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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04
REPORT
OF THE u. 4. ARMY RECRUITING
STATION AT BLUEFIELD FOR
DECEMBER, 1900.

There were 16 applicants and s
acceptances. 2 for Cavalry. 2 for
Artillery and for Infantry.
The occupation OF the acceptances
were. 1 Blacksmith. 1 Plasterer. 1
Carpenter. Printer. Laborer.
One man was declined on account
of color. No colored man not having
previously served can be accepted at
this once.
There were 10 rejected. for the
following causes: 6 for Intemper-
ance; 3 for Impaired Vision: 1 for
Imprfect knowledge OF the English
Language
Their occupations were. labor
ers. Teamster. Miner. 1 Engineer,
Merchant.
Their nativity was. 9 virginian. 8
Pennsylvanians. West virgininn.
Corporal ALEX ID. JOHNSON.
@. II. S. In Charge OF Station.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

President Roosevelt could not have
chosen a filter person to be the
Kipling of our navy than the writer
of Gloucester stories, James B. Con-
molly, who is by special arrangement
to enlist as "yoeman" for two years,
drawing a modest salary and doing
full duty, but with large liberty for
observation, shore leave when hd
wishes 1t, and frequent transfers to
ships OF different kinds, and in as
many different waters as possible.
His mission will be known to the
officers, but not to the men-though
Il seems impossible with such pub
licity that they should not guess It.
The navy has given at times generous
opportunities to correspondents, but
the chance 10 study ships and men
I'm this intimate way Is a different
matter, and Mr. Connolly's commits
sion is said TO be unique. The near
est parallel is perhaps the case OF
Hartman Melville, who had no friends
at court. and Jared like any other
enlisted man. However. he wrote
white Jacket and ended nogglng
in the American navy; Mt Connolly
will have his work cut out 20 rival
him. President Roosevelt has felt.
and rigldly, that the public ought 10
know more about the life of the navy
what sort Of men enlist. how they
live, what conditions they frd in port
and at sea, what they say and think.
what naval life means to chem. IT
&c. in short, the same sort OF service
that Mr.. Klpling had done for the
British army and navy. The prosl-
dent has liked the dash and truth
fulness OF Mr. Connolly's sea stories.
and feels, no doubt with reason, that
he can be trusted 70 do Justice to the
service II may well be that a go
ries OF good "writeups" viii do more
than much advertising to- bring In
the much-wished-for new recruits
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04
The Leader
ALL ABOUT BLUEFIELD

The Tidewater has commenced
laying the main rail on their road
coming this way from Roanoke.
At Princeton yesterday II. G.
Woods was elected mayor and A.
w. Reynolds recorder.
The Citizens Municipal League
ticket was elected in Welch as fol-
lows: w. C. Hall, mayor. and w. o.
Perry. recorder.
At Northfork yesterday the mu-
nicipal election resulted in the cleo
ton of L. G. Toney for mayor and
c. S. Angel for recorder.
DIR. G. r. Epling was elected may
or of Keystone on yesterday by 100
majority, and c. c. Hall got the re-
corder plum.
In Bramwell the citizens ticket
was elected yesterday. ]. A. Waddell
was elected mayor and J. G. Pack
recorder.
Our wholesale houses are report
ing good sales and our retail mer-
chants are not complaining. Every
thing in Bluefield looks as prosper
Gus as usual, and that is saying a
lot. for there is nothing but business
in Bluefeld
The New Year has opened up bright
and beautiful and everything around
and about Bluefield looks prosper
Gus. An increasing trade is coming
our way, and now is the time for re-
newed effort Let our citizens re-
member that there is yet much for
them to do in the matter OF greater
Bluefield.
There Is talk OF wholesale drug
store being opened here at an early
date 1t appears that there is no
drug jobber between Lynchburg and
Ironton, o., yet Bluefield is In the
midst of a territory where Lynchburg
and Ironton houses do the bulk OF
their business.
We went up into the new Thorn
ton building this morning for the
first time. 1t Is a little business
world of its own and displays the
progress of Bluefeld. The rooms
are handsomely fitted and are adj
mirably suited for business purpo-
ses. Mr.. Thornton is showing COM
mendable taste in the finishing OF
his building and when he is done
will have a property of which he
should feel proud
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

That rare. eosentric comedian,
Charles M. Seay. Manager George
b. Hunt has engaged TO play Cas-
cart. the protector OF "Zaza"O In the
play OF that name. with Mabel
Montgomery In the title role. II will
come TO the Elk's Opera House next
Monday night. in all the scenic and
costume glory OF its long lover
500 times) New York run. Mr..
Seay Is the peer OF any English
speaking character comedian. and
in England would rank with the late
John u. Toole or the lamented Blake
ly. Mr.. Seay has a fne record, In
nearly $50 parts. and he Is but 80
years old. He 10 every moment an
artist, in love with his art, and I'M
less all signs fail. he will go very
high in his profession. His Cascart
is nne study. and worthy Of Cas-
cart himself. IL that shrewd ana tai
ented monsieur is alive. His great
scene is worthy OF any comedian
that ever lived. wherein he deftly
leads up to informing the unsus-
pecting Zaza that her lover is mar
ried. Zaza does the rest and how
Miss Montgomery does I'll II Is won
derful art, truly.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04
A NEW DEPOT.

II President Johnston, OF the N.
& w. were compelled to fight his
way through the crowds to buy n
ticket. or be hattened into a strip
OF wall paper while waiting for a
friend, or ground into sausage try
ing to get his baggage checked at
the present Bluefield depot, he would
say "By gosh, boys, let's have new
depot" Now we love Mr.. Johnston,
and, as he says he will come to help
us inaugurate the $4,000 club, he de-
serves our affection nay, here's
our neck for his heel; but If he wiil
give us the new depot. Wen drink
to his health all our remaining days,
and name the next twins for him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04
'RAH FOR BLUEFIELD.
WINS THE FIRST GAME OF POLO
FROM ROANOKE BOYS.

Roanoke, Va, Jan. 4.-By far the
fastest game OF polo ever played in
the city took place last night at the
Mountain Park rink when Bluefield
defeated Roanoke by a score OF
to /.
Bluefield made three fouls and
Roanoke one. and If the referee
had been better posted on the rules
and had blown his whistle and de-
clared the third foul against Blue
field, the score would have been 2
to 2.
Wright, OF Roanoke, and Prince,
of Bluefeld. were easily the stars Of
their respective teams
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

The Tidewater has commenced
laying the main rail on their road
coming this way from Roanoke.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

There will be services at the Pres
byterian church. tonight, conducted
by the pastor. These services are
preparatory to the communion on
We shall be glad to see all
he members OF the congregation at
he services and we are sure they
will be helpful to you. CCome.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

Henry @. Stratus Of the Straus.
Gunst Co.. Richmond. Va, Is in the
city on business.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

Miss Lula Tabor left this evening
for Falls Mills to attend the funeral
OF r. ]. Dudley.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

w. T. Baldwin and wife. who have
been visiting Capt. d. d. Baldwin,
returned TO their home In Rarford
this evening.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

Mrs B. S. Block and child, OF this
city left for Pocahontas this even
ing TO visit friends.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04
FOR SALE.
An established and good

An established and good
paying
JEWELRY BUSINESS
with excellent repair bust
ness. Complete with small
stock and fixtures. Invoices
between 5000 and $11OO. In
rushing coalt1eld town. Will
repay itself in six months.
Reason for selling, other bus
mess. NO competition what
ever.
Write at once If you mean
business.
No. 1922, Care this paper.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-01-04

Look out for Blueheld in 1907.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

Fr,n, the same publishers. Through
the same Richmond firm. has been re-
ceived ELECTRICITY for Young people,
by Tudor jerks.
SO much has happened in electrical
science. since the appearance OF the
last successful book OH electricity
suited to youthful minds that there Is
now n distinct need for such volume
as Tudor Jenks's3 "Electriclty for
Young People. Just published by
Frederick a; Stokes Company, That
1T is up-to-date is shown by Its de-
scription of x-raS processes, of wire
less t.legraphy, of the telautograph.
the telegraphone. the mercury vapor
lamp and electrical traction. Mr.. jerks
is by profession story-telleI, and he.
has naturally put his nateriul into
the form of a narrative beginning
with the first discovery of i as u
mysterious force lranifestipS itself In
strange. ghosly ways. This, Is not 4
new idea. but 1t is the first time TINT
1t has been applied t" a book on cleo
tricity OF this sort. Mr.. Jenks realizes
fully tho opportunities for good
story latent in the subject. 1t lis a
lucid and picturesque account Of the
progress of electricity. Things are ex-
plalned as YOU go along. but the en-
plantations are quite as interesting as
tho other parts, II not more so. Mr..
Jerks succeeds in 'skeletonizing' the
principles Of complicated inventions SO
that they are plainly. understood and
easily remembered.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
,rhc Cigarette Habit,

"The London Daily Mail" prints some
letters from Its readers on cures" for
the cigarette habit. One victim writes:
"If any OF your readers desires to get
rid OF the cigarette habit In excess
the remedy is simple. Garry bag OF
raisins, sultanas. or currants in the
pocket and chew them constantly. The
excessive cigarette habit will evapo.
rate
Another suggests this: when one
wishes badly to smoke let him put, in
his mouth and chew q small piece OF
,liQuorice5sr 1t has a strong, fun
bodied. and not dtsagreenble taste, and
makes one forget the fragrant weed.
In a fortnight's time one VII be glad
to do without either tobacco or LIQUOR
ice. for helwill he weaned OF the habit
and will probably not feel any particu-
larly pressing desire to smoke
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01


BY Richard Harding Davis. From
Charles Scribner's Sons through tile
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
Africa, thu coming country of the
world, takes on new interest in the
description given OF it by Mr.. Davis In
his recently published book.
His first chapter deals with the
coasters" as the superintendent of
factories missionaries and soldiers
African coast are described. The
Glimpses given Of the life they lead
and the work they do. and what 1t
means to the white men ard women
who b-long there, Is 4 revelation.
The present discussion of the man
ner in which King Leopold OF Belgium
has conducted and Is conducting the
new and surprising illumination from
AIR. .Davis's narrative He goes into the
question not only from the point of
view of the actual conditions OF to-
day, but with historical summary
OF the causes and the reasons for the
The chapter on Americans in the
Congo" Is particularly interesting as
well as entertainng, and that on
Hunting the Hippo" Is as good a hunt
day day The life 81 the man oxiled ct the
rivers IN the interior is touched on
fromatime roAtimc with a sympathetic
skill and power that make the tragedy
and comedy Of their lot intensely APP
pealing.
THE STORY or CHRISTINA BY Mary
IIarriott Norris. The Neale Publish
ing Co, of New York. $1.50.
In a g!rFss dormitory. withsits routine
of studies, bells and rules, life is assinl-
pie, honest thing. unadorned, maybe
but beautiful in It's scourage, Its inno-
cence and trust, its singleness of aim
and action. From this small narrow
of fashion. wealth ana idleness. Chris
tina Vasa is introduced by her guard
iansstwo men of the world, Henry
Burr, and Alexander Page.
with, her money, her opportunities, hel
position the obligations OF an immense
! fortune? She is a lovahle woman, a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
has been It's celebrated college, I'm Its
antecedeflts. the oldest .Oila-tha cont.

has been It's celebrated college. lin Its
,antecedents, the Oldest on the cont.
nent. and In actual operation, second
only to Harvard" ut was" continued
Or. Tyler. the first college fl the
United States to have O full faculty
OF professors; the first TO adopt the
lecture system: the first to establish
the elective and honor; systems; the
first to widen It's scope into that OF
COURSES In municipal and Unconstitutional
law. modern Languages. political
economy aud history" The alumni of
no other college exerted 80 much In
fluence in the founding and shaping
of the American Union. Among It's
graduates were Peyton Randolph. who
presided over the deliberations Of the
first Continental Congress-. ohm Tyler.
ST.. who pressed home in the State
Legislature the resolutions which CALI
ed for the convention at Ans
napolis. In 1876. which led to
the great convention in Philadelphia,
which adopted the Constitution;
Thomas Jefferson. who drew UP the
Declaration OF Independence and pur-
chased the Louisiana Territory. which
doubled the area OF the United States:
John Marshall whose decisionssas the
most illustrious o. American Judges.
consolidated the powers OF the central
government: James Monroe. whose i'm
mortal doctrine resounds. throughout
the world; John Tyler, who added an
empire to the Union by stfoke- of
his pen: Winfield Scott, who was
chiefly Instrumental. with his sword,
In spreading the American dominion
from the confines OF Texas to the Cult
Of San Francisco. There Is hardly an-
other American college which can OF.
fer such splendid array OF great
names-certainly not one in proportion
to the number OF It's graduates.
All those gay social scenes. all those
momentous political events. all these
celebrated statesmen. warriors and
luminous page. and at the touch OF
scholars, are projected on DIR. Tyler's
his pen, tic past. with It's quaintncss
Its picturesqueness. It's glorious ami
| nation, and It's mighty personalities
seems to live once more.
PHILIP ALEXANDER BRUCE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

WILLIAMSBURG. TIE OLD CO.
LONIAL CAPITAL. BY Lyon Gardl-
ner Tyler, LII d.. President OF
William and Mary College. Whit.ct
Il Shcpperson. publishers and
printers. Richmond. Va. 1901 For
sale by Lyon q. Tyler, Williams
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

Dr. Sagers is an earnest advocate OF
1.-THE principles OF Horace Fletcher.
whose books are also published by
Frederick IA. Stokes Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE. B,
II. c. Bailey. D. Appleton & Com.
pany. of New York, publishers
81 IN -

A dashIng story of adventure most
Interestingly told. Raoul. who calls him
self .Raoul Tout lie Monde" Is SOL
der OF fortune. His career. as told in
this book. begins with childhood at the
sack OF st. Quentin. takes the reader
through some OF the terrors OF the
siege of Leyden. and on to the quay
at Rotterdam, where Raoul watched a
white sail disappear. and so watching.
sighed; then from Lilo to Delft. where
Raoul heard the news OF the death OF
William of Nassau and wept because
he knew that Parma's assassin hnd
won; through further deeds of excite
ment TO Namur. where he met Queen
Margot and heard her sing; to the
story of his first love. begun in Mime.
gen. and how 1t ended there: and so
finally. to antwerp and Margot van
der Wyn. first adopted by him as his
little sister, atterward saved by him
from the Inauisition and married by
him in England. one OF her wedding
gifts being string OF black pearls
from Queen Margot Of Navarro. After
ward from Raoul Tout lie Monde he
becomes Raoul Bonfortune. |,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
HARTMAN. BY Arthur Train. D. Ap.
&. "a Of. Ntn.u H.nrlc iSE !.

HARTMAN. By Arthur Train. D. APP
pleton & Co.. of New York, publish
ers. $3.50.
A book of excellent short stories, the
leading one of which Is told with re-
lplarlSable force and intensity; as rep
resenting the vivid impressions the
brain can receive during the few mo-
mcnts that 1t is dominated by the in
fluence of an anesthetic. and how
those Impressions are colored by words
and incidents Immediately preceding it's
being administered.
+ In the case under consideration the
man imagined himself to be the sub
ject of an amputation and arrest by
Inspectors from Scotland Yard. His
Imagination is so cleverly presented
that the reader is apt to imagine it
fact until the final explanation. The
book is very clever and entertaining
series from the pen OF very clever
writer.
THE CODE or VICTOR JA1LLOT. BY
Edward Childs Carpenter George
w. Jacobs & Co., of Philadelphia.
publishers. si.5o.
A romance Of old New Orleans. be-
ginning In December of 1903, at the
period when Louisiana was about to
pass from under, the Scontrolgof France
into that OF the United States. and the
city of New Orleans was rent by the
,jealousies between the French and
American partisans. with the French
largely in the ascendancy.
The theatres of old New Orleans, its
social life and color are very prettily
the honor and caste of.his lady stand
vlndicated by the hero, ana the ro-
nance ends in happy union. The book
illustrations, which are excellent, are
done by Elenore Plaisted Abbott.
THE ART OF LIVING IN GOOD
HEALTH. BY. Daniel $. sager, M. y.
The Frederick a. Stokes Company. Of
New York, through the Bell Book
and Stationery Co., OF Richmond.
$1.35 net.
Recently there has been an unusual
output of books upon hygiene and upon
subjects connected With the care OF
health. Some of these, like. Professor
|Chlttenden's THE Nutrition of Afan,''
are scientific auttorittes on the sub
lject, but rather too long and too scten.-
ltific to be welcomed by busy men and
women who Chiefly want TO tknow what
to do in their daily lives In order to
I.keep Jtulrly WekI.7ts5lL ~ sIuFE s4Etl PSoPtG
tthat DR.. Sager's book has been writ
Item. He takes up the latest theories
upon diet ana nutrition and makes
them intelllgihle and practical. And
Furthermore, the book treats OF other
matters which are also essential to
1 good health. Some OF the topics. are;
water drinking, the science of breath,
ling, the lnastication OF food, diet lin
separate chapters on cereals, meat, milk
|eggs, fruit, nut. vegetable diets}, the
raw food question. salt and the salt.
feating habit, over-eatlng, the enslavlng
drugs, exercise, sleeplessness. the out
door life, the superstition of nleai.
|cines.
Dr.. Sageri is an earnest advocate o.
1.-THE principles OF Horace Fletcher
whose books are also published by
Frederick Stokes Company.
KILO. by Ellis Parker Rutler. THIS
Mcclure Company, Of New York, pub.
~ labers. ls lS I'LL, # Fl "A VI D
III "A llornely rolnR nce OF the Nil llle Nyas
a An which HE love story Of ii tpl IIew,
lett, book an a M lssi Sal " IIiEg'
prch, X il1 IS IN mr. 4,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

tluEOuSu +lHt Stll IoOoh dt1h A~tabaO'I
cry Co., OF Richmond.
How difficult 1t is to recall ones
own childhood in sufficient detail to
describe or even remember the nas-
times that used to fasclrate us! "What
Shall We Do Now" contains them all
or, at any rate, all that any child
could exhaust In youth of ordinary
duration. To read the book brings
to u grown-up person recollections OF
his or her own halcyon days. The
games hero described have made many
a garnet or d summer veranda ring
with laughter on rainy days. The
wisdom and forethouGht of the writer
is best shown In the fact that not
merely games for crowd of merry
makers. but games for one or two,
games for solitary or sick children.
nre given: andRnot merely the subject
of games. but tive much more general
one OF occupations. is covered with
SURPRISING comprehensiveness What
to do on the train during y journey,
what to do at the s-ashore or In the
courtrv. are the subjects of chapters
Astounding in. useful suggestions that
will make the hol 'dayt+mnre enjoyable
Considerable space Is given to dolls
houses. Easily ma de- tays.s ike panel
houses. paper darts. Kites. whistles
boats. arc explained and there are
chapters on candy-makinE; garderira
and the care of pets. TIE book il
thoroughly useful even If it onlp
serves to jog ones memory VIII en- cast
ing about for an answer to its query
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

THE PRINCESS AND GOBLIN. BY
George Macdonald. j. b. Lippineott
Company. OF Philadelphia, publishers.
Not the least OF Macdonaid's fame
rests on his writings for children.
which In their own line have never
been surpassed. Pertains the most
popular OF his children's books Ia this.
1.-THE Princess and the Goblin" which
was first published In, 1871, and which
has been reprinted time and again on
both sides Of tire Atlantic. a partlcu-
lar charm has been always added TO
cravings after the drawings OF Arthur
Hughes. whose work belongs In tile
same Ic'ass with that Of Sir John Ten-
MEL the original illustrator OF "Altcc
IN Wonderland" These original en-
cravings have been retained In the
new edition, and Miss Kirk has CON
tributed new artistic interest by
the series of exceedingly attractive
colored Illustrations embodying the
spirit and atmosphere of the story.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

a vERs DE soc1ETE ANTHOLOGY.
Charles scribner's- Sons. OF New York,
publishers. through the Bell Book md
stationery Co, of Richmond. sl.2b.
This book. the nth III Miss sWells's
popular series of anthologies. contains
the cream OF that department OF verse
which can be described adequately only
by the French term. "vers de Societe."
From Francois Villon to the present
time almost all the great writer's are
represented. Miss Wells again shows
her astrological discretion in her I'm.
erring sense for tho interesting and
eiOnf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

woman whom mon desire Supremacy.
What will she do with love?
'rhe evolution OF this npble-hearted
wrought out; the growth of the lnno-
cent girl In the possession of millions
to the experienced woman In possession
Of herself her wealth above rubies,
is delicately and intelligently trace,l.
Miss Norris has done more than tell
an interesting and wen-sustained love-
story. she has added to the portrait
gallery OF American girls notable
picture---ilnlslled. artistic and unique.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

WHAT SHALL WE DO NOW? BY
Dorothy Garfield and others Fred
erlclS A. Stokes s. Co., OF New York
through the Bell Book and Station
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
cHn1srMAs .pupL1cAr1oNs.

THE ASTONISHING; TALE OF A PEN
AND INK PuPPET. BY oliver Her.
ford. Charles Scribncr's Sons. OF
New York, through the Bell Book
and Stationery Co. of Richmond.
The reader and looker-on finds no
the component parts Of BERTHE Van
Ordinaire, and of his love scrapes with
the devoted friends and rival beauties.
Ethelberta aisl Angelina; his mental
anguish, caused by the necessity OF
making a decision between them, and
his final wedding of the trained nurse,
make up table OF contents as true to
life IS 1t Is original.