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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
ITEMS IN BRIEF.

Survivors of the Clarke County
Cavalry Association held their an
nual meeting at the home of Col.
S., S. Thomas. near Berryville. The
principal speaker was Mr.. A. Moore,
Jr., of BeTTyville.
Commonwealth Attorney Gran
Vile r. Swift, of Fredericksburg
has closed a contract with Mr.. Frank
p. Stearns for the erection of a hand
some residence on his building lot
on Washington Avenue, which Mr.
and Mrs. Swift will occupy next De-
cember.
Frank Fred, of Middleburg, has
purchased the Thomas Francis farm
containing $50 acres, near Middle
burg, for $1,000.
There has been much activity in
mining matters in Spottsylvania
County recently and there has been.
much prospecting by experts 1t is
said that a number of Northern capt.
talists contemplate leasing some OF
the property and beginning opera
tions. A company is negotiating
with Mr.. J. l.. Powell, the owner.
Richmond capitalists are interested
in deposit of pyrites on the Howe
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
THIS AND THAT.

- Too much money is the root OF
~ lot or evil
1t is easier for a poor man 10 be
good than contented.
It's enough to discourage temper
ance reformers when money is tight.
+. The average man has more than
one unlocked kick coming to him
There are 100000 bricks in the
famous Severn Tunnel.
Liverpool makes nearly 100000
a year by municipal trading.
There are more women members
OF clubs in New York City than in
any two other cities in the world
N A good way to get men 10 drink
-Ienty Of water and pay lots Of
~ny for it would be TO put an
I revenue tax on it,
jane H. Stevenson, a millionaire
mining engineer and landowner, of
Pueblo, Col, was inspecting land in
Meeard County, Tex, when he &C
cidentally met Wilbur Stevenson, a
farm laborer, who proved to be his
own brother. whom he had not seen
or heard from for 40 years
There is a great deal of talk in
Ireland about rents and purchase
and dairying and grazing. and about
land and beasts and other mani
mate and animate things, but very
little talk about man, the most neg
lected creature that walks the earth
in Ireland today.--Irish Homestead.
Since 1890, when the Grand Army
OF the Republic had 409,4S9 mem
bers enrolled. its numerical strength
has been cut down almost one-haIf.
There are only about $4,000 COM
rades now. The losses by death run
up TO 5000 of 10000 a year. There
is practically no chance to gain re-
cruits.
October &c last the CHILEAN gold
peso sold at a premium OF So per
cent. in the paper currency OF the
country. This disturbed business,
especially in the export line Since
the beginning of July the gold peso
has been fiuctuating between 40 and
55 per cent. premium until recently,
when it reached above the mark.
The fishing industry of the Paci-
fc Coast during 1907 exceeded $26,-
10000 in value, according to the
statistics of the Pacific Fisherman.
The pack of canned salmon during
1907 for the whole coast was 5,O15,-
169 cases, as compared with 3,817,-
S16 cases in 1906. The pack in
Alaska was exceeded in only one
tl.4I. that of 1902.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Get Fat In Hospital.

Everybody said they never heard
OF such a thing as a person getting
so fat when done up in a plaster cast
that the old cast had to be taken
off and a new one fitted on to give
the patient a chance to grow. but
the doctor declared that the occur
renee was by no means phenomenal.
Many illnesses do not result in
emaciation, especially down in this
part of town." he said. Scores of
poorly fed patients that are brought
to the hospital in a skinny condition
take on flesh amazingly while under
treatment. This is especially notice
able in the case of an accident where
a plaster cast is necessary. Then
the arm, the leg, the body even that
is thus incased increases in size I'M
der hospital fare, until the patient
is in positive pain from the preSt
sure and has to be relieved with 1
larger cast. New York Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
A Little Case OF Telepathr.

There is nothing strange to me
in the operation of one mind upon
another" the telepathic woman said.
Once when my sister l am very
fond of was operated on l went with
her and ate in the anteroom a long
way OFF from the operating room.
That is, walked up and down there,
worried to death nearly about her.
when all at once l threw myself into
a big arm chair and went sound
asleep.
They had just given her the ether
then, so her mind was at rest and
rested mine. / slept until she came
out from under the influence. New
York Press
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
OPEN DEALING IN PAINT.

Buying paint used TO be like the
proverbial buying OF pig In
poke" Mixtures in which chalk.
ground rock. etc. predominated were
marked and sold as Pure White
Lead" the deception not being an
parent until the paint and the paint
ing were paid for. This deception T.
still practiced, but We have learned
TO expose Il easily.
National Lead Company. the larg.
est makers Of genuine Pure White
Lead, realizing the injustice that was
being done 10 both property owners
and honest paint manufacturers sci
about to make paint buying safe
They first adopted a trade mark, the
now famous "Dutch-Boy Painter
and put this trade mark, as "A guor-
anty OF purity, on every package OF
their White Lead. They then sci
about familiarizing the public with
the glow-pipe test by which the ruri
ty and genuineness of White Lead
may be determined, and furnished =
blow-pipe free to every one who
would write them for II. This nc.
ton was in itself a guaranty of th..
purity Of National Lead COMPANY
White Lead.
As the result of this open dealing
the paint buyer to-day has only hin;
SELF to blame IL he is defrauded. For
test outfit and valuable booklet or
painting address National Lead Com
pany, Woodbridge Bldg. New York.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Neu0s Of Virginia
SERVANT CARRIES GERMS.

Richmond Especially The strange
case of Henrietta Howison. colored.
which has been under investigation
for four weeks. is believed to be
almost without a parallel. Henriet
Ia is believed 10 have been spreading
typhoid fever in Richmond for near
ly two years. She does general
housewOrk, and is sometimes en-
plOyed in several houses within the
course of a week.
The theory of the physicians that
in this woman they have discovered
typhoid carrier seems to be borne
out by the Investigation now in prog
ress. After carefully tracing many
cases, the health department discOv-
cred that in nearly every case OF
the two or more cases of typhoid
developing in a single household
colored woman had been employed
in the household by the day. Fur
Their investigation resulted in the
discovery that in each of these cases
Henrietta HOwison was the woman
employed.
The history of the woman devel
ops that she apparently recovered
from a case of typhoid two years
ago. Since that time cases of ty-
phoid have followed her footsteps in
many of the homes in which she has
been employed. The woman is now
under detention for purposes of
analytical examination for cultures
believed to exist in the body of the
subject. The tests are in the nature
of scientific probing.
Such cases are exceedingly rare.
In recent years there is but single
parallel case of which there is any
record. The case in question is that
of Lucy Smith, a New York servant
girl, who spread typhoid for five
years through Manhattan Island. the
number of known cases attributed to
her being 100.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Foreign

Baron 'Estournelles de Constant
has announced his intention of urg-
ing the French Senate to make an
appropriation for the encouragement
OF aviation in France.
Holders of Congo rentes in Bel
GUM and France are uneasy over the
refusal of the Belgian Chamber of
Deputies to shoulder the Congo debt.
Russian revolutionists murdered a
whole Jewish family whom they &C
cusedr of furnishing information to
the government.
The bride of Professor Splitter, of
Sternberg, while on their honeymoon,
threw herself from a tower 1900
feet high.
The Turkish government will en-
gage the services of British adviser
for the reorganization of the Turkish
Navy.
Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany made his first balloon ascen-
sion at Berlin and greatly enjoyed it,
The Mexican government has de-
cided to spend millions on port works
on the Pacific Coast side of the Re
public.
The British royal commission that
investigated the institutions for the
insane and feebleminded in the Uni
ted States reports that they are bet
ter managed than similar asylums
IN England.
The Initiative in Withdrawing the
foreign officers who have been in
command of the Turkish gendarm-
erie In Macedonia has been taken by
Austria.
The Netherlands government has
introduced bill in Parliament for
ratification of the treaty of arbitra-
ton between the United States and
Holland.
The difficulties between Persia
and Turkey are about to be settled.
and all Turkish troops are to be
withdrawn from positions incon-
testably Persian.
A plot of lawless foreigners to
destroy the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way shops at Winnipeg was discov-
cred and frustrated by strikers.
Sir Alan tombstone, British min
lister to Denmark, will succeed Sir
Henry Howard as British minister
to the Netherlands.
In the vote in the Belgian Chamber
OF Deputies on annexation Of the
Congo all the Socialists and 40 Radi-
Gals opposed annexation.
After an eight-day session Charles
gress by the Republican convention
of the Twenty-eighth New York dis
trict.
John Pedman Reid. rich Ameri-
can, committed suicide In Bourne
mouth, England.
Another Japanese sealing cruiser
was seized by Russians on the charge
of raiding at the Copper Island seal
rookeries.
Nearly half a million Russian en-
igrants passed into Siberia during the
first seven months OF this year
In dread OF a revolt the President
of Guatemala is trying TO maintain
an army of 1000 men.
\ The Belgian Chamber OF Deputies
adopted the Congo Annexation treaty
Jby a vote OF SO, to So.
ashe- Etfteenth international Car
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Another Marvellous Discovery.

Charles Cooling. of Millington.
has a COW that established a new re-
cord the other day. She succeeded
In getting near a 2-gallon can OF
strawberries that MIR. Codding had
just gathered, after a couple OF hours
OF back breaking labor. or course,
he was sore and angry with the COW
when he discovered that the meek
eyed bovine had enjoyed a repast
OF the luscious berries that had pre-
vented visions TO him of shortcake
and a big bowl of berries and cream.
He still had a Crouch" on the next
day, but a smile came over his face
when he tasted the milk and cream
and found 1t to be of strawberry
flavor that beat any strawberry flaw
oring that he was ever able to get
at soda fountains or ice cream par
Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
He Couldn't Go.

When he got on the street car he
had his coat over his arm, his vest
open and his collar had gone limp.
well, what is it," asked the men
whom he sat down beside.
IT'S hot"
Certainly"
ITS blamed hot. I'm almost
sweltered.'
"Yes?"
Il wish L could get out of this
furnace for a week"
But you haven't the cash."
81 think l could raise it."
Then, why not dig out?''
by thunder. l can't. I've got
two men solid for Taft, and if
leave town for half an hour they
will swing over to Bryan as sure's
your born. Lord, how few people
know what it is to be a Politician"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Runaway Girl Arrested.

Roanoke Especially - Miss Laura
Henry, 17-year-old daughter of
Bradley Henry, of Abingdon, was ar
rested on a train here and detained
at police headquarters on a telegram
to the chief of police from Mr.. Hen
ry. The girl will be held until the
father arrives. Miss Henry was en-
route to Lynchburg, where she hops
ed to secure a position as salesgirl
in a store. She says she ran away
from home because of i'll treatment
at her fathers hands and VOWS she
will not return unless she is more
civilly treated by the parent.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of indigestion
its attendant evil influence on the
-, 1t is not very surprising that
&c finally loses faith in things gen.
ny
A Y. woman writes an interest
. ing letter. She says:
Three years ago / suffered from
an-attack 81 peritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years 1 suffered from ner-
Vousness, weak heart, shortness of
breath, could not sleep, etc.
MY appetite was ravenous but
felt starved all the time. l had
plenty OF food but 1t did not nourish
me because OF intestinal indigestion.
Medical treatment did not seem to
help, f-gOt discouraged. stopped medi-
cine and did not care much whether
l lived or died.
zone day a friend asked me why.
didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
coffee and use Postum. | had lost
faith In everything, but to please my
friends began to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
1T wasn't long before l got some
strength. felt decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely got better. /
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and / have
hetter health now than before the at
tack OF peritonitis
my husband and / are still using
anarNuts and Postum" There's
Roason."
fisne given by Postum Co.. Battle
EFtef Mich. Read, The Road to
<Va+i<tAe, in pkgs.
Exf< : z the aboqe {stter2 A peu
4 An time ~ time. They
tt11 r.r.E( fan az human
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Is This Why We Arc Warmer?

Europe is growing colder. says NJ.
Camille Flammarion, the French
astronomer. He declares that from
actual figures recently obtained he
has become certain that the temper
allure of Europe has been falling.
France has been suffering for a long
time from an excess of cold weather.
the temperature at Paris having
been 1 degree below the normal.
Other readings show even less favor
able results. The fall is more no
ticeable in the spring than at other
periods of the year. Similar condi-
tions are recorded in England, Bel
GUM, Spain, Italy, Austria, and
Germany. indianapolis News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Shot While PLAYING With Rifle.

Richmond Especially Allen Val
entine, the 17-year-old son OF Mann
S. Valentine. Jrn was accidentally
shot at his fathers country homa,
in Powhatan County. A 22-calibcr
rifle went off in the hands of Gray
Valentine, u years old, while the
two brothers were playing with it.
The bullet entered the boys stomach.
His condition is critical. DR.. George
Ben Johnson was hurried to the
scene on special train and IN opera
ton was performed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
A Boy Who Will Get On.

While Old Skinner, a grocer and
a penurious old gretch generally, was
telling his new boy how careful he
must be a fly settled on a bag OF
sugar. The grocer caught it and
threw it away. The boy then said:
IF you want me to be careful.
you are setting me a bad example,"
"Why?" asked Old Skinner.
Because" said the boy. you
have thrown that fly away without
brushing the sugar of his feet."-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH
Domestic

n memorandum was filed in the
county clerks court in New York,
announcing that a decision and in
terlocutory judgment OF annulment
Oh marriage had been granted TO
Helen Maloney and Arthur II. Os-
borne.
The life-savers at Ludington, Mich.
rescued the two men composing the
crew of the schooner Jesse Martin.
which was drifting waterlogged six
miles of that port.
Attorney General Bonaparte and
his associates filed a bill in the
United States Court OF Appeals in
Chicago asking for a rehearing in
the Standard Oil case.
John p. Reid, who committed sui
eide in London. was a fugitive from
justice in Columbus, o.. having been
indicted for assaulting his own
daughter.
Joseph MalOney, who once owned
stock in New England and Washing
ton trolley lines, became exhausted
from starvation in New York police
station.
John Snyder was burned to death
in a fire which destroyed Owleyout
Lodge, a summer hotel, near Platts-
burg. n. Y.
Jewett E. Warren, OF Rock Island,
ILL.,, disappeared on the eve of his
marriage to Blanche E. Eldrfdge,
taking with him $4,000 and the
fiancee's jewelry.
The certificate OF naturalization
issued to Isaac Mansour has been
set aside, thus ending the differences
between the United States and Hayti.
The conferences held at Clifton,
Mass, relative to the Christian edu-
cation Of negroes is expected to re-
suit in great good for the colored
people.
A man threw red pepper in the
eyes of a woman in New York
jewelry store and ran out with a
handful of rings, but failed TO
escape.
The board of directors of the
Pennsylvania Railroad denies that
there is any dissension between the
directors and President McCrea.
Six children were killed and two
seriously burned in a fire that de-
stroyed the home of f. w. Schultz,
near COlfax, Wash.
Mrs. John l.. Gardner is reported
as having acknowledged in Boston
that the art goods cOnfiscated at Chi
cago are hers.
Two daughters OF jacob belnu,
of Kenosha, Wis, have been kid
mapped and are presumably being
held for ransom.
Ten indictments we're returned by
the special grand jury at Spring
field, ILL.,. against two participants
In the race riots.
The National Editorial Associa-
ton, meeting at St. Paul elected Of
ficers and chose Seattle as the next
meeting place.
Seven cruisers of the Pacific fleet
will leave San Francisco Monday for
a two-mOnth cruise in the South
Seas.
The Indians of Salton Basin res
eTvation. California, are destitute,
owing to the inrOads of the Inland
Sea.
NJ. J. Carpenter has been named
receiver for the Southern Indiana
Railroad. one of the John r. Walsh
roads.
A baby crying frightened thieves
away from the home of Mrs Fred
erick w. Woerz. at Greenwich, CT.
Mrs. Sophia Dunlop, of St. Louis.
was attacked by burglars. knocked
down and stabbed in the temple.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Wholesale Markets.

New YOrk.-Wheat- Receipts, 49,
700 bush; exports, 154,2SO; sales,
100000 bush, futures, and $4,000
oush. spot; spot market, firm; No.
2 red. 1.O0% @1.O1 elevator, and
1.O1 "a f. o. b. adoat; No. l Northern
Duluth, 1.29 f. o. b. afoat; No. ,
hard winter, LOS Il (. o. b. afloat.
Corn-Sales, 5000 bush; spot
market, firm; No. 2, 90 nominal ele-
vator and 9Ok delivered f. O.. b..
Ifioat; option market was higher on
covering of September. and closed
1t &c. to &c. net higher. Septem-
Ier, S7% QS7%, closed S7%; De-
:ember closed 76; May closed ~.
Oats-Receipts, 61,5OO bush; eX
PORTS, 1000 bush; spot firm. Mix
ID. 26 to 80 lbs, 51h; natural
white, &c to 81 lbs. ga a SIS; clipped
White, 80 to 40 lbs, So y @59.
Poultry-Alive. steady; spring
chickens, 16; fowls. IL Y; turkeys,
u; dressed irregular; Western
'pring chickens, 1212 @19; turkeys.
Is G25; fowls, 13014H.
Eggs-Firm. Receipts, 1852
rates. Western firsts, 2O021; sec
,nds, 1872 01915.
Observation-Disclosures and
Y C. higher; contract grade, August,
}76971ac.
Steady; good demand No
?, for local trade IS a IS &c.
Oats-Firmer; No. white natur-
ii, 531A @541Ac.
Butter-Steady; fair demand; ex
ira Western creamery, % &c; do.
To-, nearby prints, q.
Eggs-Firm; good demand; Penn
sylvania and other nearby firsts, +. C
21c. at mark; do. do, current re-
ceipts, in returnable cases, 20 a.
mark; Western firsts, (. c., 81 at
mark; do, current receipts, f. c., 20
at mark.
Cheese-Quiet but steady; New
York full creams. choice. II " c.; do.
do, fair to good. IL " @12.
Poultry-Alive, firm; good de-
mand; fowls, 1908 "; old roost-
srs, 10; spring chickens, 14@16.
c.-Flour-Quiet and I'M
changed. Receipts, 6.361 bills; ex-
ports. 2.OS5 bbls.
Wheat-Firmer; spot. contract,
9S Y a $50; spot No. red West
ern, 1000 1.OOH: August, 9S1a a
9SA; September. 90 n a 9S%; De-
cember, 1907 1.OO%; steamer,
No. red. % y a % q; Southern, by
sample. 900 90; Southern, on grade,
"a p a 9SH. Receipts, 101, 6S5
bush; exports, $4,000 bush.
Corn-Duu; spot, mixed, S313 +;
September. S31z asked year, 81
asked Southern white corn, SO a
81; Southern yellow corn, S3@S7.
Receipts, 4,7S6 bush.
Oats-More active; new No. .
white, 53G5312; new No. 3 white,
il u a So; new No. 2 mixed, 500 a
81. Receipts, 29.2O0 bush.
Rye-Firm; No. Western do
nestle, SO@S1. Receipts, 100 bush.
Butter-Quiet; fancy imitation,
20@21; fancy creamery, 25; fancy
iadle, 190 20; store packed, 161s @
II.
Cheese-Quiet and unchanged :.
new large. 12k; new flats, 1875 {;
new small, 13.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
The New pence Color"

Gray, which is to be the peace
color" of our warships instead of
white, was their war tint during the
rebellion. 1t was believed to render
them almost imperccptible to block
ade runners as we'll as harder to hit,
and they did not resume black un-
til peace came. White was adopted
with the new navy, and it's adoption
at first gave great offense to old
men-of-war's men, who said il look
ed "yachty. Boston Transcript.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Examining Water And MIX.

Suffolk Especially Tho sanitary
conditions of Suffolk were inspected
by State Health Commissioner Enaion
Williams, OF Richmond, in company
with Mayor Norfieet and the town
physician. The local conditions were
found satisfactory from external eX
aminations. but the water and milk
supply will be analysed. Dr.. Viii
liams says there is an epidemic Of
typhoid in some sections OF the state
Only a few cases have developed
here
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
ECZEMA FOR FIFTY-FIVE YEARS.
Suffered TOrments from Birth-In
Frightfu1 Condit ioE-GOt No Help
Until Cuticurn Cured Him

Il had an itchi6g, tormenting eczema
ever since l came INTO the world, and l am
now a man ffty-f've years old. l tried all
kinds of medicines heard Of, but found no
relief. L was truly in 4 frightful condition.
At last / broke out all over with red and
white boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great pain
and misery, but | kept from scratching as
well as l could, l was SO run down that
l could hardly do my work. l used Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, Resolvent, and Pills
for about eight months, and l can truth
fully say / am cured. Hale Bordwell Tip
ton, Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
Il cheerfully endorse the above testi-
monial. II is the truth know Mr. Bord-
we'll and know the condition he was IN.
Nelson f. Burnett, Upton, Ia"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
DESERTED WIFE WEEDS AGAIN.

Norfolk Especially - Miss Louisi-
ana Hobbs, the divorced wife of the
bogus Lord Douglass" who took
her to California and then deserted
her, was married TO Herbert A. Hol-
loway, of this city.
The marriage was quiet, and was
performed at the home Of the brides
parents by Rev. G.. w. Cox
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-08-27
Reform Movement.

The milkman had been brought
TO see the error of his ways.
Thomas" he said to his assist
ant, Il am going TO furnish my GUS
toners with absolutely pure milk af-
ter this
"So?" queried Thomas.
That's what" continued the
milkman. Hereafter we will use
distilled water only" - Chicago
News.