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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-TbOught Amputa-
ton NecesSary-Belicves Her
Life Saved by Cuticura.

81 have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for bad case of eczema
on my leg They did their best, but
failed to cure it. My doctor had advised
me to have my leg cut off. At this time
my leg was peeled from the knee. my foot
was like piece of raw flesh, and had to
walk on crutches. / bought n set of Cuti-
cura Remedies. After the first two treat
ments the swelling went down. and IN two
months my leg was cured and the new skin
came on. The doctor was surprised and
said that he would use Cuticura for his
own patients l have now been cured over
seven years, and but for the Cuticura Rem
edies l might have lost my life. Mrs j. b.
Renoud, 277 Montana ST., Montreal, Que,
Feb. 20, 1907"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Women I'M tI,e nny,s News.

The Duchess OF Marlborough visit
cd Ellis Island.
Woman suffrage in Finland prompt
~ brings prohibitionist triumph.
80 polite TO women," is the motto
&c n new reform society started in
paris.
/, MIG. Russell Sage is said TO be
Tired a. receiving suggestions as to
N;'at che ought 10 do with her money.
Mas fiargnerita Arlina Hamm, a
Llnasax.ne and newspaper writer. died
&<o,n Pneumonia az She Wom2n's Hos
&2i. New York City. Miss Eam-l
~ tx,co MAJ ried.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Body Scattered Four Miles.

Roanoke (Spe ciaD. - Arthur
Boone, son Of DR.. G. Boone. of
Trourville, met a terrible death a
few steps from his fathers home.
He was struck by an express train
and his body was scattered along
the track from Troutville TO Clover
dale, four miles. A portion of the
body was lodged on the engine,
where 1t was found on the arrival in
Roanoke. His watch and knife led
TO his Identification. He was I'M
married and &c years old.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

for i've months In =
hospital l was dis
charged as incura-
BILE. and given only
six months to live.
My heart was Affect
ed, l had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uEcon-
scious. l got so 1
couldn't use my
arms. my eyesight
WAS impaired and
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Wants Gun "Poting" STONED.

Danville Especially Mayor Harry
Wooding announced that in the flu
ture jail sentence would be impos-
ed on all persons convicted of carry
ing pistols of concealed weapons. 1t
has been customary for the Mayor
to impose a fine of $50 and costs on
all persons convicted of carrying any
deadly weapon concealed The law,
however, gives the Mayor the right
to impose both a fine and jail SEN
tence not exceeding II months.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
British Government Orders
Encouragement of immigrant,

: Halifax, N S.-The Canadian Gov
Arnment has adopted policy OF dis
Icouraging immigration to Canada
during the winter season as the re-
suit of the great volume which the
tnfiux of colonists attained in Oc-
tober and November. The govern
ment has instructed agents to stop
all efforts to induce immigration to
Canada, and an extensive advertis-
ing campaign setting forth the ad-
vantages of the country has been
stoned
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Only A Pretext.

Ardup had made nail dozen at
tempts to borrow money of his
friends. but one and al had pleaded
the prevailing financial stringensy.
That's all pretense, hersaid with
bitterness, as he gave 1t up. TITS
nothing but case of financial stiugy
seer"
To such base Uses of the language
may adversely bringa mRn.-Chicago
Tribune
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Better Cow, Better Calf.

A good COW in good condition will
give birth to a stronger calf and will
give more milk to nourish it than
will cow in poor condition. Cor
respondingly, plump, heavy kernel
OF grain will produce a better plant
than a shrunken, light kernel. This
fact has been demonstrated beyond
doubt from experiments testing the
yield from light and heavy weight
seeds.-American Cultivator.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Norfolk druggists Sell
Large Quantities of Dope.

Norfolk, Va.-According to DR.. r.
L. McMurran, of Portsmouth, there
is a Norfqll: druggist who dispenses
fifteen HEons of laudanum daily.
and another druggist whose cocaine
sales average 500 daily. The start
ling statements were made in the
course of "a paper DR.. McMurran. read
before the recent meeting of the
Seabord Medical Association on "The
Evil Effects of the Drug Habit" A
crusade VIII be started for the sup
preston Of the evil.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
$4,000 Fire In Wise County.

Big Stone Gap Especially Fire,
supposed to have originated from a
defective fiue in the store of ]. F.
Skeen, destroyed the Rutherford
block and nearby residence at
Cadet, a suburb. The Rutherford
block was occupied by the stores of
J. F. Skeen and j. B. Sherman and
a pool and billiard room of Olinger
Cooper. The loss is about $751;
600 with about $4,000 insurance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

The lack of railroad transportation
has been the m in cause OF keeping
the State of Sinaloa from taking her
position as one of the leading and
largest states of Mexico, il having
5000 square miles of splendid farm
ing land and thousands of rich I'M
developed mines.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Larger dividends from it's chief
subsidy companies enabled the New
York Central to declare its regular
quarterly rate of l II per cent. The
fact that this company and the Penn
sylvania have acted in concert in this
matter looks as if the big folks"
did not wish to have any unfavorable
developments occur at this time.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. 1 was completely worn out
and discouraged when 1 began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work we'll. / have been
feeling well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. 90 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
May BE A CriDDIe For life

Winchester (SpeciaD In running
to false alarm of fire Herman H.
liable, manager of the opera house
and a leading clothier, fell and
broke his kneecap and received 9TH
er injuries that will most probably
cripple him for life.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
VIRGINIA BRIEFS.

A double daily mail service has
Just been established between Lynch
burg and Durham, N. c., on the
Durham branch of the Norfolk and
Western Railway. thus giving an ex-
cellent service between those cities.
B. Y. Fechtig. aged 70 years, of
Roanoke, was run down by Samuel
Bruce, who was endeavoring to es-
cape from another man with whom
he had been fighting, with the result
that Mr.. Fechtig's hip was broken.
His condition is critical, owing to
his advanced age.
Nelson Keck, aged about 1 5 years;
Herbert Keck, 8 years, and Harold
Keck, years. children of w. f.
Keck, of Danville, were injured by
the explosion of a cigar box filled
with powder.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

have to break her, which often Is
quite a vaudeville show and often of
somewhat unpleasant memory. From
the start play that you are the
heifer's calf and make her believe it.
and to the calf be it's god of the feed
dish and two disagreeable things in
dairying-breaking heifers and teach
ing calves to drink-are made into
pleasant pastimes.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
An Unmentioned Ancestor.

Mr.. B. is very proud Of his ancient
lineage, and never lets slip an op-
portunity to boast of it. At a dinner
where he had been unusually ram
pant on this subject a fellow-guest
quieted him by remarking:
IF you climb much further I'D
your family tree you will come face
to face with the monkey. "-Philadel
phia Inquirer.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Escaping from a menagerie. Il large
bear patrolled the town OF Aaran,
capital of Argovie, Switzerland.
Streets were deserted and houses
closed for several hours. while the
bear raided the fruit stalls. 1t was
shot in a cafe
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

The London Times says that the
work Of pioneers in color photo
graphy has reached a promising stage
and that plate is now on sale upon
which a fairly satisfactory hello
chrome transparency may be made
with one exposure and with little
more trouble than when making an
ordinary negative.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

A newspaper clipping forw lrded
by Consul Harry A. Conant. of Wind
sor, states that many depositOrs from
the United States have been opening
accounts in Canadian banks, AMI es-
pecially branches in that city.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

A curious insect has arrived from,
Brazil at the South Kensington Mu-
scum. 1t is a beetle. At It's head
CLEANS red ruby lamp, and IL
green lights glow forth from each
side of the little creature. These
peculiarities have earned 1t the name
of the railway beetle"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

FITS, st. Vitus'D Dance Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. R. Kline. Id. 93l Arch ST., Phiia Pa.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Consul L. Edwin Dudley reports.
from Vancouver that most of the
largest logging camps in British Col
umbia closed the middle of Novem-
Der, with the outlook that the log
ging industry will be substantially at
n standstill until next sDring
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinfamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. at druggists.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Men who hold 1t a divine right to
abuse women are strangely popular
with women.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Arguments are to be avoided. They
are always vulgar and often convinc-
ing.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02

Self-denial is not virtue; 1t Is mere
ly the effect Of prudence upon ras-
cality
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Piles Cured in @ to DAVIS.

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure an,
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or l'rotrudIn,
Piles in 8 to IA days or money refunded. J0.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
Only One "BrOmo QuinIne.-

That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
for the signature of 4. w. Grove. Used the
World over TO Cure Cold in One Day. Csc
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-01-02
FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Gould
Not Cure.

Levi p. Brockway, 8. Second Ave.
Anoka. Mimi, says: After lying
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

trust was planning an advance in
prices which would have amounted to
s60.0O0.0OO annually. This embraced all
the branches of paper making, news
print. book paper, tissue. straw board.
large proportion of this was to fall
on the newspapers, which are entirely
unprotected by duty or any other gov
ernmental favor They had a right to
demand action by congress. and con-
gress was ready to act. when Speaker
Cannon stepped in and gave notice
that no bill for the removal of the duty
would be permitted to come before the
house at this session.
This was his position in spite of the
fact that the president urged the re-
moval of the duty and a majority of
congress stood ready to vote for it.
The speaker may think his talk about
investigation win fool somebody. but
he'll have a hard time convincing the
publishers. Republicans as well as
Democrats, that he has in mind any
purpose but the protection of the trust
in its robbery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
THE RISEN CHRIST.

More than nineteen hundred years
ago today three women went weeping
to tomb wherein two days before had
been laid the body of their best be-
loved They had seen the pathetic fig
ure upon the cross. had been the wit
nesses of the bodily anguish and, when
the last breath had fiuttered out, when
the great heart had ceased to beat,
they had helped prepare the body for
the sepulchre and had laid it away, as
in their hearts they feared, forever.
On the Sabbath day they had rested,
as they had been commanded. and now
at their first opportunity, they went, as
sorrowing women through all time
have gone. to weep out their hearts
upon ground that had been hallowed
for them. Here IS the story as told by
ST. Luke:
And they found the stone rolled
away from the sepulchre.
"And they entered in and found not
the body of the Lord Jesus.
And it came to pass. as they were
much perplexed thereabout, behold,
two men stood by them in shining
garments.
"And as they were afraid, and bowed
down their faces to the earth, they
said unto them. Why seek we the living
among the dead?
He is not here, but he is risen; re-
member how he spake unto you when
he was yet in Galilee,
Saying. the Son of Man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men,
and be crucified, and the third day rise
again.
And they remembered his words
And returned from the sepulchre
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
NEW YORK AND CANDIDATES.

Those Republicans who congratulate
themselves that New York is absolute
ly certain TO vote for any candidate
they may name this year, can't have
looked up their political history thor
oughly. New York's support in con-
ventions has always been an uncertain
factor; and its vote in presidential cleo
lions is as impossible to predict as
weather in the tropics.
When his state opposed Grover
Cleveland's nomination i'm 1892 and the
convention sat up all night to hear
Bourke Cochran denounce the choice Of
the majority, the Republicans fairly
gloated over the fate they predicted
for Grover. Yet. as the event proved,
the Buffalo man had the country with
him and the Tammany malcontents
discovered that their opposition was
worth more TO him than their support.
Blaine's friends counted on New
York as the safest of their political as
sets; even when George William Cur
lis refused to support the nominee of
the convention to which he had been
a delegate, they hooted at the notion
that the plumed knight could lose the
Empire state. Yet New York went
against him and defeated him for the
presidency.
Just now New York Republicans are
in a Quandary They don't want
Roosevelt again; the very suggestion
of another term for him gives them
shivers. Taft isn't much more pal
atable. because he is supposed to be the
legatee of the Roosevelt policies. Mr..
Hughes is nominally the choice of the
delegates. but ne is not popular with
the politicians; he seeks no favors from
them, he is cold. uncomfortable by or
binary means. Almost anybody but
Taft or Hughes would suit them better.
but they don't see any escape from the
nomination of one of them.
At st. Louis, in 1904. the New York
ers said they would guarantee their
state if they could only have Alton B.
Parker as their candidate Much
against their judgment, the delegates
accepted the assurance at its face
value and in the sequel, Parker was
|about the worst beaten nominee that
ever thought he was running for pres
ident- New York was against Bryan
teen, as always, and as it is now, yet
Parker got fewer votes than Bryan had
received. The deduction from political
|eVentS is very DIain that the SllnnOrt 0f
the Empire state is not an undisguised
blessing, and its antagonism in conven-
ticu may be a recommendation for the
candidate. Manhattan island was once
the center of political power. but that
was quite a while ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19

and told all these things unto the elev-
en-, and to all the rest"
Later, the same chronicler tells us.
Jesus appeared before his disciples in
Jerusalem. Then he led them out as
far as Bethany and h'~~sed them. And
while he blessed them he was parted
from them and carried up to heaven"
And there is the foundation of the
Christian religion
IL Christ had not risen from the dead
his memory today would have been
buried in centuries of oblivion. All the
miracles he had performed would have
counted for nothing, all the splendid
teachings of charity and love, of vir-
tue and patience, of kindness and for
bearance and truth would have been
forgotten. There could have been no
hope of a hereafter in the Christian re-
ligion if Christ had not been physically
raised from the tomb.
We care not whether you are believer
the religion of Christ has been the
most potent factor in the worlds civil
ization; it has endured through centu-
ries of turmoil and strife and hatred.
and from every trial it has emerged
stronger and purer and better. 1t has
seen scoffers born, grow old, enjoy
f1eeting period of prominence and then
sink into graves that are forgotten.
And it will endure, making the world
better and brighter and happier until
the last page has been written in the
story of the universe and the great
volume deposited in the unplumbed
depths of the vaults of eternity
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
THE DOOM OF A SNAKE
Truthful Chronicle of Incident That Proves That Spring Has
Come at Modena.

harbinger of spring, gentle spring" He
evidently lacked the poets instinct. al
though his faculty of invention did not
desert him. He ran to the shaft of the
Desert Wonder mine and asked for the
loan of some death-dealing tool. The par
ty in charge was cutting fuse. and, sew
ering about yard, handed il to the pros
pectOr. remarking:
Whip the snake smartly back of the
head with this. IL beats rocks or a club
to kill snakes with
The prospectOr looked dubious for a
moment. Next his face illumined like q
spring poet with a fresh inspiration.
He rushed up to the snake. and after
lighting the fuse introduced it to the
serpent.
Now. yard of fuse coils and writhes.
after being lighted. was much like the
cOntOrtiOns Of snake. This fuse showed
much activity. II rolled and coiled. and.
like a niger chaser in the pyrOtech-
mics Of a small boys Fourth Of July &C.
tually seemed to be attacking things.
Whether it did or not does not matter.
The snake suddenly became seasOnabIy
resentfuI. sprung" "A spring and sank her
deadly fangs into the unyieding and sput-
tering fuse.
The combat grew warmer. The rattle
snake ominOusly ratified. and the fuse
spit and Kissed its fiery and suiphurous
fumes.
The RATHER tried a grapevine twist on
its more slender opponent. but-Well all
things come to an end Even spring does
The fuse came TO an end TO which a
giant cap was affixed. and the combat
ants lost all track Of the newy-ushered-
i'm season.
Surely, nothing but spring. seductive
spring. could have lured the snake out
full. awful doom. TRUTHFUL.
MOdpna April Il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
WHO BEAT THE sATTLEsHlPs.

Republican paper. with no sense of
humOr, headlines it's Washington re-
port with the declaration that the
for four battleships instead of two. The
humor of, the headlines is in the fact
that the Republicans have a majority
of both houses of congress, while the
Democrats are in a hopeless minority
and carry about as much weight in a
decisive party vote as kindergarten
teacher in prize ring.
Before the battleship question came
to a vote in the hause, Mr.. Hale in the
senate. had given notice that a bill for
four battleships could not carry; per-
sOnally he wanted to limit new con-
struction to one battleship, but COM
promised on two to avert difficulty. In
the house, with the leaders yowling
about probable deficits and certain need
of economy. the members had to choose
between money for the public buildings
bill and money for Dattleships, and
naturally preferred public buildings as
having more campaign influence. So
strenuous was the struggle between
the president and his party in congress
that the president threatened to veto
the public buildings bill-the great pie
distributiOn-unless he got his war
ships. The threat was answered by a
frosty vote and the defeat of one of
his many pet measures.
That is all there is to the talk about
Democratic defeat of the battleship
proposal. Less than a hundred Repub-
licans voted for the presidents bill.
which shows about the measure of his
strength with his own party in the
house when it comes to a showdown;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-19
CWritten for The Sunday Herald

written for The Sunday Herald.)
Although much verse, and attempted
verse has appeared in The Herald during
the past two weeks. prOcNlming tnat
spring hath come, radiant and VI
brant," clothed in lamb pasture and East
or bonnets. and although an effusion from
the lofty and gOlden-bound hills or ray
found its way to print, yet We of Modena
were not ready to accept the variegated
sentiments and verbiage of the so-calied
poets and poeteSseS as proof OF the sea-
sons advent.
True. strengthening started on April
3. and that usually is good indication
down this way; but the next day it snow
ed and thereafter some, hence we can
not be blamed if we failed TO draw solace
and comfort from verse after verse on
Beautiful Spring" of uncertain feet and
inclined to reel.
Happily. cases of chronic m2roseness
have been averted because spring has
come at last We now know that il has
come. For several nights the frogs have
been croakng at the moon from pond
below town, where 10000 head of sheep
odor to the circumambent atmosphere,
Surely nothing but spring. 'pulsating
and "balmy spring, could induce them 10
face the ordeal with their mouths open.
However. this is not all. We have more
than frog music to sustain us in the set
tied conviction that spring has come. We
have the first snake story of the sea
son that has not yet appeared in prose
nor rhyme. On Thursday, as a prospec-
tor was ambling among the wonders of
the Desert Wonder mining claim. he
was involuntarily introduced to a rattle
snake. The insistence of the snake TO
be heard made him nervous. especially
about the feet, as they nearly touched
his snakeship. The prOspectOr never
stopped to think that this was true