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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Dry Farming.

CThe Christian Endeavor WORLDLY
Every American should be greatly in
terested in the wonderful advance of
possibilities for the West owing to the
discovery that much of the land hereto
fore thought to be arid can be farmed
with great profit without irrigation. By
dry farming" the wheat belt has al
ready been moved into Eastern Colo
RADIO fairly to the foot of the Rockies.
and where the line will stop no one can
predict. These Colorado dry lands. that
had been thought useless except for a
little grazing, produced last year All av-
erage of 25 bushels of wheat to the acre
thus leading the entire country.
The steam pillow is the chief factor in
the miracle. 1t will pillow, pack, har-
row and seed thirty or forty acres a day.
at cost, including seed, of less than
Two dollars an acre. The blowing and
seeding are one operation. SO that there
Is no chance for the ground to lose what
moisture is in it. Moreover, the modern
farmer drives his weeder and harrow
without compunction through his grow
ing wheat, not minding if he does de-
stroy some of the stalks, knowing how
necessary it is to preserve the moisture
ny breaking up the soil. 1t is believed
mat II the land is thus cultivated. at
least five hundred million acres of land
west of the Missouri river, that have
been considered arid and barren, NAV
be transformed without irrigation INTO
enormous productive wheat fields.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Successful Postal Savings Bank.
Omaha Bee.l

The Bureau of Insular Affairs at
Washington has just published a most
gratifying report of the operations of
the postal savings bank system in the
Philippine Islands. The report appears
In connection with a Recommendation
favorable to the application of Porto
Rico for the establishment of a postal
savings bank there The report from the
Philippines shows that the natives have
taken very kindly to the postal savings
system, particularly in the last few
years, since they have become convin-
vlnced that the United States and the
government of the Philippines are deal
ing honestly with them. In the olden
days Spain maintained postal savings
bank system in the Philippines. but the
Spanish authorities had an unpleasant
custom of frequently confscatinx the
savings under the pretext that the de-
positors were plotting against the gov
eminent. The Spanish also had a sys-
TEN of taxes on deposits which in real
lty discouraged the disposition to save.
IL has taken some time to convince the
natives that Uncle Sam does not ope-
rate on the Spanish plan, but that has
been finally accomplished.
The official reports to the Insular Bu-
reau show a good proportion of the ma
tlves with accounts with the postal saw
lngs banks. 1t is true that the number
OF Withdrawals is very large, the depos-
itors making frequent inroads on their
account, but the plan has worked ex-
ceedingly well on the whole. The num-
Der of depositors has increased every
month, and the total amount on depos-
Its has shown a steady gain. The ma
tives are gradually learning the value
OF savings and each month shows pro-
gress.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
The TeIegrapher's Stampede.
Baltimore News.)

The whole affair looks more like a
stampede than a movement of organ
lied labor. The striking operators have
trampled over the rules of their own
organization, the authority of their
leaders, and have produced a situation
in which the only course left for the
companies to pursue is to deal with
their employees as individuals and fill
the places vacated by the strikers as
rapidly as possible. At present there
IS no union with which to negotiate, no
official body with which to make eff
tectual engagements. Whether or not
the operators had real grievances that
were entitled to redress, they have
thrown away the opportunity of arriv-
ing at settlement by negotiation and
appeal to public opinion. 1t seems to
be an extraordinary case of hysteria.
the chief victim being the telegraphers'
own organization, from which all real
authority has been torn away.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Railroads and Socialism.
Washington Post.)

heGovernment of New Zealand is
socialiseic, and the state owns and op-
crates all public utilities. The railroads
were built by the state and are opera
ted by the state. They cost some s4O.-
OOO mile, which is not extravagent.
and the gross mileage is $500. So far
from earning profit on the peoples
investment, the operation shows def
cit of 81, 500, 900 annually that the tax
payers have to meet.
Ask the first American Populist or
Socialist you see, and he will assever-
ate with voiceful emphasis that the
government of New Zealand is ideal.
the purest and best in the world. and
the less he knows about it the more
dogmatic will his language be. Very
well. Here is perfectly honest layout
that fetches its people in debt 81, 5OO.-
OOO year operating railroads $500
miles in extent. Honesty in this coun-
try IS not so we'll established; but it is
proposed to saddle on our people an ad-
ditional indebtedness of S14. OOO. OOO. 900
In order to acquire some $50, 900 miles
of American railroads to be operated by
government no honester than the law
allows, and certainly not as honest as the
government of New Zealand is reported
to be. Suppose these $50, 900 miles are
operated with the same sagacity and
the same integrity that are brought to
bear In New Zealand? The result would
be an annual deficit of $50, OOO. 900.
which, added to the interest on sl4, OOO,-
600, 900, would increase the burden of
the people by at least $500, 600, 900 an
nually.
But it proposed to take the railroads
over at cost of only $4,000, DOC, 900.
When practiced by government theft
tries to be respectable, and calls itself
reputation or confscation of IS, OOO.-
OOO,OOO, as would be the case if it paid
but Sc, 900, 900, 900 for what will fetch in
the market Sl4, 900, 900, OOO-suppose the
government did that, as it is insisted it
shall! Here would be an act of stupen-
dous dishonesty to begin with. Does
anybody believe a government could
honestly operate what it dishonesty ac-
quired?
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
The Cause OF Crimes.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.)

New York's crime wave. with its at
eendant riotous demonstration, contin-
ues- New York is not alone. Crime re-
ports from all parts of the country con-
sttute an undue proportion of the
news. Naturally there is some inotifr,
Tor the cause of an abnormal condition.
Contemporaries are quoting the some
time conclusion of German professor
that 1t is heat madness-in Berlin. he
said, 1T was combination of heat. idle
ness and liquor. This theory does not
mt the case. Temperatures this wear
are materially below the average. Idle
ness is hardly factor, for people were
never buster. Intoxication has steady
relation to crime and may be a factor in
the present abnormal manifestation.
We are reminded, however, of the
theory elaborated by the government
Weather Bureau authorities some years
ago, that suicide waves and crime waves
are coincident with the waves of the
falling barometer. The influence that
causes the atmospheric depression was
held to also cause a depression of human
spirits and particularly relaxation of
the moral fiber. There is much scienti-
nc evidence in confederation of this the
ory. Doctors testify that heart fail
ures occur more frequently when the
barometer is falling and that weak pa
tents succomb at such periods.
To apply the theory is but necessary
to note the fact that storms have been
unduly frequent this season. There has
been series of barometric depressions
not often rivaled in the records of the
Weather Bureau. Suicide, murder and
crimes against the person have run ram
pant through the land. Probably the
lynching sentiment has never been more
prevalent, indicating more forcibly a
sinking before the moral standard than
do individual crimes. The whole mass
OF humanity has apparently suffered
from too frequent depression. In any
event, the Weather Bureaus theory
hts the facts much better than that of
the German professor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Facts About Felix's.

Secretary Strsus, of the Department
OF Commerce and Labor, sailed from
Honolulu for San Francisco.
John R. Mclean, the well-known ed;-
tor and proprietor of the Cincinnati En-
quirer, will present to Cincinnati a
drinking fountain, to be placed on the
site Of the Mclean homestead.
At Lancaster, Pa, marriage license
was issued to Amos S. Miller and Susan
q. McClary, both eighty years old.
Each had been married three times.
Peter Kamovitch, said to be learned
Greek physician, was found wandering
about the streets Of Pottstown. Pa. II
Is thought his mind is affected.
Miss Elizabeth Gilmer Tyler. whose
engagement to Midshipman Alfred II.
Miles is announced, is the daughter of
President John Tyler.
In some parts of Switzerland all the
dead are buried by the government
without respect to wealth or position.
Dried malt dregs are largely import-
ed from America and are popular as
feed stuff for stock in Germany. Sew
eral American brands have attained a
hrm footing in the German markets.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Aeronauts In the Sea.
Westminster Gazette. \

1t Is not a little remarkable that
although scores of balloons have been
driven out to sea cases In which this
misadventure has ended fatally are
few.
More than a century ago, when Major
Money made an ascent from Norwich.
ne was compelled to descend in the sea
where ne remained for seven hours un-
I'll his plight was seen and he was res
cued by the crew of revenue cutter.
Some years later, in 1919, James Sadler
narrowly escaped drowning in an at
tempt to cross the Irish Channel; his
balloon dropped into the water some
miles off Liverpool and he was on the
point OF succumbing when rescue came
in the form of a fishing boat.
In similar attempt a Mr.. Crosbie
was saved when almost in extremis
many miles from the English coast
tunardi, in 17s5. nearly lost his life in
the sea off Edinburgh, and in the same
year two aeronauts, in an attempt to
cross the English Channel, had also a
narrow escape.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

Since Plus X was elevated to the pom
tihcal throne, less than four years ago.
no fewer than Is cardinals have died.
OF million girl babies born. 81. 2e6
/ are alive at II months. OF the boys 80. =
OOo fewer live through the first year.
A Japanese porter carries his teapot
with him when he goes to his days
work, as an American workman carries
dinner pail.
Those who have wintered in Alaska
say that it is not the cold, but the mos
quito that is the hardest thing to endure
in the North.
The New York State excise depart-
ment receives from the saloons of Man
haitian and the Bronx boroughs SIT. SOS
each day of the year.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Moore
Candy, chief surgeon at West Point. in
answer to criticism that the cadets are
osverworked. says they are the finest
BODY OF young men, physically. mental
ly and morally, in the country.
Brigadier General Henry G. Sharpe
eommissary general of the United
states army, who has been inspecting
the supply departments of the armies
OF Great Britain, France and GERMANY
mas completed his inquiries into the
commlssary arrangements of Germany
ana mas lett Berlin for London.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
The Limit of Life.

The most eminent medical scientists
are unanimous in the Conclusion that the
generally accepted limitation of human
life IS many years below the attainment
possible with the advanced knowledge
OF which the race is now possessed. The
critical period, that determines its dura-
ton, seems to be between so and so: the
proper care of the body during this de-
cade cannot be too strongly urged; care
lessness then being fatal to longevity.
Natures best helper after so is Electric
bltters, the scientific tonic medicine that
revltahzes every organ of the BODY.
Guaranteed by John E. Jackson, Drug
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

l will mail you free, to prove merit
samples of my DR.. Shops Restorative
and my book on either Dyspepsia. The
heart or The Kidneys. Troubles of the
stomach, Heart or Kidneys, are merely
symptoms of deeper ailment. Don't
make the common error of treating
symptoms only. Symptom treatment Is
treating the result of your ailment, and
not the cause. Weak Stomach nerves
weakness, always. And the Heart. and
Kidneys as well, have their controllino
or inside nerves. Weaken these nerves
and you inevitably have weak vital or.
gans. Here is where DIR. Shoop's Re-
storative has made its fame. No other
remedy ever claims to treat the INSIDE
nerves" Also for bloating, biliousness.
bad breath, or complexion, use Dr.
SSnoop restorative. Write me to-day
Tor sample and free Book. DIR. Shoon
Racine, Wis. The Restorative is sod
by John E. jackson. '
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
90 me PEOPLE RuLE2

The Richmond Journal has had its
Democratic nerves shocked by a recent
Democratic primary that was held in
the city of Newport News to select a
Judge for the corporation court of that
city. The Journal thinks that such &C
ton was undemocratic and is a radical
departure from the fundamental princi-
pies upon which our government rests.
The Journal contends that judges should
be elected by the representatives Of the
people, and that in that way the Demo-
cratic idea that the people should rule is
to be enforced. 1t says:
This is a representative Government
The people rule, but they rule by their
representatives. They speak, and ito
hear is to obey" they are the court of
last resort; but they speak through
their Representatives. Through them
are their mandates issued, and by them
are they enforced.
Such was Mr.. Jefferson's conception
of our Government, and such was the
foundation stone upon which our faith
ers and the fathers of the Constitution
reared our policy. Were they all
wrong? Was their conception an egreg-
ious blunder? Has representative gov
eminent proved a failure? Has time
proved the Constitution that embodied
1t lie? Can the people no longer speak
through their representatives or select
representatives that they can trust to
speak for them?"
We remember the time when the
Virginia Democracy was welded to the
idea that the people should elect the
judges and about all their officers.
That was when the Democrats of Vir-
ginia were truly Democrats and stood
for the doctrine that the people shall
rule. But it strikes us as absurd for
any one now to contend that the people
In this Commonwealth are either d.
rectly or through their representatives
ruling. We have no direct rule of the
people, nor is our government a repre-
sentative one. How can it be called a
representative government, when a
large majority of the people are not al
lowed to have any voice in the selection
OF representatives? We have in Vir-
ginia an oligarchy-a government
which is run by a machine, represent
ing a minority of the people, that mi
nority being composed of a preferred
class of citizens who seized all power
and are defying the masses. What
matters it whether the judges are Sc
lected at machine primary or by a
machine legislature? The people have
ceased to rule in Virginia, either di-
rectly or by their duly elected repre-
sentatives.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
The Glorious WatermeIs n.
Washington Herald.)

But, alas for the commercialism of
the age, there is another and far less
noble fruit sometimes called a water
melon-and that by much overstrained
courtesy-the which is cultivated for
shipping purposes alone, and falls ulti-
mately into the hands of the Chicago
Tribunes of the land. 1t is a cross be-
tween the real article and a Hubbard
squash, or, mayhap, q geurd. 1t has a
rlnd thick and uninviting. 1t keeps
well. Indeed, it may be shipped to South
Africa, and reach its destination as good
as ever-or rather as bad as ever. The
king pin of this variety is a fraud. a
renegade, a half-breed, and an ignoble
and degenerate offshoot of an aristo-
cratic family. 1t resembles the patri-
clan, thip-skinned, home-loving, and
gentle "rattlesnake" melon not even so
much as the mist resembles the rain.
Real, honest watermelons never get
so far from home as Chicago. This
Is unfortunate, but true. The Tribune
Is one or our most cherished eontempor-
aries. We would that it might have its
full share of the happiness allotted to
newspapers here below. But if it de-
sires to enjoy this gastFonomic delight
in all its genuine goodness, it must seek
the same in its native lair. Nowhere
on earth other than right at home can
this rare fruit be thoroughly understood.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
FRENCH WOMAN MAS0NS.
Duchess and PrIncesses as Full-EIedued
Members Of the Cram.
CMarquise de Fontenoy" in New York
Tribune.)
sentatives

Tribune
Although Lord Doneralle's daughter.
the Hon. Elizabeth st. Leger, who died
as Mrs. Richard Aldsworth, is generally
understood in English-speaking coun-
tries to have been the only woman ever
admitted to the order of Free Masons,
the fact remains that In the eighteenth
century and in the early years of the
nineteenth century there were quite a
large number of Masonic lodges in
France composed exclusively of women,
practicing all the rites and initiated into
all the secrets of the craft. In fact, in
1905 Empress Josephine was installed
in Office as grand mistress of the Order
OF Women Free Masons of France. The
first feminine lodge in France was
founded in 1870, and had for its grand
mistress the Marquis de Courtebonne
and among its leading members the
Comtesse de Polgnac, the Contemme
de Choiseul and the Comtesse de Roma
net, who succeeded Nine. de Chateau
roux as favorite to the king. In IT'S
the Duchesse de Bouillon founded the
lodge of st. Anthony, and was during
the same year invested with the dignity
of grand mistress of all the feminine
Masonic lodges in France. In the fol-
lowing years the Duchess d'Oleans.
consort of the regicide Duke "Egalite"
Orleans and mother of King Louis Phil
ippe Of France, joined the craft as
member of La Candeur lodge, to which
belonged also Queen Marie Antoinette's
friend, the Inflated Princess de Lam
bale, who was torn to pieces by the
Paris mob In the early days of the
Terror.
Nine. de Villette, the friend and
Egeria of Voltaire, was grand mistress
OF the Nine Sisters lodge, founded in
honor of Benjamin Franklin, and among
the long list of names of other women
OF the lofty rank who have prided them
selves on being female Free Masons at
the close Of the eighteenth century and
the beginning Of the nineteenth century
are those of the Princess de Cari0an,
aneestress of the present King of Italy;
the Marquise de Rochambeau, the
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld and de
the Marquise de Bethisy,
the Comtesse de Brienne, Nine. de
the Comtesse de Laborde
and the Comtesse de Bond
OF course, there are those who deny
that these lodges Of women were really |
The only thing that can
say to offset this Ia that they were re-
;ognized by all the masculine Masonic
associations of the day in France az
forming part and parcel of the craft,
hat they practised all the Masonic rites
md were initiated in all the mysteries
# the order.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Endorsed BY The County.

" The most popular remedy in Otsegc
County, and the best friend of my fami,
ly,. writes VIM. M. Dietz, editor and
publisher of the Otsego Journal, Gil.
6ertsyille, N, Y, ''is DR.. Kings New
Discovery. 1t has proved to be an in
Iaiilb.e cure for coughs and colds, MAX
ing short work of the worst of them.
we always keep a bottle in the house.
! believe 1t to be the most valuable pre-
scrlption known for Lung and Throat
diseases. Guaranteed to never disap-
bottle free.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

The Republicans of the First Senate
rial district, composed of the counties
of Lee, Scott and Wise, have again
nominated Hon. John C. Noel for the
State Senate. This was wise. Mr..
Noel is a man of ability and represented
his people faithfully the past four years
in the Senate. OF course he will be
elected again, as his district is largely
Republican
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

Get a free sample of DIR. Shoop,s
Health Coffee" at our store. If real
coffee disturbs your Stomach. vonr
Heart or Kidneys, then try this clever
CoiIee imitation. DIR. Shoop has CLOSELY
matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee ia
navor ana taste, yet it has not a single
gram OF real Coffee in it. DR.. Shoop's
neaitn Conee Imitation is made from
aIt yIasteq grams or cereals, with
tedious wait. You will surely like n
Bold by Harrison, Barns & Co. '"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

Those. who have stomach trouble. no
matter how slight, should give every
possible help to the digestive organs a.
that the food may be digested with the
least effort. This may be done by takine
something that contains natural dipes.
i've Notwithstanding like Kodol
FOR Indigestion and Dyspepsia. Kodol
Is preparation of vegetable acids and
contains the very same juices found in
healthy stomach. 1t digests what YOU
eat. Sold by John E. jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

Boston is the greatest telephone user
IN the world, according to the. annual
report of the New England Telephone
and Telegraph Company. Every day in
New England there is an average of
sS0, 1853 telephone conversations. In
Boston there is phone for every elev-
en- persons.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

everybody loves our baby, rosy sweet
with kissy places on her neck and dim
Piles on her arms.
cry with pain ~
moCner gave her Cascasweet, now she's
well again. Sold by '-'S >
John +. Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

5onn flha, prominent dealer of Vim.
wits Kidney and Bladder Pills fo,
about year and they give better salts.
faction than any pill / ever sold. There
are dozen people here who have USED
!hem and they give perfect satisfa ction
IN every case. have used them pnvseif
Win WITH flne results. Sold by John E.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Regular az the Sun"

Is an expression as old as the race. No
aouot the rising and setting of the sun
Is tne most regular performance in the
universe, unless it is the action of the
liver and bowels when regulated with
Or. Kings New Life Pills. Guaranteed
by John E. Jackson, druggist. 25c.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22
Everybody Should Know"

says c: 9; Hays, a prominent business
man OF Bluff, Mo-, that Bucklen's Ar
nica Salve is the quickest and sureat
healing ever applied to a sore, burn or
wound, or to case of piles. I've used
It and know what I'm talking about -
gist, 25c. "ius
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1907-08-22

Fhe government of Haiti redeemed I'D
TO January l, 1907, ss,177, 500 of the pa
per currency in circulation, leavins, an
outstanding balance of $7,s25, PAS in
nickel pieces and $225, 900 in one and
two cent copper pieces, .