Bluefield Daily Leader. ^ BY TUB I THK I.EaDHR PUBLISHINCl COMPANY. Incokpokatkd. “Entered as second-class matter April 8th. 190G, at the post otllcu at Bluefield, W. Va . under act of ('oiiRrevs of March 3. 1879.” I’ndkk tiik Managkmknt op - - - Thus. H. (iAknkk i Four Dollars n Year. Two Cents a Copy. Business Office: tilaud Sir t. Hvm\ Duor tu Fnstnffice. HltietU'M Tel. phone No. 50:1. Advertising intos mad* known West Virginia The I.utul of Prosperity and Plenty. Has the Greatest Natural Resources in tl e World on application. ’r.»»;e to the Hills Of West Virginia, Where Nature Lavishes Her Greatest Gifts In France It i« a penal offense to give any form of solid food to babies under a year old unless It be pre scribed in writing by a properly qualified medical man. “Why work when you can marr> me?” read In effect S. S. Sherman's tDos Moines) ad “Why. Indeed?" echoed many fair low,ms. Only ont seemed to suit the elderly wife seek er; but when they met she would not have him. Through the efforts of President Roosevelt a bill granting a pension of $30 a month to the widow of Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson has been passed by the House at Washington where it had been held up after pas sing the Senate. It Is in recognition of Jackson’s services in the Mexican war. And Charleston, likewise, has po llcemanlc troubles. After all. Un people are to blame. if every on* would behave properly there would be no need for maintaining blue coats nnd maces.—Huntington Dis patch. The trouble is not with the "peo ple.’’ brother—its the lawless po lice here. However, the two things who assaulted the editor of this pa per have joined the “down nnd out club."—Charleston Gazette. They note in Boston that the cur rent month has beaten all previous February records for low tempera ture back to 1871. save only the month in 1885— though February of 1875 is placed on terms of cl^so equality with the present month with two days lacking, people hero as well as there will not quickly for get the extraordinary severity of the month—the coal bills will prevent that. In a half dozen years the impor tation or diamonds in the rough in to the United States has increased enormously, which is an indication that the diamond cutting business, which was formerly done exclusively abroad, is now being looked after here. Last year the value of the un cut stones brought into this coun try was about $15,000,000. which is $.'.000,000 more than that of the previous year. In 1807 the figures were about $5,000,000. European cities have done much to improve their appearance, «nd the time is evidently coming when American cities will think less of the census reports on population and more of the arts and beauties of civi lization than they do now When it comes some of today’s plans for city beautifying may be realized. New York Tribune Apropos of the theories of one James Lowth, who" has predicted that the twentieth century wl'l go out in a blaze of glory to the s >uud of music applied not only to the delght of man. but to bis physical well-be ing, Mme Marie C.ns- Newhaus ventured to predict to the Minuiv,. (’lib after its monthly luncheon the Waldref-Astoria yesterday some of the m* dlclnes that doctors will 1* escribe when th ■ »g.* of imn ii shall arrive "A homeopath," she said, "might think the proper rerred.. for a man with a chill to be a soothing pian issimo rendition on the organ of *Paautlful Know,' wh.le all alloptob would ~*ake his p. i#er U n il stfli ■ !• !• * on i forte s*i vo perpetration of There'll IP* ; Hot Time,' given on the banjo, trombotn* ,imi bone 'A Life on the 0"*nn Wave’ ml ’»t be used for resuscitation from drown Ing and a maiden suffering fiom 1 heart disease rniglit te restored *o health hy the wed ling march fioin i.ohengrin.' Speaking seriously, .Mine. NVwImus lectured that “©very human might be* “harmonized'* by he attitude of the listener. “That in to say,” she explained, there is a love note in every sound, 1 we are only able to distinguish t.”—New York Tribune. It is comfortable to record a good king about Pittsburg, which with ts Cam ogles, Fricks, Thaws and oth •r prominent citizens, is so much an thject of pity. The city is to have i soldiers' memorial, costing a mil ion dollars; and It will ho a noble tincture in the form of a temple, ontalning a spacious auditorium; a ! banquet hall and a library, besides •xecutlve offices above this great tall, ami bennth it on the ground lour post rooms, so that the old oldlers may meet without climbing fairs ,and also galleries with niches or trophies and memorials. Mural lecorations and statuary are also to ‘lorn the superb building. Americans have long enjoyed in England a reputation for being “kick rs:' now they are accused of mean less and extreme frugality by the .ndon papers The manager of one >f the Western hotels complains that 'Hs American guests use his hostelry •tily for sleeping purposes and take heir meals, even to their breakfasts i the small tea shops and cheap res aurants. Hence the accusation of neanness. The manager explaining his frugality, said; “Some were ompelled by lack of means to tour hoaply, while others did so to prove heir shrewdness. They liked to see ow cheaply they could do the tour n order to go home and bonst of it s an achievement against the En fllsh. They were not natural!? nean, but were carried away by their •nstinct of commercial cunning.” rm*:m homkcomixg Wll.l, HE I'NPIiEASANT San Francisco, February 27._If ’resident Roosevelt and his Washing on advisers, together with the si enced California delegation, headed by Mayor Schmitz, believe California s muzzled on the question of Japa lese exclusion, the meeting of the 'apanese and Korean Exclusion '♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ «« ♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ * ♦♦ * N. L. COINER, | 1 Cheapest Place in Town to Buy ♦ FLOUR, FEED and HAY, ! ~ t 10 Per Cent Saving to try Us. ♦ BOHANNON SSTOSE, PULASKI ST. ♦ KELLY & MOYERS, $ _ V •*“™5*' ^-•'DEALER5 IN---__ J* WHISKIES. AINES. BRANDIES. ALES. BEERS. *{* Porters and All Kinds of Liquors. V - ‘—*---— • Y FIRST-CLASS BILLIARD &. POOL-ROOM CONNECTED. OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY X ieague hint night should db IptUe hat action. Thct flourish of the big stick. has u no wise impaired ('alifornia's peaking voice. "We will not bo munled," an lounced President O A. Tveltinoo. It was a lively and emphatic moet ng. President Itoosevelt and the ichool delegation. singly and colior ively, were all condemned for tholr ittltudo. It was agreed to send a ’ommlttee. composed of President rveltmoe. Walter Mac Arthur, and a third man. who will he selected later, to Sacramento, to urge that all pend ing legislation relative to the Japa nese question lie taken up and dly posed of. Tills Is to lie done in spite of mes sages which returning delegates are bringing from the President, "ad monishing ns to he good and keep nr mouths shut," said Mac Arthur. NO HOT A lit ARTIST. SrilMIT/i TKIiTiS KXKCl'TIVK Reports have been circulated quot ing the President as saying: "Ob’ Schmitz, he’s a basson player; he emits hot air.” When the Mayor of Ran Francisco reached the White House this dia logue Is said to have taken place: "Mr. Mayor, T am delighted to sec von." "Oh. the pleasure is all mine." "I hope you do not believe every thing von read in the newspapers.” "I do not. Mr. President; hut, at the same time. I wish to say that T play the violin, which is not a wind instrument." \ME1MCAN WOMEN' NOT NICE CANADIAN K\!D St. Louis, March 1. Because she savs her husband continuously “ran down” American women Mrs. The resa H. Dwver filed suit for divorce. She says he also deserted her. He Is a Canadian and a physician. There is “not a nice woman in all the Unit ed States.” she says he declared. They were married in New York on October 12. 1808. Mrs. Dwyer, who Is 30 years old and wealthy, was Miss Theresa Lumaghl. member of a well known St. Louis family. P*ESS NOTES The early spring number of “The Designer has a useful and interesting array of household matter and fie lion. The first pages are mainly de voted to the display and description of gowns designed for spring and summer wear, and to the illustration of the necessries that go with them. The end of the brook is reserved for articles relating to household ar fairs, among which are the three sections of matter contributed by the readers of “The Designer” contain ing many practical bits of advice about children, homes and wage earning. Simple entertainments, suit able for little home evening affairs, are always given in “The Designer,” and in the March number some verse suitable for recitation includ ed. The Puzzle pages, the Fashion Notes for Men, the practical advice about how to make and keep oneself beautiful, the lectures by a florist on departments to the magazine are full of especial interest this month. The Fiction is made a feature in CONDENSED STATEMENT SHOWING CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK. BLUEFIELD. W VA . FEB. 2d. 1907. Ml Ml 3 C«*T OK S» »INO RESOURCES Hitln R'TPivHblo, f220.41.">..37 I*. S. ISonrln \ kr«*fiiiiini‘*r llomlfl, S«*riiriti»)-,t< . . 14/103.12 Duo From Hank-, ori/*'*H.15 ( a«h and Ibi'- From 1 . S. 2."»,4 Vi 73 *403ya,\ 00 LIABILITIES < apital k, $100/10000 I’ndlvlded Profit*, . 4,00040 Clr< til itlon,...... ... 43/*10.00 Hill F,iyHlilc A K<* oc < h V> O ft Id o COUNT 9 Why Not Move Yo.ir Balances From Other Banka To This Bank? Wa Would Appreciate lt« -J-U 'be March nntuber. A continued 'ory by Miles Bradford, author of C.irlotta and I,” Ik begun, entitled K onomy Farm." Also, Kdlth i*;vrk • r Joshson, now a resident of K<» • ' a. Iiuk «ontrlbutcd an Interesting '*< lo called “An American Garden in Korea.'' Besides these, there is a story by Kdwlu I, Sabin and a. par iii ular graceful little poem of Minna Irving. HOKE-MADE REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM To relieve the worst forms of Rheumatism, take a teaspoonful of the following mixture after ouch meal ami at bedtime: Fluid Extract Dandeloln, one ounce; Compound Kargon, one jounce; Compound Syrurp Sarasy>a rllla, three ounces. Shake well In a lx»' tie. These harmless ingredients