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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
A Strinntl Ona.

Nov. children. what IL thlsY' rsked
the teacher. holding up n picture OF a
zebra.
ut looks to me lillo horse I'm
bathing suit" answered little boy
Our Dumb Animals.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
Two Viswa

Guy-iIc that courts ana runs sway
may live 10 court another day.
Gcrtic- But he who courts and doe,
not wed may find himself In court in
stead
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
Popo's Preference.

The Prince OF Wales OF Popo's time
once said to the poet:
MI Pope. do you not like kings
Sir" replied thoipcet. II prefer the
lion before the claws arc grown"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04

or independence lie wns finally forced
TO take refuge I'm a poorhouse ne puts
himself down on the entrance card az
sailor. and one feels In that word the
pride OF a Morse son OF the sea-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
Cold Comfort.

Modest Amateur Showing his latest
painting)-Pm sure. Miss Ethel. you
think I'm still some little way from
being an artist. Fair Critic anxious
to say the polite thing)-Oh, no. Very,
very far from II, assure you.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
Pnffa

Miss Footlittles reputation and her
complexion are very much alike"
Meaning that they arc both bril-
liant, chs"
NO; they are both made with n
pun. = Boston Transcript.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04

"What is u. DO Won suppose. that
keeps the moon ~ place and prevents
II from fallingF' asked Araminta.
81 think 70 must be The beams" re-
piled Charlie softly.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
Hioh Not,s.

A reporter once said TO Cnruso:
what ~ your price per night?"
"Pcr night" Caruso chuckled. You
mean per note"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04

Life IL II campaign. not a battle. and
Aas IT. defeats rs we'll ns It's victories
--Piatt
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-04
Friday.

Eighth annual Piping Rock Horse
Show opens on Piping Rock Field.
Locust Valley, Long Island.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
A Mistaken Sign Of Generosity.

The young son of a Germantown
man who lives up to every cent of his
income heard compliment for his ia
Their the other day and passed it on,
thinking to please the parental heart
and win future favors perhaps from
the parental purse.
Heard something nice about you,
dad" he announced over the dinner
table.
"Ah, that's pleasantv' murmured ia
Their modestly.
Heard you was awful good to
mother went on the boy.
II hope treat your mother as man
should treat the person he cares most
for,' responded father evenly.
Heard you We're so generous to her
that every one in town knew about it.
Heard man say every one was talk
ing about it too. He said everything
you had was in your wife's name."
The fathers countenance underwent
sudden change. He sputtered for a
moment painfully. Then he spoke.
''You go to bedv' said papa.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
A SNAKE STORY.
Tho Wonderful Old Time Serpent That
alked Like Man.

dlkoo Like q Mans
In John Ashton's "Curious Creatures
or Zoology" there is quotation from
"a little Latino booke printed at Wen
ma in the yeare 1861" which tells q
most wonderful story. Ashton quotes
as follows: ''There was found in a
move or rycke of corn almost as many
snakes, adders and other serpentes as
there was sheafes, so as no one sheaf
could be removed but there presently
appeared a heape of ougly and fierce
serpentes. The countrie men deter
myned to set fire upon the barne and
SO attempted to do, but in vaine, for
the straw would take no fire, although
they laboured with all their Wits and
policye to burn them up.
AT last there appeared unto them at
the top Of the heap huge great SER
pente, which lifted up his head and
spake with mans voyce to the coun-
trle men, saying, Cease to prosecute
your devise, for you shall not be able
70 accomplish our burning, for wee
were, not bredde by nature, neither
came we here of our owne accord, but
were sent by God to take vengence on
the shines of men,
Ashton leaves us in the dark as to
What the ''countrie'' men did, but it is
natural to suppose that they surren-
dered at once.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
A GAME OF BALL.
How 1t May Strike a Stranger Who
Sees It For the First Time.

How 1t May Strike Stranger Who
Sees 1t For the First Time.
Nothing has set America so high in
the estimation Of foreign nations, saws
Ellis Parker Butler in Success Maya
zine, as the adoption of baseball as the
national sport. If a foreign spy wan
ders into America seeking to fathom
our real inwardness and sees a game
OF baseball any feeling of contempt
for our neWness gives way instantly
to awestruck admiration At his first
glance baseball is to him a mystery.
and it remains mystery to him. He
sees 10000 men and women suffering
the fortunes of the lower regions on
hot grand stands. He sees a man pick
up small white ball as hard as a pine
knot. Facing him is another man who
holds a smooth but deadly club in his
hands. Behind this second man is a
third man whose face is hidden behind
a birdcage. Suddenly the man with
the ball raises one foot in the air and
shows the man with the bat the sole
of his shoe. The man at the bat sees
that there are spikes in the sole of the
shoe, and it angers him, and he raises
his bat to throw it at the man with the
ball. But-ah. ha!-the man with the
ball is too quick for him. He throws
the hard, white ball at the man with
the bat with all his strength The
man with the bat waves defiance by
swinging the bat in the air. The ball
proceeds. The batsman never finches,
Will the ball kill the man or will the
impact crush the ball? But, see. The
ball finds man unfinching; the ball is
panic stricken: the ball lodges around
the man; the ball is lost, buried in the
huge leather chair cushion that covers
the hand of the birdcage man behind
the batsman! Strike onev' saws the
umpire. Thirty thousand cheers!
WHY?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Pays Him to Stay Home.

A west side matron proudly exhibit
ed the lock of her front door to the
afternoon caller. It was an intricate
looking affair, resembling a gum ma
chine more than it did a door latch.
You turn this,' explained the wo-
man, pointing to a tiny knob inside
the door, land you have fixed the bolt
SO it can't be shot back with the key.
10 release the tumblers you've got to
drop coin in the slot outside. The
only piece Of money that will fit is a
i've dollar gold piece. The idea is my
own. A locksmith downtown worked
out the mechanical part of it for me.
Every night at 1890 adjust the coin
attachment. If my husband is out
after that hour it costs him SIS to get
IN. He stays home evenings, as a
rule. New York Sun.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
THE DIVERS DRESS.
Evolution of the Devices Used For
Submarine Work.

Evolution of the Devices Used For
Submarine Work.
Among pioneer inventors to whom
the diving dress in it's present perfect
Ell form owes SO much was William
Hannis Taylor. The previous hit or
miss attempts were superseded by the
Taylor patent of June 20, 1888, in
which the essential feature was the
valve allowing the emission of con-
sumed air without an influx of water.
Previous to this time there had been
the diving chests and the diving bell,
OF which the latter, introduced by
Smeaton in ITS, was the safest and
most practical device for submarine
exploration. The diving bell has been
developed alongside of the diving dress
and is still in use
The general appearance of Taylor's
diving armor was like that of a
knights suit Of mail, except for a
prominent bulge in the body piece. A
large pipe coming down from the sur
face and penetrating the body piece at
the bulge supplied the fresh air, while
short pipe entered the body piece on
the other side and was provided with
valve which carried off the exhaust.
Although diving armor has now reach
ed it's perfected state, this valve has
never been materially improved upon.
Scientific American.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
JAPANESE HERolsM.
The Brave Record Of the Loss Of q.
Submarine Vessel.

SubJOlned is the translation of mes
sage written by Lieutenant Tsutoma
Sakuma, who was in command Of the
Japanese submarine No 6. which
foundered while maneuvering in Hiro-
shima bay. The message was found
IN the coming tower of the submarine
after she bad been brought to the sur.
face:
1T is with the deepest regret that /
write TINS message to describe the loss
OF this boat with my fellow officers
ana men, due to my own fault
would here specially mention that all
steps have been taken to raise her,
my comrades and men working ear
nestly and calmly till the end | or
dered the ship to dive with the engine
running: but as found she went down
too far tried to shut the valves which
admit the sea water to the ballast
tank, but unexpectedly the chain work
ing these valves broke, and was left
helpless, unable to control the boat
Meanwhile the tanks filed with water
and the boat went down at an incline
of about twenty-five degrees. After
striking the bottom the water began
rushing in, the switchboard was i'm
mersed in water, all electric lights went
out, the fuses burnt away. and the
boat was filed with poisonous gases,
so that we experienced the greatest
difficulty in breathing.
Under these conditions we worked
our very utmost with the hand pumps
to empty the main ballast tank, which,
l believe, we succeeded in doing, al
though we could not read the gauges
owing to darkness. No electric cur
rent was available. as I mentioned be-
fore, and our last hope of rising to
the surface lay in working the hand
pumps only.
Z write this in the dim light coming
from the coming tower-11 As a. m.
Il earnestly beseech his majesty to
grant me forgiveness and to succor
the families of my comrades and men
who have lost their lives in this per-
ishing boat. This is my only wish.
1890 p. m.
ut is with the utmost difficulty that
l can breathe, though I am sure we
must have blown out the gasoline en-
tlrely from the tanks. I cannot con-
tlnue any more. 1910 q. m."-London
Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
GOOD IN SPOTS.
Ono Man Who Discovered That War
Was Not Wholly Bad.

\ Lem Jackson loved to loaf He lived
in the mountains not far from Green
vile, Tenn, with his wife and large
brood of children. Lem had 'shoun'
dawg' that he set great store by, and
he spent most Of his time lounging in
runway waiting to shoot deer driv-
en- in by old Bose or spra wiling on the
bank of stream fishing. In that way
he was good provider after a fash
ion, but not all the urging, scolding,
nagging and demonstrating Of his
shrewish wife could drive him to work.
Lem led the lazy life Of a Rip Van
Wrinkle until the outbreak of the civil
war, and then he Joined the Confed-
crate army. At the end Of six months
Lem was shot through the right thigh,
and it was long before he was able to
limp out of the hospital and back to
his regiment. In the second year he
was shot in the left shoulder, and when
he returned to duty his left hand was
bent far back by shortened tendon,
but he was still able to raise his rifle.
Early in the fourth year they got him
again-a musket ball through the body
but he was back in the ranks long
before the fighting was ended. Every
one wondered at LENS persistence in
sticking to the terrible trade of war.
DR.. Girdner met Lem hobbling down
the street in Greenville one morning
in June, 1865, still pale and weak from
his latest wound, his right leg short
and wabbly, his left hand stifay bent
back.
''Glad to see you alive, Lem said
the doctor. II suppose you're glad to
be home again?''
WAL Lem admitted without en-
thusiasm. II s'pose had to git erlong
home. Gin'ral Lee he surrindered US
down to Appomattox, an we all had
to go home"
'But aren't you glad to be away from
the dangers of warp"
"Why, doc, war hain't so bad,' cried
honest Lem-"war hain't so bad.
There's lots of days when you don't
have nothin' to do.''-Harper's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
She Tried to Fascinate Hubby and
Was RudeIy Shocked.


She had been reading that titled
Englishwoman advises married wo-
men to flirt with their husbands. AS
she finished the article her husband
came home to dinner.
She ran to meet him.
"A little late tonight, duckydooze
lum," she said, with a dimpling smile.
whats that?' he growled
She looked at him archly.
Don't you dare to kiss me!' she. tit
tered
Geo. he cried, II don't intend to-
What put that in your head?'
She half closed her eyes and coyly
surveyed him through the droopinc
lashes.
Don't you want to sit here nv me
on the sofa p she cooed.
mo, l don't Why, you told me
only yesterday that the springs were
getting weak Aren't you feeling
well?"
She laughed softly and shot him a
side glance and drew in her cheeks
anu HaSneu nef Wnlte teeth and per-
ceptibly winked.
He drew hack suddenly.
whats the matter with you?'' he
demanded. who are you initiating?
Can't you make your face behave?"
She picked up the paper she had
been reading and flung it into the dec,
GRATED Wastebasket.
'There's nothing the matter WITH
me- she coldly replied.
Just mugging for fun, eh? Glad OF
that. Stimson was telling me today
about q lot of trouble his wife is hay.
ing with her facial nerves, and | was
afraid you'd caught it, Amt that con
founded dinner ready ?"--Clegeland
Plain Dealer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Popular Jokes.

The most popular joke which has
been published in any language in the
history of the world is stated to be
that which appeared in an obscure cor
ner of the Punch almanac for 1915 1t
read. advice to persons about to mar
ry-Don't!' 1t would be interesting to
know who was it's author. Another,
founded on similar subject, was the
advice to persons who have fallen in
love-Fall out!' One of the most bril-
liant things that ever appeared in our
contemporary was the brief dialogue
between an inquiring child and his in.
patient parent: What is mind?' mo
natter What is matterY' "Neyer
mind. "-Westminster Gazette
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Grub Street'S Rawnshon

If the Avant is not the oldest and
best known pawnshop in the world it
deserves to be. It has been in exist
ence ever since the days of Shake
speare and Ben Jonson. It is in Fleet
street-Grub strickland has been the
poor writer's uncle for all these CEN
turtles and years. It has an old legend
something like this: "Old Literary
Friends Never Forgotten" There are
many souvenirs, sayings and tradi-
lions of the greatest men on earth
who, going broke. had to patronize it..
Outside of it's own name it is we'll
known as the Grub street pawnshop.-
London Mail.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Money No Object.

Il don't care anything about it my
self, for I'm no judge of such things
said Mr.. Gaswell, "but my wife wants
me to buy rare old violin, and she
says they come high. Got any,"
I'VE certainly have,' responded the
dealer. Here's one in this showcase,
genuine Stradivarius, that you can
have for $1,000
"She said she thought they came
higher than that. Haven't you some
that are little er-stradd yvariouser
than this one?''- Chicago Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
UnspeIIabIe,

The Newfoundland seal folk for some
reason not given by the st. Johns
correspondent of the New York Sun
describe their greasy spoil as ''swoils,"
and they also say they ''spell'' an OBJ
Ject when they mean to carry it. One
can Imagine the amazement of the
young cleric who on one occasion ask
ed a burly hunter how he snelled
"swoils''
I'VE don't spell 'em; we hauls 'em."
was the bewildering reply.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
The Partino.

Benson was good friend of mine,
and hated to lose him. He always
wore cheerful smile and seemed in
the best of spirits. 1t will be hard to
find another fellow SO genial, so full
of the joy Of life.''
What's the matterY Has Benson
left town for good?'
mo"
Surely he isn't deadW
mo. He borrowed S. from me this
morning. Birmingham Age Herald
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Another Simile.

What did the sun look like to you
when you were in the arctic regions?"
We'll" answered the explorer
thoughtfully, 'sit resembled an elusive
gold dollar much magnifed.''- Wash
lngton Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
The Retort courteo,,s

Il hate to press this bill, Mr.. Slow
pay said the tailor. taking much
wrinkled memorandum of accounts
from his pocket, but
"Oh, don't bother, Snip said Slow
pay genially. You don't need to press
it. I don't mind the wrinkles in it at
all. Fact is, I've got a dozen fresh
copies of it at home already.'-Judge
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
A Vida wa;et

Miss Thynn-I saw Jack put his arm
around you. Miss Plumleigh - You
didn't, either. Miss Thynn-Well, then,
as far around as he could get it.-Bos,
ton Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Then He Made q Home Run

He-What kind of stone would you
like in the ring, darling? She-Oh.
Jack, dear, I've heard so much about
baseball diamonds Do you suppose
they are very expensive?-Boston Tran
script
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09
Il Depends.

Teacher-Johnny. which is right-"a
man lies easy" or "a man lies easily p
Pupil - Who's the MANI Cleveland
Leader.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09

70 maintain oneself on this earth is
not = hardship, but a pastime, IL one
will live simply and wisely.-Tborean.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-09

Prosperity tries the fortunate, adyer.
sity the great. -Pliny.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

CHIEF oUARTERAIA STEERS OFFICE
Omaha. Neb, November j. 1919. Sealed
proposals. In trpicate. Will be received
here and by Quartermasters al the posts
named herein until 10 a. m, central stand
and time. December l. 1910, for furnishing
Shelled Corn during the T. seal year ending
June So 1911 at Forts Crook Omaha ard
Robinson. Nebraska; Forts Leaven worth
and Riley, Kansas and Fort MackenEie
Wyoming. Proposals for delivery al other
places will not he entertained United
States reserves right 10 reject or accept
any or all proposals or any part thereof
Information furnished on applica ton mere
or 20 Quartermasters a. the stations
named. Envelopes containing proposals
should be marked Proposals for Forage q
and addressed 20 Lieutenant Colonel D -
MCCARTHY. G. Q. al MA 6-a-z3
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02
RAILWAY LINE CARp-oONTIs,D
webster statiOn-ISth snd webster.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Real estate transfers for November l.
furnished by the Midland Guarantee and
Trust company, bonded abstraoters, 1714
Farnam street. Telephone Douglas 1856
Thomas d. Todd and wife to Eliza
beth Nelson lot and VIZ OF lot 2,
block g. Waterloo................. 81 $50
Charles W. Halter to Anna Miller. rs
feet Of lot ~, block T. William Hage-
dOrn's addition. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Bertha Bush to Anna G. Miller, sia
OF lot 10, block I. Hagedorn's add
ZION ..s.........,.s........ ~
Guy G. Mckenzie to Rhoda f, Lear,
part OF neit OF swL of mex, 4-t5-l9... .
il block %, Kountze Place. .. - 1850
Norris & Martin to Abel Kramer, lot
3, block 2, Norwood addiuOn.......... $50
Conservative Savings and Loan asso-
citation to w. J. Hoffman and wife,
lot Is, block /, Portland Place. ,...... 1
Mary A. Morrtsey and husband to
Nellie Herberger, lots 10 and IL,
block 10, Walnut Hill..,..,.,.,,,,..... 1
Margaret J. Moriarity to John Flynn,
trustee, lots 10 and IL, block 2, Lo-
gan Place, and other property........ I
Albert II. Olmstead to Bertha Condit
e4Sh feet Of lots and Q, block a.
Boulevard Park. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1900
A. l. Reed OF al. to Harold Thomson,
e1 foot OF lot II, block 4, brakes
Coad Real Estate company to Thomas
Realty company, ell feet Of via OF
lot 8, block 14O, ity......,.,.............
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02
~ RAlsEMAClZ NGPOSTAG.
Taft Will Recommend Higher Rate on
Advertising Pages.
READING MATTER IS UNCHANGED
Newspapers Not Affected-Average
Haul ~ but Three Hundred Miles
Compared with Eleven Hundred
for other Periodicals.

WASHINGTON. Nov. President TAFT
and Postmaster General Hitchcock reached
an agreement today on the recommended
tons the former will make "a congress re-
garding a change in the second-class post
age rates as affecting magazines and other
periodicals.
Mr. Taft will recommend that the maya
zines be required TO pay the present rate
Of cent a pound on all reading matter
and a much higher rate, to be determined
later, on the advertising pages. Each mag
azine will be required to send a copy OF
It's current issue TO the post office depart
ment each week or month, as the case
may be-
There the publication will be disssOtsd,
the reading matter and che advertising sec
tons will be weighed separately and the
amount Of postage computed by the num-
Der Of magazines sent out.
Newspapers will not be affected The
average haul of the newspaper is but 300
miles. while the average haul of the mag
azlne is LOO miles.
The hauling Of magazines in the mail has
proved costly to the government and both
the president and the postmaster general
believe It has entered largely into the deficit
shown each year in the Postofficc depart
ment. This deficit has been largely re-
duced during the past year. a saving OF
81 10000 having been reported as a result
OF economies put into effect by Mr. Hitch
cock. The adoption Of a new rate for the
magazines. Mr.. Hitchcock believes, will en-
tirely wipe out the deficit and put the
postal establishment on a self.sustsining
basis.
President Taft is looking forward to a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02
BARBER HAS DISAPPEARED
wichita Man Writes to wife from
Denver that He ~ Held Prisoner
I'm High nutIdfnu.

DENVER, oct 31.-Detectives Of Den
yer, Wichita, Kan, and Hutchinson, Kan.
are searching for Judd r. Williams a bar
her, whose mysterious disappearance, fol-
lowed by a sull more mysterious letter to
his wife at Wichita, has caused his rela-
lives to think he is a prisoner in Denver.
Williams, who lie the son Of a retired
Baptist minister living near Wichita, left
that city October II for Hutchinson Sew
eral days later Mrs. williams received .
letter postmarked Five Points Station.
Denver and dated October %, in which
Williams said that he was being kept a
prisoner; he did not know where, except
that It was up In high building; he was
kept unconscious most OF the time he ex-
planned. He did not know who his oaptors
were or why they kept him prisoner lie
got the letter away, he explained, by drop
ping it out Of the window The Denver
police have no clue
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-02

l-cent rate for letter postage and hopes 70
recommend II before he leaves the White
House He hopes also to back up his rec
ommendation with figures and estimates
which will show that letter postage at this
rate will yield "A profit to the government
The establishment Of the proposed new
rates as to magazines. the president be-
ieves will do much 30 bring about the
penny postage plan. At the same time he
thinks the magazines will be compelled 20
pay only their just share In the postal ex-
penses
The president Is determined to push his
plan tor placing second and third-class
postmasters under the civil service lie
will make the recommendation to congress
in his forthcoming message and hopes for
favorable action.