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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-03-18

III what the New York Evening Post
openly charges against w. r. Hearst
be true, or even the half Of it, then
Willie needs fumigating, and needs it
badly. But it must not be forgotten
that the Post is an emasculated organ
of Wall Street gamblers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-03-18

1t is said that the cuttlefish spews
out and covers itself with an inky stuff
when it wishes TO hide from its pur-
suers. The postoffice thieves at Wash
ington are doing the cuttlefish stunt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1904-03-18
j. y. .lARMAN & CO..
TAZEWELL, VA.
REAL ESTATE GENTS.

Co,li, Mineral, Timber, Grazing and
Farming Lands.
Houses and Lots Bought and Sold.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
DUXHURST FARM COLONY.
What Is Being Done in England to
Reclaim Women Who Are
Drumkards.

The Duxhurst Colony is work that
lies very close to Lady Henry SOmerseI's
heart and to which she has devoted
great wealth of care and labor.
AS is well known, England has the
unenviable distinction of possessing a
large number of women addicted to
drink, and it was with the hope of find
ing some efficient way of retaining
habitual women inebriates that this
Duxhurst Farm Colony was expert
mentally started. The colony plan had
proved successful in other cases, why
not in this? So eight years ago the new
scheme was inaugurated.
A farm of $50 acres in beautiful Sur
rey, one Of the garden spots Of England,
was selected as the site Of the model viii
lage, which consists Of six cottages
clustered around a larger house. 1t is
most charming and homelike spot
Here the victims of alcoholism who are
candidates for reform are brought
/ They are separated into small groups,
usually from seven to ten, and each
group assigned to a cottage. Each cot
tage has its separate establishment,
presided over by a nurse matron from
the Church Army. The poor women
take great delight in their comfortable
little homes as they proudly call
them, and vie with each other in a laud-
able rivalry as to which dwelling shall
display the most spotless cleanliness
and in every way be the best cared for.
The large building contains the re-
fectory, kitchen, recitation hall, labor
matrOn's room. and private room be-
longing to Lady Henry Somerset. I'M
mediately behind this building are the
laundries. workshops and workrooms.
Alcoholism is regarded as a disease.
and hospital has been provided for the
treatment of the patients. There is no
institutional character in the arrange
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
DEALING WITH INEBRIATES.
Develop Dangerous Class
of individuals.

The present efforts to check inebriety
by fine and Imprisonment are so contin-
uously disastrous as to reflect on the
intelligence not only Of the lower courts
but Of public opinion which continues
to support it. The number of persons
subject to this farcical treatment are
practically trained into a dangerous
class, not only in the crimes they are
liable to commit but in increasing the
sources of pauper!sm, insanity and idi-
ocy Such persons become so degen-
crate that they are ready to sell their
influence and votes at the polls, and are
really doing more to corrupt society and
defeat the intelligent will of the peo-
pie than the ignorant foreigner who has
little or no knowledge of the institutions
Of the country. Every large city and
town has a proportion Of these purchas-
able inebriates who are controlled by
saloon keepers. In one of the large New
England cities a list of | 900 of these
inebriates who were purchasable was
recently offered for sale, with guaran-
tee that they would vote according to
the will of the purchaser. Another list
of inebriates contained 7S9 persons who
were known to be for sale. Ward con-
tractors saloon men and brewers al
ways have lists of such persons. This
peril is growing rapidly. If the police
courts had the power to impose a SEN
tence depriYing the inebriate Of his vot-
ing privilege it would do far mere for
the public good than the petty fines and
imprisonment This journal has re-
peatedly urged that all inebriates should
be considered irresponsible and de-
priyed of their power of voting and
placed under confinement in special hos
pitfalls. Later they may be given their
liberty on parole, and restored to their
citizenship when they can prove rea-
sonable degree of durability. No man
has a right to destroy himself by con-
tinuous toxic use Of spirits, bewidering
| his brain, making him unfit to act ra-
tionally and exercise the responsible
ties and duties of freeman. The i'm
morality of the man who will sell his
opinions and judgment to the highe st
bidder deserves the severest condemna-
ton, of which FORGETTING his right and
privileges of having a voice in the gov
eminent is a minimum punishment.
The educational qualification necessary
for voting should be universal and in
addition to this, degree of sanity
should be insisted upon that is not found
in the average inebriate.-Journal of
Tnebriety
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
NEW CAVALRY TRAINING.
Novel system of .Instruetion to he In.
troduced for Benefit of the
British Horse Soldier

Apparently as the result of the adj
mirable experiments in cavalry train
ing made by Lieut.. Col. de Lisle at
Hounslow, the new system of instruc-
ton is to be introduced into the First
British army corps, writes an Alder
shot correspondent.
The innovation will do away with
much Of the useless routine work
which in the past has occupied so
much of the cavalryman's time From
the beginning of the training the aim
will be to develop the cavalryman's
power of initiative and resource and
general intelligence in the field. One
of his first lessons will be to catch
his horse when turned loose. to train
it. and ride it across country instead
of around the riding school
The care of horses is also 10 be
taught. Men are to be instructed in
the treatment of minor horse mala-
dies, how to judge and treat lame
ness, and to tell good forage from
bad
OUTPOST and advance guard duties.
reconnaissance uutleS ana map T6dulnG
are to be taught thoroughly. Parties
of men are to be sent out to find their
way to liked points entirely by the
map. The art of scouting will be in
stilled by the flag stealing" game and
practical trials of scouting, in which
special stress is to be laid on intercept
ing moves of the enemy. learning his
strength without being seen. dispatch
riding and making ineligible verbal
and written reports.
More attention is to be paid to firing,
the proper appreciation of cover, rapid
shooting, natural rests, and the effects
of wind
Skill al arms is not 10 be forgotten,
and mounted combats and competi-
tons are to be instituted.
To render charging little more sci
entific. an interesting game. somewhat
after the idea INDUCED in by the Ger
man infantry, will be practiced. A
squadron of dummies in line will form
the objective, and the squadron bowl
ing over the greatest number of the
enemy will be declared the winner
During the Paris exposition, the Bank
OF France estimates that its increase in
business was S166,000,00o.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
TEMPERANCE ITEMS.
Wanderings bring to weakness.


When life is all sport to US the devil
Is the hunter.-Ram Horn.
All the railroads that center in Chi
cago have prohibited the use Of liquor or
tobacco by employees when on duty.
Practically all the important railroads
now concur in this prohibition.
Rev. Mark Guy Pearse. the great Eng
lish preacher, was once reproved for
making too many temperance speeches,
and when told he ought to be taking
care of his flock, he answered: The
sheep are all right just now; am look
ing after the WOLF
During the last 50 years insanity in
England and Wales has increased enor-
mously In 1859 there were &c. 1862 cases,
while at last January there were 49,
1854 This does not mean that the cases
have only increased with the increase
of population. While the proportion to
population in 1859 was to $50, now it
is ! to 239-truly a sad state of matters.
The increase is accounted for by drink,
heredity and business worries, but the
greatest of these is drink
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
CUPID in THE
ELEVATOR&
By Carroll Watson Rankin
THE inhabitants were chary of in

THE inhabitants were chary of in
trusting themselves to the elevator
In Bailey Mansions, for it was of so I'M
stable character that the initiated had
lost all confidence in it as a means of
transportation.
Katherine, however, was not an in
habitant. In her own home elevators
pursued the even tenor of their way
without vagaries of any sort; so, when
her call on the top floor was completed,
with every reason to expect a swift and
uneventful journey she stepped con-
fdently into the elevator.
At the fourth floor it stopped to ad-
init second passenger. a man named
Westcott. Westcott differed from
Katherine in that he entered the cage
like apartment with full knowledge of
its treacherous tendencies, but West
colt was that morning in a frame of
mind to court disaster. He assured
himself as he stepped in that it was
mstter of complete Indifference to him
whether the elevator shot suddenly up
ward and crashed through the skylight,
or dropped without warning into the
basement
The elevator, however, did neither of
these things Under the guidance Of
chubby, blue-eyed youth, it pursued it's
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

ment of the colony. Everything is pref
~. homelike and cheerful, and its at
Effectiveness is enhanced by the lovely
natural scenery
Each patient is kept one year. that
ample time may be afforded for per
manency in the work of reform. Moth
ers with babies under Is months old are
permitted to bring them to the colony.
A very efficacious method in the plan
of reform is that of constant occupa-
ton for the women, chiefly in garden
ing. The inmates take great delight in
this employment, as the beautifully
managed forcing houses and well grown
vegetables and flowers testify.
A small charge is made for the main
tenance of the patients-the minimum
being five shillings, or about SIPS per
week. Labor accounts are accurately
kept, and where it is ascertained that
anyone has earned her full keep, the
extra money is placed to her credit and
given her when she leaves the colony.
One bright feature OF the colony,
though not an integral part of it, is the
children's home at the Nest. The chill
dren brought here are from the slums
of London. and are Of the very poorest
and most discOnsolate. Girls and boys
are entertained separately. The Birds
Nest" as it is called. is cared for by
Sister Kathleen. who has made chill
dren's work a special study.
II is now eight years since this unique
scheme for retaining inebriate women
was inaugurated, and it's continued and
growing success justifes its existence.
Magistrates have in many instances
consigned women to the colony who
had been in prison scores Of times, in
Guiding one who had been sentenced
over 200 times. However, the majority
of the women who come to the colony
are the wives of artisans who earn small
wages-Women who perhaps have not
been before the magistrate, but who are
wasting their husbands earnings and
making Their homes desolate through
drink; servants who have lost both
character and situation; and young
women who have taken to drink through
excess of hard work and unhappy sur
roundings. All these seek the place
voluntarily, and generally leave cured.
1t speaks well for the success of the
colony that 50 per cent. of the women
received since the beginning seem to
have been permanently reclaimed. So
anxious have people been to seek it's
benefits that 1900 applicants were re-
fused in one wear and since the OMEN
ing of the village over 10000 women
have been denied admittance for lack
of room.
Lady Henry Somerset hoped, in
founding the Duxhurst Colony, that it
would be the pioneer in a new, prac-
tical and successful work for reform
ing hosts of habitual drunkards. The
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

encouraging results attending the ex-
pertinent justify the hope that many
similar ones will be founded. Fines and
Imprisonment have proved futile. No
punishment hitherto tried has been in
any sense reformatory. The poor, be-
sOtted creatures. after serving their SEN
tence, are returned to the same old
vicious and criminal environments, and
the same degrading companiOnship, and
are hailed again and again to prison,
sinking lower every time.
1t was this disheartening aspect Of
the case that set Lady Henry thinking.
The personal effort and the complete
change OF environment which were sug-
gested to her have proved wonderfully
effective, and have secured the atten-
ton of legislators interested in the pun
ishment and reform of confirmed in
ebriates. The subject has appealed to
parliament to such an extent that new
inebriate act was passed, which pro-
vided that amy habitual drunkard
found guilty of crime may be detained
in a state or certified inebriate reforma-
tory for not exceeding three years"
The drunkard is now no longer free
to ruin his own life and that of others.
But the question is what to do with him.
The farm colony at Duxhurst having
so effectively shown what the influ-
ence of healthful work in the heart Of
nature can do for women thus affected,
it is hoped that the government will be
impressed to model their reformatories
upon this plan.-Union Signal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
Curse OF Grocers' Licenses.

A doctor with a large practice IN the
suburbs of London, England. told a
newspaper representative that grocers'
licenses are among the greatest curses
of the age. Il have traced" he said,
many cases Of alcoholism among wom-
en- to this source. The evil begins with
the grocers' license and in a short time
the public house is patronized. An
other evil is the medicated wine. the
trade in which has vastly increased dur
ing the past few years. Scores of people
who would not touch ordinary wine or
spirits ask if they may take little OF
somebody's indicated wine. 1t is moth
ing but ordinary wine to which a drug
has been added II is my firm con.
viction that the use of such wines cult
Yates, and in some cases awakens, a
craving for alcohol in stronger form"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

westcott was so sure that he vas
dreaming that he did not make any an
swer.
The lady spoke to you" prompted
the elevator boy.
Westcott looked inquiringly at Kath-
crime
viii you-win you nave a choco-
late?"
NO, thank you" replied Westcott,
returning to the contemplation Of the
green wall
There was another long pause. The
neglected box remained halfway be-
tween the suspended passengers.
81 think you're very ungentlemanly,"
said Katherine at length.
80 you said last night" responded
Westcott, coldly.
You're more so to-day"
How"
"You-you know I'm too polite to eat
these chocolates and let you go hungry,
and I'm fairly starving"
Westcott, with an air of exaggerated
pOliteness, took a chocolate and ate ii,
with his eyes fixed unsociably upon the
green wall. He dared not trust himself
to look at Katherine. Katherine nib
bled bonbon, waited in silence for ten
minutes, and again offered the box to
| Westcott, who gravely helped himself.
This operation was repeated until only
one remained in the box. The remain
| ing one was heart-shaped.
It's heart" exclaimed the elevator
boy, who had read too many dime
shockers" not to recognize an Interest,"
ing situation when face to face with one.
and who was unable to contain himself
longer. You'll have to toss for it. 1t
is heart, isn't it,"
why, so it isl" replied Katherine.
will you have it, Bob-pardon me
Mr. Westcott?"
Westcott shot quick glance at Kath-
crime, who had gradually moved two
feet away from the end of the leather
covered bench, and was consequently
. that much closer TO the man she had
Tilted the previous evening.
DO | understand that you are offer
ing me a hearth" asked Westcott.
~ JOul NbI IL, Sdlu hdlueTlU6,
flushing a beautiful crimson.
Westcott took from his pocket some
thing that glittered, laid it in the box
beside the chocolate heart, and pushed
the box toward Katherine.
do we play fair?" he asked. with his
eyes on Katherine's.
The elevator boy, agog with excite
ment, retired discreetly, but with reluct-
anCe, to the pages of his paper, but not
before he had recognized in the glitter
ing object a ring
And when he looked again the box
contained two hands, although only one
was visible; the man was no longer gaz-
I ing at the wall
The hand of the Indicator above the
boys head was leaping from number to
number in curious fashion, sounds of
ringing bells and impatient voices
drifted from the elevator shaft; but the
man and the maid paid no heed.
Then the boy moved the lever slowly.
even reluctantly, and the elevator
dropped quietly to the ground floor.
OH exclaimed Katherine, drawing
her hand gently from WestcOtt's and
giving long sigh. We're actually
down"
Yes, - beamed the boy. "and you
might have been down Is minutes ago
Just as well as not; but | seen how
things was going, and thought I'd help
, them along some"
You shall come to the wedding.
Cupid" said Westcott. slipping heavy
coin into the cherubic boys hand. And
he added, as they stepped out of the ele-
Vator on to the solid ground IF
ever own an elevator you shall run it."
Parsons Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
THE BOY GENTLY DISCOURAGED
FURTHER CONVERSATION.

III RIltE CON ERSATlON.
downward career until it reached the
space between the first and second
floors; there it stopped.
At the sight OF her fellow passenger
Katherine turned pink with enbarrass-
ment, The man had muttered some
thing under his breath and bowed Irig-
idly, for, before counting disaster, he
had cOurted Katherine-apparently it
had amounted to the same thing They
had parted forever only the evening be-
fore, and the ring she had worn for three
months was at that moment in West
colts vest pocket where he mad thrust
it savagely at the end of their quarrel.
why are we stopping here?" asked
Katherine, turning to the elevator boy
of cherubic countenance.
Cause we cant go on, returned the
boy, producing bag of nuts and comic
paper and proceeding to make himself
comfortable. The powers off again"
Has it eVer-does ii often so off like
this?"
"Oh, yes replied the boy. cheerfully.
There's nothing TO be scared Of Some
times she runs all right for as much as
week; then, again. she won't bulge for
six or seven hours at a stretch"
Six or seven hours!" gasped Rather
inc.
Yes replied the boy, settling him
self more comfortably on his stool
Once it was longer, but gin'rally they
get her going in an hour or two There S
no danger at all miss
The boy gently discouraged further
conversation by burying himself in his
paper. Katherine moved to the end OF
the long, leather-covered seat. West
colt, at the extreme other end, stared
gloomily at the wall.
Katherine looked at her watch; it was
already past luncheon time, and she had
been too miserable to eat much break
fast Still-she frightened at the
thought-she should not starve, for she
had with her box of chocolates she was
taking home to her sisters children.
She looked at her watch again. Only
four more minutes had passed, but the
pangs of hunger were becoming unen-
durable The chubby boy munched nuts
with apparently no thought of his fell
low sufferers. Katherine united the
pink string that bound the chocolate
box, unfolded the paper, lifted the lid,
and ate chocolate.
When she had eaten three she glanced
at Westcott He was still gazing at the
wall. The walls in elevator shafts are
seldom interesting; this one was tinted
a bilious green-a color that Westcott
abhorred.
How he must hate me-" thought
Katherine, eating another chocolate,
when he'd rather look at wall than at
me. | wonder what l ought to do? If
we were utter strangers. cast away on a
desert isle, and he had one biscuit ard
three drops of water, | should think him
horrid if he didn't offer me half. sup
pose | ought to offer him some of these
chocolates, even if we're not on speak
ing terms"
Katherine, sitting very erect, and gaz-
ing straight ahead, pushed the box along
the seat. Westcott paid no attention.
will you have a chocolate" asked
Katherine, somewhat unsteadily.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
LEARN Him with n Club"

The Geary (Okla,) journal publishes
the following; One of our school teachers
received the following note from the MOTH
sr of one her pupils recently: Dear Mis-,
You write me about whipping SAMMY |
hereby give YOU permission to beet him up
eny time it is necessary to learn his esens
He is just ike his tather-you have to learn
MIN with a club, Pound nowledge into him
| wante hun to git it, and don't pay no aten-
shen to what his father says. I'll handle
him "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

/ want TO 60 ripping, Skipping and zlpping
Away on the Limited IRAN
These lines are not original with me. They
are taken from tuneful little ditty sung
IN George AIDES comedy Peggy from Paris -
The jingle danced through my brain the
other day as We lay on the siding at Prairie
junction, or some such place, to let the
Santa FEES west bound California Limited
go by. 1t was a gorgeous train OF palace
ears, and behind the plate glass observation
Windows beauty and fashion and youth and
old age were lolling among the luxurlant
cushions, some visiting some reading, some
pleasantly doing, some making wreaths Of
cigar smoke, some gazing dreamily through
the windows at the passing cities, and
fields, and forests and rivers.
| stood on the rear platform of the last
EAR of our train and watched the California
Limited as she faded away toward the gold
en- west. And | thought of the difference
between travel now and travel in the days
of 40, when 1t took the gold seeker half
long, weary year, filled with all kinds OF
hardships, to travel the distance that is now
covered in three days. | thought OF the
slowly moving wagons, the dust, the stones
the jolting, the thirst, the hunger, the
homesickneSs, the snajl-like crossing Of
plains, the laborious climbing of mountains,
the weary dragging weeks, the never ending
trail.
In these palaces that had just glided by
were people going to the same place TO
spend the winter months where the climate
IS perpetual summer. And they were not
TO endure a single hardship on the journey.
When night came they were to lie in beds
whose soft embrace makes sleep luxury
and in the day time the velvet cushions OF
their seats were to be made deeper still by
pillows-and thy were to spend delightful
part Of their time in the gllded and glltterlng
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

Has the doctor given up all hope "Oh,
no; he thinks the estate will settle the bill
if his patient dies Cincinnati Times
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

They stood by the OLD well together How
shall we drink he said There Is no
bucket here" She lowered her eyes. when
she raised them again they were full OF va
ter.-Princeton Tiger.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
ON THE "DUDEv TRAIN,

Johnny Drummer, Who Is Side
Tracked to let the Limited go by,
expresses his sentim e nts regard
Ing that superb Train.
1t has been my dream of JOY supreme
To ride IN plush and velvet spbndor
Parlor car Tor a swell calender
Platform fenced with a swell brass fender
On the Regular Limited Train
Electric bell right under your nose
Porter to come and brush your clothes
Grub in the diner the best that grows
A downy bunk for a nights repose
On the Regular Limited Train
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

Character may be Sold but it cannot be
bought Chicago Tribune
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07
Stops the Cough

Confidence is the secret of strength
Monod
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-07

Good humor Is one OF the best art cles OF
dress one can wear in society. ThackeIay