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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31
Another Grievance.

Il am particularly and unalterabIy
opposed to these grafters." said Sena
tor Sorghum
They have done a great deal Of
harm"
81 should say so. They have
brought into disrepute things that were
heretofore considered legitimate per
quisites. Washington Star
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Japan saved Korea from the grasp
of the greedy Russians, and now
takes that country in payment of
the noble service. Lawyers some
times proceed i'm that way with the
property OF their clients Kansas
CiDy Journal.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

revere attack and took half a bottle
u the twenty-five cent size Chamusr-
aims Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and this morning feel like
q new man"
For sale by The White Pharmacy,
Cor. Princeton Ave and Bland st.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

II the Democratic National Com
mittee doesn't meet in the goodly,
and now quite godly. city OF Louis
vile. Marse Henry won't give the
party evenapeep into the recesses OF
his presidential stable Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribune.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Tom-Hc wanted TO marry Miss In
herit and declared that it was solely
am affair of the heart
Jack-And when her father was
financially ruined. what effect did II
aosc ou him2
Tom-IIoart failure
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

The girls who are establishing the
precedent of kissing their rescuers
are doing more for the promotion of
heroismtha II an OF Camegie's mon
ey New York American.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

The fact that some German OIL
GERS were in a balloon over Berlin
three hours ought not to be regard
ed as record-breaking The Car
of Russia has been mp i'm the air for
several years. Louisville Courier
Journal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Col Charles A. Edwards secretary
of the Democratic Congressional
Committee. believes that Louisville
has the best chance of landing the
next Democratic National Conven-
ton. excepting only Chicago. Her
aid. Palestine Tex.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31
WINsIOW'S
aYHIIp.


Has boon used for over sTXTY-FIVR
YEARS by MILLIONS Of MOTHERS
for their CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHNG. with PERFECT sue
CESS DO sOOTHEs the CHILD.
softcua Che gums. allays all PAIN;
CURES WIND collie. and is the
best remedy for DfARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part Of the
world Bc sure ana ask for Mrs.
WmHowa Soothing syrup" and
take mo- other kind. twenty-five
cents bottle Guaranteed under
the rood and Drugs Act. June Goth,
1906 Serial Number 1893 AN OLD
AND WELL TRIED REMEDY
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Foses-Did YOU know that vour
wife had filed q bin for divorce from
vuu2
Hosgs labsentIy Great Scott
Bills bills nothing but bills, How
much is it, Cleveland Leader.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Canadian geese are not birds says
a recent customs decision What are
Welsh rarebits? New York Ameri-
can.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31
SUCCESS.

How do you spell Success
SAYS the lover with lizpinK voice
Il spell Success with my sweotheart's
yes.
When she owns I'm her only choice.
Yes
SUGGEST"
How DO you spell Successor
SAYS the 1cforiua gay.
II spell Success p-r-e-double-s.
When thc critics push my play
PRESS
SuCCcssr
How DO Won spoil Suocoss7
Saws the c3pitalistic cove.
81 spell Success with capital s
And couple Of strokes. by Jovoi
Dc-f''
Fobertus Love In Judge.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Judge Parker realizes now that
the people made a great mistake i'm
not electing him president.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

The Needy One-I say. old chap.
could You lend me five for a day or
,wo?
The Other One-My dear fellow. the
i've ] lend is ont at present and I've
several names down for it when IL
'omcs back
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31
Criticism.

Criticism.
II almost landed a whopper It wa.
a big pike that was nearly two feet
long and TN bet e. weighed over siy
pounds. ] got IL as far as the bop'
when my line broke
Nature takir." was the only com
mont of the man TO whom tho speech
had been addressed. Detroit FIRES
Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

sssss .
You have just completed .
your new house or had your .
rooms rcmodeled You need .
"a nice Chandelier Call and .
see ours Prices are right .
CLIMAX ELECTRICAL SUP .
Ply a. CONSTRUCTION 90. .
esss .
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31

Now Virginia viii go ON the war
path after the federal Judges scalp.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-07-31
SOOTHING

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Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
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Driving Home the Cows.

Driving Home the Cows. Out of the clover and the blue-eyed grass He turned them into the river lane. One after another he let them pass, Then fastened the meadow bars again. Under the willows and over the hill He patiently followed their sober pace ; The merry whistle for once was still. And something shadowed the sunny
 face.
  Only a boy, and his father had said He never could let his youngest goI Two already were lying dead Under the feet of the trampling foe But after the evening work was done, And the frogs were loud In the meadow
 swamp, Over his shoulder be slung his gun And stealthily followed the footpath
 damp, Across the clover and through the wheat, With resolute heart and purpose grim, Though cold was the dew on his hurrying
 feet,
 And the blind bats fitting startled him. Thrice since then had the lanes been
 white,
 And the orchards sweet with apple
 bloom; And now. when the COWS come back at
 night,
 The feeble father drove them home. For news had come to the lonely farm That three were lying where two had
 lain; And the old mans tremulous, paisied arm Could never lean on a sons again. The summer day brew cool and late, He went for the COWS when the work
 was done; But down the lane, as he opened the gate, He saw them coming, one by one Brindle, Ebony, Speckle and Bess, . Shaking their horns in the evening
 wind; Cropping the buttercups out of the But who was 1t following lose behind Loosely swung h the idle air The empty sleeve of army blue: And worn and pale, from the crisping
 hair.
 Looked out face that the father knew. For gloomy prisons will sometimes yawn And yield their dead unto life again; And the day that comes with . cloudy
 dawn
 In golden glory at last may wane. The great tears sprang to their meeting
 eyes,
 For the heart must speak when the lips
 are dumb: And under the silent evening skies Together they followed the cattle home. Kate Putnam Osgood.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

1529-Siege of Vienna abandoned by the Turks. 1G10-First Duke of Ormonde, chief sup porter of the Stuart cause in Ire land, born. Died July 2, 1888. 1622-Peace of Montpelier, ending the Huguenot wars. 172s-City of Copenhagen, Denmark, nearly destroyed by fire. 1775-Continental Congress adopted the Pine Tree Flag. 1777-Gen. Gates defeated Gen. Bur. goyne at Saratoga. 1Tf9-End of siege at Savannah, Ga. 17S1-Americans and British opened bat tie at Yorktown, Va. 17S3-American Congress voted to dis band the Revolutionary army on Nov. 2. 1797-Bonaparte and Austrian Emperor concluded treaty of Campo Formio. 1s06-Battle of Halle. 1S12-Second battle of Poltosk . French military forces abandoned Moscow. 1s13-Bonaparte defeated at Leipsic. 1S15-Island of Jamaica devastated by a hurricane. 1S26-Last lottery sanctioned by the Eng. fish government held. 1S34-Old Houses of Parliament Lon don, burned. 1s42-Grace Darling died. 1S4S-Mormon temple ar Nauyoo, III, destroyed. 1S56-Fatal panic at the Surrey Gardens music hall in London. 1S62-The Confederate, Gen. Morgan, oc cupied Lexington, Ky. 1s63-Departments of the Cumberland and Mississippi consolidated and placed under command of Gen. Grant. 1S64-Gen. Sheridan victor at battle of Cedar Greek, Va. 1S71-President Grant suspended writ of habeas corpus in nine counties of South Carolina. 1S74-Marriage of Gen. Frederick D. Grant and Miss Ida NJ. Honore. 1S9S-Spanish evacuation of Porto Rico officially completed. 1S99-Arthur T. Hadley assumed the presidency of Yale University. Rev. Dr. ". H. P. Faunce installed as president of Brown University... Boers defeated by the British at bat. tie of Dundee Hill. 19O1-Bi-centennial of Yale University celebrated. 1902-Lord Kitchener appointed to com mapd the British forces in India... Typhoon on coast of Japan; 50.00o houses destroyed. Total eclipse of the moon. 1903-Cresceus trotted mile in :59&... Alaskan boundary fixed. 19otPresident Roosevelt invited powers to second peace conference at The Hague. President directed Secre tary Taft to go to Panama to reas- sure people of the pacific intentions of the United States. 1oO5-President Roosevelt departed from Washington on a tour of the Southern States.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

Sleep, and how much of 1t the aver age person needs, was one of the sub jects considered by the British Asso- citation at Its annual meeting The scientific men were agreed that no uni versal rule can be laid down; but they were also agreed that Wellington's say ing, "Six hours for man, seven for a woman and eight for a fool" would place the author Of il If he had done nothing else, In the eight-hour class. An abundance of sleep for young peo- ple during the period of growth was urged with unanimous insistence, and the advice was reinforced by a letter from the head of a boys school, where the breakfast hour had been changed f1om seven o'clock to eight, with an immediate improvement in the charac- ter of the work done.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
Robinson Crusoe.

The second volume of Robinson Crusoe," by Daniel De Foe, published on Aug. 20, 1879, was the first story published in England with illustra- tions The illustrations consisted of a map of the world, In which the differ ent voyages of the hero of the tale were delineated. The first volume of Robinson Crusoe' was published in April, 1719, and became popular at once. A second edition was printed seventeen days after the first, twenty five days later another followed, and a fourth was published on Aug. 8 of the same year. On Aug. 20 the second volume was issued under the title of .eThe Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; being the second and last part of his life and of the strange, surpris- Ing account of his travels round three parts of the globe. Written by him. self. To which Is added a map of the world, In which Is delineated the voy- age of Robinson Crusoe."
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
Plants that Take Pills.

A very large and sturdy orange tree was growing in small pot.
 "If that tree" said the florist, didn't take pills It would require a pot as big as a bathtub to grow n. But It takes pills like a hypochrondriac.
 Chemists, agricultural experts now make plant pills, pills no bigger than chestnuts, that contain sustenance for six months, a kind of tabloid food These chemists analyze a plants ash, and make pills of the constituent salts. The pills, inclosed in a metal cover, are buried In the earth at the plants roots, and the salts gradually dissolve and diffuse through the metal, giving the plants day by day the sustenance that they require.
 "Pills are also applied to weak. sick. ly plants, which they help wonderfully. !"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
TYRoLESE CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Manner in Which Propo-
 sals of Marriage Are Made.

Peculiar Manner in Which Propo- sals of Marriage Are Made. There is an old custom prevailing among the Tyrolese regarding propos- als of marriage. The first time a young man pays a visit as avowed lover be brings with him bottle of wine, of which he pours out glass and pre- sents it to the object of his desires
 If she accepts it the whole affair Is settled. Very often the girl has not yet made up her mind, and then she will take refuge in excuses so as not to drink the wine and yet not refuse It point blank, for that is considered a gross insult. proving that she has been merely trifing with the affections of her lover.
 She will, for instance, maintain that the wine looks sour" or that wine disagrees with her or that she Is afraid of getting tipsy or that the priest has forbidden her to take any-in fact, she makes use of any subterfuge that pre- sents itself at that moment
 The purport of these excuses Is that she has not come to a decision and that the wine offering Is premature.
 This strange custom, dating very far back-according to one account, 1t was known as early as the ninth century, Is called bringing the wine" and Is synonymous with the act of propos- ing.
 Shy lovers, loath to make sure of their case beforehand, find It a very happy institution. Not a word need be spoken. and the girl Is spared the pain ful "No" of civilization.
 If any of the wine is spilled or the glass or bottle broken it Is considered most unhappy omen-in fact there Is a peasants saying for an unhappy marriage, ''They have spilled the wine between them"
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
Damascus Being Moderni.ed.

Damascus. whose pedigree Is the longest of living cities, Is losing It's character. An enterprising Belgian com. pany Is cutting through 1t with an electric tramway and Is sprinkling cleo tric lights in its ancient streets. What is more. the motive power for these installations Is derived from the har. messing of the river falls twenty two miles of, so that no feature of the modern invasion Is spared the place whence the Jew of Tarsus escaped h basket over the wall. The British acting consul reports that three and a half miles of the tram line are already being laid. Meanwhile traffic on the Hejaz railway. which some day may reach Mecca, finds a convenient entre- pot in the old-time emporium of the slow-moving caravan
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
A Farce Reformer.

The people of the Farce Islands cling to their old customs and see little good ln change, says the author of ''The Faroes and Iceland" but now and then one of them becomes a conservative re former. Such was an old man of Stromo who, in his youth, had learned cabinetmaking In Copenhagen, then had been a blacksmith in New South Wales, and later a marine in the Dan- ish navy during the Schleswig Holstein war.
 Having thus travelled far beyond the widest dreams of his countrymen, he returned while still a comparatively young man to Stromo, and invested his savings in a home
 Conservative though he appeared to outlanders, to the islanders he was a reckless innoyator. He roofed his house with slate instead of with the tradi. tional turf, but could find none to fol- low his example. They shook their heads in doubt.
 He argued vainly with them against the habit of throwing fsh-cleanings into the brook and getting drinking water lower down. The only advice they would accept from him-and that after long hesitation-was to boil their fish. oil outdoors instead of In the living room.
 But when this terrible lnnoyator heard from a visitor that women rode bicycles in England, he was so aston. ished that he asserted confidently that the world could not last much longer.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

Licking does not get past here without doing some work, for the inhabitants are very industrious. Then the rivecs unite their waters and make a stream deep enough to float barges full of crackery and steamboats laden with all the things they make here, down to the Ohio and thence to the Mississippi and away to the Gulf of Mexico.
 Now, when 1t came to building a bridge to join that city together the wise men of the place saw that 1t would have to be a bridge with three ends. A queer bridge that would be, indeed, for who ever heard of a bridge with more than two ends to 1t? There was not such a thing in the United States But they had to have 1t and so they made 1t. And It was the only bridge of the kind in the world except one in Swift. zerland that Is somewhat like 1t. To look at 1t one would think that each town had started to build bridge out to the others and all three bridges had met in the middle of the river.
 Each part of the bridge had four hall ways, two big ones for horses and two little ones for people walking. It had d shlngled roof over all the length of 1t and windows In the sides, so that 1t was a sort of house bridge When il rained you could go out on the river and be out of the wet. Where the bridges came together there was a big room out in the middle of the river, with the twelve railways opening into 1t Can you imagine what roomful of horses and wagons and people that was, with the people of three towns all cross Ing from hall to hall as they came and went in different directions? Every body In the three parts of the city had to come out here whenever they went to any Of tbe others. And so they all met In the room out In the middle of the river, no matter where they were coming from or where they were going to.-St. Nicholas.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
BRIDGE WITH THREE ENDS,
Only One in United States Connect
 Parts of an Ohio Town.

Only One in United States Connects
 Parts of an Ohio Town.
 Right in the middle of 6 city in Ohio one river empties into another, and co the city is divided Into three parts. It Is really three towns sitting "catacor- nered" to each other, with the waters between them. One river Is the mur- muring Muskingum, hurrying along be- tween Its big echoing hills, and the oth- CT is the lazy Licking. flowing quietly between green garden banks and osier fields and overhanging treea Both of them have mills to turn. The blue Muskingum spreads out in the sun and shines like mirror above Its mill dam and then 1t tumbles down with a roar as 1t turns the mill and hurries away over the rocks as if 1t were angry at being caught and put at such a task. But the Licking spills itself smoothly into the Muskingum and sings happily at its work. 50 yau see even the lazy
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

MT. Cityman-I should think you would die of ennui out here. Uncle Silas Corntassel, of Oatmealville-No, sir; chills an fever seems to be the prevailin' ailment.-Philadeph Rec ord.
 "Is that all the work you can do In a day?' asked the discontented employ CT. Well, suh," answered Erastus Plnkley, "I s'pose I could do mo but I never was much of hand foh show in of. ff."-Washington Star.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
RANCHES BECOME CITIES.
Fortunes Being Made in Transform-
 ing Texas Panhandle.


 The western land fever which some years ago attacked Oklahoma and then shifted to Canada, is now raging virulent. ly in Texas. In the last two years prac tically all the big ranches in the Texas Panhandle have been bought by land com panies. These have arranged with the railroads to run excursion trains from al far east as Indianapolis at half fare. Their eastern agents gather up the farm. CTS who will come, and these are all punched al Kansas City, Wichita or Fl Reno, and there westerners who know the land thoroughly and can talk a mum. my into a purchase take charge.
 Amarillo, Texas, is the center of the big land boom. Two years ago it was a cattle shipping point, the center of the gigantic LX ranch, with several hun. dred inhabitants. To-day it has 5000, and nightly people have to sleep on the streets for lack of accommodations. The old ranch was 27 miles wide and 60 long, and was all under fence. There were 1.200 sections, or nearly 770.0OO acres. The company bought the land originally for 9 cents an acre.
 The land boom in the Panhandle be gan when the company that owned the ranch divided 1t up into sections and be- gan offering it at from s1.5OO to S2.5OO section. A fourth of the land is yet un. sold, but the company has gathered in six millions for the land disposed of. Its sale value is now from s10 to s2O an icre. There are other big ranches in the Panhandle. out in the Big Pasture, as they call 1t. These are all being cut up and offered to the hungry land seekers.
 There'll be lot of dead towns in the Panhandle when the bottom drops out of this boom, as ii will; but while it lasts the folks are having good time. Men who had nothing few years ago are rich now. Two-thirds of the business blocks Ire occupied by land agents.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

More than one famous American be- gan business life selling newspapers. That the present generation of news boys is made of the same sort of stuff as the past generation Is indicated by tue action of the Newsboys' Union of Boston In raising money for a scholar ship in Harvard University, to be awarded to member of the organiza- tion. The winner of the first scholar ship was announced recently, a youth of seventeen years old, who has sue ceeded In preparing himself for col lege while selling newspapers. He en- ters college at an age much younger than the average in the freshman class
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, =
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
 LUCAS COUNTY, ss. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY K Co, doing bvS Siness in the City of Toledo Coun- ty and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS fer each and every case of CATARRh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH CTRE.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. sworn to before me ard subscribed in my presence, this eth day of Decem Der, A. D., 1Ss6 ,~~~ A. W. GLEASON, srAl Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and sct directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send T testimonials free
 F. J. CHENEY 8 CO.,, Toledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
Nests Weighing Five Tons.

The largest birds nests are to be found in Australia. The Australian jungle fowl build for nests great mounds, fifteen feet in height and 125 or 15O feet in circumference Grass, leaves and other vegetable matter are used In the construction of the nests, which easily weigh ton.
 The Australian brush turkeys, work. ing in colonies, build pyramidal nests even la-ger. One of these nests, oo being removed, filled several carts, and Its total weight was five tons.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

Paw, when there's a pig banquet why do they always have spoiled cheese to wind 1t up with?" Because my son. It makes you forget the earller courses."-Chicago Tribune.
 Describe as nearly as you can, said the judge, 'the assault the prisoner made on you" Tt wor just com mon ordinary brick, sor," replied the defendant-Milwauk Sentinel.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

Teacher-Tommy, spell through" Tommy-Shall spell 1t according to precedent or President?
 "I wonder what that Chlnaman Is doing up SO late?" Shirts l suppose" New Orlenas Times Democrat.
 All the worlds a stage-but the ma jority of us sit In the gallery and throw things at the performers.-Kansas City World
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills passed several gravel stones. 1 got we'll and the trouble has not returned. My back is good and strong and my general health better.''
 Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N. I.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14
Chance for Him.

One afternoon the proprietor of an animal store said to his young clerk:
 "Tom, I'm going upstairs to work on the books. If anyone comes In for a live animal let me know. You can attend to selling the stuffed animals yourself"
 About half an hour later in came a gentleman with his son and asked Tom If he could show him a live monkey. To the customers amazement the clerk ran to the foot of the stairs and yelled:
 Come down, come down, sir; you're wanted l'-Judge's Library.
Alaska sentinel., 1907-03-14

how to cure them. Mrs. W. c. Davis, of Groesbeck, Tex says:
 "Backaches hurt me so could hardly stand. Spells of diz- ziness and sick head aches were frequent and the action of the kidneys was irregu- lar. Soon after 1 be-