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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22

PLAYS HAVOC
DESTROYS FAIR BUILDINGS
AND RAILWAY STATION IN
ILLINOIS TOWN.

Chicago, ILL.,, JunS 22.-An T.ec-
trical storm caused havoc in Lake
county. III. The village OF Llber-
tyville was the greatest sufferer.
lightning striking the Lake county
Fair Association buildlngs and
burning both to the ground; also
the depot of the Chicago and MIL
waukee Electric railroad mt that
place.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
MRS. MCCORMICK IMPROVED.

New York, June 22.-Mrs Har-
old Mccormick, daughter of John
ID. Rockefeller, who became sud
denly i'll on the Twentieth Century
limited on Saturday while on the
way here from Chicago. Is greatly
improved at the hotel Plaza. where
she is staying with her husband and
children.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
GOVERNOR
SWANSON
WILL SECOND THE NOMINA.
TION OF BRYAN--VRGINIA
GOVERNOR HAS PROMISED
THE NEBRAsKAN.

Richmond. Va, June 22.--Goy.
Swanson. of Virginia. will make a
speech at the Democratic national
convention seconding the nomina-
tlon of William Jennings Bryan.
The governor stated this morning
that he had received a lengthy let
ter from the Nebraskan, which cov-
cred various subjects and also
asked him to. make ssconding
speech. The governor has accepted.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
HOME FROM SCHOOL.

Ernest A. Bruce and T. II. Beck
er, Jr.. have returned from the
State University at Morgantown,
where they have been attending
school. Mrs. j. A. B. Bruce at
tended the commencement exercises
and returned with her son.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Oscar Corell, n colored man en-
ployed on the farm OF A. j. Steele,
n few miles from Tazewell. Va, was
killed by lightning Saturday after
noon. Corell and some other Ia
borers had sought the shelter OF n
tree during n thunder storm. The
others were but slightly injured.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Sealed bids will be received by
the Board OF Supervisors OF the city
OF Bluefield until the 27th day OF
June, 1908, at o'clock p. m. for
feeding the prisoners OF said city
for the fiscal year ending May 31st
1909.
BY order OF the Board OF Super
visors.
j. r. AKERS, Auditor.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
SPECIAL FLOUR OFFER

To every customer who buys s.
or more (not $500 worth Of gro
ceries from us outside Of flour, on
Wednesday. Thursday, Friday or
Saturday, June "a, %. 2G, u. we
will deliver to their home any
where within the 25c drayaRe lin
It one barrel OF Ideal, William Tell
or Monitor Flour for $5.25. Re
member that this is a special OFFER
for these days only, and that IL will
positively be Withdrawn after Sat
urday. June 27th. All we AK TO
convince you that we can and will
save you money on your groceries
Is for you to give us the opportuni-
ty OF serving you Anyone out Of
town wishing 10 take advantage Of
this offer, goods will be delivered
at freight depot.
Nrry frV1v
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
FATHER KILLED;
BABE ESCAPES
LIGHTNING FREAK IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

Greenville, S. c., June 22.-Dur-
ing services at a country church
near here yesterday afternoon =
bolt of lightning instantly killed
Wilton Lendderman, a young plant
er. and his wife. Mr.. Lenddorman
held in his arms their young baby
which was unhurt by the bolt
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22
LAST NOTICE

The delinquent list for the year
OF 1907 IS now being prepared and
will soon be forwarded to the state
auditor.
All dclinquents are requested 90
come forward at once and pay both
real and personal tickets.
There will bo additional costs
after they leave my hands
4. VI LAND.
city Treasurer.
Cor. Princeton and Hlgginbotham
Avenues. with Citizens Under
writer's Agency
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-22

MIR. BRYAN PAYS HIS RESPECT
TO THE REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM-SEVEN PROPOSITIONS
ARE DISCUSSED by HIM
POINTS OUT THE THINGS
THAT PRESIDENT FAVORS,
But WHICH PARTY MEN AT
CHICAGO FAILED TO EN-
DORSE.
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THE STEPTOE CASH SUPPLY Co.

80 Blucdcld Avc., Dluc6cl1 " Va
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
For Embonpoint.

We owe the latest cure for embon-
point to the anthropologist, says an
exchange Watch the baby happily
peramhulating on all fours, innocent
of dyspepsia and obesity. He is true
to nature and Darwin, as any medical
student could inform us. To be free
from fleshy ills we must ape the baby
and take regular exercise on our
hands and feet. Numbers of persons
in the East are practicing the new
cure with excellent results. 1t is
named after Nebuchadnezzar
1t is entirely reasonable that ease
and health should come on all fours.
Erect man is a modern arrangement,
and the strain Of the perpendicular
is often too much. 1t suits the weak
in digestion to revert to ancestral
ways. We have, moreover, the as
surance that orang outangs, CHM
panzees and gorillas, all ambling
from toe to finger tip, never have
dyspepsia.
The attitude is perhaps ungrace-
full. But in the privacy of the home
it can be assumed without loss of
dignity. Behind closed doors the adj
pose may go back at four-footed
bound to the gait that made our pro-
genitors so agile, so we'll poised and
SO healthy.-New Haven Register.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
KITCHENS ARE UNNECESSARY.
Electricity in Your Dining Room
Cooks "While You Wait"

SOOkS VvU'fC Ic0
Housewives can make electricity
serve them in many ways without in
stalling an expensive equipment, says
Ibe Delineator.
The electric range, that must have
special wiring, is costly. But other
devices are within easier reach. They
are operated simply by attaching the
connection to the electric light sock
ct. from which the ordinary bulb is
temporarily removed for the purpose.
Among these conveniences is the elec-
trio fiat iron maintained at the proper
temperature while moving over the
ironing board in action; the electric
dining room set of teakettle, chafing-
dish and coffee percolator which will
merrily cook on the breakfast table
the second course while you are eat
ing the first; and the electric heating
pad of eider-down that takes the
places of the hot-water bottle. Any
of these work at cost of about two
cents an hour. Beyond them there
is so much that may be done by elec-
tricity that it sounds like story OF
East Indian magic
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Red.Haired Charmers.

"There are no red-haired old
maids"
The speaker, red-haired actress,
lighted fresh cigarette, and went
on:
The red-haired have an excess of
iron in their blood. This causes them
to overflow with vitality, animal spir-
it's, gayety, wit, charm-but l must
not boast, must II"
She smiled, and, smotohing her
ruddy locks with slim white hand.
she added:
AT any rate, it is a palpable fact
that the red-haired girl never gets
left. AS rule she is married at
twenty. A red-haired old maid is a
greater rarity than millionaire an
archist Leap year begins with 1908,
but we red-haired girls have no need
of leap year" New York Press.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12

or velvet Empire, or brocade Rsnais-
sance gown, varying only the access
sories. or course, the trade will not
approve this advice 1 give OF thus
limiting the wardrobe to fewer gowns,
but am not recommending economy.
Let greater sums be spent on dress,
but in the real sense of decoration,
in lovely handwork of all kinds, in
broidering with silks and ribbons and
seed pearls, in the working of gold
and other metals, bronze, copper, cut
steel, silver, in laces and furs and all
fine textures.
The broad velvet band wound low
about the head, very loosely, with
ends disappearing under the coils,
is becoming almost universal for both
day and evening wear, a rose or a
jewel being added on occasion.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
French Women and Dress.

Another fancy of the spirituelle
French mondaine is that of wearing
the same house gown for each of her
formal at home days during the three
Partisan calling months, January,
February and March, writes the Paris
correspondent in Vogue. She selects
something very elegant, very becom-
ing, very personal, something that
suits the scheme of decoration of her
reception room, that is neither too
rich nor too modest to accompany her
interior. She carefully arranges each
accessory of shoes, jewels, coiffure,
and then wears it day after day, its
folds becoming more and more ac-
customed to every movement of her
figure, while she gives the impression
of being woman of taste and ele-
gance, yet her sartorial reserve an
nounces also that she has something
more in her head than the eternal
question of chiffons.
There is nothing more vulgar than
the idea that one must not appear
too often in the same gown. If a
gown is really beautiful, has some
real charm of line and color and tex
ture, one does not tire of it any more
than one does a flower. The trouble
is We are too often led astray by the
fashion and we choose something
hastily that has nothing but novelty
to recommend it. There is something
lovely in every period of dress, If one
has but the patience to search for it
and the knowledge and taste to find
1t and adapt 1t TO oneself. Once this
is achieved, gown may be worn with
pleasure to oneself and to one
friends, until it begins to become
really shabby. And some women of
taste prefer to be bit nearer the
shabby stage than the horribly vulgar
brand new
This Is easier in France, perhaps,
because cleaners are beth skillfulsand
inexpensive, and the femme de
chambre, even in a modest home, is
clever in keeping clothes in order.
l know several of the leaders OF the
smartest set who appear evening after
evening at the subscription Mondays
Al the opera in the same satin sheath,
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
DIGGING FAST IN PANAMA.
Present PROCESS Will Finish The
Canal Before 1912.

Panama.-The newspapers here
comment favorably on the extraordl-
nary amount of canal excavations Tor
the ronth Of February, which II con-
tinued upon the same scale would
mean possible the opening OF the ca
nal before 1912.
As a sort of celebration in honor
of the return of Lieut. Col. George W..
Goethals, the chief engineer OF the
Panama Canal, who has been in Wash
ington for some time past, the total
amount taken from Culebra cut, as
reported by the engineer in charge
was 55,054 yards. This was taken out
in eight hours by employment of Tor
weight steam shovels on one OF the
hottest days of the season. This rec
ord exceeds all previous records since
the Americans have assumed opera
tion of the work.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
THE DOCTORS GIFT
Food Worth its Weight in Gold.

We usually expect the doctor to
put us on some kind OF penance and
give US bitter medicines.
A Penn. doctor brought patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly interesting.
Two years ago. writes this pa
tient. II was a frequent victim of
acute Indigestion and biliousness, be-
ing allowed to eat very few things
One day our family doctor brought
me small package, saying he had
found something for me to eat. at
last
HE said 1t was a food called
Grape-Nuts. and even as its golden
color might suggest. 1t was worth it's
weight in gold. ] was sick and tired,
trying one thing after another to no
avail. but at last consented to try this
new food.
well! II surpassed my Doctors
fondest anticipation. and every day
since then ! have blessed the good
doctor and the inventor of Grape
Nuts.
II noticed Improvement at once,
and In months time my former
spells OF indigestion had disappeared.
In two months felt like new man.
My brain was much clearer and keen
er, my body took on the vitality OF
youth. and this condition has contin-
ued."
There's a Reason" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Greek. Mich.
Read THE RoadN 70 Wellville." in
pkgs.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12

She likes to be truly loved and to
be told so.
She likes some noble, honorable
man to be thoughtful of her, kind and
considerate of her welfare.
When well and becomingly dressed
a quiet notice of her is always ap-
preciated.
A word of praise for nice dinner
often more than compensates her for
the worry and hard work of prepara-
tion.
She wants her husband not only to
be her supporter, but her compan- on,
remembering that it is the kind,
thoughtful, appreciative word that
often brings her greater happiness
than new set of dishes, though pres
ents like the latter are always well
come.
She likes to be made to realize that
she is good for something besides a
mere household drudge and slave.
She likes to be petted occasionally,
but not in public. The little private
pet names are very dear to a woman S
heart. rt.-Indianapolis News.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
CHIooRY FIRST USED By DUTCH
War Blockade Responsible For Dis
covcry of Good Qualities
of the Root.

of the Root.
Although chicory was probably
known and used by the ancient Ro-
mans as pot herb, 1t remained for
the Hollanders about 200 years ago to
discover that the roots of the chicory
plant dried, ground and roasted pro-
duced a drink like coffee, both pal
atable and healthful.
During the Napoleonic wars a strict
blockade Of the continent of Europe
was maintained and all importations
Of coffee, tea and cocoa ceased. This
forced the people to turn to chicory
as a beverage and 1t soon came into
general use.
So good was it's taste, SO rich was
its aroma that the new beverage at
once became exceedingly popular
with the good Dutch housewives, who
are known the world over for their
ability as cooks.
After the war, when ample supply
of coffee could be secured, the Hol-
landers were loath to give up their
chicory. AS result they blended
coffee and chicory and produced good
old Dutch coffee, now served In nearly
all hotels, restaurants and homes in
Europe.
Not only did this blend produce
that rich aroma and flavor, but it
was found that chicory counteracted
the bad effects of straight coffee.
Those who found ordinary coffee in
furious drank the combination and 1t
Thus it is seen that chicory has
been used for centuries in Europe,
where it is regarded as necessary
addition to coffee.
Americans began using chicory as
soon as they realized it was put on
the market to improve the quality of
coffee and not in any spirit of dishon-
esty. Fortunately the new United
States pure food law requires all
makers to state on their packages
what the contents are, and this pro-
tects the buyer from all substitutes
for pure coffee and pure chicory and
insures grade equal to that from
which the old fashioned Dutch bever-
age is made.
Through our foreign born citizens
so consistently demanding it the mer-
It's Of chicory have become known by
word of mouth until those who have
heretofore been disappointed in Sc
curing the rich, full coffee flavor in
their morning beverage have found
that by buying coffee mixed with
chicory they secure the exact combin-
alton they have been seeking.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Smoking in Clubs.

The question of smoking was a
burning one In the mid-nineteenth
century, and it was not until 1S45
that Whites gave up a room to the
users of tobacco. And in all clubs
the smokers were relegated to the
most dismal apartments. 1t was King
Edward. when Prince OF Wales. who
broke through the tradition, and when
Whites refused to extend the accom-
mediation for smokers, started the
Marlborough, wherein smoking was
but the dining room.-London Chron
icle
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
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M.N FASHIONS
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Plaid English twills have consisted
shadow dots that are effective.
The effect of maline over tulle is
soft and very new, and different from
either by itself.
Two layers OF sheer stuff Of differ
ent weave constitute the chemisette
of many handsome separate waists
for evening.
Full kimona sleeves edged with
wide-ribboh run beading are unusual
ly pretty on circular nightgown
whose neck is similarly finished.
Dull, rather light blue, gray, violet
and vague green were all COM
bined in the tulle trimming cf on9
exquisite gray hat from Alphonsine.
Practically all the new corsets are
provided with twelye-inch steels,
which means that they are a. great
deal higher in the bust than formerly
The theatre waists made without
collars originated in Paris, and they
offer a splendid opportunity for the
display of handsome jeweled collars.
Large choux of tulle trimming
broad-brimmed hats, usually of the
lighter colors, combine even moro
tones than are seen il the velvet
trimming.
The new bordered materials which
it is going 10 be possible to obtain
in popular-priced fabrics this season
mean that some pretty jumper suits
will appear.
Cutaway coats fre 10 he wcrn
again, many of them slashed so aigl
that they not only show the belt
buckle but quite biz of the blouse
above IL.
The Japanese sleeve of the lingerie
blouse of very sheer batista is sup
ported and made more shapely by a
sleeve of similar design ON tho
chemise or corset cover worn be-
meath it.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
LYDIA e. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been SO
successful in relieving the suffering
of women OF received so many gem
uine testimonials as has Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
fited by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any wOmananyd daymay
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to a healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restnra their health.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
GYPSIES INCORPORATE.
It's Purposes Are to Get Them to
Quit Nomadic Life.

Clayton, Mo.-Attorney /. 5. Bur-
nett of Clayton has filed an appllca-
ton for a pro-forma degree OF lncor-
poration in the st. Louis county cir
cult court for the National Gypsy AS
sociation Of America.
It's purposes as set forth are to en-
courage greater harmony among and
more permannency of residence OF
gypsies; to induce them to take out
naturalization papers and become cit
liens; to bear their portion OF the
burden of taxation and other govern
mental obligations as citizens OF the
United States. st. Louis is to be the
national capital Of the nationalized
oypsies,
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Slaves of Silver.

Il will never give another bit of
silver as wedding present. an
nounced the bride of a few months.
"Now that / am the possessor of con-
siderable myself, see what slave
it makes of its owner. You are afraid
somebody will steal it, in the first
place, and then the work and rubbing
you put on it to keep it bright! After
this / intend to give copper or brass,
or this new lacquered material. which
is the best of all, for it looks both
odd and rich, and can be used and
washed like china. Don't burden a
poor bride with lot of silver dishes
and trays to take care of."-New
York Press.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Electric Cars in China.

Shanhai.-The first section OF the
electric street car service in Shang-
hal. has been successfully inaugu-
rated The cars are libereally pat
ronized. The street railway was orig
inally strongly opposed by the ma
tives for fear of the electric power
and because they thought it would in
terfere with the business ST jinriksha
mpu
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Occupations of Women.

The 100000 women workers in
less than 292 distinct occupations.
Though there are no street car driv-
ers reported. there are two motor
men; no sailors, but five women
pilots. Ten are employed on steam
railroads as baggage handlers, forty
five as engineers, thirty-one as brake
men, two as conductors, twenty-six
as switchmen, yardmen and 1lagmen;
forty-three as hack drivers, two as
roofers and skaters and six as ship
carpenters. Strange as it may seem,
upward of 100000 still indulge in the
questionable trade of domestic SER
vice.-New York Sun.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Excellent For Colds

Mix two ounces of glycerine with
half pint OF good whiskey and add one
half ounce of Concentrated oil OF
pine. The bottle is to be well shaken
each time and used in doses of a
teaspoonful to a tablespoonful every
four hours. The Concentrated oil OF
pine comes in one-half ounce vials
packed securely in tin screw top cases
which are intended to protect it from
light and retain all the original ozone.
Don't use bulk Oil Of pine or imita-
tions OF Concentrated, sometimes put
out in wooden boxes. They are In
soluble and work havoc to the kid
neys. Any druggist has the Concen-
trated oil OF pine.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Worth on Royalty's Gowns.

The greatest dressmaker in the
world, Worth, of Paris, is writing a
series of articles for Harper's Bazar
the first, by the way, he has ever
contributed to any periodical. In the
February Bazaar he writes freely of
the tastes of the royal women who
are his customers. He says, among
other things:
Il may, perhaps, be permitted to
digress little here to speak of royal
ladies taste in dress. Queen Alex
andra of England is born artist in
this respect, inheriting the talent
from her late mother, the Queen of
Denmark, who taught her children
what was becoming from their ten
derest years in the Copenhagen nurs-
cry. Queen Alexandra could-often
does-trim her own hats and bonnets,
and makes northumberland altera-
tions in even the most recherche Paris
millinery. Never does her Majesty
permit the extravaganza of fashion
to invade her immense wardrobe.
"She does not ask, will panne or
stiff brocade be fayored?' Or, Will
fur be admitted for evening wear?
or, will tight sleeves last through
another season?' No. And not be-
cause her Majesty is a law unto her.
self. 1t is merely because she has ex-
quisite taste and unerringly chooses
modes that become her known beau
ty. The Queen gets charming ideas
from museums and galleries, and
used to design in the Tapestry Room
at Marlborough House under the di'
rection of the late Lord Leighton"
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12

helpless as child. The urine was dis
ordered and though used one remedy
after another l was not helped until
/ used Doan's Kidney Pills AMI was
so bad then that the first box made
only slight change. To-day, how
ever, am we'll man, at 81, and l
owe my life and health to the use of
Doans Kidney Pills."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
Desire the Ballot.

Following the example of their
English sisters in London, great
procession of Scotch women walked
through the streets of Edinburgh to
show their desire and determination
to get the ballot. The women repre-
sented all classes-ladies of title,
wives of professional men, university
students, tradeswomen, laboring
women, old women, young women,
rich women and poor women.-New
York Sun.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12
bad Man" Goes Free.

Memphis, Tenn.-Michael Shanley,
Memphis "bad man." was acquitted
of the charge of shooting up the air.
ship belonging to Capt. William Mat
teray and William C. Moore. The
acquittal was given by the court on
the recommendation of Attorney Gen
eral Walsh, who claimed that all OF
the witnesses in the case have dis.
appeared.
The Kemper herald., 1908-03-12

The cows udder is kept in clean,
healthy and smooth condition by
washing it with Borax and water,
tablespoonful of Borax to two quarts
of water. This prevents roughness
and soreness or cracked teats which
make milking time dread to the
COW and a worry to the mixer.