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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
MILLS OF MANCHURIA.
Growth of the FIGURING Industry Has
Been Rapid in the Last
Few Years.

Hardin is the present center OF the
houring-mill industry of Manchuria and
Is destined to become one of the great
hour-producing centers Of the world. 1t
Is situated in the heart of the valley
of the Sungari, on the banks OF that
stream, where it has the advantage OF
water transportation from the wheat
fields, as well as transportation by rail
from three different directions. 1t has,
in addition to this, cheap water trans
portation to the sea, two lines OF rail-
way reaching the ocean-one at Vladl-
vostock and the other line touching 1t at
Niuchwang, Dalny, and Port Arthur.
In 1900 the place did not contain SIN
gle -four mill or produce pound OF
-four. In 1901, at the time of my first
visit to the place, there was one mill pro-
ducing $50 barrels day. In 1902 there
were two mills producing 75O bar
rels a day. In the early part
of 1903 there were six mills, with a
daily production of l ,440 barrels. In DC
tober, 1903, during my last visit, l
found eight mills, with total daily ca
pacity of $500 barrels, erected at a cost
of $618,00O l was informed that TWO
more were in process of CONSTRUCTION
and that early in 1904 Hardin will have
ten mills in operation, with a daily ca
pacity of 1900 barrels of -four.
Most of these mills are fine structures
of brick and stone, provided with excel
lent modern machinery from Germany
and Austria. Why these mills have not
been provided with American machin-
ery I am not advised, but am inclined TO
the opinion that American manufactur-
ers have neglected to take advantage OF
previous suggestions to look after the
trade. AS the construction of mills IS
likely to continue, 1t would be wise
plan for our people to give this section
some attention.
On the Chinese Eastern railway, l5O
miles south Of Hardin, there is new
modern flour mill (the Guam Cheng Isu
MILD, producing $50 barrels Of flour per
day: at Kirin there is another new mill
of the same capacity; at Mukden there
Is a new mill, just started, with capac-
ity of 100 barrels per day; Port Arthur
has a flour mill Of recent construction
producing $50 barrels per day.
In Manchuria, by the carly part Of
1904. and within three years, -four mills
producing 5000 barrels of -four Gay
will have been built, and it is my opin-
ion this is only the beginning.
HENRY B. MILLER.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
USES OF ASBESTOS.
Wonderful Substance That Is Com
ing Into Prominence.
Link Between the Vegetable and Min
eraI KingdOms-HOw 1t Is OBJ
tanned in Various
Countries.

Asbestos is one of the most remark
able substance found in nature, and is
classified by biologists as peculiar spe-
cies of the hornblende family of miner
ais Its composition is chiefly SILICA,
magnesia, alumina, and ferrous oxide,
and consequently understandable, hence
its name The fibers formed by chemical
combination are perfectly smooth, and
in this respect are different from all 9TH
er known fibers, says the Scientific
American.
Paradoxically, it is the link which
completes the chain between the vege-
table and mineral kingdoms, and is IN
fact meteorological vegetable possess
ing the curious properties found in both,
for it is at once fibrous and crystalline,
elastic and brittle as thistledown when
treated mechanically.
Added to this, its fibers. soft, white
and delicate, have, by their inherent
quality of indestructibility withstood
the action of the elements since the
world began; and through all the count
less ages, during which the hardest rocks
surrounding it have been reduced, this
meteorological mystery has remained IN
tact, having successfully resisted the
assaults of fire, acids and time. Asbestos
is found widely distributed throughout
the world. although the principal sup
ply Of crude asbestos suitable for the
manufacture of fireproof cloths and cur
tains comes from Canada, about IS miles
from Quebec.
The Italian mineral has a fine, SILK
like fiber, but is lacking in the essen
tial characteristic of strength. The
product obtained from South Carolina
has a soft, woody, yellowish fiber, which
quickly powders under pressure. Inc
South African asbestos, as one might
naturally infer, is Of a dark slate or
black color, with exceptionally long,
strong fibers, but owing to its stlir
and horny texture, 1t cannot be manu-
featured into a fine fabric, hence the
superiority of the Canadian asbestos,
and its large consumption in the United
| States.
The mining of asbestos differs radical
" from the mining of other minerals,
since no shafts are sunk, but excavations
are made in the open, somewhat after
the manner of a stone quarry. Canadian
asbestos, however, is found in narrow
veins or seams about an inch and a
quarter in thickness, and embedded IN
rock which is easily severed from It.
The strata of asbestos, which may be
vertical or horizontal, are found IN
practically detached deposits, and are
as elusive as those of zinc-bearing ore
and can only be determined by exploring
| for them.
The rock to which the mineral is at
tached shows on fresh fracture a serpen-
tine mineral of a green shade contain
ing f1nely-divided particles of chronic
and magnetic iron. The asbestos on
cleavage presents a brilliant, dark
green surface by reflected light, but the
fibers after they are detached are per
fectly white The act Of separating the
mineral from its matrix of rock is termed
hand cobbing," and after this process
the mineral is shipped to various fac
tories in the United States.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
Religious Education.

The fact is brought out by the Educa-
tional Review that over 100000 per-
sons are enrolled in the Sunday schools
of this country. In the public schools the
enrolment is nearly 100000, or only
5000. 900 more. The accusation that the
religious education of children is neg
lected in America, with the consequence
of inevitable moral degeneration in our
society, as alleged by Rev. Mr.. Geer, is
not sustained by these statistics. More
attention seems to be given to the re-
lieious training of children in this coun-
try, by churches and in schools and by
home instruction, than in any other of
ChristendOm
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
ADOPT AMERICAN METHODS.
Manufacturer, Farmers and the Ger
man People in General Are
Taking to Our Ideas

A query frequently raised by the
German press is how American manu-
facturers, paying wages at least twice
rs high as are paid in Germany, are
ABLE. in many cases, to produce their
wares cheaper than they can be produced
here.
The solution of this question is GER
tainly before the German manulac-
turer as never before. He sees thaI
the cheaper raw material and bound
less natural resources Of the united
States furnish only a partial answer
and that the real solution IS 10 DC
found in a manufacturing system tnat
rejects traditional methodist system
the KEYNOTE of which is to lessen tne
cost OF production; that consigns a ma
chine to the scrap pile as soon as a bet-
ter one is to be had, and in turn con-
signs that one to the scrap pile when
occasion demands-a system that oHers
a constant incentive to each man con-
nected with the manufacturing planI "
bring out the best that is In him.
The advantages of such a system have
been again and again referred to by the
German press during the past year. IL
will undoubtedly be the standard TOWARD
which. in the future, the German manu-
facturer in all lines will strive. he
has already accomplished much IN TINS
direction. How rapidly and to what e1-
tent he may further advance remains &c
be seen. He will have the advantages
of a widely diffused technical training
among the German people, the produc'
of a flexible school system which reaol'
" adapts itself to the needs OF manu-
featuring and commerce; workmen VINO
specialize easily and who are patient II
the mastery Of details In some cases
he will perhaps be hampered by th'
tendency of an ACCIDENTALLY trainec
class in a shop to discourage the al
vancement of those not so trained.
Whatever change Of scope or methoC
may occur in the future OF German
manufacturing, without question th'
United States will be the model whose
methods will be chiefly studied anc
whose machinery will continue most II
demand. Our manufacturers should bi
able to show that their machinery OF
fered for sale here embodies the lates
improvements. If the fact can be dem
onstrated by actual experience that GER
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
WHEN KING EDWARD TRAVELS
All Through His Journey the Eyes
of Railway officials Are
Upon His Train.

Royalty on the railroad presents 10
the busy American some very amusing
aspects. Every time King Edward goes
rom one part of England to another
the mercantile community OF Great
Britain loses something like S5'OOO.
This is due to the fact that English
railway officials use most extraordl-
nary methods in safeguarding royal
trains, says a London report.
Even in performing so simple a jour
ney as going from Windsor to London
"a distance of about rs miles-tratfc
is suspended for hours when the king
travels that way.
On longer Journeys the loss to bust
ness houses along the line OF royal
route is something enormous. When
the king last journeyed from Scotland
to London it was estimated that the
direct loss to tradesmen was something
like $4,000 on account Of the tying up
of traffic and delay to perishable goods.
When King Edward travels along
certain line all passenger and freight
traffic-even including the fast express
services suspended. Most elaborate
precautions of every description are
taken to insure royal safety. For In
stance, for every Is minutes before the
departure Of the royal train from any
station all trains are held up, and or
binary traffic Is not resumed for 10
minutes after the train has left.
Along some sections Of the route
royal trains are preceded by pilot en-
gines, which go ahead to test the line
in case anything should be wrong. All
throughout the journey the kings train
is under the eyes of railway officials.
The ordinary block system Of signal
: ing Is suspended, as being too dangerous
for monarchs. Railways officials do not
seem to consider this reflection on
their own methods for safeguarding the
public. They know, however, that II
any Of the royal party should be injured
when travelling on any special line that
I that particular line would see Its nm
ish." so far as the British travelling pub
. lie is concerned.
Each portion Of the line on which the
! king travels is guarded from section to
section by railroad men with flags. They
direct the movement of the train. There
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
SILVER AS AN ANTISEPTIC.
Sheets of the Metal to Prevent Sup
puration of Wounds Favored
by Physicians.

Even the most skillful Of surgeons
sometimes finds it difficult to dress
wound in such a manner as to prevent
suppuration, a condition that is quite
likely to endanger the patients llle'
The processes most in use are exceed
ingly complicated, as most dressings
must be removed at least every day.
There are none of these objections
however. in the method of DR.. Reboul,
says a medical journal, for whether the
dressing is to be applied to a recent cut
or to an liberated tumor a sheet OF Sill
yer or silver leaf is all that is neces-
sary The silver is simply placed on
the wound or ulcer, and as it sticks
closely to the surface little cotton
soaked in collodion is sufficient to keep
it in place.
The effects of this sheet Of silver are
very remarkable. When the wound
Is a recent one and not contaminated
with microbes the wound quickly heals
under the influence Of the silver with
out inflammation or suppuration and
without presenting the slightest bad
symptom. Conditions are just as IA
yorable in cases Of ulcer-chronic ulcer
Of the leg, for example-in which case
the suppuration decreases little by lit
tie. while the liberated surface grad
ually becomes covered with healthy
skin, which soon produces a good cica-
L.. II Of N
feet cicatrization has even been OBJ
tanned in many cases Of liberated can
Ger Of the skin.
What is this property that silver pos
sesses? It is due to the great antisep-
tic power Of this metal, which Is
proved by the following experiment:
Several years ago a physician of Lyons,
DR.. Rollin, decided to cultivate mi
crobes in a bouillon which he had placed
in a silver vessel. To his great sur
prise he found that in place Of multi
plying in the nutritive liquid the MI
crobes persisted, and at the end OF
few hours completely disappeared
which fact was all the more remarka-
BILE as the same microbes multiplied
ad infnitum when placed in another
vessel. Pursuing his Investigations,
DIR. Rollin, analysed the bouillon
which was contained in the silver yes
sci and found therein a very small
trace of silver, which infinitely small
quantity had rendered antiseptic liter
of bouillon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31

''You all" and 1--WE all" are spoken and
not written, just as a great many per-
sons who are capable Of writing, and do
write, the most exquisite English
butcher all the rules of grammar and
euphony In conversation.
But it is doubtful if 1--WE all" and you
all" can be charged up to the south ex-
clusively. They are rather American
iDrovincialisms, and are to be classed
with certain departures of speech noted
by the late Herbert Spencer-d
looked upon asshocking and barbarousby
the Englishman. But why should breath
and time be wasted in saying things in
a roundabout fashion? Why ask:
"How are the members Of your family?"
when "How are you all?" will answer
the same purpose? Suppose one is asked
his present place of residence, shall he
wade through the painful detail OF the
law and reply that he lives on certain
lot Situate, lying and being" in GER
tain county, and certain state, and IN
the United States of America, and give
the metes and bounds, and the meander-
ings of lines, and certain blazed black
lacks which have marked It's proper
boundaries from the time of the first in
habitant? Not much. Time is too pre-
cious. The quick answer, no less than
the quick action, is one Of the impress
sive idiosyncrasies of the age. 1--WE ALL
and you all" may not conform to the
rules of grammar, but 1t Says what 1t
means" and means what 1t says"
Still. it is not peculiar to the south to
say that all the people use the express
sions 1--WE uns" and you uns," express
sions peculiar to Arkansas, or certain
parts of the state, but by no means gen.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
NO WOMEN LAWYERS.
But Women Physicians Arc
Numerous.

The refusal Of the English house Of
lords to permit women to practice law
contrasts strangely with the fact that
they have full license to practice medi-
cine. The latter would seem to be as un-
suited to women as the former, and yet
the practice Of medicine is more fully
developed among women In England
than in any other country, and some OF
the female doctors have acquired consid-
cradle distinction, says the Baltimore
American. The science OF medicine can
scarcely be said to require less capacity
than that Of law. In the earlier stages
medicine is probably the more dificult
to acquire.
In this country women are excluded
from the bar in some states and ad-
mitted In others. They are excluded In
this state, but there is quite number
of them in New York. The proportion
of those who distinguish themselves in
any profession is small compared with
the whole number, and tits possible that
as many female as malslawysrs, proper
tIonately, have thus far been successful.
The time is too short since women be-
gan the practice Of medicine to expect
any national regulations, or even such
skill as makes a physicians name a
household word in a community. They
began the practice Of the profession only
few years ago, and getting a practice
and the opportunities to show great abil-
ity is a slow process. Thousands OF
trained nurses are graduated from the
hospitals every year. When they enter
a sick room they are a greater comfort
and safer physician than the old prac-
titioner Of 50 years ago. They per
form their duties so admirably that one
wonders they did not study medicine.
Perhaps If they had they would not be
such admirable nurses, and yet 1t is DIFF
icult to dissipate the impression that
the time will come when they will study
medicine as we'll as nursing.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
Impossible Laws.

Years ago the British parliament
nassed a bill for the rebuilding of jail
at Chelmsford. 1t was decreed that the
prisoners should be confined to the old
Jail while the new one was building
The new one, however, was to be con-
structed from the materials of the old
one In the reign Of King William ~
a statute was passed fixing the punish
ment of fourteen years transportation
for a particular offense. 1t added:
"Jpon conviction, one-half thereof shall
20 to the king and one-half to the in
former" Just why the king should be
transported for half the term the person
who drew the act found 1t impossible to
explain. since he had merely made lu-
dicrous blunder.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
Ian1annr I'm Professions.

Sig. Ferriani has constructed scale
showing the varying degrees in which
profound jealousy exists in different
professions. The lowest place in this
scale is assigned to architects; next
above them come clergymen, advocates
and military officers; then follow, in or
der from below upward. professors Of
science and literature, journalists, au-
thors. doctors and actors.-British Med
icai Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
After Cooking Corned Beef

The water in which corned beef is
cooked should on no account be thrown
away. After the hot corned beef is taken
from the table, to be afterward eaten cold,
nut it in a stone jar and pour the pot
LIQUOR over it. Keep the beef in the
liquor until the last Of it has been eaten.
If hash is made use the liquor to mois-
ten it in the spider.-Chicago Daily
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31

tain classes OF machinery cheaper the
cost Of production 10, rs or so per cent.
over other machinery now In use, that
fact will more than ever before commend
such machinery in this market. The ex-
act conditions as to skill Of workmen,
hours Of labor, ETC., under which such
reductions OF cost are made should be
clearly stated, but not overstated.
No intelligent observer In this part
Of Germany can fail to have noticed the
recent changes in methods and appli-
ances that have been going on in every
other fields.
Farm machinery is rapidly taking the
place of hand implements. In q small
area Of southwestern Germany the num-
Der Of American farm implements sold
each year runs we'll up into the thou
sands showing how the Scythe and the
sickle are giving way to the mower and
the harvester. Modern creamery appli-
ances have gone into every cattle-rais-
ing locality. Woodworking and iron
working machinery are forcing hand
work to the rear. Hotel elevators
scarcely to be found at all few years
ago-are now used In all the better Ger
man hotels. 1t Is but a few years since
large apartment houses, with handsome
stone fronts, had neither steam heat nor
modern sanitary plumbing. Now all
such houses are supplied with both.
The German porcelain heating stove
bids fair to disappear before the heater
and the base-burner.
The suburban dwelling house, stand
ing apart with large yard and garden, is
a modern innovation In many parts OF
Germany. A half dozen years ago
Mannheim had scarcely single one.
To-day 1t has dozens OF them, costing
from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
In footwear, in American fashion
plates In tailor shops and American pat
terms In dry goods stores, In the use OF
oatmeal and other breakfast foods, IN
the popularity Of grill rooms and grill
room cooking, In the use Of rocking
chairs (now offered for sale in every
first-class furniture store), IN an entire
revolution OF dentistry and dental ap-
planes, in the increasing popularity Of
life insurance among well-to-do bust
ness men, and in countless other things
are to be seen the changes that are TAX
Ing place.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
DESIGNATING Il.

Tess-George told me how much he
paid for my ring. How much do you
think 1t was?
Jess-I don't know, but II doesn't look
to be worth 1t.
Worth what?"
What he told you he paid for IT,
Philadelphia Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
Officers
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S u n d
School every Sunday at 9:30a m. Preach.
ing first and third Sundays p. M, second
and fourth SUNDAYS IL a. m. Christian
Endeavor every Friday at p. III. X. +.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at $50 N.
"Little Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday p. N. Preaching
first and third Sundays II &. m, second
and fourth Sundays p. ~, fifth Sun
days II a. 10. and p. m.
NORTH rAZEWELL CHU RCH.-
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a H.
Preaching fyst and third Sundays Z p. m,
second and fourth Sundays Il a. o..
PRAYER meeting every Friday I p. m. J.
]. Eskridge, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 d. m. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
IL y. IN. and 7. p. In. Preaching ttit
Sundays at II a. m. Prayermeeting every
Wednesday evening p. N.
PREsBYTEH, BURKEs GAR
DEN. on first Sunday at ii a
No. and 4 p. N. so. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWM.L PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
Weak
Hearts

Are due to indigestion. Ninsty-nins Of ever
one hundred people who have heart troubh
can remember when II was simple indIges
ton. II Is a scientific fact that all cases d
heart disease, not organic, are not snly
traceabe to, but are the direct result Of indL
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion fey tents .ud
swells the stomach, putting II up & sinst me
heart. This interfe' IS with the 'tion d
the heart, and In 1urS Il re thA'
delicate but vital ~, = 'ecc es oSeased.
Mr.. D. Kauble. Of Nevaa = says hso stomach
trouble and was in bAl hire heart troubs
with IT, took Kodol rVS s Cure Tor ABOUT fo,H
months and It cured me
Kodol Digests Nhat You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only. Si.oo Size holding * times the It'd
size, which sells for soc.
Prepared by e. o. DEWITT & co., oHloAeo
For Sale by Jno. +. Jackson, the Drug
gist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
Palace Cars in Germany.

The Bavarian railway has just COM
pleted an American palace railway car
rage from material imported for this
purpose two years ago from the Pullman
factories in Pullman, Ill. This is the
first railway car of the kind to be intro
duced into Germany and will no doubt
be the torerunner Of regular system Of
railway carriages Of this kind on Ger
man railways.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
WHEN HE USED TO BURGLE.
The Retired Burglar Relates nm E1-
perience I'm u House with Rat
|. Ting Windows.

"Hear 'em rattle?" said the retired
burglar, in the New York Sun. Hear
'em rattle?
when | was nuew In the business l
used to get scared half out OF my
senses by doors and windows like that.
"Pd be in a house that was still as
death. and be cropping my way around
in it about as still as that myself, ana
then all of a sudden I'd hear a door
slam. don't mean an open door slam
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-03-31
An Apt Pupil.

Teacher-James, you were late yes
terday morning.
Pupil-Yss; but, as you were saying
to the class to-day, we should let by.
cones be bygones.
But have you no excuse to offerT
"In that same talk you said that one
who was good at excuses was usually
good at nothing else. Under the cir.
cumtsances | think It better for me
not to do anything that will lower me
in your estimation. boston Tran
script.