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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
HOITY TOITY.

Weber 4 Fields wonderful crea.
ton "Hoity Toity" which comes to
tho Elks Oporn House tonight. has
been aptly termed the Mighty Mon
arch Of Merry Musical plays" This
is not surprising whom one considers
Weber n Fields manner OF doing
things They never do things In n
half way manner. they are after re-
suits. and lovers Of musical comedy
and bright clean burlcsquc. will
admit whom they see "IIolty Toity"
that these men who stand alone In
their class. achieved remarkable re-
suits with This. the most successful
OF all their many costly and beauti.
ful productions Tho book ls by ed
gar EmIth. The music by John
stromborg. aud as all the distinctly
original and unique business taught
by Julian Mitchell has been retained.
90 is hardly necessary 10 say that
those who rcvcl In this class Of en-
tcrtaIumcnt have IN store the treat
OF thc season The company is a
large one. consisting of over nfty
people. and comprises number of
RrIl known broadway favorltos.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15

An effort is being made I'm Lynn
to rule the secret fraternlucs out Of
the high schools II is interesting to
note in this connection that super
intcndant Brooks says that there g.
no such thing as fraternity in any
of the Boston high schools There
are glee clubs, debating society or
two, and literary club. open 10 aIf
ihe school This IS the ideal condl
ton. II is TO be added that super
intcndent Brooks declares that these
societies arc the greatest evil mat 20
public high school could take up
They make little snobs. they are not
democratic, and they cugcuder all
sorts Of evil They breed clique and
the classes, and we want no disunc.
tons in the Boston schools
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
PUBLIC LECTURE

You are cordially invited to
attend a lecture given under
the auspices OF Bnai Birth
Lodge, by Rabbi Edward N.
Calisch, Of Richmnd, Va, at
Elk's Opera House, Sunday,
December 10th, at 3 p. m.
Subject. Wandering Jew"
B. A. HELLER,
G. S. CATZEN,
N. N. SAMETH,
Committee.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
TO IMPROVE LIGHTS.

We are glad to learn that the
Pocahontas Light Company, from
which company the people Of our
town gets its light, Is preparing to
give us better lights. The company
is thinking of putting I'm new ma
chinery. and OF otherwise improv-
ing the system. In a talk with the
manager this week, he Informed us
that he hoped by spring to be able
to give the town an all day current.
This will be great help and we
trust that our people will give the
company all the assistance needed I'm
the way OF support. Coalfeld En.
terprlse
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
Mrs. Bradley Is
Placed I'm Cell.
DYNAMITE AT
FULL SPEED.

Huntington. w Va, Dec. IA
team OF horses dragging n truck was
dashing through tho streets OF this
town last night. when stopped by a
policeman and taken to the city
pound, II was discovered tho wagon
was loaded with 1900 pounds OF dy-
Mantle. Investigation developed the
fact that the driver OF the team had
been drinkink while on the way To the
freight station and left his team
standing I'm the street The horses
had become frightened and startc |
ON their run.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15

within q month after hc was cIcct-
cd vice-prcsidcnt. fro November. 1900.
Mr. Roosevelt wrote to Mrs BcUamy
Storor about the state Of his mind at
that particular moment The passage
has certain racincss which make.
it particularly readable.
81 only wish you could go to Paris
Bcllamy would be- o corking ombas
sador. but. alas. am out of politics
now. ! am as useless as firth wheel
as has ever been cousttutiouaIly pro.
vidod for iu any governments Witl
love TO Bcllamy, over Yours"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
PROVEPPe AND
PHRASES.

The chicken is the country's. but
the city eats it. From the Dutch.
He knows not what love is that has
not children From the French.
Christmas is talked of so long II
GENES at last.-F From the French
There is no making good cloak
o! bad cloth From the Spanish.
Keep good company and you shall
be of the number From the Span
ieh
DO not put I'm more wrap than you
can wcar.-FrOm the Danish
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
A MARK TWAIN
STORY

feel the same sort OF charity
to everybody that was manifested
10y gentleman who arrived at
home at o'clock I'm the morning
from the club and was feeling so
perfectly satisfied with life, so hap
ny and so comfortable. and there
was his house weaving. weaving,
weaving around. He watched his
chance. and by and by, when the
steps got I'm his neighborhood. he
made n jump and climbed up and got
ON the portico
And the house went on weaving
and weaving. but no watched the
door, and when IL came around his
way he plunged through II. He got
to the stairs. and was SO unsteady
that he could hardly make his way,
but at last he got to the top and
raised his foot and put It on the top
step. But only the toe hitched on
tho step, and he rolled down and
fetched mp on the bottom step, with
his arm around the newell post, and
he said: God pity the poor sailors
out To sea on night like this"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
LONE TRAIN ROBBFR
GETS TWENTY YEARS

Marshall. Mo. Dec. IA. Clyde
Ramsey, who alone robbed tho Bur
lington and Rock Island limited train
near Glasgow, Mo, recently pleaded
guilty and was sentenced To twenty
years In the penitcntlary.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
MAN GETS
LIFE SENTENCE

The case OF Albert r. Patrick, the
convicted murderer of william
Marsh Rice, OF New York, was dis
missed by the Supreme Court on
request OF his counsel. This removes
the last obstacle to communication by
Governor Higgins OF New York. to
Patrick's sentence from death To life
imprisonment.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
MUNICIPAL TICKET
IN BRAMWELL NOMINATED WITH
A LARGE ATTENDANCE OF
CITIZENS.

There was largely attended meet
ing of citizens I'm Bramwell last night
TO nominate city ticket. which prov
ed to be very harmonious and enthu-
siastic John Blwood was called to
preside and Vaught and Hedrick were
requested to act as secretaries.
After pleasant discussion I'm
which many OF the leading citizens
participated the following ticket was
nominated for municipal honors:
For Mayor.
j. A. WADDELL.
For Recorder,
J. C. PACK.
For City Councilmen.
HARRY BOWEN.
j. COLLINS.
EDWARD COOPER.
THOMAS SPANGER,
JOHN ELLWOOD.
After the nominations the meeting
adjourned with congratulations for
the candidates. We are Informed
that there will be no contest I'm Bran
well at the coming election and that
peace and kind feeling will prevail I'm
the city election.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
IMPROVEMENTS
AT BLUESTONE.

Tho Norfolk and Western will
make extensive improvements at Blue
stone right away. new station VIII
beerccted and many other improve
mcnts made
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
HENRY WATTERsON'S
OPINIONS.
vt TIIE DINNER GIVEN HIM by
kENTUCkIANS IN NEW YORK
TUESDAY NIGHT.

I come Co fetch you message |
from Gods country. and. as the |
Walking lady In Proctor Knott's de-
iightful story declared, II mean TO |
ul0l mcc promise 10 the people OF !
This ,illaEc at the risk OF NEE life" |
Don't forget tho old folks at home |
Don't forget the homely. the home |
spun sources from which We draw !
'ur. inspiration and our life Don't |
.orrct Aunt Bctsy's Christian preach
mcnts. nor Cousin Polly's compla-
cent and wise rusticity: for the but
tross and the bell tower of Ken
tucky'a fame. tho vcrdure and the
bloom ct Kcnucky's manhood and
IwOmauhood. were. and nrc. and wnfl
ever remain. the holy Bible. the
Ola Field school. the PATRIOTS call
to battle and the sony OF the
Greenwood Tree.
shah : also say the resolutions of
'9N2 We'll gentlemen. whether YOU
cam yourselves republicans or demo
Gratis, you may" as tho good priest
observed in maintaining the doctrine
|of purgatory, you may go further
and fare worse" Under the hand
|of president whose personality is
so attractive whose motives are so
|unchallcngod. whose public service f.
so eminent and brilliant that most
|mcn are 10th Co question anything
/ hc says OF docs under the hand Of
such a president the pendulum OF
|uontralization has swung much too
/ FAR Go leCwnrd. and viii need to bc
swung back again n We are TO re-
cover the poiso and balance which
Tho fathers and founders of our
groat republic designed for the fed
cral government and the states.
We have already the "splcndid
government" thcy dreaded. Modern
| invention by its annlhilation OF time
and space has well-nigh obllterated
the old landmarks 1t has actually
, ilung the geography into the sea.
Happily some things We could well
AFFORD 10 spare are gone, soctiona-
| lism among thpm But shall we
stand listless by and see home rule
go with #? II Alexander Hamilton
could come to life again, could revisit
| the glimpse OF the moon which
shines over tho White House with
its big stick" and the capital with
IT'S supreme tribunal and It's houses
of Congress. / am perfectly sure that
he would say, "Go trlnc slower
Theodore. my son"
! confess that 7 am so oId-fash
Toned aa etill to believe In The con
aututiou Of tho United statos Tho
other night before % company Of
follow Kontuckians who. 10 hid mo
Igood-by ana wish mo rodspccd upon
"a journey Q ann about to make. had
assembled in their hunting shirts
and llnany-woolsoy undcr tho roof
OF q lov cabin iu Louisville long
known to ,ou and dear to You an
Z moan f.n Cut house. described
| myself a go Lincoln democrat
crossed ou % TcG.r oulan rcpubU
can" That ought fo catch truth
both WAYS coming and aroing %
Lincoln waa Coincidence whlg rsf
fcrson wrote tbo Declaration of I'm
ld"pondonoo E1ch uf thom rovcrad
tho constitution
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15

DIT II G. Joncs,of Logan, is now
In this city greeting his friends The
Doctor is a former progressive citizen
OF Bluefeld and is yet largely inter
ested here He has numerous friends
here who are always glad to meet
him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-12-15
AFTER LUMBER TRUST.

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE House
has authorized an investigation of
the so-called lumber trust.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12

the air chambers, amounting to $500
each or $4,000 for a complete set, thus
increasing the entire cost to $4,000. Be-
sides this high initial expense is the
trouble due to puncturing which robs
the sport of much of its pleasure; more
important, still, is the danger Of the
car upsetting if travelling at high
speed when a tire punctures.
Necessity ever being the mother of
invention is already offering solution
to the pneumatic in the form of an
elastic wheel, best described as wheel
shod with small solid rubber tire and
having one or moro series of springs
interposed between the hub and rim,
which absorb the shock occasioned by
fast travelling, France, the home Of
the motor car, is the birth place Of
this latest wonder which, although but
rising in the sky of motordom, gives
fair promise of shining more resplend-
ent in its MONDAY brilliance than does
the much-lauded pneumatic
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
USED W|NCHESTERS
TO ENFORCE CLAIMS
Rival Companies of Los Angeles
Bring Contest to Sensa-
tiOnaI Climax.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1.-THE warfare
being waged on the salt flats at East
Long Beach between Los Angeles Dock
Terminal company and tho San Pedro
Salt Works company reached climax to-
day. Winchester rifles, the reinforce
ment Of the battle array by wives OF the
corporation officers, and the arrest Of
three OF the latter, furnished excitement
for several hours. The San Pedro Salt
Works company claims to hold a lease on
certain salt-producing lands recently
acquired by purchase by the Los An
geles Dock G. Terminal company. The
latter is dredging a deep sea inner har-
Dor, and Its plans include tho excayR-
tion OF a considerable portion Of the dis
puted territory.
Today. for the second time within q
week, the harbor builders attempted to
force a huge dredge over the San Pedro
o. c. Dunn Of the San Pedro company and
l. L. Dunn his brother, were about to be
arrested for resistance when they COM
plicated matters by throwing Winchester
rifles to their shoulders and bidding de-
lance to arrest, Their wives hastened
upon the scene and lent moral eucour-
agement to the resisters, cheering them
on. Eventually the Dunns surrendered
and bloodshed which seemed imminent,
was averted. Imme diately after being re-
leased on bail, they took up their guard
on the property they claim.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Wages of Teachers.

In comparing the pay Of Maine teach
ers with the wages OF cotton-mlll opera
tiyes in the State, the committee found
that the balance in favor OF the former
was very slight. For instance, the $3.50
women working in the cotton mills Of
Maine get an average weekly wage OF
S5o9, while the women school teachers
&c. en- average weekly wage OF $500 The
men In the cotton mills OF Maine get an
average weekly wage OF $S.01, while the
men teachers get Sg.1S, Since It costs
person much more TO become properly
equipped for the teaching profession
than 1t does TO become an efficient mill
worker. To say nothing OF the higher
expense Of daily living for the former,
the additional wage received by the
teachers according to this report is far
less than it should be.
We have no reason to suppose that
teachers in Maine are worse OH with re-
spect to pay than they are IN most other
States OF the union.-Leslies Weekly
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Life In Argentina.

AT the National is w. S. Blackburn
of New York, a capitalist, who re-
Gently returned from a business trip to
Argentina.
Because Argentina occupies about
the same relative position south Of the
equator that the United States occupies
north Of the equator, Buenos Ayres has
the same climate as Charleston. S. c., -
said Mr.. Blackburn. "During four
months out Of the year the million in
hnbitants Of the city amuse themselves
at the races. They do not have SO good
a breed of horses there, but the sport
is just as good and is well patronized
Some of the Spanish women saw there
were as beautifully gowned as any
women L have ever seen. The national
sport is cricket, which has been taught
the people of Argentina by the Eng
nsh. They play it n great deal The
hours of work are about the same as
ours. The food is very good. The
meat is the best in the world. ''-Wash-
inpton Post
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Indian HStick Book

Il. w: Honnell, Kickapoo Indian
agent, discovered recently that the old
''Stick Book, or Indian Bible of the
Kickapoo Indians is still in existence,
says the Horton Headlight. This book,
as 1T ls called, is nothing more than a
Hat piece Of wood about a foot in
length. covered with Indian sign writ
ing, This stick was always held by the
Indian preacher when he was giving his
discourse. 1t was brought here in 1882,
When the Indians immigrated from Hi
mons. 1t was the property of the old
Indian prophet, Ma,che-na. Some Of the
old Indians prophecies were written,
and these are also intact and capable of
being interpreted. 1t has been over
forty years since Mr., Honnell has seen
the Klekapoo "Stick Book" and he
was very much afraid it had been lost
long ago.-Kansas City Journal.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Very Red Tape.

A few months ago the President ap-
pointed a committee TO make a thor
ough investigation Of the business
methods of each of the several depart
ments at Washington, with view of
ridding them of some of the red tape
ways Of doing things.
Secretary Bonaparte on being inter
viewed by this committee, told the fol-
lowing story, which beautifully illus
trates the free use of red tape in the
Government services:
Zone Of the naval officers on a GER
tain ship desired to change a thermom-
eter from one side Of the vessel to the
other, assigning very good reasons for
doing so. This could not be done, how
ever, according to naval regulations,
until he had carried the matter to the
ships commander, and through him to
me. 1 readily consented to the pro-
posed change, which cost just So cents
so cents for the postage and station
cry and 3 cents for the nail and the
wear and tear on the hammer. -
Harper g Weekly.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Cures for Long Sneachea.

Sir Carne Rasch. who proposes today
TO ask the Prime Minister whether he
cannot invent cure for long speeches,
would have found in the older parlia-
ments OF England his golden time For
they believed III silence theD-at certain
times, Phrases occur frequently in the
reports such as these: Inter silentium;
long while" The House sat looking
at each other" "A pause for two or
three minutes But even in those days
Of eloquent silences there were many
who could beat Mr.. Haldane's perform
anCe OF Thursday last
There. FOR instance. was the member
who. having talked Tor several hours TO
empty benches, turned to bored friend
and whispered. Il am talking 20 poster
ity." III you go on like this growled
the friend. you Will see your audience
before you" Then there was Hartley.
8 gentleman whom none wanted to hear.
one day he desired a clause Of the riot
act to be read. You have read it al
ready" said Burke the mob Is dis-
persed."
But the story that will commend Itself
most to Sir Carnc Rasch is that OF the
bishop who. upon proposing 10 divide
the remainder OF very long speech into
twelve parts was suddenly interrupted
by the Duke OF Wharton with story
OF a drunken fellow, who. after listening
to ST Paurs Ginning out the strokes OF
u o'clock, looked up at the dial and said.
% you why couldn't you give us
all that at once2'-London Chronicle.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
Only Cut Flowers in Demand

Florists are complaining that there
is no longer any demand for the elab-
pirate house decorations they used to
supply during the season in New York.
The eXtravagant and complicated floral
pieces formerly popular ut weddings or
dances IN private houses are now used
only when such functions occur in res.
taurants and hotels. New York homes
are so beautiful nowadays, ono Of the
Fifth avenue florists explained, "that
their owners do not want the rooms
covered with floral pieces They want
cut flowers to stand about in vases. and
we arc this year sending lilies and roses
wired for tins purpose. Made-up gar
lands or any wired designs are out of
style. There is n certain loss to us
i'll this change of fashion; but there
arc ways of making the demand for cut
flowers so great that there is compensa-
ton IN the higher prices. So we don It
really lose much. New York Cor,
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
A New Railway Luxury.

With special coaches equipped with
libraries, bathrooms, sun parlors, games,
pianos and so on, one would imagine
that the luxuries of railway travel were
about exhausted. Not so, however, for
at least two of the transcontinental
lines promise to inaugurate novelty
within a few months which will be
not only boon to actors and actresses,
but TO the general travelling public as
well.
The novelty will be n theater car.
Impressed by the hearty reception given
stage folk who on several occasions
while crossing tho middle West and
Rockies have entertained their fellow
passengers with scenes from this. that,
or the other play, arrangements are
being made whereby certain transconti-
mental trains will carry coaches in
which stages, curtains and facilities for
acting will be installed. Players who
appear will get minimum rates, or per-
haPs free passage, and certain charge
will be made for admission to the
theater car for performances.-New
York Sun.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-12
When Dobbs Writes Home.

Friend Dobbs was about leaving home
FOR the continent. and his wife, knowing
his aversion to letter writing. aocommo-
datingly said:
Now, John. You must be eyes and ears
FOR us at home and drop us an occa-
slonal post card telling us anything OF
interest, Don't forget. Will you?"
The husband promised and left The
next morning his wife received a post
card with the following, Dear wife, |
reached Dovor all right. Yours aft"
Though somewhat disappointed she
thought her husband must have been
pressed for time. Two days later, how
ever. another card arrived with the
thrilling announcement. Here / am in
Paris,-Yours ever" And still later: "I
am indeed In Paris,-Yours"
Tho wife swallowed her chagrin and,
being good at retaliation, seized her pen
and wrote: Dear husband, the children
and ] are ut Brixton Yours
A few days later she wrote again. 1--WE
are stlll in Brixton."
In her last communication she grew
more enthusiastic; Dear husband here
we are, Ia Brlxton. l repeat It, sir. We
are In Brixton, P. S.-We are, indeed"
In due time her husband reached home
and. almost fearing that his poor wife
had temporarily lost her senses hastened
to ask tho meaning OF her strange mes
sages. For answer she handed him his
own three post cards.
What is sauce for the goose lis sauce
for the gander," she said
Thero Is not the slightest doubt that
Mr. John Dobbs prcllted by tho lesson
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