt
When he did land, after having circumvented by
blank and uncomprehending stare the head
boatman's insinuation that "leetel mona" was
desirable thing, his bags were bumper on the
quay and he found himself the center of an ad-
miring crowd conspicuous among which was the
head boatman, whom he thought he had said fare
we'll to forever. Pointing to his bags, he said
serenely hotel" pleased grin ran around his
audience, who all looked at the head boatman
who shook his head. The man held up half
dollar. Contrary to expectation, there was no
rush for his baggage. Suddenly the head boat
man, with grave and impressive air, advanced
You give dolla-me half dolla-backsheesh eh?"
The man looked about him. The idea did not
seem so precious It was growing late After
all, it wasn't so much. Two minutes after pro-
cession trailed into the hotel. consisting of the
man and two persons. one Of whom was the head
boatman.
When the man struck Greece Greece made
haste to retaliate In the person of q picturesque
pirate in baggy tousers red sash, earrings and
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
ST. PAUL FEBRUARY
NEW BURLINGTON PRESIDENT
Darius Miller, Friend Of James
Hill, Elected Head OF Great
Railroad System.

Chicago.-zDarius Miller, the new
president of the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad Company, is ma
tive OF Illinois. He was born al
Princeton and educated in the schools
OF that city. He will be 81 years Of
age April 3.
Particular interest attaches to thf
personality Of Mr.. Miller, not alone
because Of his accession to- the sea-
of power over great railway system
but also through his close relations
with ]. J. Hill, the wizard of the rail
road world" For the last seven years
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
COINCIDENCE IN BIG FLOOD
Motto on Paris Civic Arms Reads -
Will Float Although Sub
merged"

Paris.-Although it will be many
days before the city will be back tt
it's normal condition after the ravages
Of the recent flood, great improve
ments have been made and in many
places it is difficult to tell that the
gay capital of France was so recently
threatened with destruction.
Years and years ago the authorities
of Paris adopted the civic arms hele
with produced. 1t shows curious
The Appeal., 1910-02-26

coincidence with the conditions that
prevailed during the flood.
Under field of the lilies of France
an ancient galley is shown, while the
motto at the bottom, "Fluctuat nee
Mergitur," may be freely translated
1T will float although submerged
The city having withstood the tor.
rental rush of the waters it is point
ed out by some Parisians that the
motto is a lucky omen for the capital
which did not float away when hun.
dreds of square miles Of its territory
were submerged.
The Appeal., 1910-02-26

as vice-president of the Chicago, Burl
ington & Quincy railroad and in charge
OF both freight and passenger traffic
be has demonstrated his complete mas
terry. His dictatorship of traffic has tc
a great extent reached out into the
northwest, as a result of Mr.. Hills
faith in his ability.
Mr.. Miller entered the railroad busi
ness in 1877, when he secured a posi-
ton as stenographer in the genera
freight Offices of the Michigan Centra
railroad.
Three years later he became a clerk
in the general freight Offices of the St
Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern rail
way. In 1881 he was made chief clerk
to the general manager.
When two years more had passed
he held the position of general freigh1
and ticket agent of the road: While
climbing the ladder of promotion he
had married Miss Sue C. Brown a
Morris, ILL.,, in 1882.
The Memphis & Little Rock rail
road next claimed his services as gen
eral freight and passenger agent
which occupied his attention from
1887 to 1889, when he was made traf
fic manager.
Then came a succession of short
stays with one road or another as
traffic manager until he went with the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas in 1896 az
traffic manager and later was elected
vice-president of the road. In 1895
Mr.. Miller became second vice-presi
dent of the Great Northern railway
and in 1903 became vice-president O!
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad, with special supervision ove1
traffic.
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
OId.Fashioned Mistakes.

Proud Mother-Sit down at the pi.
amer, Maria, and play some of the
tunes you heard at the concert yester.
day. --...'..
Daughter-Law, ma, there weren't
any tunes. That was all classical mu.
sic. ..
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
Only Chance,

'Do you believe" queried the fair
widow, that universal peace Will ever
be estabushed?"
'''Not unless people quit getting mar.
ried!" zrowled the old bachelor.
The Appeal., 1910-02-26

ing The consequences were, first,
that the maids. including the cook,
left. Second, that the man had to go
out for all of his meals and became
slave to cross-eyed waiter; and,
third, that his wife divorced him for
the winter, the grounds Of complaint
being that he growled continually of
cold feet. though this fact was not al.
lowed to reach the newspapers.
The idea came to him one evening
after the cross-eyed waiter had re-
turned his quarter to him with the
unasked advice that he might need it
TO buy petrol for his flying machine,
and that the waiting brotherhood rec
ognlzed no smaller coin than half a
dollar. He thereupon swore a dire
oath that he would shake the mud of
New York from his shoes for the win
ter and go to Europe; and, "by gol-
ly"-here is the idea-"there would
be not a tip on the way, if he could
help it. No! sir. Not on your life"
Appropriately, first of all he struck
a place of palms, not the kind that
grow upon hands, but of the tree fam.
lily. This was Funchal, in the Madeira
Islands. When he had found that
there were no chewing gum parlors
or moving picture shows with tno
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
Wants Information

Wants information. 49,
why are you Offering such high
wages to that maid If she is incompe.
tent?" f..,sI.zt1 t1s-~
"But, my dear, she has been EN-.
ployed in nearly all the families in our
set"
The Appeal., 1910-02-26

Natural Supposition.
Il am going to burn coal hereafter"
Hereafter? I thought Old Nick
would attend to the heat problem, fo1
you then"
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
It Does That.

$50 you went into automobile rao.
ing as paying business. did you?"
well. doesn't 1t raise the dust?"
The Appeal., 1910-02-26

ct, w IIO w etS et II6HIU6I Oh
the Affiliated Order of Associated So
cial Plumbers. moved in and prepared
to occupy the best bedroom for the
winter while he supervised the plumb
The Appeal., 1910-02-26
lhef1dn and HlSIded


HIS Is the story of a man
with money and an idea.
Being an American, he
naturally had money and
incidentally the idea, and
he was prouder of his idea
than anything he -. had
ever done or owned.
1t came about this way.
The steam heater indig-
nantly refused to perform
it's duties and the plumb
or x1,bN uyoo - -oohor -
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-08-10
OBITUARY.

Thomas Rayburn, whose sudden
death occurred at Point Pleasant,
July 18th, 1910, was shock to his
many friends. The funeral services
were conducted at his late home,
near Flat Rock Wednesday, July
Goth, at 10 a: NJ, by Rev. |. n.
Fannin of the NJ. f. Church South,
of which Mr.. Rayburn had been a
consistent member for 25 years.
The deceased was born May 9th,
1913, being the son Of James Ray
burn and Mary Ann Rayburn (nee
Bald. His wife being the daughter
of William Ball and Catherine Ball
(nee Fisher. Mr.. Rayburn was
married to Sarah J. Gray, who was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Gray, of Ireland. To this
union were born six children, Mrs.
0. V. Yeager, Charles Rayburn,
Claude Rayburn, Of Elgin, Ill. Cam
den, of Huron, S. D. Miss Ora and
Curtis, at home with his wife, sur
yive. These together with his wife,
children and five grand children,
three sisters and two brothers, name
ly, Mrs. Caroline Rayburn, Mrs.
Francis Clendenin and Mrs. Lucy
Blessing, John Rayburn, Of Skidler,
Ind; Robert Rayburn, Of Albany,
Ind; John and James, his brothers,
were volunteers in the Federal Army
during the 1861 War, serving three
years in the 18th West Virginia In
tantry, James, preceding him to the
Great Beyond Interment in the
Lone Oak cemetery at Point Pleas
ant.
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Fiscal Estimate of
Lewis District.

Al regular session OF the board OF educa.
lion OF Lewis district OF Mason COUNT.
West Virginia, held vt the regular meetinv
place thereof, on the second Tuesday In
August, 1910 Present: President OF said
board OF education. and !. E. schools and
J. w. ChlldS Commissioners
In accordance with lection 3. chRpte, 9. oil
the Legislature OF 1908, the hoard or riuraiIon
proceeded 10 m"k- upnn estimate. OF the
amount u"crS~SrN - H.. levied fer the eur.
rent fsrHl W. r, ''ud tnth DETERMINE and ~.
Innate III -'r''r''l 'm"unt- 10 be ~ follows:
Eu,l'itng Fund Estimate
Maximum l-vv i2i- cents on ,nch One
Hundred lanihtt~ v,luStion
]. The amount .iu-. and that will become
due aid r"l'rrifhlr from every source. .x.
rept from thu lew at lakes to be made Tor
the current fiscal year
a. Amount due fund
from sheriff. .......... SlSl9 II
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Notice.

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of J. f. Bcller. Point Pleasant,
West Virginia, until clock a. m,
August 9th, 1910, for the construct.
ion Of two-story cement block
building at Fair Ground School in
Lewis District. Plans and specifca-
tons can be seen at the Office of said
Beller. The successful bidder to
give bond for faithful performance Of
his contract. The Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Tux BoARD OF EDUcArIoN OF LEWIS
DISTRICT.
J.E. BELLER, Sec'y.
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Allen Nickers and Charles Vickers
heils at law of the said Jennie
VickerS and Others.
In Chancery.

HSAS 1L law Vi Tue SalQ Jennie
NickerS and Others.
In Chancery.
All persons interested in the above
entitled cause will take notice that
the undersigned Commissioner will
on the 18th day of Aug, 1910, at
his Office on Maine Street, in the
town of Point Pleasant, w Va,
proceed to carry out the require
ments of the decree of reference
made and entered in said cause on
the 9th day of June, 1910.
BY said decree said Commissioner
is required to report:
First: All real estate of which the
said Jennie VickerS died seized and
possessed.
Second; The heirs and distributes
Of the said Jennie Vickers.
Third: The indebtedness against
the said Jennie Vickers, deceased,
and their priorities, if any.
Fourth: To settle the account Of
L. c Somerville. Administrator of
the estate of Jennie vickers, de-
ceased.
Fifth: Such other matters as to
said Commissioner may seem proper,
or that any party in interest in writ
ing require, the same being pert
inent. But before taking said &C.
count, said special Commissioner
shall publish the time and place Of
taking said account, for four weeks
in some newspaper of general circu-
lation in the said county, and shall
cause the creditors notice to be
given by the Clerk of this Court as
required by Section $3.50, of the
Code.
If said account should not be COM
pleted on said day the taking of the
same will be adjourned from day to
day, and from time to time until
fully completed.
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NOTICE TOLIEN HOLDERS.

To all persons holding liens by
Judgment or otherwise on the real
estate or any part thereof of Henry
Fry and L. F. Fry.
In pursuance of decree of the
Circuit Court of Mason county made
in cause therein pending, to sub
ject the real estate of the said Henry
Fry and L. F. Fry to the satisfact-
ion of the liens thereon, you are
hereby required to present all claims
held BY you and each of you against
the said Henry Fry and L. F. Fry,
which are liens on his real estate or
any part of it for adjudication to me
ut my Office in the town of Point
Pleasant, Mason county, West Vir-
Sinia, on or before the 9th day of
September, 1910.
Given under my hand this the 18th
day Of August, 1910.
JOHN EDWARD BELLER,
Commissioner in Chancery for the
Circuit Court Of Mason county, West
Virginia. aug. l0-tw.
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GlHN!SSlNERS NOTICE.

At a Circuit Court continued and
held for the county IF Mason, at the
Court House thereof, on Wednesday
the 2and day of June, 1910, the fol-
lowing order was entered:
Watts-Ritter & Co., corporation,
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Fiscal Estimated The
Town of Point Pleasant.

In accordance with section chap
ter 9 of the Acts of the extraordinary
session of the legislature of 1908,
the council proceeded to make up an
estimate of the amount necessary to
be levied for the current fiscal year,
to cover all municipal debts and la
bilities payable during the said year,
including probable expenditures for
municipal purposes and proper al
lowances for delinquent taxes, ex-
pense of collections and contin-
gencies; but deducting therefrom the
money in the city treasury apple
able to the service of the year and
municipal claims, doth determine
and estimate the several amounts tc
be levied as follows:
Levy IS cents on the One Hun,
bred Dollar valuation, and IS cents
levy interest and sinking fund or
$4,000 valuation.
The amount due the said munich,
pality, and the amount that will be,
come due and collectible from every
source, except from the levy of take.
to be made for the current fiscal year
Reliance IN hands of the c;ty
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Valuation Of all taxable property
for municipality, SlI1.4S7. real es-
tate, SS6,e4o personal property.
S46,Sl9 property assessed by the
Board of Public Works to the value
of $eS4.9S. levy for the ensuing
year so cents on the hundred dollars.
Officers present, j. A. Casio,
Mayor; A. A. Parsons, Recorder.
Councilmen-Henry Calderwood,
J. NJ. Parsons, J. W. McDermitt
and W. P. Smith.
! certify that the foregoing is a
true copy from the records of an
order made by the council OF said
municipality on the 9th day of
August, 1910.
\. A. PARSONS,
Recorder.
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ell for the Town of Leon, Mason
County, West Virginia, held on tine
9th day of August 1910 for the pur-
pose of making up an estimate of the
amount of money needed in said
town for the ensuing year and is as
follows:
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made and entered on the 18th day
Of June, 1910, in a certain suit in
chancery therein pending in which
Eliza Holly was plaintiff, and John
P. Austin, Committee of Grover
Cremeans, and Grover Cremeans,
were defendants, the undersigned
Special Commissioner will on
SATURDAY. AUGUST II, 1910,
at 10 o'clock a. M, sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at the
front door of the Court House of said
Mason county, West Virginia, the
undivided one-half interest, in re-
mainder, of the said Grover Gre
means, in and to the two following
described tracts of real estate, stu
ate, lying and icing in the State of
West Virginia, county of Mason and
district Of Hannah, the first ofwhich
is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at sycamore thence
n. COZ E. II poles to elm on creek
bank; thence n. 89o w. 10 poles to
large white oak; thence n. to +.
SO poles to a stake; thence y. ITO E.
9! poles to gum; thence N. 8SoW.
81 poles to a point; thence S. sS0W.
&c poles to black oak; thence E.
$50 W. 81 poles 10 stone, S. so S [.
62 poles to an elm near creek; thence
S s. W. SO poles to two beeches, S.
so f. 90 poles to sugar tree,
thence n. 81! E. Is! poles to dog.
wood; thence S. 81 E. 81 poles to a
sugar and beech, on steep hill side
thence \. So E. so poles to a
Chestnut Oak and Black Oak,
thence \. $50 W. rs poles to white
oak; thence \. AZ W. 81 poles to a
stone near above tie ford of the
creek; thence S7lo E. 40 poles to
the place of beginning, containing
by estimation 10 acres.
The second of said tracts is bound
ed and described as follows:
Beginning at the black oak: thence
n. 10 f. 6S poles to the chestnu,
tree; thence \. 60, E. 90 poles to a
small walnut in branch with the
ash and doGwood for pointers; thence
5. 60 Z. - poles to white oak
stump, and white oak tree, with a
beech fol pointer; thence S. 900 f.
SO poles to a black gum: thence \.
$50 W. 81 poles to pine; thence S.
$50 W. 90 poles to the place of be.
ginning, estimated to contain IL
acres, more or less.
Terms Of sale: Cash.
f. J. SOMERvILLE,
SpeciA Commissioner.
! hereby certify that the above
named f. J. Somerville, Specia'
Commissioner. has given bond with
good security before me in the pen.
atty Of twelve hundred dollars, as re,
CURED by the decree of sale.
CHAS. BUXTON,
aug. $-fw. Clerk.
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Total estimated receipts not
including levies .. 5000 IS
Debts and demands owed BY said
municipality which will become due
and payable during the current
fiscal year, including interest on
bonded Indebtedness of every kind
and character.
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Cookery AII.lmportsn,.

Girls should study cookery. Many
man has got to Heaven because his
wife has been q good cook.-Ex.
change.
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JOHN [. WRITTEN.
Commissioner in Chancery.
Someryille & Someryille,
Soils.

10y 49,
To the creditors of Jennie vickers,
deceased:
In pursuance of a decree of the
Circuit Court of the county of
Mason, made in a cause therein
pending, to subject the real estate
of the said Jennie Vickers to the
payment of her debts, you are re-
quired to present your claims against
the estate of the said Jennie vickers,
for adjudication to John L. Written,
Commissioner, at his Office in Point
Pleasant in the said county, en- or
before the 18th day of August, 1910.
Witness Charles Buxton, clerk of
the said court, this 9 day of July,
1910.
Charles Buxton, Clerk.
July got.