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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-02-29

Just arrived fine Line of Down, Silk and Fancy
Sateen Comforts; also fine line of Wool Blankets
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14
A WAR TIME STORY
In Which Grandma Becomes So Interested That She
Almost Gives Away the Family Secret"

until it was hot enough to burn, but
not blister Then the scamp would
steal up behind my chair and touch
It to my cheek. And / always had
TO pretend / was so badly burned
that he must kiss the place to make
It well.
And have TO laugh at something,
even now, when / think of it; al
though it was no laughing matter
then. For it happened in the early
part of the war.
"The soldiers who had enlisted
from our and surrounding towns
We're encamped just outside what was
then the town limits, awaiting orders
to go to the front. Many Of the fair
sex of our community had sweet
heart or relatives among the troops,
and at first we were allowed to enter
camp with comforting presents and
delicacies But that privilege was
shortly denied us, and then we could
only 90 as far as the picket lines.
EARLY one evening-it was COM
ing on dusk-a party Of us girls"
Girls, did you say, Grandma" in
quired Elizabeth. why, l thought
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

of the Home Guard were present.
Life was too serious for such men to
even risk indulging In amusement in
those days.
Dear mel / never will forget--it
was during quaGrille-when / saw
my father appear at the door. When
the quardille had finished he beckon-
ed young man to him and whispered
few hurried words, and disappear
ed. The young man whispered to an
other young man, and he whispered
to another. II was all done so quiet
ly that every one of the younger ele-
ment, who were giving the dance, had
disappeared almost before anyone
knew 1t. Then somebody mounted
the platform and announced that the
dance was at an end, and that the
lights were to be turned out and all
must hurry home.
Some of the young ladies refused
TO obey, and insisted on knowing
why until at last, in desperation
the announcer cried: For Gods sake,
Ladies, don't delay! The Raiders are
coming!'
Some of the dancers hurriedly
left, but most OF them refused to be-
lieve It, They had heard the same
report before. So, the dance went
on.
But, the Raiders did come. And
right smack up in jiffy, too. Almost
before dead sheep could wag its
tail. And they came in such a large
force that the Home Guard saw 1t
would be useless and foolish to re-
sist them in a body. So they scat
tered away into dark buildings and
hiding places.
Encountering no resistance the
Raiders, with Morrison, man from
our very town, at their head, made
for the lighted dance hall.
Leaving his troops outside, with
two lieutenants he entered the hail.
20. the fool girls!-and women,
too, for that matter-in this world!
Some of them whose families sym
pathized with Morrisons side
which Is impossible, for the. reason
that Morrison belonged to neither
side and was no better than a cut
throat guerrila--actually threw their
arms around his neck and hugged
and kissed him. Bah! Disgusting!
Still, you'll have to admit that every
body said Morrison was handsome
man. Just about as handsome as
they make them. But that doesn't
excuse .him for being the devil he
was. Still, / suppose one shouldn't
say anything against the dead, for
those were war times; and war is
just about what that Northern gen
eral said It was.
"Youf Grandpa was the young
man my father had called to the
door. And there I was. | didn't
know what to do, and was too proud
to show that / was in anyway fright
ened. Finally managed 30 ~ n
and down a back stairs inio Il little
fenced-up back yard which led to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

what she would say. Plain black and
white was all she ever indulged in. ="
Yes, but IL looks so old-fashioned
and dowdy!" persisted Elizabeth.
"Ah, my dear" said Grandma,
sweetly, you forget that fashions
change much more rapidly for the
young than for the old And when
an old lady once settles upon her
style of cap she rarely varies it.
And speaking of fashions" she
went on, "how fashions have chang
ed Why, dearie, when ! was your
age, the girls all wore hoopsRirts;
and the girl with the biggest and
widest considered herself the best
dressed.
"Why, ] wore them myself until
long after your father was born. And
| remember as well as if it were but
yesterday how he used TO come to
me and beg the brass tacks from my
old hoops. And what do you sup
pose the little rascal used to do with
them? Why, he would drive them
into a short stick and rub the tack
head on the first i aal Brussels carpet
/ ever owned-O, yes, it was real 49,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

.SSA4

We'll, If you don't think we had
a time getting her up and out! Poor
girl. she wasn't much hurt, but she
was almost scared to death. And
when we had all safely reached town
Its wrong to say 1.-THE ridicu-
lousness of II all flashed upon u1 and
we had a good hearty laugh--ha!
ha!--at Charlotte's expense. I al
ways will believe though that those
hoops saved her life; or. at least, pre-
vented her from sustaining any seri-
Gus injuries"
How did YOU manage to keep
from tripping, Grandma? | should
think it would be awfully hard to
run in hoops.
Don't ask foolish questions, Eliza
beth. Don't you suppose | had sense
enough to raise mine-slightly?"
did you ever find out why the
pickets told you to run?" inquired
the inquisitive granddaughter.
THE Raiders were coming!" Here
Grandma started to put her hands to
her eyes, as If to shut something out I;
but straightaway stiffened up, and
with an almost youthful, and certain
ly defiant look in her eyes, scornful-
ly cried:
"The Raiders, Who fears them!'
In another moment she resumed in
n tone which was even and smooth
as she had been using. "It was only
false alarm. Day after day passed
with no sign of Raiders, until the
camp outside town marched off to
the front, and the younger men of
the Home Guard were so lulled into
a sense of security that they got up
a dance.
"As / remarked before, the girl
with the biggest hoopskirts consider
ed herself the best dressed; and il
size and dimensions counted for any
thing, pretty near all the young
ladies who attended were very we'll
dressed, thank you. But, the best
dressed young lady there only got
as far as the door, and couldn't get
in; her hoops were too large to admit
of her passing through the door. OF
course, she was dreadfully mortified:
and, of course, we all had to laugh
which made matters worse-though
TO our way of thinking then. bless
your heart, she was magnificentiy
costumed.
"On account of the ladies' hoops
and the comparative smallness of the
hall, only small number of couples
could get on the floor at one time:
and then IL took the most skilful
manouverings to prevent accidents
or course, it all seems silly now; but
1t was really a beautiful sight to see
them dancing. o. no, Beth, they
a a L.
now. | can't explain to you wherein
the difference lies. There was as
much light-heartedness and gayety
in those days as now. But 1t seemed
to be expressed in a daintier and
more graceful manner
Few. IL any. OF the older element
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

the back door of my fathers store.
He must have been posted in an up
stairs window and have seen me; be-
cause | had scarcely reached the
shadow of the deep doorway and
scrooched into the corner as close
as | could, when the door opened
softly, and my father drew me In
side. In the darkness he didn't
know who It was. whether It was
me or anybody else. He Just knew
1t was some lady In distress. Nor
did l know him in the dense dark
ness.
Keep perfectly quiet, young
lady, and come with me-, he whis-
pered. / recognized even his low
whisper and made myself known to
him. Father knew the way and
piloted me up the rear stairs into
the cotton storeroom and over be-
hind a huge pile of bales. where he
bade me stay.
But was not 80 easily to be dis-
posed Of. IL was the first time any
thing In the nature of an attack had
been made on our town. And while
was thoroughly glad to have safely
escaped from the hall, I was almost
eaten up with curiosity to know
what was going on and how It would
terminate.
There was a low place T. the row
of bales which were stacked two
high, where bale haa been taken
out, probably for sampling purposes.
Into this place crawled, and by
peeping over the other bales I could
catch through my fathers windows
Just the faintest CLEAN OF light from
the lower part of the windows Of the
hall / had just quilted. / could see,
too, small portion OF my fathers
figure; indistinct, but with gun In
hand, standing before window.
Soon the faint CLEAN of light
from the hall disappeared, and I
knew the dance was over. What then?
What would be the outcome? The
thought of 1t sickened me. crept
back into my hiding place, and lis
tened. Light as the footsteps were,
could hear somebody coming back
from the front end M the long store
room; and l heard voice, which
recognized as my husbands, whis-
per: Wed better go up In 'front.'
Perhaps II was on account of re-
ceiving the hero-worship which had
been accorded him, that Morrison re-
Trained from looting. I'd bet a pret-
ty, though. It was because he was
afraid some of his own or relatives
property would suffer. Anyway, he
only allowed his men to break open
few provision stores My father
carried no provisions. t
But, Morr.1on Jer got out of
town. AZ ~ .ode proudly down
Main streat 81 the head of his troops,
70 Wle .Aut from a window. And
.rst arc some folks mean enough to
.uctcnd to know, and say that
What was that you were saying
about caps, dearie?"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

you were married before the war!"
Not so fast, Honey. l WAS mar
ried before the war. But you must
remember that IL was the custom for
young ladies to marry much younger
then than now. And l merely went
along so things would look right
although 7 did want to see my broth
er Jimmie. Poor boy! that was the
last time l ever saw him. He was a
good boy"
well, go on, Grandma" said
Elizabeth, who saw symptoms of
moisture in Grandma's eyes. "Tell
us about you and the girls"
There isn't much to tell" re-
sumed Grandma, only that as we
We're talking to the boy, some kind
of an alarm sounded, and the pickets
told us TO run and we ran. re-
member we all had on hoopskirts.
and right at the start Lydia Larkin
stepped on her skirts and fell, and
we had to stop and pick her UP. And
that took some little time.
maybe you think we didn't scoot
along that road. 'Lizbeth. Every
time we passed a picket he would
shout to us to run faster-and at
that we were going as fast as we
could 1t was just as we came close
to the wagon bridge--hal hal
Charlotte Johnson tripped;r = and be-
fore we knew II, she was rolling down
steep gully beside the high wagon
road Over and over down she
rolled--ha! | can see her now-iust
like a barrel! Charlotte's hoops were
good and stiff, though, and maybe
that's what saved her.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14


IL the closet" or the "blacll
sheep" and like them 10 be
kept carefully in the background.
What the secret was in Grandma's
family, very few knew; and those
few were principally confined to
elderly aunts and uucles. Though
Grandma liked to yarn, at certain
times she would stop suddenly off.
And it was generally believed among
those of the family who were not in
the know that that was where the
secret began-right where Grandma
left off.
Grandma, why on eartE don't you
let Mama or me make you new
cap?" asked, almost pleaded, Eliza
beth.
"Why, Land of Goshen! child,
what DO I want of a ne~' cap? I'm
sure / think this one is very pretty"
replied Grandma "Why, if my
Grandmother could see me now in
this dotted-lace and purple-satin
bows affair-well, / don't just know
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-03-14

I VERY family has "secret,
4 the same as the skeleton in
4 the closet" or the "black
gbapn.p and 1flya tbpr, IN no
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24
jOh Ia vieia 7urquIa!
/AaH ar Arag0R

Los turcos pagan al Harem
un impuesto de-. $I5.ooo,ooo
anuales. Y por este sc sienten
altamente orgullosos. Su ma
yor satisfaction es considerar que
en- ninguna parte del mundo
hay una instruction scmej jante
con la reglamentacion que en- el
existe.
Tiene la friOlera de 800 oda-
liscas, que llevan el titulo de
Princesas, V cada una de elias
tiene IN sequito de diez sirvien-
tes; cada odalisCa tiene un ca
motor. dos Carruaies, cuatro
caballos y una mesada de $Ioo
para golosinas y cigarrillOs.
Todos los sub iitos del Sultan
desean que sus hijas lleguen a
odaliscas, por ser para la familia
un honor muy distinguido.
Cuando una odalisca llega q
ser favOrlta, no olvida nj 4 sus
padres nj q sus hermanos, V
procura que los miembros de su
familia sean elevados al mas al
to range.
Cada aflo salen del harem 100
odaliscas para casarse y entran
otras 100 dOnCellas a sustituir-
las.
Para los turcos es un gran
honor Casarse con una odalisca.
Regularmepte, al salir del Ha-
rem cada odalisca es considera-
da como viuda del Sultan Y lie
va. $50, 900 de dote para su
nueyo esposo.
Muy envidiable resultan las
mujeres turcas para los que no
conozcan los escrito por Pie
re Lotti' Blasco Ibanez y otros
acerca del verdadero estado dc
elias, en- pugna constante entire
la civilization que las ha hecho
presa, y el terrible tradicionalis-
mo que las obligan observar re-
gimen de vida tan rfgido y Sc
verO.
Son mas bien dig mas de lasti-
ma.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24

hombre actualidad periodfstica, y no
estara demas consagrarle unas Guam
tas lineas en- vida, rompiendo la cos
tumbre de hacer los elogios la hora
de la muerte. Y decimos los elogios,
y no decimos las censuras, aunque
muchos Sc asombren, porque don
Carlos de Borbon solo elogios merece
como espaf1ol patricia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24
10 DEL Ola
DON CARLOS DE BORBON

FL esclarecido periodista, director
de la Correspondence de Espafia, !"
escrib1o ell articulo que va 4 continna-
ci6n, cuyos leyantados conceptos me-
recen los placemes de amigos y sd-
versarios del caudillo carlista.
Dice asi:
La enfermedad real 6 inexacta de
don Carlos de Borb6n y mucho cele
braremos que sea inexacta--da ese
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24

tar la verdad, cuaEdo de decir la yer
dad Sc trata.
Para nosotros, que rendimos STEM
pre- pleitesla d la verdad, que ha-
cemos cuanto podemos por sustraer-
ncs a los dictados insanos de la pa
sion, merece APPLAUSE muy sincere la
.patriotica conducta del Duque de
Madrid, y sin tenor 4 ridfculas GEN.
suras de opinion populachera Sc 10
tributamos en- vida, deseando tan So
10 una >cosa: tardar muchoS amos en-
tener que tributarselo con OCCASION de
muerte.
Don Carlos ha sido tactic colabors-
dor del resurgimiento, de la paz, de
la prosperidad y del engrandeci-
miento de Espafa; pudo pleitear sn
causa la archiv6; pudo apetecer por
segunda vez a la Corona y resisti6 4
la tentacion; pudo ca balgar en- corcel
de guerra y Sc contento con sus g6n-
dolas venecianas; pudo seguir Su vida
de Pretendiente en- armas sc resig.
no ser Pretendiente de Protocolo;
pude ser ell eterno perturbador de
Espafla y supo reducirse ser un
Principe, en- Ell DeStierro. -.-~----
Reconozcamos la verdad, haga-
mos Por una vez justicia ese Prfn-
|cipe, nieto de cien reyes, unamos
nuestros votos 4 los de suS amigos
para que su dolencia sea pesajera y
y su curaci6n total pues la vida de
Don Carlos de Borb6n, aun gcuand0
otra cosa cream quienes al porvenir
no miriam, es preciosa para la patria
/HaH af AragoR
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-08-24
Numero 1oo

tar la verdad, cuando de decir Ia yer.
dad sc trata.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
FAILED TO SAVE GUN MAN.
Plea Was Oyerruled by
Court-Gokich Gets 30
Days in Jail.

A peculiar point regarding the law
on gun packing was brought up yes
terday by Attorney A. Zurich in con-
nection with the trial OF Mike Co
kich, arrested last week at Riepe
town for carrying concealed weapons.
Is it up to the prosecution to prove
that man is carrying a gun without
a permit or does the defense have to
prove that he has a permit? Jurich
took the former stand, while w NJ.
Maeniehols for the state held that
it was obligatory upon the defense
to prove that the accused has a per-
nit
After the evidence. which showed
eonelusively that the man was guilty
of carrying gun, Zurich sprung a
surprise on the court by arguing that
as the state had not proved conclu-
sively that Gokich had not a permit
no case had been proven against
him. He argued also that the statute
was faulty and the caption which
tells of the three classes allowed to
carry weapons, namely officers. tray-
elers through the state and common
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
SELECT RACE TEAM TONIGHT
Ely City Fire Department VIII Have
Meeting for This Purpose
at : O'Clock.

At a meeting of the Ely cts Vol
unteer fire department held last
night at the Townsite Co. Office en-
conraging reports were received of
increasing membership. through the
efforts of the chief and assistant. and
of progress being made in regard to
the race team plans Adjournment
was taken until this evening at I
O'Clock, when all members OF the de-
partment are called to assemble at
the Townsite Co. Office for the pur-
pose of forming the race team. Try
outs will he had of candidates for
place on the team and selection be
made of its membership.
Among other matters discussed at
the meeting last night was the form
alton of a fourth fire district in ELY
City to take care of the west end TO
better advantage than the three dis
tricts now formed will allow There
is equipment at present for the three
districts and suggestion has been
made that equipment be secured for
another. This matter will be gone
over thoroughly at the next regular
meeting on Friday night.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
MEETING OF COMMITTEES.
Important Reports Are Expected To-
night on Fourth of July Matters.

A meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Fourth of July celebra-
ton will be held tonight at the Ely
stock exchange building. All of the
special committees will be on hand
to give reports as to their success
with work assigned them. At the
meeting held Monday night several
of the chairmen of special committees
were absent and full reports could
not be obtained.
The report which is most anxious
~ looked forward to by the executive
committee at this time is that of the
finance committee If this commit
tee has met with success in their eff
fort to secure funds for the celebra-
tion then things will sail smoothly.
In case they have failed other expedi-
ents will have to be resorted to than
so far adopte,s
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
FILES EXCEPTIONS.

Bill of exceptions in the action OF
Ole A. Hanson VS.. Frank H. Clark
over ranch water rights in Steptoe
valley was filed yesterday by Frank
X. Murphy, attorney for the plant
if. against whom the suit was de-
cided by jury during the last term
of court The exceptions are lengthy,
covering four typewriter pages.
Plaintiff first excerpts to the court re-
fusal to present set of special in
structions which set forth the al
legged facts of the case. Especially
was this true Of two designated by
numbers and 10 to which the de-
PENDANT made no denial. Exception
is also taken to the non-presentment
of other of the plaintiffs instructions
and to the court changing instrue-
tions for the plaintiff. The plaintiff
also excerpts to instructions of the
defendant pronouncing them in some
cases contradictory and in others
contrary to the law governing the
| case.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.

d. G. Demetrakopolas yesterday
withdrew the complaints which he
had sworn to charging two Austrians
with assault upon him. He paid all
costs attached to the action. The ar
rests were made as result of De
metrakopulos attempting to settle out
of court attachment proceedings
which he had started against 80 Aus
trians and Greeks for grocery bills.
This almost proved disastrous, as by
all accounts he came near being mob
bed for his trouble. Since the filing
attachments amicable settlement has
been arranged by Attorney Zurich,
who has secured payment of all the
accounts. The checks of the men,
which were tied up by the litigation.
have been released and given them
and everything now is smoothed out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
SOCIAL WAS pLEAsrRABLE.

An enjoyable time was had by
everyone attending the lawn fete and
ice cream social given by the men,
bers of the Rebekah lodge on the
lawn of the home of Mrs. Carothers
last evening The lawn was tastily
decorated with lodge colors, Nile
green and pink. and was lighted by
colored incandescents. While finan-
cially 1t was not so great a success
as has been hoped for, the cool wea-
Their interfering it was nevertheless
pleasant evening for all who were
there.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
oIgOux LEAVES ELY.

President Joseph GirouX Of The
Giroux Consolidated Mining Co, left
Yesterday for his home at Los An
geles after spending several days
here in conference with local heads
of the company as to future develop
ment and operating policies. J. \.
Snedaker, consulting engineer with
the company. came down from the
mine with Mr.. Giroux yesterday and
went to the Nevada United. where
he will be for a short time on an in
speetion trip. Nothing has as yet
been given out as to the results of
the visit of the gentlemen to the Gil
roux mines.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18

carriers. beside persons who are
granted permits by the county COM
missioners.
Judge Cartwright adjourned for
several hours to allow the attorneys
to gather the authorities and court
was not reconvened until O'Clock,
After about a half hoursof argument
on both sides the court found the
defendant guilty. assessing aim $50
and 80 days in Jail
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
SPECIAL MILLINERY SALE.

Al spring and midsummer hats
and bonnets in our parlors now on
sale at cost prices Expect to leave
for the east June %, so entire stock
must he disposed of within few DAYS.
MRS. F. MATHES MILLINERY PAR
LORS. opposite Catholic church.
$40
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
CASE Is SETTLED.

Suit which was brought in Justice
court several days since by Serafia
Stevens, A. j. Stevens, Ira j. Nc
Knight and J. II. Curtis against Will
lam Shakespeare for possession of
the Lone Tree mining claim and
S299.99 damages because of his al
legged usurpation of the property, has
been settled out of court. The exact
terms of the settlement have not been
made public.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
REAL. ESTATE SOLD.

D. v. Ellis has sold TO The Her
rick-Kerin Investment Co. and W. r.
Mayer, for consideration of $1,000.
an undivided one-half interest to
each in lots l, and 8, block 3S;
lots 3S and 80, block 5, and lot in
block of Ellis addition. The deeds
were filed yesterday.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
LOOKING OVER FIELD.

". b. Lawler. formerly OF Cherry
Creek but now of Oregon, passed yes
terday here in company with County
Commissioner George F. Parker look
ing over the local field and transact
ing business. Mr.. Lawler since leay-
ing this section has been quite sue
cessful in mining, having fioated sew
eral companies of worth in Oregon.
Among these is the Blue River mine,
and the Quartz, both gold PROPOSE
lions.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-06-18
is MUCH IMPROVED.

The condition of ex-sheriff A. G.
House was much improved yester-
day, he being able to get out of the
bed to which he had been confined
for some time and move about the
residence of Marshal ]. W. Hudgens,
where he is staying.