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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-16

and Jumping Branch announced
through j. IL. Gadd that her vote
mad not been correctly reported.
Mr., Gadd announced II as . i-l7 for
Thorn and i6-l7 for Hale. This
gave the nomination to Thorn by a
very small margin. At this juncture
Rock district contested the vote an
announced. The chair directed
Rock to take another vote. and
after an hour OF wrangling the see
rotary announced tho vote ftbe
chairman having disappeared) and
In spite of the protests OF the ua,e
Followers. the loudest OF whom was
Gus Calfee. the vote as read by Ed
ward Cooper was received and Thorn
declared the nominee by vote of
SO $4,000 to CO 50-IoO for Hale. the
vote OF Rock on the second ballot
reading "a 77-l00 ifoa Thovh and
s6 2S-l00 for Hale.
j. H. Gadd nominated Forrest
Walker for county surveyor. His
nomination was made by acclama-
tion.
The ring" master. Edward Coop\
err nominated Hon. |. T. Mann for
county chairman, and he was eiect,)
ed by acclamation. =
Judge Sanders nominated w. P.)
Hawiey for secretary and no was
also elected by acclamation.
Tho committee to select delegates
to the several conventions report
d, and the selections were endorsed
by tho convention.
Tho committee on resolutions
made Its report which was adopted.
j. M. Sanders was endorsed for
state committeeman, and tho course
of III. l. Shott as committeeman
was endorsed.
The delegates to tho state con
vention are uninstructed, and free
to vote as directed.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Boz u S B u r | A l. S
Continue 1omp4
Continued from page 9

to elucidate the mystery has ever been able
to discover where else the body OF MaSko1t
was Inferred. not even his descendants, who
since then have become through imperial favor
people of Importance, the late Professor
kubatotf of the University of St. Petersburg,
having been his grandson.
To those who are disposed 10 question what
motive Emperor Alexander l. could possibly
have had for thus withdrawing from view
and abandoning his throne. 1t may be pointed
out that during the closing years OF his re1gn
he became, through the influence OF Madam de
krudener, deeply imbued with religious Sentf-
rnent and. as a result thereof, with profound
re1nOrse for his share IN the responsibility tor
the shocking murder OF his crazy father,
Emperor Paul. IN 1901 Since feelings OF an
analogous character are known to have caused
his next brother. the CzarOvItCh Constantine
PaulOvitch. to have waived his rights OF sue
cession to the throne, IN favor OF a stlu younger
brother Nicholas PaulOvItCh. who. having
been Onlv five years old at the time OF his
fathers assassination, was entirely innocent
of anv connection with the tragedy, It Is only
natural that Emperor Alexander should have
thought it necessary to make atonement by
surrendering his sCepter to this Youngest
brother. Nicholas and by becoming dead 70
the world. so as to be able 10 spend the re-
mainder of his days in penanCe and prayer
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Emperor in a Monastery

GAR ALEXANDER l. is believed through
- out Russia to have survived his alleged
death and official obsequies for many years,
as a voluntary inmate of the AlcXeIttSki mon
astery near Tomsk Siberia
There are many circumstances which could
be ddduCed III support OF the truth OF this
popular conviction. Thus, during the thirty
six years that elapsed between the appearance
of the mysterious hermit Of Tomsk III the dis
trict and his actual death in 1904 at great
apparently about ninety.-he seems TO
have been visited more or less secretly by
nearly every Prince OF the imperial family of
Romdnotf, the last one to make the pilgrimage
during his lifetime having been the Caro-
witch Nicholas NeXandrovitch. the gifted
elder brother of Alexander Ill The hermit
IS on record as having been strangely moved
bV this particular Princes call, and To have
remarked III taking leave Of him, The grand
fathers, the fathers and the children have
recognized me- and now | have lived to see
nv grdndncphcws.' Moreover since the old
hermit was land to rest within the precincts
of the monastery. under the name OF Fcudnr
kosmitch. no member of the TeiEning house
of Russia ever passes through Siberia without
kneelIng IN prayer at hIs tomb
IL Is a matter of history that MaskOtt, the
favorite courier and most devoted retainer
OF Alexander l.. was killed in a carriage acci-
dent near Taganrog. about ten days previous
to the alleged death OF his imperial master 1t
has always been matter OF tradition that 1t
was the body of MaskOtt that was brought TO
st etersburg and entombed there as that of
the Gar IN the fortress church of SAINT Peter
and Saint Paul, which has served as a mauso-
leum of the members of the house of Roman
off since the days of Peter the Great Certain
it is that none OF those who have endeavored
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
The White General

A SIMILAR story was current IN Russia. TN
L til the close OF the war with Japan con
Cerning General SkOboleff. whose alleged death
in Moscow has always remained ShrOuded IN
considerable mystery. He was the idol. not
only of the army. but likewise of the masses
of the Russian people, and the popularity OF
his heroic figure. which still lives IN the hearts
of his COuntrVmen as the " W h1te General
at one moment gave serious concern to the
Government at ST. Petersburg, especially when.
without authority, he pledged Russia 5 CO.
operation IN certain antI-GerInan enterprises
Of France and showed a disposition TO use
his influence with the people TO force the Car
into an immediate with Germany More
over, his close intimacy with the leaders of
the Pan-Slavist party at Moscow, and his
pronounced sympathy with their views. all
contributed to render him species OF "en-
fant terrible to his Government, a fact of
which everyone was aware
1t is these circumstances, coupled with the
fact that his alleged death took place pre-
ciSely at the moment when Russia found her
self on the verge of war with Germany, for
which she was in no sense prepared, that had
given rise 10 the widespread conviction that
the report Of his death was fictitious. that ne
merely vanished from the scene. prompted bv
motives OF patriotism and eXpedieucv thus
10 relieve the embarrassment OF the Car. So
firmly was this conviction rooted IN the minds
of the people, that late as 1905. that Is
TO say, sixteen OF seventeen wears after his
death, the entire population OF large town
in the interior OF the Empire, after adjoining
the chief thoroughfarcs with bunting and
tr1umphal arches. crowded 10 the railroad
station with bands OF music and silver salvcrs
bearing bread and salt, all for the purpose OF
welcoming the White General, who aC-
CoriIng to a rumor originating no one knew
how, was to arrive by the midday express
tram.
In fact. 1t was only his failure t. reappear
on the scene at the time of the disasters Of
Russia IN the war with Japan. and 70 lead the
defeated troops of Russia once more to VIC
tory. that finally convinced the bulk of the
population that he was really dead
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Did Parnell Really Die

THROUGHOUT Ireland an impression pre-
walls among the peaSdntry that Charles
Stewart Parnell, the celebrated leader and
statesman, Is still in the land of the living
and during the South African war il used to
be related among the poorer classes Of the
Emerald Isle that he was identical with the
elusive and mysterious Boer General De Wet
1t Is alleged that Paruell. when ne found
that by marrying Mrs. OShea he had not
made, but marred, the position OF the am
bitlouS and wonderfully brilliant woman TO
whom he had been So dcvotedIv attached .
when he realized that ne could no longer RELY
upon the loyalty and discipline of his followers
and became convinced that his existence after
the scandal III connection with the OShc1
divorce constituted a source of weakness TO
the cause OF hiS beloved country. which would
derive advantage from hIs dIsapptarance-
he resolved To vanish. either forever. or At
any rate until such time when ireland had
obtained her own government. lt Is added
that the coffin purporting 10 contain his re-
mains holds nothing but mere lay figure or
sand. and that, having shaved of his beard
ne had made his escape III the guise OF a
priest without any difficulty whatever.
This story has been rIdIcuicd and denounced
as prepoSterous 10y some of the closest of the
former political associates of the great Irish
leader, but for all that II Is widely believed
among the pedsantry and lower classes ecncr-
ally throughout the Emerald Isle.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Fair Faces
A Few Hints on How to Tass
Care of the Coupiexion.

There are so MANY be. 1-rs On t5s--
ket and so many treat rec0r--1--,
for the COMPLEXION that o-. U. I'D tlIla -l-,
Nature Was extremely S-. with 1er =
Unfortunately. many OF when our u-
plexiOnS are not all they -- e, y %.
prove them by artificial --t1ers- Nl-S
powders. enamelS. and many u the -el-
lotions" while Of temp bene1- :
matelv leave the skin --. more S--'
and with more OF faded rs than oe---7 2
began their use
There i no use fizh-nE Dame M
what we should do Is O. assist her,
One OF the most e--e.-- IDS 20 tae ,-
pIexiOn Is a simple w--- can e@S-. z
made at home In r-c-. lest % l--A-
yourself. 50 IS % be Su-- 1--we -he 7S---
gradients
Obtain at your drug N7Se va
ounces. Cologne spirit -ee Epi-
(skin food. ! ounces EPpotgnr
pint of hot water luut anu 4!le- =
solved. strain and let e..- - ADD -Ll7 N1
Water and Cologne SPIN
Apply the wash freely -.d ,I'0rl---s
the face. neck and hands - ar uul Z p
time before the pllire-- N-l n VIII =
an immediate and Grc- -- -lr l-7 i
ter and the powder p-- --@e l--' III
releg4ted % the closet
You need not be 4- - 1i TINS -
home remedy. II -5 a.~ --r--i-1>7 -- -
most delicate skin
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
King John of Saxony

SEVERAL years ago a story was current in
- Germany, and in fact all over continental
Europe, to the effect that the late John of
Saxony had survived his official obsequIeS for
number of years. confined III a mountain
monastery as a lunatic afflicted with hOmicidal
mania. The rumor was printed with all sorts
OF cirCumStantial details, not only in reputable
organs of the continental press. but even IN
one of the books on Germany of Victor TISsot,
who died member OF the French Academy
Color was lent to the tale by the fact that
there had been living in state Of the remains
of King John after his death. 1t was with
the object of averting similar reports IN con
nection with the tragedy of Meyerling, that
Emperor Francis Joseph insisted upon the
body of his only son lying in state prior to
entombment, in spite of the shocking injuries
to the head. which artfce could only partly
conceal from view.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Many Hide in America

THERE are far more cases than most people
would be willing to imagine, OF men OF
birth and sometimes of title, taking advantage
of the belief that their remains are resting IN
graves at home. to start an entirely new and
life in the Western HemiS phere.
Some of them located in the Far West regions
of the United States, others IN Northwestern
Canada, and some again in the remoter re
gionS of South America. Occasionally they
are recognized. But few care to betray them,
or to ruin them afresh, by revealing to their
neighbors and fellow citizens the otfenses for
which they have already paid the penalty by
Ciyi, death
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Joey" Earl of Aylesford

MUCH less serious were the causes which
A~A led the late Earl of Aylesford the too
genial Joey" to expatriate himself from
England, ruined beyond all hope, socially and
financially. Not long afterward a report was
received to the effect that he had died IN Texas
\ coffin containing body reputed to be that
of the Earl was brought to England, and IN
TERED at his ancestral home. But grave
doubts were entertained at the time, and still
exist, as to whether he was really dead \
curious feature in connection with the affair
was that the insurance on his life was not col
lected in years afterward. In fact, for all
know it has not been paid to this day Per
haps the Earl still survives under another
name. as an honored and respected member OF
the community in which he lived.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
A Timely Death

DOSSIBLY the same is true Of the gifted
William Henry Hurlbert, whose alleged
death and burial took place Just IN the very
nick of time to save him from arrest on a
charge Of felony, for which warrant had
been issued by the English authorities. 1t
is claimed that he survived his official death
for many years that he was repeatedly recog-
nized at Florence and in his old time haunts
of Washington Square, New York; and that
some of the most brilliant letters on European
affairs that appeared for nearly a decade after
ward in a New York newspaper were from his
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15

name of Simpson, and was in receipt OF a small
regular allowance from home He used to
haunt the restaurants and saloons around
Union and Madison Squares. and also was an
inmate for a time of one of the metropolitan
hospitals, suffering from the after effects OF
an accident which occurred to him on his
uyav tO this country
New-York tribune., 1908-03-15
Peter the Greats Daughter in Law

IN conclusion 1t may be mentioned that down
III Louisiana, not far from New Orleans Is
grave which contains the remains If the
daughter IN law of Peter the Great Princess
Elizabeth of Wofcnbu consort OF that
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is an
enthusiastic gardener and her country
home in Kent, England, is noted for Its
rose garden. where in summer she does
mucn of her brilliant writing.
DR.. Mary Merritt Crawford has been
appointed house physician in the Wi
iamsburg hospital. Brooklyn. having
won in competitive examination over
thirty-four men. She is but % years
old.
A widow living in the Brightlingsea
almshouses, England. recently celebrat-
ed her ninetieth birthday by inviting
two old sweethearts to tea. One Of
them was 90 and the other 90 years
of age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Lawrence.
Of Hucknall Torka-d, Motifs. claim TO
be the oldest married couple in Eng
land. On May day they win have been
married seventy-two years. Mr.. Law
renee is % and his wife 81.
An aged beggar woman. known
among her neighbors as "oid Mother
Snuff" was lately found dead in her
house in Paris. The place was searched
and the search revealed S15,S00 in bank
notes and $4,000 in gold hidden in a
mattress.
Queen Victoria had twenty-one grand
daughters. and of this number only
four remain single. They are Princess
Victoria Of England, Princess Beatrice
of Saxe-Coburg. Princess Patricia OF
Connaught, and Princess Victoria Of
Schfeswig- II olstein.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21
GIRLS DEFENDED SOLDIERS.
Boycott Against Boycott I'm . German

Boycott Against Boycott I'm . German
Viilage-Cure for JeaIousy.
There Is always jealousy In the Ger
man rural districts over the favor that
the troops detailed to various villages
and small towns find from the young
women, says the New York Sun.
Things took a queer turn last sum-
mer In Forst, village Of Baden, near
Bruchsal, where the One Hundred and
Forty-second Regiment OF the line. re-
cruited at Offenburg. was quartered
during the season OF field training. The
good old method of thrashing soldiers
who made themselves agreeable to the
girls proved dismal failure. The men
of the One Hundred and Forty-second
were husky and hard hitters and stood
together when threatened by numbers
The country boys at last determined to
get square with the girls who accepted
attentions from the soldiers
The word was therefore passed
around that any girl who was detected
in talking, walking or flirting with &
'musketeer," or receiving visits from
one, should be boycotted-they have
adopted the word into German-at the
dance which was to follow the relig-
ious services at the close of the har-
vesting A notice to this effect was
even printed in the Bruchsal newspa-
per. 1t seemed quite settled that the
girls who smiled on the soldiers should
have no partners at the great event of
the year.
But the young men altogether under
estimated the loyalty of the girls TO
each other. In the next number of
the Bruchsal paper there appeared a
notice of the unanimous resolve Of all
the maidens of Forst to boycott com
pletely the local youth at the coming
dance. A formal Invitation was fur.
Their conveyed to the members OF the
One Hundred and Forty-second Regi-
ment to come to the dance, with an. as
surance that they would not lack part
ners, 50 far as the Forst girls would
60 round. The young women's notice
ended with these patriotic words:
ut Is not clear to us why we should
be expected to treat the soldiers slight
ingly. Are they not as good men as
our lads in Forst? And why should
the poor soldier who serves his God,
his prince and his fatherland have no
one to say kind word to him?'
This was signed 1.-THE Association of
Girls of Forst for the Improvement of
Foreign Relations, Especially with
Regiment No. 142." Negotiations for
a truce it is reported, were not wholly
unsuccessful and no engagements were
broken.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21

That this is a world of disappoint-
ments, Mrs. Green had long ago learn
ed but she found one more disappoint-
ment to add TO her list during her visit
TO her daughter-in-law.
II declare, yC never can count on
what folks will do, and you might just
as well give up first as last she said,
dejectedly, to Mr.. Green on her return.
There counseled them to name
that baby Emma Louisa, for aunt and
what do you suppose aunt has done
a'ready?"
Mr. Green professed himself unable
to conjecture.
shes willed the Bunker Hill teapot
and the Paul Revere sugar-tongs to the
Historical folks said Mrs. Green bit
terly. "And l expect nothing but what
the blue and white counterpart will
go next. and there'll be that poor help
iess baby without single inheritance
TO her name youths Companion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21

The Greek couture is much in evil
dence with opera costumes.
Fancy color effects in shoes for day
wear are gaining in popularity.
Banana brown and cinnamon form a
favored combination of coloring in
many costumes.
Some of the winter muffs are made
of tippet pieces, laid on fatty and hang
ing like flap.
Patent leather shoes are being worn
this season, decorated with little folded
bows of leather
A trig little red English morocco bag
is fitted with folding opera glasses,
powder puff, and mirror.
An applied cloak tuck, three inches
wide. furnishes a tunic effect on many
of the long-cloth skirts.
For handsome gowns matrons are
wearing black or dark, rich colored
silks, brocaded in velvet.
Lovely are the evening bags Of white
Irish crochet, lined with white silk and
mounted in gold frames
A new fad is the evening cloak of
the same color of the gown, especially
to wear at little theater and restaurant
| functions.
One of ne most striking gowns seen
at recent wedding was of bottle green
satin trimmed with green lace and yell
low panne.
A chic departure in theater waists is
the separate waist in chiffon, generally
black, and worn over pale colored or
white foundation.
When the Frenchwoman wants her
decollete gown for restaurant or thea
ter wear she adds transparent
guimpe Of white tulle and a tiny era
vat of fur.
The return of the tight skirt is per-
haps the harbinger Of tight sleeves and
waists that have been banished so long,
to say nothing of the waistline and its
natural position.
The new sleeve, called the step lad
der" is an outgrowth of the kimono
sleeve. and consists of succession of
deep folds, one over the other, narrow
ing in as they reach below the elbow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21
SAY WOMEN ouTDR1NK MEN.

Female Investigators of Keuosha
Declare Sisters Are Ginning Habit.
Club women of Kenosha, after an in
vestigation, say they are convinced that
more than men drink to intoxicatiOn in
the present day. The investigators de-
clare that while women are not the vie
tins of a natural desire for intoxication,
they get the love of liquor through pre-
scriptions given them by physicians. They
claim that the increase of drunkenness
among women has brought about de-
crease in the use of intoxicants by men.
The conclusion was reached after a dis
cussion of the subject, THE Undesirable
Citizen" and the consensus of opinion
among the club women was that the OBJ
jectionable class includes the indolent
rich, the saloonkeeper and the drunken
woman,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21
Linen supply.

The young housewife with little mon
ey to spend may begin with small
supply.
Six or eight pairs of sheets are es-
sential.
One bolster and two pillow slips
should be allowed to each pair OF
sheets.
Several white "honeycomb' spreads
and a w.rite marseilles Counterpart are
needed.
At least two dozen face towels, a
dozen dish towels and four roller tow
els are essential.
Four white tablecloths, one of finer
quality for occasions" will do for a
beginning.
There should be dozen napkins to
match each cloth. and. if possible, a
dozen extra fruit napkins.
4 dozen hemmed cheesecloth busters
also belong in the outfit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21
woman's Enemy.

ut is not the work that tires you at
all it is the way you do it," said a
wise counselor TO a discouraged and
broken-down school teacher.
The word fits the case of many a
woman who is not a school teacher
The farmers wife who does the whole
weeks work in her imagination after
she goes TO bed Sunday night; the
bookkeeper who in her dreams adds
columns Of figures TO bring out an oo-
stinate balance: the school girl who
grows hot and cold in anticipation OF
an examination; the dressmaker who
never forgets her apprehension lest her
customer shall not be pleased-all
these and a score of other kinds OF
women need to learn the lesson of the
value of the mind at ease.
A conscientious, worrying wife of
Maine farmer hurried to the hen house
one Icy day with pan Of food She
slipped and fell-and broken hip
stopped the quick footstep and dulled
the keen vision for things which must
be done" For three months the pa
tient lay in bed. alone many hours OF
each day, thinking over her life and
habits and responsibilities sue
cesses and her failure. When she
could hobble TO a wheeled chair, she
was a different creature from the anx-
ious, nervous woman who had been
forced to submit TO imprisonment.
A perspective of the months and
years of life, a new conviction that
peace of mind is more important than
pies and cakes, a sense of proportion
which included herself and the claims
of her own nature as well as the appe-
tites of her hungry family and the
profits Of the farm, had revealed them
selves to her in the long days of en-
forced inactivity.
MY broken hip saved my life and
my soul, too, guess" the grateful
woman used to say, with the smile OF
one who had found that the worst enc
my Of good work is worry.-Youth's
COMPANION.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-21

The laugh of the Scotch doctor rsne
loudly through the bare February wood
The world!' he echoed. '-Oh, poor
lady. How amusing are the comments OF
outsiders. No, young sir; the mistress
OF Wycherly is not a woman of the
world
AT least she is proud ~
Proud; yes. as Luclfer. One might
think she had fallen from some higher
sphere, and disdained converse with NOR
tails.
They do not receive much company 2"
asked Lionel
Occasionally. There will be dinner
next month, and the boy heir introduced
to the county. Well, here I must leave
you, for have a message TO the wood
man. 1t is bargain, them
'Yes. sir.
And SO they parted.
Ito be continued)