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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-15
The MartinslyiIle zplspensar

Editor OF The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,-Nine months ago, the Temperance
question was so holly agitated IN this
section that 1t resulted in two elections.
The first for local option the entire district
voting, The drys = lost by thirty
three votes-defcatei by the church. Fol
lowing this wac. an election on tho dispen-
sary act Which had been so framed
the Legislature as to disfranchiso every
voter VINO Gid not live inside Of the COR
porauon. and yet the dspensary meas
ure was to extend over the entire dis
trlct. fIad It been based upon Democra-
NC principles, giving the people of the
district privilege Of voting, 1t would have
Been defeated by a big majority. Tho
country people were, indignant at the
thought of the town binding upon them,
tax payers too. thing they did not
want, BY such an undemooratio act.
Many who favored the act did 1t, be-
lieving It tho lesser of two evils. mas.
much as the Same person could not pur-
chase more than ono time in twenty
four hours and tho said person would
have to register his name when the pur-
chase was made. We were to have pure
liquor too 1t must be examined by a
chemist Were these measures enforced,
It would not be such a brilliant !lnancia
success, But they are not now required.
You can get 1t any number Of times In a
day; YOU need not register; the liquor Ia
not examined by the chemist. The stock
left on tho hands OF tho saloon keepers,
which d!spensary advocates said was I'M
pure, was purchased by tho dspnsary and
these who claim to know bad liquor say:
I'VE have 1t now"
It certainly docs Its work. II It ~ a
financial Succcss 1t must he moral
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made them send their children to school
rather than to the factories, From this
It may BIO seen that the abuse applies
more particularly to the white children,
around the manufacturing plants OF the
State Is 1t good policy to have an ever
Increasing class Of poor, Ignorant white
mill operatives In our Slater What has
capital most to fear7 Ignorance. 1t 10
not only bad morals. but II Ia bad busl-
ness, 1t is to be hoped that our solons
may SEQ tho force OF your argument and
promptly pass the measure.
A. II, THOMAR
.L Riol,ra nnd va $500 w ~ ~. w..
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months. Sold $4,000 worth of liquor and
rs much as s527 in one day. The net
profits have been $500. Our population
is about 5000 Tho people do not drink
inside of the dlspensary, but they do
drink somewhere. Much CT 1t Is in the
home and In the private room.
Loads OF empty bottles are picked up
by boys and sold. They are scattered
promisciously One merchant told me
that he had trouble in keeping them from
drinking in his store. 1t is liquor trust
and is In the hands of the church. 1t
makes an evil respectable and Is a death
blow to the temperance cause. We're 1t
not for the revenue. I hardly think wo
would have 1t. With license, a poor man
could get drink for five cents and stop,
but now he Is forced to get a drunk.
trust the measure before the Legisla-
ture shall be defeated.
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.AI7AR Ri

Often begins with cold in the head,
but it never stops there. The tendency is
always from bad to worse. The simple
cold becomes protracted, stubborn one,
while the discharge from the nose grows
more profuse and offensive. The indam-
nation extends to the throat and bron-
chial tubes, causing hoarseness, tickling
sensation and an aggravating cough.
The foul matter that is continually drop
ping back into the throat finds its way
into the stomach, resulting in q distress
sing form of dyspepsia, nausea, and loss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-15
CHILD WEAKNESS.

You can worry for months
about your weak child and not
succeed in doing it a fraction
Of the good that comes from
little daily doses Of SCOTS
Emulsion.
The cure Of child weakness
is not the matter Of a day but
Of steady common-sense treat
ment.
Children like Scott's Emul-
sion and thrive omit,
Perfectly harmless yet power
full for good,
Send for Free Sample
scoTG & BOVINE, Chemist. 4oq Pearl s's ~
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News the latter part Of this month.
Niessrs W. j. shuster, E. A. Moore. Earl
Grafton and George Waterhouse.
AS an educational feature OF the z. NJ
c. A.. Musical Club has been formed.
Lessons will be given once week on
the mandolin, guitar and violin. An
experienced teacher will be employed at
once, and much benefit Is expected to
accrue from this part of the work.
Mr.. George Waterhouse, late Of Ca
NADIA, but who has been assistant sec
Rotary in the Y. NJ. c. A, here for sew
eral months has been offered a position
in Roanoke as secretary Of the City
Ass ociation.
The Ladies' Auxiliary Of tho z. NJ
c. A. meets at the home of Mrs. J. S.
Tucker Monday night.
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Martinsville, Va

DR.. ]. M. Pitcher In his report to the
Conference OF Charities and Corrections
says that he was informed by the jallor
at Martnsville that there, the number OF
inmates had been greatly reduced since
the dspensary went into operation.
EDITOR sTIMES-DISPATCI,
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of appetite and
sire II & TIL. The
catarrhal poisons
are absorbed into
the blood, and all
the membranes
of the body be-
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THE GATEWAY
TO
.CONSU NJ PTION.

come infected, and what was supposed to
be purely local disease has become COLI
stitutional, deep seated and chronic.
Sprays, washes, powders, salves md
other external remedies give only tenn
porary relief, and the disappointed and
disguised patient finally gives up in
despair and declares catarrh incurable.
The only way to get rid of catarrh per-
1nanently is to treat it through the blood.
The system must be toned up and all i'm
purities removed from the blood, and this
S. S. S. does promptly and thoroughly, It
enpels from the circulation everything of
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Ing the iuhamed ,uem-
branes to heal when
the mucous disc .iarpes
cease, and the dlu.age
done to the he'ith Is
soon repaired. S, S. S.
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Keeps TIC DIOUU III SUcH q HIHItHyI NlgOr-
GUS condition that cold, damp WEATHER
or sudden changes in the temperature are
not SO apt to bring on catarrhal troubles,
S. S. S, is vegetable lnedicine unehualed
as blood purifier, and the best of ali
tonics-just the remedy needed To thor.
oughly and etfectually cure catarkh..
The Swift Specific Co., Atlantq, Ga.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21
HOW TO AVOID STRAINING EYES.
No Greater Cruelty to Self Than to Ig-
more Care of Optics.

An authority on the subject has de-
clared that there is no greater cruelty,
no greater crime against humanity than
that of non-recognition and scorn of eye
strain. Headache, sick headache
Dyspepsia" nervousness, melanchoi-
liza, insomnia, indescribable suffering
these were some Of the more prominent
symptoms that, in various mixtures, rem
dered so miserable the lives of De
Quincy, Carlyle, Darwin, Huxley
Browning, Spencer, Wagner and other
persons less known.
Eye-strain in children should be no.
ticed at once and suitably treated
Many children are met with who blink
necessarily, and for this involuntary hall
1t they are often punished by ignorant
parents or guardians. The blinking is
due to some error of refraction in the
eye, and the consequent effort made i'll
accommodation, or, in less technical
phrase. focusing on the retina or optic
nerve the objects which the child is look
ing at.
a child kept at near range ocular
work such as reading. writing. SEWN
and SO forth, finds the page becoming
blurred owing to the lens Of his eye fail
ing TO focus with accuracy. He then
blinks and increases his efforts at ac-
commodation, and the letters are again
seen clearly. After reading few more
lines the page again becomes blurred,
and the blinking process is repeated. 1t
is performed so often in the day that
at last 1T becomes a habit.
1t not infreauently happens that a
sDasmodlc closure of the lid is super
added to the winking. and later on the
whole face may participate in the act,
with the accompanying grimaces peculiar
to chorea. Or ST.. Vitus dance. Thus a
habit chorea-which is not the real
chorea-is formed, and. although it is
off ,nf L..
diligently: Such patients should be sent
to an Oculist. and no time wasted at first
in giving drugs
Migraine is a painful aff1iction; sick
headache, megrim, hemicrania, nervous
headache and bilious headache are other
names for the same thing. 1t causes a
large number of other symptoms, and is
itself of varied type, according to the
KIND of near work required. and the
temperament of the patient Out of 1000
cases of this disease ninety-nine out Of
every 100 were cured by spectacles.
AS one gets older eye-strain becomes
rarer, hence the frequent disappearance
of sick headaches at the age of from
90 to 60 years. Seamstresses, typewrit-
ers. clerks, students, teachers and me-
chanics or handicraftsmen who cannot
stop near-range ocular work or limit it
without risking starvation are great suf-
ferers from .migraine and all its melan-
choly mlserleS. instead OF dragging
themselves with dangerous medicines,
which in the end make wrecks of their
constitutions, all they require to do is
to procure a suitable pair of spectacles
to correct their eye defects The cure
is so ludicrously simple that it is gen
orally overlooked. In children especially
all nervous symptoms should excite the
suspicion that the eyes may be at fault
and lead to their examination by an
oculist. Their appropriate treatment
may obviate lifelong misery.-Chicago
Record Herald.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21
CHARM OF THE GERMAN CURES"
Hardened Society Women Yearn for the
Rest Afforded There.

Germany is 4 strange and wellregulat-
ed country. The wonder is why we as a
nation frequent it so much The proprie-
tor Of our hotel attributes it to the fact
that re English drink too much cham
payne at home; zey come to Germany to
get we'll" Which is about the truth of
the matter. Champagne for dinner and
supper every hight for three months is
apt to play havoc with the constitution
of the strongest, and since most women
find it impossible to keep up the pace
without it Trey have to pay the penalty
sooner or later. Whether it be due to
champagne or nerves or govt or any 9TH
of the Ills to which flesh is heir, Ger
many at this time of the year is full Of
English and Americans doing water
cures. What with the quantity / have
lmbibed and the quantity which descends
from the skies the world at present seems
largely composed Of water, and with Il
continuation of these conditions I should
not be surprised if we should eventually
get water on the brain.
The great charm of this sleepy Ger
man watering place is its very dullness.
Once n year ct least the heart Of even
the most hardened society woman pines
for period of rest, when she can cease
from waving her hair and let what mind
she possesses become a blank When the
only excitement is n new arrival at the
hotel. or the fact that it is another wet
day life grows extraordinarily simple and
ones brain reposcfully vacant To eat
and drink, sleep and walk, take baths
duty Of woman when going through the
cure. There being nothing else to do,
we do it all assiduously-A Countess in
London Outlook
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21
Not Alarmed.

One of the best known of our circuit
court judges had an enemy, a lawyer,
who had once been his unsuccessful OPP
ponent in politics, in one Of the towns
on his round and was generally subject
ed to some affront when he reached
there. The lawyer took SO little pains to
conceal his contempt that one of the
judges friends was moved to ask:
why don't you squelch b? He
needs it,
The judge laid knife and fork across
his plate, folded his hands, and, seem
ingly apropos of nothing at all, said:
up in my home town there's widow
with an ugly yaller dog that, whenever
there is moonlight, sits on her stoop and
bowls until the town can't sleep, and
generally keeps it up till daylight"
He then resumed his dinner. The friend
looked at him in amazement for mo-
ment and then inquired:
well. what of it?'
''Well,' said the judge, slowly, "the
moon keeps right n."-Philadelphia
Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21
Satinwood Furniture.

We are promised a vogue of satinwood
furniture the coming winter, and nothing
is daintier or more artistic for certain
rooms-my lady's boudoir, small draw
ing room or a bijou reception room
In employing this delicate and beauti-
full wood the best Eighteenth century
models are most appropriate. One art
furnisher is showing collection Of satin
wood reproductions, remarkable not only
for their refinement of form and beauty
Of style, but also for their perfection Of
workmanship and a notable adaptation
to modern requirements of comfort. For
bedroom furniture nothing can be SO sur
passingly lovely as the satinwood dress
ing table. Many of the other pieces are
for drawing room decoration, and they
have the merit of harmonizing with either
French or English Eighteenth century
treatments. There is no wood more ex-
quisite in grain and texture and none
which lends itself more readily to- paint
ed ornament In past times eminent art
lists have not disdained to employ their
talents in this decorative work, and the
modern workmen repeat faithfully and
with spirit the choicer designs of Pergo-
lesi Or Angelica Kaufman Painted
satinwood is not only an ornament in it
self, but as time goes on it is likely to
acquire a durable and increasing value
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21

mission, mon Capitaine," and ran the tip
Of his blade into Brother Felipe's left
arm. Then-he was on his feet in a
twice. He had faced round, not on the
man who pricked him. as it CHANGED, but
on the other, who had been called cap
tain. DaZed, Brother Felipe looked for a
moment. Then like man walked from
sleep his eyes lightened
BrOther!' he said, and this time he
said it with terrible force.
'Philippe!''
1t was the French captain who said
this, and in his turn looked dazed. But
Brother Felipe spoke very slowly:
Il thought that l had killed you, Louis,
and there was no more for me to do IL
the world. Are you raised from the
dead?"
cloud Of smoke curled in at that mo-
ment, and for that moment the abbot
was blinded. Only he heard a scream
from the Frenchman, shriller than that
last, and from Brother Felipe no word.
Then the smoke cleared. The French
| captain was on the stone floor, his head
beaten in with the stool which Brother
Felipe held still in his hand. He held It
as a shield now for the other two were
| upon him. and at the window a swarm
of French conscripts, yelling for ven-
| geance for their dead captain. 1t seemed
| to the abbot that Brother Felipe was no
| longer a monk now, but a soldier who
would die bravely.
Very noiselessly. therefore, he gave the
| sign to those within the passage to adj
vance, and himself shut the door upon
| that fight.-V. G. Fry in Black and
White
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21
q TO RIA.
Bears the = The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss len3zzzzzw
Art Of Getting Out of Red.

Don't jump up the first thing your eyes
are open. Remember that while you
sleep the vital organs are at rest. The
vitality is lowered and the circulation
not SO strong. A sudden spring out of
bed is shock to these organs, especially
to the4heart, asst starts to pumping the
blood suddenly.
Take your time in getting up. Yawn
and stretch. Wake up slowly. Give the
vital organs chance to resume their
work gradually.
Notice how baby wakes up. It
stretches its arms and legs. rubs its eyes
and yawns and wakes up slowly. Watch
a kitten wake up. First it, stretches ont
one leg, then another, rubs it's face, rolls
over and stretches the whole body. The
birds do not wake up and fly as soon as
their eyes are open. They shake out
their wings and stretch their legs. wax
ing up slowly. This is the natural way
to wake up. Don't jump up suddenly,
don't be in such a hurry. but stretch and
yawn and yawn and stretch Stretch
the arms and the legs; stretch the whole
body. A good yawn and stretch is better
even than a cold hath. 1t will get you
thoroughly awake, and then you will en-
JOY the bath all the more.-Medical Talk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21

ed helpful. So little time was there
indeed, what with the burying of some of
the weightier things in the grounds out
side of the monastery, and the collecting
of the chalices and precious candlesticks
for postage, that by the time all was
ready, and the abbot had assembled his
flock in the rear of the great hall and
unlocked the secret door into the passage
that leads out onto the hills a mile away.
there came to the ears of all the most
frantic shouts and roaring of that shame
less ballad, the Marseillaise, showing that
the French were at hand Quickly they
stopped for little to fire the outbuild-
ings, as it was found afterward)
'Let.us f1y!' cried some of the weaker
brothers. But the abbot raised his
hand.
"Be strong and of a good spirit" said
he. sAre all PRESENT.
Brother Felipe is still at his paint
ing" cried several together.
Brother Antonio will fetch him." said
the abbot calmly '"The rest will pro-
coed. First of all, those carrying the
chalices."
pungent smoke was wrapping that
other end of the hall where Brother
Feline sat at his task all unconscious,
and it husked Brother Antonio's voice as
he came near and called:
Hasten. Felipe, hasten. We are go
ing instantly. The French are on us!'
Brother Felipe looked up.
"So?' he said. 81 will come"
But he made no attempt to come. 1t
might have been no more than the sum-
mons to dinner, Antonio thought bitterly.
and shouted again, "Come; lose no time. :
eyes, yes" said Brother Felips amia-
bly,
And Brother Antonio, as he fled back
through the smoke to the abbot was
aware that Brother Felipe was still sit
ting at his missal and three Frenchmen
scrambling in at the windows with
drawn swords.
The rest the abbot saw before closing
the secret door behind himself and the
brothers.
Brother Felipe was bent over his mis-
sa! painting steadily -,
of the Frenchmen.
Eyes, yes, brother said Felipe, exact
ly as he had spoken to Brother Antonio.
Il am coming directly
'.Brotber?'' The Frenchman exploded
with oaths. and one of the others said
with a kind of bullying merriment:
Il will prod our brother, with your per-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21
WOODEN SHIPS.
Outlook Good for a Prosperous Season
Among the Maine Builders.

Wooden shipbuilding in Maine is a fair
ly prosperous industry this year, and the
outlook is encouraging. A great deal is
said about the decadence of the wooden
ship, and especially the sailing wooden
ship, but this does not apply to the great
American cOaStwise merchant marine,
which is today far greater than ever 1t
was before, and still growing. Time was
when the harbors of eastern lumber
ports, like Bangor, were crowded with
topsail schooners, briggs, barks and fore
and-aft schooners, and many people Ia
ment today that the vessels are few IN
comparison with the old fleets. This IS q
needless complaint, however, for, While
the vessels are fewer, they are also much
tonnage entering and leaving the port OF
Bangor now is much in excess Of What 1t
ever was in the so-called palmy days OF
the American merchant marine.
In the old days a ship of 600 to 100
tons was considered big fellow; today
the coal stevedores at High Head. Ban
gor, speak of 1OOO-tOn schOOners as little
fellows. No schooner begins to attract
attention unless she is pretty close to
1900 or 1000 tons net register, and there
are a great many schooners carrying coal
on this coast whose tonnage is in excess
of 1000. One OF. the schooners that
comes to Bangor generally brings about
tracts less attention than did the brig
Harry Smith twenty years ago, when she
came here with 1916 tons. The big
schooner, the Fannie Palmer, can carry
as much coal at one load as would keep
one of the oldtime coasters busy for
year.
That is the kind of vessels, for the
most part, that they are building in the
Maine yards nowadays, with Il few of
medium size for special trades or to suit
special purposes. At Bath they are
building ten or dozen schooners, rang
ing from 500 to $500 tons capacity, while
at Marlborough two gigantic schooners
are under construction of the famous
Palmer feet-the fve-master schooner
Singleton Palmer, and another not yet
named. These vessels will carry about
$500 tons of coal each.
The cost of materials is high, and
wages are higher than for years, yet the
orders for new vessels are coming n and
contracts are being placed at prices that
give the builder a fair profit. No one
down east seems to have any apprehen-
sion! that the shipyards will go out of
business until the ocean dries up, even if
One thing is to be noted in connection
with the industry of immediate interest
to lumbermen, and that is that the yards
are no longer turning out small coasters
the two-maSted lumber carrying type Of
100 to 200 tons The old fleet is rapidly
disappearing. and unless a new fleet
shall be built before long, Bangor will
have to employ bargeS to transport her
lumber to Boston and New York.-Ban-
gor Correspondence of the New York
Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-10-21

astery, my father cried the peasant
who first came t. them After Nones it
was already; so that if they were indeed
coming-these Frenchmen who feared
neither God nor the devil-they would
arrive before dusk, having, it seemed,
utterly defeated the Spanish soldiers.
You are sure that we are defeated"'
asked the abbot, forgetting in his trou-
BILE that he and the brothers had no part
nor side with earthly armies.
The peasant swore to that and to
many other things, and those that came
after him swiftly swore to the same.
Therefore it was clear to the abbot that
for the time being work must take the
place of PRAYER. There were precious
and sacred things in the monastery that
must be moved away and hidden till the
danger was past Lives, too, though
they were vowed away from the worle,
must not be given over to these raging
soldiers. Raging and drunk with wine
and blood" the peasant said. The alb
bot bestirred himself, and the brothers
did likewise.
Strangely enough, only Brother Felipe,
VINO IN his moments Of forgetfulness,
was wont to speak of the world as a
present and-almost-an enjoyable thing,
had shown no interest in the tidings Of
battie that had been brought up and
oahdled from tongue to tongue for these
many days past. Some had thought it a
sign OF grace in him, as indeed it would
nave Deen IN any other. But most of the
orofhers opined that Felipe had no nina
Tor these things. The sound of a musket
would go into one ear-with him-and
out of the other, just as the sound of the
dinner bell would
And now that he has been given a
paint box said Brother Antonio. not
without envy, 'he requires nothing inside
Of him."
de referred to the illuminating of Il
mlssal, which had of late been set as a
task to Brother Felipe, in lieu of the
kitchener's work, which should have been
his lot for the week. This by special
petition Of all the brothers.
Brother Felipe liked his painting. He
sat in a windowed alcove of the hall,
sucking his brush, for hours together.
the missal before him, and who knows
where his wits were? He was sitting
like this when the tidings of the French
marauders came, and through all the
hustle he sat on. No one disturbed him,
because there was too much to be done,
and little time to do it in, and, that be-
ing so, Brother Felipe was not account