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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
A Shaw Criticism.

George Bernard Shaw, before he be-
came a successful playwright" said an
actor. was a musical critic. He was
invited by friend one night to hear n
string quartet from Italy. Expecting
a treat. he accepted the invitation, and
throughout the programme he sat
stony
''The friend, to draw little praise
from him. said, Mr.. Shaw, these men
have been playing together for twelve
years.
Twelve years?' said the other In
an incredulous voice. Surely we've
been here longer than THAR"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27


When young girl l spent several
years on a ranch In southern Arizona.
One day as l was riding through the
desert / noticed the suns brightness
gradually becoming obscured by yell
lowish haze and the increased force of
the wind whirling great clouds OF dust
everywhere. Dismounting and leading
the horse, | discovered we were on the
dry bed of river and partly protected
from the fury of the storm. A clump
Of mesquite on the opposite bank ap-
parently affording a shelter, / decided
to avail myself OF 1t. l opened the
pouch containing my lunch. The latter
was thickly covered with dust and
threw it into the nearby bushes In
stantly there was blood curdling
scream, and the fiery, glaring eyes of
a huge wildcat were watching me.
The brute was crouching, working its
way in my direction. Just then an
other hair raising scream brought me
to my knees, and there was the brute
on its back, gnashing its teeth, with a
quivering arrow in it's side Later /
found that a party of Indians who had
been out rabbit hunting heard the cats
growls and had shot it.--Chicago Trib-
une.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

There are three wicks to tho lamp of
a mans life-brain, blood and breath.
Press the brain little, its light goes
out, followed by both the others. Stop
the heart a minute and out 20 all three
OF the wicks. Choke the air out OF the
lungs and presently the fluid ceases to
supply the other centers OF fame, and
all is soon stagnation. cold and dark
ness.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
Wrapping Papers For the Mail.

Next time you are ready to mail Ell
Their magazines or papers try wrap
ping them this way: Stretch a cord
along the length OF the folded article
to be wrapped, then roll as usual. The
ends OF the string will now be left
dangling from the bundle. When the
sealing and directing have been done.
bring the two ends of the cord togeth-
er. cross and pass once or twice around
the package and finally tie them care
fully. Thus fastened. all sorts of bun
dies Will go safely through the mails,
defying even the very toughest han
ding.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
DEVICE FOR WINDMILL AND PUMP.

triangle is supported firmly to post or
beam by a bolt which acts as joist
at the hole marked Y. At the hole
marked A the pump rod is attached,
while the windmill rod is attached to
the other triangle lat b corresponding
ly. The two triangles then face each
other as in illustration and are attach
ed to each other by strong wire at the
eyes in the upper and lower ends. The
triangles are made of two inch hard
wood to be satisfactory and lasting.
The principle in which the device
works will be seen at glance.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

Crater or Sunken lake. in the Cas-
cade mountains of Oregon, is the era.
ter of an extinct volcano. 1t is more
than 5000 feet above the sea and is
walled about with volcanic cliffs of
tremendous height 1t is twenty miles
In circumference. and its depth is un-
known.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
Vegetable Matter.
POWER FOR A PUMP.

A Convenience In Watering Cows In
the Barn.
In answer to several requests for a
device TO transmit power from a wind
mill to a pump where the well is sew
eral hundred feet distant we give the
following plan, says Iowa Homestead
The illustration shows two triangles.
one of which Is to be attached at the
well and the other at the mill. Each
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
PAIN

Pain in the head-pain anywhere. has its cause
Pain is congestion, pain is blood pressure-nothng
else usually. At least, so says Dr. Shoop. and to
prove II he has created little pink tablet. That
tablet-callcd DR.. Shops Headache Tablet
coaxes blood pressure away from pain centers-
Its ELECTS charming. peasngy delightful Gently.
though safely. IL surely eQuazes the blood circu-
lation.
II you have a headache it's blood pressure.
II it's painful periods with women, same cause:
IL you are sleepless. restless. nervous. it's blood
congestion-blood pressure. That surely Is
certainty. for DR.. Shops Headache Tablets stop
IL in 20 minutes and the tablets simply distribute
the unnatural blood pressure.
Bruse your finger. and doesn't IL get red. and
swell. and pain you? OF course IL does. It's con-
gestion. blood pressure. You'll find IL where pain
Railways. It's simply Common Sense.
We sell at 25 cents, and cheerfully recommend
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
A New Rhubarh.

California gardeners are making
money with Burbank's new rhubarb.
II is OF superior quality and natures
In California In midwInter 1t bears
crop mt for shipping in from six to
eight months after planting and pro-
duces seven to eight tons to the acre.
according TO reports. selling In Cali
fornia for an average Of 3 to 10 cents
per pound.-American Cultivator.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

The gums and resins obtained from
pine trees have long been recognized as
highly beneficial in the treatment of
backache, kidney and bladder troubles.
Pine-ules is the name of new medicine,
the principal ingredients of which come
from the pine forests of our own native
land. Sold by Geo. +. Sharrar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

The best way to rid the system of
cold is to evsc rate the bowels. Ken
nedy's Laxative Honey and Tar acts as a
pleasant, yet effectual cathartic on the
bowels II clears the head, cuts the
phlegm out of the throat, strengthens the
bronchial tubes, relieves coughs, colds,
Group, whooping cough etc. Sold by
Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
Raw orlnr,amedLungs.

Yield quickly to the wonderful cura-
tive and healing qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t prevents pneumonia
and consumption from hard cold settled
on the lungs. Geo. Sharrar
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
n Scientific Wonder

The cures that stand to its credit make
Bucklen's Arnica Salve scientific won
der. 1t cured +. r. milford, lecturer for
the Patrons of Husbandry, Waynesboro,
Pa, of distressing case of Piles. Ii
heals the worst Burns, Sores, Boils, Ul-
GERS, Cuts, Wounds, Chilblains and Salt
Rheum. Only 25c at Sharrar's DRUG store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

Piles get quick relief from DIR. Shops
Magic Ointment. Remember its made
alone for Piles and it works with GER
tainty and satisfaction. Itching, pain
full, protruding or blind piles disappear
like magic by its use. Try it and see
Geo. f. Sharrar druggist
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
A Card From Cnas. Rhoades

We have secured the agency for DIR.
Colwell's Egyptian Pile Cure, the most
certain cure for piles ever discored.
We personally guarantee it. and will re-
age that fails to give satisfaction.
CHAs. RHoADEs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
WHY SUFFER WITH PILES?

Onr patrons know that our guarantee
is good add when we that we guarantee
DR.. Colwell's Egyptian Pile Cure to cure
to cure amp case of piles, you may know
that it will do it, If it fails to satisfy
you, l will pay you back the purchase
price. CHAs. RHoADEs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

Why take dozen things to cure that
cough9 Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
tar allays the congestion, stops that
Tickling, drives the cold out through your
bowels. Sold by Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

Valentines that are a work of art,
Highest grade at lowest prices. From
lc and &c up 10 a grade that Will satisfy
the most exactiDg taste. Where? At
Stanard's Central Drug Store, of course,
where you always find the best
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

81 have been somewhat costive, Blu
Doan's Regulets gave just the results de =
sired. They act mildly and regulate the
bowels perfectly. Geo. B. Krause, 500
Walnut Ave, Altoona, Pa.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

La grippe coughs yield quickly to the
wonderful curative qualities of Foley's
Honey and Tar. There is nothing else
just as good" Geo. Sharrar
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

See that your druggist gives you 20
imitation when you ask for Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar, the original
Laxative cough syrup. Chas. Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
TAXPAYERS NOTICE.

l can be found at the office of the
City Clerk, every Friday until March
Ist, to receive your taxes.
J. A. BAKER, City Treasurer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

Dyspepsia is our national ailment. Bur-
dock Blood Bitters is the national cure for
it. 1t strengthens stomach membranes,
promotes flow of digestive juices, purifes
the blood, builds you up.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

A few books of teachers contracts at
the Record Office at a moderate price.
School directors should remember this
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
DR.. Shops
Headache
Tablets
GEO. E. SHARRAR.
wHYsUFFER WITH PILEs7

VIII YSUFFEK WITH PILESr
My patrons know that my guaranty
is good and when / say that l guaran-
tee DR.. Colwell's Egyptian Pile Cure
to cure any case of piles, you may
know that it will do it. If it fails
to satisfy you, will pay you back
the purchase price.
CHAS. RHOADES.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
NEW CORN cUN
Successful Method Of lneressh>
Yield.

A new departure in corn culture. N 4
described by t. McIver williamson
South Carolina. in Orange Judd Farm
er. may present some points of inter
est TO western growers. Among other
things. Mr.. Williamson says:
For a number of years after | be-
gan TO farm l followed the old time
method of putting the fertilizer all
under the corn, planting on level or
higher 10y feet, pushing the plant
from the start and making big stalk,
small. ! planted much corn in the
lprlng and bought much more corn the
next spring until finally l was driven
TO the conclusion that corn could not
be made on uplands in this section,
certainly not by the old method, ex
cept at loss.
Experiments In Fertilizing.
l did not give up, however. for /
knew that the farmer who did not
make his own corn never had succeed
ed and never would, so | began to ex
pertinent First l planted lower. and
still too large, so | discontinued alto
gether the application of fertilizer be-
fore planting, and, knowing that all
crops should be fertilized at some time.
/ used mixed fertilizer as a side appli-
cation and applied the more soluble
nitrate of soda later, being guided in
this by the excellent results obtained
from its use as a top dressing for
oats. Still the yield, though regular.
was not large, and the smallness of
the stalk itself now suggested that
they should be planted thicker in the
drill.
Satisfactory Results.
That was done the next year, with
results SO satisfactory that | contin-
ned from year to year to increase the
number OF stalks and the fertilizer
with which TO sustain them; also TO
apply nitrate of soda at last blowing
and 10 lay by early. sowing peas broad
east. This method steadily increased
the yield until year before last Q904)
with corn eleven inches apart in six
foot rows and $1l worth of fertilizer
10 the acre several of my best acres
made as much as 125 bushels.
In 1905 | followed up the same
method, planting the first week in
April seventy acres, which had pro-
duced the year before 1000 pounds OF
seed cotton per acre. This land Is
sandy upland, somewhat rolling. Sea-
sons were very unfavorable owing to
the tremendous rains In May and the
dry and extremely hot weather later.
From June II to July II, the time
when it most needed moisture. there
was only ive-eighths of an inch OF
rainfall here, vet with S7.01 cost Of fer
tilizer my yield was fifty-tsGo bushels
per acre. Rows were six feet and corn
sixteen inches In the drill.
Vegetable Matter.
In each case there should be left on
the land in cornstalks, peas. vines and
roots from S12 to SIC worth of fertiliz-
ing material per acre, besides the great
benefit To the land from so large an
amount of vegetable matter. The place
of this in the permanent improvement
of land can never be taken by com
mercial fertilizer, for il is absolutely
impossible TO make lands rich so long
as they are lacking in vegetable mat
ter
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

Physics and Csthartics which purge. unload the
and weaken the digestive and expulsive organs
Laxative Iron.oz Tablets are az different In
the bowel muscles and nerves. giving them rtrrnefh
and vieor 70 do the work nature Intended, thus
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27

No matter what you do, provid
ing you do it better than some one
else does the same thing, there's
welcome waiting you in the world,
1t was Emerson, we believe, who
said: If man eau write a.bet-
ter book, preach better sermon,
or make a better mouse trap than
his neighbor, though he build his
house in the woods, the world will
make a beaten path to his door"
Try to excel Its a laudable ambi-
ton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-02-27
HoLLIsvER'S
Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
Busy Medicine for Busy People

Brings Golden Health and Renewed Vigor
specific for Constipation, Indigestion. Live
and Kidney Troubles, Pimples. Eczema, Impure
Blood. Bad Breath. Sluggish Bowels, Headache
md Backache It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab
let form, Is cents box. Genuine made by
HoLLisrER DRuG COMPANY, Madison, Wis.
s0LDEN NUGGETS FOR SALL0W PEOPLE
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

was transported into every country of the globe, for
the commerce of the Moors was fourishng. The
designs indicate the inventive genius Of the Moham
medans in finding unlocked for geometric combina-
tons and in mingng foliage and arabesques with the
characters of their caprcious caigraph The deco
rative colors few in number, golden yellow and
pure blue, heightened with rather pale gold tint
which harmonizes we'll with the of the de-
signs with the yellowish almost pink white of the
enameled ground
On the south wall beneath the gallery hangs what,
according to of the directors, is of the most
remarkable bits of engraving in the world 1t is a
map of the world, and besides showing the various
countries and their mountainous formation describes
every sort of ship in at that period the style of
garments and thousand curious things
besides, This map discovered in Germany by
Joseph Fisher, priest attached to the Vatican, and
although it almost in pieces from age, he man
aged to put it together. From it he secured $50
copies, one of which was presented to Mr.. Hunt
ington
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30
Doom of Skyscraper Sounded.

The doom of the modern s<yscraper has probably
been sounded in New York by drastic regulations
which have been adopted unanimously by the build
ing code commission. These regulations provide that
after January 1 next no buildings shall be
$50 feet in height The law is aimed to stop the
feversh race for the construction of high buildings
That limit must be fixed somewhere has been the
advice of noted fire underwriting experts and Fire
Chief Croker has sounded the warning. The fire
insurance interests have feared that the fortyone-
story Singer building might be followed next by
fifty-story structure. That the regulation will
be passed by the board of estimate and the aldermen
before it finally becomes law is regarded as likely,
since several of the city's best known builders
members of the commission and voted for it. They
all agreed it was advisable call halt in the
struction of fortystory buildings though Theodore
Starrett who is a member of the commission
pressed the opinion that skyscraper could go 800
feet high and be perfectly safe providing it of
real freproof construction. More than two score of
the citys slyscrapers exceed the deadne fixed by the
new law. Of course these buildings are not af-
fected by the regulations
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30
Dream Crops of a Farm.
(Henry Ward Beecher.)


There is something in the owning of a piece of
ground which affects me as did the old ruins of Eng
land l am free to confess that the value of farm
is not chiefly in its crops of cereal grain, its or
cards of fruit and in its herds but in those larger
and more easily reaped harvests Of associations
fancies and dreamy broodings which it begets
From boyhood [ have associated classical civic
virtues and old heroic integrity with the soil No
one who has peopled his young brain with the fances
of Grecian mythology, but comes TO feel certain
magical sanctity for the earth. The very smell of
fresh turned earth brings up many dreams and
visions of the country as sandawood does of Oren-
tai scenes.
At any rate, I feel, in walking under these trees
and about these slopes, something of that enchant
ment of the vague and mysterious glimpses of the
past which once felt about the ruins of Kenworth
castle For thousands of years this piece of ground
hath wrought its tasks Old slumberous forests used
to darken it innumerabe deer have trampled
it foxes have blinked through its bushes and
wolves have howled and growled as they battered
along its rustling leaves with empty maws. How
many birds, how many focks of wild pigeons, thou
sands of years ago; how many hawks dashing wild
~ among them; how many insects, Nocturnal and
durnal how many mailed bugs, and timber SER
penis gliding among messy stones have had pos
session here before my day! 1t will not be long
before [ too shall be as wasted and recordess as
they
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30
Old Testament Poetry.

Berlin dispatch gives some interesting state
ments recently made by Rev. DR.. Gunkel one of
the leading lights in Berlin University, which boldly
criticse portions of the Old Testament.
In the latest lectures delivered at Magdenburg
before an audience of school teachers DR.. Gunke1
declared that all the poetical parts of the Old Tesla
ment, including the book of Psalms and Job, are
in large measure folk songs and popular lyrics. He
said in part
"Our knowledge Of Jewish lyrics has three sources:
The Psalms the tales of the narrative books of the
Old Testament, and the prophetical books The
Psalms were the ong-book of the people. Numerous
poems, which we are apt to think are connected in
way with the books in which they appear,
have been arbitrarily dragged in for effect, just as
literary of the present days breaks up his
pages with poetical quotations.
almost every Jewish holiday has its own set of
songs, which were sung by the people. They were
of the varied description and the fact that they
all in the Bible points to their popularity. For
instance, there songs of victory, which
sung by the and maids when warriors came
back from the war David Has Slain His Tens of
Thousands is an example; it is not a Hebrew song
at all, by the way but from ancient Egypt, with
the names of the warriors changed, but that is ALL
Cup and down the pages of the Bible are also a
number OF funeral songs which were used on mourn
full occasions and slightly altered to suit circun
stances, Hardly any of these the original work
of any of the authors to whom they ascribed
One of the best known of these is Davd's 1amenta-
ton over Abner, Saul and Jonathan, also probably
of Egyptian origin. The and illusions only
are altered.
''You would not think it. but the Bible contains
childrens songs and fragments of lul1abies-what
would call nursery songs. There also work
mems songs, quite number of drinking songs and
one of the best collections of remarkable wedding
and love songs in any language.
'"The Song of Solomon is an entirely profane
work, without any, the most remote connection
with the things of religion. 1t is full of the most
lascivious imagery and voluptuousness which only
an Oriental imagination could conceive wonder
at the extraordinary perversity of the men who adj
mtted it to the of Scripture and at the still
greater perversity of these modern devines, who,
in the face of science, persist in maintaining this
highly colored Oriental imagination
FINALLY, there the political songs which might
we'll be sung in political meetings if the ancient Jews
had such things They are mixed, of course, with
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30

religious sentiments because the ideas of religion
and politics were nseparable in the Jewish mind
",To say that the poems written mostly by
David is nonsense. They are not all even of Hebrew
origin. Some are Egyptian, still greater number
Babylonian The One Hundred and Fourth Psalm
is distinctly Egyptian"
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30

Kansas City (Mo) Star 1t is only natural that
there should be a good deal of perplexity and
lot of premature speculation and much industrious
discussion among the Republicans of Kansas as to
the successor of Edward Wesley Hoch. 1t is
solemn and fearful thing for to become Gov
ernor of Kansas.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-11-30

Hard luck is the mother of success. Luck is only
relative.-Lfe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-02-22
To Our Patrons. the Merchants

The News has a wide circle OF
readers and patrons among the out OF
town merchants all over this section.
many Of whom are also patrons OF our
Job printing department. We know
what we are talking about when we
say that we can furnish as nice work
for the price as any printing shop in
this section. Our expenses are low
we have no rent bills, run all our
machines by electricity, and buy our
stock as cheap as possible. If you
havn't given us an order, do so, and
see how much better and cheaper it will
be than the last you had elsewhere. We
get great many mail orders. Let us
haYe your next. Please address plain
ly, CLINCH VALLEY News.
Tazewell, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-02-22
Singing SchOoI-PersonaIs.
Falls Mills. Febv 1et

rams MlllS, EeDy., 18th
Rev stephen Davis filled his regular
appointment at this place Saturday
night and Sunday ut ii a. IN. He also
gave the young people lessons i'm sing.
ing Friday night.
Mr.. j. II. Harry has been laid nm
with the grip for several days but is
better at this writing.
Miss Morehead, the principal OF the
school at this place, was sick a part of
last week.
Mrs. W. L. Dudley, who has been
very i'll with rheumatism, isimproving
Mr. W. j. Fink and wife. OF Graham
were visiting here last week.
Miss Eula Harry was visiting at the
nome OF Mr.. j. II. Haery Saturday and
Sunday
Mr.. Wiley Hill, who has been suffer
ing with heart trouble for some time
is no better.
Mr.. R. f. Fink came up Sunday
from North Fork to see her parents
and attend church.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-02-22
Citizens Drug Co, Elect Officers

The Citizens Drug Company, of
Pocahontas elected officers on Febru-
airy 18th, as follows; W. NJ. Minter
president; J. +. Ward. Vice president
w. f. Morris, Secy., and Treas w.
II. Coulbourne, manager. Board of
Directors: j. w. II. Lawford, j. W
Owens, Geo. w. Mays, Chas Stump
and w. II. Coulbourne.
The company declared dividend OF
l63 per cent for the nine months end
ing February LIST. This is a fine show,
ing. The company has been organized
only a short time, and that it has been
wisely and successfully managed is
shown by the result. A bright future
IS before it.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1907-02-22
Local MeWs

Car yellow ear corn for sale-price
65c per bushel.
H. G.. PEERY,
North Tazewell, Va.