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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
ST. NICHOLAS
MAIL ~ rNrRscEpsSrEp M
MANY oF ruE LARGER CITIES
ncK IN ORDER or rosrMasr.
wa GENERAL.

Washington, Dcc. ss.-.As result
OF the order OF tho postofncc depart
ment allowing the delivery OF so
called santa Claus letters'' To pain.
an'hropie societies oad others In varl
Gus parts 81 the country. the trails
are being Hooded With appeals 20
saint Nicholas. n past years an
Santa Claus communications ie,o.i,-
cd In the malls have sent n The
dead letter ofnce. HIS sympathy for
the Children OF the poor. who are the
principal correspondents OF santa
Claus. caused Postmaster General
Meyer To adopt a moro liberal atti.
tude this year and Ca order Tint such
letters be delivered TO responsible
societies for individuals who asked
Tor them. Reports from varions
large cities states that an nnprece-
denied numbar OF letters addressed
to Santa Claus are now being mailed
and that the activity OF tho CORE
spondents Il probably due TO Mr..
Meyers order. IL II a. found that n
considerable number OF dishonest
or unworthy persons have sought To
take advantage OF the order. n rs
unlikely that the experiment will be
repeated next year. The postmaster
generals order Is effective only to
January and after that date an
santa Claus letters will again be sent
to the dead letter Office.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
SERIES OF POLO
GAMES At THE RINK

The lovers of polo will have the
pleasure OF roofing" for their ia
yorlte team on Wednesday Thursday
Friday. when Bueneld and Roanoke
VIII play a series of games at ma
skating rink on the north side Of tho
city.
The Melrose team. the champions
of Roanoke. will do battle with Blue
Held for the honors OF this amuse-
ment.
Those who Will take part on tho
Bluefeld team are Prince. Baker.
Mcdonald. Evans and Godbey.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
HARLAN
WILL BE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
AT ANNUAL BANQUET OF "THE
kENTUCkIANs" TONIGHT.

New York, Dec. 23.-Justice John
Nj. Harlan of the United States SUI
preme court is the principal speaker
on the progrsm OF the fourth an
nual banquet OF THE kentuckians.
at the Plaza hotel tonight. The dis
tinguished jurist is native son OF
the Blue Grass state and has selected
Kentucky" as the subject of his add
dress. Others who will gather about
the banquet board with Justice Har-
Ian are Chief Justice Fuller. Justice
White and Justice Brewer of the SUI
preme court; ex-President Grover
Cleveland. Governor Wilson of
Kentucky. Governor Hughes OF New
York, Attorney General Bonaparte.
Ambassador James Bryce of Eng
land, Chief Justice Fitzpatrick OF the
Canada supreme court. Judge Alton
b. Parker, Judge George Gray Of
Delaware and Senators Cullom. For
aker and Knox. Such distinguish
ed array of speakers has not been
assembled at banquet in New York
Tor a long time. Every man and
woman of Kentucky blood in the
metropolis has been invited to at
tend. Ladies are not to dine with the
men, but the boxes and the plaza
overlooking the banquet hall have
been set aside for them. A recep-
ton TO Justice Harlan and his wife
will follow the dinner and speech
making.
While none of the speakers will
discourse on politics and all of the
addresses will be of a non-partisan
nature and mainly complimentary to
the distinguished jurist who recent
ly celebrated the thirtieth anniver-
sary of mis- Confirmation by the SEN
ate. there are attending political cir
cumstances that will render Justice
Harlan's address of great interest to
the people OF all sections.
When the jurist was active in Ken
lucky affairs a Republican of his
stalwart type was not highly popu
lar on election day, although on
other days of the year the Kentuck-
ians were fond of John Harlan. Thus.
while popular personally, Mr.. Har-
Ian was ingloriously defeated when
he made the race for governor of
the Blue Grass state as the head of
the Republican ticket some thirty
odd years ago. Shortly afterwards
he went to Chicago and in 1877 he
was nominated for the supreme
bench by President Hayes.
AT the time that Harlan was max
ing his "whirlwind" campaign for
the governorship Of Kentucky he had
in his law office a pouth named Au
guatus e. Wilson. Today Wilson is
the Republican governor of Ken
lucky and will speak at tonight's
banquet. What these two men will
have to sap to the exiled Kentuckians
OF New York about the political his
tory OF the state will doubtless be
exceedingly interesting, for both
know the novel and humorous az
well as the really substantial phases
of Kentuckians as few men do.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
BRYAN S
PRESENCE iNsnREs CHAPLAIN
OF OKLAHOMA IncIsrAruRR
TO ASK ooD To MAKR MN
PRESIDENT.

Guthrie, Okla. Dec. 2s.-The
presence of w. ]. Bryan In Guthrie
Saturday inspired the chaplain OF the
house to pray that Mr.. Bryan might
be tho next president OF the United
States. Immediately after the pray
er the house broke into storm OF
applause that lasted several min
utes. Speaker William II. Murray
added emphasis to the prayer OF
putting II rs a question TO the body.
Every Democrat present answered
with n rouslng AYE"
Later the house met with the SEN
ate TO listen to Mr.. Bryan's speech.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
ROANOKE MURDERER
CAUGHT IN ARGENTINE

Roanoke, Va. Dec. 2S.-A cable
gram received here Saturday from
Buenos Ayres, stated that Moses Fer
ris, wanted in Roanoke for the muir
der Of Samuel Assad, last summer.
has finally been delivered to a Roam
oke detective and the officer will sail
with his prisoner on January 8.
The officer has been in South
America several months where many
obstacles placed by friends Of Ferris.
blocked the start home.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
FATHER OF COUNCILMAN
AKERS PASSES AWAY

Dodridge Akers. father OF Coun-
Gilman Jerry Akers, died at the home
OF his son-in-law, Luther Bailey, I'm
Green Valley, Sunday afternoon. The
deceased was 81 years OF age. was
reared in Bland county. but had been
living in this section for some time.
lie leaves many relatives and several
children, some Of whom reside in
this city. Interment was made at
Rocky Gap this afternoon. The fu-
neral service was conducted by Rev.
Thos Priddy
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
RECEPTION FOR BIG FLEET.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, Dec. 23.
Preparations on magnificent
scale are being made for the recep-
ZION of the officers and men of Ad-
mral Evans fleet, which is expected
10 drop anchor of the Port of Spain
harbor tomorrow. The arrival of the
Dattieships will be the signal for q
great salute. The officials of the
local government will formally turn
over the city to Admiral Evans
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

It tones and vitalizes the entire
system; makes life worth living, no
matter what your station. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea is the.
surest preventative known against
diseases. CSC, Tea or Tablets. For
sale by the White Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
CATHOLIC CHURCH
CHRISTMAS SERVICES

Rev G. A. Dubray Of Washington.
d. G" will celebrate three massea
IN the Church Of the Sacred Heart
at Blueneld. First mass at 1890.
second mass and third mass at 9:3O
a. m.
Rev r. oliver will celebrate three
masses at Pocahontas. First mass 2
O'Clock. second mass g o'clock and
third mass at $3.50 a. m.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23
NOTICE TO TAx-pAYERs.

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
All Taxpayers are hereby notified
that . per cent. penalty and per
cent. interest will be added, as re-
CURED by law, to all city taxes re-
manning unpaid after January list,
IOOS. Save the penalties by paying
now Yours very truly.
ID. G. LILLY,
treasurer City of BIuefeId.
12-17-1w
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-23

The remains OF the little child OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dudley. who
died at their home on Park street
yesterday morning. we're taken 20
Pearisburg for burial today, accom-
panied by the family.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06

Christensen e Goodwin, Managers,
BY c. w. CHRISTENSEN.
CHAS. E. w. CHAMBERS,
Secretary.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
DICK BRICHTS

ted up for the coming Of the legisla-
ture and aims to maintain the same
high standard that it has always main
tanned whether the legislature is here
o not
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
ANNUAL STATEMENT,

OF the WeIinston-GoldfieI Mining
Company.
For the year ending December 81,
1906. Property located in Nye county
State of Nevada.
Receipts for 1906 ......... None
Disbursements for 1906 ....$ 1,347 IS
r. r. FISK,
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
CAPITAL NEWS STORE,

Stationery, magazines, etc. Best
up-to-date map of Nevada now on
sale. King street opposite Capitol,
west side. Phone GAL. Mrs. K. 4.
Raftice II.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
ANNUAL STATEMENT

ANNUAL STATEMENT,
VI the Midway Mines and Town Com.
pany.
For the year ending December 81.
1906. Property located in Nye county
State Of Nevada.
Receipts for 1906 . No,a
Disbursements for 1906 ....$1,241 Is
O. A. ERDMAN.
Secretary.
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
ANNUAL STATEMENT.

OF the Lloyd Plate Glass, Ins. Co., Of
New York City, New York.
For the year ending December 81
fon6
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
ANNUAL STATEMENT,

Continental Fire Insurance Company
New York, Y. Y.
Canital lnaid LID in
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06

The Manhattan Midas Mining Conn.,
pan
For the year ending December 81,
1906. Property loo ted in Nye coun-
ty, late Of Nevada.
Receipts for 1906 None
Expended on property, 1906 $2003. OF
u. A. ERDMAN,
The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-06
ANNUAL STATEMENT,

OF the Wellington Association.
For the year ending December 81.
1906. Property located in Nye county
State of Nevada.
Receipts for 1906 Mana
Disbursements, 1906 .... $3.50 90
0. A. ERDMAN,
Secretary.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23

The most popular childrens book
ever written was Mother Goose's Mel
odies." Mrs. Goose, or Mother Goose,
as she was Familiarity called, was tho
mother-in-law of Thomas Fleet. a Bos
ton printer early in the century. When
his first child was born his mother-in'
law devoted all her attention to tho
baby and, it is said, greatly annoyed
Fleet by her persistent and not par
ticularly musical chanting of the old
English ditties she had heard in her
childhood. The idea occurred to Fleet
of writing down these songs and pub
fishing them in book form. The old
est extant copy bears the date of 1T19
The price marked on the title page
was two coppers." This account of
the origin of Mother Goose is discred-
tied by some critics, who declare that
in 1897 Perrault published "Contes de
ma Mere rOye," or STORES of Mother
Goose" The name Mother Goose was
familiar In French folklore. being used
by writer's of this literature over a cen.
fury before the time of Pcrrault.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23

Who can explain or fathom the won
drous instinct of the child? LyingHn
the arms of its nurse, in its carriage or
elsewhere, its large, round, wondering
eyes roam over a sea of faces till sud-
denly its features break into a sweet
smile, a baby. laugh dances in its eyes,
perhaps the tiny hands are extended,
and the little body gives a bound as
though it would throw itself through
space. What has happened? 1t has
recognized a friend, nothing more and
no less 1t makes no mistake. Wiser.
perchance, in that moment of inexperi-
enced helplessness than 1t will be years
afterward, when the world and its in
mates have been studied in the light
of instruction and experience, its love
offering is seldom If ever mistakenly
presented. BY what power is this child
love directed? BY what subtle infu-
ence does it see and know what in
after years it may strive in vain to
discern?
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23

A meteorite fell on n Vermont farm
In 1896. 1t was a valuable meteOrite,
and the landlord at once stepped up
and claimed it. "All minerals and
metals on the land belong to me-" he
said. That's in the lease"
But the tenant demurred. "This me-
teorite." he said, wasn't on the farm,
you must remember, when the lease
was drawn up"
The landlord perceived the justice
of that claim. lie thought a moment.
Then he said decisively, Il claim her
as flying game"
But the tenant was ready for him.
"She's got neither wings nor feathers"
he said. Therefore, as ground game,
she's mine"
They continued their argument, and
in the heat of it revenue officer, ar
irving with a truck, proceeded TO put
the meteOrte aboard. 81 claim her
for the government" he said, las an
article introduced into the country
without payment of duty"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23
Turks md NIeerschnum.

According to the best authorities
upon the subject, the idea of using
white tale in the manufacture of pipes
is of comparatively recent date com
pared with the age of the habit Of
smoking, and what is still more curious
is the fact that in the oriental coun-
tries which produce white tale, or
meerschaum, as it is called, and where
the use of tobacco forms part of the
education of the faithful the people
never dream of making this substance
into pipes. They make bowls and
goblets Of it, but no pipes. 1t may be
that the long pipestems which allow
the smoke to cool and lose its acridity
before reaching the mouth leave the
oriental smoker quite Indifferent in re-
gard to the quality of the bowl. At
all events, one never sees a Turk with
a meerschaum pipe.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23
The Nonng Member.

Grantley Berkeley tells in his Life
and Recolections" how n member for
Ludlow in the last parliament of Will
liam " tried to make a maiden
speech, and, rising in his place, with
a very bald head. known. too, as he
was to everybody as one of the oldest
stagers in all the ways of the world.
he began, with great affectation Of in
experience and with an exceedingly
mild voice, Mr.. Speaker, | am but a
young member On hearing this as
sertion from so well known and crafty
a man, possessing so venerable a pate,
the entire house roared with laughter.
Twice he stopped, and three times he
commenced with these words. but it
was useless. The house would not
listen, and he never to my knowledge
essayed to speak again, or If he did the
sight of his bald head set his audi
ence in a roar"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23
Home Made Catarrh Cure.

Any one can mix right at home the
best remedy of its kind known. The
name Cyclone is gwen 10 the fol-
loving prescription, it is supposed,
because Of its promptness in driving
from the blood and system every yes
tige of catarrhal poison, relieving this
foul and dread disease, no matter where
located To prepare the mixtue Get
from any good pharmacy one-half
ounce Fluid Extract DandelIon, one
ounce Compound Kargon and three
ounces Compound Syrup SaIssparilla.
Snake we'll and use in teaspoonful
doses after each meal and at bedtime.
This is harmless, inexpensive mix
ture, which has peculiar action upon
the elimipative tissues of the Kidneys,
assisting them t. hitter and strain from
the blood and system all catarrhal
poisons, which, if not eIadicated, are
absorbed by the mucous membrane,
and an open sore or catarrh is the
result.
Prepare some and try it, as 1t is the
prescription Of an eminent cataTrh
specialist OF national reputation.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23
FORCE OF WATER.
The Great Power That Is Exerted by
six Inch stream.

The effect of the hydraulic motor,
which is now used for the purpose OF
removing masses of earth, well nigh
passes belief. A stream Of water. IS
suing from, a pipe six inches in diame-
ter. with a fall behind it of 80 feet
will carry away solid rock weighing
a ton or more to a distance of fifty or
a hundred feet The velocity of the
stream is terrific, and the column or
water projected is so solid that If a
crowbar or other heavy object be
thrust against it the impinging object
will be hurled considerable distance.
BY this stream of water man would
be instantly killed if he came in con
tact with 1t even at distance Of a
couple of hundred feet At 200 feet
from the nozzle a six inch stream, with
a 375 foot fall, projected mOmentarily
against the trunk of a tree will in a
second denude it of the heaviest bark
as Clearly as if it had been cut with
an ak. Whenever such a stream Is
turned against a bank it cuts and bur
rows it i'm every direction, following
out great caves and causing tons OF
earth to melt and fall and be washed
away in the sluces.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23

tlcular about his clothes now. and his
neckties were no longer selected by
Miss Tempy. To be seen with girls
was not so "sssifed" in his mind as it
used to be. but he still stuck to Gus.
and she was his first choice" at par
ties. and he saw her home from prayer
meeting occasionally.
As for the dog girl" herself, she, too,
paid more attention to clothes, and her
pets-though still numerous and just as
disreputable in appearance-we made
to behave with more decorum. Her
hair was carefully braided now her
dresses came down to her boot tops,
and Miss Tempy grudgingly admitted
that IF twas anybody else, l should
say she was likely to be good lookin'
when she grows up"
The last day" came, and Bradley
and Gus were to graduate. In Orham
there is no graduation day. The event
full ending Of the winter term is the
last day." and all the parents and rel
atives. together with the school conf
mittee and the clergymen, visit the
school to sit stifily on the settees and
witness the ceremonies.
That evening after the last day. ex-
ercises at school Bradley sat at home
reading in the dining room. Miss
Tempy, IN the sitting room, was going
over, for the fortieth time since it was
written, the wonderful argument in
favor of republican form Of gov
ernment," which Bradley had compos-
ed and had read at the school that day.
AS her sister entered the room she
dropped the roll of paper in her lap
and said solemQly:
'Prissy Allen, it's my belief that
when that boy first came here and /
said that wanted him to go to college
and be a minister l was inspired. l
declare / do! I've Jest been readin'
that piece of his again. and II beats
any sermon | ever heard"
Miss Prissy seated herself in rocker
and looked solemnly at her sister, For
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23
hurry Funerals.

Lite and death are strenuous in
New York. said an undertaken "We
get orders sometimes that shock us.
mot long ago we had a call from
family who asked Us to make hurry
up loh for the reason that they had
arranged to sal tor Europe two DAYS
later and they didn't want to postpone
tn voyage
what would you think of a wClnuB
who asked to nave her husband buri-
ed as quickly as possible on the ground
that a few days before his death they
had agreed to a separation and that
she would like TO put away the de-
ceased before the newspapers heard
of their marital troubles That is ex-
actly what happ ened.
Then there was this case An
elderly aunt, who mad been an invalid
more than year, passed away. We
were asked to arrange for the funeral
on tine day OF her death, and when
we demurred unless there was some
important reason we were informed
by nephew that they were anxious
20 know what was in her will, as the
matrimonial chances of niece de-
pended upon what she was to get,
"Only yesterday a man came into
our Office and said that his mother In
law had just died and that ne would
like to send her body South as soon as
possible because his wife wanted to at
tend some sort of function three days
later.
''In the good old days in some parts
of the country it used TO be the custom
tor friends of the family In which a
death occurred to sit up with the corpse.
In case given to us few months ago
we we're asked to send a couple of
genteel appearing employees TO the
house to keep the virgil. We did it,
but confess to you it seemed 10 me
rather heartless New York Sun.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23

Chewing the betel nut ia Siam, he
ing a common habit, at every little dis
lance as you 20 through the bazaar of
Bangkok may be seen petty merchants
busy making and selling the prepare
ton so universally masticated. The
leaves in which the prepared mixture
is wrapped are from a vine known as
the chavica betel. The nut is from
the africa betel palm, which reaches a
height of about sixty feet, whose
branches bear several large punches Of
nuts which harden and redden as they
ripen and which resemble somewhat
the punches of fruit on the date bear
ing palm. The dealers cut up their
green leaves into the proper triangu-
lar form, crack the nuts and with
wooden spatulas work the tumeric
stained juice into a paste 1t is anus
ing to see how skillfully they form the
pieces of green leaf into pointed, cone
shaped cups, into each one of which
they place a portion of the Ingredients
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1907-01-23
A Stupid Lady BOuntiSuI

l once showed an old lady much Civ
en- TO good works of the Lady Bountk
full order how some proteges of hers
who were constantly on the verge OF
starvation might be placed. in posses
sion of a small but regular and sufi-
cient income. "My dear" she said
Il don't think it is a good plan. They
would get too independent. like
them to come to me when they are in
diff1culties and ask for what they
want" - Rich and Poor" by Mrs.
Bosanquet