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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-04-18

An extention top surrey, nearly
w. for sale cheap. Apply w.
Shawn, near Old Baptist
hurch, or Journal Office.
1t is an art to make shoe with
race and beauty. Practical ex-
berience alone can produce Grace.
Beauty and Comfort. Dolly
Madison.
Sale-$Iz5 Mccormick
ester and Binder for $50;
en- used to cut g acres OF
ordered FOX a man who
o pay. Machine can be
z. T.. Postafs, Bfakes, Va.
Andrew ]. Miller,
Mathews, Va.
mt engineer F. c. War.
the War Department
he mouth of Horn Har
xt Thursday,AprH Is, fo'
bse of making preiimi
ninatien as to its i'm
These interested ii
er skodsd meet }siH
jen and Miss Rutl
+ will sing at the West
church on ,Sunda,
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute com
parisons of goods, Is to their quality
and prices. Te refute It finally and
indisputably by = simpler and mort
direct method 1t is necessary only I.
ask the reliable business men of any
of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and &C
counts OF the harm the mail order
habit 10 doing their communities.
It is truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting oi
the sun that no country or section OF
. country can prosper unless the peo
pie as whole shall be prosperous
Such general prosperity as may exis,
cannot be retained II the institutions
Of the already larger and wealthie.
communities are to continue to b.
built up by contributions that should
be spent at home from the thousand
OF smaller communities.
The need of the country. a desper
ate need upon which the welfare oi
the individual depends, is for the
upbuilding and continued progress o!
the smaller communities. so that the
wealth OF the country may be distrib
uted over the entire country. and no,
congested and controlled In large
amounts In comparative few centers
Of population.
The, efore, the man who sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per.
mitted fair profit to the home mer'
chant to be retained there for the
beneft OF the community. is injurinR
his community. and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In large number Of instances he Is
doing more than this. Unwittingly. OF
unthinkingly, perhaps. he is violating
his own principles Of right and justice
for. at the expense OF his own com
munlty. he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combination.
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
Tho mail order giants direct theii
energies particularly toward the pso
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
Judges on Their DIGNITY.

The ceremony of the United States
supreme court judges marching from
their robing room across the corridor
to take their seats on the bench.
which occurs at high noon every week
day while the court is holding session.
Is always a matter OF interest TO the
average visitor at the capitol. Every
day there Is . small crowd waiting to
see the stately procession. The other
day Justice Moody. as the youngest
member Of the august body. brought
up the rear. A flicker OF smile ap-
peared on his face as he noted the
black'robed figures ahead OF him. but
II passed away Instantly and he be-
came as solemn and grave ~ the
others.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
Rich Men Work for Pleasure.

Theodore GILL; the worlds greatest
authority on fishes. works for the
United States government. receiving
one dollar a month for his services. He
10 a rich man on whom many univer.
stiles have conferred titles and de.
grees. DIR. Harrison @. Dyer. another
wealthy man. who knows more about
mosquitoes than any otfer living per.
son. devotes much Of his time to gov.
eminent. receiving $c5 . month. Gif.
ford Pinchort, millionaire. is head OF
the United States forestry service. but
he is comparatively well paid. his sal.
ary being St5 per annum. Several
other rich men are on the government
pay roll at nominal figures. working
for the pleasure OF doing things" as
President Roosevelt puts IL.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
MENACE TO ALL
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are Sappins Country Of
lts Wealth.
SMALLER TOWNS CRUSHED
ey Assisting In the Capitalization
Of Wealth. Patrons Of These In
stitutions Contribute to Their
Own Injury.

Copyright, 1905. by Alfred C. Clark)
Every year millions upon millions Of
dollars find their way from the towns,
villages and rural districts OF the coun.
try to tho Golfers Of the mall order
houses In the cities. and go to the up-
building Of enormous institutions in
the centers Of population. Naturally,
the sources from which the contribu.
lions are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
a story SO stupendous that its full sig.
nihcance cannot be grasped In u mo-
ment. but the mere sight of which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1905 two mail order
houses, located In Chicago. did a bust.
ness amounting In round numbers to
$sO.000.o0O. In he year 1904 these
same concerns did business OF about
$62.000.000. 4 gain of SIS. 1000 900 or
nearly 80 per cent. in a single year be-
ing thus exhibited.
These figures represent the sale last
year Of one dollars worth OF merchan.
disc for every man. woman and child
in the country by two catalogue houses
alone, and those operating from the
same central point. Dozens more of
varying size and Importance are oper-
ating all over the country from coast
70 coast and from border to border.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
Berth Was Reserved.

Franklin X. Lane. interstate com.
merce commissioner. went west last
week. He wanted to reserve berth
from Chicago to Minneapolis. He
wired the request and this reply came
back: Cant do 1t. Interstate com.
merce commission will not allow It,"
He fired a wire back reading; by
what authority do you say Interstate
commerce commission will not allow
you to reserve 4 berth In a sleeping
carr The Pullman agent answered:
by the authority Of a recent ruling"
Mr.. Lane was interested by this time
and he telegraphed: Il am a member
Of the interstate commerce commits.
sion and am not familiar with the rul.
Ing. Give me q reference" And a
short time afterward he received this
telegram: Berth reserved"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
Worse-Parents Diseoura9ed-cu.
ticura Drove Sores Away.

Our little girl, one year and
half old. was taken with eczema or
that was what the doctor called It.
We called In the family doctor. and
he gave some tablets and said she
would be all right In a few days.
The eczema grew worse and we
called in doctor No. 2. He said she
was teething, as soon as the teeth
were through she would be all right
No. 3 said 1t was eczema. By this
time she was nothing but a yellow.
greenish sore. Well. he said he could
help her. so we let him try 1t about
q week. One morning We discovered
little yellow pimple on one OF
her eyes. or course We 'phoned for
doctor No. 3. He came over and
looked her over, and said that he
could not do anything more for
her. that We had better take her
to some eye specialist. since It was
an ulcer. So We went to Oswego to
doctor No. 4. and he said the eye
sight was gone. but that he could
hSip ~. We tuouEut We Woulu tTy
doctor No. 6. Well, that proved the
same. only he charged $40 more than
doctor No. I. We were nearly dis.
courared. saw one Of the Cuti-
cura advertisements In the paper and
thought We would try the Cuticura
Treatment. SO l went and purchased
a set OF Cuticura Remedies. which
cost me 81. and in three days our
daughter, who had been sick about
eight months. showed great improve
ment, and in one week all sores had
disappeared. or course It could not
restore the eycsight. but II we had
used Cuticura In time ! am confident
that It would have saved the eye. We
think there is no remedy so good for
any skin trouble or impurity OF the
blood as Cutits.ra. Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Abbott. X. +. ID. No. 3. Fulton. Os.
weGo Co, N. Y, August II. 1906"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
WHITE BREAD
Makes Trouble for People with Weak
Intestinal Digestion.

A lady In . Wis. town employed n
physician who Instructed her not to
eat white bread for two years. She
tells the details Of her sickaess and
she certainly was n sick woman.
In tho year 1887 gave out from
overwork. and until 1901 I remained
an invalid In bed great part Of the
dime. Had different doctors but moth.
Ing seemed 10 help. I suffered from
ccrebro-spinai congestion. female trou.
BILE and serious stomach and bowel
trouble. My husband called . new
doctor and after having gone without
any food for 10 days the doctor or.
dered Grapc.Nu;s for me. l could eat
the new food from the very hrst
mouthful. Tho doctor kept me on
GrapeNuts and the only medicine
was = little slyccrinc to heal the
alimentary canal.
When ! was up ngnin doctor told
me TO eat Grnpc.Nuts twice u day and
NO white bread for two years. ! got
well In good time and have gsined In
strength 10 can do my own work
again.
MY brain has been helped no much.
and I know that tho Grape. Nuts food
did this. too. found had been
made III because ! was not fed right.
that 10 did not properly digest white
bread and some other food tried 10
live on.
Il have never been without Grape.
Nuts food since and eat II every day.
You may publish this letter II you like
10 Il will help someone else" Name
given BY Postum Co.. Battle Greek.
Mich. Get tho little book. The Road
10 MELVILLE" IN pkg..
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

plo OF the smaller towns and the aKrl,
cultural districts. In hundreds oi
thousands Of the homes of these the
catalogue OF the mail order house IL a.
regularly received ~ the home paper.
The man on the farm last year sent Q
very large portion Of eighty millions
OF dollars to two Of these institutions
In one community. alone.
In all sincerity We ask: Admitting
purely for the sake OF the argument
that the farmer or the resident OF the
small community can save q few dol
lars on some OF his purchases, or even
that he could do 80 on all Of them. can
he shord to continue to impoverish
his own community.
II he will ask himself this question
and consider II soberly and fairly 10
all OF Its phases. including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits Of . single article. We think
his answer must be that he cannot.
The wonderful productivity OF this
country has been suficlcnt TO over.
como tho various adverse economic In.
fuences which have existed during the
period Of years In which the mall or
der business has accomplished it,
greatest growth. Everyone has bcen
getting along pretty we'll" While the
Increasing dow Of golden millions from
their source Ia the land Of the couu.
try to tho already great csntsrs Of
money and population has held back
the growth Of the smaller commuui
tics. II has not yet occasioncd Q great
disaster. The test will come With the
nrst pinch Of hard timea," Q condi.
tion which NO country ever has bsen
abla to escape st recurring Intervals.
When this time arrives those con.
mnnities will best stand the test yhich
have best conserved and husbanded
lhsir resources.
JOHN 8. POTTS.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
sAIo WOMEN MARRIED HIM.
Remarkable Excuse Put Forward BY
Frsneh eioamlst.

At Versailles. France, recently q
baker was tried on n charge Of poyg.
amy. having married five women,
who are living and undivorced. The
pentagamist's defense was that he
had not married the women: they had
married him. When they proposed
he had not the courage to say no.
Neither money nor love, he said, had
prompted his nuptials: he was the
victim Of the stronger wills of his
successive spouses. OF the five wives
three appeared rs witnesses. but did
not prosecute. saying that their COM
mon husband was topper Of whom
they were glad to get rid. He was
acQuitted-on what ground does not
appear. As all the years In which
the multiplex husband took wives
were leap years except 1881, In which
II would seem that in four out of
the five cases the women had the
right to propose. But the man had
the right. even In the leap years, to
decline. and 1t was up to him * least
to explain to his fair suitors that he
was engaged. To establish the 4 in.
ciple that a man is not respor. siole
Tor the number OF his wives urless
he himself does the courting. would
be plainly against public policy. II
barkis Is willin'," that at once puts
all the responsibility on him. no
matter who managed the prelimi.
naries.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
Mrs. Mary Wagner. OF 1867 Kossuth
avenue. Bridgeport. Conn.,. says: II

at times dizzy spells when everything
was a blur before me. The passages
of the kidney secretions were irregu.
lar and painful. and there was con.
siderable sediment and odor. | don't
know what would have done but
for Doan's Kidney Pills. I could see
an improvement from the first box,
and five boxes brought 4 anal cure"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02
Washington . shinols state.

The state OF Washington produced
10000. 5000 shingles In 1906 fiscal
year. or Gsis per cent OF the total out
put OF the United States. Washington
has i59 mills. with daily output of
E.9%0.o00. or is per cent more than
In 1905. In no other other state does
the yearly output approximate 900.
OOO, 900.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

A fact not generally known Is that
hundreds OF con' irns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through tho regular trade channels ara
awaiting only . parcels post Law to
unloose literature. already prepared
In many instances. which would pro.
ject them into the mail order heid. and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps Thousands Of
entirely new mail order concerns
which Inevitably would spring into OK.
tstence under such friendly auspices.
Tho two Chicago institutions re.
ferred to. already occupying immense
buildings. found themselves cramped
for room. One Of them expended not
less than 81 900 900. and probably more.
COR . new home. The other lately has
securcd = new location and also will
expend At least $1,000. 900 for an Inn.
mensc new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual.
~ on the subject must become I'm.
prcsscd that the influence OF the mail
order business IL toward the central.
isation Of wealth. and how enormous
. part II II playing In this direction
will be understood from . second
glance At the figures which have been
given above.
II IL duo to himself that every patron
q the mall order house should Inquire
honestly Of himself what tho fnai out.
come ID TO Be II the mail order bust.
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog.
ress during the last half decade.
Il IL useless 10 repeat the we'll worn
argument Of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than tho merchants In
the regular channels Of trade 70 leave
thsir customers more money than
ever 10 devote to homo enterprises
Aa1 Institutions. The faliacy a ibis
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

A woman gets almost as much sat,
isfac,ion out OF n good cry as man
does out OF a smile"
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

Garfield Tea (the Herb remedy which is
Guaranteed under the Pure Food and
Drugs Lawl should bc taken to regulate
the Liver, Kidneys. stomach and bowels,
and to purify the blood.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

Some day long.suffering genius
will invent safety razor with pho.
nograph attachment-then it will be
Good.by for the garrulous barber.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

Virtue Is its own reward-or Its own
punishment. as the case may be.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

Naturally man would rather part
his hair than part with Il.
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

To CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Ou.n.ps Tablets DRUG.
gihn refund MONEY II II Tails TO cure. x "
GROVES signature 10 on each bog. 25c,
The Monte Vista journal., 1907-02-02

PUTNAM FADELESs DYES color n.
most twice as much as any other dye and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
may put forth .

may put forth.
For these reasons the South has ex-
,ceptional opportunities to make pro-
gress with it's immigration soliciting.
lIt can score important gains in that
direction-provided that its dominant
class and its leaders Of public senti-
ment shall prove themselves broader
and wiser IN attitude toward the wage
Garner than they have been in too
many instances in the past.
The South can never get the imml-
grafton 1t desires as long as wage
workers are in any sense denied their
full natural rights in politics. 1t is
of enough merely to let them vote
and have their votes counted, no
matter what party they favor. They
must be given opportunities to hold
office ahS1 20 play large and gen.
'erous part in public affairs. Fortu-
nately for the South. the old slavery
bred contempt of labor Is fast dying
out. It's burial must be hastened II
the industries of the Southern States
are to get the full supply Of Drawn
and brain they need. Cleveland
Leader.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
Interesting Use Of Gas.

A very interesting use for producer
gas is made In a factory in Jersey
City, where tempering Of metal to be
made into curtain springs is snccess-
fully and economically done with its
heat. Coke fires were formerly util.
lied for the purpose, but the temper
ature varied to such an extent that
great deal of the material was
spoiled. With producer gas an abso-
lutely constant temperature is Sc.
cured and the work Is done in more
cleanly manner, with no possibility OF
error as to the degree of heat. Con.
sequently the waste heretofore en-,
countered has been reduced to a
minimum and the quality OF the prod.
uct is absolutely uniform.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28

He has devoted much
of his time and great deal of
work to the measure. To him may
be given the credit of pushing the
principle to a point where recogni-
tion has been secured, and now
Foraker and Dick have planned to
rob him of all of his glory. They
ire like pair of big boys who
,ovet toy owned by smaller
lad. They just jump onto him and
take it away from him.
The result of the matter will
be, unless President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft decide to get even
With the Ohio senators for all of
their opposition, that Ohio will
lave the Initiative and Referendum,
little in advance because of the
.wo senator's declaration. 1t is
generally conceded that with good
candidates, the democrats will
vim in the next state election and
hen the principle would be
dopted. 1t means that the Initia
i've and Referendum amendment
will be submitted to the people
lext fall, instead of two years
rom next fall.
1t Is indeed a strange pail
ghich has jumped the fence ant
lighted in democratic pasture.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
RARE CHANCE FOR SOUTH

IA ie<hiOL SIlAANNE fO1t OOUiIIt.
Fortune smiles upon the south just
now in especial and notable ways.
The doors OF opportunity are open to
that section of the country In q
peculiar sense. Wheather full ad-
vantage will be taken of the chances
offered remains to be seen.
In every period !. of business re.
strictlon or uncertainty the effect
or the check upon trade and In.
ldustry is least felt In agricultural
sections and States, il crops and crop
prices are good. In that case such
parts OF the country are little ef-
tected by financial crisis, except for
the brief Inconvenience experienced
In obtainingg money to move and
market their harvests.
On the other hand, cessation of
the rapid development of other sec
lions, less rural, less dependent upon
agriculture, makes the crop-support-
ed States stand out by contrast. They
gam IN the comparison forced by ev-
ents' The farms never look SO in
lViting In booming times for the cities
as they 40 when great centers of
population are undergoing business
FRACTIONS.
such periods, even though short af-
iora unusual opportunities for bet
tering the supply of labor in agrlcul-
.urai States and communities II Is
.nen that the possibilities in the wav
., diverting immigration from its ola
chahheis to rural districts WHARF 4,
Is much needed, are most WORTHY ~,
consideration. -
me South, the distinctly aerioul-
turai section of the United States has
tnis opportunity now. Hundreds Of
thousands OF recent Immigrants al
ready are going home from tho North
OF West, or have already gone to
spread through Europe exaggerated
taies OF business troubles In tbe
parts OF America which thew know
Different reports will reach the noun.
tries which send ont most of the i'm
migrants America receives, in 10 far
as they hear fromthe rural regions
of the South
IN tnat section, It is true, there are
comparatively few foreign-born wage
workers TO tell the story OF prosperity
ana the strong demand for labor on
the plantations and among the mar
ket gardeners But such witnesses
VIII be numerous enough to youch
convincingly for the truth OF what
ever reasonable and careful state
ments OF fact the States and districts
which arp most eager for immisratin
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
THE 6. D. an. nY..

The short and direct route between
Marion, Delaware and Columbus.
Passengers delivered In business
part OF the cities without transfer or
delay. THROUGH TuCKMIS one
way or round trip to London, Sprfng-
field. Dayton. Cincinnati. Hamilton.
Lancaster, Canal Winchester, Drove
port Clrcleville, Chillicothe. Aahville.
Kingston, and intermediates pointb.
FOR reliable Information apply To
A.. Il. NEERDAMIER, aenl. supt
y. j. scHCENLAUB. Agent,
-w&s-tf Marion. or,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
a Diamond in the Dark.

IT Is said that some diamonds win
shine by their own light when placed
In dark room. Prof Crookes, OF
London, says that when diamonds are
placed In a vacuum and exposed to a
current OF electricity, they shine with
different colored lights. lie has seen
them emit bright blue, pale blue. apri.
cot. red, yellowish-green. pale green
and orange rays. One beautiful green
diamond In his possession. when phos-
phorescing In a good vacuum. gave
almost as much light as o candle, The
light was pale green.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
PANAMA ELECTION APPROACHES


1 The miniature republic of Pana-
ma, not to be outdone by her big
sister in the north, looks forward TO
lively presidential campaign next
year, and, to carry the analogy farth-
er, the politicians are worrying ov-
er the question whether their presi-
dent wants another term. 10 be
sure, the Panama constitution de-
clares that no president can be re-
elected. but among friends this provi-
sion doesn't appear at all insur-
mountable. Supporters of President
Amador argue that inasmuch as he
will have been on leave OF absence
for more than year previous to
the next election, to chose him
again would not amount to re-elec-
ton. The idea appears bit strange,
but 1t certainly doesn't become a for
eigner to construe their constitution
for them. However, II Is not cer-
tain that Amador wants the office
again and the presidential program
makers are much at sea
1t is encouraging to note that prep
aratiOns for the campaign, which
will end with the election in August,
are going forward in peace. Passion
apparently has cooled on the isthmus
since the time when United States
intervention was hotly discussed as
not improbable. Several prominent
men, then branded as violent agita-
tors, have since tempered their bitter
partisanship, and are now acknowl-
edged to be safe citizens. The Lib
leral party Is to hold It's national
convention next month and leaders
are discussing the advisability OF
Joining forces with the Constitution.
alists. obaldia was at one time Pan
aman minister at Washington and
was the last governor of the Colom-
Dian state OF Panama. The official
records OF the various aspirants would
Indicate that, which ever Is selected
the republic will be assured a con-
tinuance of present peaceful pro-
'gressive conditions. This Is highly
important from the standpoint of The
United States, because of large inter-
ests In the canal zone. Plain Dealer.