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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31
PREMIUM ON COFFEE.

Brazil has entered upon an ex-
pertinent that viii probably cause her
much financial trouble In the future.
by adopting what is known as The
Coffee valorilation" law. That law
provides that no doifer shall be eX-
ported from Brazil for less than a
minimum price and TO accomplish
this the three coffee states are 20 be
furnished $75.OOO.OOO TO purchase
coffee AT the yalorization price. pro-
viding FOR us storage and care and
furnishing the fund for an eventual
control of the rate OF exchange.
Brazil paper money being at dis
count OF about 30 per cent
For all this the three coffee states
will be responsible unless the natio-
nal government finally assumes tho
responsibility. An expert tax on
coffee is to provide for the interest
and principle Of the debt The OK
port tax will virtually act as sub
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31
y Ii. SSz;,M;!!!'!N0ito|k&Mesteri
bcheduIe IN Effect
May 81, 1906.

Leave Blueheld ESQ a. m for M
anohe' Lynchburg. Norfolk md an
Roints on the Shenandoah dIvision
man Sleeter TO Roanoke ana ~
a ne 10 New York, via Hagerstowr
Tarior car Roanoke to Norfolk
I'D a. m. daily for Roanoke and
intermediate points.
%'oO p: IN. for Roanoke and LYNCH.
Durs ana intermediate stations and
.ne Snehandoah Valley, PHILADELPHIA
ana New York. Sleeper To pbIIadaI-
phia-Roanoke TO Richmond
S:S3 p. IN. for Roanoke. Lvncb
Durg, Richmond. Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper East Radford 10 Norfolk and
''ynchburg to Richmond. Cafe Car
trains arrive at Bluefield from the
'ast at y %, a. M, 1866, p. m, 8:O6
p. m, and 9.05 D. m. w
from the west at 800 a. m. 500
A. m. 2:O6 p. m. and 8:lS D. m.
Leave Blueheld at S:15 D. m. for
henoya. Columbus and all points
west and northwest. Pullman sleep-
ers FOR Columbus and Cincinnati. q
Cafe car.
sos a. m. for Kenova. Cincinnati
portsmouth, Columbus, ST. Louis
Through Pullman sleepers to Colum.
bus. Cafe car.
Leave .: 10 a. IN and 215 n M
daily for Tazewell, Norton, and ALI
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and all points
IN The Clinch Valley division at 2.35
md 7:55 p. m
Leave $50 a. m. for Kenova and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 600 and $3.50 p. IN. for
WEIGH and intermediate stations.
Fol- Pocahontas $50 a. m. sos
L.: m ESQ y. m. and $40 D. m. Ar
rive from Pocahontas at 500 a. IN.
zoo p. m. and S:lS p. m.
For Bramwell, leave Bluet1eld 8 so
a. m. 9:0S a. m. $3.50 d. m. and 8:I5
p. III.
Call on agent Norfolk and Western
Railway. for tickets, maps, and addf-
ttonal information.
W. b. BEVILL, G. p. A.
90sooka Va
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31
RULES FOR
PANAMA HATS

William G. Hesse. who is the gov
eminent authority OF Panama hats.
gives the following rules for the
care OF your best Panama: ~
Don't chush up the Panama hat
as though it We're a cloth cap. Il
cannot stand such treatment: it VIII
break. The stories Of the indestruc-
Utility of Panama hats are untrue.
Don't attempt to clean a Panama
hat yourself except with soap and
water. It is folly to use lemon OF
acid on this sort of hat. and it IS the
highest OF folly 10 let the lrrespon-
sible and ignorant street fakm dc
your cleaning, for he inevitably uses
the rankest acid.
Don't fail to brush your Panama
at least once day Straw hat
should be brushed as often as derby
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31
WORRY, NOT WORK,
KILLS MEN

II Is 10 be hoped that the future
will produce some great improve
ment Ia the X-ray by which all the
processes OF the body can be OBJ
served under different conditions and
which I'm particular 81 will be pos
sble to observe the effect ON the
already known iufcrentally that
worry stops some OF the bodily
secretions and throws the whole
system ont OF gear and some physi-
clans 90 so far as to say that no man
should dare TO eat n meal unless nc
| is In cheerful mood. as It will be
sure TO fermcnt instead OF digest
ing
Scientific men are able to take
hold of this fact by process of
reasoning. but tho masses require
ocular demonstrations. There IS
needed a mirror I'm which the most
ignorant man can see the working
lof his stomach and other organs un-
der the depressing influence of anger
and worry. and be made to realize
that the machine is deranged and
that serious disease and ultimate
break down are threatened in short
that worry is slow suicide.
Every now and then in large
city. whore life is unusually tense
and strenuous. It is announced that
some prominent man is dead and
that he died OF overwork In every
such case the cause Of death as
signed is n mere euphemism and the
man died OF overworry. He never
In his life had more legitimate cares
in one day than he could carry but
it was his habit to carry every day
the cares of coming days. weeks
months and years, and that was toe
much for his brain. liver and kidneys
and as "A matter of course he broke
down and died
This is practically apt to be tn,
case with the best class of men
There are multitudes of people who
, do not worry, because they are des
itute of principle They are utterly
{ reckless concerning their own wei
fare and the welfare of those depen
dent on them. The pinch comes
with the man OF personal pride ant
ambition ana OF punctilious regarC
for what is honorable Such ar,
the men who worry themselves tC
. death and concerning whom it Il
announced in the newspapers tina
they die OF overwork.
one OF the chief reasons why
mule can stand more work than
man is that the mule lives in tn,
present He never laments the pas
nor breads the future. Even wher
he has to stand I'm the broiling SUI
six hours at time it never occurs tC
b him that he has been standing there
a long time. and he never specu
.lates on the probable time of relief
When comfortable in his stable he
never Eliminates on the hardships oil
the day past and never looks for
ward with sadness TO the tolls OF the
day coming This is one thing IN
the brute creation which human be
ings should initiate. Substitute
sparrows for mules and the princi
pie has divine sanction Worry Is
the price that human beings pay fol
human intelligence. and it ought tC
be overcome by reason. There is
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31

hats. / brush mine twice day. and
II u as clean at the end OF the sum
mer az 1t was at the beginning.
Don't fail TO remove crease that
may be anywhere in your hat. Such
a crease is bound 10 cut the straw.
Don't be careless CT yonr Pan
ma hat. Treat IT with eonsidera-
ton, and it will last YOU all your
life. Technical World Magazine.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31

One Of the hotels in the Palace
Vendome. Paris. has Installed nn
arrangement of pipe fixed high I'm
the air over the courtyard. by wich
shower OF rain is obtained when.
ever required. The guests may SIT
under an immense umbrella % feet
Ia diameter, enjoying the ccol rain
fan ON hot summer day.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31

The baseball reporter. hitherto the
one man licensed to take full liber-
ties with the language. Is given a
ne" scope by the spelling reform for
the display OF his unfettered genius
some OF them are at 1t already.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31

sidy In the coffee raised In other
countries as what Is known as Rio
aud santos conee can only be cof-
fee ia the American market. but
hardly enough 10 affect retail prio IS
here TO any great extent
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31
BLUEFELD DAILY LENDER FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 3D. 1906

II any man in civilized society ever
worked himself TO death. but nearly
every death In large city has been
hasten.d by worry.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-31

Read the Daily Leader.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
A Fam GUS Duel.

One day the famous duelist Pierrot
d'Isaac went to see his friend, the Mar
quis Merle de Sainte- Marie. 1t should
be explained that in French pierrot
means sparrow and merle means black
bird Marquis" said D'Isaac, Il am a
Gonapartlst and you are a royalist.
Moreover, | am the sparrow and you
are the bIackbird Doesn't It strike you
that there is one bird of us too manyF'
at precisely does" said tie marquis.
MY choice is pistols, and, as IS appro-
pirate for birds of our species, let us
fight in the trees" As If 1t We're not
sufficiently ridiculous thing that one
man should challenge another because
his name was Sparrow and the others
Blackbird, the duel was actually fought
from the trees, the seconds standing
on the ground below The pistols We're
fred at the signal There was rus
Ting among the leaves of one Of the
chestnut trees 1t was PierrOt d'lsaac,
who, wounded severely In one leg,
came tumbling to the ground. At this
point the marquis began to chirp tri-
umphantly, initiating the song of
blackbird. This was a fresh insult to
be atoned for In only one way, and
DIsaac waited for his wound to re
cover to challenge Sainte Marie for the
chirp. This time the duel was fought
with swords, and Sainte Marie was
badly wounded The sparrow had
avenged himself on The hlackbird
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
WORK FOR YOURSELF.
Then You VIII Have "a Chance 10 De-
yeIOp Your Individuality.


1t is well known That long continued
employment In the service Of others Of
ten cIipplcs originality and Individual
lty. That resouTcefulness and inventive
ness which come from perpetual
stretching Of the mind to meet emer-
gencics or from adjustment Of means
to ends is seldom developed to its ut.
most IN those who work for others
There is not the same compelling mo
tive To expand. TO reach out, to take
risks or to plan for oneself when the
nrogrgu.ue is made for him by another.
ON. ,.Ir made men VINO refused to
remain cmuloyees or subordinates. are
the backbone OF the nation They are
the sfurws of our countrv's life They
uot their mower as tbe northern oal,
gets IFS strength Inv fighting every inch
of IFS WAY nm rr,m tba acorn with
storn and ,e,pnest II is tbe hard
schooIiur thar the self made man gets
in his STRUGGLE, 10 elevate and make n
uIaca for himself I'm the world that de
yaIor. him
Some e,nplovcas have n pr,de IN
working for a great institution. Their
identity with n pleasae them. But isn't
even small business of your own.
which gives YOU freedom and scope to
develop your Individuality and to be
yourself, better than being a perpetual
clerk in Il large institution, where you
are merely one cog In wheel Of a vast
machine?
The sense of personal responsibility is
ia Itself a great educator, a powerful
schoolmastcr. Sometimes young wom-
en- who have been brought up in luxury
and who have known nothing Of work
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17

The Russian Psychologist Faylav
clearly demonstrated, in his researches
on digestion, that the ingestion of sub
stances with a purely nutrient value
does not sufficiently satisfy the de-
mands of the body. Taste and appetite
must also be taken into consideration.
These are satisfied only by the addi-
ton to the food of spices and salt, and
It is largely due to the influence OF
these condiments that the proper
amount of gastric juice is liberated by
the mucous membrane Of the stomach.
The action upon the stomach Of reflex
stimuli Is shown by the favorable eff
feet on the flow Of the gastric secre-
tons made by mental impressions in
duced 10y the mere sight and odor of n
well prepared dish.
In this manner Epplen leads up 10
the broad claim that the proper prep
aration OF all food, as demanded by
the essential requirements Of the Gu
linary art, IS not Il luxury, but physio-
logical necessity, and to develop and
disseminate this knowledge is an act
beneficial TO the public welfare.-New
York Medical Record.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
THE GYPSIES
They Are Separate People, Tribe
quite by Themselves.


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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
THE MACHlNIST.
His Work Ranges From n Needle to
EattIesbip.

EaitlesbiP.
There is, perhaps, D. other trade
and very few professions writes VIII
liam Haddow in the Technical World
Magazine, that require the high order
of intelligence, the study, the applica-
ton. tie real hard headed comlAon
sense, the surgeons delicacy of touch,
for instance, in fitting of fine work,
that the machinist's trade demands to
give the excellent work and the inter
changeabllity of parts found IN the
modern rifle or sewing machine. The
range of his work Is from q needle to
a battleship; from automatic machin-
cry that would talk French had 1t one
more movement to measuring ma
chimes guaranteed not to vary more
than the fifty-thousandth part Of an
inch from the absolute. This precision
will perhaps be better appreciated when
II Is remembered that $50 times this
limit of variation is only equal to the
diameter of the average human hair.
Standard plug and ring gauges, to take
a specific example, are so accurately
fitted to each other than the expansion
due to the warmth of the hand, If the
plug be held in it for few moments,
Will make it impossible to insert the
plug in the ring, while If the ring be
expanded In the same way the plug
will drop clear through 1t.
when lie machinlst has become
skillful enough to fulfill the above re-
quirements he may receive from $3.50
per day up to whatever he can make
himself worth and prove It."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
OIL PAINTINGS.
with "a Littlc Care They May Easily
Re ClPgaed.

Aiauy u p.,I picture that has looked
dark .ni dirty for wears from having
banu ...o-aa to ia. dust can easily be
cIcaaaa aud rr,.nen.f in a very sim
,la ...a- ,gun .l,,ctgrn should be taken
Cr,.. lis frame. and busted carefully
with - soft cIo.b. Peel a large potato
and cur If ll half go over the whole
,.t,..,.... ,.,f,. , sr,oura tbot has haan
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
"TEMSE" AND "THAMES."
origin "f the Saying About Setting
ihe HiNcr ON Eirc.

brtEt al the saying ABOUT SetElnE
the River on Fire.
Sometimes when a person wants to
make an unpleasant remark in a pleas
ant sort of way about a duh boy he
viii say, "That boy viii never set the
river ON fire" Now, that is all very
true. for even the smartcst man in the
world could never set stream of wa
ter ON fire, and So perhaps many of
you who have heard this expression
have wondered what is meant by set
ting the river on fire.
In England many, many years ago,
before thn mIllcrS had machinery for
Sitting flour. each family was obliged
to ~ift its own flour. For doing this
It was necessary to use n sieve, called
a tense which was so fixed that 1t
could Ice turned round ana round in
the top of q barrel If it was turned
too fast the friction would sometimes
cause ir TO catch fire, ana as it was
only Jhc smart. Woodworking boys who
could make IL 40 50 fast the people
got into the way of pointing out II lazy
boy 10y saying that he would never set
the tense on fire. After awhile these
sleycs went out of use. but as there
We're still plenty Of stupid boys in the
world people kept on saying that they
would never set the tense on fire.
Now, the name of the river Thames
is pronounced exactly like the word
tpms. and so after many wears those
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
CARE OF THE EAR.

Never put anything in the ear for the
relief of toothache
Never wear cotton in the ears If they
are discharging
Never apply n poultice to the inside
of the canal of the ear.
Never drop anything into the ear uns
less it has been previouslE@varmed.
Never use anything but a syringe and
warm water for cleansing the ears.
Never strike or box a child's ears.
This has been known to rupture the
drumhead and cause incurable deaf
ness.
Never wet the hair if you have any
tendency to deafness. Wear an oiled
silk cap when bathing and refrain from
diving
Never scratch the ears with anything
but the Iin-rr If they itch. Do not use
the head of q pin, hairpins, pencil tips
or anything OF that nature.
Never modlle with the ear If a for
cirn body enters it. Leave it absolute
~ alone and have a physician attend
to K
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
All lie Needed.

4 number Of Wall street men at
luncheon one day were discussing the
remarkable ability of n certain opera
tor in the street to weather any finan-
cial storm
why" said one of the financiers,
that chaps a wonder. | don't know
how many times they've had him
against the wall, yet he always con-
trlves to get away"
Il have heard ii said" observed an
other that Blank is resourceful
enough to make living on n desert
island"
Yes he could do that, too affirmed
the first speaker, IF there were an
other nan on the lslan!."-H -Harper's S
Weekly
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17
HORSESHOE NAILS.
The Way They Are Turned Out by
Expert Workmen.

Three million separate shoe nails are
often cast from ton of metal. OF the
smaller sizes 1000 nails are nodded In
a single mold, and an expert workman
will make eighty molds In an ordinary
working day. thus turning out 100000
separate nails.
When the metal IN a liquid state is
poured into the mold 1t runs through
The sand In passages provided In the
molding process The whole OF the
nails are east together and are, when
removed from the sand, connected by
network of iron one with another
In this condition the iron is as brittle
as glass. and very little force is re
CURED to separate the nails from the
network which holds them together.
They then have 10 undergo the proc
ess known as annealing. They are
mixed up with hematite iron ore, which
Is I'm powdered state, put into iron
pots and placed In an auuealing fur
mace, a sort of kiln. Here they remain
for some days. care being taken to so
regulate the heat to which they are
subjected that the iron Will not be re-
melted. but brought very nearly to that
condition The action OF the raw iron
ore upon the brittle casting IS marvel
ous. Aftn" cooling it can be bent with
ont rlsl of hroaIling. ana It becomes
.sefGl aud ~eGN iceab'' article.
E.rr nbappy Way.
."Thet E.rl l.s an unfortunate idea
~ req. -tec."
yes" snrred Miss Cayenne. She
las an idea that she is saying smart
things when she is merely saying
hugs that smart" Washington Star.
h. Yen G.t Up EsrIyf
1t is not n.Ilthy in any country, at
auy season ~ the year or at any time
of l-.a ~ g., up early hahtually. The
od are better rested by lying late
even & not asleep. while the young re
guirp an tho sleep they can get. In all
attitudes. III warm weather, the morn
ing atr. although feeling cool and
fresh. is ladcn with the pestiferous
mla-ma. Ia winter the atmosphere be
fore breakfast IS so cold and chilly
and searching that It fairly shriyels up
man and beast. chilling TO the very
marrowboue sometimes; hence the av-
crage duration Of human life would be
Increased and the amount of sickness
largely diminished by late rather than
early rising. as all the older nations
full well know and practice.-Ex
change
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-17

everybody's duty to help the widow
and orphansT
Not if it's going to send your soul TO
the bad place. Aunt Sally, you've been
70 Il circus"
"No, l haven't, | wouldn't go to a
circus for thousand dollars, and you
know IT,"
You've been to a circus-a regular
circus-with all its wickedness, and how
on earth you are ever going to get for
giveness for it is moren ] can say"
Nephew Joe was called in from the
barn and the matter put to him, and
he had to acknowledge that he had
worked plot.
Il never would have believed 1t of
you-uever"' walled Aunt Sally. To
think that one Of my own kith and kin
would take me to a circus and make
me lose my chance of going to heaven"
But the animals interested you"
YES. they did"
And you liked the peanuts and lem
onade"
Alas but l did,"
And you thought the clown was
funny and the riding good"
Heaven forgive me- but l did"
"WelI. / don't see where the kick
comes IN | don't believe you are any
Wiraeler than before"
But Aunt Sally could not be com
forted. Her conscience was reused and
she could eat no supper. She thought
Of the sacred bull of India and wept
hot tears. She thought Of the two horn
ed rhinoceros and the girl who jumped
through hoops. and hid her face. She
had an accusing night of 1t and never
shut her eyes, and early the next morn
ing she walked over to the house of the
village minister and told him all. He
asked many questions IN n kind way,
and when he had got to the root Of the
matter he said:
Wei, Sister Warner, being as your
nephew deceived You and being as
there were animals and peanuts and
lemonade and being as there might not
be another circus along here for five
years. think the Lord will let you off
this time. but if your hired man plays
dancing tunes on his fiddle you watch
your feet and don't let them get to
shufIiing"