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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

\ poll of the printers employed
IN the Cincinnati Enquirer shows
IS votes for Bryan, Taft, TO-
Debs and 1 for H.sgeR Union la
or votes, all of them.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

1t was absolutely necessary that
lalhoun be kept out of the peni-
catiary until after election. 1t must
De done at any cost, even at the
ost of mans reputation.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

II DR. Epllng had had any Anglo
5 saxon blood in his veins he would
have resented the Introduction
speech Of ". r. Whttico. the gin.
ger-cake editor OF the McDoW.Il
Times VINO said. Fellow ci.ilrus
] Introduce your friend, d.. Up
ling His kin is white but he Is as
good a negro as any of you" This
story Is youcheI for by as reputa-
bic a citizen as you viii find In Nc
D0woII county.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

The murderer of Mollie C~lbtree
scaped from the Princeton Jail
low and by what means thor. are
many men who could say If they
ere disposed to do So
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

If the Republican candidates are
utility of the charges made against
hem, and we have seen no denial.
some of them ought in decency re-
ign from the ticket.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

The Daily Leader published the
ecord of w. w. Whyte and he had
ne decency 90 resign from the TICK
{. The Reformer" published the
ecords Of Davis Thorn and Alex
sutton but they have so far refused
resign.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

Calhoun not physically able TO
tand the strain of a trial at this
inc? oh, no, it was the Republi-
an machine that was not able to
and the strain.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

DR. G.. r. Epling has been a great
liner He has succeeded in be-
coming a member of several secret
orders and before he got into Nc
Dowell county politics and sold out
To- Calhoun was regarded as a nice
young man Recently he was unan-
inously fired" from one order for
conduct unbecoming gentleman.
the details Of which are too shock
ing for publication
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

Don't walt NTH you have a deep
seated cough. IAN ounce OF proven
tion lie worth pound Of cure" with
the first tickling OF the bronchial
tubes get a bottle OF Rydale's Cough
Elixir Safest for parent or child.
Contains no opistes The White
Pharmacy.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

Ben Davis. president OF district
II. United Mine Workers of West,
Virginia, says Bryan will get 95 per
cent of the union labor.vote in West
Virginia.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

Judge James French Strother and
apt. r. r. Smith have shown a de-
Elimination to rid Mcdowell county
1i crime. The chief obstacle in
her way is the Republican machine
with Whyte and Hatfield at its head
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MALE HELP WANTED -

Wholesale liquor house. who ship
gallon orders direct to users, wants
ocal representatives everywhere.
Big pay for work among your
friends. For full particulars write
Keene & Co. Covington, KY
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

The Reformer has made many
harges affecting the integrity of
Davis Thorn and he remains as
dumb as an oyster.
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In office or gtore. Address w. E.
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MAX : YOur CROSs MARK IN
THE CIRCLE UNDER THE ROOS-
TER OK ELECTION DAY.
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DR.. Hatfield saved his friend Cal
'2un until after the election, but
& was at terrible cost.
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CRUSHED LIME STONE.
any size made and delivered to tiny
part OF the city at a reasonable
price by w. II. Coffman Coke Co.,
Bluefield, w. ".
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-28

Arthur /. Vorys. tle disbarred
2,nsion attorney, is still the conf
.ential secretary of Candidate Taft
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
How Drums Are Made

Granville, Mass, is a town where the
of drums is one of the
leading industries. A unique drum
made a number of years ago has never
been duplicated. 1t was made for ad-
vertising purposes. and the hoops were
eight feet in diameter. A search was
made all about Granville for the big
gest cattle. and a whole hide was used
for a head. Before the drum was put
together a horse was driven through
the barrel. so that an idea of it's size
can be obtained. The drum was taken
to Boston and exhibited. The process
of making drums reveals the same
minute division of labor that is shown
in all modern manufacturing. How
minute this is may be shown by the
fact that of some of the parts single
workman is able to turn out over 1000
pieces day. The making of the heads
is an interesting process. The sheep
skins arrive in partially dressed
state, and are at once scraped and
dried. Cutters are put to work and
circular pieces are cut out The finer
drumheads are made of calfskin
and dried by special process.
The wooden barrel is made by a ma
chine which takes a log of wood and
peels from it, somewhat as skin is
peeled from an apple a long strip of
wood of sufficient width and thickness.
These are then taken and cut into suit
able lengths and appropriately orna-
mented and vanished.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
The Earth's Motion

The great Newton declared that the
motions of all bodies in space are suf-
fering retardation and that their ve-
locity is steadily becoming less and
Will eventually cease. and all the as
certained facts OF present day astron-
omers are decidedly in favor Of Sir
Isaac's idea The earth with its mass
of 5000 trillions Of tons, travelling
through space at the speed of some
thing like 1000 miles a minute. is slow
" but surely coming to standstill
through the friction of the tides and
other causes 1t has been calculated
by eminent astronomers that the earth
loses about an hour in $4,000 years and
is therefore gradually coming 10 a rest.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
The Language of Tears

Francois is a little French boy who
went not long ago to England TO live.
Everywhere in London, in the streets,
the omnibuses and cars, he heard the
people talking in a strange language
which he could not understand. and
when he asked his mother about it she
told him that it was English, which he
would eventually learn and could then
talk to the people about him. One day
he spied another little boy about his own
age who was weeping bitterly. The
language of tears he understood. and
turning to his mother, cried, Mama.
there is a little boy who is crying in
French"
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
TELLER AND
Game of Variations

Let one of the party leave the room
and those that remain name three IA
nous persona ges. Then call the absent
player back and, telling him that three
persons have been named, ask him
what he will do with No. l. When he
has answered ask him the same about
No. 2 and No. g. Then tell him the
names and If he has said impossible
things to be done with them he must
pay a forfeit and another player takes
his place and leaves the room, when
three other persOnages are named
Suppose, for illustration. the three
names selected are Queen Elizabeth,
Shakespeare and Darwin. When the
player is recalled the leader of the
game says to him. What shall be done
with No. II" and he answers Put him
in prison. When asked about No
and No. he answers. respectively,
Make him play baseball" and Send
him on voyage of discovery to the
north pole"
AS it is impossible, for obvious rea-
sons, to do any of these things the
player must pay three forfeits.
The game should continue until each
of the players has had an opportunity
to dispose of three of the personages,
when an account may be taken of the
forfeits
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Sing On. Blithe Bird!

I've plucked the berry from the bush,
the brown nut from the tree,
But heart of happy little bird neer
broken was by me.
saw them in their curious nests, close
COUGHING. slyly peer
With their wild eyes, like glittering
beads, to note if harm were near;
l passed them by and blessed them all; f;
1 felt that it was good
To leave unmoved the creatures small
whose home was in the wood.
And here. even now, above my head,
lusty rouge doth sing;
He pecks his swelling breast and neck,
and trims his little wing.
He will not fly; he knows, full well,
while chirping on that spray
l would not harm him for a world, or
interrupt his lay.
Sing on, sing on, blithe bird. and fill
my heart with summer gladness;
1t has been aching many day with
measures full of sadnessi
XNi11ian, Mot
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Origin Of Nicknanes

Juniors, and the younger juniors es-
pecially, are generally inclined to the
pursuit of knowledge and will doubt
less be glad to know how some of the
common nicknames originated.
The Englishman calls himself John
Bull, thinking it denotes his strong
and obstinate traits. The Irishman is
called Pat, or Paddy, which is short
for Patrick, the patron saint for Ire
land. His Scotch neighbor is called
Sandy, contraction of Alexander, or
perhaps "Sawney,' an abbreviation of
"Alisaunder, as the Scotch used to
pronounce Alexander.
The Welshman is called Taffy. this
being the Welsh pronunciat tion of Davy,
meaning, of course, David, the patron
saint of Wales.
Americans are generally called Yam
KEGS This is supposed to be a mis-
pronunciation by the Indians of the
word English They called it yen
ghees." Americans are also designated
by the name of Uncle Sam. This as
will be easily seen. is only name
to represent the United States CU. 81.
Frenchmen are sometimes called
Froggies, which comes from their
curious eto their Anglo Saxon neigh
bors) habit of eating frogs.
Hans (for Germany and Mynheer
for Holland) explain themselves.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Hunt the Thimble

In this game one player takes the
thimble and remains in the room All
the others go out and the door is shut.
The player left behind places the thin
BILE in some place where il can be seen
but not be too much in evidence. such
as on top of a picture frame or hooked
on a gas bracket. Then the others are
called in and they walk round the room
looking for the thimble. AS soon as a
player sees il he says nothing, but sits
down very quietly until every one has
discovered where the thimbIe has been
placed. When everybody is seated the
player who sat down first has to go
and take the thimble from its place
il is his turn to remain in the room
the game continues until every one has
had a turn at placing the thimble.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
The Tiger

Tiger. tiger. burning. bright
In the forests in the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Gould frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Gould twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand. and what dread feet?
What the hammer? What the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp
Dares its deadly -terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their
spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Bid he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the lamb make thee?
Tiger, tiger. burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy symmetry?
William Blake
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
The Ring in the Thimble

This is a new game in which all sit
in circle on the ground holding a
piece of string on which a ring has
been threaded. The string must have
as small knot as possible, so that
the ring slips over easily. One player
stands in the center Of the ring and
some one plays well known nursery
rhymes on the piano, while those in
the circle sing Justify while they pass
the ring rapidly along to each other,
working either backward or forward
The player in the center tries to find
the ring by seizing the cord on either
side of any player in the circle who
must at once let go the string If the
ring is found there that player changes
places with the one in the middle and
proceeds as before. If it is not found
the first player continues the game
until he discovers the ring.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
A Family Chat With the Juniors

II there WAS ever any question as
10 how the juniors of California
would respond TO the prize contests of
The Junior Call, il has been entirely
dispeIIed by the vast number of let
ters that have been received ia the
history contest. In fact. there are
at tie present time that The Junior
Call iS constrained 10 request the dis
continuance Of the history letters. aS
il will be impossible TO publish any
further letters that may be received.
new contest, however, viii be an
nouneed next Saturday. in which six
watches viii be awarded each week.
a heretofore. The juniors are asked
10 carefully study the conditions OF
tho new contest when il is announced
and TO comply with them in every de-
tail. The Junior Call is convinced
that this contest viii be a source of
great entertainment TO the juniors,
and viii rival in popularity the two
preceding contests.
The Junior Call would like very
much 10 hear from the teachers OF
California in regard 10 the progress
81 educatIon in general and TO their
Individual work in particular. In
this way the teachers can lend the
parents 10 a higher and better ap-
probation Of the Importance Of edu-
cation and all that II embraces in ad-
dition 10 the superficial committing
10 memory Of facts and rules to en-
able the student TO pass his exam
nations; what il means in the deveI-
opment of character in the right di-
recfion. since il matters not whether
the career Of the student leads him 10
the counting house, the shop, the
store, the mill or 10 control the
products of the soil, he must do hon
eSf. straight, true work. without
compromise or negligence or his edu-
cation is OF little value.
One OF the most interesting depart
ments in the public school system of
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Working Overtime

The average small boy is quick at
perception, but not remarkably bright
a application; but sometimes these
two qualities are combined with start
ling effect. On the ball grounds, dur
ing recent game a small boy occu-
pied seat on the bleachers opposite
first base. One of the players, after
two balls and strike had been called
on him, hit a foul. to right field. He
at once started for first base. and, with
head down plunged along like a steer
running through a corn field The
small boy on the bench watched him
until he had passed first base and
was on his way to second, and then he
yelled out at the top of very shrill
and squeaky voice, Say, sonny, come
back. You are working overtime.'
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28

of a local football match the same lad
mentioned the following incident: 'At
this point the goal keeper got kicked
in the head and had consumption of
the BRAIN"
new theory of pearl formation was
thus expressed: Pearls are found in
the Mediterranean sea and near Ceylon.
and are probably formed by fishes to
make their nests" The same pupil, on
of animal foods" mentioned 'oats and
chopped hay"
Among miscellaneous definitions an
author is described as "a man or
woman without patience" "a thing for
putting on a horses head and "a man
who gets his living by selling books at
peoples doors; while a lawyer is "a
man who can keep himself without
working"
Honor" according to the dictum
of one boy. '.is something that Il man
gets placed at the front or back of
his name; another is satisfied that
blood is a porous substance"
Gravity is defined as "a force which
the ground has for making things
come to it
Quaintness is a distinguishing feature
of some boys. In writing an essay on
How healthy body is produced" one
Dupii ventures tue OpliiOu lndt pOy
grows by exercising every morning
and having good meat to eat" In the
same strain he writes again: .'The
moon does not shine in the day because
the sun dazzles it,
The tragic note occasionally appears
Temper is everywhere in the world
IT ruins the throat when people are
shouting. and people in. temper often
do great danger. Temper often leads
people to the cemetery"
, An extract from another composition
reads: England has risen to a very
high position in the greatness of men.
England has more land than any other
country in the world. We got it by
other countries interfering with us, so
we got ready for war and defeated
them
According to other boy authorities.
THE greatest detective of the day is
Sherlock Holmes. He lives in Eng
land. and no one who has committed
a crime can escape him. The most i'm
portant cricket player at present and
the one who has suffered most at
the greatest soldier He is our greatest
patriarch. England is rising gently
biography of Sir Walter Scott In
cluded the following extract: THE
people of Scotland thought well of Sir
Walter Scott. He began as a barman
in court. but he was not very success
full, so he went as a poet They
thought he was going to beat Shakes
peare, but about this time another poet
was raging about saying that he was
greater than Scott, so Byron came and
put him down. He was lamed but he
was an honest man.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28

san Francisco Is that of the oriental
school where the Chinese girls and
boys are taught, and through this
school today Mrs. G c. NewhaII, the
principal. personally conducts the
readers of The Junior Call, and her
certainly be appreciated by them all.
There is no abatement in the Inter
est exhibited by the younger juniors
in that diverting game, the patch
work picture puzzle, but it is neces-
sary TO repeat that the puzzle con-
tests are for the younger juniors
only, children who are 10 years of
age and younger, and those who are
older VIII please not compete for the
puzzle prizes.
Each puzzle submitted should be
marked with the age of the con-
teStant.
Mrs. Nellie Blessing Eyster today
furnishes a very interesting account
of the history of that famous tune.
The Star SpangIed Banner" which is
personal "Reminiscences, and which
all the patriotic juniors will doubt
less read with Appreciation.
Have ven seen AIonzos Well, The
Junior Call dog, whose fame already
extends over Il good portion of the
country, decided to enter the. history
contest, and has avaIIed himself of
the last opportunity 10 submit his
contribution. As dogs are unfortu-
nately unable TO write, Cartoonist
YardIy has kindly acted as secretary,
and certainly AIOnzO should be
awarded prize.
The Inhabitants of JuniOrviIIe are
experiencing the inevitable reaction
OF holiday reveIry, and by the time
they have paid their doctors bills
will probably make a resolution to
abstain from turkey until next
Thanksgiving. Whether they keep
their resolutions or not remains to
be seen.
Watch for the announcement of The
new prize contest next Saturday!
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
The Owl

When cats run home and light is come.
And dew is cold upon the ground,
And the far of stream is dumb.
And the whirring sail goes round;
And the whirring sail goes round;
Alone and warming his five wits.
The white owl in the belfry sits.
When merry milkmaids click the latch,
And rarely smells the new mown hay,
And the cock hath sung beneath the
thatch
Twice or thrice his rOundelay,
Twice or thrice his roundelay,
Alone and warming his five wits,
The white owl in the belfry sits.
Lord TennysOn.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-28
Humor Of the English Boy

without humor; one hears very little.
however. about the English schooIboy.
and tourists who visit Elton. with its
famous college. which is only half a
raile from Windsor Castle. are usually
impressed by the apparent seriousness
Of the sehooIboys in their short jackets
and high hats. and also by the fact that
they always carry their hands in heir
pockets. and for that reason are known
ss The handless boys
Essays submitted by the English
juniors often contain some very anus
ing expressions.
one boy distinguishes between lar
ceiy and burglary I'M the following
manner: Larceny is when a man