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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Frogs in Iowa,
chicago Inter Ocean

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Nobody would suspect Iowa of being
frog producing State. 1t is almost in
every essential characteristic entirely
unlike New Jersey, which has led in the
frog output for many decades. Iowa is
dry State, even when it's blind pigs
are all in operation. The hot winds
that sweep across it from the plains of
Nebraska, and to which it is indebted
for the early ripening Of it's cereals, are
not Conducive to the Well-being of frog
ponds. A rainy day in Iowa is invar-
iably followed by weeks of sunshine;
protracted periods of cloudy weather,
with the gloom and drip so pleasing to
frog life, are unknown within its bor-
ders. And yet Iowa gives promise of
being the greatest frog producing State
in the country,
For reasons which need not be eX-
planned here, the wells of Iowa have
not been muchused during recent years,
w. A. LUCE, bookkeeper of the Capital
City Bank, of Des Moines, for example,
has not used his we'll for SO long a time
that he was on the point of filling it up
a few days ago, 1t had been nuisance
to his family by reason Of the crOaking
of the frogs which inhabited it. His
hired man suggested, however, that ne
seine out the frogs before filling it.
This suggestion was acted upon, with
the result that an even hundred dozen
of frogs were taken out, and these M.
LUCE found no difficulty in selling to
restaurants for $780, He estimates that
as many more still remain in the well
and that these are multiplying at rate
which will enable him to seine out
hundred dozen week without impair
ing the value of the plant.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
American Thrift.
Newport News Press.

Newport News Press.
According to statistics, the total de-
posts of all savings banks in the latest
reports amounts to $4,000, 900, 0G0.
contributed by 100000 depositors,
Of the total the United States shows
aggregate deposits of $1,000, 179, 900,
credited to 1907, 900 depositors.
The United States, then, with less
than 81 per cent. Of the total popula-
ton, contributes over 20 per cent, Of
the rotal savings recorded.
The savings bank and insurance COM
panies are the heaviest purchasers Of
bonds from which interest is paid.
There are estimated to be nearly 1,000,-
600 persons in the United States who
have an annual surplus to invest.
These statistics hardly bear out the
claims of those professional socialists
who tell us that the country is going to
"demnition bow-wows" and that we
are becoming nation of slaves. The
million persons who have a surples at
the end of each year represent only
small proportion of those who might be
in similar position if they would place
their savings in bank instead Of in the
profits Of breweries and distilling COM
panies.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
A NIaht Iournay in Cuba.
Churchnan,

Churchman.
In order to save time, it was deter
mined to make the trip from La Gloria
back to Nuevitas overland. This meant
that the party should take an all-night
ride on horseback with a Cuban guide
through the jungles and marsh. The
night was very dark and the trail so
narrow that they had to ride single file.
The foliage was so thick that great care
had to be taken to prevent being brush
ed from the horses by overhanging
limbs or crushed against the trees in
the Jungle. The river Maxine had to
be forded and the bank to be climbed on
the other side. This bank was very
steep and slippery and two Of the hor-
ses, the bishops and the priests, in
trying to climb it fell backward, mar
rowly missing crushing both men. They
did, however, happily escape with no
more serious mishap than that of good
shaking up. About 2 O'Clock in the
morning their light went out. The Ian
tern had been partly filled with water.
There was nothing to do but dismount
and try to make fire to keep off the
insects and any of the wild beasts with
which the Jungle was supposed to be in
habited. AS the guide suggested that
there were wild dogs, cats, wild hor-
ses, scorpions and .tarantulas, besides
the great serpents called 'majas' from
twenty to twenty-four feet long" the
prospect of spending several more hours
in the Jungle without lantern was not
a very happy one. A fire was lighted
and the rain soon began to fall and
there was nothing to do but wait in the
rain and dark until the light of day
should come. AT last, however, the
day did come and in due time the trav-
ellers arrived at the railroad, where
they took passage on top of a car load
ed with cane, making what breakfast
they had on part of the cane.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Forget About Your Stomach.

If your digestion is bad the vital organs
of your body are not fed and nourished as
they should be. They grow weak and in
vte disease. KOdol Dyspepsia Cure di-
gests what you eat, cures indigestion and
all stomach troubles. You forget you
have stomach from the very day you
begin taking it. This is because it gets a
rest-recuperates and gradually grows so
strong and healthy that it troubles you no
more. E. l.. Babcock, Amherst, MIMI,
says: 81 have taken a great many rene
lies for indigestion but have found moth
ing EQUAL to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure" Ko-
dol dgests what you eat, cures indigestion,
d, spepsla, sour stomach, belching, heart
burn and all stomach troubles. Its prepa-
ration is the result of many years of re-
search. Sold by John E. Jackson, Drug
yiet.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
GOOD ROADS.
The Wagon of Prosperity Demands a
Smooth Highway.
Atlanta Journal,

Atlanta Journal,
The people of Georgia, the people of
any State, cannot afford not to improve
their highways as much as possible.
The little red wagon of prosperity
takes the smooth road every time. Not
only does the presence of good roads
bring about an immense saving to the
farmers, but it causes an appreciation
of the value of land. A country may
be as rich as the Garden of Eden, but
if ingress and egress are difficult, COM
merce will skirt about it's borders, and
it's full possibilities will never be devel
oped. 1t will be hermit community;
it must depend upon itself for nearly
everything.
Not only is this true in material
way, but it is true in all ways. A COM
munity in which travel is an arduous
task loses in an intellectual and social
way as well. To keep abreast of the
world, any given section Of the country
must rub elbows and rub ideas with its
neighbors. That farm which is diff
cult to reach is not so valuable as this
other one easy of access, and that far
mer who owns the more out-of-the-way
place is not so likely to learn the tricks
that make land worth more and that
make life more worth living on any
land.
That town or city which is almost un-
approachable will find itself unap-
preached. Trade seeks the line of least
resistance. A community must offer
itself. A country may be gridironed
with railroads, but if the stations on
them are hard to reach from the dwell
ing Of the individual farmers, neither
the merchants of those stations nor the
farmers themselves will greatly benefit
thereby.
Good highways are blood vessels, and
along them flows the very material life
blood of the Commonwealth. They are
nerves, too, and the conductors of
thought. If there are few good high
ways, the life of the community is no
real life, but a comatose condition Of
existence. Build them, and there is
such quickening and such an expan-
sion, and such sloughing off Of sloth
and inaction, mental and material, as
amounts almost to resurrection.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
NE SAID 1T.

The Clinch Valley News has seen fit
in it's editorial columns to question the
correctness of our assertion that Gov
ernor Montague in his speech at Taze-
well last year stated that President
Roosevelt was an insane or crazy man.
Without recognizing the right of the
News to call for proof that he said it,
we say that he did, for we were present
and beard it. The large number of cit
liens with whom the writer in the News
has talked may not recall it, but they
may, like this writer, have a convenient
memory. Governor Montague said it,
we heard it and no one can make us
''take back" the declaration that he
made the statement.
Mr.. E. L. Greever introduced Gov
ernor Montague, and the next day we
asked Mr.. Greever why the Governor
spoke so disrespectfully of the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Greever's reply was,
"Havn't you heard that before, nearly
everybody is talking about it," or
words to that effect. Mr.. Greever re-
the conversation, and also re-
what Governor Montague said.
He seems to think the Governor was
testing when he made the statement
about the President. 1t was made,
however, when he was assailing Mr..
as a man too dangerous to
occupy the Presidential chair, and with
a manner so serious as to provoke no
among his auditors. If,
however, Mr.. Greever is correct in his
idea that it was jest, the offense was
more aggravated than if seriously made.
1t was undignifed, coarse and unbe-
coming in one who occupied the station
of Governor to thus speak of the Presi-
dent.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
A MISSISSIPPI SHERIFF
Sacrificed his Life to Protect his PrIsO-
ner From a Mob
Florida Times. Union.

Florida Times Union.
A Mississippi Sheriff has given up his
life in defense Of his prisoner, The
death of faithful, brave man is always
loss to the world, it is often-infact,
generally-true that such men accom-
plish more by heroic death in the dis
charge of duty that they could accom-
plish by living. Heroism and coward
ice are alike contagious. Sheriff Poag
did no more than the duty of every
Sheriff when he defended the prisoners
in his care at the risk Of his own life.
But he did all that could be done. 1t is
not often that man does his full duty
when the reward for doing it is death.
The death of Sheriff Poag has already
borne fruit. Some Of the men who
murdered him have been captured.
Popular feeling was inhamed against
them, and yet they were lodged safely
in jail. The death Of one man for the
law has operated to make of his fellow
citizens upholders Of the law.
1t is impossible to estimate the in
fuence Of one man who stands out be-
fore the people so'they can see his life,
Until recently Mississippi was one Of
the most lawless of Southern States.
In no Southern State was mob violence
more frequent. This has changed, and
we find now nowhere in the South a
more determined effort to enforce the
laws than in Mississippi,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Protection Of the Law.
indianapolis News.

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In San Francisco the wife of a man
suspected of numbering another was ar
tested and put in the sweat box" as
the term is. To try to make her con-
fess her guilt her infant child was taken
from her; she was put into the autopsy
room where the mangled remains of the
murdered man lay; the blood-stained
cleavor with which the murder had. been
done was thrust into her hand, and the
blood-stained blanket with which the
corpse had been concealed was sudden
ly held before her face. She now lies
in an insane hospital so nearly dead in
body and mind that recovery is doubt
full.
There will be no dispute, we believe,
that this was torture. While the rack
and thumb screw were not used, the
torture was none the less real; and it may
be said that there is no greater torture
than fright Bear in mind also that
here as a preliminary mother was de-
prived of her babe. There will be no
dispute, equally, we believe, that
such thing'as this could hardly hap
pen in another country west of Constan-
tinople and st. Petersburg. But moth
ing in the course of things in years has
made it unwarranted. The police of
San Francisco were justified in doing as
they did according to precedent. The
courts-everywhere in this country
have for years permitted the police to
|sweat" prisoners; "give them the
degree" as the slang Of the time has
it. Learned judges have protested
against it in bar meetings. But we do
not recall any prohibition of it by
court.
1t is the normal condition of things in
this country today that a man or wo-
man arrested on suspicion of crime may
be frightened and tortured mentally in
every way, and may be menaced with
physical torture. Iu any case, the efe-
ments are merely differences of degree,
not kind. The sum total is that there
has grown up in this country the utter
ly illegal system of torturing into con-
fession. Ignorant people do not know
their constitutional rights-this San
Francisco woman was an Italian. But
this only makes the situation worse.
We have the "sweat box in our law;
it is the witness stand. There, under
forms of lew and protection as well as
punishment of the court witnesses may
be turned inside ont" But this is not
enough. They must be frightened.
This practice with us plainly an out
growth Of the national disregard for
law-the authorities as we'll as the peo-
pie "doing as they please" Just as
surely as men and nations reap as they
SOW, so surely we shall have to suffer
for this invasion of liberty that we have
permitted, and which is now general
with US.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
PERSONAL NOTES

John w. Daniel, United States Sena-
tor from Virginia, was the principal
speaker at the meeting in memory of
the late Senator Hoar in Worcester,
Mass.
Irving Bachelor, the author, has pur-
chased tract Of forest land, contain
ing 41O0 acres, at Bog Lake, in the
Adirondacks, where he will build Sum-
mer home this year.
Luther Burbank, the California wiz
ard of agriculture, has managed to
grow a curiosity-a pink that changed
color three times in three days. He is
going to make an effort to grow num-
Der of these changeable pinks.
John A. Conquest, father of Ida Con-
quest, the actress, although worth
$500, 900, is a laborer packing fish in
Boston at 81 day. He says he works
for the pleasure it affords him, and that
"work brings health, and that's better
than wealth.
The finishing touches are now being
put on the splendid Washington man.
sion of Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, Of
Brookline, Mass, and all Washington
is awaiting the beginning of the society
balls and receptions at which the beau
tiful Boston heiress will be hostess.
Lieutenant General Chaffee has the
most remarkable pair of spectacles in
Washington. They are of enormous
size, perfectly round, and are encased
in heavy rims of black tortoise she'll.
When he puts them on they impart an
severe look to his strictly mil
itary features. They say about the
War Department that the General
wears the glasses in order to brighten
young lieutenants.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Saves Two From Death.

sour little daughter had an almost fatal
attack of Nhooping cough and bronchi-
ts," writes Mrs. w. X. Haviland, of
Armonk, n. Y, but, when all other
remedies failed, We saved her life with Dr..
King New Discovery. Our niece, who
had consumption in advanced stage, also
used this wonderful medicine and today
she is perfectly we'll" Desperate throat
and lung diseases yield to DR.. Kings New
Discovery as to no other medicine on
earth. Infallible for coughs and colds.
SOC and $l.00 bottles guaranteed by John
+. Jackson, Druggist. Trial bottles free
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
RadIum and Cancer,
Brooklyn Eagle.

DIOOkllu EtBle
A few days ago it was announced that
violets had been discovered as sovereign
in cancer. A little before that conf
dence was expressed in the curative
properties of the X-ray. Now it comes
to pass that radium is effective, and If
the incident is correctly reported, the
results of its use justify the continual
ton of experiments. 1t is told that a
woman of 80 in the Flower hospital has
been restored to health by the use of
radium solution which attacked can
Ger on her foot so vigorously that it
sloughed off, carrying the roots with it
and revealing the healthy flesh beneath.
Others have shown improvement under
similar treatment. The election of dis
eased tissue through the action Of Bit
ing chemicals is no new thing, although
the patient often suffers as much in
their action as he would under the knife,
or even more; but radium is different
material-or property-and whatever
effect it has on other substances would
seem to be actinic rather than corro-
sive,
The Lieber method comprises the use
of plates of celluloid, on which the ra-
dunn preparation is spread, and the
substance is then put into direct con-
tact with the foreign growth, so that
its rays and emanations shall be unhin-
dered. 1t is hoped that the discovery
will result in gain for large and al
most despairing class of sufferers, and
that disease which has baffied science
for centuries will at last succumb to the
art of medicine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Beware of Ointments for Ca
tarrh that Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the sense
# smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except On prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimon-
ials free,
Sid by druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

Now, that the body of Admiral John
Paul Jones has been discovered and his
remains are to be brought to this coun-
try, it is a matter of discussion as to
where they shall be buried. In our
judgment they ought to be placed in the
cemetery at the United States Naval
Academy, at Annapolis. These grounds
are distinctly naval and the proper rest
ing place for the first admiral of the
American navy.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Confessions of . Priest.

Rev, Jno S. Cox, of Wake, Ark, writes,
"For ~ years l suffered from yellow
iaundice. | consulted number OF ply
sicians and tried all sorts Of medicines,
but got no relief. Then | began the use
of Electric Bitters and feel that | am now
cured of a disease that had me its grasp
for twelve years." If you want reliable
medicine for liver and kidney trouble,
stomach disorder or general debility, get
Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed by John
L. Jackson, Druggist, Only Soc.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
A Tried ard True Friend.

One Minute Cough Cure contains no
an atom of any harmful drug, and it ha'
been curing coughs, colds, Group and whoop
ing cough so long that il has proven itsel
10 be tried and true friend to the many
who use it, Mrs, Gertrude +. Fenner
Marion, Ind. says: Coughing and strain
ing so weakened me that run down in
weight from l4S TO 90 pounds. After try
ing a number Of remedies to no avail,
One Minute Cough Cure entirely cured
me-" Sold by John Z. Jackson, Druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Won a Name of Fame,

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the famous
little pills, have been made famous by
their certain yet harmless and gentle ac-
ton upon the bowels and liver, They
have no equal for bi,lousness, constipa-
ton, etc, They do not weaken the stom-
ach, grippe, or make you feel sick. Once
used always preferred, They strengthen,
Sold by John E. Jackson, Druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
Evadlng Immigration Laws.
San Francisco Chronicle.

DID TTuHCISCU OHIOIIUIUs
The steamer Manchuria sailed into
Honolulu week or so ago with 1000
Japanese taken on board at Yokohama
and landed them in the HawaiinI port;
when it departed from Honolulu for
this city it had on board nearly 1000
Japanese, who had spent brief period
in the islands. The stay of the Japan
csc in Hawaii is merely to escape the
operation of the immigration laws,
which would interfere with the direct
landing of most of them in the United
States.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

The destruction of the fruit by recent
freezes is a terrible calamity to this
section. Every person who has gar
den ought to raise large quantities of
tomatoes this year. The tomato is as
much fruit as vegetabl, and is
good substitute for other kinds of fruit.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles

Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piles. Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no
matter of how long standing, in 6 to IA
days. First application gives ease anu
rest. SOC. If your druggist hasn't 1t send
SOC in stamps and it will be forwarded
postpaid by Paris Medicine Co., ST..
Louis, Mo.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

From the expensive way in which the
Democratic candidates for Senator and
Governor are conducting their cam
paigns, they must have feathered their
nests pretty we'll while in politics. Mr..
Willard was born with his well feath-
cred.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
The. RIaht Name is Dewitt.

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye cools,
soothes and heals -eats, burns, boils,
bruises, piles and all skin diseases. X. Il.
Zickefoose, Adolph, w. Va, says: "My
little daughter had white swelling SO bad
that piece after piece of bone. worked out
of her leg. DsWitt's Witch Hazel Save
cured her." II is the most wonderful
healing salve in the world. Beware of
counterfeits. Sold by John T.. jackson,
Druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27
a Love Letter

Would not interest you if you're look
ing for a guaranteed salve FOR sorea, burn.
or plles. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo,
writes: 81 suffered With an ugly sore for
a year, but a box of Bucklen's Arnlca
Salve cured me. It's the best salve on
earth 25c at John E. Jackson's Drug
Store,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

Chaplain Edward: Vattman, at one
time stationed at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,,
has been ordered to duty in the Bureau
of Insular Affairs and will be an assis-
tant to the superintendent in charge of
Filipino students in the United States.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

DIR, Charles H, Rammelkamp has
been elected president of Illinois Col
lege. He graduated at Cornell and the
University of Berlin, and filed the
chair of history for while at the Lee
land Stanford University.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

1t is stated that an expedition organ
lied on the Rand has left Johannes
burg to make another attempt to re-
cover the 81, 900, 600 worth of gold which
was on board the Dcrotheo when she
foundered off the Zululand coast.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

The British Museum has just received
an early piece or archaeological loot,
one of the columns from the treasury of
Aureus, taken from Argo in 1872 by
Lord Sligo.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

Rev. Frederick Bender, for more
than fifty years a priest in the Catholic
Church, will erect church structure
at a cost of 500, 900 in Colorado Springs.
Father Bender is worth ovor a million
dollars derived through real estate in
vestments.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

The Peruvian Government is going to
place a statue Of General Jose De San
Martin, the liberator, in the public
square of Lima.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

General James A. Buchanan, native
of Maryland, has been appointed briga-
der general. He is a great-great-
grandson of Governor Samuel Ogle, a
Colonial Governor of Maryland,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-04-27

A boat with fn-shaped propellers on
its sides, to make it sink and rise at
will, has been invented by an English
man and successfully experimental
with.