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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-16

with headquarters at Dungannon.
Va, accompanied his wife TO this
city whore she boarded the train for
Kingston. Ohio. TO visit friends and
relatives Mr. Haynes returned to-
day to his place OF business.
Attorney ID + French is spend
ing the day in WEIGH ON legal bust
ness
Mr. A. r. Caperton, OF Princeton.
was in the city yesterday ON his re-
turn from business trip to Taze-
well. Mr.. Caperton purchased at
the horse sale fine horse at a cost
Of $225, and also one in this city
Yesterday at the same figure.
Mr.. William Leckie Supt of the
/ Galleries CO., at Pocanhontas, re-
turned yesterday from a pleasure
trip to England and Scotland He
says his trip was one OF pleasure
from beginning to end
Mr.. w \. Whitley, the produce
dealer, was up from Graham ycster-
day.
Mr. II. c. Linthicum, Jr.. Of Ora
nam. was mp this morning ON bust
ness.
M John Johnson is here today
from Falls Mills, on business
Mr.. J. II. shaTer, Of Ada, is in the
city today.
Judge Saunders, of Charleston, is
IN the city today.
Mr.. J. f. Bralton is over from
Princeton today on business.
Mrs Harry Carlton, whose i'll
ness was mentioned yesterday, is
much improved today
Read the Daily LeaCor.
The revival service at Grace
church is deepening in interest and
widening in influence to an extent
not hitherto experienced by pastors
and congregation. Ponder the path
OF thy feet was the text from
which Rev. Mr. Hall preached an
other soul stirring sermon last
night to a large and appreciative
audience Several responded to the
call OF the preacher to lead new
life, and openly professed Christ as
heir personal savior, and identified
themselves as candidates for eternal
life. May the good work continue
until many others can claim kindred
ship with the skies. Let every body
lttend the meeting.
Mrs. Emma Daley of South Blue
heId, left this afternoon to visit
friends in Pocahontas.
Mr.. l.. b. Turley is business
visitor from Spanishburg, today
Mr.. J. T. Good. OF Bristol. Tenn.
registered at the Ntamonr this
afternoon
Mr.. j. N po,ucl, of Bedford.
IS here today.
Mir Garland of Garland K Litz
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-16

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ertising medium i'm this section
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-16

WANTED: First class cook. Applv
To klnsh 40. Princeton ave
j-1G12t.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-05-16
Dignity and
Styie

Take care Of the COR
set & d the gown will take
care Of itself. A perfect
figure can lend grace and
style 1ven to an i'll fitting
frock. A perfect figure,
NOR jVer, is not so hard to
achieve in these days of
skiIIi i and scientific COR
set building. But the i'm
portant point is the fit of
the Individual corset to the
individual woman. There
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

ty-five years Ole. RE was born Is
Bradford, Pa He took ali engineering
course in the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in 1885 and later post
graduate course in hydraulic work.
Then he began his professional work
In Colorado. His goal has been thu ma
tional reclamation Of the Great Araari-
can desert. and for eighteen years lie
has studied that wonderful problem.
He is said to have first hand knowl-
edge OF every important stream in the
west. While working in the Nevada
desert which for forty miles is COW
cred with the bones of animals and
men, he found water within fifteen
feet of the surface. This land, he sd rs,
is possible of cultivation and in few
years will be land Of farms. +.
The $40,O00OO0 now under his con-
troll is looked upon as an investment
by the government. Larger appropria-
tons will follow. The reclaimed lands
are given to settlers with the proviso
that they must pay for the water. In
idaho, for instance, the stipulated
price is $22 per acre. @f
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

Maxwell's Talisman: The manufac-
turers Of many varieties of tools, agri-
cultural and other, find themselves
facing seriouss calamity in the rapid
disappearance of that most valuable
of American hard woods, the hickory.
For certain uses, like ak helves and
hammer handles, almost no satisfac-
tory substitute can be found. One of
the hardest, it is naturally one of the
slowest growing trees, and many years
must elapse, if paintings are under
taken, before the trees can be made
available for timber. Some can yet
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
"A MILLION 4 MONTH.
New Director Of Land Reclama-
ton to Spend This Sum.
WILL RECLAIM THE DESERTS.

r. n. Newell at Head Of Twenty five
Vast Irrigation Projects Undertaken
by the Government-Most Important
Work Of The Time.
Frederick Haynes Newell, the Penn
| kylvania man recently appointed di-
rector of the reclamation service of the
interior department, will have $4,000
900 to spend in the next two years, APP
proximately $1,O00,O00 month.
The magnitude of the work of the
reclamation service can be gathered
from a few figures. Reclamation work
| is now going on in thirteen states and
three territories. The projects num-
| Der twenty-five. and involve the ex-
penditure of $4O,O0OO0O and the ulti-
mate reclamation Of 100000 acres Of
desert land. II less than five years the
service has completed four prof cts and
will supply water this year to $4,000
| acres Of arid land, says the Columbus
Dispatch. RI
1t has dug 1,267 miles Of canals. sew
eral Of which carry entire rivers. Its
| tunnels are more than nine miles long,
and the excavations Of earth and rock
| amount to 100000 cubic yards, or
about one-fourth the estimated yard
age of the isthmian canal 1t has con-
structed ninety-four large structures,
Including two great dams in Idaho
| and Nevada. 1t has built 376 miles Of
road in mountainous country. 1t has
erected 1878 miles Of telephone lines.
| 1t is operating twenty-three miles Of
railway. 1t gives employment to 49,
| 600 people. AS a result of its opera
tons eight new towns have been es-
tablished, 100 miles Of branch rail-
ways have been constructed, and thou
sands Of people have taken up their
residences in what was once the des-
| ert. Every line of industry in the
west has felt the benefits of this mar
velous work. ....-a w.. .s..r.
Severe weather conditions this win
ter have retarded the work in many in
stances. The work on the Roosevelt
dam on the Salt river above Phenix,
Ariz., has been delayed by floods which
eleven times this year have washed
away the railroad tracks. E. sa.&Er.
| Mr.. Newell. who is at the head OF all
these tremendous undertakings. is for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
E:%-Tei..e i? ( -,

II rc.e2; clecticn coz, ,air1 oI&,
o. fac e.: .:Ca;cs fcc CT re was well
know;t in his district, while the otle..
@.i's 4 nonresident and a stranger %
most of the people. Tie Grst wis a
fcor speaker aad t;le Su'3cs!.a1co &C Els
his sneech was this. Fellow citizens.
sgcu know HE. I'm self-made man
you know me-
His opponent, for some reason or
ether, could not appear in person. hui
WIS fortunate III his substitute, l:tt, e
i'san~ h-Cf madam lawyer. ..
I'm very sorry" he began, ma
freend could not coom-I'd lax mooch
you hat seen heem. He vera deterrent
from dis man dat has joost sit down
He sc?s he made heemself. l bellows
dat. But ma man-God made heem
And. no friends, dere is joost as
mooch difference between de men as
Lere is between de makers!"
That was all of his speech, but it
was enough Tor the audience and his
man was elected.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
William. w. Russell

Hon. William w. Russell, minister
to Venezuela, was born at Rockville,
Md, and is a son of Major Russell
Of the United States marine corps. He
graduated at the United States Naval
Academy, but failed to enter the serv-
ice. Minister Russell then studied
engineering and was active in the
construction of the big Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad electrical power station
in Baltimore. He first entered the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

be found in Missouri and in parts of
other states in the same latitude, but
from New England, New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan
and Wisconsin the hickory has almost
disappeared. Yet not long ago it was
burned as the best of frewoods,-
thousands of cords every winter.
The nuts, too! How the shell
barks'' are missed! Probably the best
plan for getting these back, for the
delight OF young and old, is to plant
shickories for shade trees along the
roads and city streets. "a. ...
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

diplomatic service as secretary Of the
Legation at Caracas, Venezuela. His
next post was minister to Columbia,
but he never reached Bogota, owing
to a misunderstanding between the
United States and Columbia. He was
made minister to Venezuela in 1906.
He was very prominent as minister to
Panama, but resigned when the sign
ing OF the Canal treaty was accom-
plished. . &
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
Put Your Money in the Bank.

Put Your Money in the Bank.
A woman was murdered in St.. Paul
a few days ago that robbers might get
away undetected with $500 which she
and her son had accumulated and hid
den away in box. She wouldn't trust
her money to any existing bank. But
had postal savings bank existed she
would unquestionably have put it
there with absolute confidence. Then
there. would have been no murder.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
His Scheme,

Yes, I'm in the lecture business"
said the longthaired passenger, "and
Tn making money. I've got scheme,
I have, and it works like charm Big
houses everywhere 1 go"
"A scheme?" iFE@-r
Eyes. always advertise that my
lectures are especially for women I'M
der thirty years OF age and men out
Of debt. You ought to see the way
people come trooping in.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
Preparing for a Change.

A girl Eaby was brought to a Seattle
clergyman, according to the Fcs~-Intel-
EGcnoer of that city, to be baptized.
He asked TIE name CT the baby.
'Diaah NJ the father responded.
But what does the M. stand for?"
asked the minister
ooh, if she turns out nice and sweet
and handy abcl- Tie house, Ike her
mother / shall call Ter Dinah Hay.
But If c.ie las Gerry temper and
bon" bshcl' d;s-'o~:+icn, like mine l shall
call her Dinah Might"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05
Robert B. Glenn

Governor Robert B. Glenn of North
Carolina, was born in Rockingham
county, N. c., on August II, 1854, and
first studied at the high school in
Leaksville, N. G. He then attended
Davidson College, N. c., and finished
off at the University of Virginia. He
was admitted to the practice of law
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-05

in June, 1877. In January, 1873, he
was married to Miss Nina d. Dederick,
of Knoxville, Tenn. He represented
Stokes county in the legislature of
1881. He was made solicitor for the
courts in his districts in 1885 and
1886 and served in the state senate
in 1899. Governor Glenn has two
children. ..... -.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
THE FOREIGN INVASION OF PLANTS

HLOSELY following Columbus with his ships
l. were sly seeds from the foreign plant world
which at once began testing the new climate
ana soil Very soon came approval then ndivid-
ual occupancy, and finally multitudinous invasion.
Along with the early Colonsts the oxcve daisy
came to America, its seeds hidden in ballast To-
C.y there hardly exists dominion more complete
than that which 1t has established over many a
farmers worn out pastures Through the summer
weather children picking great armfus of
1t, apparently without leSscning its numbers. And
50 compacently at home IS it now in America that
there are comparatively few who realize that it is
not native. Neither indigenous to this Co1ln-
try IS the arrow (AchiHea MHicjolilanl) which has
come to us, down the centuries claiming distinction
as the individual whose healing virtue was first en-
Ployed by the great Achilles. Tansy (IaHaCetl,ru
oagarc) first appeared in the land of its adoption
as a garden plant; but it broke the bondage of the
garden gate long ago, and pentiuly along roadsdcs
Its flat topped umbcls of yellow bloom attract the eye
1t IS Their very ability to boldly plant themselves
IN places where they not especially wanted that
charactcHzeS many attractive plants as weeds
Otherwise the dainty butter and eggs rearing its
Spnghtly blossoms, enchanting in shape and color
ing as many orchid, might well be dubbed a
flower. The moth mullen (VcrbascuJn bIaAayia)
showing tender flowers with Centers purple misted
and pcrlShable as the down on a butterlV's wing
IS as well called weed, and may perchancc have
come from Europe The great mullen (Veybascnyq
IhaPSHS) Is Indigenous in Europe and Asia: vet
strangely enough one of the forty common names
with which the plant is credited among Europeans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

heart: and when he gets home he takes down his
gun, and goes out and lays behind a hedge for his
landlord, and-rnisses himl'
The sudden surprising irony in the climax of these
stories is peculiarly Irish. The same quality marks
the retort of the street Arab and the gallery god
much it does the speech of the cultured orator.
No other part of Olympus is so distinguished in that
respect the gallery of Irish theater. There the
gods are always ready to interpret literally the
French phrase of assisting" at a performance.
Once when kean playing Hamlet in Dublin.
the impressive ghost scene married by hitch in
the machinery The ghost solemnly making his
exit by the trap door, when something went wrong
with the windasS below the stage, and the Specter
stuck hall way in his descent to the neither world.
There a terribly awkward pause; actors and
audience, well the ghost himself, were alike
silent and uOnplusscd, until voice from the gallery
chcerfully cried out. Hurrah boysl Hells FULL
Another time, in Ike theater, when Fechter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

SpeCleS, IS conspicuous among the flora of both China
and Japan. The morning glory IP5WrG pi1h,ntI)
was introduced from tropical America. Lovely as
are these flowers, they live only produce abundant
seed With opportunity the plant becomes an OBJ
noNouS weed, interlacing its roots through TN.
ground IN such way that they are more difficult o.,
cNtermlnate than either the daisy or Wild carrot
Ol the hosts OF foreign weeds and wild and cu,.i.
waited flowers that now uaturalized IN Amer.
II Is CurlouSy true that almost without eNcg-.-- ID
they nave held tenaCIOuSlv TO their tcupcrIruer--
While scattering their traditions Often IL Is those
latter that have gwen the plants renown The e.r-
mon 81 John wort (HVPtrICHl psyT0rI!.O'l coming
INTO bloom with the longest DAYS of summer retains
all the quaint, legendary lore that for SO lo-s time
has made 1t an individual of Importance In the Bt-
iSh Isles and IN Germany. Yet it Is safe 10 that
few American women hang IL over their doors on
~. JOINS Eve to prevent the entrance Of cvl
spirits or wear 1t about their neckS in auulcs r safe
guard them against witches. The dew that ais on
IL on St Johns Eve Is not here regarded especially
ethcaclouS Tor failing eyes. Least of all, however,
does the farmer fear to tread IT, thinking he might
be borne away by fairies. The legend that e sprlE
OF looseStrlte tied the heads of rebelouS cattle
might change their temper into one of docllty came
TO tins country from Europe with the purple spiked
looSeStrlte (LptjlrlUH SdiICGTid).
Undoubtedly the weeping willow IS the most re-
garded of the tranSplanted species which are
found IN this broad land Yet 1t IS the only one OF
the family which in America Is not a native -
also the horse chestnut tree makes Il stronger t-'i
on general acquaintance than the native oHlA7le7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

he can get Then what does he do: Does he %
home like a dacent, sensible man, and put the
money by in a stocking, for the rainy day? He
does not He loters round the fair, and meets with
lot of friends, and goes to drinking with them.
He feels rich, and spends his money like a lord.
They all feel the same; they all do the same; and
they have what they call good time. By and by
the man is laughing dhrunk. Later on ne is crying
drunk Afthcr awhile he Is crazy dhruuki and all
the way home with full head and an empty pocket.
he is thinking not of his follies but of his wrongs.
There Is blood in his brain and murdher IN his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

ecclesiastical promotion, That fellow rises by his
gravity, while | sink by my levty Therefore II
NAV be assumed that the Irish more witty than
wise; which, after all, is lucky. If they had been
wiser during the last few centuries they would have
found life intolcrabe, and 50 have persisted off the
face of the earth instead of which, they have Gull
tivatcd the one virtue in their Pandoras box, and
50 lived on incidentally they have had some fun
in making life not too Joyous for the other fellow
who made it sore for them
The determination of the Irish altogether
has been prophcsjed often, by expert authorities
concerned in the case, that its failure can be e%-
planned only as in the of the man in Limerick
whose friend the undertaken to order coffin
for him. He mentioned the name of the candidate
Pat Council.
Dear mel" exclaimed the undertaken. You
don't tell me poor Pat is dead? ~
No; he IS not dead-yet; but he will die to-
night; for the docthor says he can't live till
morning; and he knows what he gave him"
THERE'S aCertain cynical side to Irishhumor
OF such Swift the master in literature, ~
and Parnells faithful lieutenant, Joseph w
Biggar, the greatest eXemplar in politics IN
lie Fanu furnishes another example, in the ~.
man who discOurscd As follows to his son: M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
Some Noted Bulls

NOR are the bulls all of Irish birth. Presi-
IN dent Zachary Taylor exhibited one OF
noble weight when he said in his inaugural
address, that we were to be felicitated because
OF being at peace with all the world and
the rest of mankind"
Andthe Legislature of Wisconsin, a few years
ago, passed a bill of which one paragraph
reads, The railway companies in the State
shall equip their trains with devices that VIII
keep them on the track after derailment"
might mention the case of an eminent
political economist and statesman, in Boston,
who told me once that the IriShwere not noted
for longevity. and explained the fact by say
ing that the great famine of ISlS had reduced
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
By Alice Lounsberry

IS American velvet plant In the wild carrot 5
heecy and gay bloom there is charm; but as a weed
the plant is rank among the rankcst and almost
impossible to cxtcrminate.
1t was the jamestown Colonsts who first brought
the jamestown weed, or thornapple (Datlrd Sra
moH1nDl), to the New World, since they especially
valued 1t as stimulant in medicine. They little
thought that the day would come when it might
Also be found generally throughout the Eastern
States. where 1t has retained renown for its poison
Gus properties 1t is of the few plants which
numerically have dealt death to their admirers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

the national vitality much that not one Irish
Ccntenaran had been born since that fatal year"
Few, If any, centenarians have been born and died
in any country during the last sixty years, which
does not prove however that the race has died out
1t only shows that they require time to mature
Andrew Carnegie, sober Scot that ne IS, writing
about Canada in The North American Review "
some years ago, said impresSivelv Now that the
young colony has grown to the estate of manhood it
begins to prove undutifu daughter to the Mother
Country"
And here. to mention another bull not of Irish
BIRTH find among my Genoese books a grave his
tory of III DH0UO III GeHoyd by Giuseppe Banchero
who makes sad alluSIon 10 the time when the war
ring factions of Liguria gnawed the vitals of the
tatherland, who was the mother of them all. "
Many thing that looks like bull Is a very dig
nlhed entity The one that carried Europa across
the HelesPont, for instance was the great king of
all the gods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
Lies Three Periods

i divides itself into three distinct periods "a 4
The first is that in which he is planning and ID
continuing all sorts of villainv and ras- N
caity-that is the period of youth and in EK
noCcncc The second Is that in which ne n
is putting into practice the villaiuy and II
rascalty he Conthrivcd bcforc-that is the IS;
prime OF life, the flower of manhood ~
The third and last period is that in which eE
he is rcgrctting his misdccds and promising =
to do bctthcr some day-that is the period -
OF dotagc"
Nobody who ever saw can have forgotten
the picture in Punch by the delightful IRISH
artist. Charles kccnc, representing a couple
of tenants sitting concealed behind a rock.
with a pistol, the other with a blundcr-
huss. 1t IS late in the evening. The faces
OF both are Clouded a little with anxiety They
are waiting for their landlord and he has not
come. At last, with sigh of disappointment, one
OF them says, "Arrah, Tim, hope nothing has hap
pencd TO the poor Guild ginteman!" That picture
epitomzcs a certain phase of Irish history, in its
ludicrously misplaced sentiment The same or a
kindred sentiment brought poverty, exile, and death
itself to thousands of Irish Jacobites. who risked
and lost all in support of a worthless English King.
a Stuart, in whose family lexicon the word gratitude
was unknown.
Another good illustration of the landlord question
as 1t used to be, before the close season for that
game was established, is the lay sermon or dis
course, on the evils OF INVESTIGATION, in which the
orator cloqucntly cxclams:
Look at the fooishncss it leads man into! He
works hard, month after month"; TO raise little crop
or to Craze a COW; and when fair day comes round
he gathers his little produce together and takes it
into the market town, and sells it for the best price
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

to the honor On the contrary, he was a
keen. interruptions scoundrel who sold his
country, and on being tainted with the fact.
replied. Yes, and thank Heaven l had
country to SELL" To shame the patriots who
tried to prevent that infamous sale, he played
the part of parliamentary buffoOn. and so
diverted attention from the real issue by
raising laugh, at the moment when men of
honor were striving to arouse Indignation
against an awful political tragedy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
Struggled Themselves In

THE way OF the corn cookie (AcyoSteHUa Gah1Po)
Il III reaching this country and here extending its
range has been somewhat less legitimate Unseen
ITS small black seeds have Smugged themselves in
among imported stuttS, never resting until at length
they sank into the soil of corn fields Here their
success IS assured. After the brilliant bloom is
passed the seeds fall to the ground with the corn
or else are gathered with the grain and sown over
adjoining Fields by the unhappy farmer Despite
me years. centuries even. that the Cherokee rose
oSd hfo1gdtd) has held unrivaed place in the heart
OF the southern lowland there can still be found no
evidence OF ITS occurring through its range in state
ct native wlldness Simply it is a foreign invader
through whom or in what way it first reached the
former country OF the Cherokee Indians is not
known AL that IS so far determined about it's con
nections is that white rose, presumably the same