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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

n. Il. Helton, who has been at
home on VISIT for several days.
returned to his duties a. Pageton
tn s morning
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

Miss Sara Sohn, who has bee Wis.
ting her brother. Nathan Sohn, left
Las night for her home in Bait
more.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

Mrs. c. c. Capito and little son
left this morning for a visit to rel
atives at Martinsvil!e, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

}. j. Coe, of Richards, was IN
the city this morning en- route home
from business trip to Carroll and
Grayson counties.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

j. A. Wilkinson, the Bristol lum-
herman, is the guest or his local
agent, p. V. W.dener.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

Mrs. Percival Johnson, of Eek
man, has bone to New York to un-
dergo treatment at hospital.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

DR.. Bruce James, father of Mrs.
w. II. Coffman, is critically i'll at
his daughters residence on Monroe
street. DR.. James is an old Virgin
la gentleman of the old school. We
hope his life may be spared.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-11-12

Conductor Ed c. Mays, of Fink,
IS now in charge of the passenger
trains and 6 on the C'inch Valley,
IN place of Capt, w. E. O'Connor,
who is i'll at the home of his sister.
Mrs. Woodbridge, at Graham.
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THE RUSSIAN STUDENT.

A little learning is a dangerous
thing from the point of view of the
Russian police. In ST. Petersburg the
municipal officials have taken charge
OF the university campus and have
ordered complete suspension of all
lectures. In Moscow and Kharkoff the
students have held mass meetings and
declared a strike. This means that
the police of both cities will be kept
busy quelling the consequent disorder
The grievance of all these students is
understood to be certain and severe
restrictions placed upon the UNIVERSE
ties by the new minister of educa-
ton. AS to the merits of the under
graduates contention the dispatches
give no information. It is only told
that the students consider themselves
unjustly treated, and that they have
resorted to the one means of protest
that can be relied upon to receive Of
fetal attention-even If that attention
takes the form of charging cavalry
and the whips of the Cossacks.
While the university students of
free America are working off their
surplus energy on the athletic field or
In those vigorous and boisterous d.
versions dear to the collegian heart,
the Russian student finds his relaxa-
ton in protesting against the arbi-
trary rules formulated for him by
the government. in openly defying the
police authority and in reckless
clashes with armed paternalism. Nor
is this a popularity of recent years.
The university has been a menace to
Russian authority during many auto
cratic decades. In its way. irritable,
defiant. turbulent. it is one of the
strongest and most impressive pro-
tests against the form of government
that grips the cars domain,
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TRYING 1T AGAIN.

That idiotic absurdity, an "Adamless
Eden," which has so often been tried
without success, is about to have an
other inning. This time the experiment
is to be made on Long Island, and
Russian woman, one Madame Davidoff,
is the promoter. 1t may be that her
experience with the men of her own
country has soured her on the entire
male layout, but it is safe to predict
that she will fail If she tries it with
the women of this country. wha.
would the original Eden have been
without an Adam, is a most pertinent
question. And If it was not good for
man to be alone how much less good 1t
would have been for woman to live
alone.
1t is to be supposed that snakes will
be barred, and that will be another
variation from the original Garden. If
a real serpent should find the way into
this new venture it is reasonable to
suspect that the place would soon be
vacated, and it won't be much better
if rats and mice should make a sneak
into the forbidden grounds. One of the
objects of this venture is to try ex-
periments at growing fruits and flowers
throughout the winter with the aid of
electricity. and one account states:
Mime. Davidoff is a writer for maya
zines. She says the experiments will
be based on the theory that the growth
of vegetable matter, which ceases at
shutdown, will continue through the
night If proper artificial light is sup
piled to stimulate the developing pow-
ers Of plants. Fruits and flowers that
are grown in this section only in the
spring and summer months, she be-
lieves. can be cultivated during the en-
tire year by supplying necessary artih-
cial light through the electrical process
that will be adopted"
This is all very we'll, but will the alb
sence of men make the plants grow
more freely? Is there any psychological
or other reason why the presence Of
male humanity will stop plant develop
ment? Men are mighty handy about
the house, especially after dark, when
the owls boot. the frogs croak, the bugs
fly around and the snakes and lizards
sneak through the grass. And then, If
the average woman cannot have man
to boss and order around and lay all
the blame on, what will life be worth
to her? It's reasonable to predict that
Madame Davidon will be Madame
Leaveitoff in a year or two. Women
without men are utter failures and vice
versa. F
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RESTORING GARDEN OF EDEN.

What is goine forward in the re-
clamation OF desert land by the magic
aid of water in the arid regions of the
United States and in the country back
of the Nile is promised to be paral-
lelled ere long in the valleys of the
Euphrates and the Tigris, which con-
stituted the cradle of irrigation in an
cient times.
One promising result of the recent
assumption of power in the sultan's
dominions by the young Turkish party
has been the embarkation upon en-
terprises of economic Improvement in
a spirit wholly practical and scientific.
Among the wise steps which have
been announced is the engagement of
the eminent English engineer, Sir
William Willcocks. as adviser in con-
nection with the irrigation works in
Mesopotamia and other parts of the
empire for a period of five years.
Sir william, who designed and built
the Assouan dam, is an enthusiast on
the subject of restoring fertility to
the plains of Chaldea. Here was once
the seat of crowded population which
practiced the arts of civilization be-
fore the ancestors of the present in
emerged from the caves and the
woods. Here. so tradition AYERS. was
the site of the Garden of Eden.
A number of trips have been made
through these valleys by Sir william
and he is convinced that the con-
struction of irrigation works would be
comparatively easy and inexpensive.
He estimates that il the ancient sys-
tenn Of irrigation were restored suffi-
cient grain could be grown in the
valley of the Euphrates alone to al
ter the conditions of the wheat supply
of the world.
Excavations made at various places
along this river show that the ancient
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ed little laugh behind him.
"Oh, IL didn't realize you were
here" Marion was saying, in almost
stammering confusion. II came out to
get a book 1 left here this morning"
Yes, / found it, Bruce acknowledge
ed awkwardly, the written sheets scat
tered in tell-tale fashion about him.
You didn't dare" began Marion.
blushing and turning white and blush
ing again, in a way that kept Wolcott
staring at her in fascinated admira-
ton
Yes, did, but I'll play fair" he an
swered, smiling at her with all his old
engaging frankness. "You may read
the end of the story-Marion. I took
the liberty of finishing It,"
He watched her closely while she
read it, and noticed with a great
bounding joy in his heart, how her
hand trembled as she came to the last
words.
But 1t isn't finished-is it?" she
asked gently, after little pause.
You are the only one who knows,
dear" he answered tenderly. Am
by any chance the little boy in your
heart-the boy you've always loved.
Marion?"
He was holding her hand now. and
he felt the sudden tightening Of her
clasp.
1.-THE boy i've always loved" she an
swered, softly-"and-the master OF my
heart. "-(Copyrighted. 1908. by Associ-
ated Literary Press.)
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HYHAWKER JOTS

A man named r. Van Wrinkle lives
at Salina, and it is safe to say there
Is mighty little there to disturb his
slumbers, adds the Hutchinson News.
Salina young men. says the Journal,
are getting ready to smoke on one of
their number. He was lately seen gaz-
ing at the furniture in a display win
dow.
Note Of righteous indignation from
the Osborne County Farmer: 1.-THE
Kansas City wholesalers say that oys-
ters are too high. They are not only
their age
The Atchison Globe explains the
beauties of the Kansas City street car
system as follows: when you stand
to ride and your legs become tired you
hang by the straps to rest your legs.
Then you stand on your legs to rest
your arms
start boom for Governor Haskell to
displace Alfred Austin as English poet
laureate. 1t seems to be agreed, says
Bert Miller, that Mr.. Haskell has at
least never been accused of anything
as bad as Mr.. Austin's recent poem
about the woodpeckers and love.
The story of Two Young Men, from
the Wichita Beacon: I'm a large man
ufacturing concern during the recent
depression in business young man
was asked to cooperate in the policy
of retrenchment by taking a subordin-
ate position in the factory. This en-
tailed getting down to work at $50,
eschewing his pipe and going home eV-
cry night with the objective signs of
his employment beginning his face
and hands. The young man indignant
ly refused. He had been hired at $50
a month as an expert stenOgrapher
and could not afford to accept posi-
ton beneath his station in life! An
other young man connected with the
same concern and receiving only $50 a
month was reduced to $40 and put in
the factory as a timekeeper He &C
cepted without word. When he en-
tered upon the new duties he looked out
through his eyes and saw many things
cost cards?' he suggested one day. i
have plenty IF time, and you pay the
boy who now does it Sc a week The
costkeeper was given okner work ard
the young man fund that even with
the additional duties he SIT had time
to spare. He used II IN .hinking-not
about baseball--but business. TIE re-
suit was he suggested {. way TO merge
three Jobs into one and save the COM
pany $40 a month. The first young
man, at the last report, was looking
for work and willing to do anything.
The second young man opened his pay
found. not $40 nor $50, his original SAL
airy, but $50. That's ALL" Now. there
is only one weak point in this story.
The Good Young Man could have been
in better business than to take away
the lob of the boy who made out cost
cards at Sc a week Otherwise, ETC.,
comments Charlie Blakesley.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Paradoxical though 1t may be when
a man gets cold feet it's time for him
to "hotfoot."
y y n
Men may be said to be like mosQui-
toes in that they are easier to catch
after a full meal.
= X
Why is it that artists Of real merit
and other geniuses frequently have a
hard struggle for a mere livelihood?
Often Is a mule beaten by a man for
doing much the same thing that a man
would do If he was in the mules place.
X
A mans usual wait for his wife to
get ready to go out with him might
be more properly designated as a So
1ourn.
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FRON OTHER PENS
CAUSES OF IDLENEss.

Why do occasional periods of bust
ness depression occur? Thousands of
men engaged in finance, commerce and
manufactures would give a good deal
to learn the answer. From figures
just published by the British board of
trade 1t appears that there has been
trade decline since last year in the
principal cities of the world. In the
case of the United Kingdom, Germany,
France and Belgium, as well as the
United States, there has been a sub
stantial decrease of both imports and
exports.
Equally puzziing is the question why
some persons can not seem to find a
way of making themselves of use to
the world. Incompetency, laziness
and shiftlesSness are evils that are al
ways with US. The causes hitherto
have defied solution. Some say the
trouble springs from NATURALIZATION,
or, in some Instances perhaps. from
imperfect or faulty brain structure, in
which cases the subjects might be re-
garded in somewhat the same light as
that in which physicians are now
studying incorrigibles and detectives.
Thus viewed. the problem seems to be
one for the expert pathologfst to deal
with. 1t has been suggested that, as
Mrs. Russell Sage has already endow-
ed an institution to study the sources
of crime, poverty and disease, an in
vestigation of the causes of idleness
might be taken up as branch of that
work If either subject could be
probed to its base the chances are 1t
would be the means of throwing much
light on the other.-Springfeld Union.
WHY NOT PLACE THE LIMIT?
A new party has been organized in
Tennessee. 1t stands for woman suf-
frage. direct taxation for the support
of the federal government, the initia-
tive and referendum and absolute
separation of church and state. Just
where the last comes in as an issue in
this country we fail to see, but then
everyone is not expected to under
stand everything about politics any
how. So, what's the differenee? But
there is another issue presented by
this new party-the Liberal party
which it sets forth as follows: 1--WE
demand such legislation as VIII pro-
vide that when a citizen has accumu-
lated millions of dollars by virtue OF
increase of population or other causes
produced by the public and his mil
lions make him menace TO society,
that a certain portion of his property
and income thereby revert TO the gov
eminent, to be used for the support
of the government and be distributed
to the public for humanitarian pur-
poses"
This ought to appeal to all of us
who have vet to accumulate our mil
lions. But 1t will occur to some of US
after all that that declaration ought
to be a little more explicit. Just how
many millions are1we to limit man
to and just how many millions be-
come a menace? Is there to be a uni
versal limit, or are we to take into
consideration a mans character in de-
hold, and the use to which he puts
them, when we decide whether those
millions are likely to become a
menace buffalo Express
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFrom the Atchison Globe.1


An Atchison woman has SO much
hair that she washes it in a washtub.
When a woman wants to be in bed
nv 10 O'Clock she should begin un-
dressing by 9.
When a man takes off his socks,
you can see a scar on his toe where
he cut it as a boy.
What has become of the old fash
toned woman who called the chill
dren's crying "bellering?"
We would like to know someone
who is generally admired. We never
knew anyone who was not frequently
abused like thief.
One of the funniest things we know
of is the manner in which a young
man drops out of the social world
when he gets married.
A man was telling about his rich
uncle: HE has everything the heart
can wish" the man said, Including
pack of hounds" If we were rich,
we wouldn't care for pack of
hounds. 4.
An Atchison dyspeptic is very hard
on drunkards. why don't they
ouit?" he often asks. Yet this
knows will disagree with him; for the
pleasure of eating a few minutes, he
suffers hours and sometimes days.
When wife dies. the husband
nearly always says, well, 1 was a
great trial to her. 1 might have done
much better; 1 would do better If 1
had my life to live over" But, when
a husband dies, the widow nearly al
ways says. well, did my duty"
Though women are subject to more
physical suffering than the men, and
no doubt lead harder lives, not so
many of them commit suicide. 1t is
estimated that seventy-three men
take their lives to twenty-seven
women. Married people, who are
supposed to be more wretched than
the unmarried, are not so apt to
suicide as the old maids and bach-
elors.
Hundreds of men, in books as well
as general writing. have confessed the
male nature; have told exactly what
a man is like. Talk with any crowd
of men, and they will confess their
impefections, their limitations. and
their earthly desires. But did you
ever read a book by a woman which
told the truth about women. Did you
ever hear a woman admit the truth
about women? If women are not an
gels no woman ever admitted it. But
many man has admitted that he is
a devil. -a-..-.I--aa--
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QUAKER MEDITATTONs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
When autumn comes we see the au-
tumn leaves.
The average chauffeur would scorn
to have horse sense.
The egotist is never at a loss for q
topic for conversation.
People who live In glass houses
shouldn't throw mud, either
There is always room at the top of
the barrel for the big apples.
1t doesn't necessarily make a room
cold-looking to have a frieze around the
wall.
Many man who boasts that he is
the architect of his own fortune must
have stood in with the building inspec-
tors.
Great poets are born" quoted the
Wise Guy. True" answered the Sim
pie Mug, land most of them are also
dead
Its hard to lose your friends" re-
marked the man who was down and
out. Hard?" snorted the man who
was on the high tide of prosperity; 'it's
impossible
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system of canals existed as long ago
as 1000 B. c. 1t passed from the
Persians to the Arabs, who long main
tanned in It working order. Its de-
cline began with the invasion by
Turkish nomads in the eleventh CEN
fury.
1.-The whirligig of time has his re-
vengee." 1t would be vivid illustra-
ton of the truth of this remark if the
Young Turks. with the aid Of Sir Will
liam Willcocks. were to bring back
the fertility to these great valleys
which the old Turks ruthlessly de-
stroyed.
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HUMOR or THE Day

Knicker-virtue is its own reward.
Bocker-Yes. it only pays a scrip dividend.
New York Sun.
Teacher-Tommie, tell me what you
know about home rule. Tommie-Er-now
--er-the cook does it.--Bohemian.
Did the burglars leave a clew7" asked
the chief. No.. replied the new police
man they made a clean sweep."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
What charge would they lodge against
a man writing Black Hand letter.
rBlackmafl. of course."-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
did you really tell your audience that
1t would be better to steal than go hum
gry?" II did, replied the chronic orator.
"one Of 'em walked away with my coat"
-Philadelphia Ledger.
A Familiar Transition
tell me you are a trusty. What were you
before you were sent here? Convict No.
lSis-l was trustee. mum.7Judge.
His Distress.-"You look much distress
ed: Brown 6, 10; Anything the matter at your
nence. NASHVILLE American.
Wallie-Next to woman, what is the
maticaliy)-Me.next to a woman
Somerville Journal.
Tommy-Paw, what is the Chinese oues-
ton? Mr. .Tucker-I don't know. 1t used
to be Mr.. WI, but he's quit.-Chicago
Tribune.
Parson-Young man, I'm surprised to
see YOU fishing on the Sabbath, shall GER
Young Man-waal. il it gives you an idea
for sermon. maybe it's with it!
Tramp-Lady, have you a pair of
trousers which your husband has discard
ed. Kind Lady-Yes. Here they are, but
they will not last long-my husband dis
cards from weakness.-Harper' Weekly
what are the most powerful explosives
known?' inquired the young man 1.-TWO
prima donnas in one opera company" re-
piled the ex-theatrical manager.-Chicago
News.
First Coed-What makes Prof Crank
leigh use that curious dialect? Second Co
ed-That isn't dialect. It's his way of
trying to convey the idea that he uses the
simplified spelling.-Chfcago Tribune.
We've got a real estate man boarding
at our place now, and he makes the best
carver we've ever had" 80" Yes sir,
He subdivides a chicken to please ALL
Pittsburg Post.
Yeast-Don't you think we would all be
happier if there was no money in the
world? CrimsonbeaK-No, no; my wife
would never be satisfied to play bridge
just for beans!-Yonkers Statesman.
You Bet.-.'seeing is believing" Eyes,
when" When what?" when you see
concerning rself."-Nashville Ameri-
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JUST MORTAL.

Observe the great high mogul-
The push" as we say in slang
Who holds the inner office
Who runs the whole shebang.
Be with him for a season
And you will notice then
That he is made of common clay,
The same as other men.
When issuing his orders
He seems a man apart
And made of dust imported
From some far foreign mart.
But loaf around his office
And get an inner view
And you will SEQ fellow
Who's much like me or you.
His hatband Is no larger
Than common people wear,
His brain is not made different
Nor of a texture rare.
And he is just as peevish.
Unreasoning and cross
When little things annoy him
As one who is not boss.
The job it is that makes him
Appear of different breed,
A sort of superhumau
One fashioned to succeed.
Just let a higher mogul
Attach to him a can,
And then you will observe him
A very common man.
Nashville American
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KANSAS COMMENT
WORTH FHINKING ABOUT.

one OF the brightest men in this or
a any otner land who has spent half a
IletIIne investigating the alcoholic
question writes as follows and we hope
every man, every young man, will read
y. ~, carefully. Here is what he says:
I am pound to believe on the evil
oEnce, that if you take alcohol habitu-
any, IN any quantity whatever, 1t is
70 some extent a. menace to you. 1
am pound to believe. in the light of
what science has revealed; (1) that
you are tang1bly threatening the phys
ical structures of your stomach, your
tHer, your kidneys, your heart, your
DIaoou,Vessels, your nerves, your brain:
W tnat you are unequivocally de-
creasing your capacity for work in ev-
cry 1leld, be 1t physical, Intellectual or
artlstlc; CD that you are in some
measure lowering the grade of your
Hino' oull1ng your. higher sense, and
taxing the finer edge off your morals;
(4) that you are distinctly lessening
your chances of maintaining health
ana attaining longevity; and CD that
you may be entailing upon your de-
scenqants yet unborn a bond of meal
cuiaDle misery. Such, 1 am bound to
peneve, Is the probable cost of your
moderate indulgence" in alcoholic
beverages Part of that cost you must
pay IN person; the balance will be the
heritage or future generations. AS a
mere business proposition: Is your
glass or beer, your bottle of wine, your
hlgh-ball, or your cocktail worth such
price ?'-ElDorado Republican.
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annroxfmatinR

This is approximating the limit.
Death from heart disease increased
materially last week In New York city
as compared with the deaths from the
same disease during the corresponding
week of a year ago. The health depart
ment officials say that the increase was
due to the acute baseball situation.
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Tammany Hall is going to contrib
ute $4,000 to the national Democratic
campaign fund. The Tammany braves
can well afford it for the graft that
IS now being exposed in connection
with the purchase of supplies of the
city of New York is so enormous as
to be more than stratling. Tammany
controls the administration of the af-
fairs of New York just now and this
graft has gone nowhere else but into
the pockets of the faithful