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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-18

Umbrellas at Half Price. A complete
line OF Ladies and Mems Umbrellas
in Horn, Gold and Pearl trimmed
handles at one half the original price.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
Keep the Kidneys Well

Health is Worth Saving, and Some Edger-
ton People Know How to save IL.
Many Edgerton people takes their lives
in their hands by neglecting the Kidneys
when they know these organs need help
Sick kidneys are respnsibe for vast
amount of suffering and ill health, but
there is no need to suffer nor TO remain
in danger when all diseases and aches
and pains due to weak kidneys can be
quickly and permanently cured by the
use of Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. L. Schleigel. living IN the west
part of Fort Atkinson, Wis, says: Il
suffered from kidney trouble for some
time. | had severe pains in the small OF
my back and across the region OF my
kidneys. felt dull and lauguid and seem
ed to have no energy. The kid ley Sc
cretinns also gave me great deal OF
ANNOYANCE. I took several remedies but
found no relief from my trouble until
Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my
attention They effectively cured me
and l am glad to recommend them as a
reliable kidney remedy"
Plenty more proof like this from Ed
gerton people. Call at W. @. Atwell's
drug store and ask what his customers
report. %
For sale by all dealers. Price 90 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's = and
take no other.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
SPECIAL TRAIN TO MADISON
Further Testimony Before the Primary
Investigating Committee.

Madison, Wis, May 18.-That a
"Mr. Shields paid for the special
train which took Assembly j. w. Read
er from Milwaukee to Madison on the
morning of March 2 was the testimony
of T. o. Anderson, local ticket seller
and operator for the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad, before the sem
atorial primary Investigating commit
tee.
When payment was made, according
to Anderson, Shields said to make the
receipt read Received from J. W..
Reader" which was done.
Reader, while enroute from Amigo,
missed the regular train connections
at Milwaukee and he wished to reach
Madison in time to vote in joint assem-
bly, for United States senator. The
assembly record shows that Reader
voted for Stephenson.
Much of the committees time was
taken up in going over old testimony
given by two of the game wardens.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
RECALLS LOSS OF CUMMINGS
Fifteenth Anniversary of the Sinking
of the Vessel.


Milwaukee, May 1S.-Today marks
the fifteenth anniversary of the
laundering of the schooner Cummings
three-fourthS of mile from shore in
Milwaukee bay, tragedy which still
is vivid in the minds of many Milwau-
keeans who were among the thou
sands who watched the boat go to
pieces back of the breakwater on
May Is, 1894. Six lives were lost.
A heavy wind in the morning caused,
the schooner to drag it's anchor until
it foundered opposite Jones island,
with terrific northerly gale blowing.
A heavy sea made it impossible to
reach the boat and one after another
of the Inflated crew fell from places
in the rigging and died.
Cold, exposure and the heavy seas
were more than human flesh could
stand. Mrs. Elizabeth Palmer, the
cook, was one of those who died be.
fore the schooner went to pieces. Rob-
ert Peterson, sailor, was the only one
saved F. H. Gerdis, now bridge
tender at Broadway bridge, was one
of the members of the lifesaving crew
that attempted to reach the schooner.
The dead: Captain John Mccullough.
Thomas Besour, mate; Thomas Trus-
colt and two other sailors and the
woman cook.
Milwaukee and Racine lifesavers
worked for hours in the attempt to
reach the Cummings. Finally tug
succeeded in towing a scow out far
enough to allow it to drift to the
schooner. Gerdis was one of the men
who finally reached the boat in that
way. Peterson leaped aboard, but the
others had persisted and fallen into the
water.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
PRIMARY QUIZ
WILL CONTINUE
Committee Is Expected to Sit
After Adjournment.
CAPITOL BUILDING BILL

Several Amendments Have Been Of
fered to the Pending Measure-Pro-
visions of the Substitute Road Bill,
Which Has Good Chances of Pass
ing = Curious Combination Which
Was Formed in the Senate This SEES.
sion-Legislative News.
Madison, Wis, May 1S.-Because
several assemblymen and senators of
The Wisconsin legislature are recalci-
trant and refuse to unbosom them
selves to the satisfaction of the senate
investigating committee, that body will
ask the senate to grant it the right to
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
CLAIMS CURE FOR TETANUs

Substance That Destroys Toxin Dis
covered by Wisconsin Professor.
Milwaukee, Wis, May 7.-What is
believed by medical men to be cure
for the hitherto fatal tetanus or lock-
jaw has been discovered by Professor
A. S. Lovenhart, University of Wis
consin.
Professor Lovenhart has found taat
a substance which he produced in tie
laboratory was capable of destroying
the toxin or poison produced by The
germ of lockjaw in laboratory expert
ments. outside the body. and when the
disease occurs in animals.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
ACCUSER is UNDER ARREST
Wagner, Who Testified Before Corn
mittee, Charged With Perjury.

Milwaukee, May 17-Frank P. Wag-
ner, who testified before the senatorial
investigating committee, accusing
three assemblymen and two others of
being in a money DEAL" and whose
testimony was pronounced false, was
arrested here on a warrant issued bv
District Attorney Demon Mason,
charging perjury.
Wagner was taken to Madison. He
had nothing to say beyond statement
that he would tell his story in court
at Madison.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-05-21
Test of Heroism.

Where ten men will cheerfully lay
down their lives for a woman only one
will carry her a scuttle of coal-Man-
chester Union
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duces big.boned, well-deyeE
oped, mentally energetic race.
His experiments prove that
good oatmeal such as Quaker
Oats not only furnishes the best
food for the human being, but
eating it strengthens and en-
larges the thyroid gland-this.
gland is intimately connected
with the nourishing processes
of the body.
In conclusion he says
It seems probable therefore
that the bulk and brawniness Of
the Northerners (meaning the
SCOTCH has been in some
measure due to the Stimulation
of the thyroid gland by oatmeal
porridge in childhood
The Scotch eat Quaker Oats
because it is the best of al ost-
meals.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-17
Death For Kissing.

In ancient Egypt it was cOnsid-
cred a high degree Of politeness to
kiss ones hand and then place it on
the top Of the head.
Men of rank occasionally kissed
each other, but in the land of the
pharaohs no man ever dreamed of
kissing a woman.
IN Rome kissing was at one time
a serious matter. II slave kissed
a free woman he was liable to be
torn to pieces by wild horses.
It was the great Cato who pro-
mulgated law making it punish
able offense for parents to kiss In
the presence of their children.
The Greeks put to death any man
kissing a woman IN the public
street.
In Austria today man kisses a
woman's hand only. In Russia the
forehead is kissed among equals.
But Russian peasant salutes his
lordly master BY kissing his knees.
The Pole kisses the shoulder Of
his superior.
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JOIN L SULLIVAN NAY REFEREE THE
MEEFRE-JAC JOHNSgEHGHT.

Washington, Nov. 5.-wil John
L. Sullivan referee the Jefies7John-
SON 6ghts John says he IS willing to
offciate and declares that he will
treat each man with perfect fairness.
johnson is quoted as being in favor
of Sullivan, while Jefies has always
been Johns greatest admirer.
sullivan's record for honesty and
square dealing will count in his ia
vor If his name is seriously consider
ed. The old fellow knows the rules
like book and IS fearless. If he
should be the third man in the ring
the sporting public, it is believed,
would bet with confidence.
Promoter Gleason, of San Fran
cisco, who will bid against his rival,
cOffoth, for the fight, says that in
his belief the gate receipts viii reach
the 5000, 900 mark if he can stage
the battle in his proposed arena at
Ocean View. He declares that he
will offer a $4,000 purse, and will
20 even higher if necessary. It is
freely predicted that when thebattle
ground has been fixed the men will
fight for purse of not less than
100000 or a percentage of the re-
ceipts that may exceed that sum.
In reply to the statement OfJohn-
sons manager that Sam Langford
can have a fight if he puts up slo,-
900, the latter say that johnson is
dodging Langford, and repeats this
offer to fight johnson for $4,000 a
side, with a cash bonus ofsl, 900 for
the champion the moment he enters
the ring, and he also declares that
he will agree to winner take alp
clause in the article of agreement.
Ring followers say that the Langford
proposition is eminently fair and
that if Johnson declines to accept it,
there will be ground for the belief
that he is afraid to take chance.
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o pay the penalty for their felonies.

to pay the penalty for their felonies.
When they were comfortably ensconc-
ed in the hacks their smiling coun-
tenances portrayed no sorrow, no
fear-no sorrow for their crime and
no fear to meet the punishment in
MoundsMlle. We hardly think that
life of comparative ease in Jail is a
deteriment to crime, nor do we be-
lieve that to the average felon few
years behind the bars has the neces-
sary sting. Those eight who were
sent to the penitentiary, for all the
world bore outward appearances of
starting out as fishing party. The
main object of punishment for crime
is that that punishment be such as
viii have Statutory effect upon other
woHld-be delinquentS against society,
and surely the picture of men going
to prison full of jests and badinage
makes US almost feel that for major
ity of convicts the return to the pub
lie whipping post would carry with it
a greater fear to the malefactors and
reduce the crime in our state
Fayette Journal
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STATE MOTHER OF GOVERNORS.

According to Uncle Virgil A. Lew
is, the state historian and archivist,
West Virginia is the Mother of
Governors" While the Old DOM
inion and the state of Ohio may con-
tend for the distinction of being the
Mother of Presidents West Vir-
ginia. according to her most widely
known historian, has no opposition
as breeding place for state execu-
tives.
Following the announcement that
Secretary of State Carmi Thompson,
of Ohio, would be candidate for the
Republican nomination for Governor,
Historian Lewis began an investiga-
ton with reference to the number of
West virginians who had been chosen
Governors OF the several states. Sec
Rotary Thompson is West Virgin
ian. He was born in Wayne county,
but emigrated to Ohio with his par
ents when a child.
While Historian Lewis has not
completed his investigation, he says
that West Virginia has produced
hundreds of able men who have sery-
ed other states in different capacities.
Many have been elected to Congress
and have served with distinction to
themselves and their country.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-17
GOOD SPORT.

In announcing his desire to make
another effort to lift the Americas
cup, Sir Thomas Upton frankly re-
peats his belief that in each of his
three defeats the best boat won.
Further, he admits that under the
rules laid down by the New York
Yacht Club, it is hopeless for any
European designed to attempt to beat
Americans in building racing ma
chine, because of the challenging
boat being obliged to cross the ocean
under her own sail. That this view
is shared in Europe he thinks is
proved by the fact that although he
has been out for six years no one has
taken his place. His hope now is
that he may induce the New York
Yacht Club to amend the rules so
that the race may take place between
serviceable boats rather than mere
racing machines.
He complains that each time he
has challenged, the New York club
has changed the rules requiring him
to build bigger freak than the last
one." He has lost two men already
in bringing over freak boats and is
unwilling to risk losing more. He
says the present rules were made for
the Americas cup only. He is will
ing to challenge under the universal
rules that regulate every other yacht
race in this country but the cup race.
If can't win under that rule l can
at least provide good sport, and that
is the primary reason for all racing,
or at least, ought to be-
While Americans, of course, want
the cup to stay here they are true
sportsman, and if the situation is as
Sir Thomas states it the frequent
changing of the rules and the refusal
of the New York Yacht Club to race
under the rules that apply to every
other American race would surely
seem to cloud our title. It cannot
be forgotten what treatment was ac-
corded a rival American defender,
Thomas W. Lawson, by the Organi-
cation to which Upton addressed his
protest. We all want the Americas
cup to stay, but only by sportsman
like victory on the water, not by
juggling of the rules.
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-17
STOCK TRADERS CANE.
A Stick or a Whip Always Carried ).
The Cattle Yards.

A Stick or Whip Always Carried Ii
The Cattle Yards.
To live stock trader cane or
whip is as essential as a uniform
is to a soldier. One, or the other.
always is carried by regular traders
in the stockyards. A prospective
cattle buyer usually buys cane be-
fore he enters the pens. a trader
would no more think Of going to
work without his cane than he
would without his hat.
In many cases the whips and
canes are of great service. When
the cattle are turned into an alley
to be sorted and some obstreperous
animal takes header for the gate
keeper the means of turning the an
imal is a blow across the head,
usually intended to catch him Just
above the nostrils. Sometimes
heavy blow from cane brings him
to his knees, but in many cases it
takes only the sting of a lash to
turn him. Some Of the most stub
born steers run a regular gantlet
of canes, clubs and whips and are
not stopped until some one 'gets a
gate on him." the yard way Of ex-
pressing the closing of a gate across
the alley down which the animal is
headed.
The regulation traders cane is
made of hickory, with a large
curved handle, and weighs about
twenty-four ounces. The surface is
smooth and unvarnished. Some Of
thecanes have been in use constantly
for ten years. blackberry, dogwood,
elm, oak, maple and ash are the
other kinds of wood used to make
this class of canes. They cost from
25 to so cents each.
Whips Of all, kinds are seen. A
few weeks ago four plat hickory
bark whip, the kind that has to be
left in the dew overnight to keep
lit pliable, stung the backs of some
frightened cattle as they ran along
the viaduct. Many high priced bug
gy whips are used, but the bulk Of
them cost only from rs cents to ST..
a few regular heavy cattle whips
are seen, though they are not liked
by cattlemen, as heavy blow leaves
large welt. Rope and one lash
leather whips are common. In
some cases a short strap nailed to q
long stick is used.
The best sheep and hog whip is
a piece of canvas hose, meshed to a
fat surface and attached to a piece
of wood about fourteen inches long.
When this strikes an animal It
makes plenty of noise, but leaves no
bruise.
Many times cattle are uselessly
beaten by some one who is in hur-
ry. The rule, however, is not to
leave any kind of mark or bruise, as
buyers look closely for such spots.
When whips or canes are broken
they generally are thrown to the
ground, and the yard company gath
ers them up with the other refuse.
About thirty whips and twenty
canes are abandoned each day at
the yards.-Kansas City Star.
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Point Pleasant Liquor House,
Homer Smith Propretor

All orders mani Should be accompanied By Cash, Posoce
Express Money Order Check We viii send to any address
the following brands the prices stated below We conduct
the largest Mail Order Businesses in the State of West
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ISOLATED
Al c. & 0. TRAINS PASS ONE NILE
FROM The Town OF MILTON.

When c. s o. passenger train No.
Z, bound from Charleston to Hunt
ington, passed through Milton at an
early hour Saturday morning, Nov.
9th, it markedthe final passing of
Milton, Lincoln county, as a railroad
town. Hereaterits only connection
with that road will be by hack line,
the station being one mile distant.
This all came about through disS
agreement between the Milton Off
Gals and these of the c. s. o. years
ago. The railroad company believed
it had been illiberally treated and at
the FIRST opportunity decided to get
even. 1t did with a yengence and
in a manner that has simply and
irreparabiy injured the town, cutting
it of from great artery of trade.
After the trouble it was decided
that a new grade and curve elimina-
ton was necessary between Charles
ton and Huntington and the engin-
GERS found it much more convenient
to construct the new tracks far from
Milton. The work has been going
on for four years, but has been COM
The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-11-17
The highest medical authority
on foods,
Sir James Crichton Browne, u.D.-F.R.S.
gives the best reason. for eating more
Quaker Oats

In an article published in the
Youths Companion of Septem-
Der 23rd, 1909, DR.. Browne, the
great medical authority on
foods, says, about brain and
muscle building
There is one kind of food
that seems to me of marked
value as a food to the brain and
to the whole body throughout
childhood and adolescence
youth, and that is oatmeal.
Oats are the most nutritious
of all the cereals. being richer
in fats, organic phosphorus and
lecithins."
He says oatmeal is gaining
ground with the welI-to-do of
Great Britain. He speaks of it
as the mainstay Of the Scottish
laborer's diet and says it pro-
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plesed now andsc s 0. trains are.
running over The new tracks, a mile
from Milton. The company has es
ecsed a new passenger station at the
point nearest the town and an stops
with hereafter. be made there, audt.
that point all persons desiring to pass
TO and from Milton over the c. so,
will be compelled to go. The old
tracks viii be taken up and removed
altogether and road bed converted
into public thoroughfare, and where
the great, long yellow trains of the
G. 20. have rolled in the past, the
horse and wagon win pass sedately
in the future.
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oIass Water plpea.

Glass water pipes which hayssa-
covering Of asphalt to prevent fracture
are in use in some parts of Germany.
They give thorough protection against
moisture in the'ground. against the ac-
tons Of acids and allllis and they en-
not be penetrated by sasea.
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Bridge With Plate cla,. Eloo = !:

VIII FINto 0Iab1 floor.
In Colorado there Is a bridge span.
ming the Royal Gorge Of the Ariansas
river. a bridge half mile high. II
reaches from one cliff to the othor.
with a deep dreadful chasm benesth
t The noor Of this wonderful bri6ga
y made Of plate glass one and one
half inches thick set in steel frame.
work.
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To Moundsville eight male prison.

To Moundsvlle eight male prison.
ers were taken last Tuesday morning
from the Fayetteville jail havinsbeen
sentenced to terms from six months
to twelve years. The crimes for
which these men were convicted were
recited in the Fayette Journal last
week. To witness the departure of
the prisoners was not the sight one
might have expected from men about
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Again somebody comes forward
with a proposition to put all the
Federal employees on the pension roll
when they get tired doing with their
feet on mahogany desk and prefer
to lie abed in the middle of the day.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
PRODUCE MERCHANTS WANT
HALF-POUND BERRY BOXES

Tour produce merchants have pc
titioned the council to amend the "bas-
ket" ordinance recently passed by that
body so as to Permit raspberres and
loganberries being sold in half pound
boxes instead of three-quarter pound
boxes, as is now required by law.
The produce men declare that until
the new ordinance was passed rasp-
berries and loganberries were sold in
half pound boxes and this practice
extended over ten years. In their petit
ton the produce men solve matter
that has been a mystery to the lay
mind. That is the question why rasp-
berries and loganberries always come
in boxes so much smaller than the
boxes used for blackberries
This is necessary say the produce
men. because raspberries and logan
berries are softer than other berries
and will mash in a three-quarter pound
box. They allege that berry growers
will suffer severely if compelled to put
the soft berries in the larger boxes.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
SAYS Ills WIFE
IS SPENDTHRIFT
CLAIMS SPOUSE HAS SQUAN-
DERED $4,000
WANTS WOMAN ENJoINEO FROM
SPENDING TRUST FUND
Wealthy Oil Man Declares He Con-
veyed Property Valued at $o5,oOo
to Helpmate and That She
Has Wasted 1t

Allegations that his wife has squan-
dered about $4,000 in reckless specu-
latlon and that she has refused to ac-
count to him for money and property
! given to her in trust are made in 4
| complaint filed in the superior court
! yesterday against Mrs. Clara NJ.
! Greenlee by her husband, Clinton D.
! GreenIee. a wealthy oil man. Green
lee asks for an injunction TO restrain
| his wife from spending any more Of
the alleged trust fund and TO prevent
a contemplated trip abroad; an ac-
counting of her financial transactions.
the appointment OF a receiver ana the
re-conveyance of the property ana
money which he claims she Wrongfully
withholds.
Mrs. Greenlec lives in Pasadena and
came to California from Butler, Pa.
in October. 1904. During their mar
ried life in Pennsylvania, from 1880
until Mrs Grecnlee came west, the
husband says he transferred to his wife
without consideration a great deal of
real and personal property and insur-
ance policies with face value of $685.
GOO. Before coming t. ca ifornia, he
says, she converted the property into
money bringing with her $52 600.
Since her arrival. he claims, she has
borrowed $4,000 on the insurance pol
icies and has used this money s well
as a large portion of the sum she
brought with her in the purchase Of
land in Los Angeles, Pasadena and
Glendale, While speculating to a large
extent in oil and mining ventures
which he contends will prove failures.
Accumulated Fortune
According to the story told by friends
of Mrs. Greenlee in Pasadena today,
the husband and wife have not been
living together for some time. although
no Divorce proceedings have been in
stituted. 1t is said that Mr.. Greenlee
accomplished fortune Of about half
a million dollars in the oil fields Of
Pennsylvania and the east. and wish
ing to provide for his family. turned
over half his fortune to his wife.
It is asserted that he was speculating
chances, and that his purpose was to
have his family well provided for in
case luck went against him. For this
reason he is said to have made over
about ono in money and stocks to
his wife. When the panic of 1906 came
he was one of the first to feel it, and
according to rumor, the fortune he had
accumulated was impaired.
Domestic difficulties are said to have
followed and he has made his home in
this part Of the state still engaging in
the oil industry. He is now at Sher-
man, where he is carrying on extensive
operations.