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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
MUGWUMPS OF
THE NEW REGIME

Three men walked into the exc
cutive Offices yesterday at the busiest
hour. At sight OF them the president
stopped his work They were Bat
Masterson, marshall OF Dodge City
in it's bad days: Ben" Daniels. ex-
rough rider AMI ex-bad man, now
marshall of Arizona. and Bull An
drew. delegate in Congress from New
Mexico.
Let me shake hands with these
three mugwumps!" cried the presi-
dent. He dropped all business and
sat down for a chat. Afterwards he
took them out to the tennis grounds
and presented them to Theodore. Jr.,
who was playing washing
ton Dispatch.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
TO CLOSE STORES
Oh ELECTION DAY
PETITION CIRCULATED AMONG
THE MERCHANTS-MEA
BErTER PEOPLE AT
POLLS.

Huntington. March 29-The circu-
lation OF a proposed agreement OF
Huntington merchants 20 close their
places of business az least half of
election day was commenced yester-
day morning. Merchants will be
asked to close their stores all day, II
possible.
The action is asked TO be taken
= irrespective OF party. so that the bet
ter citizens OF the city may remain
near the polls and aid in the quelling
OF any INSTRUMENTATION or illegal
practice that may be attempted.
In former years places OF business
have run wide open. The polls have
been surrounded by motley gang of
ruffians and thugs. and every effort
possible 10 thwart the execution of
law has been made.
II is known that the better people
are much I'm the majority and by
their influence. IL properly exerted
the election may be made as quiet as
1t has hitherto been noisy.
Due to the many shooting affairs
that have taken place at former cleo
tions a good many people are afraid
to come to the polls
The same condition has existed
here in Bluefield in the past. and It
would be in order for such a plan to
be adopted here in this city at the APP
preaching municipal election. II is
time for reform in this matter
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
POINTED


Every man has lots OF fair-weather
friends.
Egotists waste lot OF hero wor-
ship on themselves.
Money may talk. but cool million
is cold and distant.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29

Beet - Sssks IA ths Ease lias of
the let eonnveSAed to c. l. Brown as
aforesaid: thence with said line
North ie deg. rs min, West thirty
(SD feet TO stake at the North
east corner Of the lot conveyed to c.
l. Brown as aforesaid: Nhence With
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
TO THE POINT.

Yes, located at Norfolk now
Coming down during the ExpoY N
So write me about anything YOU
want to know, or call to see me.
same old boy: glad To hear from
anybody at any time. Houses TO
ent during the exposition.
property for sale.
10. WHITE ATKINSON.
Board OF Trade Bldg
Norfolk, Va
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29

ths Soreh Lac 81 ssA lot south g.
des. West ntty-tNo tex 60 the be-
ginning. And being the Same prop
erty which was conveyed by Markus
b. Totscseck ana wife 70 Arnold j.
rotseheck and Pauline c, Totscheck.
his sister, by deed dated March list.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29

1904. AID OF record In said Clerks
once in Deed Book No 90. Page
40.
said sale win be mSdo upon the
following terms:
Cash In hand on day of sale.
ID. NJ. EASLEY, Trustee.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
WHOOPING COUGH.

have used Chamberlaln's Cough
Remedy IN my family IN cases Of
whooping cough, and want 70 tel
you that e. IS the best medicine T
have ever used.-W. r. CASTOR. Pos
CO. Ca This remedy is safe and
sure For sale by all druggists
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
NEW HOTEL RIVERSIDE
keystone, w. Va.
A. NICHOLSON, Manager.

Newly reatted throughout with
eommodious sample rooms.
EVERYTHING FIRsT-CLAss.
Open day and night and run on the
European and American Plan.
Your patronage respectfully SO
licited.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-29
new LIVERY STABLE,
Chestnut ST.. West End.
5LUEFlELD, w. VA

c. +. Claytor's Livery. Feed ana
boarding Stable. first Glass teams
reasonable rates.
Your patronage solicited.
Teams furnished at any time da,
OF night. Also light and heavy
hauling done.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
! NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. J
"a - ~ "a - =


When Carl Schurz was in Washing
ton In 1862, waiting for his assignment
in the army, he had to undergo the
tribulations of persons who are sup
posed to have influence. The news had
gone abroad that In America there was
great demand for officers of military
training and experience. This demand,
writes Mr. Schurz in his ''Reminis-
cences of a Long Life" could not fail
to attract from all parts of the globe
adventurous characters who had seen,
or pretended to have seen, military SER
vice in one country or another, and
who believed that there was Il chance
for prompt employment and rapid pro-
motion
One of the many foreigners who
sought my intercession was a young
German count whose identity was
vouched for by a member of the Prus-
sian legation. He had a long line of
ancestors. going back for several hun
bred years. He was greatly impressed
with the Importance OF this fact, and
thought II WOutu NtlSQ NEWLY III Sc
curing him a position in our army. It
ne could only have an audience with
the President and lay his case before
him, he believed the result could not be
doubtful.
He pursued me so arduously with a
request for a personal introduction to
Mr.. Lincoln that at last l succumbed,
and promised to introduce him if the
President permitted.
The President did permit. The count
spoke English moderately WELL and in
his ingenious way he at once explained
to Mr.. Lincoln how high the nobility
of his family was. and that they had
been Counts so-and-so many centuries.
Well" said Mr.. Lincoln, interrupt
ing him, that need not trouble you.
That will not be in your way if you be-
have yourself as a soldier"
The poor count looked puzzled, and
when the audience was over he asked
me What in the world the President
could have meant by so strange q re
mark.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Wisconsin Lea -uc.
American Assn.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
MILWAUKEE, JULY %.
EGG AND DAIRY MARKETS.

,MILWAUKEE-EGGS- Market is firm.
The produce boards Official market for
strictly fresh laid, cases returned, 141ac;
nigh grade. candled, strictly fresh, 1612c;
seconds, HOE checks, SG9c
BUTTER-Ftrm Elgin price on extra
creamery is 24c. Local price, extra cream
erS, 2+r; prints 20c; frst>, 226l22l2c; sec
ends @dns, 2 S% process 2oS2o52e; dairy.
packing stock, l6Qt6I2c
CHEESE-Stcady; American full cream.
new make. twins, l3Ii3l2c: Young Amer
leans, lSi2Wl4c; daisies, l3lg0f4c; lonEhorns
l3i2Q l4c; hmburger, l2'2Ql3c; fancy brick.
l2Aql2&c; low grades, 941ic; import
ed Swiss, &c; new, block. 16c; round Swiss,
new, lie; Sapsago, zoe.
MUSCODA, Wis, July 2T.-OTeringS were
1890 boxes single daisies and 40 boxes
twins; 500 twins sold ut 12&sC; $50 with
1880: 800 withdrawn; 100 prints, l212c.
ELGIN, H., July 29.-lSpeciaI. l-Butter
-OfiCial-Firm ut 2lc
CHICAGO, IT,. July Enthusiastically:
crppmc"ir~. 21U2ic; duirics, 1SIaQ22Iec.
Eggs-Stcady; ut mark, eases Included, I3p
15c
CHICAGO. Ill. IVY 29.-Cheese-Easy;
daisies, l&lgc; twins, l24l2Ac; young
Americas 13b2c.
NEW YORK. July 70. -Buttcr-Wcak; re-
24l2G2Jc; official prices. creamery, common
to extra, 2Oq24C; state dairy, common to
fancy, 19G24C: western fancy, 1TQ21c: :
western imitation creamery, tirsts, 2lG22c.
Cheese-Weakcr, receipts. 654; state full
cream, colored. small best. 12tac: large col
ored best, 12Ac do white, 12c; fair to good
1l@11Ac; do inferior. SIlOc; SKINS lace
Eggs-Steady; receipts 1O,502; state Penn
sylvania and nearby fancv selected white,
25626c; do good to choice, 22Q21c; do
brown and mixed fancy. 22a24c; do west
ern selected finest, 10000; do average best
171kQ91Sc Official price firsts 171h81Sc)
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
COL. MUNSON FLOOD BOUND.
Water Cut Off Viroqua fram Rest of the
World

MADISON, Wis, July 25.-[SpeciaI. !
Col. O. G.. Munson, private secretary
to the governor, arrived in Madison from
Niroqua today, after some strange ex-
periences. He went home last Friday to
spent q few days with his family The
rain on Sunday washed out the tracks
50 there was no train running to Viroqua
for five days, and he thinks it will be
five days more before the first train will
be able to reach that place.
''All communication by railroad. tele-
phone and telegraph has been cut eff
and we have been a world by ourselves, ~
he said. There has been no mail
brought into Viroqua for five days, ana
it will be five days before a train will
be able to reach it over the st. Paul
road. The tracks of the La Crosse and
Southeastern division have been practic-
ally washed out in many places and it
may be two weeks before a car can get
in over this line.
eve had to publish our papers in all
colors. We were unable to get the pat
ent insides' and that compelled us to use
all the common colOred pink paper in the
establishment In order to get to Madi-
son this morning, l had to go to Nor
walk, in Monroe county, a distance of
thirty miles.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

are right; at any rate, he is not lack
ing in that sagacity in choosing "asso-
ciates In enterprise" said to be essen
tial to success.
Last summer Billy was seen walking
slowly along the hotel piazza, thought
fully scanning the faces of guests
seated there. Finally he stopped at
the chair Of an old lady with whom
he was on friendly terms.
"Say, Mrs. Jones, can you crack
nuts?" he inquired, his hands in his
pockets.
why, no deary, I'm very sorry. but
can't" replied Mrs Jones, apologeti-
cally. you know I've lost most of
my teeth"
That's what 1 thought" said Billy.
relaxing from anxiety 10 his sunny
smile, and extending his two hands
confidently. "Say, will you keep these
nuts here for me while I 90 get the
rest Of 'em?"
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

known to initiate thirty-two different
kinds of birds in less than a quarter of
an hour. Many people have them for
pets, and find them very delightful
companions.
The woodpecker belongs to a very
large family of creeping or climbing
birds, with stiff, sharp-pOinted tail
feathers, which they use to help sup
port their bodies against the tree
Their toes are four in number, two
going forward and two backward, so
they can hold on to the tree more
easily. They have strong, straight,
chisel-pOinted bills. which they use to
cut small holes in the wood when look
ing for insects to eat, and also when
they want to make a larger hole for a
nesting place. The tongue of the wood
pecker is peculiarly long. with a spear
like tip, which it can thrust out, bring
ing insects from their hiding places
under the bark
WoodpeckerS are not singers. They
only make a tattoo with their bills on
the tree, which Is supposed to be their
love song. Their eggs are always white.
Among the many different kinds are
the ivory-billed woodpecker, the hairy
woodpecker, the downy woodpecker,
red-backed woodpecker and the red
headed woodpecker
The blue Jay belongs to the family
Of crows and magpies. 1t Is a COM
mon, large, noisy, crested. brightly
marked blue bird with white throat,
and tips Of outer tail feathers.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
FEArHERED soNGsTERs OF THE SUMNER TIME.

being one Of the finest Of any Of the
thrushes. Its nest is made on boughs
Of trees, out of grass, weeds, leaves and
some mud.
The American robin is a common
large red or brown breasted slate-color-
ed bird, with white on it's throat, lower
belly and tips Of the outer (under) tail
feathers. The head and tail are much
blacker than the back. The breast is
unspotted except IN very young birds
The robin is not as great a songster
as the other thrushes, but its notes are
always full of melody. At times these
notes are sweet and cheerful, and
again are full of sadness and plaintive-
ness.
Over all the northern parts of this
continent, wherever there are people
living, robins are numerous. When
they are taken into homes and made
pets Of they are affectiOnate and inter
esting They are very intelligent and
some think they might be taught to
sing anything when in cages There
are several different kinds Of robins,
among which are the golden ground,
marsh and Oregon robins Their nests
are made of mud and grass, found in
trees at any height from the ground
or In odd places around houses; eggs
blush green.
The blue bird, another one Of the
thrush family, is one Of the first birds
to make its appearance in the early
spring and welcome in that season, with
it's sweet singing. From Southern New
York and Illinois southwark it Is found
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
125 HORSES DROP DEAD.
Awful Heat at Kansas City Causes Suf
fering-Thermometer Registered
Nearly 100

KANSAS CITY, No, July 24.-One
hundred and twenty-five horses dropped
dead on the streets here yesterday from
the effect of heat. The thermometer reg
istered 96 degrees. At Emporia and Con-
cordia, Kan. it was 100.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 24.-The
highest temperatures of the present sum
mer in the south and middle west. with
the maximum ranging from 80 to 102 de-
grees and the mercury soaring above the
seasonable average over the rest of the
country. except New England, the Pa
er bureau. The high temperatures con-
tinued today in the south. the central
west states and in the central valleys,
but in other sections showers promise
relief. In this city the downtown Their
momeIers registered 81.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
LIQUOR DEALERS NAME OFFICERS
C. S. Snyder of La Crosse Is President
Kenosha Next Year.

OSHKOSH, Wis, July 25.-[Spe
cial. &c. S. Snyder of La Crosse was
selected president of the State Liquor
Dealers Protective association in the sec
ond annual meeting in Oshkosh, yester
day. Kenosha was selected as the next
place for the convention. In addition tc
President Snyder, the other officers elect
ed were: Vice president, J. II. Coch.
ran; secretary, Gustav Jens, Racine
treasurer, Charles Hartwig, ManitOwoc
trustees for three years, ]. WetzeI OF
Sheboygan, B. S. CippIe of Merrill and ]
Creole of Watertown. The feature OF
the convention was the address by r. J
Halle of Chicago, secretary of the Ma,
tional Liquor Dealers association, in
which he urged the organization to af,
filiate with the national society. He
said that much Of the prejudice against
saloons could be greatly reduced if they
were properly conducted in all cases
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

| throughout the year. 1t is very
common small, blue-backed, chestnut
breasted, white-bellied bird. The fe-
male bird does not equal the robin as
a songster, but the few notes it has
are sweet and never loud
There are 400 species of the hum
ming bird. They belong to a family
of small, bright-colored American birds
that are known to be the swiftest-fly-
ing birds we have; in fact. their fight
| through the air is so swift (and their
| wings vibrate SO rapidly, that they
look like a hazy mist The humming
bird lives mainly on insects and nectar
! found in flowers, which it obtains
while on the wing. 1t is seen by most
! people only when it is around flowers
| in search of food, and is therefore
| thought to be always on the wing, but
| IL you watch it carefully you will no
tice that it often rests on the twigs
| of tree tops.
There are forty different species of
American birds which live mainly in
| tails are as long as their wings, and
in one Of our common species much
longer The bill Is nearly as long as
the head. The wren and catbird belong
to this family. The hooking bird is a
large, ashy-colored, long tailed bird,
with much white on the center Of its
wing and outer tail feathers 1t is the
most noted song bird Of America, and
the most wonderful mocker In the
world. It can initiate almost any
| sound In nature-in fact, has been
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
The German Seat of Honor,

In the more rigid German circles
the sofa is still the seat of honor,
upon which the hostess sits, to
which the visitor may be invited
This writer has an acute memory
of the reproof of his hostess when
he dropped easily by her side on the
sofa and searched for his gut
terals Very kindly the baroness
explained that the sofa was sacred
and a man would do we'll to wait
for the invitation to sit upon it.
Does that tradition Hnger in Eng
land London Chronicle
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

or the many different kinds Of birds,
come are called perching birds. These
are the robin, thrush and bluebird.
Then there are the swimming birds, as
ducks, swans and geese, which live on
the water and swim around most of
the time.
Wading birds are of still another
species, and some Of these are rails,
ployers, snipe, cranes, famingoes and
turnstones. Birds fitted neither for
swimming nor wading are owls, hawks,
vultures, grouse, turkeys, pigeons, king
fishers and humming birds. There are
also creeping birds, noted for creeping
along trees. Some Of them are the
chicadees, white-breasted nuthatch and
brown creeper.
There are about 300 species Of the
thrush. They are generally large, hop
ping birds, noted for their song; are
plain In color (as q rule, brown and
usually have spotted breasts Their
tail Is nearly square-tipped, Of wide,
soft feathers, and their bill rather long
and slender.
Among the best known to us is the
wood thrush, which Is a large, common
brownish- backed bird, with white heav-
lily spotted underparts, including the
eyes The crown is a bright CHINA
mon brown and the back gradually
changes in shade to an ollvce brown
on the tail. 1t is not only found in the
woods, as one might suppose from its
name, but Is often seen on lawns and
In shrubbery. It is a great singer,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02

The story Of a pet seal, captured
when a pup by Iighthouse-keeper on
the coast Of England, is given in Rem
iniscences Of a Sportsman" The young
seal was fed, and allowed to have the
range Of the kitchen, and the members
Of the household became greatly at
tached to 1t.
It would make its way daily down
to the water, and pass many hours
swimming about It secured more or
less food in that way, but always re-
turned to it's place in the kitchen at
night.
Blindness finally came 20 the seal
with old age, but it continued it's jour
neys to the sea, and returned home as
regularly as before.
AS old age increased, 1t caused an
noyance by its peculiar cry for food
and it's lessened ability to get about. At
last the family decided they must part
with 1t, and not wishing to kill it. they
we'll off-some twenty miles-and drop
it into the sea. They expected that it
would come to a natural death in that
element But on the second day it ap-
peared again at its accustomed place.
Another effort was made to get rid
of it by arranging with a sailing yes
sci to take 1t several hundred miles out
to sea and then drop it In. This was
done, and some time passed away with
out any sign Of the seal. But seven
days after its departure the kitchen
maid, who slept near the door OF the
kitchen, fancied during the night she
had heard the plaintive cry of the seal !;
and the next morning its emaciated
body was found on the threshold.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
MILWAUKEE SToCKYARDs REPORT

HOGS-Market Zoe higher; mixed and
butchers 605Q6.50; good heavy, 6.0oQ6. So !
rough heavy, 5.35Q590; light, 6.20Q655;
bulk, 6.1566.40.
CATTLE - Market is steady; butchers
steers, good to choice, 425@52 %; medium,
to good, 3.50Q415; heifers, medium to good,
good to choice, 2.75Q3.50; fair to good,
22592.75; Gamers, 1,00Q1.75; cutters,
175Q2. %; bulls good to choice. 3.25Q3. rs;
bologna bulls, common to fair 2.50Q3 90:
feeders 3.0043.75; stockers, 2.5o@3.00; milk
ers and sprlngers, common unstable except
for Gamers, good to choice at 35O0045 90.
& M fair m To ssf"a{ common nb 10 ran" IT,
prime 65097 %
SHEEP : Market steady; common to
choice, 3.0003.5O; lambs, common to choice,
45OQ5.50; spring lambs, common to light.
100000; choice, G0o06.75; bucks, 3.0o@
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
AMERICAS FUTURE PLAYGROUND
Inc ST. james Bay Region VIII BE-
come Paradise for Sportsmen.

The st. James Bay Region VIII Be-
o"e Paradise for Sportsmen.
LIE most urgent need Of Quebec Is 2
rdllroad from the ST Lawrence north
Wafu 70 st. James Bay, says Munsey's.
lhis would open up 100000 acres Of
lald and connect Quebec with Hudson
bay-that inland sea, which is greater
'hah ten Lake Superiors. The sum-
her travel alone would probably enable
such a railway to pay dividends, as the
"hoie region is Il paradise for sports
men. Here are wild geese. snipe, plo-
Ver' otter, beaver, mink, deer marten
ana bears in large numbers, At ono
camp an Indian hunter recently shot
elghteen bears. And as for fishing there
are 1000 lakes and countless rivers in
this northern wilderness, all popuIous
with trout and salmon.
I'VE caught ninety-seven front in ono
maui, reports a government SURVEYOR
In the far NORTH" he says, 1--WE found
the pike so tame that we killed them
with our paddles
for those who wish to hunt big game
there are the white whales Of st. James
Bay. In the good old days of the New
Bedford whalers, these monsters wera
worth 500 apiece to the shins that
caught them. 1t is said that In forty
voyages to st. James Bay the whalers
harpooned $1O0O,OOO worth Of the
blonde leviathans.
Instead of being a frozen waste. as
most Americans believe, this northern
region has lighter snowfall than tha
prosperous cities of Ottawa and Mon
treal. 1t is in the latitude of England
and Denmark, and farther south than
any part of Norway.
Il have bathed in the waters of ST
James Bay as late as Oct. g." said one
of the few enterprising woodsmen who
had made the journey by canoe.
This unmapped land will yet be the
playground Of the continent. Here Is
the Nottaway, a river two miles wide
and 400 miles long, but not nearly as
we'll known as the KongO. Here Is
Lake Mistassini, with an area of 900
square miles, where the plash Of the
white mans paddle has seldom been
heard. And here are the falls of the
Hamilton River, which have broken the
silence Of this wilderness for ages with
a wild plunge more terrible than that
Of Niagara.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
WOMEN ARE HEROINES,
Rescue Two from Cellar Filled with Gas
While Men Stand by Afraid
TO Help

STOUGHTON, Wis. July 25.-LSpe-
cial. while a crowd of able bodied men
stood by, afraid TO venture to the rescue
Of Aid. G. NJ. Clark and Henry Driscoll,
caught in a cellar filled with gas fumes
two women pushed the men aside and
dragged the men out of the cellar.
The two women were Mrs. Emma Hoy
ersOn and Miss Christine Erickson.
Aid. Clark previously had succumbed
while attempting to save Driscoll. Both
men are in Il serious condition
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-02
Where They Come In,

4 see that the worlds population is
estimated at 1.4S0OO0,o0O persons. Is
our town considered in that calcula-
tion?" asked a Tuckahoe boy of his
father
"Oh, yes, my son. replied the faith
er; 'sTuckahoe's population is repre-
sented in some of those ciphers ~
Yonkers Statesman.