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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-13
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JANUARY 10 1nna


Leave S:15 a. m. for Roanoke.
Norfolk and all points on the Shen-
nndoah division. pullman Sleeper
Roanoke to New York, via Hagers-
town, Pullman Parlor Car Roanoke
to Norfolk.
9:45 a. m. FOR Roanoke, Rich
mond, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper.
Dining Car TO Roanoke. Parlor Car
Roanoke to Norfolk.
2:65 p. m. for Roanoke and Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley. philadelphia
and New York, Sleeper TO PhIladel-
phla. Cafe Car Gary and Roanoke.
1888 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg, Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman
sleeper to Roanoke and Pullman
sleeper Roanoke to Norfolk.
Leave Blueeld $500 p. m. for Ken
oYa, Columbus and all points West
and Northwest. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe Cars.
8:55 n. IN. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus, Toledo. Cafe Dining Car.
Ieae 9:03 a. m. and 2:25 p. IN.
daily for Tazewell. Norton and all
stations on Clinch Valley division.
Arrive from Norton and points on
the Clinch Valley division at 2:40 D.
m. and S:25 p. m.
Leave GAS a. m. for Kenova and
intermediate stations via Wayne.
Leave $50 a. m. and 2:4O p. m.
FOR WEIGH and intermediate stations.
Call on agent Norfolk and West
ern Railway for tickets, maps and
additional information.
w. p. BEVITL, G.. p. A.,
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soor Prints

on. pretty little Footsteps laid,
So neatly on the Sniooth-swcpt shore.
Now. was IL widow. wife or maid.
Who firmly paced these levels o'erf
pause. and muse. and wish knew
just who. hereon. had printed youi
Hers was no fitful careless pace.
She kept the tenor OF her way
Onward. with sure and steadfast grace
AS one. who could not err nor stray,
Nor deviate 10 left or right
from the fair goal she had I'm sight
oh, lovely ono. from these slim feet.
I've planned and built YOU tall and 1.-THE
OF charming stature-youthful sweet.
Modest and kind. bright-haired and
blthe,
And yet-perchance. it might befall
You're not that sort OF girl at all.
So what's the use? You're gone your
way.
And had we met. and loved. and we'd. 81
Not one word. dear. OF this rd say
Nor notice where your boot might
tread;
These rhymes I'm writing. Just. you see.
Because you are not known 10 me.
Madeline Bridges. In Puck.
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JAEGER NEWS.

Jaeger, w. Va, March 1.-THE
railroad people continue to reduce
their forces and Jaeger is beginning
TO remind us OF "Goldsmith's De-
serted Village" Some OF our peo-
pie are leaving. Those who are left
fill up the slowly creeping hours
pitching horseshoes, playing check
ers or discussing the outlooking, or
comparing figures as to business.
One merchant sold one dollars
worth OF goods on Monday last. The
others would not say whether they
had sold any or not.
One of our citizens, Mr.. c. w
Wesley, has gone to Florida, where
He is delighted with his change
Mrs. Wesley will join him there as
soon as she can dispose Of their
property here.
Drs. Ritter and Dennis went to
WEIGH yesterday morning with Mrs.
Dennis, who is suffering with some
intestinal trouble. The doctors
think she will have to undergo a
SUI gicaT operation before she will
get relief
Mr.. A. p. Friedman, Of Davy, was
here last Sunday Report says he
is very much interested in a very
attractive young widow Of our town
Miss Stella Thornsburg, who has
been here for some time, contem-
plates leaving mere in a day or two
for Abingdon, Va, where she ex-
poets to make her home.
Mrs. w. II. Jackson, OF Davy, is
expected here next Sunday on a visit
to her mother, Mrs. A. d. Stidhem.
who Is quite sick with tonsiIitls.
A young couple from Coalwood, a
Mr.. Galloway and Miss Lambert,
were made happy at the Arcade no.
q in this place yesterday by the
ministrations Of Brother Pangler.
They took train No. g and went on
their way rejoicing
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CHILE WANTS OUR ENGINEERS.
High Officials Say American Skill ls
Needed in Andean Mines.

Filipe Sol, the consulting engineer
OF the republic of Chile. who. with
Juan NJ. Gatica, Encouragement Of
the South American country, were
commissioned TO come to the United
States and purchase locomotives and
mining machinery, is DESTROYS Of TAX.
ing back with him to Valparaiso a
score or so of competent American
engineers, says the Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
There is great field for American
engineers in Chile" said Mr.. Sol be.
fore starting on a short trip TO M.
agara Falls and New York for a few
days. There are now few engineers,
considered competent, in the vast min.
ing fields OF my country Beginning
with Philadelphia, we intend TO come
In contact with the mining engineers
Of the various cities we will visit. The
gold veins have been scarcely tapped.
The saltpeter mines. under the crude
methods OF unskiiied engineers, are
yielding only one-half OF what they
should Il is the same way with other
mining fields"
Have you received promises from
any mining engineers OF Philadelphia
20 90 to Chile?" he was asked
Il cannot make that public" was
his response II have interviewed sew.
eral. They look with favor on the sug.
gesuon OF Mr. Gatica and myself"
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next thing fer us 10 DO was 10 get
away fro mthst place as secretly as
possible and we did. going through
the grove on to another. Mr..
Alexander thought 1t best TO divide
the crowd. thereby being less like
~ TO be noticed by tne citizens and
not so apt to be reported. and fur
Their. IL this squad OF cavalry should
get on our trail. some of us at least
would be likely TO escape. I left
with a squad composed OF Mr.. Cook,
Mr.. Mudd of Maryland and myself.
The sight OF the cavalry did not
scare me at an. but oh. that dog; is
he not a trained dog? Is he not a
bloodhound? When they get through
with the skin. will they not be on
our trail in few minutes? All
these things passed through my
mind quicker than can tell II. A
number OF these old fields through
which we passed were covered with
scrubby pines. the fields had once
been cultivated. but now thrown out
as too poor for further use.
| kept my ears and eyes held wide
open, listening and lookin for that
black dog. for his voice or his form.
had Il in my mind IL that dog ala
geton our trail. 20 take TO one or
these scrubby pines and let the dog
go on after those that had not
thought of freeing, but as good for
tune would have 1t. night overlook
us, but not the dog nor the cavalry.
The way this squad of cavalry
came to find our skim was from in
formation derived from some ne
groes, who were driving up some
horses and mules nearby where we
landed and who saw us covering our
skin. We travelled all night
through fields and woods aiming TO
go back in the direction of our
starting point. was being entirely
controlled by the young men who
were with me. who were citizens of
Maryland and had some knowledge
OF the surrounding country, while
had none. When daylight came, we
were i'm one of these pine thickets
and sat down to discuss the plans
for the day, but disagreed and sep
arated, they going one way and /
another. went 20 the growing of
a chicken cock about quarter of
mile away, at a farm house. where
found an old grayhaired colored
woman. who gave me some break
fast and / inquired OF her where
the man of the house was, and was
todd that he was at the tobacco
barn. After breakfast / went out to
see him and found him a white man.
! made out to him that / was on my
way to Washington city, and after
inquiry ! found that / was only
about a mile and a half from the
Potomac river. and had been trav-
cling in the circle, following the di-
rection of this old man / was soon
in sight of the river and could see
farm house on the bank thereof /
soon reached the house and found
the man to be a Virginia refugee. He
treated me very kindly and gave me
all the information ] asked him for
except that he would not tell me
where along the river ! was likely
to find a skin in which to cross.
CONTINUED tomorrow
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A little Lobster saiad.

A little Lobster Saiad,
Terrapin, and other things.
And in a very little while
a Doctors phone bell rings.
The terrapin Is on his feet,
The Holsters found hts claw,
And Judging from the inner man
Theirs Is the "Unwritten Law"
The case is quickly diagnosed
As Inside Information,
On how a lobster and terraDin
Can raise so much tarnation.
The trouble found, Il was the thine
To furnish quick relief,
And the way OF Rydale's Stomach
Was Simply beyond belief.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-13

Just one kiss, Clara"
"All right. but do put the umbrella
up! There is n balloon Just above us.
--Fliegende BIaetter.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-03-13
Gppewrtters
For SALE and for RENT

We have on hand tho following
secondhand and rebuilt machines:
? No. 3 divers. with long and short
carriages, $40 and S85.
; No. 3 divers, Regular, very little
used, 500 to S75.
3 No. Underwood, $4,000 serial,
800 cash, $40 time.
Blickensderfer, No. Z, almost new.
$50.
Manhattan, 3D." almost new, $50.
Commercial Visible, so.
: Brand New No. divers. The
No 5 oliver is the king OF the
typewriter world today.
More divers have been sold In
West Virginia in the past two years
than all other writing machines
combined.
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
ADS IN TINS COLUMN ONE CENT
A WORD.

FOR RENr-Four office rooms,
centrally located. Apply to c. J.
Kinzer or II. b. Kits. 1-2S-tf
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01

it were true that to cut out rottenness
from the body polite meant momen-
tary check to an unhealthy seeming
prosperity, should not for a moment
hesitate to put the knire TO the corrup-
ton"
With all other thinking men who
are familiar with the conditions as
they exist in this country Mr.. Roose-
velt sees a wonderful prosperity for
our people in the fast approaching fu-
ture.
His message was received with
cheers and applause when 1t was read
in the halls of congress. This is
rather unusual. But the message is
an unusual one and is deserving of
not only the cheers and applause Of
congressman but also of the cheers
and applause of the people OF the
country. And they will not be slow
TO respond.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01

its driving club and holding some mat
inee races. There are so good starters
owned In that immediate vicinity.
Ottawa has boom for canning
factory The Herald says thatsit is no
bonus proposition but 1t sis noted that
the promoters have some stock to sell.
Ten Nights in Bar Room" did not
prove bowling success at Bucklin
because one OF the members Of the
troupe spent one night in a ordinary
Kansas Joint
At Wellington the other day some
people didn't stand up when America
was sung. Their explanation is that
it wasn't disrespect for the hymn. but
for the way it was sung.
Everybody In Ottawa is making gar
den. The only exception is the man
who happens to have last years gar
den stuff In storage. He is making hay.
This is the Ottawa Herald's variation
of its weather stories.
a Scammon doctor was threat
ened with death few days ago II he
did not leave 5000 at certain place and
said anything about the matter to any
body. He promptly told the police, is
still alive and has the $500 yet in his
possession.
G. P. Putnam. who lives out by the
waterworks is a lineal descendant Of
old General Israel Putnam, of revolu-
tionary fame. says the Ernporia Ca
zette. Mr.. Putnam's grandfather was
a grandson OF the general. Descendants
of General Israel Putnam will, within
a few days. hold a family council, when
plans will be made to prove the right
of the family to a fortune of $50, 600 900
which is said to be lying in the vaults
Of the Bank of England.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
THE iRECoRD.

10 like to write about the storm
And heaps of driven snow;
like to let my fancy soar
10 Whitened. trees that blow.
like to picture open fields
In mantles fair to see:
But what's the use? Some veteran
Will bring up '73.
I'd like to sing how through the night
The storm king held full sway.
ana how we woke to find that we
We're snowbound for a day.
But If ! do twill only start
A conversation spree;
L Know that some one will recall
The storm Of '73.
Iwou!d be the proper thing today
10 sing about the snow.
Ene ern1fne-crested mountain top,
The peaceful vale below
To dwell upon the beautiful
Were proper, you'll agree.
1nere was mono who would recall
The storm of '7s.
tor never was q snowstorm yet
No blizzard ever blew
Tnat quite came Sip in all RESPECTS
10 those some ancient knew.
never sing OF anowstorns now,
However bad they be.
Because I've learned no storm can beat
That one Of '72
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rErom the Chicago News. ]

rE'rom the Chicago News.J
You can't lift yourself up by pull
ing others down.
Some men are born great-then
proceed to slump.
Some people who lack culture are
not worth cultivating.
It's easy to take things as they come
IL they are coming our way.
When extremes meet they don't al
ways recognize zach other.
Ever notice how many friends You
have when YOU don't need them?
There are three kinds of lies-whfte
lies, black lies and society dbss
It's the easiest thing In the world to
not become a bloated bondholder.
The next best thing to wealth is a
disposition to smile under a cloud of
debts.
The man who can say ''yes'' and
mo" at the right time has a sufficient
command of language
Our idea of a wise man is one who
isn't foolish enough to try to convince
a woman by arguing with her.
Shortly after marriage the average
man acts as If he had conferred a
great favor on his wife by leading her
to the altar.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01

thirty days. Goes assaulted an UNI
pire during game here in August
last. Judge Simon, of the city court,
imposed the jail sentence on him.
Goes appealed the case but decided
that he was up against it and dis
missed the appeal. He will get out
Of Jail in time to report for practice
with the Oklahoma team. His pun
fshment should have sa1utary effect
in preventing rowdyism on the local
ball field during the coming season.
Judge Simon's action in this case has
done more for the furtherance of
clean baseball than any other thing
which has been said or done to this
end by the newspapers and the man
agements Of the ball clubs.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
AYHAWKER JOTS

Judge Lindsey of Denver. is a future
lecture course attraction for Winfield.
Mrs. Chapman, Of Bennington. is 80
years old and she walks a mile each
day for exercise.
An Atchison man has a name so diff
fcult to spell and pronounce that he Is
known as Three x Joe.',
William Hannah, farmer living SIX
miles northeast of La Harpe, has a
3-year-old cow that is the mother of
five calves.
The Baptist church at Ell Dorado was
burned last Sunday. It is said that the
gas was turned low and a leak in a
pipe did the rest.
Chanute is talking of reorganizing
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01

both see IT." said Battery. In relieved
tones. what can it be?''
There's another almost screamed
Mrs. Hovey as a third figure came into
view What can it mean?"
The question was quickly answered.
for the first of the false artists was
now abreast OF them, and. giancins
over her shoulder, Mrs. Hovey raced
new surprise. On the black velvet coat
was neatly iettered. ''Belding; the ar
ust. Best photos. IS per doz
TT Is an advertisement" she saspeo'
"and-and--s
'.The people think Mr. Batterly is one
Of them" said Florence Indignantly.
''Oh. there's Dick. He'll take US nome.
We need not trouble Mr.. Batterly.
Fennister, perueiving that he was
recognized, hurried forward. Florence
regarded with approval his correct after-
noon dress and turned from the artist
In dissust as q sixth double filed slowly
past.
..Piease take us home. Dick she said
family. 1T seems that we have been
assisting n advertising some cheap
photographer
Jolly good >nalksup." said Dick as he
stepped between the two women, there
by csSo;ecinS the artist. Mr.. Betterly
saved .Aen ths trouble Of thinking UP
an idea FOR & costume Lets drop In
here and have an ice." he added az they
reached 8. fashionable restaurant. Per
kap3 your mCIser WOulQ like
Tea" declared the crimson-f faced
woman, - WEE never SO mortified In
all my life, Dick. wish you'd hurry up
and mary Eiorence Il only to cure her
of her Silly habit OF fads."
with all my heart to the first part
cried Dick. as his gianca sought the
girls.
I'm cured of the second part" added
Florence dernnreiy. 'Wha. q wonder 1t
Was that TO one ussd the MshatmA Tor
an advertisement for a.
"A minstrel show" said Dick with
laugh. ''1e was black enough.
And then Tennistcr offered up prayer
| that 1t might never be discovered who
! had planned the advertisennent.-(Copy-
righted, 1905 by Homer sprague.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
KANSAS CONNENT
GOVERNMENT BY CoMM1rrEE

IL mas been the popular impression
tnat the new member Of congress finds
ms WORK in attending sessions and in
watching the proceedings on the floor
IN tns interests of his constituents. But
To-Day the work OF our national law
makers is before committees. 1t is in
the committee room that the fate of
most bills rests, and the reports of
these committees are brought before
congress to be disposed of according
to the recommendations that accom-
pany them. Nowadays there are few
arguments in open session and few op-
portunities for those perfervid flights
OF impassioned oratory that stamped
the character of old-time congresses.
Only rarely now and in connection with
matters of grave Importance. as a rule.
are there set speeches in either branch.
Inc new member has to watch the
committees, and it is before this or
that committee that he finds his great
est usefulness. He may be disappoint-
ed that he cannot shine as brilliant
forensic star before crowded galleries,
but member of congress nowadays is
a business man and a student. There
are now 81 committees of the house,
and there is no more important respon-
S1b1l1ty resting upon any official of the
government t han aap pointments and ap-
port1onments to these committees. It
is IN committees that two-thirds of all
the work of congress is done, and the
members of the various committees be-
come specialists ON the matters that
come before them And it is hard to
see how this can be avoided. Our coun-
try has grown at such a. rapid rate,
and with this growth have come so
many complexities of governmental in
terests that the-eambersome method of
threshing out the problems in open ses-
sion is archaic and impossible. We are
now governed by committees, so far as
legislation goes,s and the prodigious
power welded by Speaker Cannon is
due largely, to the fact that he appoints
these committees out of the raw ma
terial sent to Washington as congress-
men.-Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
Rooster Beats the Octopus.

John Durvosky, living in a little
shack on the right OK way Of the Great
Northern railway. near South Supe-
rior, has not purchased a pound OF
coal this fall. nor does the speedy
descent Of winter hole any terrors for
him. He has solved the vexing prob
lem OF supplying himself with fuel
without cost.
His back fence is not good stones
throw from the car tfacKs. This LED
to his expenze-saving device. One
day he happened to notice some OF
the brakeman heavfng chunks OF coal
at q fleeing canine. He was seized
with an Inspiration. He immediately
rigged up stuffed rooster. The DE-
coy for the flying msssiies from the
hands of the brakeman was securely
tied on the back fence. The rooster
has weathered many storm of falling
coal, but continues to bring home the
chunks of anthracite and the nuggets
from the Valley of the Lehigh.
OF course, il the inanimate rooster
were never to fall victim to the shots
of the brakes some suspicion might
attach to it's being a live one. Once
the word was out that the odd speci-
men of chickenhood on the back fence
was not Of flesh and blood, the rain of
again be beset with the trials and
tribulations that nag at the purse OF
the average citizen. He has provided
for such an occurrence.
Attached to the steel-reinforced
neither limbs of the fow1 is a spring.
Attached to this spring is little Dur,
vosky, at the most opportune moment,
when the hail of anthracite is falling
thickest. Like the defenders of an
earthen redoubt, who snuggle in holes
of the earth, away from the bursting
schrapnel, so one of the little Dur
voskys will lie in a shelter under the
lee of the fence, and work the spring,
while the improvised coal bin is reap
ing the harvest Of the falling coal.
So, while the average householder
and family man scans anxiously the
price of coal and reads with gnashing
of teeth of the Vaccinations Of the
coal octopus John Durvosky goes
quietly on his way, conndent that the
inanirnate rooster and the little Dur
voskys have stolen a march on the
fuel combination.-Dulu Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
If you want a lot for your money go
to a real estate dealer.
ANY day is a fine day for the chauf-
feur if he exceeds the speed limit.
No. Maude, dear; a speech is not
necessarily hot stuff because 1t Is boil
ed down.
OF course, there are men who would
rather work for a living than go into
politics
Any boarding house mistress will
tell YOU that often the people who
have the front rooms are behind in
their rent.
.eThe great event of the year in
Kansas is the Corn Carnival" remark
ed the man from the west. Gee!
That's the place for me-" exclaimed
the chiropodist.
In drinking liquor some men COM
plain 1t goes to the head and others
that it goes to the feet: which would
seem to indicate that 1t goes where
there is the most room for II.
Nell-"why doesn't Maude join your
sewing cfrcie?" Belle-'She wouldn't
he of much use." Nell-"Can't she
sew?" Belle-''Oh. yes, she can sew,
but she has an impediment In her
speech"
There have been times" said the
actor manager. when have shed real
great sympathy with the part you were
playing" suggested the matinee girl.
mo, whom have had my own money
In the show" replied the actor man.
aRer. with tinge Of sad remsm-
brance In his tome
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01

Most folks will be inclined to laugh
at the claims set up by the man who
supplied the furniture for the Penn
sy1vania state house, that he dfd not
charge as much for the goods he fur
nished as he might have For in
stance he only charged $3s8 for sofa
that he might have secured $1,000 for.
according to rate a of prices fixed
by peculiar measurements. Chances
are he did not lose much at the figure
which he generously fixed for the
sofa. A dozen real serviceable sofas
might be purchased for the cost of
this one.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A nobleman who pays 81 for a mar
riage license to wed a millionairess is
considerable of a financier.
= .
If only the thinkers and the work.
ers had right to live. the population
of the earth would be speedily decf-
mated.
Times are so hard and competition
so great that many professional blind
men have to keep their eyes open
these days to do business at all.
= = .
Heaven, generally speaking, is q
place of rest. but surely not for the
recording angel around the first of the
year when he has to set down the new
resolutions made.
When mans laid up at home with
the rheumatism all that he is expected
to do is to mind the baby, split the
kindlfng wood, answer the doorbell
and run errands to the grocery store