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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
A NEW RESERVOIR SITE.
Purchase of Ground in New Mexico
Authorized by the Secretary
of the Interior.

Another step has been taken toward
the transformation Of the arid west.
The secretary of the interior has au-
thorized the purchase of the Hondo
reservoir site in New Mexico for the
sum of $4,000. 1t is in Chaves coun-
ty, about IL miles west of Roswell.
The site of this proposed reservoir
is a natural depression, which, with a
small amount of embankment, can be
given a capacity of 10000 acre-feet
This will hold practically all the
water that the Hondo will furnish
during low-water years. 1t is proposed
to store here the food waters Of this
stream and draw on them through
lateral canals for irrigating lands below
the reservoir.
The lands that will be benefited by
the reservoir waters are naturally fer
tile and may be easily irrigated at
slight expense. They are free from
alkali and will be ultimately worth at
least 500 an acre when planted to
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
LACKED WHAT He WANTED.
The NInexhaustibIe" Was Exhausted
without Supplying a Single
Simple Want.

The agent for the "Inexhaustible Cy-
clopedia, in Twelve Parts" approached
Mr.. Ransom with a light and springy
step, and was greatly cheered when he
received an invitation to drawn up an
show your wares" and the other rock
ing-chair on the shady porch was
pushed toward him, relates an ex-
change.
you say there's everything anybody
wants to know in it," said Mr.. Ransom,
genially, when the agents flow of con-
versation had ceased for moment, and
he looked hopefully at his host. well,
l guess l shall have to buy 1t. Lawzee,
yes, can see how easy the payments'I
be. But now just want to make sure
O. one or two things before l pay ye
down the fust money.
Les see, what parts have We got
with ye? Vol. One, A to Conn., that's
all right. Now, you find me the
place where it tells about ant-hills,
and the best way to rid your door
yard of 'em. I've tried more'n 40 diff
ferent ways already"
Mr.. Ransom leaned comfortably back
in his chair and rocked with loud
creak, while the agent searched the
pages of "Vol. One" with an anxious
face.
at doesn't tell amout them" he stam-
mered at last. you see" But Mr..
Ransom raised his hand in protest.
Its too bad" he said, "but probably
that slipped their minds Jest turn over
to the BIS, and find butter Now see
how you can make it come when it's
contrary, same as it is sometimes
when you're in hurry to get through
churning"
Again he regarded the agents redden-
ing face with calm and genial gaze.
mot therei" he said when the result
of the search was reluctantly admitted.
"That seems curious, don't it? But still
I'll give 'em another chance. Now you
turn over the c's till you come to cats
There, you've got it. Now how do they
undertake to keep Malty cat from
shedding all over visitors clothes and
the furniture, so the whole family won t
be picking an eating gray hairs the
enduring timer
The agent shut the book with slam
and rose abruptly, in spite of Mr.. Ran
SONS benevolent smile.
"You stan there a minute till mother
fetches we glass O. lemonade; it's a
warmish day." said Mr.. Ransom, cor
daily. But as to the book you're ped
ding, why, mothers got Helps to the
Handy that her mother had before her
that you'd ought to take look at some
time. What with that an the World S
Atlas an the dictionary, guess moth
er an I'll make out to get along with
out any cyclopedy, young man."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
POnpOnitY.
JAPAN'S LONELY FUTURE.
Observations on the Race and Color
Line Between East and West
-Japan's Mission.

Japan looks far into the future, and
sees that her path is very lonely Among
the nations of the earth she Is abso-
lutely isolated. All Europe Is a family
Gquarreling now here, now there, yet
kin and like, says a Shanghai CORE
spondence of the London Daily News.
America is of the same blood; and ali
the rest of the earth has been swallowed
up-the whole world, except the tiny
Island empire at the remotest corner OF
Asia. Her own kindred on one side, Fill
ipinos, Malays, Kanakas, Maoris, have
for a long time been mere chattels,
bought and sold, and tossed about from
one white race to the other. Her kim
dred on the other side, the Tartar and
Sibiric races from Khiva to Kamchatka,
from the Gurkhas to the Gilyaks, have
ceased to exist as independent peoples;
those not already absorbed by Europe
are ION the list" for absorption In due
course. Japan's two nearest relatives
of all-Korea and China-can something
be made out Of them? Japan's future
existence depends on her ability to drive
little energy into these two, and
drum them into some sort OF shoulder
to-shoulder movement, before the last
of the yellow races go the way OF the
brown and red and black, drawn into
the smelling furnace Of benevolent as
sanitation, from which no colored race
can ever return to life
Japan has before her a stupendous
struggle for life Perhaps not now; not
this year, but for hundred years to
come. People in Europe do not realize
this, simply because they are in Europe.
If you never wore permanent "colored
complexion" you cannot realize what
the race question is; you can have no
idea of the colored side of it. Out here
as convincingly as that the sun means
light and warmth, so brown or yellow
skin means inferiority, subsection, 10
most people, and the Japanese are bit
terly reminded in thousands OF lttlej
unattended ways. 1t IS no mere matter
of amour propre, but of life and death
for the nation. The destiny of the sub
ject peoples stares them in the face,
and they nerve themselves to resist 1t.
It is not merely Russia, 1t is the all-de-
vouring white race, and If the Russian
portion happens to be the most in evil
dence, that is a mere detail. Had the
islands been on the other side of the Pa
cifc, they would have been attacked by
the white savages who obliterated such
advanced civilizations as those Of Peru
and Mexico, and who crushed such
sturdy fighters as the Sioux and lro-
quois. Or, situated otherwise, Japan
might have been treated with Difference,
like her cousin Nepal, or like Afghanis-
tan; or she might have been simply
grabbed like Madagascar; or Christian
lied and demoralized, like the Philip
pines in Spanish days; or slaughtered,
like Bokhara; or charter-companied,
like Borneo and Africa. But these are
only varying phases Of one unbroken
story; oil and water cannot mix, and the
white race cannot let the colored races
live as Independent nations. All things
considered Japan might have had
harder nut to crack than Russia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
VTIRGINIA:-In the Clerks Office of
Y the Circuit Court of the County of
n1.ou.ou a., H. Oh LIZ. e mil 1ONI

VTIRGINIA:-In the Clerks Office of
Y the Circuit Court of the County of
Tazewell, on the 9Th day Of April, 1904.
Martie Coin, Complainant,
against In Chancery.
William Coin, alias William Corn, De-
PENDANT.
The object of this suit is to obtain by
the complainant from the defendant di'
vorce from the bonds of matrimony on
the ground that the defendant issentenced
to confinement in the penitentiary of the
State of Virginia.
And an affidavit having been made and
fled that the defendant William Coin,
alias William Corn, is under sentence to
confinement in the penitentiary, it Is or
dered that he do appear here within hf'
teen days after due publication hereof,
and do what may be necessary to protect
his interest in this suit. And it is further
ordered that copy hereof be published
once a week for four successive weeks In
the Taze9ell Republican, weekly news
paper published at Tazewell, Virginia,
and that a copy be posted at the front
door of the courthouse OF this county as
prescribed by law.
A copy-Teste:
T. E. GEORGE, Clerk.
GreeVer x Gillespie p. q.
m5t4
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
SCOTS
T MULSION

SCOTS Emulsion is the
means of life and of the en-
ioyment of life of thousands of
men, women and children.
To the men SCOTS Emul-
sion gives the flesh and
strength so necessary for the
cure of consumption and the
repairing of body losses from
any wasting disease.
For women SCOTS Emul-
sion does this and more. 1t is
a most sustaining food and
tonic for the special trials that
women have to bear. :
To children SCOTS Emul-
sion gives food and strength
for growth of flesh and bone
and blood. For pale girls,
for thin and sickly boys SCOTS
Emulsion is a great help.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE, Chemists,
4oe-415 Pearl Street. NewYork
300. and $1.OO; all druggists.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
THE USES OF NATURAL GAS.
Immense Number of Industries and
Homes Supplied with Its Ener-
gies in Last Few Years.

The most profitable customers that
the natural gas companies have are the
householders. Natural gas is eminent
ly fitted for domestic uses, as every
woman who has cooked by its conven-
lent fame has realized, il she has ever
had occasion to abandon it for wood
or coal range. She does not wonder
that the gods were Jealous Of the hero
who brought fire down from heaven in
a hollow reed and showed men how to
warm and light their homes and how to
cook their food His was a god-like
gift and meant to mankind the begin
ming Of civilization. 1t is from such
primitive uses of fire as Prometheus
taught that the natural gas companies Of
to-day derive nearly all their revenue.
They supplied natural gas to 509,695 do
nestle consumers in 1902, and blessed
not less than 4,5OO,0OO people WITH it as
an illuminant
So says Mr.. F. H. Oliphant in his re-
port on the production of natural gas
in 1902, which has just been published
by the United States geological survey
as part of its annual volume on mineral
resources. He says many other perth
nent things in this report Natural gas,
he states, is used on many other hearths
than the purely domestic. Iron mills,
steel works, glass works and various
other establishments to the total num-
Der of SOB made use Of its energies in
1902. The number Of natural gas COM
panies that supplied the 509,6 95 home
bodies and the 8,103 establishments in
1902 was 2,147, which represented gain
of COZ companies over the enrolment
of 1901.
One Of the most effective uses to which
natural gas has been put is as motive
power for engines. The natural-gas en-
CINE came into favor about ten years
ago, when its use was first employed in
pumping wells. Afterward, in forms Of
magnitude ranging from five to 800
horse power, it was extensively intro
duced into manufacturing plants, where
it has successfully demonstrated its
economy and reliability. 1t has in many
cases replaced the steam engine and
boiler Owing to the large number Of
points that are often widely separated
and are difficult to supply with other
fuel, it is particularly applicable to the
pumping of oil wells and to driving pipe
line pumps.
In connection with a mantle of aka
line earth, natural gas has produced the
cheapest and best illuminant known.
All natural gas has not, however, the
same Illuminating value. In some dis
tricts 1t carries small percentage Of
the heavier hydrocarbons, which add
much to its Illuminating properties.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
Emigration from United States.

Much is written about immigration to
the United States, little about emigra-
ton from the United States; yet during
the year 1903 the number of those who
sailed for Europe from Atlantic coast
ports was more than one-fourth as large
as the number of those who arrived at
those ports. This, the immigration off,
GERS say, is evidence Of general industrial
prosperity. Most Of the eastYlrd bound
passengers are foreigners wy have been
in this country long enoug accumu-
late reasonable sum Of M ley, and are
going home to enjoy it. Others are work.
ing men who go back to the old country
for the sake Of bringing out their FAM
lilies, or for a visit; and still others are
men who can make enough during seven
or eight months work in America to
enable them to live abroad during the
rest of the year
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S y
School every Sunday at 9:3Oa, m. Preach.
ing first and third Sundays Up. M, second
and fourth Sundays ii a. IN. Christian
Endeavor every Friday at p. 10. r. E..
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at $3.50 m.
"I.ittle Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 3 p. m. Preaching
first and third Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sundays p. M, fifth Sun
DAYS IL a. no. and p. NJ.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a. m.
Preaching first and third Sundays Z. p. NJ,
second and fourth Sundays ii a. M
Prayer meeting every Friday p. m. l.
j. Eskridge, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 Il. M. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
IL a. M. and z. p. Ia. Preaching NTH
Sundays at II a. NJ. Prsyermeetlng every
Wednesday evening p. M.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKE'S GAR
DEN. on first Sunday at l. a.
m. and 4 p. m. S. o. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. M.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
ORIENTAL PLACE NAMES
Various Ways Of Spelling Them Have
Caused Much Confusion and
Uncertainty.

Mr.. Henry Gannett, geographer OF
the United States geological survey,
has recently received numerous letters
Of inquiry regarding the proper spell
ing of the place names in Korea anu
Manchuria that have been proml-
nent In the news columns OF the DAY
since the outbreak of hostilities between
Russia and Japan. The variation In
spelling observed in the usage OF diner
ent newspapers and different map
makers is confusing to the common
mind. Mr.. Gannett suggests that the
matter would be much simplified II It
were generally known that system OF
transliteration of such names has been
adopted by most European nations, by
Canada, and by this country. TINS
plan is published in the second report
of the United States board on geograpn-
ical names.
The confusion arising from the fact
that these geographical names are
written in their native tongues In
characters unlike those we employ.
Different persons transliterate them
into roman characters in different
ways. The value Of set of rules that
would reduce the variations In spelling
TO a minimum Is apparent.
The rules adopted by the board on
geographical names provides that the
novels shall have the sounds that are
common to the vowels in the Ian
guages of southern Europe. 1t follows,
therefore, that u has the sound OF 90
in boot and that Manchuria Is, there
fore, preferred to Manchooria' Chetu
to Chefoo, Amur to Amoor. 1t has
been ruled that al has the sound OF
in ice; au the sound Of ow In now
(ao--a very frequent combination In
the east, heard in names like Minda-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
cRoss-srIrcH EMBROIDERY.
II Growing tn Favor and Will Ne
Much I'm Evidence I'm the
Spring Costumes.

Cross-stitch embroidery as a popular
fad seems to increase rather than to
abate as the spring months draw near,
says the Washington Star. Nor Is scrim
cloth, which has been considered a
close rival to linen, the only material
which Is being drawn upon for the foun-
dation of this embroidery.
The newest idea is to fasten band
of openwork canvas on the article to be
embroidered. As this canvas is espe-
cially prepared for such work, 1t does
AWAY with the dificulty of doing the
cross stitch upon a fine weave OF goods.
The canvas can be procured in several
sized meshes, which makes 1t possible to
vary the design to suit the garment to
be decorated. After the design Is COM
pleted the threads Of the canvas are
carefully removed, leaving nothing ex-
cept the design on the goods.
With this simple method any kind OF
material can be used, including the soft
est muslins, silks and organdies, as we'll
as scrims and ginghams.
Pretty collar and cuff sets are still to
be seen made out of scrim and embroid-
cred In Persian or plain colors. These
are neat when worn over colored stock.
Collars, stocks and shirt waist plaits are
also made Of scrim and canvas and elab-
orately embroidered. Blue, red and yell
low are favorite combinations, as are
also green, blue and red.
Another pretty idea which is carried
out in cross stitch is to make napkin
holders of linen, scrim or canvas. The
edges are cross stitched as simply or
deliberately as the worker chooses, and
the color scheme also left to the discre-
ton of the worker. A set seen recently
was entirely in yellow cross stitch,
which renreaenfed q daiSy design.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
To W. n. Marley:

You are hereby notified that three GER
tam lots Of land situated in the county of
Tszewell, Virginia, in the town of Rich
lands, Maiden Spring Magisterial District,
known as lot No. 20 section IA and lots
Noe. Is and Is Section 10, were sold on
the 22nd day of December, 1897 for de-
inQuent taxes, levies, interest and costs to
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and APP
plicstion for the purchase thereof has been
filed in this Office, and it appearing from
the records in this office that you are in
terested in said lots of land, YOU are fur
Their notified to appear in four months
from the date of this notice and do what
may be necessary to protect your inter
ests.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
April, 1904.
I. +. GEORGE,
ap2lt4 Clerk Tazewel County.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
A ROYAL Reception.

When Lady Constance Mackenzie,
the English beauty, was in Texas, she
accepted the invitation Of a wealthy
ranchman to visit him. He determined
that her reception should be worthy of
her fame and qualities, so he tele.
graphed his manager: Lady Macken-
zie coming tomorrow; make every
preparation to treat her royalty" The
manager had never heard Of Lady
Mackenzie, but, as the business Of the
ranch was raising blooded horses, as
well as cattle, he decided this must be
some fancy racehorse. The famous
guest arrived the next day with her
party, and found all ready. A clean
box stall, with abundance of fresh hay,
awaited her.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
EAT MELLOW APPLES.
The Best of All Fruit to BE Taken
Before Meals and May BE Sub
stituted for Breakfast.

The more mellow apples one eats
the better, provided they be taken at
meal times, says the Independent. 1t
is best Of all to eat fruit before meals,
and freely as you like. This will pre-
vent loading the system with a heavy
weight of less digestible foods. SEN
ator Vest says that II a man wishes to
live long and be able to keep up his
work he must eat not less than one
apple with every noon lunch; we are
not sure but he said half dozen.
The no-breakfast fad tells us that
we must not only 60 without the morn
ing meal, but that we must live much
more largely upon fruit Some of It's
disciples insist that the apple may
taken in the place Of the ordinary
breakfast. John Wesley once referred
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
Sweet Potato Bread.

Take two cupfuls of sweet potatoes
after they are boiled and pressed through
a colander, add one-half cupful Of butter
and a pint of sweet milk. Now take
three cupfuls of flour and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and one teaspoon
full of salt; add to the potatoes and
knead until we'll blended together. Roll
out and cut, bake in a quick oven until
brown. If an egg is added it will i'm
prove 1t very much.-BoSton Globe.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

The Cleveland Provision Company, and
other cases heard Herewith,
vs.. In the Circuit Court of
1szewel County.
Gibbon, Poindexter & Co.
By decree, entered at the February
tenn, 1901, in the above styled cause, the
same was referred to me to ascertain to
whom is going certain funds In the hands
of the Commissioner, the said fund being
assets of the Pocahontas Supply Company,
and in order to do this | will ascertain the
creditors of that company.
You are therefore notified that l shall
proceed on the 9th day of Nav, 1904, at
the law office of Geo. w. St. Clair, Taze-
well, Virginia, 10 take such evidence as l
deem necessary to make said report. This
Is to notify those interested to be present.
w. II ANDERSON,
Special Commissioner.
April rs, 1904.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
Despise Bull. Fear Cow.

Although the bull is regarded by the
Spanish and Latin-American people as
the king Of beasts" said New Yorker
the other day, the matadors and picadors
think no more Of fighting him than they
do OF eating their dinners. Yet. brave
and sMllful as these men are, no amount
of persuasion or reward would induce
one of them to meet cow of the fight
ing breed in the center Of the arena.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12

alfalfa and corn. II used for fruit
growing, to which they are specially
adapted, they may have a far greater
value.
No engineering difficulties are ex-
pected in the work. The natural reser-
voir will have to be enlarged and
canals built for the inlet and outlet Of
the waters. 1t is estimated that the
cost of constructing the reservoir and
bringing the water to the arid lands
will approximate $4,000, or $50 an
acre for a minimum acreage Of 10000
1t is believed, however, that marty
$1,000 acres will be saved.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
British Losses in Boer War.

} This is the official statement of Brit
ish losses in the Boer war: Number OF
officers killed, 719; deaths from enteric
fever, 1888; from other diseases, 223. The
number of warrant officers, noncommis-
stoned officers and men who were killed
or died from wounds, $500; deaths from
enteric, 1907, and from other diseases,
1926.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12

the awful GOODNESS Of the water that was
spattered on our backs by our merry
comradesi
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

w. ]. Henson, judge; I. E. George,
clerk. Terms of court-3rd Monday In
February, and 4th Monday in May, Au
gust and November.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
SOMETHING NEW IN GLOVES.
The Turned-Over Top Has Come to
He a Feature of Up-tO-Date
HandWear.

There is not only new glove this
season, but a new way of wearing it.
For some time the tailor-made smart
girl has been wearing her glove unbut-
toned and with the top part turned over
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12

Steel Billiard Balls.
Hollow steel spheres are in use in Swe-
den for billiard balls.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
Weak


Are due 10 indigestion. Ninety-nins Of ever
one hundred people who have heart iroubk
can remember when II was simple indiges
ton. II is scientific fact that all cases d
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable TO, but are the direct result OF IndL
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion fer tents 'ud
swells the stomach, putting ~ up ;r ainst 10
heart. This interfe IS with TIE tion &
the heart, and in ours Of r:1e tina,
delicate but vital or, . ,ec3 es oseased.
Mr.. D. Kauble. Of Nev1a Yys hao stomach
trouble and was In bat 5 h. hesn trouble
with II. I took Kodo rJy 3 Cure for about fou
months and 1t cured me
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only. sloo Size holding ~ times the It'd
size. which sells for soc.
Prepared by e. o. DEWITT & co.. CHICAGO.
For Sale by Jno. Z. Jackson, the Drug
gist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE,
IAWYERS,
TazeYel,

CoURrs:-Tazewell and Russell counties.
Va, Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Va,
and Circuit Court OF Mcdowell county, W.
Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-05-12
Russia's Population.
CHARITY WORK IN SALOONS

Russia has almost three times the
population of Japan.