Bluefield evening leader. [volume], November 30, 1906, Image 2

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Bluefield Daily Leader.
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THE LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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“Kntered h» NCond-claai iunlt< April 8." 1906. at the post office
at Bluefield. W a . under act or C * ogres* of March 3. 1879 “
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W’est Virginia Come to tlie Hill**,
The I.und of Prosperity and Of West Virginia,^Where
Plenty, fins the Greatest Nature l.avishe* Her
Natural Resources in the Greatest
World Gifts
The (ireatest Among all of the St. ? - Varied Resources is the P« •«
hontas i oal Kleldr »f this Vicinity
Somebody calls attenton to tin
fact that the vice president uttiacb
no more attention when tin* presi
dent Is away than in* does when h*
is at home.
It Is not generally known that tin
insignia of the Golden Fleece con
ferred upon the first Duke of Wei
lington was that actually worn l»
Columbus, and. as n special mark of
Spain’s gratitude, this insignia wm
made hereditary, so * lint the presen'
duke is he proud possessor of th<
star worn by the discoverer of Atner
tea.
As a weaver nature produces fitu
work. Certain tree barks and leave*
furnish excellent cloth, as for ex
ample, the famous tnpn cloth used it
the South Sea Islands. Nature Is :
glassmaker, too. according to the In
dlan Review'. Hv discharging het
lightning Into beds of quartz sand
she forms exquisite little pipes o.
glass. She makes valuable ropes of
various kinds In the shape of trop
leal vines and creepers, and she i
even a lacemaker, as witness the lac*
trees of the West Indies.
Capl. Sverdrup, the Arctic explor
er, who has recenlv added 100.001
square miles of ice to the King ol
Sweden’s dominions, spent ids boy j
hood on a forest farm. He wat
brought up to look after himself and
run all kinds of errands in all sorts
of ‘'outher. and, like Nansen, was
• 1 ndc i in the use of snowshoes al
'•< as soon ns he could walk. Cant
Stirdrup had many exciting adven
tures in the polar seas. Including tw».
outhreaks of lire on hoard of tii«
/min. which almost put an end to
In expedition.
We have a question to ask, hill
v not who to direct It to. It Is
• ***-•- Why does Uncle Sam object
to obscene left : rid says nothing
i •• does nothing, about thousands of
those post cards that are going
through the mails daily and that are
just tis offensive to decency ns ally
< hscene letter that could ho written?
No trend.‘man or lady, in the true
sense of th word would engage in
handling such things. There are
oinc people who have no respect foi
decency, and who ought tf, be held
down to it Iiy stilt ut i* upon the uu
ioeal stiii te books, and the prop*
n hoi ides should see that no sueh
ar’s go through the mails. Cor
1 espondence.
It I* | opos d to drain the over
bid's of Uloridn. Cov. Broward, in
writing of the great scheme, which is
now a leading issue before the peo
ple of thiit state, enumerates the
main features of the plan. There are
7,'.no,000 acres of swamp land to he
freed of water. In the midst of this
dreary waste lies Lake Okeechobee
It is proposed to cut canals and drain
off part of the waters of this luke, s»
as to reducce the surface four feet
to prevent the overflowing, which
now floods 1,000,000 ncres of the
surrounding country. The work rally
for sr.o miles of canals 10 feet deep
and varying In width from r.o to 120
feet. From th<*se main arteres wili
he cut smaller ditches, which must
he made by the purchasers of the
property.
W’ »>n "Fiddling Bob’* Taylor of
I' nirssee puts on the toga now worn
’ K. W. Carmack the senate will
have in Its membership one of tin
best story tellers in the Culled States
It Is doubtful, however, whether tin
Incoming senator Is a better naratoi
»>f droll tales than the outgoing sen
• or Senator earmark Is tin* authoi
( f nearly as many good stores, which
.tarted at Washington, have found
•heir wav all over tin? country, ns
even so noted a raconteur as Private
John Allen. Mr. Carmack's humor
like that of Mr. Allen’s, has a gen
uine southern flavor
AUNTIE'S MEMORY.
Ail old colored woman down In
Alabama was reported to !>•> or grant
age. and was extremely proud of tin
distinction. The proprietor of a mu.
warn, on bearing of her, sent one of
his agents to make an Inve D-ration
as she would he a valuable equal
sitlon to Ills museum. The agent piled
l er with questions regarding In •
**ge. lie asked her:
‘‘Auntie, do you remember (jeon;
Washington?”
‘‘Does I remember George Wash
ington ? Daws n massy, nilstah. 1
r *ckon I does, for I done missed liiu.
" hen In* was a chile.”
“Well, | suppose you rein Tiihei
• lie Kevolutionary war?"
' Ves. indeed 1 iloes, honey, i I
<!ar lots of times an‘ seen de bullet"
Ilyin’ round as thick as hailstones "
Well, auntie, how about the fall
of the Roman empire? Do you rec
ollect anything about that?"
"De fact Is. honey, l was pretty
young about dat time, but I does
member, now you speaks oh it. dat
I did hear de white folks tell ’bout
beam’ som’pln' drop bout dat
time.”-—Harper’s Weekly.
V
Great gift of heaven, too little un
derstood*.
The happiness that conies from doing
good!
“SAFE AT HOME.”
Cincinnati 1h still talking u!r> *
the strange sermon delivered by Rev.
l»on o. Tulls, pastor of tin* Poplar
St root Presbyterian church, on the
death of late “Buck” Kwlng TV.**
address was as follows:
"The shades of evening are begin
ning to fall upon thi* diamond of
life, the game Is almost ended.
Breathless the crowd sits awaiting
the end.
"The wore was a tie. Everything
Is in the balance.
‘“This day will decide not the
world’s championship, but the great
er struggle of eternity.
“One there Is among the war
scarred veterans upon whom all •
are fastened.
"He has won a game before.
“He has heard the plaudits of
thousands, and received the ap|>!iUM<
of millions in his day.
“Will he lx* aide to win thir
game?
"The shnw'od.s d< wend, the* crowd
is brenthless.
“All depends upon him.
“It is tio time for a single.
“He has made them before, pud
iias won many a game by them.
“A has** on halls will do no good.
“It Is no time for a sacrifice.
“There is hat one thing will count
ht this dosing moment a home run.
“‘Strike two.' comes the voice
through the gloom.
There is hut one more cliar.o.
lie pulls himself together. I Is
fame like iron
Ills features are inimovnhlu: th>
hall once more speeds toward th«
plate. "
With one s'lpreiii" i (Tort he
"iturs the ,llr|. ml tl<-» :>•!!
to a distant comer ei ’]. • p ?)d. a ml
the dauntless Kw ing sjt;irm; u ion l i
last circle of the- buses.
“Oi ?, two. hi i the hull is being
rapidly returned.
Will he make it?
It is n close race. He lakes the
mm and only chance, and throws
himself headlong upon the ground
for the last slide.
“For a moment all is confusion.
Suddenly the dust clears away an I
the Great Umpire of the Universe i>
heard to say: ‘‘Safe at home.’ “
The Daily Leader is growing strop,
ger every day.
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" T"
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