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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
ROGERS KEPT HIS WORD.
A Promise Made when a Boy Was
Faithfully FULFILLED In Aft
er Years.

Fairhaven, Mass, has a guardian an
gel in the prison of Henry Rogers, one
of the Standard Oil magnates, says the
Chicago Chronicle. 1t was there he was
born and there as boy he earned his
first money carrying newspapers. To-
day Fairhaven boasts of a library and
town hall-gifts outright from him
and on the principal street stands an
ideal building, the Rogers school.
This structure is the fulfllment OF
a pledge made years ago, when Mr..
Rogers was a small serious-minded
boy. who delighted to sit in the COM
pany of older people. twas in the gro
Gerry store one day that he ventured to
remark that he thought Fairhaven
ought to have a new school.
To those who listened a new school
meant increased taxes.
"Wall," drolled out the spokesman
ST think so too; why don't you build
one? You might save up for starter
There was a chorus of "haw, haws'
as the small boy slid off the top of the
barrel to the floor and then drew him
self up red and burning. "I'll do it,
he said, land FL give some of you peo'
pie the chance to put the furniture in II
when IT'S finished"
The episode ended there. The boy
grew, went to Pennsylvania and thence
to Brooklyn. One day it was announced
that Mr.. Rogers was going to build
school in Fairhaven. When it was fin
ished he went back. On the main street
he met the scoffer of his boyhood.
"I'm waiting for that furniture" he
said.
The man laughed sheepishly, but
said nothing.
"Never mind" Mr.. Rogers went on
~ guess I'll put it in myself. but want
you to be on hand to see that have
kept my word"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
REPUBLICAN SPEAKING.

General James A. Walker, Republican
nominee for Congress for the Ninth Dis
trict Of Virginia, will address the voters OF
the Several counties of the district as fol-
lows, viz
Clintwood, August 80.
Pulaski, September 8.
Gate City, September 10.
louisville, September II.
Wise, September "a.
Lebanon, October 2.
Wytheville, October s.
Pearisburg, October 8.
Marion, October 10.
Abingdon, October %.
Bland, October %.
All voters, irrespective Of past party af-
ffliation who desire to hear the issues of
the campaign fully, ably and eloquently
discussed, are earnestly invited to attend.
Other appointments will be made later
Republican speakers will be provided
for the several courts during the cam.
paign throughout September and October;
due announcements of which will be made
hereafter.
STUART F. LINDSEY,
District Chairman.
Bristol, Va, August 7, 1900.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
ANYTHING FOR VOTES.

There was never in the history Of this
country or of the world candidate who
had the cheek to occupy as many different
positions and be the nominee of as many
different parties rs Mr.. Bryan. He has
already been formally notified of his nomi-
nation by two parties, and others are to
come.
His first notification was of his nomina-
ton by the so.called Democracy upon a
platform which was read to the conven-
ton by Tillman, the negro shooting United
States Senator from South Carolina; and
which platform was virtually an endorse.
ment of the outrageous systems of dsfran-
chisement of citizens at the South of the
elective franchise.
TIE second notification of Mr.. Bryan
was by the Populists, who placed him
upon their platform adopted at Sioux
Falls. One of the planks in that platform
reads as follows;
believing that the elective franchise
and untrammeled ballot are essential to a
government of, for and by the people, the
Peoples party condemns the wholesale sys-
tenn of disfranchisement by coercion and in
timidation adopted in some States as unre-
publican and undemocratic, and we declare
it to be the duty of the several State Legis-
latures to take such action as will secure a
full, free and fair ballot and an honest
count"
If this plank of the Populist platform
could be enforced, more than onehalf the
Southern States would be lost to Mr.. 3ry-
an. He knows that fact; and, therefore,
does not dare to express his disapproval
of the violent and fraudulent methods of
the Southern Democracy. He accepts
the nomination of the Populists, and, if
acting in good faith, is bound to stand upon
their platform.
In a short time he will be notified of his
nomination by the Liberty Con-
gress, which recently met at Indianap-
oils. That Congress adopted a resolution
which vas much more denunciatory OF
Southern Democratic methods than is the
fol- egoing plank of the Populists.
Mr.. Bryan will stand as candidate
upon two resolutions that denounce the
methods and the men who will give him
the electoral votes of the Southern States.
There is an insincerity and meanness in
Mr.. Bryan's position that should excite
the contempt of all sincere, intelligent
people.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
Bristol, Va, August 7. 1900.

During the civil war, as well as in our
late war with Spain, diarrhoea was one of
the most troublesome diseases the army
had to contend with. In many instances
it became chronic and the old soldiers
still suffer from it. Mr.. David Taylor of
Wind Ridge, Greene Co., Pa, is one of
thsse. He uses Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and says
he never found anything that would give
him such quick relief. 1t is for sale by
JOHN Z. JACKSON.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
An American Organized the Chinese
Army and Gave 1t High
Standing.

An American is entitled to the credit
if credit it is-of recognizing the
Chinese army upon basis approach
ing its present efficiency. Frederick
Townsend Ward was a soldier of for
tune and a native of Massachusetts,.
In 1850, when the Tapping rebels were
everywhere successful, Ward, who was
26 wears old, and had served in the
French army, found himself in Shang-
hal. Ee organized a band composed
of men of various nationalities and. of
fered to capture a city for fixed price
The first achievement of his small
army was the capture of the walled
town Sungkiang, which was held by
10000 rebels. AS reward he was made
a mandarin of the fourth rank. Ward
then cleared the country around
Shanghai, being paid so much cash
after each victory he won. After
awhile he disappeared and was next
heard of when the natives attacked
the city in large force, when Ward
appeared at the head of three we'll
armed and well-drilled native regi-
ments, who rescued Shanghai, There
after he became one OF the leading
men in the defense of Shanghai. He
adopted the Chinese nationality under
the name of Hwa, married the daugh-
ter of wealthy mandarin and was
made a mandarin of the highest grade
and admiral general in the service Of
the emperor. Gen. Ward died as the
result of wound received in directing
an assault on TseIie, The Chinese paid
him the highest possible honors after
his death by burying him in the Con-
fucian cemetery at Ningpo. Wards
successor in command of the Chinese
forces was Maj, Charles G. Gordon
Chinese" Gordon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30

RHEA is Boosting that he will get from
three to five thousand majority in the cleo
ton this year. He must think his schemes
of fraud are so we'll laid and will be so
thoroughly executed that be car rely upon
the figures he has fixed for his majority.
Two years ago he had his triggers set for
five or six thousand majority, and he
even thought he had his plans we'll laid
to carry Tazewell county, but his schemes
did not work out as we'll as he intended,
and his fraudulent majority was reduced
to about seven hundred. Rhea's boast of
the enormous majority he is to receive is
fair notice of the wholesale frauds that the
Machine has in contemplation. The Re-
publicans of the Ninth District will be
prepared for detecting frauds, and if any
are discovered the perpetrators will be
held to a strict and severe account.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
That Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, If you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands of
sufferers have proved their matches mer'
it for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They
make pure blood and build up your
health. Only 25 cents. Money back If
not cured. Sold by JOHN Z. JACKSON,
druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30

Mr.. BRYAN was formally notified at To-
peka, Kan, on the 23rd inst, of his nomi'
nation for President by the Populists.
tie accepted the nomination with a pre-
pared speech, which lauded the Populist
party for the work it had done. His ef-
fort seemed to be to show that the Popu-
lists anG Democrats are twin brothers. Not
a very difficult task.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS.
When All Wagons Have Wide Tires
the Good Road Question Will
Become Less Serious.

This Is one of the most important
questions of the day. The question is:
Shall the improvement be made in the
roadbed, in the wagon or vehicles, or
both? 1t is hardly necessary to say
that the narrow-tired wheels of the
wagon of to-day do great damage to a
roadbed in rainy and thawing wealth
err. l believe that the day is not far off
when the wide-tired, low-wheeled
wagon will take the place of the pres.
ent farm wagon. A great number of
these low, wide-tired wheels have already
been put in use. On most of these
wheels the tires are from three to six
inches wide. A wheel of this kind helps
to make a good road, whereon the mar.
row-tired wheel is the greatest manu-.
facturer of chuck holes on earth
Should we not take heed to the great
amount of good roads in France and
some of their ways of keeping them in
good order. You will certainly agree
that If roadbed be graded as is Gus.
tomary in this country, and continual
~ roleu, anu INC hdlIOW-l Gu NheSis,
with their heavy loads, kept off of them
it would soon become an excellent road
bed, but, even then to put on these mar
row wheels with their loads, they
would soon make it rough, ordinary
highway such as this county is full Of
to-day. In France the heavy loads are
drawn on a wagon with tires from four
to ten inches wide. The front truck is
just enough narrower than the rear so
that the outer edge of the front wheel
tracks meet the inner edge of the outer
wheels. This keeps continually rolling
the road-bed. When this country
adopts such a wagon the good road
question will become less serious.-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
COAL, IRON AND
LAND COMPANY.
Dividend Of Capital.

Notice is hereby given, That the Stock
holders of the Consolidated Coal, Iron and
Land Company in General Meeting of the
Company, ordered dividend of cap
ital of ID per centum upon the preferred
stock payable on the lst day of November,
1900, at the Office of the Company in the
City of Philadelphia. Pa, to the preferred
shareholders of record on the 18th day of
October, 1900, on the production Of the
certificates of stock in order that there
shall he stamped thereon the amount of
said dividend and of the amount of the re.
duced capital thereby.
July 18th, 1900. CHARLES s. THoRNE,
Secretary.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9Th
GEO. WILLIAMS, Jr., Manager.
Order of Publication.

VIRGINIA: In the clerks Office of the
vcircuit court for Tazewell county, August
Is, 1900,
India Earby, Complainant,
vs In Chancery,
Alexander Earby, Defendant.
The object of this suit IS to obtain in
favor of the complainant in this cause, a
divorce from the bonds of matrlmony
from the defendant, the said Alexander
Earby.
And it appearing from affidavit on file in
said office that Alexander Earby is a non
resident of the State of Virginia, it is order.
ed that he appear here within fifteen days
after due publication of this order and do
what is necessary to protect his interest in
this suit, and that copies hereof be pub
lished and posted as prescribed by law.
A copy.
Teste: II. BANE HARMAN, Clerk.
j. /. Parker, pa.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30

Malta has a population OF 10000
italians, against only 1000 English
The Russian army 10 the only one in
Europe employing women as medical
officers.
Switzerland uses more postal cards
In proportion TO its population than
any other nation In Europe,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30
Essence OF Good Farming.

The essence Of good farming is to
first grow what is required by family
and live stock with proper regard to
keeping up the fertility of the soil.
Look for cash to the crops which ex-
perience has taught you do well on
your soil, which you understand how
to grow and which bring a fair price
year after year in the markets to which
you cater. Any plan which means the
paying out of dollar for food for fam
lily or stock which might be grown On
the farm is weak spot in the foun-
dation of your farming, and it must be
made firm if you would be successful
Midland Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30

A FILIPINO is to take the stump for Bry'
an. This is eminently proper. Bryan
says he is for hauling down the "Stars and
Stripes" in the Philippines and permitting
Aguinaldo to run up his flag.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30

The soothing and healing properties Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, its pleas
ant taste and prompt and permanent
cures, have made it great favorite with
the people everywhere, For sale by JOHN
+. JACKSON.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-30

Wonfod Young Men and
WuIItVu-Wo Women who
contemplate entering a -BUsI-
NESS COLLEGE and want the
BEST FOR THEIR MONEY, to
investigate the advancement Of
Students who complete their
work with the National Business
College, Roanoke, Va.
SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
THE ART OF TALKING WELL
1t i. better to be frankly dull than PEE

It is better to be frankly dull than Pc
dantic.
Whatever sets one apart as capital
81" should be avoided.
1t is a provincialism to say, Eyes. sir, =
'fNo, ma'am." TO ones equal.
Have convictions Of your oyn.
yourself and not q mere echo.
Talk of things, not persons. The best
substitute for wisdom is silence.
One must guard oneself from the temp
tation of talking shop" and OF riding
ones hobby"
A joke or humorous story is dependent
upon its freshness for appreciation Some
emotions viii not bear warming over.
Offer to each one who speaks the hom-
age of your undivided attention. Look
people in the face when you talk 10 them.
Draw out your neighbcr without cate
chising him. Correct him. il necessity.
without contradicting him. Avoid man
nerisms.
Never ask leading questions. We should
show curiosity about the concerns OF
others only so far as it may crafty them
to tell US.
Talk that has heartiness in it and the
nyeltneSs and sparkle that come or lfS0t
heartedness and innocent gayety isgrS
fairly good substitute for wit.
It is no longer considered coed form to
say word against any one An i'll ma
tured criticism is a social blunder. Cos
sip, too. is really going olt of fashion.
Strive to be natural and at case. The
nervousness that conceaIs itself under afs
fected viyacity should be controlled. Is
should the loud laugh Mrs Ru-tea
Kingsland 10 Ladies' Home Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
WE ExAalNE EYES EREEI
ANIMAL ODDITIES.

The so called shipworm, which bores
holes in the wood of ships. is in reality a
form of shellhsh.
Ants can stand extremes of heat and
cold Forty-eight hours exposure to frost
win not kill them, and one sort has been
observed to build its nest in chinks in a
blacksmith's forge.
A horse will live % days without solid
food, merely drinking water. A bear win
go for six months, while a viper can ex-
ist for ten months without food. A ser
pent in confinement has been known to
refuse food for q months.
An ostrich seldom jumps over any OBJ
struction of some height, as well OF
mound, perhaps fearing for its frail bones,
the usual way of clearing the obstacle be-
ing to breast the wall or mound and then
to roll over it somehow.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
Getting ria OF Rats.

To learn their pet ayersions and By
every means show them that they are
unwelcome guests. giving them freely
Of everything that they least desire. Is
the only way to keep house free from
rats. PoIsofls teach them lransitcry
lessons, but they "die in the house
and cause regrets riEeseby outside their
own circles. Among the Thugs to
which they particularly object are ear
enne pepper. broken glass and chloride
of lime. The glass should be pounded.
mixed with dry cornmeal and placed
about their fayorite haunts and Ia their
holes. Cayenne pepper and chloride Of
lime thrown down their holes viii com
pletely discourage them Soap and tar
stuffed into their holes viii also eanse
them to remove to The nelghberx Z
these remedies are reEsn ssois.
ally. even though no Intruder Is seen.
the place will gain desired unpopn
larffv
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
NEWEST FASHIONS.

Never did see so many things worthy
Of special attention, and never did
find the things SO cheap. Certainly
there are dear ones-so dear that one
scarcely dares to ask the price, for fear
of falling to the floor in a faint. The
good, kind husbands are now in the
best of humor If their preferred candi-
date has won, and maybe there have
been few little bets won, and so, dear
little wives, let me tell you that this is
just the time to ask them for q small
amount of extra cash. 1t has always
been understood that the election bets
are the legitimate spoil of the wives.
So l hope you have all been able to
take advantage of the fact and that
you are prepared to go shopping, and
this letter is to tell you what to buy if
you want to be In the front rank of the
most fashionable. The new cloaks and
mantles are handsome indeed to look
at, but the woman of today is too ac-
tive to be able to get the proper wear
out Of them, for the reason that they
are so long that they require slow and
dignifed movement, and our women
are given to swift action and move
ment. The cloaks are so long that, as
rule, they touch the ground, and,
hanging open in front, as the most Of
them do. they are greatly in the way.
No one can get into car, carriage or
mount the steps of any place with a
purse In one hand and a parasol In the
other without peril aud also without
the danger of stumbling. Some of the
empire coats look more like nightrobes
than anything. with the only difference
of material Covert is seen In very
many of the newest of these long
wraps, mostly the crayenetted covert,
which is waterproof. and they are re-
ally elegant when seen III repose, but
not so when the lady is climbing In and
out Of cars and going up stairs.
The long and splendid velvet cloaks
and mantles are cut away in front so
that they are easier managed. Right
here | wish to say that there seems to
be a great confusion about the names
of these long garments as some are
Cdleu ilttHtieS, anu peTuttI1S III lle next
store they will be called wraps, opera
cloaks, and others have still other
names. But they are all as beautiful
as IL they bore one name only. The
evening wraps are too magnificent to
describe. The most superb brocadc.
with real gold thread running through
1t, is used in some of them. and others
are SO covered with lace. beading and
furs that it Is almost impossible to
say what the foundation is. But the
chic Of all is the square shouldered,
short box coat. made Of the lightest
beige doeskia cloth or melton or the
heavy broadcloth made expressly for
eloaking. Not every one can have the
automobile necessary to the happiness
of every one. but all can walk. and that
is why the short box ceat is so very
fashionable for the smart set The
shoulders are fitted with sort of half
moon piece of canvas sewcd with strips
Of featherbone tape and backed by a
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
WAVES OF WATER.

The river Obi, in Siberia. is navigable
for more than 10000 miles,
Round the coast Of England the sea Is
warmest in August and September and
coolest in April
Lake Bforat. lie Switzerland. has the
curious property Of turning red every
ten years owing to the presence OF GER
tain aquatic plants which are not known
IN any other laks n the world
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15

In the old colonial days Boston had
an Intelligence office" which was also
a slave market. as appears from no.
tiee published fiji February. ITO: THE
intelligence Office opposite the Golden
Ball. lately kept by Benjamin Leigh. is
now kept by Grant Webster. There
is to be sold at said Office West India
and New England rum, wines Of sew
erai sorts, male and female negroes,
several secondhand chairs" etc.
York Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-15
NUMBER IS

FloFentines, like the crawling lizards, only bask
in the sun in winter and move but to keep in the
shade in summer. Conscription kills ambition.
Men win not work where the government demands
half their wages, as Italy does Only two careers
worth mentioning are open to aspiring youth 10
Italy-the army and The church Manual labor L.
held everywhere in contempt. and this accounts
for the seeming superiority OF folks and the brazen
beggardom. The rich set the example Of idleness.
Italy's art is thing Of the past. Italy was.
Menace of the Soldier.
Governments imprison men and then hound
them when they are released. Hate win never die
so long as men are taken from useful production
on the spacious plea Of patriotism and bayonets
CLEAN in the name Of God.
And the worst part about making soldier Of =
man IS not that soldier kills brown or
white men. but that the soldier loses his own
soul.
In America Just now there are strong signs Of
following the example Of modern Italy. TO di
vert the attention OF men from useful production
to war, waste and wealth through conquest is to
invite moral disease and death. The history oe
nations dead and gone is one They grew strong
and died because they did. Insursncs actusries
say that athletes very bad risks
Switzerland today is the least illiterate well
as the most truly prosperous country in the world
She is, in fact the only republic. for the people
themselves make the laws. Her government IS ot
the people. In Switzerland to work with your
hands is honorable. Manual tr6ining Tor both
boys and girls is a part Of the public school sys
tenn Her gilded social aristoeracy Is either Eng
nsh or American
The symbol Of Peace.
Switzerland has no navy for the same reason
that Bohemia has not. and while every man IS a
soldier yet three weeks service every year is only
q useful play SPELL In Switzerland there is ne
beggardom and little vice. Everywhere life and
property are safe; the people healthy. pros
porous and happy. Switzerland minds her own
business and the chief tenet OF ler political creed
Is Eve viii attend TO our own Affairs g She viii
only fight II invaded, and fortunately shs is. not
big enough to Indulge in iinso swagser.
The Gag OF Switzerland is the white cross-8hits
on red background-and this is the symbol cl
peace and smity the wide world over. Fhe
"GeneYa cross"-a red cross on a white back
ground. designed in compliment to switzerlaRd-is
the one hag upon which guns trained
And at the parting OF the ways would il
not be wise for America to choose between tie
example OF Switzerland and Italys
America is giant It is we'll 10 hare gfaffr'ss
strength, but not well to It like giant. This
Is the richest country the world has ever known
in treasure and in and women II We mind
eur own business and devote our energies TO the
arts OF peace, solve problem that has
vexed the world from the beginning Of time Shall
we make our country blossom Hka the rose. or
shall We follow The example Of Italy7