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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
SOME WIND
Old Boreas Gets Busy and Blows,
Blows. Blows.

The weather man in his usual fa
cet1ous manner announced that there
would be brisk" winds from the
southwest on October 27, and perhaps
some rain. There was very little rain,
but as for wind, we had it in gusts,
gasps, ripping blasts, ap-bang-the
blinds fashion, -the-trees
style, push-down-th e-signboards or
der, topple-over-t he-po1es wav. and
pretty nearly the observation-disclosures
feet kind that's the way the wind
blew, besides lifting many single
OFT OF roofs, that aerop1aned before
the gale and went scooting 1ff to the
valley below It was a blow that
Jackie the Tar would call the "Shiver-
-me-timbers" kind when the shin
cracks and creaks and the struts break
and the sea foments and churns into
foam
Through the woods of Palisade the
newspapers that thoughtless picnick-
ers (and others) had thrown aside.
s!cudded along like sails. and several
times when pink Evening Telegram
came sw1shing over the treetops peo-
pie thought it might be Hoxie or Ora
ame-White making a dash for the
Statue of Liberty.
In front of the Whee1ers' in Pail
SADIE avenue the tall and picturesque
old ash crumbled at the scragp1v
boughs thirty feet up and came down
with crash into thousand splinters
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01

on the cement sidewalk, and had there
been head there it would have been
cracked or smashed, perhaps 'kilt."
Behind the company's office a dead
oak fell and splintered a corner of the
red tiled roof, doing considerable
damage. Before the Frews' home
chestnut bit the dust, and out on the
yellow car line near Grantwood a
telephone pole blocked traffic for
time as it fell on the tracks
The damage in the village was of
little moment, but being squally
wind, it came in shaking lunches like
a flying wedge in football and made
houses tremble as though they were
being bumped Sixty miles O wind
is going some, but there are several
records to beat it, though this one
left its finger marks hereabouts, and
Glen Douglas says the Wheelers' ash
tree that fell only missed him half
block as he was coming from the post
office "And," said Glenn, ct nearly
took a lady's head trimmings off
ahead of me-"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
LOST HIS AUTOMOBILE
Some One Steals Little Carl Pinard's
pa+ Gar

Little Alcide Pinard met the editor
the other evening just after a shower
on his return from the post office.
did you know my little brother
had his automobile stolen the other
night?" he asked, as he stroked his
rubber ulster.
mo: hadn't heard of it" he was
told. "How did it happen?"
WHY, he rode I'D in it to see the
bride that got married that night and
was Just standing here on the grass
lookin' in at the window and there's
so many folks inside he couldn't see
the bride, and when he looked around
the automobile was gone, and we
haven't found it since and don't know
who in the world could have taken
1t. 1t was the meanest kind O. thing
to do. now, wasn't it? Have you seen
ANYTHING of it yourse1f?"
And painfully it was admitted that
nothing had been seen of the little
automobile and that there were other
automobile troubles the same night.
That's all right" said Alcide as he
went on home, "but my brothers car
wasn't loaded with bag O. rice!"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
HOW DID 1T HAPPEN?
Strange Experience With a Lost
Cream Pitcher.

"The Luck of a Cream Pitcher"
would be fitting title to a romance
of tea set connected with the Bur
tte-Brady wedding.
Some friend in Syracuse had sent
beautiful Japanese nippon" tea set
of three pieces of exquisite design,
all hand-painted and notification was
received that the box was at the 125th
street office of We1ls-Fargo. Arthur
Brady went over after it. and the ex-
press agent suggested that it would
be wise to open the box there This
was done, but only the tea pot and
sugar bowl were found
Upon looking at the two pieces
brought over. the teaDot and sugar
bowl, it occurred to Mrs. Brady that
there should be another piece in the
box
The next monring Vincent and Ber-
nard Brady went to the express office
and made inquiry about the empty
box.
"Why," said the express agent, eve
threw the box in the street"
Then the two brothers went out in
front of the office, but there was no
box, But there was bun,'h of ex-
celsior. Turning this over, :hev went
through it with their fingers, but no
cream pitcher!
whats that?" asked Vincent, kick
ing roll of tissue paper with his foot.
"Well I'm b1essedw he said, as he
stopped down and picked up the cream
pitcher, unrolling it from the tissue
paper. And if that wasn't luck 1t
was absolutely unhurt, and the young
men brought it home as tenderly as
they would a young kitten
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
PALISADES TELEPHONES.
The Number Now Is rs, to 95 for
GrantWOOd

Palisade and Grantwood are having
nice little telephone race.
The telephone has always been re-
garded as an evidence of prosperity
A telephone directory, issued October
6, by the New York Telephone Com
payn for C1iffside, C1oster, Dumont,
Englewood, Fort Lee, Leonia, Ha-
worth and Morsemere, shows a de-
cided increase in all of these towns.
In the May 26 directory Palisade
had 70 telephones; October 6, rs;
Grantwood, May 26, 90; October 6,
95; Edgewater, May 26, 101; October
6, 1OS.
Almost all of the Pa1isade tele-
phones are residential while those in
Grantwood and Edgewater are many
of them for business houses. Tn Pail
SADIE, of the rs telephones, 81 are in
private residences, about every other
house having an instrument installed,
which is very high percentage
Grantwood, with 600 homes. ner-
haps, has scarcely more residential
telephones than Palisade, or 81 in all,
a shade above 10 per cent.
Edgewater has now 108 telephones,
but only Al in residences, the rest,
67. in business use.
Taken as a whole, Palisade makes
very Aattering showing.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
Echo of the Aviators.

Two ladies in the subway got on
at Brooklyn Bridge station the last
day of the aviation meet
Going to see the men fyers?"
asked one.
"Why, it's all over" answered the
other.
eyes, I know that" answered the
first.
Then why did you ask me, if you
knew it was all over"
ooh, I mean the flyers were all
overhead. I thought you would see
the point"
Cant appreciate that kind of
joke" The other one glared
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
A DANGEROUS PRopoSA
Man Almost Asks Lady in SHIN
Sit in His Ian.

New York papers don't get
Here's one that happened i
subway a few days ago:
A Palisadian was sitting VI
newspaper in front of him.
came in; very fat lady, and vervI
locking. Two little tots TAGGED
her, one about four, other five
a seat visible.
Come here, little girIm !
pretty young lady seated near
who evidently liked children, al
on my lap"
The little one gave a Jump an
plump on the pretty girls knee
"Now, little man." said an i
lady to the little boy, "you sit 0
lap" And the boy did.
Then the Palisadian, seeing n
good-looking mother still stat
touched her on the elbow, wi
arising, and said: "FIave this
madam"
There was litter and many
around that end of the car,
looked like he had asked her
on his lap.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
THE CLERMONT.
Lashed to a Dock Near the Fort
Ferry, New York Side

The model of the old Clerl
Fulton's historic steamboat that
piled the Hudson, is laid up
wharf next to the Fort Lee Fer1
the New York side of the river
Clermont was brought from her 4
ings farther up the river on q
bus Day, and later warped arouf
her present berth.
The little craft presents AMI
spectacle among so many nq
boats of all kinds, but one ca7
how clearly Fulton was after Sq4
in modelling the Clermont
needed to be a little more poWFf
the steamboat pioneer would
ploughed through the waters WIZ
greater speed. The Clermont ,nl
clear off the model lines to-day
there is a grace to her general
one is forced to admire.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01

necessary. There are iust >,
from Fort Lee who 3 aro u
High School in the neiab I attf
oughs. The tuition costs S"$S IG
for each pupil besides car wv ~ pf
which the borough Dave laf e
nual cost, therefore, incI I, u
eral estimate for car far %ul n!y
30, 500 a year for High SrboaoG9p
which the borough IS now n nolii
this amount the State Bo,rpd 5y n
cation returns rs per cent 10 ~ 81 u
oug.h-that is, rs per cent. ~ u u 4
tuition Of each pupil, Or S SL
exact. Now, if you will % fa.
cost of a building, not less t 4sai
600 and the corps of teacb InaIl
sary to maintain it, you will ~ -,
a tremendous saving it is 70 9 u
ough not to have a High S s. III
would cost to maintain a1ona
ing interest on the bonds and
tenance, not less than $4,000 to
a year" '' u
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
New Game in Town

Get a clay pipe and some
thick soap solution. Spread
over a round table. Place two
er men a foot from each ena :, =
table, eight inches apart. las ..
a bubble four inches in tlanlelel1r
player tries to blow 1t tllrous
opposite checker men goal
fellow tries to blow it BACK
wins counts ten. This galnne II !
and was invented by a Fai ,l,I
Spread large wooden Sll1% .1l
the table and the bubbles y V .st
some Of them, from 30 to o., o. y 4
Lots O fun. Grown-ups Ike u
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
Sunshine"
Eleanor and Alfred Pennell.
Photo by George Johnson.
NO HIGH SCHOOL YET.
Impracticable to Have One in Fort
Lee Borough Now.

The mention of Palisade at the re
cent school election as the proper
place for a High School has caused
considerable interest in the question.
In talk with Henry D. Douglas,
Palisades representative on the Board
of Education, he said:
"No, it is not practicable just now
for the borough to undertake High
School"
"Why is this?"
Because there are not enough pu-
pills in the entire borough to make it
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1910-11-01
Blessed Be Woman.

On postal intended to be witty
may be seen the following:
God made the world-and rested.
God made man-and rested
God made woman.
Since then neither God nor man has
rested.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
A Blow Arrested.

An organist who on the eve Of q fes-
dval was taken suddenly i'll secured
deputy to take his place. The depu-
ty, on the authority of st. James
Budget, was gentleman who played
very full organ, playing full chords
where his principal played only single
notes, and consequently using a much
larger quantity of wind.
When about three parts through with
the "Hallelujah Chorus' the wind sud
denly gave out. Going round to the
back Of the organ to ASCERTAIN the rea-
son, the deputy found the blower in
the act of putting on his coat prepare
tory to going home.
What do you mean by such behav-
lor?' the deputy angrily expostulated.
Look here, sir" the blower returned
with warmth, "if you think don't
know 'ow many puffs it takes to blow
the 'Allelujah Chorus you make a
big mistaken
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
Helped the Thief.

"a simple, honest Scotch farmer had
taken n sack of meal to dispose Of in
Aberdeen castle market" says Mrs
Mayo I'm her "Recollections OF Fifty
Years" ut was in the days when
people were hanged for any petty
theft, and an execution was In prog
rcss, the culprit being sheep stcaler.
The worthy cOuntryman stood aghast
when stranger bustluG MP with the
question:
What's a-do|
"A hanging, said tho other, awcd,
for stealing n sheep
Iih, what won't folks risk for
Rearr cried the stranger. VIII We
just give me hand up with this
sackT
"Ihe farmer promptly complied. 1t
was only aftcrward that he discov-
cred he had helped thief TO make OF
with the sack Of meal he had brought
to eolIV
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
Why Not west viroinis?

Roosevelt has downed the standpat.
tiers In New York. The Democrats
have downed tier IN Maine. Tho IN.
surgents have GOwucd thcm in Wis
consin, Iowa, Minacsota. Kansas.
Washington, Indiana, Michigan. Cali
fornia and many other states The
stand-patters control the Republican
party I'm West Virginia today. Every
candidate for any considerable Of.
fee is standpatter. The Republ
cans cannot defeat them within the
party The only alternative for the
progressive Republicans in West Vir
GINA is 10 do as did their brethren
in M.lne, elect the Democratic can
didatcs Huntington Advertiser.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
TAXING FAITH,

a man of discernment who attended
the Republican meeting at Princeton
Monday says that the speeches on the
occasion were an apology for what
the party has done and a promise to
do better in the future. This pretty
correctly sizes the situation. When
the spellbinders get through with
their explanations" as to why their
party fractured practically every
pledge made the people and their
apologies for reducing their platform
to impalable saw dust, there is little
left TO remark but to promise that
they will do better in the future.
But will they do it? In the light
of past performance, it would seem
that Belief in their asseverations
would be taxing faith to the limit.
The Republican party today is sad
failure. The national administration
is failure in that it has failed to
fulfill what it promised before the
election to perform. The promised
eNAih AbflolOh anu IeuutllOu Is
very notable example. Mr.. Taft him.
self talked voluminously for down.
ward revision from the stump. The
revision which the people got was in
the opposite direction, and now the
party is laboring to explain either
why ii went this way or that the
Payne law is the best that could have
happened. In this state and sena-
torial district, Mr.. Baker Is farntical.
ly trying to explain why he did not
vote for the submission of the prohi.
bition amendment according TO prom.
Use, ana 20 explain his explanation
In 1908 which was directly at varl.
ance with his present one. They are
also trying to explain the rest of
the broken planks in their platform
and vainly endeavorfng 10 mend them
with promises.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

BY virtue Of a deed of trust, and an
order of the Circuit Court of Mercer
County, West Virginia, entered on
the - day of August, 1910, sub
stituting the undersigned, John ID.
French, as trustee in the room and
stead of John NJ. Anderson, which
deed of trust bears date the st day of
January, 1906, executed by Thomas
Gray and Julie Gray. his wife, to said
John NJ. Anderson, Trustee and re-
corded in the office of the Clerk o.;
the County Court of Mercer County,
| West Virginia, in trust Deed book
No. 10, page No. 80. which deed OF
trust was given to secure the payment
of nine (9) interest bearing negoti-
able notes for $500 each therein de
scribed, dated the LIST day of January.
/ 1906, or any renewal thereof. which
notes are for deferred payments on
the land hereinafter described. and
default having been made in the pay
ment OF said notes, and having been
/ required in writing, so to do by the
/ holder thereof, the undersigned will
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder at the front door of the
Flat Top National Bank Of Bluefeld
+ West Virginia. on the 9th day of
. October 1910, at o'clock y. VI. the
following real estate. situated in the
/ city OF Bluefeld. Mercer county. West
Virginia, and which is bounded and
described as follows:
/ BEGINNING at a point on west line
Of Ridge Street at the northeast cor
ncr Of lot number IL. now owned by
\ W. H. Allen; thence alorg the west
line of said street South 33s 25' East
/ eighty 800 feet 20 q point on said
street; thence South 54s West 1856
feet 10 a point on an alley; thence
with east line Of said alley North 3G'
% West 80 feet 10 q point on said
alley; thence North 80 East TO.
feet TO the point Of BEGINNING
Being lots Nos. ~ and &C. section
No 4, on old map. and section No
500 on new map made by Robert S
Karr in South Blueheld. and being q
part Of the same land which wa,
conveyed TO said Robert S. Karr BIS
Wilmina Yockel by a decd bearinl
date on November 14th. 1902. and o
record I'm the proper office in Dec,
Book No. a. page 40. 128. Reserv
Ing feet of West line Of Ridg,
street for street purposes.
Sale will be made on the folIowin,
terms. CASH ~ HAND on the da,
b OF sale
ID JOHN -. FRENCH
Substituted Truste,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
THE BIG DIPPER.
1t Is the Hour Hand of tho Woodman's
Celestial Clock.

1t Is the Hour Hand of tho Woodman's
Celestial Clock.
The pole star Is really the most i'm
portant OF the stars in our sky. 1t
marks the north at oil times. 1t alone
Is fixed In the heavens. All the other
stars seem to swing around 1t once I'm
twenty-four hours.
But the pole star of Polaris is not q
very bright one, and 1t would be hard
to Identify but for the help of the so
called pointers in the big Dlpper," or
Great Bear" The outer rim of the
dipper points nearly to Polaris at a
distance equal to three times the space
that separates the two stars of the
dipper's outer side. Various Indians
called the pole star the Home Star"
and the Star That Never Moves" and
the dipper they call the Broken Back"
The Great Bear" is also to be remem-
bered as the pointers for another rea-
son. 1t is the hour hand of the wood
mans clock. 1t goes once around the
north star I'm about twenty-four hours,
the reverse way OF the hands Of a
watch-that is, 1t goes the same way
as the sun--and for the same reason
that 1t Is the earth that is going and
leaving them behind.-Country Life
In America.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
A GOOD POSITION

Can be had by ambitious young men
and ladies in the field Of wireless
or Railway telcgraphy. Since the 8.
hour law became effective. and since
the Wireless companies are establish.
ing stations throughout the country
there is great shortage Of telegraph.
ers. Positions pay beginnes from $40
to 500 per month. with good chance
Of advancement. The National TeIe
graph Institute operates six official in.
stitutes in America, under supervision
OF r. r. and Wireless OmciaIs and
places all graduates into positions. II
vii pay YOU 10 write them for full de.
tails at Cincinnati, o.. Philadelphia.
Pa. Memphis Tenn, Davenport Iowa.
Columbia, S. G. or Portland, Oregon.
accordin to where you wish TO enter.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
Other Editors
Woman's Way, Again.

1t appears that even the million
airesses of Pittsburg are but women
after alive assume that none but
mililonaires and millionairesses live
in Pittsburg or any of its beautiful
suburbs. And since they arc women.
they can't help cutting their corners
and hunting for bargains in the de-
tails of their household economy.
1t has been the noble custom of the
Manufacturers Heat and Light Com
pany of Pittsburg, true to it's tradi-
tions as supporter of all righteous
enterprises, to furnish free light and
heat for the churches in Pittsburg
and Whereabouts. But suddenly these
useful supplies have been cut off, and
this interesting explanation is made
by an officer OF the company:
Free light and head for churches
were all right, but we don't purpose
to furnish free fuel to can all the
fruit in the Upper Ohio Valley, and
we shut down right in the middle of
the canning season.
This cold-hearted man went on to
declare that the women Of all tho
church congregations have been in
the habit OF using the gas laid on to
the Easements Of the churches for
doing their regular summers work of
canning and preserving. thereby say.
ing gas bills at home. Surely a
characteristic feminine idea, to take
what they want where they find it.
especially since by so doing they
can also avoid cluttering up their
own comes" as one of them express
ed it,
This gasman must have pinched
soul. The action of the millionair
esses, who show that they. too, know
how TO utilize even a church's by
product is a credit even to woman's
ingenuity and opportunism. To break
.' their trade custom" right in
the middle Of the canning season is
to act like a groyelling choese-paring
nip-farthing driscoll, than which there
can be no more accursed name. -,
New York Sun.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
YOUNG MEN WANTED
Government Pays Railway Mail Clerks
$500 to $1,400 A Year

Uncle Sam holds examinations for
railway mail clerks, postoffice clerks
or carrier, custom house and depart
ment clerks. Prepare at once for the
coming examinations.
The job is for life; hours are short,
salary twice monthly and vacation. To
any young man who has energy
enough to answer. this is the oppor.
tunity of a lifetime.
Thousands of appointments are to
he made. Common school education
is all you need; city and country PEG.
pie have equal chance. Start to pre-
pare now-rree information. Free
scholarships this month. Write i'm.
mediately to Central Schools, Dept
SOB, Rochester, n. Y.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
OLD ACE IN STATESMEN

The man who died the other day I'm
supreme political command Of that
important bit Of strategic territory
known as Rhode Island was not old
as political leaders says the New York
Sun Re was Only 10.
An immature age compared TO that
Of such yenerablcs at Plat and De.
pew. number Of men in active pol.
itics at Washington or elsewhere i'm
the nation. wherever the thing
abounds could have laid their hands
patronizingly on the juvenile head Of
the statesmen Of 20. They call this
the day Of the younger statesmen:
yet the old timers neither die nor
retire Rather they seem 10 grown
younger slowly but pcrsistently. The
gods seem NOT to love those who On.
gage in siatesmansbip
The forthcoming census. I'm case if
takes up statesmen as separate and
distinct class Of the population
should present some interesting fp
ures on their mortality rate per
100000 II should prove triNnev
low. Yet maybe 81 were as well the
census did not give the subject 10,
much publicity Men love 10 live.
and we have statesmen enough for
ordinary purposes already.
Why politics should lengthen nm,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
Just Joshes

Papa, what is the silent major
ity?"
Two men when there is a woman
present, my son. Boston Trans
crip;.
Il hear his relations with his wife
are strained. What caused it?"
Her relations. "-Lipincott's Maya.
zinc.
why do you wish you were
MANI"
"Oh, because"
mans reason. Washington Herald
Customer want ia ge. SONG
gloves for my wife.
Salesgirl-What kind sir?
Customer-Very cranky.--Lifc.
Firs; Angei-Wha; ia tha. spiri,
fussing about?
Second Angel-She says her Eat
pins stick out beyond her palo. --Har-
per's Bazaar.
Customer-What do you mean by
that sign Saving pessimists, 81
cents?"
Barber-That's because it takes
more time to shave man with long
facc.-Judge.
At tables to say the good old grace,
Before we start to mussin;
But feel as we think what the grub
costs
a whole lot more like cussin'.
Philadelphia Telegraph
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-05
NOTICE

The Bluefield Feed Compony, com
posed of the undersigned, G. +. Tynes
and c. w. Ewald. hereby give uotice
that the business heretofore conduct.
ed under the above firm name has
been sold 10 the Standard Fuel &
Supply Company, and that all &C
counts due said firm are payable
to either Of the Undersigned. and they
will pay all the existing Indebtedness
Of the firm.
This 18th day Of September. 1910.
BLUEFIELD FEED CO..
BY G. +. TYNES
6. w. EWAJD