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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-07-27
A Dainty Salad.

Adds tone and charm to an other
wise simple meal A bit OF meat or
fish. few leftover vegetables. a
spoonful or two OF mayonnaisc, and
you have tempting AID wholesome
salad.
We carry a full line OF dressings,
Including
CEtJKSHNNKS NINYONNATSE.
DJRkEE'S DRESSING,
OSCARS SAUCE.
For those vino may prefer home
made dressing $50 have finest im-
ported Olive oil. fun size. 800,
smaller yes zoe. soc and COO.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
PERSONAL REcOLLECTIONs OF
A PA.
By A. Newdad.

NX/ HEN ] had been pa about
w month, | came home one evening
To find strange ana terrifying contriV-
ance blocking up the parlor. lt was
built OF steel, beautifully lacquered ana
mounted on rubber tired wheels.
leather hood covered leather uphOl-
stored interior. Though 1t looks more ike
n pterodactyl than anything else had
ever SEEN ! suspected from the first that
IL was q baby cab. My suspicious were
confirmed.
Tomorrow IS Sunday" said her high
nesses' mother, coming into the room.
And Uncle Eben's beautiful buggy has
Just gotten here In time. In the morn.
ing we will take baby out TO the park.
Now | had never given much Thought
to the transportation OF babies; never
had considered II anything remarkable.
But strangely enough / began at once to
suffer from a familiar feeling. IL was
TO deliver my oration at high school
commencement. Ii was the feeling | had
when | marched into the church the
year before to make a Roman holiday
for six bridesmaids and as many ushers,
TO say nothing OF 100 relatives. I'm other
words, I was uneasy clear down to the
bottom OF my soul. All that night |
dreamed Of pushing giant baby cabs past
thousands OF friends with huge eyes ana
OF being hOpelessly stuck In front OF the
club and trying to crawl home with the
thing on my back. L did not enjoy that
night.
The next day dawned radiant and In
viting. / took II as personal aItront
and was cross at breakfast. We had In.
tended to go out in the morning, but |
learned something more about babies You
never know when you are going any
where with them. 1t depends upon the
baby. II you can't get 1t ready before
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He couldn't do I'll
He left the wheel at the edge OF the
field and went down the road in the hot
sun. He walked and walked.
At the ball grounds there was wild con-
fusion.
When Rubrick fell he "froze" on 10
the ball and held Il clinched Tn his hand
with the grip OF "a demon.
The umpire saw IL all and decided IN
favor OF the Tigers-they had won!
But where was "SkinneyY'
In the confusion he had left the dia-
mOnd before any one could nnd out where
nc was heading for.
"Skinneyl Sklnneyl'
His name was on everybody's lips.
'HThat boy Is marvel" commented big
Frank Mccormick.
"Going to put him on the team from
this out" said Manager Davis as he
poeketed his share OF the gate receipts.
The ball team marched down to ''Skin-
ney's" house to tell him how proud they
were of him.
'Sklnney' won the gamer
That was enough for the little cripple,
and she was SO glad end proud OF his
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
A VEST POCKET ESSAY ON VA
CATION.

" ACATION Is one OF the few gam
bles that Isn't prohibited by law.
It consists OF two weeks, more or less,
In which all the rest, enjoyment and ex-
travagance OF the year Is crowded You
pay 800 for a vacation ana put yovr
hand I'm the grab bag. You may draw
two frigid weeks at a northern lake, a
country home full OF canned goods aud
mosquitoes or camping party In the
rainy season, but you have to take what
you can get.
Vacation consists Of going away from
q shady back yard TO enjoy a 10Th share
in a hammock on a hotel porch: AZ con
slsts OF six months OF saving one week
OF scrambling, two weeks OF struggle 10
be comfortable In strange ways and six
weeks more OF hard work TO catch up
with buried business desk. The nifty
weeks OF the year which are not devoted
TO vacatioung by ordinary folks are de-
voted 20 paying for the last outing and
saving car fare for the next one.
People choose their vacations too care
lessIy which makes most Of the trouble,
They choose them from pamphlets and
advertisements. which Is as foolish as try
ing 10 get r. wife In n correspondence
sch Ool The proper way TO choose va
cation is to pick a likely looking spot
and persuade a friend to go TO it. III
returns you can go the next year. by
this method you get out OF going the hfst
year and do not have to go the next
unless the place suits you. or course II
the friend has had a bad time he may
praise the place out Of a desire FOR re-
venge. But very few friends would 40
SO mean a trick as that.
People would enjoy vacations more n
they thought OF a vacation as change
Instead OF rest. There Is very little rest
70 IT, but II is nearly all change-though
a few large bills come In handy TOO.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

Maybe "skInney" would never rest his
mortal eyes on his beloved playthings
again.
No wonder the boy, left-handed puny,
could play ball. With such den TO
dream I'm his whole heart was wrapped
up In that noble sport
Frank Mccormick would look at skin
ney" and then he would look at the
baseball outfit" at the end Of the room.
IL was enough to bring tears to any eye
The crisis came.
The doctors had given "SKnney' up.
The little room was like a sanctuary
where loves purest affection was conse-
Grated to the holiest impulses that can
stir the human heart.
Down in the front room, the little
crippled sister was crying and praying.
All the visitors had been excluded from
"Skinney s" room.
But big Frank Mccormick sat at the
end OF the bed and hoped. His eyes
were moist and there was something di-
vine in the big fellows despair.
The crisis was over.
"Skinney" would live!
As soon as that was certain Frank Nc
Cormick once more thought OF his store
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
THE LAST HALF OF THE NINTH By 49, 4 f. Ka+a4ss
l(,ontinued from paae 81

lcontinued from page ~
and his business. The big fellow was al
most crazy with joy.
II Is enough to say that when "Skin-
ney'' was himself again six weeks later,
an automobile rolled up TO the little white
house at the edge OF town.
"Skinney" got into the seat beside big
Frank Mccormick, and waving his hand
at the little crippled sister, and kissing
and bidding his mother goodbye, they left
Huttonyile for Chicago.
There ''sklnney" and his big friend
atched the world championship series OF
games when the White sox won the pen
nant.
Some Of these fine days a new star wiz
shine In the Armament OF baseball. IL
viii be "Skinney" Lafferty, the left-hand-
ed pitcher of Huttonville.
When he Is touring the big cities or the
east, feted and. petted and proud, he VIII
stlll be pure, for every pay day he Win
send money home TO his mother and his
crippled sister in a little town In Illi-
nOis and there win be renewed rejoicing
and thanksgiving for the providence that
ruled over that "last half OF the ninth
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

victory that she cried.
But where was "Sk'nneyT
They found him the road below the
mill prostrated by the heat. lie was I'M
mindful OF the fact that victory was his
and In the parOxysm of his grief and dis
grace had run away-anywhere TO hide
his shame and defeat.
ON a little white bed "Sklnney' Laf-
ferty fingered for three days unconscious.
Near him big Frank Mccormick, rein
forced by members OF the baseball team,
waited for his recovery, and every once
I'm while tears would come into the
big fellows eyes.
There was something sacred In the
scene. The little white, blanched face
and the big strong fellow torn by the
grief OF a noble impulse.
Over "Skinney's" bed hung n big pic
ture OF Napoleon LaJoie.
Around the wall were cartoons and
pictures OF baseball stars cut out or the
newspapers.
ON the table was the last issue or
the "Odicial Baseball Guide"
Down at the end OF the room was
mask, a green sweater, baseball ana
bat.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
BEING POOR.

Being poor is an elastic term. IL
depends on who you are.
TO the father IL means getting a
pay check that cannot be divided in
TO the necessities Of life with any
remainder at all.
To the Notwithstanding TO cut down
Wiilie's worn out coat to fit the baby.
To the high school orl--cheap COM
mencement -relsn.
To the college boy-haVing TO wear
trousers that bulge In the wrong
place.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

To the MISUNDERSTANDING to live
on his salary.
To the politioian--a disgustnsly
general prevalence of honesty.
To the millionaire--being compelled
to use a last years. automobile.
To the magnate--no new railroads
this year.
To the nobieman--an American
wife.
To the minister-donatlon parties.
To the nfortunate--hunaer.
To the importunate--thirst.
To the child-no green out-of-doors.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
A t. l.

question, "Why are large families
poorY' than the old query, "Why are
poor families larger"
Most of the pleasure Of going TO
Europe Is contained In five words:
"When was In Europe"
If we didn't spend so much time
asking questions we could spend more
time remembering answers.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
TIE pUNNING MOTHER.

asked mamma il / could 60
To see the pies. all in a row.
''I'n be as good as can be,
/ cried, but she just said 10 me:
"Ah no, my child, on no condition.
fear your pie-ous disposition"
H.
One day tried both long and hard
To climb tree out IN our yard.
asked my mother If she'd show
Ne how, at last, but she said No.
81 do not think, my dear" said she,
''The climb-it would agree with me. -
III.
MY father he writes bools all night
And throws things round with all his might.
"What makes him litter thingsS" say
But mother says IN her queer way,
o He does the very best he can,
But he's literary man."
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

It's bath you must walt until after it's
sixth meal. after which there Is not time
TO mummfy Il FOR the outdoor air be
fore it's nap time. Consequently II was
four o'clock before her hlghnesses' moth
er looked at me reproachfully ana said,
Hadn't you better take the cab down
stairs. dearT
Have you ever tried TO take corn
planter or small steam launch down
four 1ights OF stairsi have never done
II. That Is why II took lfteen minutes
and six square Inches Of sKin-l refuse
TO consider the amount OF yarnish-tor
me 10 get that two-ton cab down stairs
1t was an inverted case OF Castor ana
Alphonse. / wanted tO go hrst' the cab
wanted to go first. We fought 1t out
and / won, but the cab revenged Itself
amply ON the way. when / landed with
the machine. I waited until nve for M.
randa. 1t seems that I'm putting all OF
the babys garments and wraps on she
mislaid the baby itself, and we had
quite a hunt In the heaps OF quilts, COM
fcrtcrs wells, hoods, Jackets, sweaters,
antimacassars, pads, pillows and scarfs
before we found the poor thing
There was no longer any excuse FOR
delay and shortly before six, We moved
forward. At once realized that the
third chain had been riveted, Here 1
was. a poor Roman captive. not only
blushed for no reason. Two bachelor
friends passed. blushed for what
seemed to be a good deal Of reason.
Three more friends watched me hoist
the buggy over curb Two more re-
marked impertincntly upon my form and
style. None OF these remarks ~eally nap
pened, but Co my sensitive e0ul, every
window l passed was lined with critical
acqualntances making remarks. l have
done harder work than pushing that cab,
but never have / perspired so profusely
We had gone perhaps eight blocks
when something happened. Far below
the mountain Of garments came CUR
gle-then a yell 1t was her hiShness
She had objections. We paused ana dis
inferred her. She yelled more loudly
Her mother patted her and turned her
over. She shrieked. We sat her up. She
howled A small crowd gathered. 1 per-
splred more profusely than ever.
What shall we dOT' asked her high
nesses' mother dlstractedly. The riot was
alarming
1--WE picked up the tiny girl. She snug
gled against her mothers breast, put her
thumb In her mouth and went 70 sleep
Thus we went home. Once or twice we
attempted TO put her In the cab. More
/ pushing the empty cab with ferOclous
dignity, Miranda carrying the COM
nander.
Later on / learned that our fate was
the common fate Of all; that babies, siucS
the stone age, have objected TO their
cabs on the first trip and have made
their slaves carry them home. The feel
Ing OF embarrassment wore on within
week and ten days later | won the great
yearllng Marathon in our town-twenty-
six blocks In half an hour. including seven
stops to readjust the buggy top and one
Nir. Newdad's next paper win be on
advice and other Troubles.'O
POSSIBLY.
The best way to save the country
would be TO lose its politicians.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
CONCERNING WEDDINGS.

This is a proper recipe
For weddings In society;
Take first--and pick with anxious care
A blushing bride, surprising fair
Add friends and relatives galore;
OF showers" six; OF teas a score;
Mix thoroughly with hats and gowns,
Dressmakers, weariness and frowns.
Drop in a few receptions, gay
Stir with reporters night and day.
Then add a lovely night in June;
a powered church; an organ tune;
Twelve pretty bridesmaids all in blue;
4 father and Six ushers, too
A minister, O VOW, q ring,
Then In the mixture quickly fling
Congratulations, kisses, smiles
Twelve clocks, six patteTs; twenty styles
OF forks and spoons some cut glass warei
A Turkish rug; an easy chair
A check from Father ON platei,
A picture, painted by Aunt Kote.
Then stir again and add once more
A carriage waiting at door,
A peck of rice, friendly bTawl,
A mother weeping in the halli
A shout a shoe a hurried run;
A click Of hoofs--the thing is done
Let's See-thcfe must Dt something more
To add before the task is Ger
burst of joy? A pinch Of gloom7
Oh yesl OF coursel Throw IN a groom.
TT HE planet Mars Will approach within
Il 80 100000 miles OF the earth this
year which Is regarded by astronomers
as being extra aordinarily near.
Thiry-slx million miles Is quite near
enough for a planet or comet TO APP
proach. However. the word near Is
purely relative term. When real es-
tate man uses the word, he doesn't mean
thlrty-slx million miles lie means about
ten A house within ten miles OF the
suburban station is near" In his Ian
guage.
An automoblllst, on the other hand does
not believe he Is near a pedestrian un-
I'll he Is within half an inch OF him.
young man Is "ncar" a young girl
when a sheet OF writing paper would be
squeezed all OUT OF shape between them.
When Lieutenant Shackleton got within
III miles Of the south pole he was near
It. Japan, 5000 miles away, ls quite
near" enough TO America. When a
land shark sells western farm that II
near" water. he means anywhere from
100 90 1000 miles.
by the way selling land on Mars ought
20 be profitable. At a distance of S6,-
OO0, 900 miles from the purchaser peach
trees ought 70 bear nine times a year
and apples should grow as large az
pumpkins.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-27
POSSIBLY.

POSSIBLY.
The best way to save the country
would be TO lose its politicians.
Man would be more content II he
didn't have to be so happy in order
TO keep up with his neiehbor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
CHARGES HENEY OvERPAlD
Tawney Considers $4,000 in Seven
Months Too Much.

Months Too Much.
Washington, July 19.-Chairman
Tawney, of the appropriations COM
mittee, charged on the floor of the
house today that Francis J. Heney
has been not only overpaid, but inn
properly paid for his services as
prosecutor of government land-fraud
cases.
AS a result of considerable prob
ing into Mr.. Heney's financial rela-
tions with the department of justice,
Mr.. Tawney learns that after several
payments had been made to Mr..
Heney for his services in connection
with the Hyde-Benson and Binger
Hermann cases, he was, on March
2, 1908, paid a balance of $4,000 on
account of those particular prosecu-
tons.
Mr.. Tawney holds to the opinion
that Mr.. Heney was paid too liberal
ly in the Hyde-Benson and Hermann
cases, for it is of record that Mr..
Heney failed to prosecute either
case. One other fact brought out Is
that Mr.. Heney, on account of SER
vices rendered between December 2,
1906, and June 80, 1906, was paid
$27.500. Heney has received no
payments from the government since
thiS administratiOn
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23

proclaimed Shah by the National AS
sembly in the presence of an i'm
mense crowd.
Federated Catholic societies of
Cincinnati have started a crusade
against improper shows. An effort
will be made to make the crusade
national.
Luther Burbank, "the wizard of
the plant world" has been informed
that his latest creation, the won
derberry' or "sunberry," is fail
ure.
The deficiency bill passed by the
house carries an appropriation OF
$500 for the widow of the late Rep
resentative Cushman, being the
equivalent of one years salary as
congressman.
Escaping from huge cage in the
center of the bull-ring, an African
lion bounded up among the bleach
ers, resulting in injuries to several.
Joseph Donovan, while walking in
his sleep, plunged from fifth-story
window of a Chicago hotel, alighting
on the pavement below, but escaped
serious injury.
Four persons were kill, more than
20 injured and II others slightly in
jured as the result of an explosion
of a motorcycle during a cycle rate
in Berlin, Germany.
Applicants from various Eastern
states state that pickpockets are
working a systematic game in Occur
d'Alene City around the heavily con-
gested centers, where applicants for
land are registering.
Alleging that under the govern
ment grant of 1868 the railroad
owns 20 feet on each side of its
track, the Union Pacific railroad
took forcible possession Friday of
tract of land covered with stores
valued at $4,000 in Brighton, Col
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
EXPRESS RATES TOO HIGH

Washington. July 21.-The Inter
state Commerce Commission has
rendered a decision in the case of the
Boise Commercial Club VS.. the Adams
and other express companies which
affects many points in the North
west. The complaint was made that
charges on packages weighing be-
tween seven and SO pounds, shipped
from New York to Boise and neigh
boring points, are exorbitant.
The commission sustains this
charge and gives the express COM
panies until October l to file a new
schedule of rates, which shall not ex-
coed the combination of locals over
the shortest practicable route from
New York to points of destination in
the Northwest.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
SHORT NEWS NOTES.


Don Carlos of Bourbon, pretender
to the Spanish throne. died Sunday
A son was born last week to the
Pricess de Sagan, divorced wife of
Boni de Castellane, who was Miss
Anna Gould, of New York.
The Standard Oil Company has
announced a reduction in refined oil
of Is cents hundred gallons.
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, found
er and leader of the Christian
Science denomination, passed her
SSth birthday in Boston, Friday.
Democrats in the house failed in
their efforts to have provision
brought in by Tawney appropriating
$4,000 for President Taft's travel
ing expenses stricken out of the
urgent deficiency bill.
Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson
Hayes, the only surviving child of
the late Jefferson Davis, president of
the Confederate state, died at her
home in Colorado Springs, Sunday
at the age of "a
To stop an infant from sucking its
lips, E. A. Liebscher, of Sonoma,
Cal, pierced the child's tongue with
a needle and sewed u button on
either side.
Mohammed Ali, Shah of Persia.
was dethroned Friday and the Crown
Prince, Sultan Ahmed MiraZa was
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
TROOPS FIRE ON
EASTERN STRIKERS
ONE FATALLY HURT, TWO BY
ISLANDERS INJURED.
LABORERs USE REVOLvERS
Soldiers Assailed With Rocks and
and Other Missiles-Catholic
Priest Disperses Mob.

Butler, Pa, July 19.-In a riot
following the unexpected arrival
here of detachment of state con-
stabulary late Sunday afternoon, a
striking employe of the Standard
Steel Car Company, OF Lyndora, was
probably fatally injured and two by
ISLANDERS seriously hurt.
The approach of the constabulary
became known through strike pick
cts and within few moments thou
sands of strikers and their sympa-
thiZers lined the streets.
Slowly the troopers cleared the
streets and alleys until the way ap-
parently was clear as far as the car
company'3 plant Marching order
was again formed, but the troopers
had not ridden 20 yards before they
were pelted with bolts, Stag, pieces
of board and Jumps of coal thrown
from the tops of the houses along
the narrow street.
As the column of men advanced,
the crowds again surged into the
streets Putting their horses to a
trot, the constabulary rode into the
crowd, firing into the ground. Dur
ing the clash three persons were
shot.
Following the clash the strikers
gathered on a hill and held an i'm
promptu meeting. They were ad-
dressed by Father Becavaca, who ad-
vised them to dispense and do no
violence
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Indians Must Go to Work.

Spokane, July 20.-Many import
ant changes are in contemplation in
the administration of the affairs of
the Nez Perez Indians. AS rapidly
as possible they, the able-bodied
tribesmen at least, will be thrown
on their own resources. The vigor-
Gus Indians who plead a lack of
funds with which to purchase farm
ing implements and horses will be
encouraged to sell portion of their
allotments to purchase farming i'm
plements.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
WOULD TAX ALL INCOMES
National Manufacturers Association
Issues Statement.

New York, July 19.-The board OF
directors of the National Association
of Manufacturers have issued the
following statement addressed ITO
the Congress of the United States"
I'VE recommend If necessary for
income purposes, the enactment of
measures providing just and equit-
able tax upon all citizens. AS an IL
lustration, we suggest one-eighth of
/ per cent on all incomes; this would
require rs cents from the man who
receives $500 year and $3.50 from
the man who receives 100000 a
year"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Butterflies for Hatpins.

Spokane, Wash, July ia new
enterprise in which the youth of Pa
louise, Wash, are engaging, is catch
ing butterflies. The insects are
chloroformed and sent to plating
company in Spokane to be metallized
and made into hatpins. Five cents
each is paid for the insects.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
WEALTHY YOUTHS ARRESTED
Arrests at Occur d'Alene Cause
Great Sensation.

Occur d'Alene, Idaho, July 40
Charged with holding up and rob-
bling Chas. Reyn of S17.05, Marshal
Nevlin, of Los Angeles; Horace Pey-
ton, son of a Spokane millionaire,
and Percy Thompson, son of d. M.
Thompson, a wealthy Spokane man,
were arrested here.
Officers claim Reyn was en- route
home, when the three men took him
into an alley, claiming to be police
men, and went through his pockets
Reyn grabbed Neylin and shouted
for help.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Moro BANDIT Keeps His Oath,

Manila, July 22-When Jikiri, the
Moro bandit chief who was killed
with all his followers in battle July
5, began his career as an outlaw, he
swore he would kill 100 men before
he died. The record of the murders
he committed is not complete, but it
is thought probable he made good
his oath.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-23
Bolt From Clear Sky.

Vancouver, B. C.-Saturday after
noon, with the sun shining and but
few black clouds in the sky thun-
derbolt, sounding like crash of ar
tillery, shot out of black cloud and
struck within a few feet of two no
tells here. In both instances leaden
pipes on the hotels were melted like
wax