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Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
WHEN WOMEN REGISTER
n Hotel Clerk Explains Why a BIottss
Is Necessary.

Hotel clerks get to be great oh
servers Of human nature" said an old
hotel lobbyist" During the mapy
! hours out of each day that / sDend
/ warming this chair I have learned
many tricks of their trade which 90
TO prove my statement.
"ln fact. this clerk here has . mo.
cuilar trick Of his own which shows
now keen an observer he IS. III Won
watch him at work YOU will find when
over n woman is registering he holds
OIotter 80 as TO hide the other uomes
IN the page. At FIRST when noticed
IL thought that he was merely hold
ing The blotter i'm readiness TO usn I,
on ~" newly written name. but when
round that he did IL only when
woman was registering my curiosity
got the better OF M. aud | asked tbA
reason.
Why said he. women are the
most nervous creatures I'm the world
hpld that blotter w to show that
nm not watching them write their
Games and at the same time 10 keen
them from trying to excel the other
handwriting ON the page. If they no
uccd that was watching them close
Is il Is safe bet that they would pe,
nervous and make an awful botch OF
th"ir signatures trying 10 be fancy
On the other hand. IL they saw n par
tlcunrly pretty signature ON the next
'lht the chances are that they would
|'i 20 Improve theirs with flourish
'i 'W" which o"n'lul'v menus n choice
ltt
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
HOW LONG is a DaY7
Some Of tho Worlds Inhabitants Eat
315 Meals During One.

"NS'S turing One.
III we should meet man and he
should casually remark that he ate
30 meals Yesterday we Womb doubt.
less Ice somcv HAT uStonishcd at Ills po.
peute. Likewise we would feet so,",
Tor the man who said thlt. bnyiuo
foolishly eaten three eggs with bacon
lof breakfast. he bad Ho appetite FOR
his Christmas dinner. Eut nn,bc ~.
urst man was from Spitzbrr.rn. v.hrr,
they have day three agh u brIr
months In length. wherein, the poor
chap who missed the Christmas feast
lived IN Finland at Torcna. whore
Christmas day is something less than
threc hours long.
On the whole. II would be rather
wise II one should undertake TO do
certain work 10 receive SO much nor
DAY IN payment: TO understand inst
where the work is TO be done. else one
might have 10 labor eighteen and
uaIt hours at Stockholm, IL It happen
ed TO he the longest day OF the wear
or all the time from May 81 to July %
II at Wardbury. in Norway. I'm St
petersburg the longest dav is nineteen
hours and the shortest five hours. AT
Iorena, Finland, there is n TWENTY-FIVE
hour day. At London and Bremen the
longest day is sixteen and half
hours, while at Hamburg and DantzIg
there are seventeen hours I'm the long
est day. In Washington the longest
day Is about fifteen hours.-Exchnnge |
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08

OF iiihess. Upon receiving notifca.
ton tne company sends a nurse to
assist the physician in charge OF the
case. The officials of the company
say that they do not know what the
experiment will lead to, as it has not
been in progress long enough to de-
eide. They assert, however, tnat the
polIcyholders are showing marked ev-
licences OF appreciation.
The question of the conservation OF
tie policy holders health is receiving
4 great deal OF attention nowadays
from insurance companies. Some o.
trem have gone 20 the extent of pro-
yiGing sanitariumS for the treatment
OF their tuberculosis patrons ana
others are seriously considering a
similar course OF action. If the plan
o. furnishing nurses should prove de-
sIrablc from the economic point Oh
view there may be further helpful
efforts in behalf oil the pollcyholder.
10y and by he may be supplied with
medicine and a physician at the com
I."ny expense, provided. of course,
that he is prompt with his premium
and is content with meager div ,
dCnGs.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
selIinn Raked PotaL,os.

ne baked potato merchant is a com
palatively modern instituliOn in the
London streets. lhe first potato eau
saving made its appearance. according
10 Henry Mayhem. about the year
1916 Fifteen years later. when May
Hew published his London Labor and
Tie London Poor" DIE estimated that
there were 300 hot potato vendors i'm
London. each selling on an average 300
haifpcuuy potatoes day "lu cold
weather" adds Mayhem. the potatoes
frequently are bought to warm the
u"ude Indeed an eminent divine
cIasscd them iu public speech among
The best Of modern improvements as
forming au ovccllout medium for diff
fus.n2 warmth into the system by be.
i" N'1 iu tho glovcd hand i don
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
An Editors Troubles,

Il suppose it is difficult TO please
all your readers?'
1T u.s." admitted the editor OF the
Plunkville Palladium Il just receiv-
ed delegation OF ladies who request
ed me not to print any more star
walton statistics on the society
page ."-Pittsburg Post.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
THE HIGHBINDERS

chief forester OF the United States,
proves that MI TAT; is no politician.
which is not saying anything disre-
vi Of the chief executive. Il
Et2Ias 8 Tot moro than this. II c-
,--~4.-A~s ueSoud any fragment ot
doubt, il the proposition needed any
further establishing. that the Presi-
dent is hand in glove with the reac-
tionarles. In other words he is with
the special interests-the bandits.
the highwaymen of American politics
and saying tails is saying that he is
against the people. We knew this
quite a while ago. IN sact it took
but little Of our reserve cerebral sur
face to reach the conclusion.
Mr.. TAFT for quite a time tried play
ing both ends against tho middle,
bat he couldn't make his work stick.
He fooled the people for quite a spell.
however-but this is no trick, and II
ne wanted TO fool them some more,
he could dope out a small bunch OF
palaver which would put them going
his way again. But Mr. TAFT appears
TO be a pretty honest highbinder-
that is he doesn't want to try his
hand at deception any longer but pre-
fers being branded in his true cate
CORY. And this is a cot better.
Bnt about Mr.. Pinchot. Irrespective
OF party or party politics, ne has
the confidence, the respect and the
esteem of the American people-the
thinking people lie has devoted his
life to the study Of forestry at home
and abroad, and as an authority on
this subject he is among the most
eminent in the world. lie is a RIGA
man and he doesn't stand in immedl-
ate need OF his salary, but his work
IS his neart, his soul, and no man
will arise who knows anything aUou
the matter to say that he has no
performed his duties well His con
seryauon theories are cminenly cor
l..
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
a Short FIusher.

How does that young nina impdess
you?"
Not at all. I never take kindly to
young man WAC wraps a $40 bill
around two ones and then insists
upon displaying his bank roll 49,
Detroit Free Press.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
PALACE OF DEATH.

In bo.h form. Story OF human in
terest. Execution of Ohio's Muir
dcrers at Ohio Pcnitentiary Pic.
lures of Electric Chair, Death cage
Execution Scene and executed men
Sent postpaid ON receipt of one dol
lar
HAMPTON BooK COMPANY
Box 1872, Columbus. o.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
He Had q Reason.

Why do you want to be a first
nighter at the tneatre?"
oh, like to go"
Got any reason for going on first
nights?'
Yes, have, if you insist on il. I
thus escape the laxative man who
has seen the how."-Houston Chron-
,clc.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08
After tho Quarrel.

"I asked him for my lock of hair
What them"
He sent me back enougs locks
OF hair to make beautiful set of
puffs. "-Louisvill Courier-Journal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08

Published every evening except
Sunday
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-01-08

LoST:-A bunch of keys Jan. fourth
Finder will return TO Leader ofic,
and receive reward.
2t
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
SMALL MEN FOR DETECTIVES
Mayor Gaynor of New York Sees Pos
sibilities in Work of Men of
Slight Physique.

Mayor Gaynor of New York wants
. few little men on the detective
force, even 'hunchbacks and singed
cats, and little fellows who can go
through keyholes and knotholes" If
they have eyes in the back of their
heads so much the better. But the
only kind of giants needed as de-
tectives are mental giants, he says.
The mayors views were made known
t. the civil service board after Jo-
seph Hooker, six feet five inches
tall, had called on the mayor, say
ing he had passed the examination,
bat was afraid of being disqualified.
He departed with the mayors letter
in his pocket. 'He is too big for
the detective force" wrote his
honor, "for he could not 60 any
where without being SEEM" Hooker
hopes to get a job as an ordinary po-
l:ceman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
NEW LIGHT FOR THE THEATER
Arranged So That Rays Shall Present
Attractive Spectacle to tho
Audience.

The latest theatrical light comes
from Spain, and Spanish engineer,
Fortunty, who uses an arc lamp as
the source of light. The rays of the
lamp, instead of falling directly on
the scene, are thrown against a
series OF silk bands, which are I'M
rolled and set in any position by
means of pulleys. The bands serve
to reflect the light and change it
into perfectly diffused light. The
new method also includes a sky
which is formed in a quarter of a
sphere and composed of a steel cap
which is treated with dead white
coating. The diffused light is sent
into this dome and gives the illusion
Of an unlimited space.
Another interesting device is used
to dispense with the ordinary clouds,
which always have a rigid appear
ance to the audience. These now ap-
pear to be quite plastic and mobile.
Such result is secured by the use of
mirrors which reflect painted
screens representing clouds. When
the mirrors are rotated slowly the
clouds appear to move slowly over
the sky.
All the present system is worked
from four small cabins which are
placed in the auditorium. Compe-
tent persons are of the opinion that
the present invention forms a con-
siderable progress from an artistic
az well as technical and economical
point of view.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
DRUGS AND PHYSICAL PAIN
thetics to Escape Temporary
Discomfort.

A philosopher who loves his fell
bowman advises the world on the
important subject of how to endure
physical pain. In the first place,
comfort yourself as much as possible
by mental resolution; get some one
to sing or play musical instrument
for you, and finally get a wise ply
stefan to give you some honorable
anesthetic."
He might perhaps have better
said to get some wise and honorable
physician to give an anesthetic. Nor
phine and chloral, and the other
anodynes that are also used as the
instruments for slow suicide, are
just as honorable as any other drug
and have uses that make them val
liable to the world. Because fools
make use of them to kill themselves
by the drug habit, that is no reason
the drugs are disreputable. A wise
physician will observe due precau-
ton against starting patients on
that route, and wise patient will
not take any of them on his OWL
motion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
OLD-TIME WOMEN JUSTICES
One Becoming Judge in Her
Own Cause.

Although, as Lord Halsbury told
the royal commission on justices Of
the peace, he has never made wom-
an magistrate, lady justices were
not uncommon centuries ago. The
countess of Richmond, mother of
Henry VII, was one, and according
to Noy, the attorney general to
Charles l., decided many important
cases. There is also the instance of
Lady Bartlett, who was made JUS
tice by Queen Mary, and sat on the
bench in Worcestershire, and that
of Lady Berkeley, who under ex-
traordinary circumstances became
judge in her own cause
She complained to Henry VIII.
that certain people had killed her
deer and done damage to her prop
erty. So that susceptible monarch
Immediately granted her a special
commission under the great seal to
hear and determine these misde-
meanors and made her one of the
commissioners of the quorum. She
then returned to Gloucester, opened
the commission, sat ON the bench in
the public sessions hall, impanelled
a jury, who found the prisoners
guilty, after which she pronounced
exemplary sentences on them
London Chronicle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

Pussy FOOT" Johnson is not
quite certain that Hibbing and
Chisholm are in the Indian country
but in the meantime has ordered
these towns to abstain from any
thing Intoxicating. Seems to us
that "Pussyfoot" is taking some
extra long chances in his blind zeal
to earn his salary. That Indian
country" gag is getting to be some
what of a nuisance and the ques-
ton now arises is the lazy, govern
ment fed Indian better than the
tax-paying, law abiding white man?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
HOW AN OAK KILLED ITSELF.

Dean George B. Frankforter, head
of the department of chemistry at
the Minnesota state university, il
making report on the peculiar
csse Of the oak that committed sui
eide on the university campus by
drawing so much copper through
it's roots into its tissues that it died
OF suffocation.
When the oak was cut down fine
particles and thin layers of copper
WIRE found in all its fbers. The
copper was tested and found to be
99,9 per cent. pure. 1t is said to be
the most peculiar case on record.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
ALL OTHER FLOODS DWARFED
In That, as in Most Other Things, the
United States Is Easily in
the Forefront.

Inasmuch as the French are dis
posed to regard the recent overflow
of the Seine as the biggest thing
that ever happened, says the New
York Mail, it is time that they be
politely invited to guess again. We
modest Americans claim the medal
for bigness in floods as in other
things. Take, for example, the
flood of the Potomac in 1889, when
boats nayigated Pennsylvania ave.
nue. in the city of Washington; why,
bless the dear soul of Paris, that
flood at its height was five times az
great in volume as the trivial freshet
in the Seine. At least the en-
gineers of the United States geo.
logical survey say so, and they de.
clare, moreover, that the food in the
Susquehanna in the same year was
eight times greater than the recent
one in the Seine. And talk about
damages by flood, just make a note
of the fact that our losses from such
causes amount to more than $780,
100000 a year. Furthermore, let
the envious French observe that for
some mysterious reason we are
rather proud of it. As compared
with an American river in flood, the
Seine is a mere trickle.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
Subscription $2per Year.
Entered at the post ONCE at Ely. Mime
sofa as second class matter.

THE Duluth Herald is keeping
up a humanitarian campaign to
ease the strain on the poor horses
who are overloaded on Duluth
grades. The life of horse in Du-
luth is certainly not all sunshine.
Every avenue in the Zenith City
leads straight up aud horses with
out a load have. about all they can
do to travel the avenues. We
would suggest that.an extra team
be stationed on the avenues to
help up overloads. This would
not cost much and surely would be
a source of much qualification to the
horse as we'll as the teamster.
The railroads use extra engines UP
the hills and why not give the
horse as much consideration as an
engine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
Application for Liquor
License.
State OF Minnesota.
County OF st. Louis.

County OF ST. Louis
Notice is hereby gwen that applica-
tiOn has been made in writing to the
city council Of the City Of Ely
and in the Office OF the city
clerk praying for "A license to sell
Intoxicating liquors in the lower front
room of building situated on lot 3,
block 6. IN Original plat Of Ely,
to the following named person to-wit:
THOS. SKANTZE
for the term Of one year beginning
Dec 10th, 1910, and ending Dec. 18th
i9li.
Said application will be heard and
determined by sad city council at
the council chambers in the city hall
in said city county and state on
Tuesday the goth day OF Dec. 1910.
Witness my hand and the seal or
said city this End day Of Dec. 1910.
1929 Iver Visited, City Clerk.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
DULUTH has increased 48 per

DULUTH has increased 48 per
cent in population in the last ten
years and the St. Paul Pioneer
aptly says that the Zenith City is
not only the Head of the Lakes but
is making rapid strides towards the
Head of the List" Duluth has a
future while some of the other
cities have past. The range
towns have done their share towards
making Duluth what she is and in
the next ten years the Zenith City
will do still better.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
1T WAS CONSHOHOCKEN.

Don't use too long words" said
F. Hopkinson Smith, the author, at
u luncheon at the Franklin inn in
Philadelphia. 81 was once on the
way to Reading by train, and, at a
town nesting beside the river, I
came out on the platform and drew
in deep breaths of the pure, de-
licious air.
Isn't this invigorating?' I said
to the brakeman.
"No, sir; it's Conshohocken,' said
he"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
MADE THE SACRIFICE.

Gerald" she said, facing him
with heightened color and putting
her hands behind her, "you will
have to choose between me and your
old pipe"
Not an instant did Gerald hest
tate.
''The old pipe goes, DEAR" he
said, throwing it away. 81 was
thinking Of buying a new one, any
how"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
THE MEAN THING.

81 like Jennie's complexion very
much"
81 don't like it half so well as
some of the other new things she
has. st. Louis Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
AN HISTORICAL ITEM.

Instructor in History Class
State why the Puritans came to this
country.
Young Pupil think it was to
purify their blood.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

SOME of the southern end of the
state farmers are not in favor of or
much interested in good roads be-
cause it will help the "plute" who
rides in an auto. Just another
case of biting of your nose to
spite your face"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
GOOD ADVICE.

jack had proposed and been
accepted when the lights suddenly
went out.
Dick-What did she do?
Jack-Suggested that we keep il
dark.-Lippincott's.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02
WHAT OTHERS SAY

DID it ever occur to you. that
men who are doing most in this
world are not following brass
bands, firing cannons, or making a
grand display on billboards every
time they do beneficial act?-
Candy News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

AMERICAN coal is cheaper in
Shanghai, China, than in Ely"
So is day labor. A good man gets
a wage of about or 10 cents day
in Shanghai.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

Mrs. Johnson-It's a wondah yo'
don't hang aroun' after dem baseball
games, Henry.
Henry-What I want foolin' wild dat
TO-?
Mrs. JOhnson-Why, didn't yo' hear
Ike say dat he were dare Yesterday an
he nebbah saw SO many fowls in his
life?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

~
No mai can get either success or
satisfaction out of existence unless
ha begins early to develop his mind.
TO make It work for its own good and
fer the good Of tho minds with which
a comes into contact
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

BEFORE election, candidates,
according to the point of view
taken, were supposed to possess all
the cardinal virtues or guilty of
smashing the ten commandments
to pieces. But after election they
become just average men, no better
and no worse than the rest of man
kind. Kenyon News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

THE meeting of the Northern
Minnesota Development Associat-
is on at Brainerd and much good
will result therefrom.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

Every citizen of this state can
we'll be proud of our growing and
progressive educational system and
especially of the advanced step the
schools of this state are taking with
reference to industrial work, do
nestle science and agriculture in
the rural and village schools. Such
a thing as industrial work iii the
rural schools was not thought of
ten or fifteen years ago, but the
time is close at hand when there
will be separate room built onto
every country o. schoolhouse and
equipped.with carpenter 81 tools for
the boys and sewing machines and
ranges for the girls to learn to sew
and work. Agriculture will also
be taught in every country school.
Our boys and girls will be given an
education of both the hands and
the brain. st. James Plaindealer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-12-02

The way to build up a commun-
ity is for every person in it, who
can to put some money into indust-
ries that give the people employ
ment and push the industries to
success. The most valuable power
on earth is human power, and when
it is not employed it is not only lost
but it also consumes. part sof what
others earn. Work creates wealth;
work sets money in motion; work
pays debts; work is the vital power
in prosperity, and that city, that
nation whose people are idle, are
poor, and poor in proportion to the
number that work and the time
they work. Heavens greatest
earthly blessing to any people is to
give them honest, remunerative
work. Scott County Argus.
The Greenville times., 1910-09-09
A PRETTY HOME WEDDING.

Last Thursday evening at the home
of the bride s uncle on South Broad
way, Miss Zola Gidden and Mr.. Hartney
Kittle were united in marriage, Rev.
Stevenson Archer officiating. The
only attendants were the groom s bro
ther, Mr. Reaves Kittle, as best man
and Miss Marguerite Gidden, as maid
Of honor. The home was beautiful de-
corated for the occasion Mr.. Kittle is
a successful merchant and cotton buyer
of Napanee, while his bride is the only
daughter of Mr.. S. W Gidden, one of
Washington county's most prominent
planters. Mr.. and Mrs Kittle left i'm
mediately for a bridal tour on the Gulf
coast.