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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-07
A GYPSY WEDDING

We're you ever at gypsy wedd-
ing? Well. never mind. all guests
are welcome. even the hated gTingo.
IL he brings plenty OF silver coins TO
exchange for weak red wine i'm which
to drink the brides health Outside
the marriage tent a solemn company
OF men and women. brave In gypsy
flnery OF scarlet shawls and brilliant
handkerchiefs. are dancing in the
mud. their hands interlaced after the
fashion OF children playing ring
around-the-rosy. These parents OF
the groom stand apart before their
tent, apparently unconscious that
welding Is In progress.
Lift the tent-hag and you will see
curious sight. On the floor is
spread red barred table-cloth and
on II is meat and wine and many
Romny delicacies. a merry crowd
of young folks, the friends OF the
bride and groom. are feasting. laugh
ing and singing with the Joy OF youth
and irresponsibility. Standing az
the back OF the tent. totally ignored
by the assembled company. are the
bride and groom. The girl, fun hos
omed. strong and beautiful, is I'm
tears-one end of her white tulle veil
drawn across her face to hide it's sad.
ness. She leans on the arm OF a dart
slender boy. who looks anything but
happy. The bride is clad in trail
ing robe OF red velvet but the groom
only concession to this ceremony i,
more than usually gaudy necker
chief, new gray felt In. ana
clean shirt.
Presently the headsman of Tia,
tribe-whose Office is now oblolete
losses sharp-bited AK out into In,
crowd and himself energies from tn,
tent with a headless chicken, H.
blood dripping on the ground. Thi
, is the final ceremony. The yorr,
, people are now married and tie bid
leaves her parents and her own trib
} iolVNol' IeICndnce III aller year
she may pass her people on the road
I but from their tents she goes for
ever.
There is really no JOY in mariag
, and courtship for the Roman
girl. She weds at her parents com
mand and is not allowed to speak T.
o the man who will MAKE or mar he
future on any topic pertaining &
their life together until after mar
Z riage. A Romany girl who Marie
outside her caste is thrust out of he
tribe forever. She cannot marry
house dweller and remain in tn
, tents OF Romany.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-07
ORDER PUBLICATION
WEST VIRGINIA.:

w I'D NlRGlNlA:
At Rules held In the Clerks Office
OF the Circuit Court of the County OF
Mercer, on the 4th day of Sept. 1906.
Matte Patton. Plaintiff.
against In Chancery.
Pink Patton, Defendant
The object OF this suit is to obtain
"a divorce vinculo matrimonii for
the plaintiff against the defendant
and for general relief.
And it appearing from an affidavit
made and filed with the papers I'm
this cause that the defendant. Pink
Patton is a nonresident OF the State
of West Virginia, it is therefore. on
motion OF the plaintiff. by counsel,
ordered that said defendant do ap-
pear at the Clerks Office of the Cir
cult Court OF Mercer County within
one month after the date OF the first
publication of this order and do what
may be necessary to protect his in
terest in this suit.
Attest.
w. b. HONAKER. Clerk.
d. NJ. EASLEY. p. Q.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-07
ORDER PUBLICATION
WEST VIRGINIA


AT Rules held In the Clerks once
of the Circuit Court OF the County of
Mercer. on the 4th day OF Sept. 1906.
Hawkins & Norvsll. Plaintiff,
against In Chancery.
Jones, Luck & Co. Defendants.
The object OF this silt is to attach
and sell the PERSONAL property of said
defendants to satisfy plaintiffs debt.
amounting 10 s916.35.
And IL appearing from an affidavit
made and filed with the papers In
this cause that the defendants J. p.
Jones and II. NJ. Luck are nonresi-
dents OF the State OF West Virginia,
IL Is Therefore. on motion of the plain
TIN, by counsel. ordered that the said
defendants do appear at the Clerks
Office OF the Circuit Court OF Mercer
County within one month after the
date OF the first publication OF this
order and do what is n acessary &c
protect their interest I'm this suit.
Attest:
w. b. HoNAKER. Clerk.
ID. NJ. EAsLEY. P.o.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-07
THE AMERICAN
MECHANIC.

In the mechanical arts American
methods and workmel produce aver
age results OF remarkable excellence.
but IL one wants a bit OF work done
with the utmost thoroughness aud
precision. 10 times out of 20 he will
find that the workman who has FIN
lshed II Is German or Swede or
Englishman-if really he is able to
get It done at all AS every thought
full manufacturer fully realizes. there
is dearth of skilled labor. and ma
tive American skilled labor is the
rarest kind. AS result the finest
artisans i'm many lines of work are
not TO be found i'm this country, and
the goods which they produce ar,
imported
II these conditions applied merely
10 few articles OF extraordinar,
character they would furnish n,
cause for anxiety. but as time goet
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-07

on the list OF high-grade importa-
tions lengthens ominously.
The fact is usually put lightly
aside with animadversions concern
ing foreign pauper labor American
skilled labor Is indeed relatively well
paid, and the protective tarin IS In
theory supposed to take account of
this fact. II. however. one examines
the importatlons OF fine mechanical
goods IT very quickly appears that
they are brought in and sold as
against native products. In spite OF
duties large enough not only to COW
er the difference In labor cost, but a
large margin beyond 1t. In other
words, the United States each year
imports articles which could perfect
ly well be manufactured in thI,
country and sold at a remunerativ,
figure did the American industrial
system encourage the class OF worl
which they represent.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-07
NS&HMN6itaksW 6strIn
Schedule In Eject
Nay "a, 1905.

Leave Bluefield $50 q! m. for Ro
anoke' bynchbnrg. Norfolk and Eli
points on the Shenandoah dIyision
uiiHan SLEEPER to Roanoke and Ro-
anoke TO New York, via Haeerstown
farior car Roanoke to Norfolk
SID q. m. daily for Roanoke ann
intermediate points.
z;oo p. m. for Roanoke and Lynch
ours ana intermediate stations and
the shenandoah Valley, Phiiadelphia
anu rev YORK. Sleeper to .Philadel-
phia-hoanoke to Richmond.
o:SS p. m. for Roanoke. lvnch-
burg. Richmond, Norfolk 'pni,man
sleeper East Radford to NorfoIk and
Lynchburs TO Richmond. Cafe Car
Trains arrive at Bluefield from the
east at S:b8. a. m, 1865, ID. m, sos
p. m, and 9:05 D. m.
From the west at 500 q. M e:2O
a. m. 2:O5 p. m. and 8.18 d. m.
Leave Bluefeld at 8:15 d. m. for
kenova, Columbus and ali points
west and northwest. Pullman sleep-
ers Tor Columbus and, Cincinnati o
Cafe car.
s:oS a. m. for Kenova. Cincinnati
Portsmouth, Columbus. st. Louis.
Through Pullman sleepers to Column
bus. Cafe car.
4. :" .. ~ a. III anu 10 D. m
daily for Tazewell, Norton. and ALI
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and all potnts
on the Clinch Valley division at 2.3S
and 1865 p. m.
Leave $3.50 a. m. for Kenoya and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave 500 and 2:3O ID. m. for
WEIGH and intermediate stations.
For Pocahontas $50 a. m. sos
a: m. 1880 y. m. and $40 d. m. Ar
rive from Pocahontas at 500 a.. m.
2:O6 p. m. and 8.l8 d. m.
For bTamwell. leave Bluedeld $3.50
a. m sos a. m. 2:3O D. m. and sis
ID. m.
Call on agent Norfolk and Western
Railway. for tickets. maps, and addi-
tional information.
w. b. BEVII.L. q. p. A.
snsnobs Va
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
WILL IMPROVE THE ACADEMY.
S10,0O0,OOO VIII Be Spent "Rejuve.
mating" Annapolis,

Washington, d. c., May 24.-The
navy department has been materially
benefited in its relations with the
contractors who have been engaged
on the s10,000,000 rejuvenation of the
naval academy by special board
which has been in commission for
three years, and which is composed of
Rear Admiral w. C. Field, U. S. NJ,
retired; Commander Walter F..
Worthingham, who is in charge of the
engineering experimental station at
the naval academy and Civil Engine er
A. C. Cunningham who is attached to
the bureau of yards and docks in the
navy department, and who is recorder
as we'll as member of the board.
This board has Investigated the
various claims of contractors, and has
saved much expense for the govern
ment and the contractors in settling
disputes involving extension of time,
changes ordered by the department
damages generally. At one time II
looked as II the navy department
would never reach satisfactory settle
ment Of some Of the claims, which be-
came complicated by all sorts Of u.s.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
BUILD DOWN SNAKE
SHORT LINE RUSHING
WORK ON NEW GRADE
Engineers on the Ground and SO Men
ut Work Near Huntington-Canyon
IL So Rough That Surveyors viii
Work From Rats Floating In the
River.

w. II. Bancroft and Il. Bucking-
ham, respectively president and vice.
president of the Northwestern rail-
road, the line projected down the
Snake river from Huntington to Lew
iston, returned today from Hunting
ton and announced additional details
regarding Its Incorporation, says a
Salt Lake dispatch. In addition to Its
officers as announced I'm yesterday s
dispatches board of directors was
elected comprising the following. w.
II. Bancroft, E. Buckingham of Salt
Lake; George E. Egan, agent at Hunt
Cambridge, both Of the same place,
giving three directors from Oregon
and two from Utah.
1t was also stated that engineers
were on the ground at the present
time and active work In throwing dirt
and pushing the line to completion
would be inaugurated at an early
date.
The Northwestern company takes
over the old grade, franchises and
right of way acquired years ago by
The proposition is essentially an
Oregon Short Line affair. and Is
looked upon as being a move to offset
the activity of the Hill interests in
Oregon and western Idaho.
=. & l. n. Behind 1t.
A special to the Boise Statesman
from Huntington says that upon un.
doubted authority the cause that led
to the taking up by the Short Line OF
the railway project down the Snake
from this place to Lewiston is that the
Hill interests had secured control OF
the Pacific & Idaho Northern and in.
tend to extend the latter to Grange
vile, to connect with the Northern
Pacific, without delay. The exten
sion is to be made on surveys mad,
this year.
1t appears there was a much
sharper contest for control of the p
& l. n. than was supposed. 1t ended
with the line landed firmly in the
hands of friends of Hill. When thi.
became a fixed fact the Hartman IN
terests determined to forestall Hill b,
building rapidly down the Snake.
Two large engineering crews ar,
now on the way to the canyon through
which the river flows a portion of tn,
way. They will go through the can
yon on RATS, using a camera will
which to gather data. They will worl
from RATS at places where they can
not get n footing on shore and ever.
foot OF the line will be photographed
There are now Sc men at work be
tween Huntington and the canyon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
VARIETIES OF CRAMPS.
Curious Amictions of Men In Various
Walks of Life.


One of the curious consequences OF
the modern division of labor Is the
cramp that attacks those who constant.
ly use their hands In one particular
manner.
Writing cramp was the first to ap.
pear, being quite unknown until the in.
PRODUCTION Of steel pens. II affects men
far oftener than the fair sex, and. sin.
gularly. those who suffer are not liter.
ary men. but copyists. 1t is almost in.
durable, and even when the left hand
is used the cramp very soon crosses
over to II.
Musicians Of every kind are attacked.
Among pianists 1t Is chiefly ladies am.
bilious to become professionals who
are the victims Violent pain, weak.
ness and fatigue Of the arm make play.
ing an lmpossibillty. Viollnists are af-
fected both in the fingers Of the left
hand and the hand that holds the bow.
Clarinet players get cramps Of the
tongue, and flute players get cramp In
tiC lui ia.
Telegraphers suffer very often, and
they call It "loss of the grip" Tailors
get cramps In legs as well as hands.
Smiths and carpenters get what is
called hammer cramp," resulting from
the enormous number Of blows struck
II is estimated that forger Of knives
and scissors strikes 2S000 blows every
day.
Drivers get cramps in the hand, espe.
cially In the case Of those who break In
hard mouthed horses. Cigarmnkers
watchmakers. photographers, auction
GERS. sawyers, billiard players, dentists
turner's, stampers, weavers, painters
money counters and ballet dancers-al
suffer from their own peculiar cramps
and often so severely that they have &c
exchange their employment for some
other,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
CRIMINAL BEES.
Honey Gatherers That Have Very
Loose Moral Ideas.

Honey Gatherers That Have Very
Loose Moral Ideas.
Almost every form and variety Of hui
man crime is to be found among ami.
mais. Cases Of theft are noticed among
bees. Buchner in his Psychic Life Of
Animals" speaks Of thievish bees
which. In order to save themselves the
trouble of working, attack well stocked
hives in masses, kill the sentinels and
the inhabitants, rob the hives and car
~ of the provisions. After repeated
enterprises Of this description they ac-
quire taste for robbery and violence.
They recruit whole companies, which
get more and more numerous. and
finally they form regular colonies OF
brigand bees.
But II Is still more curious fact that
these brigand bees can be produced ar
tiicially by giving working bees a mix
ture Of honey and brandy to drink
The bees soon acquire taste for this
beverage. which has the same disas-
trous effects upon them as upon men,
They become Ill disposed and irritable
and lose all desire to work. and finally,
when they begin to feel hungry, they
attack and plunder the well supplied
hives.
There Is one variety of bees - the
sphecodes - which live exclusively up
on plumber.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
How to Rest.

To understand how to rest Is of more
Importance than to know how to work
The latter can be learned easily. The
former 1t takes years to learn, and some
people never learn the art of resting
1t is simply change of scenes and ac-
tivities. Loating may not be resting;
sleeping is not always resting; sitting
down for days, with nothing to do, is
not restful. A change Is needed to
bring into play different set Of facul-
ties and to turn the life into a new
channel. The man who works hard
finds his best rest In playing hard; the
man who is burdened with care finds
relief in something that is active, yet
free from responsibility. Above all,
keep good natured and don't abuse
your best friend. the stomach.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
WILL IMPROVE FORTS.
s5OO,O0O VIII BE Expended I'm Differ.
ent Localities

New York, May 2i.-The war de-
partment has on hand something like
100000 remaining to the credit OF
the quarters and barracks fund, un-
der the quartermaster general. This
will be distributed for construction OF
buildings at about 80 army posts In
various parts of the country. The
schedule of work includes quarters
for civilian engineers at Fort Han
cock, y. Y; one six-set bachelor
quarters, with general mess and club
room at Fort Jay, n. Y. one set OF
coloners quarters at Madison Bar
racks, n. Y. and one subsistence
storehouse and one quartermaster's
shop at Fort Terry, N, Y.
The money is available only up to
July 1, by which time 1t will be turned
back to the treasury. and II is neces-
sary therefore, to make contracts SC
as to, obtain the benefits of the funds
made available.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Hopping From World to World.

Few children reach the age of eight
years without having worked out a
cosmology of their own and their own
system of metaphysics. A group of
youngsters of that mature age were
going home from school the other day
when one began to instruct the others
what to do in case of a certain crisis.
"When the end of the world comes do
you know what you want to do?" ask
ed the manikin. well, you want to
give little jump like this. The world
will slip out from under you, and you'll
light on the one a-followin' 1t and be
all right" Then the youngsters began
practlclng the sort of jump that was
necessary to give them Immortality
Kansas City Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
THE LOVERS CANDLES.
An Old Courtship Custom That still
Prevails In Poland.

An Old Courtship Custom That Still
Prevails In Poland.
A quaint old superstition is to this
day held In Poland to the effect that
two lighted candles set afloat on the
river by two lovers will by their con.
duct foretell II the course Of true love
will run smooth or otherwise.
The "lovers' candles" are launched
at very pretty water fete that takes
place every summer on that part Of the
Vistula which runs through Poland. II
commences at sunset. The river Is
thronged with a procession of little
boats containing masked ladies' and
gentlemen. Each person carries two
wreaths and two candles, the latter
representing the person carrying them
and the object of his or her affections.
They are lighted, fixed firmly In the
center Of the wreaths and laid side by
side in the water. Should they float
down the river close together II is q
Should they drift away from each 9th.
er 1t is a sign that the lovers will be
parted. and should they only drift
asunder for little way and farther on
come together again It is a sign that
the loved ones will only be parted for
a time and all come right In the end.
There Is much method and order about
the arrangement OF this procession.
The boats glide along in rows, so many
abreast, and after the first row have
proved their wreaths they move away
to the sides and the others come for.
ward In succession. The river Is well
Illuminated. and large concourse Of
people assemblies to watch the pro
ceedings. The scene is charming one
and reminds one more Of fairyland
than Of anything else.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
MATELESS PIGEONS.
Curious Provision of Nature to End
Their Solitude.

Curious Provision of Nature to End
Their solitade.
pigeons are homogeneous" said 0
raiser Of those birds for market, land
the female lays but two eggs. One OF
these is always the egg from which a
male is hatched, and the other incloses
the future female. II by any accident
a cock pigeon loses its mate or q hen
pigeon becomes widowed the sympa
thies Of the entire cot go out to the
afflicted brother or sister. II II should
so happen that cock should lose his
mate and hen hers, SO that they are
both mateless at the same time, the az
fiicted pair soon forget their grief in q
new life partnership. and all is serene.
But II there is a widower In the cot
and no convenient widow for him to
take to mate, or II there is a widow for
whom no widower pigeon Is on hand,
something must be done to fill the va.
cancy. Upon the FIRST hen pigeon to
nest after the vacancy occurs falls tht
important duty. II she hasn't Matched
her eggs yet she promptly dumps one
Of the two out Of the nest She never
makes mistake In evicting the right
one. II widow Is to be provided for
the hen throws out the egg containing
her future daughter; II widower is
pining for n mate she disposes of the
son egg. II she has hatched her egg
when demand is made for her sacri.
fee she ceases feeding the youngster
who viii be superfuous and starves II
to death. Pigeons grow fast. and,
squabhood over, the lone product Of
that nest becomes mate to the bereaved
member of the flock"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

Scene, Scotch farmhouse; time, Sun
day morning.
Tourist Ito farmers wife)-Can yor
let me have a glass Of milk. please7
Milk is produced and consumed.
Tourist taking some coppers from
his pocket)-A penny, suppose.
Farmers Wife-Mon, dae ye no thinl
same o. yerser tae be buyin' goods or
the Sawbath?
Tourist Gepocketing the coppers)-
oh, well, there's no harm done. I'm
sure I'm much obliged. But won't you
have the money for It?
Farmers Wife-Na, ma; I'll no TAX
less than saxpence for breakin' the
Sawbath!-Leeds Murcury.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

A good complexion is impossible
with the stomach out of order. If
pasty. sallow people would pay more
attention to their stomachs and less
to the skin on their faces, they would
have better compilations. KODOI.
FOR DYSPEPSIA will digest what
you eat and put your stomach back in
right shape to do its own work. Ko-
dol relieves palpitation of the heart.
flatulence. sour stomach. heart burn,
etc. Sold by Tallman & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Algebra,

The science Of algebra is said to
have been the invention Of Mohammed
Of Buziana about $50 A. D. The sci.
ence was introduced into Spain by the
Moors. The first treatise on the sub
ject In any European language Is be-
lieved to have been that by Luca Pac-
coll In 1494. The first English algebra
was written by Robert Recorde, teach
er Of mathematics, at Cambridge. about
1857. He was the first to use the sign
Of equality.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

Washington received from Harvard
college the honorary degree of doctor o.
laws. The distinction was voted by
the president and fellows Of the colleg,
at the meeting at Watertown April
1T76, "as an expression Of the graft
tude Of this college for his eminent
services in the cause of his country
and to their society" The signers wer,
President Samuel Langdon, Nathanie
Appleton, John Winthrop, Andrew Ell
lot, Samuel Cooper and John Wads
worth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Dfdn't Know,

There are some persons who cannot
take joke, but Sniggins is not one OF
them. A FRIEND acquainted with
Sniggins' frequent changes Of abode
asked him which he thought was the
cheaper-to move or to pay rent.
"I can't tell you, my dear boy" re.
piled Sniggins. II have always moved y
London Telegraph.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

An automobile running at 40 miles
an hour ran into a fast running ex-
press train at Westburg, Long Island,
having become unmanageable. The
auto was owned by p. F. Collier, of
Golfers Weekly. 1t was totally wreck
ed and George Bishop, the chauffeur,
and Fred Whitehead. a valet, were
ground to pieces.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

sertions and by the multiplicity of
changes which had been made in the
original plans and specifications. The
field board has wrought with so much
success that general satisfaction pre-
walls. The board will remain in exist
ence until the new naval academy is
completed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
HOTEL PORTLAND
OF
PORTLAND, OREGON.

fON I1t4NL' OtEUON.
American plan, SO per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single GENTLE
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment in the hotel.
II. c. BOWERS, Manager
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Aids to Happiness.

Cultivate the habit Of detecting the
possibilities for good in things and peo.
pie; also the habit Of letting people
know how much you like them. 1,
makes the world pleasant place
Woman's Lifea
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

II suppose the native chiefs set elab-
crate tables"
"Yes," said the eminent arctic ex-
plorer guardedly; "they usually put on
good deal Of dog."-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
His Scheme.

Creditor-Can't you pay me some
thing on account Of that bin you owe
net Debtor-How much do you want 7
Creditor-rd like enough to meet the
fees Of q lawyer to sue you for t,ae bal
anc0
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Innocence,

He-Has she been married long, 2
She-No. but she still thinks that her
husband eats cloves because he likes
them.-San Francisco Call.