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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
MEANING OF RESULT

A formidable minority OF the peo-
pie of the richest OF American com
mon-w -wcalths forgave Hearst the sins
of his yellow newspapers and cast
% vote for him fairly startling In it's
size. There is no PARTISAN political
signlhcance In IT, He might have won
but for the Democrats who voted for
Hughes. But the result is full OF deep
est meaning in It's aspects other than
politics ~ Is thunderous voice OF
disopproval OF existing conditions
protest and warning to which both
parties may well give ear. A news
paper man at best is a poor candl-
date for elective office, but Hearst.
handicapped as nc was I'm this re-
spect. developed "A potency at the polls
that Will set the whole country think
ing to-day
There was human side of Hearst's
campaign. as Judge Grossup point
"a out and. now that IT is all over,
we readily see that II was the most
natural thing In the world for him 10
get large vote II tells us how
really little we know OF mankind
how inadequate We appreciate and
understand the influences that move
mankind how impcrfcctly we ap-
praise the vast army Of honest citi-
zens whom we lightly term the mas
scs Washington Herald
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
REFLECTIONS OF
A BACHELOR.

II girl hasn't any man TO write a
love letter to. she will write one to
another girl.
womans idea of a good husband
is one who doesn't forget to tell her
how pretty she looks whenever nc
comes home.
We all have an idea that every
body can fool the farmer. but some
how the farmer keeps ON getting all
the money
One bad thing for girl about
stopping being engaged and getting
married, is she stops getting pres
ents from him
Men have very strong will power
10 be able to go on thinking they get
more real happiness out Of being mar
ried than they used to- New York
Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
PRESIDENT TELLS FRIENDS
PLAINLY THAT ON No CON
DITION WILL HE BE A
CANDIDATE AGAIN

Washington. Nov. 12.--P President
Roosevelt is being entirely elimina.
ted from the national contest two
years hence by his intimate friends
here. II is declared that just prior to
his departure for Panama he repeat
ed his firm determination not TO be a
candidate for reelection
Mr. Roosevelt's emphatic declina-
tion of another term was made dur
ing a political conference at the
White House He did not mince
words but made il plain and une-
quivocal that no combination of cir
cumstances. could induce him TO be
come candidate for reelection in
1908 Several prominent public men
We're present. having called to spend
the evening and the presidents dec
laration came while they were speak
ing about the next Republican nomi-
nee. One of the visitors had allud
cd to the frequent suggestions that
Mr. Roosevelt would be the logical
man to head the ticket year after
next and that elected from him a
candid statement concerning his own
sentiments on the subject
The president said that while he
appreciated the compliment implied
in the proposal that he be a candi-
date to succeed himself, and realiz-
ed that 1t was made in good spirit
his decision to retire at the conclu-
sion of his present term was ire
vocable.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

80 THAT 1T WILL GO REFORE
HOuSE EARLY IN SESSION.

Washington. Nov. l2.-Represen-
tatiye Burton. OF Ohio. Chairman OF
The River and Hnrbor committee of
the House has called a meeting OF
the committee on November 20. II
is the purpose of the committee to
complete the river and harbor appro-
priation bill in time to introduce Il
before the Christmas recess.
The plans of the committee and
leaders of the House are for bill
carrying about fifty or sixty millions.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
FRIEDRICH OPENS
TOMORROW NIGHT
FIRST MEAL Will BE SERVED
At NEW HOSTLERY MON
DAY EVENING.

The new Hotel friedrich will be
opened for business Monday after
noon and supper viii be served a.
the initial meal at the big hosiery.
- was not the intention ~ the man
agement TO open the place for bust
ness until the whole was completed.
but seeing the urgent necessity Of
more hotel room for The accommo-
dation OF the crowds that will be-
here during The week. g. was de-
cided to open the dining room and
such Of the apartments as were ready
for occupancy on Monday night
Huntington Dispatch
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
CLEVELAND MAY
BE A SENATOR

Possibility of the election OF Gro
yer Cleveland as a Senator from New
Jersey looms larger than at any pre-
vious time. He is the one man on
whom there is possibility of the Dem
ocrats and anti-Dryden Republicans
in the new Legislature uniting. Dry
den's control Of the Legislature Is
very close and uncertain, and Glove
land therefore might easily be made
the new Senator
The Legislature is so close, from
Indications that n the anti
Dryden Republicans refuse TO caucus
Dryden may possibly be defeated. He
appears 10 have exactly the neces-
sary number TO elect. on the Joint
ballot II are required. There are a.
Republicans, there of whom are anti
Dryden. and 81 Democrats. IT the
opposition should he able 10 induce
one more Republican TO refuse to ao
cept Dryden he would b- rorcoH
OF the field
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

Sergei Nicololevitch Mendeleson, .
Russian Journalist and political pris-
oner. lost both his arms and legs
in an accident At odessa. with rare
determination he learned 10 write
by holding the penholder between
his teeth. Removing 20 St Peters
burg. he started an advanced radical
newspaper. a few months ago the
paper was suppressed and the arm
less and legless editor imprisoned
His utterly helpless condition left
him absolutely at the mercy Of the
brutal prison wardens His punish.
ment has now been commuted TO
close arrest In his own house
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

To gain the negro vote Chicago
republicans nominated negro for
associate Justice Of the municipal
court and nc was elected 10 the
surprise ana constcrnation Of the man
who brought about his nomination.
Now demand o. being made through
somt OF the Chicago newspapers
that the negro resign that his cleo
tion was an accident and that he
can serve no good purpose in remain.
ing Yet nobody s. urging urrcn-
der Of The votes brought to The rest
Of the republican ticket by the ne
gro's candidacy The meanness of
81 all IS enough 10 shock even q
southern race mob Springfield Re
publican.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
bob" TAYLOR

"Fiddling Bob" Taylor, the new
senator from Tennessee, can dance a
jig play the fiddle, argue a lawsuit.
debate political questions, lead a
prayer meeting, tell funny stories.
write interesting poetry and has
many other accomplishments Tay-
loT was recently elected after five
attempts. Not so long ago he gained
national note by stumping the state
for governor against his brother
Virginian pilot.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

A paris journalist has founded a
babies club. II is spacious and
pleasant building with a garden, and
a clubhouse where games OF all kinds
are provided. There is a Punch and
Judy show, with cafe, where sweets,
cakes, tea, milk and various kinds
of lemonade are sold to members and
their parents. while there are also
toy shops and theater
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
GOLD FOUND IN
KENTUCKY

Lexington, KY, Nov. 12.-Judgo
Hugh Riddle, of Irvine, EstiII county
here tonight, said that gold had been
discovered at Wagersville, Estnl
county.
Samples sent to the United States
assay office at Cartersville. Georgia
found an assay of twenty dollars pei
ton. Gold is found in other parts OF
Estill county, Judge Riddle says, as
saying four dollars per ton.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

WILL USE THE ELECTION OF
THREE UNION MEN To
CONGRESS.

WIN Sihtie sctfp OF an unlrlenu-
ly Republican Congressman at his
belt, as trophy or the recent cam
paign. President Samuel Gompers left
yesterday for Minneapolis 10 face the
reported differences In the ranks of
the American Federation of Labor
over his entrance into the field OF
politics, which II has been predicted
may prove his undolng at the annual
convention which opens next Mon.
day
IL is believed, however. that the
majority OF the delegates are with
Gompers, and at Federation head.
quarters. IL is not doubted that he
will be retained as the chieftain for
another year. Although he has de
ciined TO make a public statement up
on the outcome of the elections, Pres
ident Gompers feels that he has won
a victory for organized labor He
will point to the reduced majorities
OF Little6eld I'm Maine, OF Acheson In
Pennsylvania and will dwell upon
the significance OF Pennsylvania elec.
ting two union miners. and New Jer.
sey sending union printer To the
House OF Representatives. His strong
card will be played when he tells OF
President Roosevelt's decision last
"Wednesday to appoint commission
to consider the anti-injunction bill
one OF Labor's measures.
IL is charged that heretofore GER
tain labor leaders In the big cities
have been in the habit OF controlling
the labor vote. Gompers having TAX
en- the field with Labor at large com.
mitted to the defeat of many OF the
Republican Congressional candidates,
put the local labor unions out OF bus
mess. They are said to be sore. and
already to be framing deal to get
back year hence.
1t is possible that President Com
pers. friends may at the coming
convention attempt to discipline
those members OF the executive coun.
ell who failed in the recent fight
President Mitchell, who has been al
ways considered in Labor circles as
an anti-Gompers man. showed his
hand in support of the Itplitical
movement, by speaking with Presi-
dent Gompers in Pennsylvania for
Union Miners who were successful
In their canvass for congress. If n
fight is made against Mitchell for
reelection TO the executive council.
IL will be explained that he failed TO
aid the miners in their fight against
Speaker Cannon and let the opposi.
tion candidates TO Nicholas Long
worth and Judge Goebel In Cincin.
natl, struggle along without his aid,
although both of the candidates were
union men.
The Minneapolis convention prom
ises interesting developments. but the
policy Of President Gompers is to
wash the dirty linen OF the Fedora.
tion in private.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
BIG STEAMSHIP
GOING TO PIECES

Halifax, n. s.. Nov. 12.-Six hun
dred panic-sriken passengers on the
Dominion liner Kensington. from
Liverpool 70 Quebec are being taken
ashore. The Kensington loaded with
three thousand tons cargo is pound
ing to pieces on the rocks OF Matano
Quebec.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

King Edwards G5th birthday has
passed with usual fluctuations from
far and near He remains the en-
bodiment of amiabi!ity. tact and dis
erection for which he has long been
noted. Prince Hohenlohe"s memoirs
have furnished lately fresh evidence
that passion never overcomes his
tudgmnt when the late Emperor
Friedrich Of Germany died the present
British king. as prince OF Wales. was
in Berlin, where he met among 9th
ers Herbert Bismarck The son OF
the great chancellor made offensive
political remarks about the Empress
Frederick, the prince Of Wales sis
ter, aud afterwards I'm relating the
incident the prince said that II he
had not placed so high value upon
good relations between Germany and
England ne would have shown him
the door As 80 was. discretion in
stantly triumphed over family pride.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
STILL OTHER
WORLDS TO CONQUER

n there is any other railroads
that Mr. Hartman wants. he VIII
doubtless buy them from time to
time. To date he has overlooked
several. Washington Times
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
A STRONG
CONSTITUTION

a Kentucky man has just walked
up after n sleep OF twelve years. Such
peace In the midst OF Col. Henry Wat
terson's veberations shows the
strength of the Kentucky constitu-
don.-NeW YORK Sun
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
SHOT, BUT DID
NOT KILL

There was shooting scrape at
Graham Sunday between two colored
men. in which one shot the other I'm
the head, but not fatally. and then
made his escape to parts unknown
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

That s25,OOO,O0 for Panama next
year recalls the fact that we are pill
ing up the dust whether we are dig
ging out the dirt or not Atlanta
Journal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13
POLO AT THE
SKATING RINK

The first and second teams will
have an interesting game tonight
az the Skating Rink You should
turn ont and see IT, The lineup is
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

What good does II do TO fine the
Standard oil company? The people
pay 81 at last. Rural Retreat Times
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

w z Graham. Mayor OF Pocahon-
tas. was In the city yesterday.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-11-13

Very Respectfully.
THE SURPRISE STORES,
u. ID. LUCAS, Manager
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

Brummel of the day might take a peer at his finery before seeking his fair inamorata within, while she, to run no risk of beauty patch awry. had a hand mirror slowed away in the curtains in- side.
 There are quaint old sewing boxes of inlaid wood lined with numerous mir TOTS.
 To the late Georgian period belong the heavy balls and beaded trimmings or flat carved frames covered in gold lea1' which have known such marked re- vival of late under the name or colonlaI mirrors. Fortunate is the woman WnS owns one of them as an heirloom, anu thrice blessed if it happens to be a tripie one. A
 The modern mirror is worthy of note for artistic workmanship. though tners seems to be no special origlnanty o1 design. Instead. we see close copies oa the Colonial period, especlally U. te triple mirror, with leaning toward slM- plicity and away from the vulgar or nateness of a few decades ago. even HI the cheap lacquer frame. .,,,, ...,
 In many of the more recent ones We see A return to the French ana ltaHdn art with carved emblems (machine work generally), pictures of the Aurora, VI nrints of old-time belles and peauA' Most of the frames are glldeo' put many are of mahogany or rosewood "ltn gay prints. 1,-orob rnirror of the Empire is about ten lnches wlue covered with exquisite gold leaI an9 carved with the Napoleohic eagle anu laurel-wreath. . s,.s.-.... in gold leaf. and 1t is rare to find the lovely soft dull effects of the earlier genera tion In having old mirrors re- burrished it is well to insist on the duIl gold. This is gained by applying she
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Lavender Pillows

0 0INCE those extra little pillows - have become so frequently met
 with as a part of bed-furnishings, pine and lavender pillows have both become more popular.
 Both of them, when made for a bed, are incased in strong muslin covers, over which the pretty little white slip is drawn.
 For couches, of course, darker and more serviceable materials are used, often for pine pillows a deep yellow, embroidered, in a simple outline stitch, In brown or deep bronze greens. For lavender light lavender. embroider- ed in darker shade, or one of the pretty white cretonnes. covered with blossoms and stripes of lavender, makes an attractive covering.
 If you are going away, and can squeeze just one more thing into your trunk, tuck one of the regular baby pillows in. The pillows where you are staying may be stuffy or hard. and that little pillow is just the thing for a hammock or for the nap that you take in the old orchard, stretched out upon rug or steamer blanket.
 And. by the way, if there is boating where you are going. take a couple of gay pillow cases along = strong ones to stuff with hay Nothing can hurt them, even a good drenching only makes you unbutton them and refill them with fresh, sweet hay.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01

amel and ebony which they carried at the girdle to be ever ready for use.
 The French soon vied with the Ital- ians in mirror making, and those of the reigns of Louis XIV to XVI have never been equaled for artistic workmanship and beauty of design and color.
 The original idea of these mirrors was not as a separate device, but as a part of the wall and they were used in paneling with richly carved wood frames, gilded or highly colored.
 Frequently picture adorned the top, painted by the most famous artists of their day. Beautiful specimens have come down to us from the brushes of Watteau, Lencret. Pater and Frangon-
 One of these mirrors, with a panel representing the Joys of Europa, by Boucher, is as rich in coloring as when 1t reflected the gay court danes of Louis KY.
 Another. a carved mirror of the period of Louis XIV of Italian workmanship, is richly tinted in different shades of soft greens, with brown beading and inlaid designs of black. An ecclesiastic mirror in brocaded frame is equally lovely.
 an elabora>e gilt scroll on a white ground, has a quaint old painting in grisaille (black and white).
 It was not until the eighteenth cen tury that the detached mirrors and those above bureaus, dressing tables and shaving stands were introduced. chiefly by the English.
 In France. during the Empire, the vanity of little Nap evidently was contagious, for mirrors lined every inner door of a house on both sides of the panel.
 The sedan chair of the eighteenth cen- tury even carried a mirror on the out side, perhaps, forsooth, that the Beau
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
Week-End Entertaining in the Country

ess deeming herself a Iamentabls fafl- ure unless every one was on the 20 every minute? Did you enjoy it? No. of course. you didn't! Many time you were simply dying for the rest which a mistaken sense of hospitality forbade.
 AS rule. 1t is better to have dinner late. so as not to be shut in the house during the delightful twilight hours. But, by all means. allow your guests. especially the girls. sufficient time to- throw themselves on couch or bed for a short time before dressing for din- ner. The evening will be all the gayer IT every one gets rest after the violent exercise of the day.
 How to spend the evening depends largely on the weather. If the nights are cool enough to stay indoors, cards. dancing, impromptu theatricals or even an occasional romping game, dear to childhood, are all in order.
 But most of our summer weather makes it much pleasanter to remain out on the porches. This Is often the pleasantest of all. just to idly sit in the sort air, singing occasionally to twang- ing guitars and mandolins, joking. tell ing stories or even playing silly round game or two such as Twenty. Cues tiGnso M,I ov. Ny MY,,i Ministers Cst, T hoys ket."
 Sunday. as a rule. even in the least religious household, is more quietly spent than the first two days. But 1t Is none the less enjoyable for that. Often a long drive to some quaint century-oid church makes the morning hours pass pleasantly. while the afternoon and evening fly all too rapidly for the party that is to reluctantly separate in the morning.
 One thing about that departure. It is the usual thing for each guest before leaving to fee the servants, who have been put to much extra service This should be done as unobtrusively as pos sible, lest there may be some in the party made uncomfortable who simply cannot afford to- express their apprecia- ton in this way. Sometimes host or hostess objects decidedly to this tipping, and where such a feeling is known 1t should always be respected. a'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
osT in the mIsts of the past is the

Y oST in the mlsts of the past Is the
 name of the manor was It a
 woman?-who first enabled the
 daughters of Eve to see their fair selves reflected otherwise than, NarcissuS like, by limpid stream or purling brook. The genius that gave to the world unsung though deserving of canoniza- tlon by woman every time wind-tosSed locks are smoothed, a hat is donned at just the right angle, or fresh young
 am beauty
 Whence or when or how came mirrors none can say, though Cicero has 1t we owe them to that mythical medico, Aes- cuiaplus, and anttquaries trace them to the Stone Age. Or, perhaps, after all, they come to us from a wFathful sum- goddess lured from her dark cave by curiosity and jealousy at first seeing her sulky face reflected. The Japanese think so, and Ise, where rests that first mir TOT given by the goddess to her grand son, the creator of the Empire of Japan, with the command to worship it forever, is to the deVout son or daughter of Ja- pan shrine as sacred IS Mecca to the Mohammedan or the Holy SepuIchre to the Crusader Today, in palace and cot tage alike, the most precious possession of the Japanese woman, the most inn portant part of her rousseau, is her small, convex bronze mirror covered with mythical symbols of the islands history.
 We only know that mirrors arrived very soon in the worlds history. The earliest written records refer to them. The ancient Peruvians had them of sil- yer, copper. brass and polished opaque black stone; they have been found in Egyptian tombs; the first Greeks used small pieces of bronze, thinly coated with silver, at the toilet for pur- poses of divination; while Plny and Seneca declared it to be the object of every foolish woman to possess a silver mirror, and our foremothers, the Celts, copied the Roman fashion.
 Though the first mirrors were of met al, there have been found in the Gal iic. Roman, Thracian, Byzantine or Egyptian tombs glass ones. Some of these were simply a blown glass bubble cut in a curve like a watch crystal, with melted lead poured in the shell which was mounted in a metal frame; others more elaborate had plaster pen tagonal frame with a triangular piece cut underneath, which was a lead line of glass surrounded by fragments of glass set in plaster for ornament.
 These lead mirrors. though rehectlng clearly, were affected by dampness. Even now they are used in Italy, while those of polished metal are still found fin the Orient.
 It was not until the fifteenth century that mirrors, as moderns understand them, were introduced by the Venetian discovery that a fiat glass surface could be backed by an amalgam of mercury and tin. These quicksilver glasses held their sway until Pettejean in 1855 pat snted the present process of silvered mirrors which reflect g per cent. more fight than their predecessors.
 Venetian mirrors were very beautiful, wen from the first With all their won lerful carvings and a -culiar mst slass. the 'faer danes" of the Renais- ance were 10th to give up the smail. ircular placques of polished gold oc opper in richly carved frames of en-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-01
The Girl Who IS Going Visiting

santhemums-was almost ruined by the thoughtless-or worse-treatment it re- ceived.
 Your own kimono, your own sewing utensils, all the little personal things should be among those you take with you.
 When you leave, be as punctilious about collecting your various trifies- not like the girl who left her thimble in one room. a dress in the closet of an- other and almost every other room honored @ by some one of her posses sicns.
 Look over everything you pack; you don't want to carry off some trifing thing of your hostess by mistake. And if your room Is full of them, the error Is easily made
 The whole thing in a nutshell is: re- member the rare distinction between mine and thine" and remember 1t par tI ularly when you are visiting.