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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28
FIVE BURNED STARTING FIRE WITH
OIL.

Wheeling. w. Va, November
25.-As a result of an attempt to
start a fire to-day with oil, in her
home opposite Grape Island, w.
Va, near here, Mrs. ]. +.
l2eschler is dead. her husband
was seriously injured in an effect
to quench the flames and three
OF the couples children were
severely burned before they could
be rescued from the house, which
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28
In W eTn0riam.

On Nov. II. 1907, that grim
messenger, Death, entered un-
announced the home of Boswell
Burton of Hampton, Va, and
bore away its dearest treasure.
his wife, and left home SO desc
late and onr hearts so sad. 1t is
hard to realize that Maggie has
gone so suddenly ard unexpected
" when SO young and with SO
much to live for-that we shall
see her dear face; feel the gentle
clasp of her hand and hear her
loving voice no more in this life.
Still we sorrow not as those
who have no hope" for we look
forward to blest reunion beyond
this life of separation and heart
aches.
We have the sweet assurance
that if we are faithful and live
according to the Word He has
given us to be guided by, we shall
some day, perhaps sooner than
we think, join our loved ones in
that Eternal City He has gone to
prepare Tor those that love Him.
where there will be no more sad
partlngs and no more tears are
shed, for God shall wipe all
tears from our eyes" Blessed
assurance
She leaves besides her husband
two little girls, a devoted father
aud mother, two brothers and
one sister. May this sad parting
be one link III the chain that shall
draw them closer to Heaven
The funeral services We're con-
Quoted by her former pastor.
Brother RemageR, at Holly Grove
Church, of which she had been a
Sunday school scholar, organist
and consistent member since
childhood. She was laid to rest
IN Trinity Cemetery beside her
little babe, lost some years ago.
surrounded by many fearful and
symPathizing friends. Tender
hands placed many beautiful floral
upon her grave. Maggie
rest!
Life is a fitful Swallowed hour,
a scene of light and shade,
1ope's gentle SUI - grief's gloomy
bower
And in the grave we're laid.
We look for peace, we look for rest,
For light in BEINGS gloom;
Alas! we only find us blest,
Reposing in the tomb.
What are the gaudy joys of earth,
What are the fleeting scenes of life.
What are its beauties, hopes and mirth
Its anxious cares and strife?
-ll-all but chaff before the wind,
Chastisemeni by our Father given,
o mt the soul, and raise the mind,
And lead the spirit on to heaven.
A Friend. {
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28

taste that the Rockingham snake
which swallowed the door-knob
with the shank attached; and that
the performances of the two, con-
sidered together. forever discred-
tied the wisdom of the ophidian
Observation-Disclosures.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28

The New Pure Food and Drug Law
We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs.
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as safe remedy for children and
adults. Sold by all dru ggists,
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28

Many men and women catch colds
at dances which terminate in pneu-
monia and consumption. After ex-
posture. If Foley's Ho ey and Tar is
taken II will break up a cold and no
serious results need be feared.
Refuse any but the genuine in a yellow
package. Sold by all druggists.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28
NOTICE.

MldleseX and Mathews Ferry
Company for passengers between
Cricket Hill and North End.
Leave Cricket Hill, $3.50 p. NJ;
and connect with boat a; North
End for Baltimore. or landings
on the Rappahannock River.
Leave North End via Ruark at 8
A. M; for Cricket Hill, connect
with boat at East River for Nor
folk. Old Point and the EXPOSE
ton. !. Vanness Ruark. Mgr.
Ruark. Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28
A BUZzARD il PAJAMAS.
Eagle On New Gold Coin Thus Com
pared By Banker.

Here is the opinion of a Balti-
more bank official on the new $40
in-God-we-trust-less gold piece:
1t is the rgliest coin that any
Government ever inflicted on a
helpless people. On one side is
an un-IndIan-like Indian head.
with something gone wrong with
the nose. The face is said to be
modelled after thafcf beautiful
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-11-28

again IS the boosted wisdom Of
the serpent emphatically dis
credited. Last week we CON
sidered the case of Rocking
dsn county blacksnake so indis-
Greet as to acquire into his system
porcelain doorknob which
spo'ied MS digestion. impaired his
energy and made him the early
victim OF an avenging stick. Now
comes Mr.. w. H. Miller of Math-
ews county. and publishes over
ms own signature in the Mathews
Journal the story of another
biacksnake even more hopeIessly
,hebitudinous than his kinsman. OF
Rockingham. This snake was in
Lunenburg and Mr.. Miller be-
came acquainted with him some
years ago Possibly disgust with
the quality Ct snake in Lunen-
burg accounts for the fact that
Mr.. Miller moved TO Mathews.
He asserts that his wife had SET
thirteen guinea eggs under a
black duck. incidentally we are
Interested IN. the. emotions of a
black duck when she found her
self the proud parent of thirteen
speckled guineas and was con-
tronted by the phenomenon that
children she had Matched under
the impression that they were
ducks instead Of taking to the
water with her few up in a tree
and shrieked r ot-rach at her.
When the time approached at
7salch Mrs Miller was expected
dehwtes resnlts from The guinea
eg@ and black duck Combination.
she approached the mes, one
morning and found it Occu pied by
large bIacksnake. observant
: bat obviously torpid and content.
~ Mlisef blew the snakes head
on Nd proceeded to analyze him.
The ffssps~ea EEsinea eggs were
io9na in row among his inter
GALS, all intact. They were re-
moved immediately and replaced
an the nest. the intelligent and
conscientious duck instantly re-
sumed business and tive DAYS
later twelve guineas were safely
-~hztched. Mr.. Miller was a can
didate in the last election and he
follows this narrative with an ex-
preston to the public of his graf
isn3e for the kind and effective
support given him at the polls.
The old question as to whether
the hen that laws or the hen that
matches the eggs is the mother of
the chickens is very much COM
.plcSeed IN this instance. Should
tbese guineas of Mr.. MiIler's
claim parentage from. the guinea
hens that laid the eggs, from the
ducks that sat on them. from the
b'acksnake that sV allowed and |
nourisheJ them or for Mr.. Miller
himself who slew the snake and
delivered the eggs. The breed of
snakes which, represented COM
bination. in the process of their
production. of guines hen, duck.
blacksnake. Mr., Miller and '
loUble-b2rrelled shotgun ought TO i
have been preserved. 1t would ]
be natural TO expect it to develop I
some eccsntricities and novelties.
Maybe the hens of the tribe would
rave laid snake eggs and Matched
'ut donhle-barrel shofguns. or
hey might. have developed web u
Get and speckled feathers and
abit Of finding votes for Mr..
filler. The possibilities sre daz- m
ing and bewildering. in.
To return. however. to the
'ake. We submit to our Har- GS
sonburg contemporaries. espe- he
ally the Times, that a Lunen- an
urg blacksnake. whick swallows vii
hirieen guinea eggs within two the
avs OF hafoh;no -. A. .L-,X
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
HELP THE TOWN.
Some of the Virtues In Friendly Rlv
airy Between Merchants.

Good. healthy competition and
friendly rivalry, devoid OF all spirit of
hoggishness. is a good thing for any
town. Each and every business man
and property owner in a town, and the
country Immediately surrounding It
should be intensely interested In every
project, particularly should every mer-
chantsbe active in matters that means
general prosperity for the place, and
which will increase trade for all the
merchants of the town. People gem
orally like to do their trading In towns
where there are well kept stocks and
plenty variety of goods. and where
there is sufficient competition as to
assure low prices consistent with good
business judgment. There is little use
for the merchants of place to blow
and brag about their business, unless
they can demonstrate that they are
delivering the goods" and satisfying
their customers There is no good to
be looked for by merchants decrying
the goods and the methods OF their
brother merchants There is no more
elective way of killing the business OF
a town than by fostering spirit of
petty jealousy and of narrow selfish.
ness Wherever such spirit is found
II Will be discovered that trade is be-
ing turned 10 some other town where
merchants and business men work
more in harmony with one another.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
GIFT NOT ALL a GIFT.
Generosity That Was Purely the Re-
suit Of Accident.

A missionary bishop told this story
about F. Marion Crawford. the famous
novelist:
"Mr. Crawford went to school," he
said, ''in Concord. and one day he was
taken to call at Concord clergy
mans.
The clergyman had a missionary
box on his drawing room table, and.
time hanging heavily on the boys
hands, he amused himself with try.
ing whether silver dollar-it was
all the money he had In the world,
and he had converted 1t into that 81
gantic coin for safety-would go into
the slit in the tox's top.
1T was close fit, but unfortunate.
ly 1t did go. and the coin slipped out
of the embryo authors fingers. There
was terrible crash of silver falling
among the coppers-and then the boy
as the novelists say, knew no more.
when he came to himself he found
the clergyman and his family in rap
lures over his generosity
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
PRESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN.
The Public Should Have Them Trans
lated by the Druggists.

What virtue is there in the secrecy
with which the doctor hedges about
his profession?
Professional etiquette" occupies a
prominent place In the curriculum of
every medical school. and when strict
ly analyzed professional etiquette"
seems to mean doing what is best for
the doctor. individually and col
lectively.'
Among the things that is best for
the doctor" is the writing of his pre-
scriptions in Latin. and thus keeping
the public in ignorance not only of
what 1t is taking for its ills, but fore
ing call upon the doctor each time
a prescription is needed.
In plain and unmistakable English
the writing of prescriptions in Latin
makes business for the doctors.
Let us say that you have the ague.
You had it last year and the year be-
fore. Each time you have visited the
doctor and he has prescribed for you
in Latin. You have never known
what he has given you for the disease,
and so each time you are forced to go
to him again and give him an oppor-
tunity to repeat his prescription-in
Latin, and his fee-in dollars.
| If you ask the doctor why he uses
Latin in writing his prescriptions. why
he writes aqua" when he means wa
ter, he will give you technical dis
sertation on the purity of the Latin
language. and the fact that all words
are derived from 1t. etc. 1t will be a
dissertation that you may not be able
to answer, but 1t will hardly convince
you.
1t would be good thing for the pub.
lie to devise a little code OF ethics OF
its own; ethics that will be "a good
thing for the public individually and
collectively"
Let us apply one of the rules Of this
code of ethics to you, the individual.
You call in the physician when you
have the ague. the grippe, or any OF
the other ills to which human flesh is
heir. and which you may have again
some day. The doctor prescribes-in
Latin. and you take this. to you, mean
ingless scribble to the druggist to
have 1t compounded. Right here Is
where you come n. If you are wise
Say to the druggist that you want a
translation Of that prescription. 1t is
your privilege to know what you are
taking. While the Doctors code oi
ethics may not recognize this right II
is yours just the same.
With the translated prescription in
your possession you have two distinct
advantages. You know what you are
taking, and should you wish to cal
some other doctor at some time yor
will be able to tell him what drugs yot
have been putting into your system
and also If you should have the same
disease again you can save yoursel
visit to the doctor, and his fee, b,
taking this translated prescription II
the druggist once more and having !
refilled.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
GAMES OF sHAapras.
Some Of the Methods Used for seeur.
ing Money Dishonestly. ~ {

millions upon millions of dollars ara
frauouiently taken from the pockets
OF the people year after year through
the operation Of confidence men. The
scnemes used by these men are numer.
GUS Nearly all are based upon the
fact that the average person is always
wiling to take the best OF a bargain.
turing the past few months swim
dlers have been operating In different
parts OF the country. and their method,
while a modification OF an old swim.
diing game, has some new features
worthy of notice. Their usual proceed
ure is to locate farmers who are not
well known to local bankers and loan
men. They approach the farmer and
under pretext of seeking to purchase
farming land. manage in some way TO
secure MS signature. This is general
ly done by inducing him to write a
letter or to sign some statement.
once the signature is secured. ficti-
tious deed to the farmers land is pre-
pared and this is fixed up in such a
manner as to show the seal of some
notary or other officer. Then with
TINS deed the swindler is in position to
negotiate loan upon the land. This
game has been successfully worked in
number of western states.
Residents of agricultural districts
should be continually on their guard
against the signing of receipts or any
kind of contract which may be pre-
scented to them by strangers Within
the past year some smooth swindlers
have succeeded in securing thousands
OF dollars on fraudulent notes, secur-
ing from farmers. who were foolish
enough to take for trial washing ma
chimes. refrigerators. etc, and to give
their receipts for the same These re-
ceipts turning up later as negotiable
notes
The writer of checks cannot be too
careful in filling in the amounts. The
fayorlte methods of the check receiver
is to Insert after the words six"
seven. eight" or mine" the letter
" or "ty'' and change the ciphers in
the check accordingly. Thus 1t can be
seen that a check written for eight
dollars, by the addition of the letter
y can be made to read for eighty
dollars and the changing of the
amount, If it be in numerals, by the
addition of cipher. makes the forgery
when well executed, hard to discover
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
Sure to Have One.

Lincoln Steffens, in an address on
municipal politics. said in Chicago OF
certain city:
"That city is as notorious for its
rottenness as the town of Pebbles is
notorious for another Characteristic.
Here is an incident that will give
you an idea of the reputation of Peb-
bles.
"Cn a train one day a man rushed
into a car. held up his hand for atten-
tion. and shouted excitedly:
Anybody here who belongs to
Pebbles?
"Aye; I do, said small, dry old
fellow calmly.
"'Then,' said the other, lend us yer
corkscrew.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
Born. Not Worn,

Little Margaret's grandmother had
written for photograph OF her name
sake, the baby" For material rea
sons 1t was advisable that the little
girl should appear as well dressed as
possible, and cousins new open-work
dress was borrowed for the occasion
On being arrayed for the picture Mar
garet rushed to her father. crying:
"Oh, father, just look. These ain't
worn holes; they is born holes. ."-Har
per's.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
Great Discovery Announced.

Sir William Crookes. as result OF
his own researches and the expert.
ments of Professors Krowalsh and
Moscicki. Of Freiburg university. has
discovered process Of extracting
nitric acid from the atmosphere. The
process is available for commercial,
Industrial and agricultural purposes.
and is expected to revolutionize the
nitrate industry and the worlds food
problem.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
Buttermllk Cocktail.

Throat parched? Irrigate It with a
buttermilk cocktail
This is new brand OF dampness
which was devised at the University
of Chicago The buttermilk cocktail
Is constructed according to the fol
lowing recipe: Take a tall, thin
glass. drop in a chunk OF ice; insert
long slice OF cucumber. then fill
with buttermDk. That's alu
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
Belgian Girls Learn Housework,

In Belgium girls are expected to
give nve weeks out Of each school
year to learning housework. The girl
is required to know not only how to
cook dinner. but to clean up and
care Tor kitchen. do marketing. wash
and iron.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

The home town is the best place
for the boys II you will make the
home town prosperous. Keeping the
money at home will do this. 1t
means home opportunities for your
children
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
WANTED YSgns YSs rs savS *aY

90 TO sEA-Young men from II to IS years of
age, wages ti6 70 40 per month. Recruits will bo
assigned 10 U. S. Naval Vessel and Apprentice
seainen to Naval Trimming Station. Special Training
given at Artifcer, Electrical. Yeoman and Hospital
Training Schools for enlistng In those branches
RECRUITING STATION. ROOM J. PIONEER
BLDG. 18th and Larimer SbL. Denver. Colorado
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

Don't drive around the hole In the
road week after week Get your
neighbors together and fix It.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

The home market fof the farm prod.
ucts is the saving clause In our sys.
TEN OF government. Take away the
in your community Not necessarily
home markets and the farms will soon
become Improbable and valueless.
No city mall-order house will ex-
tend credit to you when times are
hard, or crops fail Could you con.
sistently ask it~of your home mer-
chant when you send your money to
the city during the days OF prosper.
ity?
Encourage small factories to locate
by means of bonus. but by keeping
the children in the home town that
they may become factory employees.
and get home opportunity to raise
in the world.
DO not begrudge the money paid
for taxes when it is used for road and
town improvements. Such an ex-
penditure is like bread cast upon
the waters-it will return many fold.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05
TOWN BOOSTING TIPS.

The visitor who trips over your
broken sidewalk will not have very
high opinion of your town as a place
OF business
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

How do you pick your breeding
sow? Some farmers look over their
herds at marketing time and those
which are not fat enough to kill are
kept for breeding purposes. Such a
system is folly as it is certain to re-
suit in deterioration of the herd.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

Perhaps your wood lot can be i'm
proved by draining and by the plant
ing of seeds of species Of trees that
will give the greatest amount of fuel
material in the fewest number of
years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

Are you planning to attend the agri
cultural fair? Do SO by all means. A
study of the exhibits will prove many
an eye opener to you and give you
suggestions for the betterment Of your
own methods.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

Appearances go a long ways to-
wards selling the goods. An inferior
article will often sell more readily
than one of better quality because the
former is offered for sale in a clean.
neat, attractive form, while the latter
is not. Remember this when prepar-
ing your products for the market
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

Oats and peas make good soiling
crop for stock. G. G. Williams, agro-
nomist of the Ohio experiment sta
tion. says that they use there one and
one-half bushels of each per acre.
The pease need to be covered much
deeper than the oats, hence 1t is nee
essary to seed them separately.
Seed the peas first, weighting the drill
hoes in order to put them in four or
five inches deep. The oats are sown
broadcast and narrowed or else drilled
shallow. Then make the first seeding
as early as 1t is possible to work the
ground. following with two later seed
ings at intervals of two weeks each.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-09-05

Proper handling of the farm means
increase in value of the farm each
year, but any system of farming that
takes away more fertility than is re
turned to the soil means bankruptcy
in the end.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18

per OF Denver; Mrs. Kerr and son,
George and Will Parsons, Dan and
Louis Anderson, H. Roberts and Mrs.
VIM. Parsons Of Santa Fe; Pat Straw
OF Las Vegas, w. Gallup, John Thomas
and E. Williams of Williams, Ariz.
Miss Marie Pierce is deserving of
much credit for the handsome decor
alton on the carriage that the people
had in the parade last Thursday at
the fair. The daily papers spoke
highly of the beauty of the vehicle.
Those who assisted Miss Pierce are
also deserving OF credit.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
A Popularity Of the Snake.

4 remarkable phenomena In connee.
oea with the digestive powers Of big
snakes has been observed. It seems
that the gastric juices Of their stom.
schs are 40 powerful that they dis
solve even the bones and teeth OF the
animals they have swallowed. A -
culiar fact is that. on occasions when
the snake has accidentally swsffowsd
one OF Its own teeth. the to0th Will b
found undigested, whereas, the teeth
Of Its prey always disappear In The
snakes digestive process.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
Russia to Found museum.

Russi has decided to found an
archaeological museum in Sebastopol
The building is to be erected in the
style Of an old Christian basilica, and
to be arranged for three apartments
one devoted to the Greek. one to the
Roman and third to the Byzantine
period. The whole project has been
instrusted to the management OF
Grand Duke Alexander Michailovitch.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
Where There 10 Weakness.

There are governments where the
printing Of the news without com.
ments and In the most colorless way
Is an offence that cannot be endured.
Russia Is one Of these. That is all
which 1t is necessary to know about
Russia in order to be certain that its
ruler is conscious Of = weakness In
the substructure OF his throne.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
Birthplace UnapprecIativ..

Having made $5.0OO,0oO in 40 years
the United States, Abraham Rcb
ann returned to his native village OF
piez. Switzerland, intending IN stay
rere the remainder OF his days. But
hen stained glass window. ir
which he took pride. was stolen one
light. he sold his houses and contents
md returned to America.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
CnmpanIle lsosnds.

One Of che legends connected With
the Campanile IL that Napoleon I. rode
on horseback to the very top; hut
whether this Is true or not, 1t IL quite
sure that young ofncer. Count Wimp
fen, went up 100 feet. also on hsrss.
back, while Venice was under Austrian
dominion.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
Would Be Rank lngratituds

II hardly seems possible that Miss
Agnes Moran OF New York will now
give the cold shoulder to her lover
because he has been arrested for
stealing, in his en- 'eavor to get money
enough to enable him to marry her.
Such evidences Of affection are touch.
ing and unusual
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
French Colonies Prosper.

The French colonies ON the west
coast Of Africa are increasing in i'm
portance every year. and are receiving
Jealous attention from the French
government. The United States ex.
ported to these colonies In 1900 3657,.
266 worth. and received therefrom
products to the value Of 360l ,l65.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-18
Not Quite the Same.

Three-year.old Robert and his ia
her were good friends. The latter
)ften used to say I'VE are chums."
)ne day to demonstrate his affection
or his father TO some visitors. Rob
t threw his arms around his father +
'ck. exclaiming, Papa anu / J
jumps"