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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-20
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1857.
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editor, died at Brixham, England
born 1881.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-20

You have tried the rest. Now try
the best ADMIRAL COFFEE.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
THE MAN AND HIS JOB
(By Herbert ]. Hapgood)

If a boy can sweep floor well
the chances are he will succeed in
anything he feels capable of at
tempting. The process OF swearing
out the office, If done well. is a
test of thoroughness is a qualifica-
ton the possession of which is \
sure guarantee OF attaining the de.
sired end. He who can get into the
hooks and corners with his broom
is bound to keep clean the hooks
and corners of his business. He
will attend strictly to the most min
ute detail. and extend his efforts to
the remotest domains of his enter
prise.
They tell story Of a young man
who came into the office OF a Phila-
delphia newspaper and asked for a
job.
What can you do?" demanded
the person in charge.
"Oh, can either edit your paper
or sweep out your office" replied
the boy. with unoffcnding pleasan-
try.
Then go ahead and sweep out
the office" returned the other.
That was ten years ago. and to-
day that young man, who was both
willing to sweep and able to sweep
well. is editor OF the newspaper.
Booker r. Washington, whsn he
applied for admission TO a certain
school in the south was told by the
teacher that he would have to sweep
out the classroom. This was the
first school that young Booker had
ever been inside Of, and he was de-
termined to do we'll in order that
he might gain access to the advant-
ages Of the institution. He swept
that floor so thoroughly and dust
ed the benches. window-sills and
walls so carefully. that when the
teacher came in and rubbed her
handkerchief on. the woodwork there
was not a particle of dust to be
found.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
GREAT GOOD
ROADS MEETING

Buffalo, n. Y. July What will
beyond doubt go down in history as
the most important good roads con
vention ever held in America was
opened here this morning. when
Mayor Adam delivered an address
or welcome to the hundreds OF del
egates present. Although the meet
ing was called by the American Au-
tomobile Association. and major
ity OF the visitors are motorists.
the farmers of the nation are also
represented by delegates from the
National Grange, and the profession
al road makers by members OF the
American Road Makers Association
The inaugural session this morn
ing was under the direction OF
Charles II. Terry, of New York.
chairman fthc legislative board Of
The American Automobile Associa-
ton. The present status OF motor
vehicle legislation in the nation and
the various states was discussed
and plans made for united action by
motorists everywhere In favor OF the
pending federal registration bill.
and motor laws in states not yet
possessing them.
The good roads convention will
be formally opened this afternoon
with Robert p. Hopper. OF Philadel-
phia, as chairman The list OF
speakers for this afternoon and to-
morrow morning includes authori-
ties on highways Improvement from
New England TO the Pacific coast.
Practical demonstrations will be
given by professional road builders
tomorrow afternoon.
The meeting will close tomorrow
night with a banquet at the Iro-
quois hotel. at which several men
of national reputation will respond
10 toasts. Most OF the visiting mo-
florists will remain over until Thurs
day to witness the start in the Gid
den tour.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
PREVIOUS
DEMOCRATIC
C0NvEN T|ONS

Washington, July 7.-Todays
convention in Denver is properly
that of the country's Oldest political
party, since the present Democratic
party claims to be the lineal de-
scendants of the organization found
ed by Thomas Jefferson. In his day
1t was known as the Republican or
Democratic-RepuBiican party. The
first convention since the party as
sumed something resembling its
present form was nominated by ac-
clamation. The conventions of
1874, 1S4S and 1852 were all held
in Baltimore, the presidential nom
mess being Polk, Cass and Pierce,
respectively
Conventions held since that time
have resulted in the selection of the
following candidates for president
and vice president:
June 2, S56-Cincinnati Buch-
anan and Breckenridge.
June IS, Baltimore, Dou-
glas and Johnson.
June II, 1S60-Richmond, Bren-
kinridge and Lane.
June s, 1S6O-Baltimore. Brock
inridge and Lane.
August 20, 1S64-McClellan and
Pendleton.
July 4, 1S6S-New York, Sey-
mour and Blair.
July 6, Baltimore, Greeley
and Brown.
July 81, 1S76-St. Louis. Tilden
and Hendricks.
July %, 1SSO-Cincinnati Han
cock and English
July 8, 1884 Chicago. Cleve-
land and Hendricks.
July 3, 1SSS-St. Louis, Cleve-
land and Thurman
June 81, 1S92-Chicago, Cleve-
land and Stevenson.
July Z, 1SS6-Chicago, Bryan and
Sewell
July 4, 1900-Kansas City Mo,
Bryan and Stevenson.
July 6. 19O4-St. Louis, Parker
and Davis.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR
CATARRH THAT CONTAIN
MERCURY.

as mercury VIII sNrely destroy the
sense OF smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing II through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from repu-
table physicians, as the damage
they Will do Is ten fold to the good
you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o..
contains no mercury, and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine.
It is taken internally and made IN
Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney g.
Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists Price, 75c.
per bottle.
Take Hairs Family pills for con-
stipatlon ......
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
To TEST BYRD LIQUOR LAW

Richmond, va. July THE vail
dity Of the Byrd liquor bill the
most important Of the laws enacted
by the recent legislature, will be
severely treated when the Judge in
the hastings court will tomorrow
take up the case OF John c. Bin
ford, representative Of a Baltimore
house The case was presented TO
the grand jury yesterday by Com
Attorney Folkes. Bin
ford is alleged to have been sent
here by the American Liquor Deal
ers' Association The law prevents
him from selling liquor in Virginia
by sample unless he previously
took out a liquor license Binford
openly violated the law and phonad
and asked arrest at the hands of the
police In the lower court he was
fined 800 and the case is I'm the
higher court on appeal There Is no
doubt. as Binford makes the asser-
ton. that II the hustings court is
against him the case Will be- carried
to the state supreme court Of APP
pcals.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
NV NJ! :!:! M!!!!E0ito|k&WGStenI
MAY II, 1908.

Leave $3.50 a. m. for Roanoke,
Norfolk and all points on the Shen-
andoah division. pullman Sleeper
Roanoke TO New York, via Hagers-
town, Pullman Parlor Car Roanoke
20 Norfolk.
$50 a. m. for Roanoke, Rich
mOnd, Norfolk. Pullman sleeper.
Diplng Car to Roanoke. Parlor Car
Roanoke TO Norfolk.
2:55 p. IN. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg and intermediate stations and
the Shenandoah Valley. Philadelphia
and New York. Sleeper 20 Philadel-
phla. Cafe Car Gary and Roanoke.
1912 p. m. for Roanoke, Lynch
burg. Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman
Sleeper 20 Roanoke and Pullman
Sleeper Roanoke 20 Norfolk.
Leave Bluefield 1920 p. m for Ken
ova, Columbus and all points West
and Northwest. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus and Cincinnati. Cafe Cars.
8:15 a. m. Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus Cafe Dining Car
Leave 1925 n. m. and 2:2J p. m.
daily for Tazewell, Norton and all
stations on Clinch valley division.
Arrive from Norton and points on
the Cllnch Valley division at 2:4O ..
m. and 7:40 y. m.
Leave 6:10 a. m. for Welch and
intermediate stations.
Leave 10:45 q IN. for william
son and intermediate stations
Leave 2:4O D. m. for Welch and
intermediate stations.
Call on agent Norfolk and West
ern Railway for tickets, maps and
additional information.
w. u. BEVILL. q. p. A.,
Roanoke, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

How TO peat an undertaken: Cough
and Coughing end In Coffin. Cure the
cough. stop the Coughing. and LET
the undertaken keep his Coffin. Ry
daIe's Cough Elixir Is tne best and
surest way or accomplishing this re-
suit. Best. because 1t contains the
best remedies known to aid nature to
cure a cough. Surest because It posi-
lively does not contain opiates or
harmful drugs of any kind. Guaran-
teed under the pure Food and Drug
Law. For Gale by White Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

Every man to his trade" Is an
old adage and Is familiar TO nearly
all OF us. 1t is brief in its wording
but conveys a great deal in its mean
ing. It is merely terse way OF
saying that n man who makes a spe-
rialty OF any one thing knows more
about, and is more proficient in his
particular specially than any one
else could be. 1t is for this reason
that we all seek a specialist when
we have any serious physical all
ment. It 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-
bles, a professor in a Columbus. o.,
Medical College. and secured from
him a prescription from which Ry-
dale's Liver Tablets are made
This specialist knew more about liv-
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, 1908-07-07
WILLIAMS TO STUMP STATE.

Richmond, Va. July Judge
Samuel w. Williams. Of Southwest
Virginia. and Samuel L. Kelly. a
prominent member Of the local bar
had a private conference I'm this city
and laid plans for the coming pres
idential campaign Both men are
election and the outcome of the
meeting was the agreement that
they should stump The state in tho
interest OF the Democratic nominee
no matter who he should be. Judge
Williams will take this in the cast
ern section Of the state. while Kcl-
ley will go into Judge Williams sec
ton
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
sTOOCKHOLDERs MEETING.

There will be called meeting. of
the stockholders OF the Bluefield
Brewing company to be held in the
directors room of said company on
Tuesday. July II, 1908, at 2 O'Clock
p. m. for the purpose of electing
officers and considering such other
business as may properly appear be-
fore them. ALI Stockholders are
earnestly requested to attend
f. #. TYREE, Sec. ard Treas.
June 90, 1908.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

To Nicholas Romanom the self
abnegation OF the Siamese prince
who has renounced the world TO be-
come a priest is not impressive. A
priest does not find IT necessary to
have a fleet Of battleships play ring
around-the-rosey about him when
ever he wants TO shake hands with
. friend -COurier-Journal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
M'GRAW DEFEATS Chiffon
ELECTED NATIONAL COMMIT
TEEMAN ON FOURTH BALLOT
AFTER SPIRITED CONTEST.

Denver, Col. July John T.
McGraw, national committeeman
from West virginia, was reelected
last night at the caucus OF the West
Virginia delegation on the fourth
ballot after spirited contest with
w. o. Chiffon.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

TOMATOES. very best sorts
Transplanted. by express in bask-
cts, 75c per hundred. FALLON.
Florist, Roanoke, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

Carpenters and Joiners OF Amer
Tea, Union No. 976. ,Blueheld, w.
Va, meets every Saturday night I'm
their hall. 4th floor Hearn build
ing. Bland street. Hall for rent re-
naming five nights OF week.
8. ]. GIBSON,
]. r. WILLIS,
j. II. NUNLEY.
6-15-1mo. Trustees
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

BEDDING PLANTS AND VINES
Full line OF bedding plants and
hardy vines. Orders shipped same
day received. FALIION, Florist,
Roanoke. Va
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

IN every cline its fame Is heard,
It's name has spread from sea TO
sea.
re not surprised II in the other
world
You're made TO take Rocky Noun
tain Tea. (Begin now)
For sale by the white Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07
GRAY MACHINE REPAIR SHOP
Now I'm the Rear of FowIcr-Rich.
ardson Company.

All kinds OF repairing OF Lawn
Mowers. Sewing Machines, Bicycles
Guns, Pistols, Typewrlters. Adding
Machines, Locks, Keys Fitted and
In fact. all kinds OF machines. Work
and price guaranteed.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

FLOWER PLANTS. Geranlums.
Coleus, Scarlet Sage. Cannas, Yer
benas, Elephant Ears, Tube Roses.
etc. Reasonable prices. by ok
press. Fallon, Florist, Roanoke, Va.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

All work guaranteed and turned
out promptly. Am now located I'm
the storeroom formerly occupied by
ID. G. Lilly, 1O7 Princeton Avenue
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-07

Try a Leader Want Ad
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
WHERE 0. BOONE MISSED OUT
Might Have Died Rich, but Neg
lected His Fine OppOr-
tunitIes.

If his greed of possession had borne
any sort of relation to his greed of dis
covery, Daniel Boone might nave died
the greatest land owner in America.
When he died. in 1925, In the settlement
Of Charette, which he had established on
the Missouri river a little way above its
mouth, he owned not land enough to bury
him in.
The grave was provided by his thrifty
and prosperous son-in-law, Flanders
Galloway, with whom the old pioneer
passed his declining years, the ruling
passion for wandering in the woods re-
naming with him to the end. Testimony
of his descendants, published in the Re-
public, does not encourage the doubt that
this was the grave that was opened when
Kentucky reclaimed his bones in 1S45 to
build a monument over them in the burial
ground of it's state capital.
Kentucky owed him this tribute. He
was the first white mar to penetrate and
explore the forests of the dark and
bloody ground"-the hunting grounds on
which the Indians from the north of the
Ohio fought so fiercely with those in east
Tennessee and Mississippi that none Of
them could stay there in peace. There
are conflicting stories to explain why
Boone died landless. One of them is that
he sold his great grants Of land in Ken
lucky for scrip that proved to be worth
less, Another adds hat he held much
of the land until Kentucky became a
state, and then it was found he had
neglected precautions necessary to make
his title good. At any rate, he quit Ken
lucky as landless as he entered it, and
came to Missouri eight years before the
country west of the Mississippi passed
into American possession.
The Spanish governor here offered him
a grant of 5000 acres, but he scorned
the trip to New Orleans that was neces-
sary to get the grant confirmed by the
Spanish governor there. Later congress
voted him a grant of 1000 acres, but that
also slipped through his hands.
Boone was negligent in looking after his
landed possessions because he was more
intent upon exploration than upon occu-
patton He must have felt also that land
could be had anywhere in these parts for
the asking. 1t was fortunate for Boone
that Flanders Galloway, who had rescued
a daughter of Boone from the Indians In
Kentucky before he married her, was a
better man of business and provided well
for the veteran wanderer OF the woods.
Missouri took good care Of Boone.-St.
Louis Republic.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
A Deserved Trihute.

Sooner than has been the lot of most
men who have served Boston, Massachu-
sets, New England and the nation, says
the Boston Herald, the memor of this
man has taken the imperishable form Of
stone and bronze, art being welded to the
service Of civic adornment and hero wor-
ship. But the tribute is deserved. There
was a power as an orator in this Irish
American, a th~oroughness as a legislator,
state and national, a breadth OF view as a
defender of men OF every race and all
creeds, a loyalty as a friend, a steadfast-
ness of conviction as a partisan of the best
type, which made him a marked man while
he lived and as fine a representative of the
Celtic strain OF Americanism as the coun-
try has yet seen in public life. When he
fought he fought face to the foe and as a
man of honor. When some would con-
found liberty with license he stood for lib
erty under law. When placed where he
might have become rich, and yet not trans
gress the current code of politics or bust
ness, he chose to remain poor and beyond
reproach of his own conscience.
Like his friend and fellow exile from
Erin, Boyle O'Reilly, he FASTENED materi-
ally the happy blending of races and re-
igions that New England has seen in re-
cent years, and ne left a personal record
and words Of wisdom pertaining to funda-
mental American ideas which will make
clear the path Of generations that follow.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
BAT ON T0AST-EVER TRY 1T?
Tar Heel state DelIcncY that Proves
a Big Hit Down in That
Country.

II stopped at a little motel in Iredell
county, North Carolina. when 1 was max
ing a trip through the Tar Heel state"
said a traveller, land among the things the
waiter announced in my ear that they
were serving that day was bat on toast.
Nov, that was something that might
well startle anyone whoshad been used to
assocfating bats with anything but a deli
cacy for the table, and l turned my star
tied gaze on him and exclaimed:
whats that?"
1.-The waiter repeated It and almost every
one at the table stared at me as II l was
a curiosity. l was feeling very uncom-
Portable, when a good-natured native at the
end Of the table spoke up and said to me:
Reckon yo'se a stranger round hyuh,
cunnel. They amt the mouse bats yo' got
in yo' mind, sub; they'se bull bats, and
they mighty fine eatin'. subj
II braced up, gave an order for bat on
toast. Now, l had eaten OF the wood dove
they number among the game birds down
there and up to the time l tasted that
bat on toast l thought wood dove cooked In
the style of Captain Bill Tooley Of Beau
fort county was about the best thing Tar
Heel folk had set before me, but the bat
was better. l admitted 1t on the spot.
1T was simply the common nighthawk
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22
HOW TO MEET WIFE'S HAND
Just Keep Doubling Your Bet if
You've Got the Coin.
GAME THAT TAKES LOTS OF CASH
O~1d-Timer Gives His system OF
seIf-Defense when He Gets
Home nj an Unpopular
Hour.

Man that is born OF woman Is small
potatoes and few to the HILL" said Uncle
Henry YEARLY when the door closed and
she left the room. He thinks he's
seventy horsepower with a lomousine, but
he's only a poor old horse.
adam had everything his own way and
nature was handing him out straights and
three Of n kim all the llvelong day till
the lady arrived on the scene and began
to get ready for the first cake and apron
sale. Then what happened to poor old
Adam? Wen, by Gracious, he had to get
out and dig! Son, take 1t from me. we've
been digging ever since.
mot that l mind digging. 1 don't, But
ia like to do a little talking too, by gum!
I'm going to do 1t. You hear me! I'm
working on a system and II 1 stick around
q while wen see.
Now my wife. she's about the average
verbose. That is, she's got good wind, a
pretty elaborate vocabulary and a willing
heart. When she makes a real business
OF It she can comb things over some.
she's one Of the kind that keeps still
for a while until you've told your little
tale and then begins. to take a sympa-
thetic interest in II. She asks questions.
Honest. son, they're the blamedest ones,
they are-he ones tbs ask questions.
"Then when you've got yourself all tied
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-22

we see In It's swift and erratic flight at the
close of summer days In the north. Why
they call it a bat in North Carolina I don't
know, but that is the name these birds
go by-long- winged bats and bull bats.
II believe that they have at last sue
ceeded In convincing the Legislature of that
state that this bird is one of the greatest
destroyers of insect pests that flies and
that the Indiscriminate killing of it should
no longer be permitted and that the sport
of bat shooting is now illegal in North
Carolina. When 1 was there, however, 1t
was popular and had been for time out of
mind.
Here in the north there never has been
a time when we would not have held in
questionable esteem the man who would
shoot these birds in wantonness, and
thought still less of him If we knew he
was going to eat them, but even a northern
man would have thought better Of 1t all
II he had ever gone south and tried it once
himself. l never knew a northerner at
home who had the heart to shot a night
hawk, but 1 have known more than one of
them in the south to become enthusiastic
shooters of bats.
Bat shooting was in season from the
time the birds began flocklng to the south
In the fall from their summering and nest
ing in the north. AS they were shot only
on the wing-and whoever saw one OF them
anywhere else TO be shot at?-and as their
constant and sudden turning, twisting,
doubling and zigzagging in the air required
great skill to make a creditable bag, the
sport was much more exciting than field or
cover shooting. A man who could select
his bat and wing 1t as it darted about in
its erratic flight was well fitted to be the
winning contestant at a prize trap shoot
with the most capricious of the old-time
blue-rock pigeons as targets, and they were
about as hard to hit as a flash OF light
ming.