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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15
WHILE WE MAY

The hands are such dear hands.
They are so full they turn at on
demands,
So often; they reach,
With trifes scarcely thought abou!
So many times: they do
So very many things for me, 70
you
If their fond wills mistake,
We may well bend, not break.
They are such fond, frail lips
That speak to us. Pray, if Low,
strips
Them OF discretion many times,
Or if they speak too slow or quick
such crimes
We may pass by: for we may see
Days not far of when those SINAI
words may be
Held not as slow, or quick, or on
of place, but dear
Because the lips are no more re.
They are ouch dear, familiar fee.
that go
Along the path with our-fee.
fast or slow,
And trying to keep pace-if the,
mistake
Or tread upon some flower that ".
would take
Upon our breast, or bruise som
reed,
Or crush poor Hope until It bleed.
We may be mute.
Not turning quickly % imDute
Grave fault. for they and we
Have shch a little way to go -caa
be
Together such a little while alon
the way
We will be patient while we may.
So many little faults we find.
We see them for not blind
Is love We see them. but II you
ana 7
Perhaps remember them some r..
and by
They vii. not be
Faults then grave fauIts-to so,
and me-
But just odd ways mistakes. o..
even Jess
Remembrance 20 bless
Days change go many things -yee
hours
We soc so differently ln suns an,
mowers
Mistaken words tonight
May Do so cherished by tomorrow
light
We may be- patient. FOR we know
There's such little way TO go
George Klinglo
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15
EPISCOPAL BISHOPS PROTEST
AGAINST NAVAL SHOW
AT JAMESTOWN.

In view OF the fact that the tri-
ennial meeting OF the general con
vention Of the Protestant Episcopal
church is to be held this year al
jamestown. Va a qumber of Epis-
copal bishops have Joined in formu-
lating a protest against the alleged
intention OF the management OF the
jamestown exposition to make that
exposition the greatest military
spectacle the world has ever seen
This protest is signed by the bish-
ops OF New Hampshire. Rhode Is
land, Oklahoma. South Carolina.
Colorado, North Carolina, wet ern
Michigan and Asheville and the
bishop coadjutor of Nebraska. II
has been forwarded to the exposi-
ton management.
In comon with many others
throughout the country" SAYS the
protest. I'VE have been surprised
and shocked at the transformation
OF the program which has now gone
so far as only too fully to warrant
tho announcement which Is made
that the exposition will be primari-
ly military and naval celebration
We are confident that such a plan
as that now announced, calculated
to stir up the fever OF military ex-
element and emulation in our peo-
pie at a time when that is pre-
cisely what We should all most ear
nestly cooperate to discourage. can.
not command the approval OF the
serious and thoughtful citizens OF
the republic. The primary of these
features, in our judgement makes
the present plan of the exposition
discordant with the character of oul
religious commemoration at James
town, incongruous with the his
toric event which is it's occasion
unworthy OF this peaceful Ameri
can republic. and a gross anachro
ism at time when our own nation
Is TO unite with the nations Of the
world in deliberations in behalf o.
the supplanting OF the hoafy wrong
and yanities of war by the rationa
and worthy methods of information
al justice. We solemnly protes
against it,"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15

to pIuCF H CLARE. and GEORGE
r. sTABBOOK Trustee.
TAKE NOTICE.
THAT ON the 18th day of February,
1907, at tho Offices Of Riley, Ross &
l-aala sohu Building, Blueheld,
ercor County West Virginia. be-
tween the hours of a. m. and G p.
m- of that day, ] shall proceed to
take the dispositions Of J. NJ. Echols
and others. to- DE read ln evidence I'm
my behalf in q certain suit in chan
oarv depending in the Circuit Court
a. Mercer county. wherein I am
plaintiff and H. T.. Hunt Percy H..
Clark mud George J.. Estabrook,
"rua.ee nIe dcrendcne, and If the
taking Of said dispositions be not
commenced Oh if commenced. be
r1. concluded. on chat day. the TAX
nr thereof wu be diourned from
a. TO day of tne same place, and
hatW. The Same hours until the
u. .. 1. completed
G-u under my hand this 21st
dey of january 1907.
j. M ECHOLs.
by Counsel.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15
Office OF MEETING
or GTOCKHOLDERs

Notice is hereby given that the
ANNUAL Meeting Of the stockholders
ri ths Louisville Coal & Coke Com
amy win De held I'm the office Of
Jouo Watts & Company. Law build
ne. LwchhWg Virginia, at 10
O'Clock Do tuesday, February
18TH, A. ID. 1907.
This january 27th, 1907
ISAAC r. MANN. President.
jAIHl5 COLLINS, Secretary
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15
r AM AGENT

For two Of the largest But
crime concerns i'm the coun-
ry Good Terms and lowest
o- obtained for those
favor me with their or
lC
also Wholesale dealer
I the Finest
CREAMERY BUTTER
Packed jon squares and solid
IIomp. Delivery.
RANK BARRY,
Phone 90 Pulaski St.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15

ions. The awakening is sure to
ONE but no man can say whether
it will come tomorrow or a thous.
and years hence"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15
Reason WHY.

$lo5ooO ACCIDENT BENEFITS is the amount paid by the
TRAVELLERS IN 1905 stands by Itself history ACCIDENT IN
n than that combined
and in itself an invincbIe proof
First THAT ACCIDENT INSURANCE great protective
titles of life
second THAT THE ACCIDENT by the Travellers are most
liberal and most carefully devised policy
the Company actuated generous spirit of adjust
en which Is as important pocyhoer as the terms of
'tmrd THAT THE TRAVELLERS PIONEER COMPANY has
dysed by ito satisfied annually increases its
supremacy and estige company the world
CLAUDE W. MOSS, District Agent
L60RNION BUILDING, BLUEFIELD, w. VA
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15

Read the Daily Leader
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15
THE SWAN co.

Undertakes and Funeral
Directors.
Prices Reasonable, Salts
faction guaranteed.
Day Phone, 1876; Night
Phone 1881.
Telephone Building, Bland
Street.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-15

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
AMERICANS IN EUROPE.
Woman Tells Why Foreign Criti-
cism Isn't Wholly Unvvarramted.

Woman Tells Why Foreign Criti-
cism Isn't Wholly Unvarranted.
From time to time Americans are
Ggitated by the critical comments Of
some foreign writer, usually English,
who sends his impressions to his pa
pers, says Harriet Quimby In Leslie's
Weekly. AS an American, with all the
characteristic patriotism of enc born
under the stars and stripes, I have al
ways been among the first to denOunce
such writer's as prigs ignorant of their
subject; but after a season Of unpreJu-
diced observation along the famous
French and italian Riviera and con-
tinued into Egypt, the Mecca Of the
majority of our travellers this season,
1t is forcibly borne in upon me that,
after all, foreign writer's are not SO
far wrong in their criticisms Of Ameri-
cans abroad: but that their observa
lions lacked completeness is also OBJ
vious, for they failed to enumerate the
failings Of the English and also those
of the Germans.
The most fragrant mistake which
young feminine America makes when
she has safely landed from her ia
vorite Hamburg liner on this side of
the Atlantic is the exercise of that
freedom and natural coquetry which in
her own country is understood, but
which is in contrast to the conduct of
her far less attractive, 1t is true, but
better behaved English and German
sisters is no more or less than hoyden-
ish, and in too many instances de-
sends to vulgarity. 1--WE are abroad,
and nothing Matters" is the general
attitude. She of good family and de-
mure behavior in her own city coquets
recklessly at the wrong time, think
ing nothing OF it herself, for she means
nothing, but in the buOyancy of her
spirits and the safety OF being IN
known she manages to attract that nat
ural criticism which she so bitterly re-
sentS when she returns to her own
home and chances to read what the
foreigners have thought Of her. What
is innocently called a lark and is in
itself innocent enough, no doubt, is re-
garded seriously by foreign men, and
even to the unprejudiced American eye
the extreme unconventionality, to use
a mild term, loses the charm with
which it is sometimes regarded in our
own country, where it is better under
stood.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
A Great POIygIOt.

Solomon Caesar Malan habitually
cOnversed with his children in Latin
but on. his deathbed, when Solomon
his son, began to recite a psalm in the
familiar vulgate of his youth, the dy.
ing man, scholar to the last, muttered
mon ita, non tia Hebraise;" so the
son repeated it in Hebrew.
He could, for that matter, Just as
well have said it in COptic or Chinese,
for to him all tongues came naturally.
At IS he could write in thirteen Ian
guages, Oriental and European, and
among his published works we find
translations from the Arabic, Persian.
Syriac, Ethiopic, Hebrew, Coptic, Ar
menian, Georgian, MongOl, Chinese,
Korean, japanese, Greek, Russian,
Welsh and Gothic. He IS said to have
learned to speak Armenian fiuently III
a fortnight, and he preached in Geor-
gian to a Georgian congregation in the
Cathedral of Kutais.-London Satur-
day Review.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
The Last Step.

When we reach the higher studies OF
foreign languages we are told to seek
diligently to learn to think in the alien
tongue. as well as to read and write it.
That is, we are expected to catch the
meaning of the strange words without
anv connection with English or English
speech.
From this one may come to appreci-
ate the experience Of certain Porto
Rican negro. He was asked, not very
long after his arrival in the United
States. if English was very difficult for
him.
"Oh, no. he said. Il learn her YER
quick"
80 you could understand it and
talk it,"
"Oh, yes, YER good. But l have one
trouble YER long time. | speak good,
an l hear good, but cannot dream in
English. 1 Away dream in Spanish.
An 1 feel YER bad, an 1 try so hard
to dream English. An one night do.
I dream English when 1 am asleep, an
l wake an l cry, an weep for joy.
| am happy. l can now dream in Eng
Itch
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
Not Aesop,s Day.

West Points aim is to teach men to
meet any situation with the best there
is in them. When General Custer was
a cadet, he ventured into the French
section room without having SO much
as looked at the days lesson. The sec
ton had been engaged in the transla-
ton Of Aesop's fables from French to
English, but on this particular day the
task consisted of a page Of history
written in French. Cadet Custer was
given the book and very brayely dash
ed into the translation of this sentence /:
Leopold, due d'Autriche, Sc mettit sur
les PLANES de Silesie." But the Duke
of Austria did not seem TO appeal to
him. for without hesitation he read:
"The leopard, the duck and the os-
trich met upon the plains Of Si1esia. -
Lfppincott's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
HE HIRED WEBSTER.

Sharp Nantucket Mans Bargain
with the Great Lawyer.
Of course Webster was in demand
by those who could afford to pay for
his services A sharp Nantucket man
Is said to have got TIE better of the
great defender of the constitution in
an amusing way, however. He had
small case which was to be tried at
Nantucket one week in June, and he
posted to Webster's office in great haste.
1t was a contest with a neighbor over
a matter Of considerable local interest,
and his pride as a litigant was at
stake. He told Webster the particulars
and asked what he would charge to
conduct the case
"Why," said Webster, you can't af-
ford to hire me. I should have to stay
down there the whole week, and my fee
would be more than the whole case is
worth. 1 couldn't go down there for
less than $1,000. L could try every
case on the docket as we'll as one, and
it wouldn't cost any more, for one case
would take my time for the entire
week, anyway"
"All right, Mr.. Webster" quickly re-
sponded the Nantucketer. Here's your
81 900. You come down, and I'll fix it
so you can try every case"
Webster was SO amused over this
proposition that he kept his word. He
spent the entire week in Nantucket and
appeared on one side or the other in
every case that came up for hearing
The shrewd Nantuclzeter hired Daniel
out to all his friends who were in liti-
CATION and received in return about
81 500, so that he got Webster's ser
vices for nothing and made q good
Drofit TO boot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28

me-" said the young man, lookinA
around a little uneasily.
Don't rush off, Billy" said the old
gentleman, securing him by coat but
ton. "They1l find you right here for
the next minute or two if they're good
lockers. l want to tell you how proud
1 am of you gettin' off that nice
piece. You went down to the marrer
of things, l tell you. Small successes
suffice for small SOULS says you. I
guess you keep your eyes skinned all
right. You look around you here an
you see fellers breakin' other fellers'
necks or tryin' to, an neglectin' theft
studies to get to be ha'f-back o. the
football team, or pitcher in the base
ball nine, an when they succeed they're
Jest about tol'ably we'll satisfied with
themselves. They think, by jucks, tina:
now they have done it. Amt that
so?"
"Maybe," replied the young man.
''Now, if you'll excuse me"
"I.emme tell you how 1 liked what
Won said about frugality bein' respect
able an not to be COMPOUNDED with
parsimony, an about there not bein'
any such thing as failure, when the
aim was sufficiently exalted, an about
integrity bein' essential to even the
material forms o. success, an the de
cent regard for the opinion o mankind
bein' ne'ss'ry an admitted by the most
INSCRIPTIONS That was great. When
the folks down to Higville expresses
themselves concernin' some snip of q
boy an the boy says they're passle
O. old mossbacks whose Opinyons don't
never amount to shucks-
"Well!" exclaimed the old gentleman
gazing after the young mans retreat
ing form. Il wonder if Billy took any
O. that as pers'nal. Chicago Daily
News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
SS.5.'::S::.j'Sat5turat1l,as
2S$-+1 G1toy"\

Barney was a retriever" although
unable to even enter bench show, for
he was a mOngrel. He knew a large
vocabulary, and would bring slippers,
shoes, hat, coat, newspapers, or spec
tacle case when asked to do SO. On
one occasion, when he had been unable
to carry a satchel too heavy, he rolled
it along the walk with his nose, eX-
hibiting great care and patience, with
out any suggestion from any one.
Jerry was a dog Of marked original
ity. He insisted upon a daily ride in
the street cars, and at last his master
secured life pass for him. When the
spirit of the hunt seized Jerry he went
to the Union station and slipped into
the baggage car on a Kansas City
train, where a friend worked. AS his
master sympathized with Jerry's taste,
he usually followed from st. Louis on
the next train to their happy hunting
grounds near Kansas City.
He was a three legged dog for all
practical purposes. For one hind leg,
which evidently had been injured long
ago, he always carried as if in a sling.
He belonged to neighbor Of ours in
London, but often would follow US
boys when we started for a stroll. One
day in the holidays we were bent on
a thirty-five mile tramp into the cOun-
try and drove the little fellow back as
he started to follow, fearing the long
jaunt would prove too much for him.
What was our surprise, after covering
about four miles Of the business streets,
to see him come limping up to meet US
at Greenwich, having carefully kept
out of sight until then. We had to
make the best of it and let him have
his way. He was frisky at first, but
sobered down as the figures on the
miIestones increased. A good sized
beefsteak at noon put life into him for
the return trip. But he gave us an
other surprise when, about half way
home, he suddenly let down his ire
serve leg" In desperation. From that
day he returned to the normal four
legged class.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28

There is nothing deceptive or mis-
leading about this animal excepting it's
name, and this after all is only the
name given to it, without intention to
offend, by the natives Of the Mishmi
hills on the northern frontier of
Assam, whence the first specimen was
obtained by Brian Hodgson forty
years ago from native hunters. 1t
occurs also in the mountainous regions
of western China, where a pale-cOlOred
variety of the species was discovered
by Pere David, and in Thibet. 1t is
known to scientific naturaliSts by the
name, BudOrcdS (bull antelOpe), it's
full title being BurdorcdS tGricOIOr.
There are two mounted specimens of
the takin in the British Natural His
tory museum.
The scientific interest attaching to
the talzin depends on the fact that it
furnishes one of the numerous links be-
tween the antelopes and the more ia
miliar sheath-hOrned ruminants which
we know as cattle Cox, buffalo, bison)
sheep and goats. The antelopes are
in fact a large and a very varied
group, some of elegant, graceful form
with long and fnely-chiseiled horns,
others with heavy heads and short
bull-like horns such as the gnu, others
goat-like il shape such as the Asiatic
serow, others stalwart and f1nely-made
like the Glands, which have straight.
powerful horns, whilst their Indian
representative, the beautiful blue bull,
or nilgai, has worry small horns.
The European chamois is a good
example of an antelope which forms O
link between typical antelopes and the
more familiar cavicorn, the goat. The
takin has In the adult broad tumid
bases to the horns, which nearly meet
In the middle line, and a curvature
which is not unlike that presented by
the horns of the gnu. There is, how
ever, one northern cavicorn-the musk
OK OF the Arctic circle-which in the
general character of the horns and
limbs, with large lateral hoofs, pre-
sents marked resemblance to the takin.
1t Is probable that the takin is an off
shoot Of the antelope stock which ulti-
mately produced the musk OK, Just as
the chamois, the Serow. and the CORAL
are probably remnants of another ante
lOpe line Of ancestry which gave rise
to the goats and sheep. The curious
saiga antelope with its enlarged nose
closely resembles in that feature son,r
varieties of sheep. whilst the wonder
full WaHachian sheep. the Oris strepsi-
ceros of Linnaus, has horns which are
unlike those of all other sheep and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28

"You done fine, Billy" said the old
gentleman, shaking the young mans
hand. Il was tickied to death-'most
as much as your mother. That was Il
great paper you read"
THANK you, SIR said the young
man, beaming with pleasure.
Yes, by jucks You hit the right
nail square on the head every time
Did you make that all up yourself,
or did some Of them professors help
you?"
Il didn't have any help" replied the
young man, with modest pride.
"You don't say! Well, think O.
that now! Don't it beat all how much
you know? Why, it took me forty or
fifty years to git through my head
what you jest reeled right off as slick
as grease an as pat as butter. Guess
there won't be no trouble about you
succeedin'. You've got success down
to a fine point, all right"
"There are certain underlying prin-
ciples, of course" began the young
"Course there is" agreed the old
gentleman. Determination confined
with unremitting industry, the ability
to discern mistakes and the nobility
to correct 'em will surely bring sue
cess says you. And you're dead right
about it. l don't see no show to up
set that argument. If you'd said it
was loafin' around the house an not
dom a hands turn to help with the
chores an spendin' dads hard-earned
money on blame foolishness and dis
sipations with a lot of other young
snipes and gettin' ugly an cranky when
an old Teller tried to pint out the
error of your ways-if you'd mp an
said that was what it was brought sue
cess I'd have had to differ with you,
sure.''
"Some of my friends are looking for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28
FUR USED IN MAKING HATS.
From the Ccypu, n South American
Rodent Resern bling the Reaver.

From the Ccypu, n South American
Rodent Resembling the Beaver.
Along the river banks and in the
lowlands of South America there is
found medium-sized rodent which, in
many respects, resembles our North
American beaver. This animal is
known as the coypu, and it's fur is
spoken Of in the fur and hat trade as
nutria, says Fur News. It's chief diff
ference from the beaver is in the tail,
which more nearly resembles that of
the otter. A fully-grown coypu is about
thirtyfye inches in length, including
the tail, and the length Of the body
alone Is from eighteen to twenty-five
inches.
The fur Of the coypu is short and
silky and much resembles beaver fur,
while the overhairs are stiff and Of q
yellowish brown in color, varying from
one to three inches in length. Nutria
first came into use about the year
1910, being used as an imitation beaver
In the making Of hats. Later on the
best skins were brought into use by
furriers, who worked it up to imita-
ton Of beaver, otter and seal, for which
purposes it is still used.
The skins suitable for furriers' use
are sold by the skin, while those which
are good only for hatters' furs are sold
by the pound. Present prices for skins
suitable for furriers' use are 60 cents
to $1.20 per skin, prices for skins for
cutting (hatters' furs) SO to A cents
per pound. 1t is said that about
per cent of the total catch Of this fur
is used in the United States and about
80 per cent of the catch is used in hat
making.
The coypu is hunted and trapped
from May until October by Indians and
Gauchos, who catch large numbers Of
the animals. After skinning the pelts
are dried IN the open air, and in this
condition are sold to local dealers in
the trapping districts. Collectors travel
through the country once a year and
buy up these lots Of skins, which they
ship to New York, London and Ham
burg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-28

In the attempt to abate the nuisance
of big and unsightly billboards, the
Municipal Art Society of New York
has urged the plan OF taxation. 1t is
recognized that within limits the owner
OF land has the right to do what he
pleases with It; but it is believed that
a law taxing revenue-producing bill
boards would be declared constitutional
by the courts. The society submitted
a bill to the State Legislature provid-
Ing that all surfaces above eight feet
square used for outdoor advertising
purposes shall be taxed u cents a
square foot unless permanently painted
in oil, In which case the tax shall be
s cents. Rocks, trees and other nat
ural objects, when devoted TO adver-
Using, are scheduled at a higher rate,
In addition to a special tax OF So a
year. The society has also prepared,
and viii urge, an amendment to the
city ordinances limiting the height of
roof signs to five feet above th cor
nice, and imposing q tax Of % cents q