Bluefield evening leader. [volume], December 27, 1910, Page 3, Image 3

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THE CINCINNATI DEATH CD.
For the Painless Extraction of Teeth.
The Safest, Surest and best Method ever used. No
sore gums or ill effectsjfollow itc use
;Full set of teeth
Ycrv finest set of
no l»ettcr made
price.
(»ok» C rown.
C'.ohl 1'illmk.s.
$5.00
Teeth;
at aiiv
$8.00
$4.00
>1.00
EXAMINATION FREE.
W* lnrlt* you to lnapect our parlor* and fcav* yoar
examined free. Will tellyou In advance what your work will
o*t. All work done by skilled, experienced operators by oui
Improved method*. We give you a guarantee in writing on
all work.
The Cincinnati Dentists
Dr. COMPTON. Mgr, Ovcr«Grano leader Store
-Why use dirty
| smoky coal?
* CALL UP
Standard hel& Supply Go.
PHONE NO. 20
and get a ton of good
clean Coil an i a load
.ol nice Kindling W ood
LEADER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS QUICKLY
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE
bargains in
Houses and Lots
For Sale
Stocks Bought
and Sold
Good Properties
For Rent
Health
Accident
Liability
Plate Glass
Steam Boiler
And All
Other Kinds
Expert Accounting
Books opened and closed
Statements made
THOS. B. HUTCHINSON,
Booking for 1911 Box 85
a// / ^
* »/>•>/ « ,
LOTS FOR SALE
John M. Wirgman,
Apply .o
wm. McCarthy, Philadelphia
BLUEFIELD. W VA.
lil
WM J. F, Pr#a. MOHKI83 W ATT !. V. h A TI. LA ND, ft*r,
Algoma, W. Va. Eckman, »V. Va iSluaflald, W. Va
Citizens Underwriters’ Agency
General Insurance
FIRE, STEAM BOILER. PLATE GLASS. LIABILfTT, SLTRBTT
BONDS, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
All lo**p« adjusted promptly and paid !a oath.
Woman’s College
lMf»4 RICHMOND, VA. 1910
Is**te4 in tha haaatifn). ttltinrtmnd rnWmarl any of
I ha sooth UrMaarl •*>'• fnrvlly traiaa.1 in lha baa, nil
aartitlaa amt conaarvatof ia« of tfcia aoontry ml rmopa.
Spaaialiata in ih-lr <layartnianta * man. |M w man
tarafnlly arranraH fiwtia of t«u<4y laa*1 to tha darraaa of
If. tm , R A.. ■ A. aa<1 R *.>• Half million dollar,
loat aarwrarl for anlarrarraat amt an-loamr-nt. Haallh
rannrd rawiarhaMa Afromn rrdatrona fl-«t rla««. Ra*ly
apytiraiion Important. Tarn* modarata For ralal'fin
ant othar Informal!'* aria r- ra
^JAWM NFl>«iON. M. A..I.L. I»., Prat.
DR. A D WOOD
fYP, EAR. NOSE A"D THROAT
Specialist
Thornton Uldg.
Hlueflfld. W. Va.
MORRISON BROS.
Civt and Mining Engineers
Thornton Building
BLUEFfELD | | WEST VA
THE MAN AND
THE HOUR
And the Sin of Omission Aiice
Charged Against Herself.
By KEITH GORDON.
Klmor fur ilk* Ui-nI Utue III lior lift
«'•»* 1,-okiiu; lli'- fkttiro x.|ii;if«‘|v in tin
»>'«•. 11 Ills no vln* Ti*«• I boon tniilvlit to
ull>l»lo ;ii Hi*-, imtn< litm; :iwi»\ muiMit*
11> i hjiiImIi* I with III,- j,.y of
ill*- lll< ■*l»-.JI. All,! -*ln* lUiyllt l|;i \ «• -rguo
mi *o f*ii mi iii<i*-iiuii)> tiin,- ii.nl it nut
Im-imi for tin* «Kx-uiivih-o of iIk* :ui of
Juno. .
N,-u Y♦‘sir's ,!t;.v Is si^uilk-iiui only
Ims-hhko th mi. I*\ iouiiiioii oonsout,
llino iiio*‘»-s no ii uunilii-r. This inutlc*
ultir .Imio iiiitil,- .hi Imlolllito iiu|iros
-slon on KlhiurV min i I o«-nu.so on ihut
tli-.v slio iK*i?i:i i*» !»,- thirty two- in-”;,it
III till- \ l i‘\ Im-uIiiIIIiiU. of «-oI||*ni‘, i*ui
slid sin* in-^r.iii.
”1 ahull say I'id thirty one nil this
yanyway.' she uilUouma <1 delimit*
l.v : i th::t i.iln r •<»•»f that reeulv.es uur
dear. t lildeuct.. **11*>. KiD-h had
f'»rai i * * say y.m'iv thirty-one years
anil mu moat Its old, or whatever it
limy happen to be. Vial if I have to
write it I II aiutvo It thirty-one in voiiiul
number* not even thirtr-om- plus.”
All of whl'.ll, ;• s tile femliH* eitli see.
was Very trtlM-rupulou*.
However. as she found, by far the
worst tiling a I Hint beicinnlui; to bo
thirty two was tin* fuel that you
eoulda't forget it. The hard* r you
tried the belter you remembered If
"Well, what if I atuV”
This was the remark that our hero
ine slum: Into spme when, after u
week of torment, she sat down with
her ehin rostine on her hands to have
the thiujr out. "Wliai if I ainV So
are plenty of oilier *<ir vvotneu, I
luean. Alter i* thirty, Mary thlny-one,
Mattel t wenty-elght”
She paused in her enumeration, siru.k
by the thought that all these friends
were married. Matrimony was a sub
.iert to. w hb h sin- had given tin- mini
iuuui of thotmht. Sin- supposed -he'd
ootnc* to it some time, but she was in
no hurry to outer that narrow pasture
so loux .is t In-re was pleasant browning
to Im* had outside,
VN’ln n sin- had thoukllt of It at all it
had seem, d i . mean r-hierty a tiresoiue
round of leu- ek< epiug (hat resulted in
three perp)-udi< iilin lines jest over I lie
uose, a in -moriiiidum of worry tiiat sin
soi-feii . di-termiiicl to a void as Ion;; as
possible. Kut now tli.it sin* was be
^iimin- to hi- thirty-t wo tin- thing was
tllR'ereiil.
i oitld It I <-. -lie asked herself, that
rtlie lutd Moot* u mistake after all and
that those three iinislve 11 • i< *.*» were a
iimh Ii of an honor as an ofth it's bar-7
('«tthi it be ih it there wa- a point
when oiu- began to In- thirty two. for
Iiishun -e. when hei-oinlngms-s Ht-iti:11t«i
ed 111:• I on,. ~lionl«I liiy ii-hlo
Jllst iis |l |(‘<|Ulml tllfll iiik- sill ill I<1
stop wearing pink?
sin- friend lief plight With a still lip
per lip, realizing Mini slio hoi no one
lint hoivolf to hi,uuo. There had iKyn
il number of niou 1 he mischievous dim
ple ill tbe comer of hor mouth danced
into sight lor a second :n I lie* thought
of liow t inn\ w ho hiol ilouo tholr best
lo stop her in wli.it sho now re*-ognlzed
for the first timo hor mad l•n|•ol*r. Sh**
linil declined their ofler* kindly. ton
with ji certain royal carelessness tij.it
iwkeil not of possible ditrlc hour* to
ooino. When «lill any woinnu horn lo
tin? Iielief in lIi“ iliviiio right of iiip'oiix
ovor forwee dethronement?
Kin* had tundvertenfly ‘'lived over.”
ns sh<< had on* #< lionnl it <|iiuint1y
plirnsoil. Then* wax no iloiiht pIkoiI il.
sho wits nn ohl maid! Kin* repeated it
aloud in :<!! its hrntnl irutli. .corning
such <*it|>fiotnisii)s sis “spinster" mol
“bachelor v.oiiinn.”
"You're sin ol<l maid- just n pin in ohl
inai<l!" sho oiid audibly. I'.u ii sou nl
<»d iiko n jo|;o- like o 10 *>f t||os<> thing-,
too lispl to he ii i < She woilll p-ol •*
lily Wilke no sifter s, hit |,i tii.d : lj.
sin* iisol boon i i;'i| h«l ‘•in •<• I or < ig ■*
«*••»•»tIi yosn ami hs'd si ■* n r» n !> i<> <<i:
tor college ; 1 I < i jl llm^ll.el Sill I to
make her * ointt.
No siioh hupp;, siw.ii - .h «■_ >. .»<.
how el'oj . sl'lll W it !| de- po: * o , • .. <>■
pli.v she d*' iii"<! :h, f • !,i •• !,
nn ohl timid 'lie Well! | enter i. <* ; ?|
ro|<- for si:. it *i. \ : * I m '
sh<' would n) el ’i • e, r t of l.ein
I i <*nish.
I.i*11 liv little lor p! n i
Wi e ill-oil l,| toll.’: ■ II * .,!U
III I lo 4 no i • • io! f • i v o' i i i>- ■; • *h : il"'
W et-e olio io ope :■)».! ||<|i ■ I• I Klje |
idly sisk*<<i A||eo. her <-|oim‘si friend t«•
tOHOll I In* elr. hlfen |o end her "silUlt i ♦ •.**
ji thing which she had hiile-rio forhid
<l<*n under tin- penalty of si sudden
death to tin* ohernh that should tlrst
)>*• guilty of it.
“What i* the matter with you?'*
gasped Alice. with ;i stsir<* of a maze
nienl. “And w lial have you Ih*oii «lo*
ing with your hair, and why are you
wealing that ugly old dress, with all
tin* handsome filings that you have?"
‘‘I'm Just wearing tin- thing* suitable
to my jure before the dear friends Inn o
a eliau'-p to pot nr them out to mo.'*
was the answer Amt that night her
friend confided to h»*r Itfishand. with
thoiiyInfn! regret, that Minor wax he
'•otnlng a regular old maid.
Another of her friend* ami * out*
rartes. Mat Anders* ii. also noth <h| fi<e
subtle i Iriug*-. Tle*irs he»l iiet'ii a sov?
of tiroiher ,:ml sister friendship of long
standing for years lr* had s<-*.l*Psl
and evltigined r.»! bullied h • The
■■■■ ■ — - -- ...
one thlu* Ibm he hadn't done was to
fnnkt* love. aud llUnor hud lonjr slnee i
ttiven u|> trying to make him
"Haven't you over been in love.
MuxY' she (nut uMkitl him oiu*e, with
genuine curiosity in the yrav ey e> that
had l*een more than out* mans undo*
lujr. A dull tins It eatuo up into his
fare, and lie looked mi her stuuiitHy,
"Yea.” he shortly. •• | have.
Beautiful ulwht. isn't ItV* she weut
on alter n moment, and there was a
touch of mockery In Ids v,dee that
made the questioner winee. After that •
she :uked Idni 110 tmity.
•'What's ii|>?" Ik* demanded, survey
log her • ynUully a*- she calm* down
to r«s‘eive him one evening, \\ it It re
uiitu (athut s| eaklnp from every line
of her I’iain gown end her snmetli.
parted hair. "I> it some sort of lay
HNekt'loth and asliesV What part leu -
lur sin are y«m mourning?''
I he meat sin of emission!" she
Answered demurely ms they sat down
opjMKsite eiteh other. But he looked in
credulous. He had not known her tif
teen years for nothing
"OduiulSHion. you mean." he salt!
dryly, with an nlr of remembering ,
things.
"No; omission! I d tell \oii aliout
it. only yon'tv never any comfort to
' M person. Vou n* Just Ilk.* n stone.
Max. I don’t know how |*v«* eudurisl
! you so long."
Ho t lit nod Ills »*\«* lazily upon her
with a look long, steady. liiHcrutuhlo.
Neither sjH»ko. luu after a moment
| Kllitor. with n hoatttifullx hsmihikI air
or |»erf<et oa«e, sought refuge in n
sillily or the pal lorn of Hie earisl.
! “Possibly | may tell you some lime,”
I he said, with a tioiieiialmit laugh. “hut
I co on: li*t me hear what's the tnuihle.
You always tell me eventuiilly.”
Ami so. In fn<*t. she did || was tin*
• beauty of Max that lie made you like
oiul hate him simultaneously. {hit no
matter w hat you felt you .wanted him,
and you usually < onlhhxl In him. Tlml
at least had been Kllnor’s experience,
ami It was helug re i suited for the him
lircdlh time now. She wauled to tell
him: she always wanted to tell him ev
erything. She I (si ned forward sudden
ty. with a ehlldish hid for sympathy In
her eyes.
“You sis*. Max. I've omitted to get
married. A lid now I'm thirty-one”
"I’ltli.” hu corrected graxely.
■' l hirty-iaie," the continued tlrml.v. !
"and, though It's heen great fun well J
all at once | realized that I'm an old i
maid. It s ko uiioxims'UmI. Why hnveii*l t
I married? That's what l don't under- ;
stand.'*
There was a pause in with h ll reetii '
♦at to her that she suddenly heard the
heating: of her ow n heart Before slu*
fully realized what bad happened it<>r ■
hamls were held close and Max wav
saying:
“Look at me, ldiuur, ami see ii you
ean't find out. I've waited yeara i.u
you to finish wowing,' your wild oats "
Part of the Game.
The West kind of wit is not tin* hread
Joke or <|iii|>. hut the nmark which
summarives the titfth of a situation in
a striking and. If possible, )itiin<«t*>*tis
fashion. ITesldcid l.oxvell of llanurd
is <*redlted with a icply whl<*h t ier! •
*hes« conditions. n was at a dinner j
in Kiiglflitd wliere ,|n|tii Ihirns. the la
hoi* leader, was pr >*ont. Mr. Burns j
: was talking ahoitt some hygone <*un
! tom of gm ernmeni.
. ‘‘Thai h as obsolete.” he said, "nrt
i Hie < on-titut i<ot of tip* I'nlied Stales.
A in I not light. Mr. f.owell?**
"I am reminded." j et limed tlx* ether,
"of a remark w hieh I oxerheard at a
tennis tui.rnninn.: Two old ladies
were web-hii'g Hu* game. One of
, lIn in said, 'flow urn* h • usier ii would
i Im* for Ihe | ! yer.s if dial net were
not in tin* way!' The i-oiislhulion is
our net."
Feres*.s of tho Philippines.
Aftrr '.♦•'vi'fll .vciim’ ins <>sitlon of
•ho for*** is '•f ill" I’lilllppiii' Islands
l»r. If. V. NVhHr..n| I- on.-thlnd i<• niiikt*
*<hho HtntiMMciiN < <mi< .Tiling iheir t*x
foul iiini rirllnns* wiii.-h HiJ! ho likoly
to snrpriso many ivadors. Ilf says,
for IMMiMiK'C, flint tlif virgin forost
tiffn ».f flu- Islands. oovorlng li.'i.fw»o.fm>• >
i'<•!•(**«. .-oiitalnn JOO.OOO.Onii.Otm hom'd i
' • of IuiiiIht. n in I lin r< uirn i t it {■< ‘
i i »lio |MO.otiH.MHf>.ono r«*«*t of i .i•<•!
■ • ins on (in* onri.Offi.iii.il p. I'fiti i-i,n
1 in tif foKis( ri'xi'tvi'K of (!fr>
: it.'.I Sln:«*f>. Ill i»lli*»i' v, .inis, i!•«•
, I'ldllpplno fnrpMtx nr** n iv for ii. ii».
• "r Him.'" >.* rloli f* iIn.sf* «,f this
* oiinir.v OHior nut hoi :;i"s ngrnc with
I t NVhlffo;'»1 in thf opini. n flint \\Im*?i
■V* .Mil*, rvi'x nri* oponoil to lln*
'fil'ii* "f til. iroplMii fii|*f*sfs n grf*nt
: o»fl *A if | hn*. I* lif*.*H ii.l.l.'il to tiff oin
'"Oil f I'.llMl of llllllik ltl.1
Diemen ar.-.l ivt.imlviliei Pri'en.
A \t IV lift <T.*Htl||g |*f!i • of hi.. (Ilf
f/oi«|..:i * i t. n*. .Ion o||«f||fil in fh •
• •out’s.* »*f fli« V|f*tori*:ii oin is I* IM .**:
to fii.ni.* i i i-.n mi* (Ion loom in il).'
"<’*! **0*1 I'hl*. I* fin* not mil Iron mill
••ok grill fr. io tIn* ohl Marsha I mpi*
Il'ilfon In Southwark, Iwhind wM.-Ii, li
; i“ >- ii»l. tin* fn:li.*r of r Inn I.**. Itl.'kon*
Mu*. .. • i) 1111 * -. I for *l<*l»t. lEfid.-rs of
tin* irnmorfnl work of ih<» Mini will not
iiff.l t.» In* rofnilldod of I lie fn< f Hint
I ho host <1o*.'i‘1|it|oii of iln* interior of
Hi.' fniimiiM prison mill tin* llfo f«*«)
ili.'ioin Is irlVfii in *'1,1111.* horrlt." ;
I lko m ill tlinn ..no oth.*r in III.* T.oti
.hoi nroii. tin* prison wa* flnnlljr rnz.nl
tf. Hi** ground in 1WJ0. |i Mii?« imf<|
nlniosf fiitti'fl; for persons .ominittod
foi' if* l»l mid ootiiMiipf of ooiirf mid f*.i
ii.ltnlrnIffipi**.<iiifre. T,oii.|on N'otv*.
Cot Mills.
• ,;rn mill- nro often iim*ni!**in-.J in
! ttio Riblo. I lio original i*oi n mill mu. h
ronrmhloil to* inndorn druggist's pos
(<• Monos foi I*.jilo .on n mills fo lio
.'ikon In pawn f -r Him. In* thought
\ i.: sonioHiinp lit* faking n uwmis ||ff I
II ploflff.
LEADER WANT ADS BRING RESULTS
Take Onr»
Pain Pill
than —
Take It
Easy
To got tho boat of BtcKachi
Got o Box of
Dr. Miles’
Anti-Pain Pills
Othorwiso BacHocho
May got tho boot of you
Nothing disturbs the human
s\>tem more than pain whether
it he in the form of headache,
backache, neuralgia, stomachache
or the pains peculiar to women.
I*r. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills are a
standard remedy for pain, and
arc praised by a great army of
men and women who have used
them for years.
**A friend was down w ith LaGrippe
and nearly crazed with nw tul backache.
1 save her one Anti Pain Pill ami left
another for her to take. They helped
her rip lit away, and .she says she will
never be without tnem attain.”
Mks. G. II. Webb, Austinburj;, O.
At all druggists—25 doses 25 cents.
MILE8 MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
Call Phone 217
ELECTRIC
SHOE
REPAIRING
Clothing Cleaned and
Pressed
A Specially
Wil| call, repair and
deliver anywhere in
the city.
All work guaranteed.
Lewis & Company,
1 1 4 Steward St.
One hall block south
N. & W station.
or
"T1 o Crumi i^artnr’n doing Out of
BuhIucfb Male" a few wordy but they
mean everything. Como and wee.
A little money goes u great ways at
The dram! L< uJers doing Out of Bur
nnsH Sale.
eliminate all element of chance by
mturing with 10. if. Easley, Insurance
Agency.
It* solve yourself Jnio a committee
of one and investigate The dranri
lender's doing Out of Huxlneiia Kale
ow going on.
Eliminate all element of chance by
nnuring with K. If. Easley. Insurance
Agency.
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jp^m*
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ar*nk&totwr\
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PRICES. 51.BO per quart. 7(ic per pint, 4uc per half pint
Drink the Whiskey Free from Fusel Oil
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"The Real Pure Food Whiskey"
An is well known. all young whisker, whether b >ttle«l under green ,t,<mr <>i blue
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Only Age Can Change It
I mkkk Crown \ ih\ Dio k\r is as free of fusel oil as it i* possible for obi
whiskey to get* When your host sets out a bottle of Tiirkk Crown you know he is
treating you to the be>t. You owe it to yourself ami to your guest to purchase an obi
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"The Best That Money Can Buy"
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\ Honey.
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L. LAZARUS A CO. HARRY MATZ '* t
Gen’s Distributors Prop. Grand Hotel
^ A. GOODMAN, Ine., G*n*| Distributor Pocahontas.
$1.00
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Louisville, Ky.
KELLEY & MOYERS
Dealers In
Whiskeys, Wines, Brandies, Ales, Beers, Porters
and ali Kinds of Liquors. Out of town orders
shipped Promptly.
First Class Billiard and Pool Room Connected.
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Bluefieid Ice & Cold Storaee Co.
Dealers In
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Good Weight Phone 61 Prompt Delivery
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