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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Art in Spanish Bank Notes.

To battle the counterfeiters, who are
both numerous and cunning in Madrid.
the Bank Of Spain has pursued the
policy of changing its notes with great
frequency and retiring each issue as
fast as possible.
The bank has now determined on a
new plan. 1t has placed an order for
a series of notes with an English con
Germ, and it will rely for safety upon
a special color process. In addition
the notes are to present pictures of
well-known buildings in Spain, exc
cuted with a perfection that will defy
counterfeiting.
The pictures are to be so beautiful
that amateurs will be tempted to
frame them" says one Spanish news
paper. Hardly" rejoins another,
the cost of the set will be 1875
pesetas, you see." To the Spanish
mind $S3S.5O is a great deal of money.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
WHAT WISDOM DENIED US.

Tho Most Fatal Gift That Could n,
oORferred on Mankind.
Granted the power to do It, which
would be the most fatal gift that could
Be conferred ca mankind?
Omnipotenoe without ompiscience
An omnipotent man. with the best of
intentions toward his kind, could cas-
lily wreck the universe and probably
world. since, unless he knew every
thing, he would infaHbly make some
mistake which could not fail to have
very terrible consequences. Next to
THIS would be the power Of foreseeing
events. This would eliminate the great
est factor In human happiness, because
the man who could foresee everything
would have no hope He would not
only know his own fate, but that of all
other human beings and also all their
Feelings and Intentions. which, of itself
alone. would make society impossible.
Equally terrible would be the power
Of prolonging LIFE at Will, since no man
or woman would willingly die so long
as life remained even tolerable. This
is proved by the shocking conditions
under which people now consent to
live. The race would probably con-
dnus to multiply indefinitely until all
the haoitable portions OF the globe be-
came ovsrorowded. Then would COM
mence a struggle for existence which
no human imagination could portray.
War would be an impossibility, since
no man could kill another who did not
wish to die. and humanity would reach
some uncomfortable climax OF misery
from which nothing but the interven-
ton Of a higher power could possibly
release it-Pearson's Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Cotton as a Food

Absorbent cotton is practically pure
cellulose and can be easily converted
into grape-sugar by the action Of sui
phuric acid. Cellulose and starch are
identical in formula to the chemist.
When we have learned to actually
and cheaply transform cellulose into
starch, says Red Cross Notes, absorb
ent cotton will become a source OF
food, and the struggle for existence
for want of food will be at an end
When bread and cakes are made from
absorbent cotton there will be nc
more corners" in wheat, no famines
and no high-priced food.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S Il n q a Y
School every Sunday at 9.30a m. Preach
ing first and third Sundays p. M, second
and fourth Sundays ii a. IN PRAYER
every Wed'ds at p. IN. Stephen Davis,
pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street.
Sunday School every SUNDAY at $3.50 a. M.
"Little Workers. Juvenile Missionary
every second sunday 3 D. m. Preaching
first and third sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth SUNDAYS 8 p. m, fifth sun
DAYS IL a. m. end p. m. q, G. Rector,
pastor.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
.V osy School every Sunday at 10 a. IN
q aching first and third Sundays7 7. p. no,
e.--ond and fourth Sundays IL Il. m.
~ -r meeting every Friday p. m @
G. Rector, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 n. m. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
III a. N. and I. p. IN. Preaching fifth
Sundays vt II a. N. Experimenting every
Wednesday evening p. IN.
PRESBY TERRAIN, BURkE'S GAR
DEN.-Preachug on first Sunday at ii a.
m. and p. m. 5. .. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
The Brain After Eif+v

The brain usually stops growing at
about 80 and from 60 to 70 it is more
likely to decrease. 1t has been re.
lated by Canon MacCol that Mr. Glad.
stones head was constantly outgrow.
ing his hats. AS late as the Midloth.
ian campaign, when he was nearly 70,
he was obliged to have his head re-
measured for this reason. Canon Mac
Coils conclusion that this continual
growth of brain contributed to Mr..
Gladstone's perennial youthfulness ap-
pears not unwarranted.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
MUSICIANS OF TENDER YEARS.
Many youthful Prodigies" In the
World Of Melody.

Like so many Of the worlds great
composers, Sir Edward Elgar was a
youthful prodigy" OF exceptional gifts,
as was proved by a recent perform
ance OF a suite composed by him at
the immature age of II. But even Sir
Edward was probably not as preco-
cious as one of his English predeces-
sors, Samuel Wesley, who in his eighth
year heard a regimental band play a
march which he had composed for it.
At II Franz Schubert had already
placed several songs, string quartettes
and piano pieces to his credit. Han
del's first attempts at composition
were made at eight, and Vieuxtemps.
who began to scrape the strings of a
tiny fiddle at two, is said to have been
even more precocious. Sir Charles
Halle was only four years old when he
played in public a sonata expressly
composed for him; List was a public
performer at nine. Chopin and Ruben
stein at eight, Lady Halle and Joachim
at seven, and at five Mozart composed
piece OF music almost too difficult
for his father to play.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Muscular Energy In Sugar.

Men performing hard manual labor
have natural taste for sweets, as
they supply a great amount Of mus
cular energy. says What to Eat "
They are equally beneficial to per-
sons exposed to severe cold. In the
lumber camps and mines of Canada
and the colder sections of the United
States workmen consume large guam.
titles OF sugar in the form of mo-
lasses. Tea and coffee are often
sweetened with molasses and in some
places it is added to almost every ar.
ticle of food. The same is more or
less true in the logging districts of the
south, where molasses and rice, mixed
together, have become almost a staple
diet.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Looking for the ANGEL

A new city settlement worker was
going the rounds of her district one
bright spring morning. In a crowded
tenement some FIVE or six little chill
dren gazed inquiringly at her as she
entered. Wei, well, children" she
SAID, / never saw SO many soiled
faces in my life. Why don't you use
some soap and water?" I'VE are wait
ing for the angel. num-" replied Tom
my Turf. What angelo" asked the
young woman. why, de lady dat
come frue here last week and give
one of de kids a nickel to wash his
face"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
The Sense Of Touch.

The sense of touch in man is most
highly developed on the skin, but mu-
oeus or Serious surfaces are also ca
pable of conveying Impressions. Some
parts Of the body are more sensitive
than others and are usually devoid Of
hairs, as the tip of the tongue, the
ends OF the fingers and the lips. 1t
will be noticed that these are so stu
sted as to keep us conveniently H.
formed Of what is going on around us.
-Ohambers' Journal
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Living Up to His Name

A teacher in a mission school in
Boston had among her pupils colored
boy named Ralph Waldo Emerson
Longfellow. AS he was absent one
Sunday she asked the class if any one
knew the reason for his absence.
Il reckon do" said one small seri-
ous-looking boy.
What is the reason, Johnnie?"
Il guess he's home writing poetry"
responded the boy, with a delighted
chuckle.-YOuth's Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
A Little Nanue-

rs It far from here to the next
town." asked tourist of a man he
met on a rural road.
We'll. it amt so very fer, nor It
amt so very nigh, an yit it amt as
nigh as might be If it want so fer as
it is. Still, it'd be fertilizer If it want
so nigh, so 1 reckon one might say
that it is betwixt an between fer an
nigh. "-Lippincott's.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
The Inevitable Result.

Nsn-Just one month ago today Stel-
Ia and 1 agreed to point out each 9TH
ers faults without reserve.
Bess-And are you still doing 1t?
Nen-Oh, mol We haven't spoken to
zach other for Twenty-Five days-Chi-
cago News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Where PoIIteness Doesn't Paw

French and German hats" said a
halter, only last half as long as ours.
1t isn't the poor quality of the hats
but the fine quality of the manners
that causes this.
Lifting the hat in salutation is the
hardest work that falls on the head
piece, and the French and Germans
lift 1t to men and women equally. thus
giving IT twice as much labor as we
do. Naturally, then. it wears out twice
as quickly. 1t goes in the brim in no
time over the water"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

Outside Of His Practice

"An that is the matter with you.
sir" said the eminent physician, after
a thorough examination. lis lack Of
nutrition. You don't eat enough"
Il eat all l can hold, doctor" said
the attenuated caller
Then you need to have your ca
pacity enlarged, and that's a case for
a surgeon. Five dollars, please. Good
mOrgiE-"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
The Ideal Wife.

What is your idea Of an ideal
wife?"
One who will cook the meals, do the
washing. look after the furnace. make
her own clothes and-and-"
And what?"
Keep herself looking as young and
as beautiful as an actress who pulls
down $500 a week In vaudeville"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
DIR. Shops
Cough Cure
JOHN {. JACKSON.
G. T. PATTON
Blacksmith and
General Repairer
TAZEWELL VIRGINIA

I am prepared to execute, at
short notice and on reasonable
terms, all classes of iron work
horse shoeing, ali kinds of repair
ing, etc.
There is also connected with nv
establishment a Wood " orking
Department, under the control If
J. B. Crawford where he is pre-
pared to do everything pertaining
to that branch.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Its LASTING Effect.

"Ripsling, did you ever convert any
body to your way Of thinking by your
street-corner oratory?"
Il know of one. anyhow, and it made
a changed man of him."
What is he doing now?"
He's in the insane asylum, Rug
giles; in the insane asylum. A glimpse
of the truth was too much for his mod
ernized tellect."-Chicago Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
officers.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

+. THOMSON, ch'm'n, Jeff.rsonvi lie Dist
E 81. WAGNER. Clear Fork District.
w. J. LESTER. Maiden Spring District.
Annual meeting. 4th Monday in JAY.
SemI-snuual meeting, 2nd Tuesday IN
january. Call meetings, 2rd Tuesday in
each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Layer or Loaf Cake.

One cup sugar, butter size of an egg.
Beat well one egg. one cup sweet milk
with one-half teaspoon soda dissolved,
one good teaspoon cream tartar in two
cups flour. Vanilla flavor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

What big words your sister uses.
Harryr
Yes; she does when she's frst in
tEoduoed. Shell be all Eght aetsr
G146eBP
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
Cough Caution

Never. positively never poison your lmgs. Hyou
always heal Boothe. and case the trr1tated bron-
chial tubes Don't blindly suppress 1t with q
supplying poison It's strange how some things
finally come about. For twenty yearS Dr. shoop
has constantly warned people not TO take cough
mixtures or prescriptions containing Opium,
Chloroform. or similar poisons- And nova little
late though-CongresS says Put Il on the label,
II poisons are In your Cough Mixture" Goodi
and others. should insist on having DR.. Shops
Cough Cure. No poison marks on DR.. Shops
laoels-and none IN the medicine. else Il must by
law be on the label. And it's not only safe. but t
Is said 70 be BY those that knows best truly
markable cough remedy. Take no chance then.
particularly with your children. Insist on having
Dr.. Shops Cough Cure. Compare carefully the
Dr. Shoop package with others and note the
difference. No poison marks therel You can
always be on the safe side by demanding
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
ELECTRIC CORN POPPER HERE.
Very Different from the Old Time
Kind You Held Over a Fire.

The old fashioned wire corn popper
in which you pop corn over a glowing
fire, is familiar enough, but a novelty
is the electric corn pepper; in which
you pop corn by electricity.
The electric corn pepper consists of
an aluminium basin with haring sides.
to which is fitted a dome shaped COW
er of wire gauze; this cover to keep
the corn from popping out as it pops.
and also 70 enable one to see how the
popping is getting on. To the under
side Of the basin is permanently at
tached resistance coil in which heat
is produced when the electric current
is turned on.
In one side of the pepper are two
plug holes. Into these holes YOU In
sert the two plugs at one end of a
flexible electric wire, the other end
Of which you screw into the nearest
and most convenient electric light
socket
As everybody knows, in popping
corn in a wire pepper you have to
Keep the pepper moving as you hold
1t over the fire TO keep the corn from
burning; to permit keeping it agitated
to the same end. the electric pepper.
which is used on a stand or table. is
mounted on wheels.
Corrected.
Visitor-Go to the proprietor and tell
him to make my bill out properly and
write omelstte with two It's and not
one.
Waiter "a few minutes later)-Its all
right now, sir-omelet, l shilling, two
teas, shillings.-London Tit-Bits.
-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

n q. ALDERsoN, ATTORNEY At Law, Taze-
ri. we'll, Va. Will practice IN the courts OF Taxe-
well county and the Court OF Appeals at Wythe-
WHO.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

nREEVER & GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewel
UVa Practice q the courts of farewell and sd
oinin9 counties. Ohce-Gulespie building
Edgar l.. Greever Barns Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

vI B. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
Wslands, Va. Practices In the courts OF Taze-
well aud adjoining counties Prompt attention
paid to the collection OF claims
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

poWEN s RoYALL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Tazewell, Va. VIII practice IN the courts OF
TaxeyelI and adjoining counties, and the Court
Appeals at Wytheville. Collections given
pecial attention. Once near Courthouse.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS AT
ULAW, TeEewell, Va. Practice in all the courts
OF TaxeWen county and Court OF Appeals at
Wytheville. J. w. Chapman, A. p. Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26
TkzEWeLL co. DIREC / Gay.
Circuit Court.

w. J. Henson, judge; S. NJ. Graham,
clerk. Terms of court-3rd Monday in
February, and 4th Monday in May, Au-
gust and Neven Der.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-03-26

Thus Mason offered his life to save
the woman he loved.
The beauty of that offering is not
lessened by the fact that, after all, he
was not put to death, but was held a
prisoner by the tribe until their final
subsection brought him freedom.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
Home Circle Column
A Column Dedicated to the Tired
Mothers as they join the Home Circle
INTERESTING READING FOR ALL

era will begin to dawn. There
will be more happy homes,
less poverty, fever divorces,
and a better moral atmOs-
phere. There is a great deal
of room for men to improve
in the same line. Compare
lively few men have definite
ideas in regard to the home
life they expect TO live. If
they do picture such a thing,
they follow the outlines traced
by some Sentimen tai novelist.
! t is al impossible sort of
place, LII which ne inStalls an
| ..nrel. Necter takes the
Place IF coffee, aud the bread
plate is filled with lotus.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
Result Of Victory Indicates undi-
minished Majorities for Hepubll-
cans in November.

Result Of Victory Indicates und1-
minished Majorities for Hepubli-
cans in November.
Raymond, the Washington CORE
spondsnt Of the Chicago Tribune, VINO
10 regarded as one Of the most reliable
political writer's in the country, regards
tho result of the Vermont election as
prssaging absolute victory for Mr.. Taft
In a recent special dispatch to the
Tribune Raymond said:
practically speaking, the result OF
Tuesdays election is more favorable to
the Republicans than they had any
right to expect, because there has been
no determined campaign for the purpose
OF making a good showing in Vermont
and few Of the big guns OF the party
have been put on the stump there this
year.
There is, Of course, a slight falling
of in the vote of both Republicans and
Democrats, as compared with four
years ago, but this was entirely to be
expected, because at that time Roose-
welt was the nominee of his party for
president, and the result in Vermont III
that year was merely forerunner of
the tremendous landslide which took
place nj! over the country.
"As 1t Is, the plurality Of over $4,000
at yssterday's election Is taken to be
a~,A kbnA 40 ION
this year is not to be a sensational one,
lhs election of Mr.. Taft 10 foreshadowed
BY a safe majority.
IF Vermont can be taken as an in
dex Of the condition Of public opinion
throughout the country, it means that
In the November election, whatever
strength the Independence League de-
vslops In the other States will come
almost exclusively from Bryan and not
from Taft
"Ths Vermont Democrats, while few
in number, are extremely rockribbed In
their sentiments. They make a point OF
going to the polls year after year and
carry on hopeless fight merely be-
cause they want to set good example
to the Democrats in other States. In
1895 they rspudiated Bryan and the free
silver hsresy, and they did 1t largely
by staying at home on election day
The result was a plurality Of a little
over 10000 for Mckinley, which has
besn record in Vermont elections. In
the State elections Of 1900 and 1904
the Democratic vote was practically
stationary"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17

Hon. william H. Buchanan IL one Of
the leading union men OF western New
York and In 1907 was the Democratic
candidate for assemblyman in Chau-
tauQua county This is what he has to
say Of the effort of Mr.. Gompers to
turn the labor vote ever to Mr.. Bryan
II ana a Union labor man, and | want
to say further that ne man can carry
the labor vote into the Democratic
camp. I know how union labor men
feel in this city, and three-fourths of
them will stand by the Republican
party because only in that way have
they the assurance of freedom from
the business disturbance that Mr.. Bry-
an promises for at least four years If
he can be elected. We workinsmen
can't earn wages If statesmen are put
In Office to disturb business and make
trouble"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
TAFT'S RELIGION.
A Consistent Christian with No Spot
Upon His Record Of Private Con-
duct and Public Service.

4 Consistent Christian with No Spot
Upon His Record Of Private Con-
duct and Public Service.
To dispose of questions which should
net be asked as speedily as possible let
u say that Mr.. Taft Is q member Of
the Unitarian church. That was the
church OF his parents, and he has never
separated himself from 1t. His wife,
however, is an Episcopalian, and he
werships more often beside her In her
church.
These are the facts, which are utter
~ and absolutely unimportant. The
matter Of a mans religion has no right
full place in consideration Of his ftnegs
for the presidency. The constitution
Of the nation, ordained and established
Ito secure the blessings Of liberty to
ourselves and our pestsrity." expressly
places the very suggestion Of sach
thought outside the pale Of patriotism.
No words can be clearer than these
fsem our country's fundamental law,
"Ne religious test ever shall be re-
euirsd 40 q qualification to any Office
er public trust under the United
States"
TAe numerous queries about MIR.
Taft's religious belief shows stmply the
extent to which his enemies have gone
TO reuse some prejudice against him.
Since there was NO spet upon his whole
clean record of private conduct and
public service to which they could
point to Tatt's detrinent they display
ed their willingness to descend to any
depth Of petty, cowardly, contemplate
attack that might do him HARM
Philadelphia North American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
Aha foraotten and The foriftit Of July

Aid forgotten and the f'otifth Of july
q meaningless date on the calendar?
Ono of the most ridiculous OIL THESE
prophecies was contained in a speech
Mr. Bryan made in support OF Judge
Parker during the campaign OF 1901
when he attacked President Roosevelt
bitterly. This prophecy had 1t that
military despotism was sure to follo"
the decrease in the size of the standing
army. In this speech Mr. Bryan also
Emphasized the fact that he was then
and always would be firm believer In
the principle of free silver. lie sum-
med up his position on this question IN
the following sentence:
IL believe to-day in the principles SET
forth at Chicago and Kansas City (lo
to u and shall continue to fight for
those principles"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-17
Things we Can't Afford.

Our mothers taught us very
imperfectly the distinction
between spending and invest
ing; and if we read the signs
of the times Alright, the sins
of the mothers will be visited
upon the daughters even un-
to the third and fourth gen
GRAFTON. Of course, we have
a vogue idea that che that
eiveth to the poor lendeth to
to the Lord, and He will re-
pay him again. but have we
we any adequate idea OF the
safety and the blessedness
Of the investment OF giving?
We do not refer to gold and
silver alone. Can the gentle
sex afford to spend SO much
time in fashionable calls and
fashionable parties and fash
ionable dress and invest so
little time among the sick,
the sad, and the suffering
ones in our midst? Can they
afford to spend SO much time
and money on extravaganza
of dress and in luXurles and
invest so little in papers,
books, and lectures? We can
count families by the score.
now, in the Twentieth Cen
fury, whose reading matter
is confined to a cheap religious
publication and a weekly local
paper.
Your children positively
waste much of the time in
long evenings, which, if in
vested in good papers, maya
zines and books, would prove
to them an exhaustless mine
of wealth and happiness.
Now as the long winter even
ings approach, ask yourselves
if you can do without these
things.
Many of our well-to-dO
farmers as we'll as others are
to niggardly in regard to the
money they invest in the
education of their children.
If a child will take an educat.
ion, he or she has right to
it; and there are few maXims
we believe in more implicitly
than "Where there is a will
there is a way"