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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
We Are Dying Younger.

In view of all that has been said about
the fall in the death rate it seems
strange to realize that we are not living
so long as our graadfathers and grand
mothers did. More babies live to grow
up nowadays than formerly, but people
in later life die younger. Once arrived
at the adult age the average mar or
woman has few years of survival to
expect.
This seems on the face of it so sur
prising a statement that in order to be
accepted it should be backed up by data
authentic and indisputable. Such data
are furnished by the figures Of the in
surance companies (Which all agree on
the point, but it is easier to refer to
the government census reports, which
tell the tale in simple and convincing
fashion. Even during the last fifteen
years the death rate among all persons
over fifty-five years of age of both
sexes has risen very considerable.
Health Culture.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
MADE TROUBLE FOR JANIroR.
Great scuIptor's Source Of Inspiration
Caused Some Inconvenience.

The eminent and lamented sculptor.
Saint-Gaudens, while living in Rome
mad a fountain in his studio. which
he declared to be the source of his in
SEPARATION, and when he returned to
America he missed the sound of the
uickling waters. 1t occurred to him
that substitute for the genii in the
fountain might be obtained by tying
down the faucet In the lavatory and
thus have a constant flow of soul-in-
spring aqua, a delightful accompani-
ment to hard work.
The arrangement worked very well,
and the delusion was perfect. so far
as sound, IL not sight, was concerned
Work progressed rapidly and well with
the inspiration of the genii In the
faucet, and the day came when the
Finished work must be removed to 9th
er quarters, which removal required
the assistance of the janitor. The
sculptor rang the bell for that dusky
person, and after repeated summons
receiving no reply, Saint-Gaudens de
scended to the regions below, where
he found the man of all work pumping
away for dear life.
On Saint-Gaudeas inquirlng why he
had received no reply to his summons.
the negro replied that he was sorry
not to be able to answer, but some
how can't keep no watah in this here
tank, str."-American Art News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
The Worlds Best Climate

is not entirly free from disease, On the
nigh elevations fevers prevail, while on
the lower levels malaria is encountered
TO greater or less extent, according to
altitude. To overcome climate affect
ions lassitude, malaria, jaundice, bill
lousness, gever and ague, and general
debility, the most effective remedy is
Electric Bitters, the great Alternative
and blood puriferj the antidote for
ever from of bodily weakness, nervous
ness and insomnia. Sold under guar
antee at John e. Jackson's drug store.
Price50c.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
BRYAN ONCE MORE.

Ali the newspapers, of whatever DO
ltical persuasion, may as we'll now
drop the phrase eff Bryan should be
nominated
There is no longer enough doubt
about the matter to form a peg on
which to hang the shadow of a forlorn
hope.
For the past two weeks his march
over fruitless opposition has been that
of a conquering hero. North, South,
East and West, all efforts to check
his endorsement have failed. Even in
Pennsylvania, the one exception in the
sweep of absolute victory, while losing
the endorsement of the State Conven-
ton and failing to secure instructions
for the four delegates-at-large elected
by that body, his supporters carried
the day in thirty-four of the districts
and bound that number of delegates to
his cause by iron-clad instructions.
The action of Alabama and South Caro-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

A round stone is found in the points
Of certain kinds of bamboo. This Is
called "tabasheer," and is supposed TO
be deposited from the silicious Juices
of the cone. Another curiosity of this
kind is the cocoanut stone. which Is
found In the endossperm Of the cocoa.
nut in Java and other East Indian f.
lands. 1t is pure carbonate of lime.
and is sometimes round. sometimes
ear-shaped, while the appearance OF a
white pearl without much lu.ter
Some of these stones are as large as
cherries, and as hard as feldspar or
opal. They are quite rarely found
and are regarded by the orientals 40
precious stones, the lower classe.
using them as charms against dis
ease and evil spirits. Stones are aIso
found in the pomegranata
and in other East India fruits.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
The Chicago Platform.
philadelphia Press

When the Chicago Republican plat
form is adopted it will be decided by
events and the public opinions of a
great party and not by those who desire
to avoid saying anything or looking for
ward to doing anything.
The Republican party does not stand
still. 1t never has in the past and it
will not at Chicago or for the next four
y ears. The regulation of railroad cor
porations under the Federal supervision
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Is the great work accomplished in
the past four years. The Republican
party approves this step. So does the
country. The Chicago platform will
indorse all that was done in the Hepburn
rate act and in the Republican legisla-
ton of the past four years and demand
the conservative constructive execution
and enforcement of these laws.
But this is only half the problem
presented by corporate activities in in
terstate commerce. The other half is
included in the great industrial CORPORA
tlons-the trusts" These also call
for regulation through Federal super
vision. The task is more difficult, the
constitutional powers are less distinct
and past experience more scanty.
But in some shape the Federal repu-
lation of these corporations must come.
Details are still in doubt. No plan
wholly satisfactory has yet been evolv-
ed. No one policy" can be accepted.
These DETAILS can all be left to the next
four years, but the Chicago Republican
platform must and will declare for
legislation which will give publicity.
regulation and supervision for the
operations of the trusts" through some
agency of the Federal Government.
This legislation must be conservative.
1t must be constructive, it must protect
the investment of existing capital, it
must not alarm business and it must
promote and protect free competition,
but 1t must cover the whole field of
those great national corporations which
require national regulation. This sub
Ject will be one of the paramount |
issues of the coming campaign. 1t can |
not be stitied and the Republican plat
form will recognize it and utter the
opinion and policy Of the party on broad,
reassuring and constitutional lines.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
IL Seached the Spot.

Mr.. Humphrey, who owns a large
general store at Omega, O., and is pres
ldent of the Adams Country Telephone
Co, as well as of the Home Telephone
Co, of Pike Country, O., says of DR..
Kings New Discovery: 1T saved my
life onse. At least l think it did. 1t
seemed to reach the spot the very
seat of my cOugh,-when everything
else failed. " DR.. Kinw's New Discovery
not only reached the cough spot; it
heals the sore spots and the weak spots
In throat, lungs and chest. Sold an DER
guarantee at John E. Jackson's drug
store. SOC. and S1,OO. Trial bottle
free.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
Flying Machine an Old Story.

Talking of flying machines" said
the French professor. Jacques de
Vaucanson invented in the eighteenth
century several flying machines.
But they were very little. You may
read all about them in d'Alembert and
IN the Geographic Universelle. One was
fly that would start from Vaucan-
sons hand. circle around a room and
return to its starting point again, An
other was a pigeon that made circles
In the air Of 100 yards diameter.
"Vaucanson's automatons were IN
credible. His best was a duck. The
bird waddled about, and, when it came
to grain, picked it up and swallowed
1t. 1t muddied water with its beak an
ducks always do. Guacked and swan
He made snakes that Kissed, swaI-
lowed frogs, crawled on the ground
and coiled about your arm.
"All his secrets died with him. 9th
erwise we'd have been flying long
ago."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

Tired nerves, with that mo ambition
Keeling that is commonly felt in spring
or early summer, can be easily and
quickly altered by taking what is known
to druggists everywhere as DR.. Shoop's
Restorative. One will absolutely note
a changed feeling within 48 hours after
beginning to take the Restorative. The
bowels get sluggish in the winter-time
the circul ation often slows up, the Kid,
neys are inactive and even the Heart in
many cases grows decidedly weaker.
Or. Shoop's Restorative is recognized
everywhere as a genuine tonic to these
vital organs. 1t builds up and strength
ems the WORKOUT weakened nerves.: II
sharpens the failing appetite, and uni
versally aids digestion. 1t ALWAYS
quickly brings renewed strength, life.
vllgor,. and ambition. Try it and be con,
WINGED. Sold by John E. jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
How's This7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Rew,rd
for any case of catarrh that cannot ne
cured by Halls Catsrrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known +. ].
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
hlm perfectly honorable in all business
transactions, and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, kINNAN d MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
Failure Of the Currency Bill.
(Philadelphia Press. /

The great failure of Congress at this
session is its inability to agree upon a
measure to give elasticity to the curren-
cy by means of an emergency law. At
the last there became a manifest dan
ger that the effort to do something
where there was no harmony of opin-
ion might produce compromise meas
ure that would satisfy no one. Inaction
Is better than such result, and the pro-
vision for a currency commission. the
only plank saved out of the wreck, will
keep the question alive and give time
for the Senator'S and Representatives.
who are now so Numerically opposed, to
get together. If the result is a meas
ure which will bear examination and
prove in practice to have the merits
that are claimed for it, no one will COM
plain of the postponement which the d.
vision of opinion between the two
houses of Congress has made necessary.
No doubt political capital will be
made of the failure of the Republican
majority to meet the demand for the
amendment of our currency law, which
last November's experience proved need
ed. Any new currency measure whose
merits were still Improved would have |
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

Chief Justice Gummere of New Jer-
sey.)


sey.)
The affection of dog for his master
and for the members of the household
in which he dwells is proverbial. Not
only is he their friend, but often he is
their protector. His resenting an in
trusion by stranger upon the prem
ises of which he conceives himself the
guardian is an evidence of his loyalty to
those to whom he owes allegiance. 1t
is common knowledge that the dog
which is looked upon with distrust and
fear by the neighborhood may be hand
led, even misused, with impunity by
the children in the family of which he is
a member. 1t is equally well known
that with change of the ownership of
the dog comes a transference of his
affections. Not that he ever entirlv
torgets his old master and the latter's
family, but he is loyal to the hand that
feeds him. He recognizes promptly his
obligations to those among whom he
makes his home an repays it with
affection and devotion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
INDUCED THE COOK TO STAY.
simple Financial Transaction That Was
Complete Success.

What are you laughing at?"
grumbled Carleton c. Crane, all in one
word, as he Strengthened up. red in
the face, with a handful of clearing.
house certificates recovered In frag-
ments from the New York Central
wastebasket, into which he had cast
them, thinking they were cigar cou-
pons, says the San Fran cisco Chron-
icle.
Not at you" chuckled John A. Gill.
soothingly. This letter here's from
an old friend of mine, Capt. Hutchin-
son, an Englishman living down at
Lindsay, near Porterville. He's the
man that planted the first orange seed
that raised the first orange blossoms
for the first marriage ceremony ever
performed at Lindsay. Listen to this:
Gave my Chinese cook All Lui his
regular check for $50. He took it to
the bank. All they'd give him was S.
In cash, rest in certificates. He came
back, threatened to throw up his job;
me cook, too; had him a long time.
All lite. l no go, you make me
one check five hun dollar"
rive nuHuIeu dollars, An LUZ!
exclaimed. Il can't afford any such
prices as that"
No affiod. I takee CHECK five
nun dollar, blank he pay me fifty dol
lar all same he play me five dollar
one fifty dollar check"
So he handed me back the SIS and
the certificates. and I wrote him
check for $500 and telephoned an ex-
PLANTATION to the bank, All Lui got his
500 In cash, and he's still cooking for
u.s."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
Apples for SIeepIessness.
(London Globe.)

The apple is such a common fruit
says a medical writer, that very few
persons are familiar with its remark
able effcacious medicinal properties.
Everybody ought to know that the verv
best thing he can do is to eat apples
Just before retiring for the night. Per-
sons uninitiated in the mysteries of the
fruit are liable to throw up their hands
IN horror at the visions of dyspepsia
which such a suggestion may SUM. on
up, but no harm can come even t. a
delicate system by the eating OF the
ripe and juicy apple before going to
bed. The apple is excellent brain food.
because it has more phosphoric acid in
easily digested shape than any other
fruit. 1t excites the action of the liver.
promotes sound and healthy sleep, and
thoroughly disinfects the mouth. This
is not all; the apple prevents indiges-
ton and throat disease.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

Health Coffee" is really the closest
Coffee Imitation ever yet produced.
This clever Coffee Substitute was re-
Gently produced by DR.. Shoop of Racine
Wis. Not grain of real Coffee in it
either. DR.. Shops Health Coffee is
made from pure toasted grains, with
malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an
eXpert-who might drink it for Coffee.
No 20 or 80 minutes tedious boiling.
MADE in minute" says the doctor.
Sold by Harrison, Barns & Co,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
The 0Vercoat.

Probably in no other department sar-
torlai Is there exhibited so much in
difference to hygienic considerations
as in the overcoat. The greatest fall
lacy of all perhaps in regard to the
choice of an overcoat is that the terms
weight and warmth" are synony-
nous. AS matter of fact, they are
nearly always Numerically opposed.
Moreover, the heavy overcoat is a tax
on the resources of the organism and
destroys the economy which a good
insulating cloth is intended to secure.
London Lancet.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

A remarkable secret writing of the
prisons had been brought to notice in
Germany by Professor Gross. A well
molstened sheet of writing paper is
laid on hard, smooth surface under
dry sheet, hard point being then
used to write on the latter, which is at
once destroyed. The writing, which dis
appears from the bottom sheet on grad
ually drying re-appears distinctly as Of
ten as the sheet 10 moistened.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
a Cslifornian's Luck.

The luckiest day of my life was
when bought box of Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve;" write Charles F. Budahn.
of Tracy, California. Two 25c. boxes
cured me of an annoying case of itching
piles, which had troubled me for years
and that yielded to no other treatment.
Sole under guarantee at John E Jack
sons drug store.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
THURSDAY, MAY Is, 1908.
0UARRELING OVER sPoILs.

All is not serene in the camp of the
political brigands who have, by contin-
ued frauds, been controlling Virginia
for years. They have put things in such
shape that it is no longer necessary for
them to cheat Republicans: and now
they are beginning to quarrel among
themselves over the division of The
spoils they have acquired by disrep-
utable methods.
The latest evidence Of fractional strife
among the Virginia Democracy has
been supplied by letter the Hon. Car
ter Glass has directed to the editor of
the Blackstone Courier, and that has
been published in various Democratic
papers.
1t seems that the Blackstone Courier.
which is an earnest supporter of Judge
Mann, recently declared that if Mr..
Glass should presume to offer as a can
didate for Governor in opposition to
Judge Mann, an assault would be made
upon the character of Mr.. Glass as a
private citizen. This declaration of the
Courier provoked the letter from Mr..
Glass, above referred to, and he hurls de-
fiance at Judge Mann and the machine
that is backing him.
The letter of Mr.. Glass was published
in the Richmond Leader, and in
editorial comment thereon that paper
says: Strong, stirring, manly and de-
liant is the card of Representative
Glass
The News Leader then says while
Judge Mann, in his personal life is as
clean and straight as any man in Vir-
ginia, his public record is very vulner-
able" Our Richmond contemporary
then refers to certain features of that
record, to Judge Mann's consistent
friendship for the railroads and corpor-
atoms while he was a member of the
State Senate and to the questionable
means by which he first became a mem
Der of the Senate. The News Leader
might also have referred to Judge
Mann's disgraceful conduct in connect
ion with the confirmation of Judge
Rhea as member of the Corporation
Commission. But, Mr.. Glass in his
card says
81 do not belong to the school of
casuists that seeks to differentiate pub
lie and private character or to discrimi-
nate personal and political integrity.
"a man with bad private character
should not be given public place, and
believe any man who is politically a
knave is, at bottom, personally dis
honest"
Mr. Glass is right. No honest man
will accept an office to which he has
been elected by fraud, and no honest
representative will betray the people.
or deceive them
Mr.. Glass in his card announces that
whether he is a candidate or not for
Governor he will, on the hastings and
IN his newspaper, discuss the records of
those who are the candidates. If he
sticks to that we may expect some very
interesting disclosures in the public
records of both Judge Mann and Mr.. |
Glass. Then the people will have an
opportunity to see whether the Virginia |
Democracy will 'differentiate public
and private character or discriminate
personal and political integrity" The
public record of neither of these men is
as clean as it might be.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

Weak women should read my "Book
No. A For Women" 1t was written ex-
pressly for women who are not well.
The Book No. A tells of DIR. Shops
Night Cure" and just how these sooth-
ing, healing, antiseptic suppositories
can be successfully applied. The book.
and strictly CONFIDENTIAL medical advice is
entirely free. Write DR.. Shoop, Racine
Wis. The Night Cure is sold by John
e. Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

TO stand the nammering incident to a
political campaign is the same manner.
Those considerations cannot be permit
ted to control. The manifest truth is
that an irreconciable difference Of opin-
ION between the two houses, both as to
the substance and details of the bill that
should pass. created a deadlock that
has made the enactment of currency
law of this session impossible.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

There is a Pink Pain Tablet made bv
DR.. Shoop, that will positively stop any
pain, anywhere, in 20 minutes. DRUG
glsts everywhere sell them as DE-
Shops Headache Tablets, but stop
other pans as easily as headache, DR..
Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets simply coax
Diood pressure away from pain centers
-that Is all. Pain comes from blood
pressure-congestion Stop that nreSs-
ure with DR.. Shops Headache Tablets
and pain is instantly gone. 20 Tablets
25c. Sole by John E. Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

To his collection of more than 500
relics Captain John Ryan of West New
ton, Mass, veteran of several wars.
has added a cane, the materials of
which represent three wars in which
he participated-the Mexican, Civil and
Spanish-American wars.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

The three great industrial nations
England, France aud Germany each
consume about so per cent of the man
utactured goods produces at home. The
United States sells only per cent of
manufactured goods abroad.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

While taking up the floor of an empty
house at Patrocinia, Brazil, poor wo-
man found embedded in the earth be-
meath diamond weighing 900 carats.
1t IS the second largest diamond ever
found in America.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

The electric tramways of the City of
Mexico have been chartered by com
pany with $4,000, 900 capital. Electric
light plants are being constructed at
Juchitan and Oaxaca, and light and
power plants on the Isthmus of Te-
hauntepec.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28
Valued Same as Gold.

b. &. Stewart, merchant of Cedar
View, Miss. says: 81 tell my customers
when they buy box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills they get the worth of that
much gold in weight, if afflicted with
constipation, malaria or biliousness. ."
Sold under guarantee at John E. Jack
sons drng store. 25c.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

Consul Felix S. S. Johnson, of Ber-
gen, reports that recently at Hardangea
an American motor engine was in
stalled in Norwegian fishing smack.
1t was thoroughly tested, with the re-
suit that America will from now on en-
joy part Of this trade.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

Duchess Philip of Wurtemburg has
contrived bandage that is so scientifi-
caily constructed that manufacturers
have taken out patents covering the
right to make it in foreign countries.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

The criminal class of London number
700, 900.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

The painting of the Forth bridge
costs $IO,O
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

The rabbits range division takes in
the whole horizon.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-05-28

ADVERTISING RATES furnished on ap-
pheation. Correspondence solicited.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-01-17
Our Nights.

do we not fail to accord ou
nights their true value?" inquire
George w. Cable in THE Grandis
simos." We are ever giving our day,
the credit and blame OF all we d,
and mis-do, forgetting those silent
glimmering hours when plans-an(
sometimes plots-are laid: when res
olutions are formed or changed
when heaven and sometimes heavent
snemies, are invoked; when anger AMI
evil thoughts are recalled. and some
times hate made to inflame ant
tester; when problems are solved
riddles guessed, and things made ap
parent in the dark which day refuses
to reveal. Our nights are the key,
to our days. They explain them. The,
are also the days correctors. Night.
leisure untangles the mistakes O
days haste. We should not attemp
to comprise our pasts in the phras
"tn those days." we should rather ga,
in those days and nights"