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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
EVERGREEN TREES.
When Properly Planted and Trimmed
They Add Much to the Attrnc-
tivcness OF Lawns.

When not overdone the planting OF
evergreens on the lawn and around the
house con be made to add very materi-
ally to the appearance The mistake is
too often made. however, Of not allow
Ing for growth, and In few years after
planting Che yard has crowded ap-
pearance that, to say the least, detracts
from appearances. By little care in
allowing room for growth this may
easily be avoided.
Evergreens, rather more than most
varieties of deciduous trees, gain much
from transplan ting. for the reason that
they are usually of scaDt root and are
not inclined to throw out small fbrous
roots. Traneplants aid very materially
In the growth and formation of fibrous
roots, acting the same with the roots
as cutting back the top helps to form a
more dense head. On this account ever
greens may after be transplanted two
or three times before set in the place
1t is to occupy permanently. BY care
in TRANSFORMING the evergreen forms a
thick compact root growth near the
stem of the tree, and when set to grow
permanently these help materially to
secure and maintain thrifty growth.
Farmers Voice.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

Watch q sod orchard. twill begin to
fail before you know 1t.
Potash is the chief fertilizer to be ap-
piled to fruit trees, particularly after
they come into bearing.
Probably nine-tenths of the apple
orchards are in sod, and many Of them
are meadows. Of course they are fall
ing.
Potash may be had in wood ashes,
and muriate of potash. 1t Is most COM
monty used In the latter form. An an
nual application of potash should be
made upon bearing orchards, 800
pounds to the acre.
Phosphoric acid is the second impor-
tant fertilizer to be applied artifcially
to orchards. Of the plain superphos-
pilates, from 800 to 500 pounds may be
applied to the acre.
Barn manures are generally more
economically used when applied TO
farm crops then when applied to
orchards; yet they can be used with
good results, particularly when rejuv-
enating the old orchards.
Cultivation may be stopped late in
the season, and a crop can then be sown
upon the land. This crop may serve as
a cover or protection to the soil and as
a green manure. - Prof. Bailey, IN
Rural World.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
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SEEPAGE IRRIGATION.
Can Be PractIced toAdvantage Wher-
ever Drought Is Apt to Injure
Late Crops.

Seepage irrigation is practiced in
some sections of the west, and is APP
plicable to many districts throughout
the Mississippi valley and prairie states,
where drought frequently Injuries late
crops. The plan is best suited to low,
fiat valleys, especially the river or
creek bottoms where the surface strata
is a sandy loan or vegetable compost
ton. In the mountain regions where
the water and lava made soil contains
alkaline substances the continual prac-
tice of seepage-irrigation destroys land
fertility. I have seen fields that once
produced 600 bushels Of potatoes to the
acre so completely mineralized from
seepage irrigation as to be worthless.
except for growing joint grass and sal
eratus-bush for early spring pasture.
While this danger exists in the west
there is practically no such trouble
to fear in the central and eastern
states. Seepage irrigation, II prop
erly managed, would certainly work
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13

can be given after the blowing. Usual
ly manuring Is more necessary when
the trees come into bearing than dur
ing growth, as a good, rich soil is es-
sential to the production of the best
quality of fruit, while the average soil
is usually rich enough to insure good.
healthy growth of the trees.
Another item Is to plan out tho
ground, measure 1t off and set stake
where each tree Is to be planted. In
planning theorchard better results will
be secured If the trees are planted In
blocks; that is, all of one variety
grouped together instead OF having
them in long rows or with the differ
emit varieties scattered through the
orchard.
With the trees secured in the fall
and heeled In, the ground plowed and
staked off, the trees may be set out IN
the spring as soon as the frost Is we'll
out OF the ground and the soil is suf-
ficiently dried out to work readily into
a good filth.
Early planting Is preferable when
ever it can be done.-St. Louis Repub-
lie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
Breed up all along the line and keep
breeding up as long es you breed at all.
THE CARE OF BRIDGES.
Nrent Damage Results from Rust
When They Are Not Kept Paint
ed All the Time

The county surveyor OF Franklin
county, O., has recently made some
statements about his own locality
which would doubtless be equally ap-
plicable to many other parts OF the
country. Here is q quotation from his
report;
ITO say, in a general way, that
great many of the country bridges are
simply decaying and being rendered
exceedingly dangerous to public travel
on account of this lack of paint would
be no exaggeration. A great many OF
the iron and steel county bridges were
built at a time and under plan which
did not contemplate the heavy traffic
to which they are now subjected; as
consequence, they did not have any ex-
cessive sections in their members in
the first place, and the action OF rust
and decay has been such since that
time, aggravated by lack OF proper
care. that on some of them the de-
mands of traffic of to-day approach
dangerously near TO the limit OF safety
"The matter of steel or Iron bridge
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
CLEAN ROAD METAL.
No Other Should be Used where
Permanent and Satisfactory
Results Are Wanted.

A principle learned from MacAdam
was that "broken stone, pressed and
compacted, would cohere together and
by the mutual friction of its parts
bear and distribute heavy pressures as
we'll as if it actually were the smooth
and solid slab it seems" But when
earth is mixed with the stone the fric-
ton is reduced by nearly one-half' the
material is less compact and firm and
is much less capable of bearing heavy
loads. Moisture affects the volume OF
clay. Roads in which tits used rut bad
" in wet weather, even though they
are very thick, while the thinner roads
in which it is notused, butin which the
stones are pressed together by their
own angles through adequate rolling,
remain firm and smooth. Road metai'
should be clean. and free from clay
The use of clay is attractive, because,
with 1t, light rolling seems to give a
good smooth surface, but this is only
temporary and is unsatisfactory and
expensive in the end.-Good Roads.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
CONCERNING INFLUENZA.
Dangerous Complications Which Aa-
tend the Various
Forms.

Influenza, or the grippe, is an acute
infectious fever which usually occurs
In widespread epidemics. 1t travels,
as cholera formerly did, in waves over
the world. running generally from the
east to the west. 1t attacks very
large proportion Of the population, es-
pecially at the beginning of an cpl
demic; then In recurrent yearsit seizes
upon those who have previously es-
capped, and the epidemic does not final
ly die out until nearly everyone has
suffered it's miseries
Medical writer's usually distinguish
three forms of influenza, according as
the nervous, the digestive, or the ca
tarrhal symptoms predominant; but
all constitute one and the same dis
ease, and one form may easily pass
into another in the course OF the same
attack.
In typical case influenza beginssu
denly with a general Ill feeling, head
ache, pains in the muscles and in the
back, loss Of appetite, and o sense of
extreme weakness. There may be a
hard chill, or succession Of slight
chills, or general C, lily sensation, and
soon high fever declares itself.
The eyes are often congested and
sensitive to light, the nose runs, there
is pain at the root of the nose and over
the eyes, and all the symptoms OF Sc
we're cold In the head are experienced.
The tongue is heavily coated, swal-
lowing is difficult or painful, and the
voice is hoarse or whispering. Often
there is more or less jaundice. The
pulse is very rapid and weak, especially
when the patient stands.
A peculiar symptom IL Influenza, one
that often serves to distinguish 1t sharp
ly from an ordinary cold, Is marked
depression of spirits; the patient is
plunged in despair, and no amount of
argument or raillery has any effect
on his misery. In some severe cases
Of the so-called nervous form of the dis
ease this melancholy IS so extreme as
to lead to attempts at suicide
In the gastric form Of influenza we
find loathing for food, nausea and
vomiting, and severe bowel troubles.
In the respiratory forms, bronchitis and
especially pneumonia are frequent and
dangerous complications.
In the treatment Of grippe we must
first remember that we are dealing with
no ordinary cold, but with severe dis
ease calling for as much care as scar
let fever or pneumonia. The patient
must not only stay IN the house but
in bed. All cases Of grippe, whether
mild or severe, need physicians over.
ight-Youth's Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13

extent, by the state of the highway.
This, of course, is true Of the country
far more than 1t is of the city.
"Good roads In the country would
VASTLY augment church attendance. 1t
is cosy to sit IN judgment on rural sim
ners who stay at home rather than pillow
through mile or so of mud and slush,
but the city critic himself, come q
stormy day in the country, is quite apt
to stick pretty closely to the hotel
veranda Let the kings highway be
made straight, level and firm"
1t Is pretty difficult to find any inter
est, good or bad, which would not be
benefited by good roads. Every class OF
society, including saints and sinners
especially in the rural districts, has to
use the highways. The people who go
to a merry-making, dance or mar
rage, as we'll as those who have to at
tend conference meeting, a conven-
ton or a funeral, are compelled to ira
verse roads in this country which in
some seasons of the year are q sore
trial TO their bones and nerves, not to
speak of their tempers. So good roads
have their social, their religious and
their political as we'll as their business
phases.
The good old lady who found so much
consolation In her doctrine of total de-
pravity has her doubles in the people
who cling to the old system of road
construction and repair.-Rochester
IN. " Democrat
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
LOCATING AN ORCHARD.
Plant Land That IL Too Rocky TO Be
Cultivated with Advantage
to Fruit TreeA.

Winter is the time to locate and plan
the orchard. Much land that is too
rocky to cultivate to advantage can be
planted to fruit trees with profit
While it is more work to start an or
chard in rocky place and do it well, IL
is one of the best uses to which rocky
land can be put.
1t is best to plow the land deep and
thorough when possible, as the trees
will make a better and thriftier growth
in every way if, when planted out, the
soil has been prepared in good filth.
BY taking advantage of opportu-
mites the blowing may be done during
the winter, and much valuable time
saved when spring opens.
Another advantage gained by plow-
ing the ground during the winter is
that the planting can be done earlier
in the spring than would otherwise be
possible. With the ground all pre-
pared advantage may be taken OF the
first opportunity for planting.
It's best to piow deeptand thorough.
If necessary an application OF manure
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
TESTS OF ROAD METAL.
Oon6uoted 10 Ascertain the Source Of
tho Accumulation Of Mud on
Stone Roads.

In order to discover the source of
the constant accumulation of mud on
stone roads, Prof. Elliott, of the en-
cheering department of Cardiff uni-
verslty college, Cardiff, Wales, recently
undertook some Interesting expert
ments. He secured samples of about
20 kinds of stone used IN road-build-
Ing, and subjected them to tests by
persuasive attrition and absorption. For
the former test, each sort of stone was
subjected 10 rapid motion against the
ribbed sides of an iron cylinder In
manner calculated" says Stone, ito
reproduce the action resulting from
vehicular and other traffic" In four
hours test, three samples produced
less than seven per cent. of dust; FIVE
gave between seven and ten per cent;
six between ten and thirty per cent,
and three between 80 and 80 per cent
In the absorption test most Of the
stones showed but mere trace after
70 hours OF soaking, only two varieties
actually absorbing any amount OF
water.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
Help at Hand.

decaying by rust is of somewhat more
subtle nature than most any other &C
cident to q bridge; when plank or
part Of the roadway gives way, or when
the abutements collapse, there Is an
immediate report TO you that such
calamity has occurred; when, however.
q bridge has been rusted away so far
that It is on the verge of failure, 1t Is
to all outward appearances apparently
as strong as ever and only Its actual
collapse will tell you that 1t was really
as bad as it was painted to you. I'm
der ordinary conditions, and with
average proper care, nearly every one
of the steel and iron highway bridges
built in this country ought to give at
least so years service. On some thot
! have examined l doubt If the life OF
the same, even assuming proper care
from now on, will approach one-halt
Of that time. Some are so badly gone
that they arc practically beyond re-
demDtion3
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13

4 H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW Taz well,
lava. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan coun-
ties, West Virginia, a specially. Office in StrAs
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
IRRIGATION BY sEEpAaE.

wonders in fruit-growing and hay
making in every state, in the great
est rainfall belt
The system is very simple, consisting
Of main ditch and laterals carrying
water TO the land. where it Is I'M
pounded and left to percolate through
the soil. Dams of wood or stones are
thrown across the main to raise the
water to fill the laterals, when the
head-gates are closed. A good plan is
to have wooden gates made by insert
ing boards into slots much the same
as the tail gate OF u wagon box. The
seepage bitches should be deep enough
to hold a good volume of water, end
dug close enough together to elbow
the moisture from parallel laterals to
meet beneath the surface. On come
soils water from bitches three feet wide
and two feet deep will percolate 200
feet OF more in 10 hours have run
water around q block Of one and one
fourth acres In two-foot bitches, and
soaked the entire area with one filing
Of the laterals.
In some of the river valleys through
out the northwest the farmers depend
entirely on natural seepage for grow
Ing crops in the lower bottoms This
could be improved and crops made
more certain by cutting trenches
around and across the fields and con-
veying the water through as drain
bitches are used for carrying off sur
plus. But to get the best results from
seepage the water should stand as in
pools or reservoirs and find its nat
ural outlet through the soil. Some
times these open seepage bitches are
filed with logs, stones, brush or other
material and plowed over the same as
q perfect subirrigation system. If any
reader doubts the value of seepage
bitches let him visit the valleys of the
Arkansas in Kansas, the drought sec
lions of California or the river bot
toms Of eastern Oregon during dry
season, and he will become converted
to underground irrigation, even though
he resides in New Jersey or on the
Florida coast.-Joel Shoemaker, in'Farm
and Fireside.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
PLANNING THE GARDEN.
How 1t Can De Made Moro Profitable
and Generally Useful Than
Ever Before

Before the time for planting comes
make q plan of the garden and plant
systematically, so as to get the most of
the ground next season, and thus make
the garden more profitable than 1t ever
has been before
Plant all the rows north and south,
30 as to allow the sun to shine equally
on every row and on both sides of them.
Plant the early radishes, lettuce,
beets, peas and beans by themselves
along on one side OF the garden. plant
ing the later vegetables in another
strip, so as to have one side OF the gar
den clear as soon as possible in order
to put in the later crop Of cucumbers
for pickles, winter squashes. turnips,
celery, etc.
II the garden is planted In this way
it will be possible to grow two crops on
all of it, but that part devoted to limo
beans, parsnips and one or two other
things that require the whole season
Squash vines planted among the early
potatoes will begin TO run about the
time the potatoes are used up, and will
have free space to grow In.
Put on a coat Of manure and pillow 1t
in as soon as the ground can be worked
In the spring. 1t may even be plowed
a little wet, II the work IS done carly
enough that 1t will freeze afterward, as
the frost will break up the soil and
make It loose and friable. Plow deep
and thoroughly, for there is DO better
preventive of the effects of drought
than deep blowing and perfect pulveT-
ization-
The farm garden that does not pro-
duce at least $50 worth of vegetables on
half an acre is land wasted, and with
@ little pains twice this amount may be
nroduced.- Voice
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IMPROVEMENT.
ALL ARE INTERESTED.
Good Roads and Church Going Ably
Discussed by n Progressive
Religious Paper.

The Church Economist is eminently
& practical paper, covering the entire
field of church life and interest. In its
latest number It has word to say on
"the gospel and good roads"
Much has been said of "the gospel Of
good roads" by good roads advocates
but we do not remember any discussion
of the Importance OF good roads to
church activity and success. Tho
Church Economist says:
THE first proclamation Of the gospel
was made by the herald angels who, us
ing as they did the airline; were not
embarrassed by street and road i'm
pediments. But ordinary evangelists
and worshipers who have to go about
on foot or by team, find their church
going conditioned. to q considerable
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
FRILLs OF FASHION.
Fresh Novelties IN LndieS Costumes
for the Up-tO-Date
DresserS-

Novelties in ribbons are added each
week to those already shown, and now
we have embroidered ribbonsi white
ribbon with bright red, green-stemmed
cherries scattered all over 1t; ribbons
scalloped or. one edge with brocaded
feather design outlining the scallops
in a two-inch band; ribbons with
plumed gauze edges and narrow
striped ribbons of all kinds and colors
gathered into little frills for trimming
summer gowns.
Chiffonette, which resembles thin
liberty satin in texture and gloss, Is one
of the pretty dress materials which
tempt the shopper. 1t is figured in two
or three colors or quite plain. in pretty,
light shades, relieved only by the fine
cords which stripe them up and down.
A stunning muff to carry with your
black cloth gown Is made Of black chif-
fon, shirred into tucks, and white
Persian lamb. The chiffon forms the
wide band around the center and the
fur Is the lining which extends over
the edge in two white bands at the ends.
Round waists and Elton jackets Of fur
are worn with cloth skirts.
Another idea is the short coat bodice
and the round waist of colored velvet
to wear with cloth skirts, making
very dressy and useful theater gown.
The prevailing tendency in skirts just
at the moment is to abolish seams as
nearly as possible. One new model has
no seam in the back, and is carried out
in cloth with silk introduced at each
side In panels, or sort of stole end eff
feet.
The best-dressed, most-up-to-date
women have discarded jewelry almost
entirely for day wear, but gems Of all
kinds and grades of magnifcence gilt
ter in profusion in the evening.
Drap decuir is one name for the new
dull-finished cloth which is coming in
to fill the place of faced cloths.
Street jackets for the coming season
are either buttoned close down the
front or turned back in revers to the
waist line, or made double breasted,
fastened from the shoulder down on
the left side.
Fancy handkerchlefs with colored
hemstitched borders and colored en-
broidery are revived again.
A high-necked lace bolero cut with
little epaulettes over the shoulders, the
lace forming scallops on the edge, Is a
pretty addition to white chiffon
bodice made with elbow sleeves.
Bengaline in any pretty color is very
popular for seperate waists, but if you
want the smartest thing get white and
make it with a narrow round yoke of
lace.
A novelty ia skating gowns is made
entirely of black caracul with rosettes
of rose-colored velvet On the bodice TO
brighten the effect.--N. Y. Sun.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
1iohens ON Emit Trees.

Heavy, shaggy growths Of hchens
are often seen on fruit trees, especially
in the southern states. We are often
asked If they do the trees any harm
This question has mover been satisfao-
torily answered, though scientists as
sure US that the liohens are not truly
parasitic, and do not feed on the sub
stance of the trees to which they are at
tached. Still, when they grow as thick
ly as we often see them, they are sure
10 harbor insects and spores of fungi,
and they always make an orchard look
untidy and dieagreeable. They can be
removed by scraping, or they can be
killed or their growth prevented by
spraying with Bordeaux mixture.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Volunteers of America have 5000
commandments in the state prisons
alone and large number In the ranks.
DR.. Alexander Maclaren, the noted
Baptist preacher, of Manchester, Eng
land, thinks the danger of the Christian
ministry to-day is dissipation, not con-
centration."
There was lately inaugurated in the
Temple church in London a church
guild of journalists, Of which the
bishop of London has accepted the
wardenship.
One hundred and fifty churches in
Pittsburgh, representing 10 denomina-
lions, have associated themselves IN
federation for united aggressive work
among the foreign population and nom
churchgoers.
A bachelor Of Chicago, who died late
ly, left his entire estate Of $4,000 IN
trust to the First Methodist church Of
that city, the income to be used to
clothe 100 newsboys and street wafes
for 80 years.
The latest evidence of sympathy
shown toward the Salvation Army in
Sweden is that the city board of Stock
holm has handed over to the manage
ment of the army public bath, which
has cost the town some 10000 kroner
for fitting.
President Dwight, Of Yale, has given
100000 to the university, directly or
indirectly, and it is said that during the
earlier years of his administration he
took no pay, while serving at once as
president, university treasurer, and
preacher in the college pulpit.
The Colorado college was founded in
1874. In 1883 President Slocum took
charge and found only rs students in
both college and the preparatory acad-
envy. Not one student was taking q
regular college course. The professors
numbered eight. In 1893 the college
year began with a faculty of 30, OF
whom "a are in the college department.
The student body numbers 400.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-04-13
1et+uce Rot in Greenh!ouses.

Lettuce rot in the greenhouse Is
caused by fungus which in infested
soils spreads over the surface and at
taclling the plants near the roots some
times cuts off the circulation ina single
night, causing their speedy death. The
only remedy is to use sterihzed SOIL
that is, soil which has been heated to
about 100 degrees. This should be
spread on top of the lettuce BEDS and
around the plants after setting two
inches deep. The germs of the blight
being all killed in this soil the disease
will not get up through to attack the
plants until they will be out Of the way.
Farm and Home.