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Personal Den, OnstratiOn.

Chatting in lcisurely fashion with Prince Bismarck in Berlin, Lord Rus sell asked the chancellor how he man. aged to rid himself of importunate vis- itors whom he could not refuse to see, but who stuck like burrs when once admitted.
 "Oh,' replied Bismarck, q have my easy escape. My wife knows people of this class very well, and when she is sure there is a bore here and sees them staying too long she manages to call me away on some plausible pre- text"
 Scarcely had he finished speaking when the Princess Bismarck appeared at the door. My dear," she said to her husband, you must come at once and take your medicine; you should have taken it an hour ago."-Home Journal.
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HOW TO HOUSE POULTRY.
Guild q Structure with South Front
 and Good Drainage.

If houses for poultry are to be built attend to the matter before cold wealth er interferes with outside work, says Outing. Everything should be in read iness for your flock by the coming of cold weather. If you have houses al- ready go over them and see that they are in perfect repair.
 In building the first thing to do is to select proper location. The ideal one is the south slope of hill. The next best one Is a place protected from cold winds by buildings on the north and west. If no facilities for shelter are at hand the north wall of the build ing must be made of extra thickness. Evergreen trees make an excellent windbreak, and would advise planting them for future protection, no matter how thick you make the walls of your house.
 Be very sure that whatever location you select has perfect drainage. This is a matter of the greatest importance Leading poultrymen agree that more sickness among fowls originates from dampness than from all other causes More and more the opinion grows among practical poultry growers that the best house for fowls consists of a closed room in which they may roost, lay and remain in cold weather if they
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Subjective Drowning.

The dentists chair was tipped so far back that escape for the village seam- stress, lady of remarkable cOnversa- tional ability, was impossible. Wads of absorbent cotton were tucked be- heath her tongue, some patent appli- ance held her jaws apart, and all the lower half of her countenance except one back tooth was concealed under a decidedly damp rubber dam. The patients mouth was full of water. speech was impossible, and the poor, naturally talkative lady was suffering agonies of discomfort.
 The engrosscd dentist paid no heed to her squirmings or to the appeal in her eyes. Fortunately, however, the patients hands were free. Cropping in the rcticule that hung from her belt, she brought forth paper and pencil and wrote:
 Help! Help! I'm drowning."- Youths Companion.
Holbrook argus., 1906-12-01

on her own continent she almost equals the combined areas of the other twelve republics and colonies, one-half of Ar. gentina only having to be deducted. This will readily be apparent on con. sulting an atlas, as will the equally astonishing statement that her extreme length from north to south is, approxi- mately. 3S1a degrees, or the distance from the northern extremity of Maine to the coast of Venezuela.
 Finally, dividing the land area of the new world by language into English, Spanish and Portuguese (which in cludes all but Hayti and the small O. lonial holdings of France, Holland and Denmark), we arrive at the following remarkable facts: The United States with Alaska, Canada, including the islands within the great arctic circle. Newfoundland, British Guinea, British Honduras and the various British isl. ands of the West Indies make total of 49 per cent of the whole the IS Spanish speaking republics, with Porto Rico, 90 per cent, Brazil alone making up the remainder, or % per cent. And yet, to the average American the Por. tuguese language is regarded practically as a neglible quantity, while many of our exporters complacently classify Brazil as Spanish-French Guiana, as too unimportant to occupy a place by itself.
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choose to do so and shed opening to

choose to do so and shed opening to the south where they can scratch and sun themselves to their liking. There should be an opening between this shed and the closed room through which the fowls may have free egress during the day, but which should be closed at night in cold weather and for the pro- lection of the hens from intruders. The shed floor should be covered with chaff. straw or leaves to the depth of five or six inches. If road dust or sand is mixed with 1t the better the fowls will be suited. If grain is scattered over the litter the fowls will busy them selves scratching for 1t, and this open air exercise will be a strong factor in keeping the flock healthy. It will also result in larger yield of eggs if an g-producing diet is given In connec- ton with It.
Holbrook argus., 1906-12-01
The Little Toe tO Go.

A comparative anatomist says that the little toe has got to go that it is Il useless appendage, already showing signs of degeneration or whitening away. It is proved that the horse, in the course of several centuries, has dropped four toes and now travels on one, and some think that mans pedal eXtremities are bound to follow q sim liar line of evolution. In the horse it is the middle digit which has survived as the Attest. In man it will be the first or great toe.
Holbrook argus., 1906-12-01
Fishes as Barometerx.

"In their way,' said the old fisher man, dishes are not such bad weather prophets.
 "If storm is approaching the fish stop biting and they won't bite again until the storm is well over. They ap. pear to know when storm is coming and when it has really passed.
 And to fishermen and farmers living along the shore, fish foretell the near approach of cold weather. Hours be- fore it comes fishes leave the shallow waters inshore and seek deeper water, which in its depths will stay warm and keep an equable temperature aftey the shallower and surface waters have turned cold.
 "Oh, yes; fishes know a thing or two about the weather" - Washington Post.
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Merely His Way.

"When they opened old Snorkie's will they found he had made the queer provis- ion that his wife should use the name of his Uncle Hinkley as her own middle name henceforth." ....~.. .s .,.-,
 That's nothing strange. When he was alive he was always putting things in his wife's name."
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BRAZIL IS A GREAT LAND.

Area Equals That of the United
 States and Part of Alaska.
 Brazil has an area of 3,2S0,00O square miles, or that of the United States with half of Alaska added, says the Review of Reviews. This is, approximately, fve-sixths of the whole of Europe, or almost one hundred times the size of the mother country. Compared even with Australia, Brazil not only holds her own, but has a surplus area that would overlap the State of Texas, while
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An Explanation.

- "Why is great man more appre- ciated after he is dead?'-
 "He is not more appreciated,' an swered Senator Sorghum. "He is more freely complimented because he is less feared by envious rivals. Washington Star.
Holbrook argus., 1906-12-01
on Account of the Weather.

Fair Spectator Gin the grand stand)- Is the pitcher using the-the-
 Regular Rooter-No; he's throwing a sleet ball to-day.
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Exception.

"We reap as we sow," said the moral lZer.
 II never do," rejoined the demoral- izer. "I'm an amateur gardener, you knOw."
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05

have the cry of stop thief nearest
the tip OF the tongue have been elect
ed through these very agencies, (the
trusts aud railroaSs) and the contri-
butors know Senator Elkins quite az
we'll as the people OF West Virginia
do aud you may rely upon every eff
fort being made To defeat him and
10 elect a Legislature that will enact
labor legislation. The re-
publican congressmep from your
state are also on the labor black list
and will be opposed for reelection.
The labor leaders have not been
asleep: they have taken notice OF all
the public acts aud many OF the pri-
Vste political movements OF the re-
publican members. OF congress and
are fully informed OF the Attempted
influencing OF the labor vote by SEN
ator Elkins in paying for large extra
editions OF Tue knights OF Labor
Journal with adulatOry and fullsome
commest on Senator Elklns. which
everyone knows was not deserved.
Senator Elkins has not deceived the
labor leaders by his pretended sup
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05

effect that there has been a most ma
tcrial advance in the cost OF living
during the past year. without any ad-
vance In salaries or wages.
The forthcoming report OF the La
Dor Bureau OF the Department OF
Commerce and Labor on retail prices
for 1905 Will show that the cost or
Hour. meat vegetables. and other
articles of everyday consumption has
continued TO soar, and has reached a
height which renders the making OF
both ends 10 meet a problem OF the
most difficult solution.
officials OF the government do not
Ike TO discuss the subject. for they
realize that IL will be threshed out I'm
the campaign this fall. and that the
republicans will have 70 contend that
times are prosperous In reality as
well as in seeming.
II will he a defhcuIt matter TO con
vince the men Of moderate salaries
that an advance OF the cost of living
without an advance i'm salaries Is
prosperity
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05
REPUBLICAN
POLITICIANS
IN A PANIC.
Over Outlook for the Fall
Campaign.
OYSTER BAY MECCA FOR DIES
PERATE LEADERS
WHO FHEL HELPLESS TO STEM
THE REVOLT.
Elkins Can No Longer De
ceive the Voters.

ASHINGTON. Ang. 1.-THE re-
publican politicians are in panic
over the outlook for the fall campaign
and oyster Bay is the Alecca fer =
lot or desperate leaders who feel
bslples TO stem the wave sf revolt
that IL 0ughlaRg the q. o. p. In near
ls every northsrn. state there are fac
tional aghts in the republican party
ranks and. in some states, such as
Pennsylvania. Independent candidates
have been nominated to defeat the
regular republican machine ticket
the workingmen naturally turn to It,.
for the legislation they have been
declined by the party in power This
Is why oyster Bay Is in panic and
the reason why tho president issued
the order TO enforce the eight-hour
law. II was also the incentive for
the conference just held by President
Roosevelt with the republican Leaders
to discuss the attitude of The work
issnSen and the ways and means to
overcome tAier hostility and the gen
srsl revolt against The party mn
shine
In the address issued by the la
Dor leaders they aptly describe the
say Public officials, many of whom
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05

BLUEFIELD
DAILY LEADER

Having been published
three HON ths, has existed
long enough to give assHr-
aAcs of future success. 1t
has dene more than a great
many other newspapers
have done in the beginning.
1t has paid it way from the
start, with every promise Of
an increased patronage in
the future.
That the publication Of this
journal has m0t with obsta-
cles, is not disputed, but un-
der eisting conditions, it has
made remarkable strides
forward and still hopes for a
prosperity.
The field is here for such
a newspaper, and if our
friends will only have conf
dcnce and continue their
patronage We shall soon
have a better newspaper in
evGry way aud esi ablished
i'm such a manner that obsta-
rIcs will appear in its career
no longer
II you want "A good dem
ocrafi" newspaper in Blue
field now is your opportuni-
ty to give it that support
which will make it more
readable and more attract
i've.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05

port OF labor legislation. when he
knew pat a proposed measure would
not become a law, nor has ne de-
ceiyed the pubic by his forced vote
for the railroad rate bill, when he
had spent the principle part 81 the
previous summer as the chairman OF
the interstate commerce committee.
trying 10 bring out evidence To de-
feat such legislation
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05
NOTICE.
Condensation Proceedings.
N. 94kkkE.
Special Receiver.

Condemnation Proceedings.
To y. A. Johnston, w. A. Brown.
Trustee. l.: GOOD win, Martha A.
Yale. Mary j. Hale, and Lewis NJ
Hale, her husband, Thomas c.
aOoch. in bis own right and az ad-
ministrator OF T. G.. Gooch. deceas-
ed. R1la G. Gooch, Eliza j. McCue.
sallie Pack Cynthia NJ Casen.
Philip A CaBen. AlOnzo g. Pack
Gertrude q. Pack, Carlos A. Geoch
James NJ. French, I and Lillian
French, his wife, Matte r. Gooch.
Bari Hale, Bernard Hale. Dean
Hale, Luther E4le. Otey Hale, Pee
- Hale. Harris Hale Malcolm
Hale. John WOrnal, HnldNh Avis.
W Hssnksr. Committee OF said
hulsah Avis Charles A Bsaton.
II =. SsOcb, = r. Carr, zarves q
Waite ard VILLAS r. Carbaugh
surviving Trustees OF themselves
END Robert X HcNutt. j. "
Thsrs and william N Reynolds.
sns y. W Pendleton, Truestee.
You cpd each OF you are hereby
Houhsd That a petition wiIl be pre-
seBtss Dy the undersigned. The Deep
wafer Railway COMPANY a corpora
ton, 10 the Circuit Court OF Mercer
County, West Virginia, 81 the August
j srm thereof on Wednesday. August
sfb, 9O6, al the Court House OF said
County. and % hearing wiz bs asked
thereon, for the purpose OF condemn
inE aertsIs lands for the use OF said
Railway Company, - set ont iu Bald
PstItRp IL WATCH lands you are in-.
80 as owners, claimants and
~ - ders The la4ds props ed 20
20 ~ by said Rtlnsy Company
ere nly describes Ia aid petition
cad shOnH en- tHe maps accompany
inF t sud Your iEteresIs .n gaid
lands as owners risfHauIs ard lien
hoIdefs ere aIad In - Petition So
far ~ known 10 fHe Iu3eIs gHed pe.
tfioner TIE said Petition ud maU.
ere now on Gle in the Office of thn
CLERK of said Circuit Co ~ IIia,
90 your animation and inspection
The said Petition .is entitled TIL.
DEEPNy A-BER RAILWAY CDHPA-
Ny. a CORPOREJ+0N- W. ~ s..
JOHNSTON. MARY J. HALE PIT
bL CO%DEMEATlDE PROCEED.
INGE
InE DEEPWhTER RAILWAY co
- BROWN. JACKSON AED
KNIGHT, g. X q A<D BIER
NABD McCLAUGHBRTY
lie Attorneys
Jsly 8, 4wks.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05
Want Column.

FOR RENT: Eight Rooms
ON Pulaski street and six
rooms ON BIucficId avenue.
Apply 10
i. II. II. CHRISTIE.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05

The Bluefeld Daily Leader H. the
best advertising medium In this part
OF the country
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

/, 4. w. Crockett. Special Rsceiv-
sr, by virtue OF the authority vested
In me by a decree entered by the Cir
cult Court OF Mercer County, West
Virginia, in the chancery cause
therein pending In the name OF Fan
ME ID Fuller, ministra triX, etc, VS.
Prudential Banking and Trust Com
pany. ct al, will on the / 9Th day of
August. 1895, at 10 O'Clock, a. M.
at the froRt door Of the law office OF
Crockett & Crockett, I'm the city of
slueteld, Mercer county w Virgin
auction TO the highest bidder all OF
that certain lot or parcel of land
situate, lyiRg and being in the city
Of BlueHsld, County OF Mercer, and
State OF West Virginia, and known
as lot No. 8, in the Karr-Dennison
Plat number one. and bounded and
described as follows, to-wit: Begin
ming at stake on Peck street. at a
distance of l75 feet. North / 6 deg,
D min West from the intersection OF
the North line OF Barger street with
the West line OF Peck street thence
North . deg. 3 min. West % feet
10 a point on said street: thence
aouth 81 deg. west "a feet TO IA point
thence North l 6 deg ] . min West to
point corner to Lot No. 5: thence
south 81 deg. West 5S.l feet to a
potRt on the line OF ten foot alley:
thence South l6 deg. . min East
with the line OF said alley 81 feet to
peiRt, corner 90 Lot No - thence
with the line OF Lot No Z, North 81
deg. East 81 feet to the begiRning.
b3ing the same property which was
conveyed TO walter w. McClaugher-
ty hesSiyer Of the Prudential Bank
iEg and Trust Company, by Harold
A Ritz. Special Commissioner. by
deed bearing date on the 18Th day OF
May, 1904, and recorded ia the
Clerks Office OF the County Court OF
said Mercer County In Deed book
No. SO, page 454
TERMS OF SALE: Ous-thEd cash
snd the residue in two equal pay
nests In six and twelve noHths re-
spectlVely from day otssale. the pur-
cksssr executing his two bonds With
good personal security for the de-
fsFred payments
Il. w. ego a4kkAskE.
7-l4-4Wks. Special Receiver
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05
BIG ADVANCE IN
COST OF LIVING.
Will Be the Campaign Issue
this Fall.
EVERY PRODUCT HIGH Up on
PRICE SCALE, WITHOUT ANY
ADVANCE IN SALARIES
OR WAGES.

The government will make an Of
fetal admission in short time 90 the
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-05

Read the Daily Leader.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-27
Who Is to Blanc For It?

IT farmers tlo not come together in
tho farmers organization and try to
protect their own interest, in their
own way, then it is clear that all that
class Of farmers that refuse to organ
izo is tho real obstacles in the way Of
building up strong combination Of
farmers with sufficient strength to
down any and nll combinations
against our common interests as far
merS.
If you have joined in with the Far
mcrs' Union and done your best to
uphold our common interest in OBJ
tanning profitable prices for our pro-
duets, then you will feel good over
this matter whether you have dono all
We wish to do or not, for there is great
comfort in knowing that you have
done your duty.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-27
PAUL JONES' BODY.
Given Sepulchre in Bancroft Hall
Exercises Attended BY Nations
Chief Executive.

Reverently attended by the official
head of the nation he loved and serv-
ed so we'll, by the ambassadorial rep
resentatives Of the land in which he
died, by the chief executive of the
state beneath whose sod his bones will
find their final rest, by naval repre-
sentatives of the United States and
France, and by thousands of the men
and women of the country whose first
admiral he was, the remains of John
Paul Jones were on Tuesday given
sepulchre in the crypt beneath the
grand marble stairway of Bancroft
hall, there to rest until the completion
of the chapel in which they are to be
| deposited.
1t was day that will be long re-
membered in Annapolis. Crowds such
as the ancient capital of Maryland has
not known for many years, if ever be-
fore, lined the streets and stood ex-
pectantly about the railroad station
long before the train bearing Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his party arrived.
President Roosevelt, accompanied by
Admiral Sands, enteredan automobile
and, led by the cavalrymen, the par
ty proceeded to the naval academy.
Early Tuesday morning the casket
containing the remains of the long
dead admiral had been removed from
the temporary vault in which they
have rested since being brought from
France and deposited in the new ar
mory of the naval academy. There il
was placed a little to the right Of the
centre in front Of the speakers stand
The oaken casket was quite hidden
from view by Union Jack and up
on it rested two crossed palms, a
wreath Of green and the sword pre-.
sented to the greet naval commander
by king of France st 4 81 y
Out III the bay, miles distant, but
most Of them clearly visible from the
naval academy rode iat anchor three
great warships flying the tri-color OF
France-4the admiral Aube, the
Conde and the 7fafseilles, first class
cruisers all, lnder the command Of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-27

shinney will be as hard us the little
iron, I can assure you, will notgbe any
softer than when you sdlst begun the
experiment, ! M ,.ss, ,; 81 q
When The hybrid hssShesn formed,
the yiAeslwill, be,mpra :, 3,s 81 sSi t than
lib pRreht plants, land VIII gSsWS and
thrive on 'slhnd tao poor I, TO aprSut
COW lpeasP'hbut ofs2 coasse, they Will
grow Gbatterson land That viii spropt
COW peas. '.'# r$s6% SysglIEi1.yiR
The hybrid will not blight and is
not lator than tho shinney. For hay
it is ahead of any pea known, but for
oarly pastures there arc other better
pcas.
Gotting hybrid pea is easy enough.
Nothing on the farm will cross easier,
except melons. Getting perfect .hy-
brid cotton is voxing and laborious
undertaking. However, think such Il
thing possible. Plant breeding is ono
of tho great questions of tho day aud
in it is wonderful possibilities.
Yours very truly,
\. w. Brabhum.
Olar, S. c., April i, 1905.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-27
THE GREAT CORN CONTEST.
Thirty Contestants for this State Al
ready Entered, Including Num-
Der Of the Most Progressive
Farmers that South
Carolina Gan Boast.

News and Courier.
Columbia, April '22.-There is great
and growing interest in the grain
contests that have been announced
through the department of agricul-
ture. There are already great num-
Der of entries and, Judging from the
inquiries, the number will be consider
ably increased. The entries include
Mr.. McIver Williamson, who has
aroused so much interest in corn culti-
vation, and Mr.. Woodley, who made
such fine yield in 1905. Capt. Drake,
who holds the pennant, will probably
enter, and Mr.. Moore, who has done
much in cotton culture. is one of the
entries. The following have formal
ly entered the contest up to last re-
port:
J. A. Peterkin, Fort Motto, Orange
burg county.
T. c. Willoughby, Florence.
James Nj. Moss, st. Matthew IS
Orangeburg.
II. r. Hale, Mount Pleasant, Char
lesion.
H. NJ. Preacher, Brunson, Hampton.
Z. a. Brown, Camden, Kershaw.
p. S. Stubbs, Clio, Marlboro.
]. u. Marvin, Jr., Hendersonville,
Collcton.
W. b., Chitty, Olar, Bamberg.
j. j. Philips, Kershaw, Lancaster.
II. S. Fletcher, McColl, Marlboro.
q VIM. Spears, Bennettsville, Marl-
F; 5oro.
A. J. Tindal, Manning, Clarendon.
Walker Floyd, Nichols, Marion.
j. r. Fairey, Fort Motto, Orange
burg.
DR.. W. d. Rich. Gourdin, Williams
burg.
j. NJ. Woodley, Dalzell, Sumter.
w. r. Elliott, Winnsboro, Fairfield
J. +. McKinnon, Bennettsville
Marlboro.
G. +. Moore, Cheraw and Bennetts,
vile, Chestergfeld and Marlboro.
Jonas jackson, Clemson college
Anderson. "." ..N't ,.t.
B. f. Moore, Bennettsville, Marl.
boro. -.>... ... .."
| f. NJ. Williamson, Mont Clare, Dar
I lington. Fl. ... ...,..,,. .......... ..as
Ben P. DeLoache, Camden, Ker,
shaw. ~ ..
Thomas Taylor, Jr. Columbia
Richland. ......,
Thomas Ruff, Columbia, Rishland
| S, i. Lever, Columbia, Richland.
John F. Weekley, Ulmer's, Barn.
well. =
|. Thos. P. Ashley. florence Florence,
b, v. Taylor Columbia, Richland,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-04-27
Olar, S. c., April 4, 1905.

This is pleasant rcading--an on
tract from Il letter received:
1 have read the newspaper clipping
which you iucloscd, with much inter
est, and agree with you most heartily
that we have got to teach our farmers
tho Importance Of raising their sup
plies and improving thcir soil without
going to such heavy expense in buy
ing fertilizers.
As you know, have been working
worry hard along the same line you are
in, trying to organize the farmers and
to try to get fair price for any pro-
to try to get fair price pfor any pro-
duet which they may have for sale.
So far as I can sec, I don't think it
makes so much difference whether this
is accomplished by the Farmers Un-
ion or Southern Cotton association ;
what we are trying to do is to i'm
prove the condition Of our country
and l bid Gods speed to any organi-
zation that is gotten out on high
plane with this in view.
If ever l can serve you in any way
in the future please do not hesitate to
call upon me and 1 will do so with
pleasure.
Very respectfully yours,
+. II. Hyatt, Treasurer S. c. Associa-
tion.