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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22

Every man to his trade" is an
old adage and is familiar to nearly
all or us. 1t is brief in it's wording
but conveys great deal in It's mean
ing. It is merely a terse way of
saying that a man who makes a spe-
clalty Of any one thing knows more
about, and is more proficient in his
particular speciality than any one
else could be. 1t is for this reason
that we all seek a specialist when
we have any seriohs physical all
ment. 1t IS for the same reason that
The Rydale Remedy Co. went to one
OF the best specialists in the United
states on liver and intestinal trou-
Oles, a professor in a Columbus. O..
Medical College, and secured from
MIN a prescription from which Ry-
dale's Liver Tablets are made.
This specialist knew more about Iiv-
er troubles than a doctor who treats
all diseases, and that is why Ry-
dale's Liver Tablets relieve and cure
more quickly all liver troubles than
the ordinary liver pills and pow
ders.
so tablets in a metal box, 25
cents. For sale by the White Phar-
macy
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22
NOTICE

To Tho Patrons OF the Blpeetone
Traction Company.
st a recent meeting OF the com.
Hany the stockholders decided 10 al.
10" all patrons Of light and power
discount Of five 90 per cent on
all bills paid az their office NJ No
% BiueGeld avenue, on or before
Tho 9th OF each month. Positively
no discount allowed after tho 10Th
~ Tho month.
BLUESTONE TRACTION co.
By j.. W. Walizcr. MANAGER
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22
FOR JUsTIUE OF THE PEACE.

We are authorized to announce
w. "A. Bennett as a candidate for
Justice of the Peace of Beaver Pond
district, subject to the action OF n
Democratic Good Government con-
vention or primary. MIR. Bennett
served as justice in Virginia for
ten years and would bring wide ex-
perience to the duties of the office
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22

Quantity and Quality rarely ever
go together. Here's the exception.
Elliotts Emulsiied Liniment con-
tains half pint of an emulsion OF
Spirits Turpentine, Orlganum, Kero-
sene Oil, Ether and Ammonia, and
sells for only Csc a bottle. Guar
anteed or money back. The White
Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22
ATTENTION. U. G. v.

There will be meeting of Mercer
County camp, U. C. ". at the city
hall in Blueheld Saturday. the gard
inst, at IL o'clock a. m. to arrange
for attending the reunion at Biz
mingham on June 8, 10 and II. A
full attendance is desired. By order
II. III. BAILEY.
Colonel Commanding.
F. 8. Grove, Adjutant.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22

ORDER or NOTICE THEREON.
southern District Of west virgin
la, ST.:
On this the 18th day OF Nav
1905, on reading tho foregoing DC
htion, it IS ordered by the Conrt
mat hearing DO had upon the
anne on the 9Th day Of june. 1908
before the court at Blucncld. W.
Va, Zoo said district. at 10 O'Clock
o The forenoon; and thai notice
thereof be- published in Tho Daily
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22

And Hughey has never told why
- made 80 much fuss about getting
the plank fayoring the constitution
al amendment for tho submission OF
prohibition in Tho city convention.
but laid down upon it in the county
convention when The matter should
never been given attention.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22
Az IMPORTANT NEW NOVEL.

Harvey i. OHigRins' strong now
tory a Grand Army Man" begins
10 the Junc Woman's Home com
'anion This deligt'ful tale Of love
AMI humor and pathos Mr. OWz-
gins has based ON Bclasco famous
play OF the same name. iu which
David Warncld has starred during
the past season.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22

Don't wait "ntl you have a deep.
seated cough. AN ounce OF proven
ton is worth a pound Of cure" with
the first tickling OF the bronchial
tubes get bottle OF Rydale's Cough
Elixir Safest for parent or child
contains no opiates The white
Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22

ROSES, one and two year old at
$1.O0 and $500 per dozen. FAIL
LON, Florist, Roanoke, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-22
The Daily Leader

Published every evening except
Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17
Christnrna Dav-

There are no definite illusions in the
writings of any of the disciples of
Christ as to the date of his birth, nor
has there ever been produced proof of
any character as to the exact period in
the year when Christ was born. There
are, very true, occasional references to
the event in the Scriptures, indicating
that the Nativity occurred in the win
| ter season.
The institution of the anniversary
dates back to the second century of
| Christendom, and it has been since uni
formly celebrated by nearly all the
branches of the Christian church with
| appropriate rejoicings and ceremonies
! The frequent and somewhat heated
controversies, however, relative to the
date of Christ's birth early In the
fourth century led Pope julius l to
order a thorough investigation of the
| subject by the learned theologians and
! historians of that period. which re
suited in an agreement upon Dec. %
! and that decision seemed to have Sc
settled all disputes that that date was
universally accepted except by the
Greek church. While this date wai
never changed, the reckoning of it i:
made according TO the Gregorian cal
endar, which was adopted in the lat
ter part of the sixteenth century, and
upon which computations Of time IL
nearly all civilized nations have sine
rested.-American Queen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17

honor, interestedly. Think what
you've escaped and thank fate! Why,
all your best friends might be signing
| over you as you just sighed over Tom,
and mourning because they had lost
you! As it is, you are safe and res
cued and entirely freev'
I'm glad you can be so philosoph-
ical," said the young man. 1T shows
you really didn't care much If you can
consider the affair so lightly. Not that
l expected your heart would be broken,
but thought possibly you might have
little tender feeling for what Is past
and for what might have been"
There was little silence as they
rolled along. Then the maid Of honor
spoke casually.
Neither Tom nor Cora seemed a bit
scared at the wedding" she said. II
never saw people beam as they did.
They really seemed happy"
When the young man spoke his voice
was gruff Not half" he said, "as
happy as you and 1 would have been if
things hadn't gone wrong! Oh, Gene
vieve-I can't stand it any longer
Isn't there chance for us to go back
to the beginning and start all over
again?"
The maid Of honor was crying into
her ridiculous handkerchief AZ tn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17
lPAPERS Pa PEOPLE

pattern may cramp and chafe the overmuch,
and sympa thy love- faith and patience the surest
keys thorough understanding of fellow and
Beyond doubt there would be fewer matrimonial dis
appointments all who would resolve to only
good in another and seadfasty live up to that re-
solve People usually find that for which they dill
gently seek and the fundamental doctrine of the
thought is that we invite what expect look for
good is to receive it 1t is older thought that cour
tesy consideration for others flowers which have
their roots in charity and good will to all men.
Nowhere is charity the love which "thinketh evil
which is not easily provoked which sufereth long and
kind urgently called for than in the marriage
relation nowhere is there greater need Of faith and
hope well Of love. There is nothing which 50
people the effort to dc good to them and
thus love unconscousy begets love To expect the best
people, If there be any good In them to bring out
that good and thank heaven, there IS much good In
the worst Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17

Two days later he came back looking
very important
"Hullo, children" he said, "come out
in the woodshed with me a minute.
The old black cats out there washing
her face"
Out there, behind the chip pile they
| never looked at the black cat, but Uncle
Tom opened his hand and showed them
six big round silver dollars.
There's your Christmas money" he
said.
We'll divide even" said the boy gen.
erously, even if you are the little-est,
because you worked just as hard. So
| there's three of 'em for each of u.s."
What a Christmas Wen have" cried
| Marcy rapturously.
'"The best ever. It's great fun doing
| things ourselves"
And so the sweet kindly spirit of good
Old Saint Nicholas lived again. and
grew and grew in the hearts of Marcy
and the boy, just as the nut pile had
grown in the garnet.
No, indeed, the soul of Saint Nicholas
is not dead, and will never die so long
! as there are hearts on earth full of gen,
crosby and love.-Portland Oregonian
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17

1S3333-The House of Assembly in Jamaica
passed 4 bill sbolishing slavery. 80.
The American Anti-Slavery Society
was organized in Philadelphia.
1S3s9-The Wing national convention at
harrisburg nominated William FL.
Harrison for President. Pope Greg
Dry WI. issued a bulletin for abol-
ishing the slave trade.
1S41-FirSt through train ran from Bos-
ton to Albany.
DISQUALIFICATION of fremont Temple in
Boston.
1S46-Santa Anna proclaimed President
of Mexico.
1913 Ferdinand of Austria abdicated
and was succeeded by Francis Joseph.
1SJ2-Louis Napoleon became Emperor
of France.
1SJ6-Christ Church. Montreal, de-
stroyed by fire.
1S59-Province of Queensland, Austria
liza, established,
1S61-Confederate Congress passed a
bill admitting Kentucky into the
Confederacy.
1862 Banks expedition sailed for
New Orleans.
1S63-Gen. Longstreet raised the siege
of Knoxville.
1S64-Treason trials of members of the
Knights of the Golden Circle begun
in Indianapolis.
1S6J-Habeas corpus act restored in the
Northern States
1S6S-All disputes between Mexico and
the United States settled by treaty
-. Loretta. a small town in Cali
fornia. destroyed by an earthquake.
1S76-First cremation in the United
States performed at Washington, Pa.
1S77-Theodore Roosevelt appointed col
lector of the port of New York.
1S79-Steamer Borussia of the Canada
and Mississippi line foundered at sea,
with loss of POO lives.
1SS4-Science Hall of the University of
Wisconsin. at Madison. destroyed by
fire. The presidential electors met
in the several States and cast the
vote which elected Cleveland and
Hendricks.
1S9O-King Kaakaua of Hawaii landed
at San Francisco
1S97-Attempted assassination of the
Sultan of Turkey.
1S99-The Canadian steamer Niagara
wrecked in Lake Erie, with loss of
sixteen lives
1902-Germany and England joined in a
naval demonstration against Ven
ezuela.
19O4-Armored cruiser Tennessee launch
ed at Philadelphia =. Close of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at st.
Louis.
190j-Senor Palma elected president of
Cuba . French Senate voted in ia
vor of the separation of church and
state.
19O7-Secretary Taft visited the En-
peror Nicholas at st. Petersburg -.
Norwegian Parliament conferred the
Nobel prize upon President Roosevelt
in recognition of his services in end
ing the RussO-Japanese war.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17
Little Jobnuy,s Resolutions.

Next TUESDAY, be New Years day.
Said little Johnny Lake.
Some restrictions, nom declares,
/ really ought TO make.
Mons promised TO stop gossipin,
An so has Sister Sue.
| guess I'll resolute bit
Les see-what shall | do?
IN resolute, l guess. TO quit
A-splittin' kindlin' wood;
Then pop'H have to do that work,
Like fathers always should.
An then, while I'm a-doin' it,
I'll resolute to quit
The Sunday school, fer goin' there
With me don't make no hit.
I'D like to resolute some way
To git myself a goat;
| want a buttin' billy ram
With whiskers on his throat.
An then I'll resolute, l guess,
To beat up Tommy Hunt
He's took an stole my girl frum me,
The doggone little runt.
Il reckon that's enough fer me
To resolute jist now;
At any rate, I'll make that do
It's plenty, anyhow.
Les see-I start on New Years day.
Well, that amt very fur.
Won't nom be tickled when she finds
How we'll I've minded her."
Denver Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17

I'D together and they would both dance
on the limbs with all their strength,
till the nuts came rafting down in
jolly shower.
Sometimes. as the October days grew
colder. they would come home with
teeth chattering and fingers and noses
blue with cold Then mother would
thaw them out and give them hot lem
onade
And the pile Of nuts in the corner Of
the garrett grew and grew
You mustn't think that picking up the
nuts was all Of the work Not by any
sort of means. For every nut had a
though sometimes the four little walls
of it fell away at a touch. oftener the
nut gatherers had to try force.
Two stones would do the business
one to pound on and the other to pound
with. Fingers and thumbs got pounded,
too. sometimes, and II you want to know
if it hurt or not, just try pounding your
own finger sometime when it is half
frozen.
But that was part of the affair." and
mothers arnica bottle and salve would
stop the ache and dry the tears. Then.
too, It was very interesting to unwind
| the long, narrow rag and show the
wound to father after supper.
All through the nutting season neither
father nor mother asked one single
troublesome question, so that made it
easy to keep the secret, although both
Marcy and the boy were nigh to burst
ing with the Importance Of 1t.
| And the nut pile in the corner Of the
garrett grew and grew.
Every time they added to their hoard
the whole was carefully measured till
at last there were three full bushels,
heaped to running over. Uncle Tom
was let into the secret. and he came
over one day when father and mother
were gone and took away the nuts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17
!. Corning MbIn0SNO1ey
&" ~a. .NE
NJ Isss 3 !: 81: .IAssssI S e ~;

The Boy and Marcy thunght and
thought and thought. Finally they
went to Violet Amanda in the kitchen,
for they did not want to let father and
mother know. 1t was to be a surprise.
This Christmas they had planned to
keep the spirit of old st. Nicholas in
their hearts. and there were to be gifts
bought with money of their own earn
ing. How to earn it was the question.
Violet Amanda had no suggestions to
offer, but Robert, the hired man, had an
idea Now, to look at Robert you'd
never believe he could have an idea
slowed away under his black skin and
woody topknot: but looks are some
times deceiying.
"Out In de meIlder," he said, slowly.
as Violet Amanda poured him a second
cup of coffee. "dey's a pow'ful heap
sight oh hick'ry nuts on dem big trees,
an deys mo- in de wood lot. Yo' ais
could git money TO- dem nuts eff dey
WIZ gaddered. Dey's jes' ripe TO fall
In out de shucks.'
Marcy, ~ cried the Boy, its just
the thing. How much could we get for
bushel Of em, Robert?"
II heerd somebody say" said Rob
ert, as he wiped his mouth on the back
OF his sleeve, dat yo' could git two
dollahs fo' dem dis Fall up in de city
We'll start the minute we've fin
ished breakfast" they cried.
Mothers consent to nutting party
was given without question. Bags and
baskets were provided, and lunch OF
bread and butter, with honey spread
between, and off they started for the
clump of hickory trees in the sheep pas
ture.
AS they crawled through hole In
the garden fence they could hear the
trees rustling In a very queer way fol
a still day, and pretty soon they espiet
somebody in one of the trees, shakin.
1t vigorously.
Its man. cried Marcy, dismayed
Its thief!' shouted the Boy
~Come on" And from far away h
yelled: You thief, Come down out o
our trees -
But before they reached the spot tn,
man swung himself down from tn,
branches. and behold, it was Robert
grinning and chuckling.
81 reckoned yo' alls couldn't get dos
nuts out de TALES tree, so 1 done shucl
'em down fob you.
So their first effort was made easy
That days labor showed a fine start o.
the nut heap, that grew and grew i
the corner of the gar
It was not always SO easy. After tn
meadow trees were stripped they ha
to hunt in the woods, and often tn
trees were too high for the Boy
climb.
Other times he and Marcy could 6
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17
REPORT ON BANKS MADE
Comptroller L. o. Murray Submits
His Figures and Statistics
to Congress.
SHOWS THE AMOUNTS HELD.
Resources of Institutions at Last
Accounts se,O27 ,2eo, asa, Hav-
ing Doubled Since 1900.

The banking power of the United
States to-day is shown to be S17.642.-
1921 in the annual report of Law
renee o. Murray, Comptroller of the
Currency. This is an amount exceeding
the worlds banking power in 1890.
There are $4,000 banks and banking in
situations in the United States. The
Comptroller places the worlds banking
power to-day at $2S 107, 100000. This
places the aggregate banking power of
the world at $40, 80, 100000
The report deals almost exclusively
with figures. Mr.. Murray has this to
say on failures and the cause:
OF the thirty three national banks for
which receivers were appointed during the
year ended Oct 81. 1908, nine banks,
with aggregate capital of 81 100000. were
restored to solvency and authorized to
resume business, while receivers proceeded
to Hquidate the assets of twenty-four
banks found TO be irretrievably insolvent.
The nominal value of assets taken charge
of by the receivers of these twenty four
banks was S31 ,415,511, the liabilities. so
far as reported, being $40, 342, $40. Divi-
dendS TO the amount of 1904, 666 have
been paid to creditors of the banks which
failed during the year and the affairs of
one such bank having been finally settled
the receivership was terminated.
Noting the cause of failure of banks
in charge of receivers during the year, it
appears that seven banks were wrecked
by the cashier, one by defalcation of Off
GERS and three chiefly through fraudulent
management, among other causes. OF the
remainder. four failed from excessive
loans to others and depreciation of securi-
ties. etc. three by reason of injudicious
banking, two from excessive loans to di-
rectors and others and two from deprecia-
ton of securities, one from failure of
large debtors and one from general strin-
gency in the money market.
The Comptroller estimates the num-
5,250,O0O. Here are figures showing
bank earnings:
Consolidating the reports of earnings
and dividends for the year ended July l.,
1908, on an average capital and surplus
Of 1898, 932, 010 and S54S, $3.50, 476, respec-
lively. the gross earnings are shown to be
$500, 454 ,602; losses, etc, charged off,
500 56S, 265, and expenses and taxes paid,
S1JO,551 ,O49. leaving net earnings of
S131 $50 ,2SS. The aggregate amount OF
dividends paid during the periods was
$97, 1876, 2S2, an average of 1888 per cent.
fhn
On or about June 80, 1908. the banks
of the country had on hand S1,36S, 329, :
6S3, against lib, 742,316 in 1907, a gain
of $254, 5S7 1861 during the year. About
two-thirds of the cash holdings of the
banks of the country is in national banks.
Bank resources have more than doubled
since 1900, but during the current year
there has been a decrease of about one
third of 1 per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17
Passing II On.

Greatness Is thrust upon some indt
viduals. patriotism on others. When
the patriotism does not belong to ones
own country the situation may prove
embarrassing. Such it wa3 In the case
CT Agostino Polidori, the great-gra nd
father of Dante Gabriel Rosett. The
incident Is given in life Of the poet
by his brother. Polidori, an italian
was In Paris at the taking Of the Bas-
tile In 1889 He tells the story Of bis
unexpected prominence and his extri
cation from the uncomfortable position
was passing by the Palais Royal
while the populace was running to as
sault the fortress, and having encouu.
tered a highly powdered wig maker
with a rusty sword held aloft. 1, net
expecting any such thing, and hardly
conscious Of the act, had the sword
handed to me, as he cried aloud:
Take 1t, citizen! Fight for your
country"
7 had no fancy for such an enter
prise. so, finding myself sword in hand
| at once cast about for some way tc
get rid of it; and, lettering my instruc
ton from the man of powder, stuck Il
into the hand of the first unarmed per
son I met.
Take it, citizen - 1 repeated. Flight
for YOUR country Then I passed or
and returned home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-17

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
When the early settlers Of the great
I divide" had crossed the plains of Iowa
and Nebraska, and begun to ascend the
foothills of the Rocky Mountains, they
found. what most invaders Of a new
country find, new disease with which
to contend The Mormons are believed
to have suffered from its attacks, and
the emigrants who followed the Nor
mons almost certainly did, although II
| is only within the last ten or fifteen
years that the nature Of the disease mas
been recognized.
Although it's cause, or at least us
manner of spread, and its symptoms are
known. it still lacks a suitable name.
1t has been designated "tick fever ana
spotted fever" but there already is
stick fever of cattle, and both typhus
fever and cerebrosplnal meningitis nave
been called spotted fever" so by way
of distinction, 1t is spoken of as Rocky
Mountain spotted fever.
IF is encountered In all the mountain
States, but is most prevalent In Mon
tana. Spring is the time when the dls.
case nreyails. 1t is absent at other
seasons. 1t is a disease Of the country,
and town jewellers -those who stay In
the town-are apparently exempt, the
greatest sufferers being surveyors, pros
nectors. ranchmen, lumbermen and 9TH
ers whose work takes them into the
brush. 1t was these facts that gave
the clue to the way the disease Is be-
lieved to be spread, namely, by the bite
of a tick, just as the germs OF malaria
and yellow fever are conveyed by the
mosquito.
This creature begins to be unpleas-
antly active early in the spring, as soon
as the snow melts, but ceases to bite
and almost disappears by the end Of
June or the middle Of July. The first
cases Of the fever appear with the melt
ing Of the snow. After the middle Of
July no cases occur. the period OF prev
alence Of the disease thus coinciding
exactly with the tick season.
| The disease begins with the usual
| SYMPTOMS of fever-chIlly feelings,
headache, nausea, loss Of appetite and
soreness of the muscles and joints. The
fever rises rapidly, and remains rather
high, although irregular, throughout
| the disease.
The eruption, which gives it its name,
appears on the third or fourth day,
first about the forehead, wrist and an
kles, and then spreading over the body.
It Is In the form Of scattered points,
up to the size of the head Of pin, and
| persists throughout the course of the
| disease, fading as the fever subsidies |:
then scaling occurs, as In measles
| The fever lasts from two to six or
seven weeks. 1t Is serious disease,
death occurring in more than half of
the cases
| No cure has yet been found. 80 all the
physicians can do Is to watch the pa.
tent carefully, and treat untoward
symptoms as they arise.-Youth's Com
| DaniOu