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Free press., 1906-11-24

When the early Americans OBJ
served Thanksgiving day they had a
poignant sense of obligation for the
gifts for which they returned thanks.
Theirs was a year-long struggle for
life. If the crops were full and If the
scourges of Indian raids and disease
had been withheld, they owed to the
mercy of God the primal boon-life
itself.
A terrible sense OF the Affections
and uncertainties of existence made
their thanksgiving for year Of health
and bare suficiency a passionate. sol
enn and immediate gratitude. like
that of the Jews for their deliyerance
out of the wilderness.
In our days of prosperity, when no
one season more than another brings
home to US the special mercies of
God, the gratitude which the day sum
mons US to express Is vaguer than
that of our early forefathers, and the
festival is in danger of becoming
merely formal. a traditional observ-
ance without feeling.
But although We have lost in our
Free press., 1906-11-24

Many Chicago lawyers who were
found by the United States investi-
gators to have looted the files of the
Cook county courts to conceal divorce
cases are threatened with contempt
proceedings. John Bell, in charge of
The chancery record writer's of the cir
cult court, has ordered 125 Chicago
lawyers to return to the vaAlts the Of
fetal records of divorce cases for
which they gave receipts, but which
they never returned. Many of the
court records were taken from the
files as long as 16 years ago, and
scores of them, some OF the most
noted divorce cases ARE said to have
been lost. The action taken is the
first to cure an evil with which the
courts have been burdened for several
years.
Free press., 1906-11-24
T See 1t All Z" He Moaned.

get up, because he was so sore. But
he crawIed out to feed his turkeys.
When he got to the barnyard, his
heart nearly stood still. There was
not q single, solitary turkey in the
place.
He stood with his mouth open, won
Gering. Then, slowly a terrible sus-
picion entered his mind. He limped
as fast as he could to the back, and,
sure enough. there he found great
holes in the walls of the houses:
I see it ALL" he moaned, sitting
right down in the mud. THAT vii
lain took me through the woods and
back to my own turkey houses"
He vas quite right.
When poor but honest Bill went by
the house, carting his so turkeys to
the town, Noah Wamskittle shook his
fist out of the window, but Bill Leg
go only laughed. and so did every
body else in Sandtown when they
heard of it.
Free press., 1906-11-24
cAsTELLANE DIVORCED.
an Allowance and Made Him
Pay the Cost

Paris, France. = The tribunal OF
first instance of the Seine, Judge
Ditto presiding, at noon Wednesday,
granted divorce to the Countess De
Castellane formerly Anna Gould of
New York; and gave her the custody
Of her children, who. however, will
France without the consent OF their
father, Count Boni De Castellane.
The end OF the famous case came
suddenly. The court brushed aside
the demand of the counts lawyers
for an examination of witnesses and,
as anticipated. the public prosecutor
did not even ask to be heard.
As soon as the court assembled
Judge Ditte handed down the judg-
ment. which is a sweeping victory
for the countess. In granting her
petition for divorce the court gave
the countess the custody of her chill
dren, the count being allowed only
the usual rights to see them and
share in the control of their educa-
ton. which was not contested.
The counts demand of an ALI
mentary allowance of $4,000 annual
"" was pronounced by the court to
he without foundation in law and
was rejected.
Anna Gould, the youngest daughter
of the late Jay Gould, was married
to Count Ernest Boniface De Castel-
lane. the eldest son of the Marquis
De Castellane, at the New York
home Of her brother, George J.
Gould, March 4, 1895.
Free press., 1906-11-24

easier life the sharp pathos of this
day Of prayer as the Puritans knew If.
we have by national growth extended
its meaning and preserved much of its
depth.
The American who asks, What
have 1 to te thankful for?" thinking
of some special material thing, misses
the meaning of the day. The thing
to be thankful for is that We are citi-
zens of a great nation. which God has
prospered exceedingly This day cell
ebrates our national gratitude to God
the universal idea. as old as the
Hebrew nation. that the state depends
on God.
Many nations have festivals of re-
joicing end THANKSGIVING Our festi-
val is peculiar 10 this country, in the
uaiversality of its observance by all
kinds of Americans, and in the fact
that Il was not gwen 10 the people as
a church tradition, but that the people
created a religious day and gave it
TO the churches. 1t is the day when
the nation as a whole dedicates Itself
to God.-Youth's Companion.
Free press., 1906-11-24
COFFEE IMPORTERS
Publish a Book About Coffee.

There has been much discussion as
to Coffee and Postum lately, so much
in fact that some of the coffee import.
ers and rOasters have taken to type
to promote the sale of their wares
and check If possible the rapid growth
of the use of Postum Food Coffee.
In the coffee importers book a chap
ter is headed Coffee as Medicine"
and advocates its use as such.
Here is an admission Of the truth.
nost important to all interested.
Every physician knows, and every
thoughtful person should know. that
habitual use of any medicine" of the
drug-stimulant type of coffee or whis-
ky quickly causes irritation of the
tissues and organs stimulated and
finally sets up disease in the great
majority of cases If persisted In. II
may show in any one of the manv
organs OF the body and in the great
majority Of cases can be directIv
traced to coffee in most unmistaJV.
able way by leaving off the active If.
coffec--and using Postum
Food Coffee for matter of ten davs
II the result is relief from neryous
trouble, dyspepsia, bowel complaint
heart failure, weak eyes, or any ether
malady set up by a poisoned nervous
system, you have your answer with
the accuracy Of a demonstration ID
mathematics.
@These'c reason. for Postum.
Free press., 1906-11-24
INSOMNIA CURED
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills Restores
Wrecked Nerves to Normal Con-
dttjon and Good Health Followed.

DR.. Williams Pink Pills Restored
Wrecked Nerves to Normal Con-
dttion and Good Health Followed.
The sufferer from sleeplessness too Of
ten resorts to habit-forEning drugs IN
order. to secure the coveted rest. But
sleep obtained by the use of opiates Is
not refreshing and the benefit Is but
temporary at best.
Mrs. II. A. Fletcher, of SO Blodget
street, Manchester, n. H, is living evil
dence of the truth of this statement.
She says: Ct received a shock of an
apoplectic character. It was so severe
that the sight of my right eye was at
fected, causing me to see objects double.
I was confined to my bed about four
weeks, at one time being told by the doc
tor that I could not get we'll. When 1
could leave my bed was III such a ner-
vous state that could not sleep at night.
I would get up aud sit on chair until
completely tired out and then go back &c
bed and sleep from exhaustion.
81 had been under the doctors care
for six weeks when my sister, Mrs.
Loveland, of Everett, persuaded me to
try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. / began taking the pills with
the result that soon experienced relief.
One night soon after taking them lay
awake only a short time and the next
night rested well. From that time
slept we'll every night and SOON got we'll
and strong. [ have recommended DIR.
Williams Pink Pills q number of times,
and my niece has taken them for weak
nerves and poor blood and found them
very beneficial"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
many severe nervous troubles, headache,
neuralgia and sciatica as well as diseases
OF the blood such asanseInia, rheumatism,
pale and sallow compilations and many
forms of weakness. All druggists sell
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, or they will be
sent by mail postpaid, on receipt of price,
so cents per box, six boxes for So. so, by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Free press., 1906-11-24
To Attend Knnsas city Meeting.

ST. Louis. No. = United States
Minister to Columbia John Barrett,
Minister Enrique Cortes from Colum
bia. Minister Felipe Pardo from Peru
and Minister Ignacio Calderon from
Bolivia, arrived from the east Sunday
afternoon and Sunday night were en-
tertained at dinner at the st Louis
club as the guests of D. R. Francis
At midnight the party accompanied
by Mr. Francis. departed for Kansas
City to attend the Trans Mississippi
Commercial congress there. of which
Mr.. Francis is the president
Free press., 1906-11-24
SOMEBODY "MADE GOoD.n
Package Containing $1,0S5.5O Has
just Reached San FrancicO Re-
lief Fund by Express Company.


San Francisco,-The package IF
coin containing $1.0S5.5O contributed
by the citizens of Searchlight, New,
for the relief of the San Francisco
sufferers which had been missing for
some time, was delivered to the relief
corporation Friday by an express COM
pany. The package bore the inscrip-
ton General Relief Fund, care of
Mayor Schmitz, San Francisco" 1t
was seale5 with a San Francisco seal,
although the address of the sender
was given as Los Angeles. The bun
die of currency bears the date "S-9-
OG.' The money contributed by the
citizens of Searchlieht was transmit
ed by check to a Los Angeles bank.
with instructions to send the actual
coin to San Francisco.
General Manager Christensen of
the express company which handled
the money, Friday afternoon gave out
the following statement:
There is nothing to be said in re-
gard to this matter. We were unable
to find the package containing the
relief funds from the citizens of
Searchlight. To close the incident we
made up new package and sent it
to the relief corporation Friday"
Free press., 1906-11-24
The American Girl a Bore.


The editor of the North American
Review seems to be suffering from
an attack of dyspepsia. In the last
issue he says he finds little that is in
teresting in the American girl Of to-.
lay between the ages OF Is and %. She
has failed to keep pace with the Am
erican boy, whose advance the edi-
tor recently remarked upon with sat
1sfaction. We quote Mr.. Harvey: I'm
deed, if the blunt truth be spoken, she
is an intolerable bore, self-conscious,
ignorant, and concerned chiefly with
matrimonial aspirations. To the
Englishman her pertness, which he
imagines to be chic, is fascinating
and indicative of mental brightness
bat this effect is attributable large
Iy to his own dullness. 1t is the
clever management of limited
number Of phrases, supplemented by
copious use of what he considers de-
lightful slang, not substance or even
measurable information that appeals
TO his jaded mentality. In point Of in
telligence she is We believe the equal
If not the superior of her English
cousin, but in the choice of language
she is sadly inferior The use of
slang by boys finds some excuse in
unavoidable association with unre-
fined men; it's use by girls is simply
odious and a direct reflection upon
the attention and taste Of their mo-
theirs. The mother of the present
day, for whose comrade-relationship
with her boys we have profound ad-
miration. is likely TO be so apprehen-
sive that her daughter may seem old
fashioned and lack some of the i'm
mediateiy modern competitive fascin-
ations that she unwisely tolerates
practices disagreeable to herself. Ap-
parently. she has yet to learn that, to
the intelligent American of marriage
able age, pertness soon comes to be
as distasteful as even priggishness."
Free press., 1906-11-24

me tonight we can cut holes into his
turkey houses and 1et all his birds fly
into the woods. He will be quite un-
able to catch them again in time for
shipment and the people in the city
will be glad to pay you high prices
for yours"
The poor man, whose name was
Bill Leggo, made believe to agree
with the mean man. But really he did
not agree with him at all, for he
came of poor but honest parents, and
was very much like them himself So
he devised a cunning plan.
That night he went to Noah's house
and said to him: Let US go to do this
deed. But we will have to go into the
woods just behind your house and
work around through them for sew
eral miles, so as to approach the dea-
cons place through the underbrush in
the back. 1t would never do for US
to be seem
THAT is a good idea," said Noah
But 1 do not know the way through
the woods"
81 will guide you," said poor but
honest Bill. 81 fear, however, that
you will find it rough going, for we
cannot dare to carry a lantern
He took hold of Noah's arm and of
they went, up and down and in and
out, through thick and thin and thorn
and swamp, this way and that way,
twisting and turning, till Noah was
nearly dead and only his great mean
uess kept him going.
At last, scratched and bruised and
full of mud, weary and suffering, he
ell into a deep mudhole, which.
strangely enough, had been avoided
.leverly by poor but honest Bill.
Never mind" whispered Bill, help
ng him up, I'VE have arrived"
Free press., 1906-11-24
SURVIVAL of Ancient a.li.f

1t is an ancient belief that a mans
name has some mysterious sympathy
with his nature, whence arise such
stories as that of Rumpelsultskin.
whose power over a human being
vanishes the moment that his name
ST pronounced aloud. 1t has been
suggested, with some show of reason.
that the modern practice of nam
ing" a refractory member OF the
house of commons is merely a sur.
vival of this belief, which our Morse
ancestors brought into England.-St.
James Gazette
Free press., 1906-11-24

Sir Thomas Upton is still talking
about the Americas cup as though he
expected to get it. Don't you think it
would be good thing for it to go
back to its old home once more?" he
asks. Well. the cup left it's old home
when it was so very young, and has
never been back since, so we question
If any very tender memories of nome
still haunt the cup. But there is no
harm in Sir Thomas trying to get it.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Want New Treaty with Japan.

San Jose, Calf = In an inter
view Congressman E. A Hays
said: Il expect to introduce a reso-
luton at the coming session of con-
gress asking The president to enter
into negotiations with Japan for the
purpose Of making a new treaty be-
tween the two countries 20 settle this
question of Japanese immigration in
somewhat the same manner as we
settled the question with China, which
believe to be the only sure way of
preventing serious trouble and per-
Eaps war with Japan.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Japanese Lnun,h First nattIeship.

Toxic = The first class japanese
battieship Satsuma. of $4,000 tons,
the first battlcship to be launched in
Japanese waters, too's the water
Thursday in the press .ce of the en-
peror The greatest enthusiasm was
manifested. The newspapers here re-
fleet the e2och-making nature of the
event, as indicated by the unprece-
Genicd presence of the emperor, and
eulogize the success OF the naval
constructors. 1t is taken for granted
that the Satsuma, is the equal to If
not the superior Of anything afIoat-
Free press., 1906-11-24
They Hear of Rocl1cfeIIer and Ryan.

AHeS AAe''E Ok A@"cI "iao Ia S+'-'
Brussels. = 1t is announced that
great strides have been made in
the development of the Congo Inde-
pendent state. Concessions have
been granted to three companies. one
of which is to construct a railroad,
second to conduct mining operations
and the third to exploit India rubber
resources. One of the principal pro
meters OF the mining and India rub
Der companies is declared TO be
Thomas f Ryan, while the name OF
John D. Rockefeller is mentioned in
connection with them.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Penry at Chmteau Bay.

Halifax. n S.-A dispatch to the
Associated Press from Chateau Bay,
Labrador, announces the arrival there
at 6 o'clock Thursday evening of the
Arctic steamer Roosevelt with Com
mander Peary aboard. which had
been delayed by heavy weather fur
ther up the coast. The steane~
fog-bound at Chateau bay and is ex-
pected to said Friday morning for
Sydney
Free press., 1906-11-24
Monument at AndersonyiIIe.

AndersonvilIe. Ga-The monument
erected to tie memory Of Iowa sol
diers in the Andersonville National
cemetery was dedicated Friday by
Governor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa,
assisted by his official staff, the Iowa
Monument commission and nearly 150
former Andersonville prisoners
Free press., 1906-11-24
To Recon.t~as.t- ,aIrarasso.

Santiago. ChIi-The chamber of
deputies Wednesday passed the bill
for the reconstruction of Valparaiso
and authorizing loan OF S5,000.c00
to be devoted to the work or repair
ing the destruction by earthquake
Free press., 1906-11-24
For Indian rerr,tory PIpe y.ine.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Announcement was
made Thursday that the National
Tube company, subsidiary company
of the United States Steel corpora
40 miles of eight-inch pipe for a
pipe line to connect the Indian terri
tory field with the refineries at Port
Arthur, Texas The outlay for the
pipe line. it is said, will amount to
about $4,000. 900.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Ne Cause For comnlalnt

Were YOU successful with your
first case?" asked the lawyer.
"Oh. yes" replied the physician.
HE had his life insured for $4,000 and
his widow paid the bin without a muir
MUIR
Free press., 1906-11-24

The gunners of our Maine made
% hits out OF SO shots when firing
with six-inck guns at a floating target.
two miles away, and steaming at u
knot pace. News of this circumstance
ought tc be worth years Of peace to
US
Free press., 1906-11-24

The Teuton who has married the
richest woman in the world will lose
the comfort OF being asked now and
then for check to pay the milliney's
bill. and of saying. What BANKED ex-
trayagance"
Free press., 1906-11-24
brighter in North,vcst.

Seattle. Wash.-The recent floods
in the northwest are rapidly subsid-
ing. Commerce is being resumed,
reconstruction of railway bridges
and lines. and general repair work
is progressing.
Free press., 1906-11-24
RnnI, wrcc,xcr SentcnceL.

Clevelard.-J. F. Zimmerman plead
ed guilty to the charge OF conspirins
to wreck q national bank, in the fed
cral court here Tuesday, and was SEN
fenced to serve two years in the peni-
tentiary. and to pay a fine of $4,000
Free press., 1906-11-24
More ray for lsxrre.s Em

More Pay for Express EmrIoye~.
New York.-The wages of employ
es OF the American Express com
pany who are paid less than $500 a
month were increased 10 per- cent
beginning Thursday. 10000 en-
ployes are affected.
Free press., 1906-11-24
To The school of the mind.

Topeka. Kan. = Frank B. Dyer,
assistant state superintendent OF
schools has been appointed superin-
tendent of the state school for the
blind in Kansas City. Kan. by Gov
ernOr HOch.
Free press., 1906-11-24
Not Takina pesperate chances.

No; I'm too poor a swimmer to
venture in"
But your friends there will look
after you"
Maybe. They're all below me in
inc of promotion at the office"
Free press., 1906-11-24

Henderson. Iowa, = The bank of
Henderson was dynamited early Fri
day by robbers. They secured near
iy $4,000 and escS ped
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-13
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
NEW PRECINCTS TO BE MADE
IN MERCER COUNTY.
WEST VIRGINIA.


At a County Court continued and
held for the county OF Mercer at the
Court house thereof. on Monday. the
! 2srd dayN July. 1906.
In the matter OF increasing the
syoting precincts In Beaver Pond dis
ltrict:
! This day II /. Shott. A. ]. Hearn
land p. j. Kelley. who were hereto
fore appointed committee to lay on
and describe additional voting pre-
cincts in the city of Bluefeld. and
r. C. Dangerheld. J. c. Davidson and
Alex Cooper. who were heretofore
appointed to lay of and describe
voting precinct for Brush Fork, sub
mitted their respective reports in
writing. which are in words and
figures to wit: Ito the Worshipful,
the County Court of Mercer County"
&c which reports being inspected by
the Court are In all matters con-
Armed and adopted. II is further
Torrance with the report of the said
IL. Shott a. ]. Hearn and p. J.
Kelley that there be and is hereby es-
tablished within the city OF Bluefield
voting places, numbered from l TO
g, inclusive. the precinct lines of
which are and shall be bounded as
follows:
Precinct No. /:
On the north by Norfolk and West
ern Railway Company's right OF way;
on the east by Thomas Street; on the
south by the summit OF Gravely ridge.
running with a line of the Bmefeld
Water Works and Improvement
company's land, and on the west by
the line dividing the states OF Virgin
ia and West Virginia Voting place
at the store of w. A. Reedy
Precinct No. 2:
on the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's right
of way: on the east by Mercer street;
on the south by the summit of
Gravely ridge on the line mentioned
above; on the west by Thomas street.
Voting place at store building OF F..
II. Carter.
Precinct No. g.
On the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's right
OF way; on the east by Higginbotham
avenue on the south by summit OF
Gravely ridge on the line mentioned
above, and on the west by Mercer
street. Voting piece at City Hall.
Precinct No. 4
On the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's right
Cf way; on the east by Monroe street
70 the intersection OF Raleigh street;
thence straight line TO summit of
Gravely ridge: on the south by the
summit of Gravely ridge on the lines
OF the Bluefield Water Works and
improvement company. and on the
west by Higginbotham avenue Vo-
ting place at store building OF OF p.
eney.
Precinct No. s:
-----15Snf The north by the south line OF
Precincts Nos. /. 2, 3, and 3; on
the south and west by the Virginia
state line; and on the east by the
tAda) Precinct No 9. Voting place
at store building of Hall Il Noel
Precinct No g.:
On the south by the summit of
Gravely ridge. or precinct no. 5, to
point opposite the in
tersection of Monroe and Raleigh
streets? said line being also part OF
the northern boundary OF Precinct
NO b; on the west by a straight line
to tho intersection OF Raleigh and
Monroe sereets; thence along Monroe
crossing the railroad to Henry street
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-13

Littlesburg TO Falls Mills. by way OF
j. Higginbothams and from that
point TO the dwelling house OF Mrs.
W. Il. Davidson. and running from
the said dwelling house OF Mr.. w. n.
Davidson so as to include any voter
at said house on n straight line to
the dwelling house OF Hezlkiah Poe.
so as TO include any voters that may
be at house on the waters OF LOTIONS
Lick and from that running with
the waters of LOTIONS Lick to the
line of Rock District and running
from that point I'm a south west di-
rection and with said Rock District
line until II connects with line d.
viding Mercer and Tazeweii county.
and with said county line until Il
connects with the corporate lines 4
Bluefeld and with said corporate
line OF Blueheld to the beginning.
and the voting place shall be at
Brush Fork School house.
IL is further ordered that the num-
bering OF the voting precincts In
said district be and is hereby changed
so that Ada Precinct shall No.
Belcher's School house No. 10, lit
tlesburg No. IL. Brush Fork school
house No. II. And the electors with
In the said precincts shall ut ensuing
elections vote at the places herein
set forth within the,r respective pre-
cincts. II is further ordered that the
Clerk OF this Court do forthwith
make on and deliver TO the snerir
OF this county four copies OF this
order for each precinct herein de
scrlbed and the sheriff shall post
in four public places In each pre-
cinct a copy hereof. The Clerk Is
also directed To cause copy of this
order to be posted at the front door
OF the court house.
II is further ordered that the
Clerk do cause copies hereof TO be
delivered to the Dainty Leader. a
democratic paper In said county and
the Daily Telegraph. republican
paper in said county. for publication
and said papers are directed TO pub
lish in their columns this order foI
one month and render their account
to this Court
A Copy. Teste:
ESTILL BAILEY. Clerk