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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

If the trouble in Wall street con-
tinues, some farmer who has Ia eed
a few barrels OF potatoes may go
down there and by ont he whole
Shebans. Wheeling Inteiii3anc,r.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

We have been watching the editor
ial page of the New York American
for several days now for the first
ear-marks of John Temple Graves.
its new editor. and find IL at last in
three short paragraphs, headed The
Worst OF All Poisons." The rhetoric,
as well as the severe condemnation
Of alcohol, is characteristic OF the
Georgia editor. Is II possible that.
having driven the saloons out OF his
own state with his brilliant writings.
MI. Graves has gone TO New York
with n similar purpose in view?
Quite probabla He Is sincere and
never-tiring. and though he may
never see Gotham noticeably reform
ed. he will ever be found striking
blows from the shoulder.-Charles-
ton Gazette.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

Let us speak of men as we find them
And censure only what We can see,
Remembering that none can be per-
feet
Unlegs they use HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea.
On sale at the White Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06
What Did Che Meant

He-But, my dear. this plan OF
your fathers OF living with us won.t
work.
she-Fiow like that is dear papa,-
Baltimore American.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

Don't imagine tnrt Br,s,oi al
be eSg-nogless this Christmas be-
causo the sal >us have i'een voted
out. Judging fro II The rim that ~.
made on the saloo the night tefJ: %
closing out. the "prlyR.e stock" 81
amply sufficient 20 a't through the
holidays. Tin, Is.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

GIRLS WANTED-Good wage {.
weekly pay roll. Bluefeld Pant
& Overall CO. 1926.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

ALI. who have COWS 10 sell send
their names to the Leader office.
e. I. Bishop. Bluefleld.
10-30-1w
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
ADS N THIS COLUMN ONE CENT
A WORD.

Mo ~ tbiS tOi't MN ONE CENT
A WORD.
WANTED for u. S, Army:
able bodied unmarried
men between ages of 81
and 30; citizens of United
States, Of good character
and temperate habits who
can speak, read and write
English. Men wantcl now
for Service in Cuba. Fol
information apply at Re-
cruiting Office Thornton
Building, Blue6eld, w
va
Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

MEN WANTED--Miners. coke men
and laborers of all kinds. can find
steady employment at the large
mining and coking plant of the
Pocahontas Consolidated Golfers
Co.. Pocahontas, va. Apply in
person to VIM. Leckie, Division
Superintendent. s11-1tf
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06
Wlllinn To Reniace

Only last night I stole a kiss.
Now my conscience pricks. alack!
Therefore I think I'll so around
Tonight and put Il back.
Chicago Daily News.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06
PALsfIST.

PalmiEt, who gives names and
dates, who dispells sorrow. tells how
to gain happiness. what to do that
you may overcome at once what now
worries annoys you; brings Joy. hap
p;ne7s. money. luck. marriage, SO you
may gain your wish or your dollar
back Hours 10 to 6.
PIANIST kinney,
1l-i-6t 621 Princeton Ave.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06
MAXIHs FOR BIJEFIELD
DEBTORS.

Don't pay your debts
--.a-.--
Rs1p big bully on the prem
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

There viii be votes wanted AMI
required in the spring"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

Carry a. your motto repetition
is the spice OF wit"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-06

Long live the Ring"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Sobieski dynasty. The definition of
dynasty is a family of kings. Poland
in the days of John Ill was an aristo-
cratic republic and elective monarchy.
There is a tradition that comes down,
however, that when the elective sys-
tenn was abolished by the new consti-
tuition in 1871 1t was the general
understanding that the Sobiesk fam
lily was to be the royal family. The
constitution was only prevented from
going into force by the conquest Of
Poland"
Col. Sobieski denies that the So
bieskis disappeared from Polish his
tory; he says they were in every fight
for Polish liberty.
Regarding the charge that the ex-
ecution of a Sobiesk (his father)
would have made thrill had it really
occurred" he says: Nicholas had
a wonderfully effective method of
quietfng thrills, or at least the mani
festation of them
Col Sobieski has instructed his
Chicago attorney to confer with the
Polish editor regarding the submission
of the case to Cracow university
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
HEALTH and SPIRITS
Are Restored by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills in Cases of Debility and
DeSpondencv.
Dependency.

General debility is caused by mem
tai or physical overwork with imper-
feet assimilation of nourisnment, or
by some acute disease from which
the vital forces have been Frustrated
and the entire organism weakened SO
as not to easily rally. To restore
health it is necessary that the blood
should be purified and made new.
The case of Mrs. e. M. Spears, OF
e2 Mt. Pleasant street, Athol, Mass,
Is a common one and is given here in
order that others may be benefited by
her experience. She says: 81 had been
sick for year from indigestion and
general debility brought on by over
work and worry. / mad tried many
remedies, but found no relief. / suf-
Tered from swelling of tie limbs. loss
Of appetite and dizzy spells, which be-
came. SO severe towards night, that
sometimes tainted away I was bill
ious and my hands and arms would
60 to sleep for an hour or two at q
time. 1 was SO sleepy all the time
that / could hardly keep awake. I
had frequent cramps in my limbs and
severe pains at the base of my head
and in my back. Ny blood was i'm
poverished- I was afraid to give up
and go to bed fearing that 1 would
never get well.
About this time DIR. Williams,
Pink Pills were recommended to me
by a friend in South Vernon, VT. L
felt better soon after beginning the
treatment and continued until I was
entirely cured. consider DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills a grand medicine
for weak women
DR. williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists. or sent. postpaid, on
receipt of price so cents per box. six
boxes $3.50. by the Dr. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

That jolly old sea dog, Rear Admiral
Coghlan, told story at dinner a few
nights ago which was given to illus
trate his distaste for being the last
speaker Having the last words re-
minds me of a story 1 heard not long
ago" said the admiral. "A certain
man died and a clergyman was en-
gagged to offer eulogy. The worthy
minister prepared a sermon of exceed
ing length and strength, but just be-
fore he entered the parlor to deliver
1t he thought that it might be advis-
able to learn what the dead mans last
words had been. So he turned to one
of the weeping younger sons and
asked: My boy, can you tell me your
fathers last words?' He didn't have
none the boy answered; ma was
with him to the end"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
SAYS INFANT GRANDSON IS ROYAL HEIR
Interesting Predca77ent of California Youngster
the Romantic Story of His Croudezfher-Driven
from Austria by Macmillan He Liued Com
n,ond Firing Party That Ended the Career
of His Cns- Time Persecution.

Los Angeles, Ca1.-Sucking his bare
pink toes and calling aloud for the
royal nursing bottle, the rightful fu-
ture king of Poland lies in his cradle
in cottage in the West Adams street
district serenely unconscious of the
fact that a battle of documents and
family trees is raging over his crown
and estates.
Little does he care that a rude Chi
cago editor has denied the claim that
he is the direct descendant of Thad-
deus of Warsaw and heir to a vast
confscated estate-not to mention the
shattered Polish throne.
His fond father is L. s. Gilhausen, a
clerk in the First National bank His
grandfather is Colonel John Sobieski,
the well-known temperance lecturer
the last of the illustrious line of John
III, who rescued Europe from the
Turks.
From life of quiet retirement, this
grandfather and grandchild have burst
suddenly into national fame.
Recently Polish editor named
SiemiradsEi came into print in the
Chicago Record-He-ald denouncing
Colonel Sobieski as an impostor, or
practically that. He denies Colonel
Sobieski's claim to direct descent by
the eldest-son-of-the-eld route
from King John I'LL. the adored ma
donal hero of Poland-again not to
mention the throne and the great es-
tates.
This editor with a name like a
sneeZe claims that the last genuine
Sobieski died over a century and a
half ago. He calls upon Sobieski of
Los Angeles to bring forward his
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

At a recital it so happened that two
ladies We're making their way to their
seats at the very moment Won Buelow
finished his introduction of the first
movement of Beethoven's Sonata Pa
thetic. This so irritated him that he
purposely commenced the allegro at
such an absurdly slow pace as to make
the quayers in the bass correspond ex-
actly to the time of the ladies' foot
steps As may be imagined, they felt
on thorns. and hurried on as fast as
they could, while Won Buelow accel-
Grated his tempo in sympathy with
their increasing pace.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Pioeons Aid Phvsicians.

Carrier pigeons as aids to a physi-
clan are reported from the north of
Scotland. The doctor has scattered
practice, and when on long rounds he
takes several pigeons with him. II
one of his patients needs medicine
Immediately he writes out a prescrip-
ton, and by means of the bird for
wards it to his surgery. Here an as
sistant gets the message, prepares the
prescription and dispatches the medi-
cine. If after visiting a patient the
doctor thinks he will be required later
In the day, he simply leaves a pigeon,
with which he can be called, if neces-
sary.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

THERE are host of petty ailments
! which are the direct result of the
weather.
This is more true of the excessive
heat of summer and the intense cold
of winter, but is partly true of all
seasons of the year.
Whether it be a cold or a cough,
catarrh of the head or bowl complaint.
whether the liver be affected or tho
kidneys, the cause is very liable to
be the same.
The weather slightly deranges the
mucous membranes of the organs and
the result is some functional disease.
Peruna has become a standby in
thousands of homes for minor all
n7enfS of this sort.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
H. S. GIvLER. Pub.
The Public and the Director.


More important than statutory re-
form for the future of life insurance is
the reform of reason and moral senti-
ment, declares Francis c. Lowell in
Atlantic. We must come to consider
unpaid officers who give their time to
public affairs as persons making a
charitable contribution to the welfare
of the community The corporate
members and the directors of an insur-
ance company, like the corporate mem
bers and directors of savings bank,
must consider themselves, and must
be considered by others, to be engaged
in a work of public charity. A savings
bank, indeed, is supposed to be re-
ceptacle for the savings of the poor,
though the supposition is not always
true; while a life insurance company
is a receptacle for the savings of some
wellto-do or even rich. Charitable or
public service, however, may be rem
dered even where some beneficiaries
are able to pay for the service Where
the well being of the community, or of
many of it's members, requires great
service rendered alike to rich and
poor, those fitted to render it may be
asked to give their labor without pay,
if, for any reason, that is more con-
venient. This is the rule with col
leges and libraries, art museums and
hospitals.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

standing on the right of the firing
party. The firing party consisted OF
sc men, formed into two companies.
six to each of the doomed men, (Two
traitorous generals were executed at
the same time.)
Zone in each firing party of six had
a blank cartridge. There had been a
sharp rivalry for the honor of belong
ing to the firing party 1 was selected
to command the reserve firing party
When everything was ready each OF
the men was asked II he had any
thing to say
Fate Gives Deferred Revenge.
Macmillan, speaking in Spanish,
said in substance that he loved Mex
leo and desired it's welfare: and II
shedding his blood would be the means
of bringing peace and happiness to the
distracted country he was willing to
die. He asked that the commander OF
the firing party advance to him, and
he delivered to that officer six pieces
of geld which Is equivalent to about
ten dollars of our money He ordered
. piece of gold to be delivered to each
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Why Some Countries Are UnInhabited

Why Some Countries Are Uninhabited.
A mere glance at our maps i'm
presses a few general facts upon us.
We see that the largest areas of the
unknown are now in lands that are too
dry, as in the Sahara, the desert of
Arabia, and the steppes of Mongolia;
lands that are too wet and hot slim
ulating almost impenetrable forest
growths, as in parts of the Amazon
and Congo basins; lands that are too
cold and bleak, as portions of the
northern areas of America and Asia
Even the characteristics of the inhab-
itants influence the extent of the IN
explored. In proportion to total area,
says Cyrus c.. Adams in Harpers
Monthly, there is more unknown sur
face in Liberia than in any other po-
rtical subdivision of the world, be-
cause the Liberians, content to live
along the coast, have scarcely entered
their vast forest maZes, though they
TEEN with rubber and other resources
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

That fictitious personality of legal
creation, John Doe, has finally been
given a black mark. Last May the SUI.
preme court of Brooklyn handed down
an opinion that too much use was be-
ing made of the John Doe fiction, and
that justice often miscarried on that
account. Five justices agreed in this
conclusion A more important and
binding decision along this line has
now come from the New York court of
appeals in the case of a head book
keeper for Klaw & Erlanger, the heads
of the theatrical trust. He was hand
ed John Doe" subpoena and asked
to testify, and he refused. He was
threatened with contempt proceedings,
and the court ruled that he did not
have to obey such a summons. 1t
held that many subpoenas issued in
that manner are worthless, and that
mo business secret would remain I'M
known if such a command were
obeyed.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
MAYOR OF SUNBURY
Says Peru ma Is a Good
Medicine.

Hon. c. c. Brooks. Mayor of Sun
bury, Ohio, also Attorney for Farm
ers' Bank and Sunbury Building and
Loan Co., writes:
Il have the utmost confidence in
the virtue of Peruna- 1t is great
medicine have used it and 1 have
known many of my friends who have
obtained beneficial results from its
USE cannot praise Peruna too
highly"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
Maximiiian's Execution.

The old Polish nobleman tells of the
tragic incident of history-the execu-
ttion of the emperor-in simple sol
der fashion. In writing an account
of it for his biography. he says:
''The last three or four days of Max
imilian's life were spent almost Who'll
ly with the priest. On the morning
of the execution, June 10, 1867-a
bright, beautiful morning-he was
taken out of the old convent where he
was captured and where he had lived
during the time he was in our Gus
tody, and placed in an ambulance and
driven outside of the walls of the city
near an old fortress, where the execu-
ton took place.
Arriving on the grounds, the troops
were formed in line, the doomed men
were placed in position, Macmillan
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

E. H. Hartman says he would give
mp his wealth tomorrow if he could
He has looked around, however, and is
unable to discover any man or set of
men who would in his opinion be great
enough to assume the responsibility of
he were to unload it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

A writer in the Westminster Ga
zette says that European tourists,
who know their rights receive pay
from a landlord for allowing him to
paste on their baggage label bear
znE the name of his hotel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
CHS Z6 mA4L6aHM

proofs of descent He suggests that
his documents and proofs be submit
ted to the Imperial Academy of Sci
ence at CracQw.
He. may be- somewhat chagrined to
learn that the paper containing his
defy has come into the hands of Col
onel Sobieski, who has promptly ac-
cepted the challenge He has written
to the Chicago Record-Herald and to
Editor Siemiradski that he will be
pleased to leave the question to the in
stitution of learning named in the
defy If 1t can be shown that it is a
university of national Importance and
standing in Poland. Colonel Sobieski
confesses that he has never heard
Of it
= 1T is only for my honor that 1 am
preparing these documents said Col
onel Sobieski to the writer
He Wants Pie Throne.
There is no throne in Poland. If
there were one and 1t were offered to
me. give you my word 1 should re-
fuSe it,
The eyes of the old nobleman flashed
cs he added:
Rather would I go to the cradle
and strangle that little baby as he
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Many OF the young ofhcers under
whom he served on that expedition
afterward became famous in the civil
war-Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston,
then a colonel; Capt. Hancock. after
ward the northern general; Col Al
exander, who became Lees chief OF
stan; Fitz John Porter, Maj. Beaure-
gard Capt J. B. Magruder, afterward
a southern general, was commander
of young Sobieski's battery.
Witnessed Stirring Scenes.
When the war was getting ready to
break, young Sobieski's battery was
ordered recruited to It's full strength
and the young Pole was ordered to
New York and Washington on recruit
ing duty, witnessing the Inauguration
of Lincoln, the closing debates in the
senate and many other stirring
scenes
He went all through the civil war
and was terribly wounded the first
day of the battle of Gettysburg. 1t
was his privilege to be an eyewitness
to the most dramatic battle in naval
history. the first fight of the ironclads,
the fight between the Merrimac and
the Monitor.
After the war he went into Mexico
and began another fight for a peoples
freedom. He lived the hunted life of
guerrilla warrior, eating rattlesnakes
and living precarious life off the
country. He was commissioned col
onel. He seemed to have a charmed
life. He came through a hundred
thrilling escapades unhurt-once be-
ing the only man of an entire COM
mand to survive.
After the imprisonment of Emperor
Macmillan, Col. Sobieski became
one of the jailers of that Austrian
potentate who had driven the two pit
lfu1 efugees-Sobieski and his wild
owed young mother-from Italy. He
recalled that incident to the emperor's
mind one day in prison.
We'll, time rounds up all things"
said the unhappy prisoner.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

Sheer white goods, in fact, any nne
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in q
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09

one of the firing party. directing them
to take good aim
The firing party was now ordered
to advance, make ready, aim. firel
Strange as it may seem, Macmillan
fell MORALLY wounded, only, -exclaim-
ing as he fell: oh. my God. my
God!' At once the commander of the
reserve firing party (Sobiesh himself)
ordered one of the men from his own
party to advance, and drawing his
own revolver. ordered the soldier to
put it to the ear of the archduke and
fire. He did so, and the career of the
archduke was ended,
Col. Sobieski's long subsequent
career as lawyer and temperance lee
turer is well known. He had one son
who would have perpetuated the name
but he died while young child. His
one daughter married Mr.. Gilhausen,
of Los Angeles. To them little son
has lately been born.
Sees End of All Thrones.
So the last of the Sobieskis is Gil
hansen.
After this long and exciting career
of adventure, Col. Sobieski is a calm,
handsome, gentle old mantle soul
OF courtesy ASIDE from his bitter
ness against monarchies whose tyran-
MES have brought him such misery,
he has other reasons for not caring
anything about the right to the empty
throne to Poland.
Before you are a middle-eged man, %
he said to the writer, every throne in
Europe Will be swept away in a vast
b1OOdlesS revolution"
That is the startling theory of the
last Sobieski.
He is making a vigorous retort to
Editor Siemiradski merely to defend
his honor.
Siemiradski claims that there is not
a mention in history of any Sobieski
in recent times. He wants to know
why no Sobieski came forward as a
candidate for king at the election of
King Stanislaus Augustus Ponia-
towski in 1854 if the family stilk ex-
listed. He denies the execution of
Sobieski's father, saying that history
has no mention of it, and points out
that it would have made the nation
thrill.
He makes a great point of the fact
that the Almanach de Gotha makes no
mention of any living descendants of
John III.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
No Sobieski Dynasty.

In reply, Col. Sobieskf points out
many places wherein the Polish editor
contradicts himself; he then proceeds.
He Cthe editor) declares that the
Almanacb de Gotha has not got me on
the list. I could not presume under any
circumstances to think that my name
would appear in that distinguished al
manac, as it is a register exclusively
devoted to dynasties. I do not claim
to be of any Sobieski dynasty.
In the first place there was no
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-09
To Explore Greenland Coast.

The duke Of Orleans has announced
to his friends at Copenhagen that he
intends to start new expedition next
spring in the ship Belgica to pene-
trate as far as possible along the
northeast coast of Greenland. The
purpose is to join the Danish expedi-
ton, under Myths Erickson, which
left last June to explore the same
coast.