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Salt and Coal Company at the time
Of the institution CT this suit.
Second; Report the liens upon the
real estate, their amounts, by whom
held, and their respective priorities,
and upon what property said liens
exist.
Third; The entire indebtedness of
the Hope Salt and Coal Company
that is not secured byfiens, brother
wise, and to whom such Indebtedness
is owing and the amount thereof.
Fourth; the entire indebtedness of
the Hope Salt and Coal Company
whether secured or unsecured, to
whom owing, and the amount there
of.
Fifth; In ascertaining the liens
existing on the property of the Hope
Salt and Coal Company, the commits
sioner may ascertain and report on
what property said liens exist,
whether upon the entire property or
only a part thereof, and their re-
spective priorities and by whom held.
Sixth; And also report such other
matters and things as are pertinent,
or being pertinent may in writing be
required to be reported by any party
in interest herein and return said re-
port to this Court at a future term
thereof
If, from any cause the taking of
said account should not be completed
on said day the taking of the same
will be adjourned from time to time
until the same is fully completed.
Given under my hand this the
s9th day of January 1910.
JOHN L. WHlTTEN,
Commissioner in Chancery for the
Circuit Court of Mason Co.. W. Va.
Feb. e-4t.
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The puHoTs Record.

Mark Anerton in London NJ. A
P. tells this story from the golf
links; A duffer inquired of his wea-
ried caddie, slow many's that, San
dy?" The caddie replied: 'FYe're
playin' yer ninth. Ye tappit it al
the tee in yin, We missed it a'the-
either in twa, went mtae the bunker
in three. Ye didna get cot in four,
but We got cot in FIVE. Ye gaed
intae the whins in sax, ye didna get
cot in seven. But We got cot in
aeht. and moo ver playin Yer ninth. ?
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Palindromes.

a paGndrome is a word or SEN
tence that reads the same forward
or backward. The making Of palm
dromes in Latin was at one time a
favorite pastime. 1t calls for the
exercise of some constructive and
analytic skill. Not many English
palindromes are known. The sup
posed self introduction of the father
of humanity to his quandam rib is
the most familiar:
Madam, I'm Adam"
Sometimes an unintentional pal
indrome comes to light. as in the
shop sign in Yreka, Cal:
"Yreka Bakery"
Palindromes of considerable
length may be evolved-as, for in
stance, the supposed reply the girl
makes to her mothers question re-
garding the progress of the class in
Latin:
20, ma! No pupils slip up on
amo."-Journal Of Education.
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Trustees Sale
Of a House and Lot in Grants
burg, w. Va.

By virtue of the terms and provis-
ions of deed of trust, bearing date
the 10Th day of June, 1891, execut-
ed by John Mcdaniel, and recorded
in Trust Deed Book No. IS, pages
37S, &c, in the Clerks Office of the
Mason County Court of West Virgin
ia, to secure the payment of GER
tain promissory note for the sum of
Se6.e therein mentioned, default
having been made in the payment of
said note and the interest thereon,
and being required by the holder and
owner of said note so to do, shall on
SATURDAY, THE 18Th DAY OF FEB
RUARY, 1910,
at II o'clock a. M, sell at public
auction, at the front door of the
Court House of Mason county, West
Virginia, the following described lot
or parcel of land, situated, lying and
being in the town of Grantsburg,
Mason county, West Virginia, and
bounded as follows. Beginning at
the upper north corner of lot No. four
(4), thence south along the public
road one hundred GOO feet to
fence, thence east along said fence
one hundred (loo) feet to fence on
the line between lot No. four (4) and
lot owned by Amos Gwynn, thence
north one hundred (loo) feet to
street running up to the hill, thence
west one hundred (loo) feet to the
place of beginning, being one hun
dred 1909 feet square, more or less.
Terms of Sale:-Cash on day of
sale H. R. HOWARD,
jan. I9-fw. Trustee.
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Who Owned the Fish.

There is in Wales a creek FIVE
miles long, connecting two small
lakes. About fifty persons own
property along this creek, and for
years and years the people have dis
puted as 10 who owned the fish in
it. Not long ago two boys got into
a fight over the fish they we're
catching, and the dispute was at
last carried into the courts. The
decision of the judge was odd
enough. He decreed that any one
claiming TO own any of the fish
should attach brass tag to the tails
of the fish with the owners name in
plain letters, and that in the future
he must catch his own fish or none
at all. This unique decision put an
end to the dispute.-Chcago Rec
Ord-Herald.
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Book No. rs, page le, SC.

Book No. rs, page le, sc.
Terms ofSale:-Cash as to SSH. so
with interest thereon from December
Is, 1909, said sum being the lien on
said land due J. Friedman s Co.,
and cash also to the amount of the
costs fsmd suit of D. S. Snyder vs..
George W. Eckard and Others, the
residue upon a.credit of one and two
years, in equal payments, the pur-
chaser to give his notes with good
security, with interest from date.
The legal title to said land will be
retained as security for said deferred
payments, and until they are fully
paid.
Given under my hand January II,
1910.
JOHN EDWARD BELLER,
Special Commissioner.
! hereby certify that the above
named John Edward Beller Special
Commissioner has given bond in the
sum of $500 with approved security
as required by the decree authorize
ing said Special Commissioner to
make sale of the land above des-
cribed in said cause.
Witness my hand this January II,
1910. CHAS. BUXTON,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mason
County, West Virginia.
Jan. l9-+w.
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JOHN p. AUSTIN,
Trustee in Bankruptcy.
SPECIAL COMMISSION
ER'S SALE.

BY virtue of a decree of the Cir
cult Court of Mason County, West
Virginia, made and entered on the
18th day of December, A. D., 1909,
in the chancey cause, pending in
said Circuit Court, wherein D. S.
Snyder is plaintiff and George w.
Eckard and Others are defendants,
the undersigned Special Commiss-
Toner, appointed by said decree for
the purpose. will on
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From Paunerlpn 20 RIehes.

Bernard Kotch. &C years old, and
partly blind. left the almshouse at
Viola, n. Y, where he mas been four
years. with a fortune of ssS.OOO. The
legacy was left him by friend in
Philadelphia, and lawyers searched
for him for some time before they
found him.
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JOHN L. WHlTTEN,
Trustees Sale.

Notice is hereby given that by vir-
ture of the authority vested in me as
Trustee for NJ. A. Williams, doing
business as the Southern Ohio Gas
Supply Company, Bankrupt, l will
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Trustees Sale.

BY virtue of deed of trust dated
on the 18th day of September, 1908,
executed by Charles W. Settles and
Maggie Settles, his wife, to the IN
designed Trustee, and recorded in
the Office of the Clerk of the County
Court of Mason County, West Yir-
GINA, in Trust Deed Book No. 81,
pages e54 and e55, given to secure
to the Point Pleasant Building &
Loan Association debt of four hun
dred and fifty dollars, and default
having been made in the payment of
said debt according to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the said
deed of trust. and being required by
the said Point Pleasant Building &
Loan Association, will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at the
front door of the Court House of Ma
son county, West Virginia, on
SATURDAY, THE 5TH DAY OF FEB
RUARY, 1910,
between the hours of l and 8 o'clock
p. m. of that day the following real
estate, being a certain lot of land
situate in the town of Point Pleas
ant, Mason County, West Virginia,
and being fractional part of lot No.
10 third tier of lots of said town as
laid of on the plat of the said town
of Point Pleasant, and being the
same property conveyed to Charles
W. Settles by John McCulloch and
wife by deed dated October "a, 1899,
and of record in the Clerks Office of
the County Court of said Mason
county in Deed Book No. IS, page
rs, ETC., to which deed reference is
here made for a more complete de-
scaiptiCn of said-lot of land.
Terms of Sale:-Cash on day of
sale.
RANKIN WILEY, Trustee.
jan. saw.
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~ NhAAgNAEhls
All persons interested in the above
entitled cause will take notice that
the undersigned Commissioner in
Chancey will proceed to carry out
the requirements of a decree ofrefer-
ence made in said cause on the lst
day of July, 1909, and that the tax
ing of the account and reporting up
on the matters therein directed to be
reported will be commenced on the
Goth day of February 1910, at the
Office Of said Commissioner in the
Town of Point Pleasant, West vir-
ginia An abstract of said decree is
in words and figures as follows:
1t is therefore adjudged, ordered
and decreed that this cause be, and
the same is referred to John l..
Written, one of the commissioners of
this Court, whose duty it shall be
among other things to take evidence
and to take, state and report an ac-
count of the following matters.
First; All the property both real
and personal belonging to the Hope
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VHERE is perhaps no. lesson in
all the gospel series that is less
understood than is that OF the
TRANSPORTATION. Usually IT Is
regarded as an isolated fact
quite unrelated to all that precedes Oh
follows it, On the contrary, II is a
great central truth towering like the
mountain peaks above the plains, sending
it's heavenly rays to the far-off horizon.
1t is golden clasp that binds the mys-
terious past to the still more mysterious
future in the life of Christ.
Six days had passed since Jesus had
announced the necessity of His death.
They must have been on the part of the
disciples days of bewilderment and gloom.
Something more than words was neces-
sary to dissipate the darkness that had
settled upon them. They needed an OBJ
ject lesson that would at once satisfy and
cheer them; such was the transigura-
ton.
AS witnesses of this glory Jesus chose
Peter. James and John. These were the
three who were with Christ in the most
wonderful and thrilling hours of His in
carnation. In the raising Of JairuS'
daughter. in the agony of Gethsemane.
and on the mount of traDsticura ton. This
choice was not the result of favoritism,
but of necessity They were best fitted tc
stand. in the holy of holes of the new
temple.
Peter had been forgiven. The singing
rebuke of the Master had. we may hope.
done it's work. Once more he stood
within the inner circle. And now he is
one of the trio which with their Lord
wend their way to the summit of Her
mon. There is something sublime and
thrilling in the solitude cf the noun
tains Nowhere on earth. as 1t seems to
me- does man feel SO insignificant, and
yet so near to God.
AS they stood upon those heights there
Law before them a panorama of wondrous
beauty Far off We're the quiet waters OF
Galilee TO the right was the blue Med
iterranean and before them were the
cities, Capernaum. Chorajin and Beth
saba. that had. witnessed His wondrous
works. and had listened to His invita-
lions of mercy. But the thoughts OF
| Christ were upon His disciples, the in
FAINT church upon which in the neal
! future were to come such fearful re-
sponsibilities For them, and for Us
all, for the church to the last hour OF
time, the TRANSPORTATION occurred.
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What w as It?

Luke says: And as He prayed. the
fashion of His countenance was alter
ed" What a revelation is this OF both
the nature and the power of prayer.
When Moses was on the mount with
God his face caught so much Of the
divine glory that the people were not
able to look upon it. Contact with
God is like a contagion. We cannot
touch even an electric wire without be-
ing thrilled What wonder il the touch
of God transfgures us. If 1t would
he SO with man, how much more with
the Son of God.
But what was 1t. this wondrous glory,
To me this incident has but one expla-
nation During the earthly life of our
Lord the divine glory of which He was
possessed was in eclipse. 1t was yelled
by the garment of flesh which He had
assumed But the time had now come
when His disciples needed to behold that
glory. The lesson that had been given
them was too great for them And so
Jesus Just let the obscured glory burst
forth His face did shine as tile sun.
and His raiment was white as the light.
He was saying to them. Il am other
than | seem. I have manifested my glory
by my miracles, but the miracles have
been forgotten. and the lesson is SILL I'M
learned. Now. behold me in some of my
feign would teach. See me as | am and
be prepared for the coming trials This
was the first lesson.
The second was revelation of the
power of suffering. This was shown by
the appearance OF Moses and Elias In
glory and their conversation with Him
concerning His approaching death. Moses
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was the great lawgiver. and Elias was
the representative of the prophets. Here
were gathered in one group the various
dispensatio tons. 1t showed the sympathy
of the heavenly with the earthly. The
church above is still intimately connected
with the church below.
Calvary was already beginning to cast
its shadow across the path Of Christ Its
self. Doubtless all heaven was interested,
for we are told by Peter Q:19 that these
things the angels desire to look into.
But why did they come? Was it as stu
dents of the mysteries of the gospel? We
do not know. But of one thing we are
assured. The coming tragedy of Calvary
was the central theme of interest among
the saints in heaven. They appeared in
their native glory. They thus demon
strated to the disciples and to all coming
ages the fact and the glory of the future
life- How changed were those visitants,
and yet they were the same. The dis
ciples had never seen them. yet they
knew them. What a revelation this is!
But the theme of that conversation:
Luke says, $3.50. They spake of His de-
cease that He should accomplish at Jeru-
salem. The thought of heaven was
conferred upon Jerusalem and upon its
give to have been within earshot of that
trio while they spake of Calvary? Well
may we not catch some of it's strains?
There have heen times when it has
seemed to be far from impossible. One
thing Is clear. 1t was not on It's pain
or shame that they most dwelt. but on
the salvation that should be its outcome.
Did they begin at Jerusalem and trace
the spread of the gospel through the
ages. as it crossed continents over
leaped oceans and spread at last in
triumph to the end of the world? Only
one thing is clear. The impression must
have been made upon the disciples that
the death of Christ would not be the
,JnmypI evil that they had in,aOjna6
This was doubtless it's purpose. But
how much of 1t could they grasp? Alas
for us. that we are all such dull scholars
in the school OF Christ. The truth was
too great for their feeble graspfng. The
TRANSPORTATION must be followed by the
resurrection Defeat must give place to
victory before they could understand the
meaning of the cross.
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He is the chief of the government
detectives for Paris and surrounding
cities. in vast building. aided by a
perfect anthroppmertic service and in
auisitorial judges d. instruction. he d.
reefs 400 real sleuths ranking in
spectors. brigadiers and principal in
spectors-plus a flying brigade of 210
plain-clothes men.
These do not include the company OF
woman sleuths. concerning whom no
facts are divulged; nor the surete-
gegerale. or ministers detectives
forces. watching over all France.
He is Hamard. a great. gray. ruddy
man. with immense head. kindly face
and bluff voice. But do not trust those
friendly ways if you have anything to
hide He can turn suddenly violent
beating down the prisoners nerve by
roaring over him.
got the idea that NJ. Hamard has a
vaster affiliated army lurking in cafes
End other public places. from the
''Chantecler" imbroglio. Guinchard. the
ario and one hundred lines for stimuli
'sneous publication with certain Euro
lean papers at moment when the
heater management was Boosting that
not line could leak out.
We kept il very secret
Yet at the Grand Cafe ope day an
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were off the hinges or hanging by
one the steps were rotting away. the
yard was grown up to weeds, the trees ana
vines had run riot and poison "! was
tangled everywhere. The windows were
seldom washed, the chickens occupied
the front piazzas undisturbed and sun
days the house was filed with rlotous
visitors who played cards. sang, drank
and caroused all day long, until the
neighbors were much disturbed
But at last the owner died and the
house was sold. The new owner decided
to live in it himself AM soon company
of workmen was hard at WORK cieanlIs
the house and repairing it. The grlmy
easements were painted. The stonework
that had crumbled in places was punt
up again, new blinds took '-.e pace ol
the broken ones, stone steps replaced the
rotten wooden ones, the trees and vines
were trimmed. the hedges clipped. the
lawn moved, the poison ivy rooted up, the
chickens banished to the chicken yard
and one day the new tenant moved IN;
And now everything was changed. Inc
old house took on a look o. welcome ana
prosperity Well cared for children play
ed about the door. Visitors Of another sort
went and came, anu the neighbors were
glad to be near so beautiful a home. Inc
Sabbaths were peaceful, happy days, and
the only sound that came from the old
house was the music of hymns as the
little children sang with their mother
1t is so with a life that has been given
to Christ. everything is cnaheeu'
Emptied and purified of the old tenant.
self. it becomes the beautiful abode, OF
Jesus. who has purchased 1t with His
blood.
Hencsforth self no longer lives that life.
Jesus lives it. The result is obvious TO
all beholders A new life, with every
thing changed, is lived there now. NO
bad habits, no poisonous thoughts or
words or actions. All things are in har-
mony with Christ's law for it is Christ
who is living there now, and He owns
the house.
A great many people make big mis-
take about being Christians. They seem
to think that life lived with Christ
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| am the escaped convict Ferdinand.
Send me back To Cayenne, l have work
ed four years here. steady and good, but
| ii counts nothing"
1t was easy to verify. The anthropo-
metric service is one of NJ Hamard :
powerful arms. Perhaps Nincenz con-
| fessed 10 get a good note, convinced
| that he would be sent through that
! service en- routine and he certainly dis
| covered. Every week Italian. German,
| Austrian and Greek crooks boldly put up
a fictitious front and are astonished when
NJ. Hamard calls them by name.
Truly. A new kind Of rogues' gallery
exists in Europe. Identification by meas
urements as invented by NJ. Bertillon
being adopted intact by most countries
continuous exchange of catalogue
| cards" gi-'es each force precious data
! If an unknown has ever passed
through" an anthropome.ric his disguise
| is quickly penetrated. II is not neces-
sary to handle all the 100000 cards
! Human heads being long. medium
| and short tho clerks have to deal with
| only $4,000 cards flor a short headed
sman. So the heads width eliminates all
but 24.OoG cards. its bizygomatc diam
| eter' all but 5000. and on to length OF
| right FOOT and left middle hnger. 1t is all
! done swiftly. the experts merely avoiding
| division after division. following the
| categories till they get to one card-or
j none. One card means Thou art the
mani and contains photograph and fin
| ger pTlnts.
To return to Vincenzh~ they were acct
den.aily one escaped convfcttt the good.
| They had only, TO send him down and
continue locking for Elisa's assassin.
!
| Yes but the Hamard routine had to he
satisfied Nincenzi's room must be mi
nutely examined. however honestly he
had been working. They found only a
Eoy tic mn
! 1T was in the drawer when 7 came.
NJ Hamard noticed that 1t had two
KS filed on its handle. He reflected
that Elisa's number was 20-probably a
mere coincidence. but they went and
| tried il.
! The key fitted And the poor girls land
lord testified that he had filed the ''XX's. .
| And Vincent was first terrified. then
lured TO confession by what seemed rude
| sympathy:
You did not kill her. No. she died &C.
! cidentally in your room. probably of heart
] failure suggested the terrible chief
| And you would have notified the author
| tiles. only you feared to be recognized as
an escaped convict So you cut her UP
| and scattered her.
| Yes" confessed the bamboozled one
! Here was a typical mystery cleared w
only by a great force. The-essence of II was
. to find the house where the crime was
newspaper publicity could persuade an un-
known janitor to offend his landlord by
| giving their block bad name.
| So. the inquiry was made by brigade
! of insidious bumpers from NJ. Hamard's
real sleuths. None of the 210 plain-clothes
! men of the flying brigade were used. They
| are apprentice detectives who when no,
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The Powerless Disciples.

Jesus had left at the foot of tie noun
tain nine of His disciples. But little
ago He had sent the twelve out upon
their first missionary journey, and He
had empowered them to heal the sick, to
cleanse the lepers, to cast out devils and
to raise the dead. Their mission was sue
cessful. They had returned in triumph.
rejoicing that the devils were subject
unto them That power had not been
withdrawn. But now they stood power
less before lunatic. possessed OF the
devil. The moment was critical for them
That power had been withdrawn. Up
TO this time no case had proved too great
for them. 1t was the hour FOR Whlcn
the enemies of Christ had watched and
waited In the absence of the Master
they were sure of victory. The picture
is sad one. The purpose or the churcn
then and ever is to cast out devils Ana
there is nothing more pitiable than
machine that fails in the purpose for
which it was built. a boat that will not
swim, an engine that will not draw, a
wire that will not carry the message Such
things are worse than useless, they are
nuisance. And the greater the purpose,
the more marked will be the allure.
Now the church is the greatest enter
prise that was ever launched in time. 1t
is Gods remedy for the worlds Ills. 1t is
His only remedy. If the church stands
powerless before the wrong and sin of
this world the world is helpless. The
enemies of Christ triumph, and wicked
ness becomes fagla ant and universal.
These seasons. of powerlessness always
occur in time OF spiritual declension. AS
with the disciples at the foot of the
mountain the fault is theirs, not
Christ's Like the trolley that has lost
its connection. it is at once useless and a
reproach. But Jesus is always the head
of the church. He is never far away from
His disciples. In the moment of their
direst need He appears. The disciples are
His disciples. They may not be sufficient
ly advanced in the school of Christ to
meet every obstacle and to silence every
objector, but the time is coming when
they will be able Until then Jesus can
wait
But now He would silence the tauntings
of the devils. What question We with
them:' was His demand. The answer
was tacit charge against the disciples.
II rought Him to thy disciples. and
they could not cure him.. How quietly
Jesus proceeded. There was no anxiety,
no fear. no haste. He gave time for the
demon to give an exhibition of his power
He took means to bring the faith of the