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Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Baby.

If parents realized the fact that cof-
Zee contains drug-cdfe feine-which is
especially harmful to children, they,
would doubtless hesitate before giving
the babies coffee to drink.
When / was a child in my moth.
er's arms and first began to nibble
things at the table, mother used to
give me sips of coffee. AS my parents
used coffee exclusively at meals I
never knew there was anything to
drink but coffee and water.
And SO / contracted the coffee
habit early. / remember when quite
young the continual use of coffee go
affected my parents that they tried
roasting wheat and barley, then
ground it in the coffee-mill, as a SUBJ
stitute for coffee.
But 1t did not taste right and they
went back to coffee again. Tha, was
long before Postum was ever heard
OF. continued to use coffee until I
was 27, and when got into office
Work began to have nervous spells.
especially after breakfast was so
nervous could scarcely attend to NV
correspondence.
AT night. after having coffee for
supper, / could hardly sleep. and on
rising in the morning would feel weak
and nervous.
friend persuaded me to trv
Postum My wife and did not ljka
II at first, but later when boiled good
and strong it was fine. Now we would
not give up Postum for the best coffee
We ever tasted.
can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers.'' - -
pkgs.
There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. A
sre appears from time to time. The
interest. VI human
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

VERY housekeeper does herself
L. proud in getting up the Thanks
L. giving dinner. Besides the snowy
linen, sparkling silver and glass,
and savory dishes, some decoration is
needed to make the festive occasion
quite complete.
These decorations are no small item
shops where hand work brings its
price. Any woman or girl may. how
ever, make her own decorations at
very small expense and in short time.
We are giving today several designs
which work out attractively In color.
The candle shade. representing the
horn of plenty, always in evidence in
Thanksgiving decorations, is to be
traced on thin water-color paper by
means of carbon paper, and tinted in
water-colcr. The horn is to be purple
not too dark-the ribbons green, and
the fruit of the gay richness of the
natural color The inside of the horn
may be tinted dark green.
To add to the effect when lighted.
put a bright bit of color on the wrong
side of the shade under any gay col
ored fruit, such as orange or apples.
Leave a little seam on each end of
the shade and fasten with brass brods.
The edge is cut out irregularly around
the fruit When the painting is done
70 over all lines with waterproof black
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
Swim by Machinery.

A ten pound swimming machine that
may be packed in a suitcase is the in
vention of Frenchman. 1t is a safe
and rapid semi-craft for the man who
swims or the man who doesn't At
the front of the apparatus Is a cylin-
drical metal float, with conical point
and depending rudder. At the rear
Is another metal float. with stirrups
acting upon propeller, the two ends
connected by a wooden bar, on which
the swimmer lies as If on the water.
kicking with his feet and alternatelv
pushing and pulling with a cross han
die bar just back of the forward float
the swimmer on the swimming ma
chine gets maximum of exercise
while making speed impossible to
the ordinary swimmer on the open
water.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

Statistics are always more or less
interesting and especially is this true
OF those statistics based upon the fig
ures now being given out by census
estimators and the government census
bureau, says the Manchester Union.
Aside from speculations as to the pos
sible growth of one municipality or
another. It is interesting to note the
status OF the native-born American In
connection with the birth and death
rates and even a most casual investi-
cation will disclose figures little short
OF alarming. According to the esti-
mates OF competent authorities the
population Of the United States should
be found this year to be in the vicini-
~ OF 90,000.000 souls. Deduct from
this the immense flood of immigration
which. since 1900. has closely approx
mated 100000. and the increase in
population meanwhile to have been
something like 100000, as far as ma
tive-born Americans are concerned
This Is an Increase of but six per
cent. over the figures of the former
decade, as against 21 per cent. for
that just preceding. Thus It is seen
that the rate OF internal increase has
fallen on fully fifty per cent.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
SIMPLE MOTORCYCLE STAND
Device Is Easily Made Out of Pipe
Fittings-IIlustration Is Self
Explanatory.

A stand for motorcycles can be
made very simply ou. of pipe fittings,
as shown in the accompanying sketch,
f1c American. The pipe used may be
three-eighths or one-half inch pipe, but
the latter is preferable because 1t
makes stronger stand. The drawing
needs little explanation. The piece of
pipe A must have running thread cut
on one end, so that it can be screwed'
into the tee D about an inch and a
quarter; and then when the stand is
ready to be put together, the pipe A
may be screwed back into the tee E,
leaving enough in the tee D to provide
good hold. To keep the stand from
spreading and thus to relieve the
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
THE LANGUAGE oEFLoWERs.

Apple Observation-Disclosures.
Bridal Rose-Happy love.
Chrysanthemum-I love.
Camelia-Excellence.
Gala Lily-Modesty
Corn Flower-Delicacy.
Carnation-Fascina
Daisy-Innocence.
Daffodil-Unrequited love.
Red Rose-Bashful love.
orget-me-not-Rem
Geranium-Gentility.
Golden Rod-Encouragement.
Observation-Disclosures.
Heliotrope-Devotion.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Hyacinth-Constancy.
Ivy-Fidelity.
Jasmine-Only for thee.
Jonquil-Affection.
Lady's Slipper-Fickleness
White -Girlhood.
Wild Rose-Simplicity.
Violet-Faithfulne
Snow Drop-Hope.
Poppy-Consolatio
Pansy-Thoughts of you.
observation-disclosures.
Mignonette-Good qualities.
'Marigold-Contempt.
Lily of the Valley-Unconscfo
weetness.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

Said a modest graham cracker to a snap
py frecracker,
I'm very, very thankful that I'm not
afraid to die,
For when I see the flying flags and hear
the cannons booming,
shall be consumed with terror on the
Fourth OF this July"
Said the snappy firecracker to the modest
graham cracker
You really need not pride yourself on
being taken first
For when I hear the children shout, and
gay torpedoes swapping,
I shall feel so patriotic am sure that
1 shall burst"
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
Spring In the Mouth.

panying sketch, writes F. S. Cummings
in Popular Mechanics The spring
shown will do the work very nicely
and the hook can be easily removed
with disgorger, thus saving many
broken lines and cut fingers. This de-
vice is especially useful to the ladies
who enjoy fishing, but dislike the op
Grafton of removing the hook.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
To Clean = Black Skirt.

To clean a black skirt, lay the skirt
as fatty as possible on a clean table.
Remove all grease spots with brown
paper and a hot iron, then with a
sponge dipped in strong coffee rub
over the whole of the dress, paying
special attention to the front and edge
of the skirt. When the whole of the
skirt has been sponged and Is still
damp, iron on the wrong side until
perfectly dry.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
The sloht of snaIIs-

Snails have eyes connected with the
antennae (the ''feelers'D. They may
usually be seen as black spots. gen
orally. believe, near the base of the
feelers. They are rather simple eyes.
but are certainly of use How much
they can see with them is not known.
st Nicholas.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

The British are putting the letters
"U. s. A." on mail intended for Union
Of South America. But the matter
presents no problem except In theory.
Mail 30 addressed viii naturally be
sent to these United States OF Ameri-
ca. and people writing to United South
Africa who want their friends to get
their letters will spell K out.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

A New Jersey court has ruled that
a man must be sober to be entitled to
secure a marriage license in that
state. Most OF the middle-aged bach
elors will contend that it is useless to
expect sober men to apply for mar
riage licenses.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
The Lamb and the Clam.

The lamb frisked about the fields of MAY;
The clam kept his house in the depths of
the bay;
The lamb always had new secret to
tell;
The clam kept his secrets inside of his
shell.
And though ia certain respect for the
clam
always enjoyed more my talks with the
lamb.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
Motorcycle Stand.

strain on the elbows B, two pieces C
of No. II galvanized wire should be
used to connect the pipes A. In the
elbows B, notches may be cut to hold
the motorcycle axle.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

That observation which is called
knowledge of the world will be found
much more frequent to make men cum
ming than good.-Dr. johnson.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

Preserving mediocrity is much more
respectable, and unspeakably more
useful than talented Inconsistency
DR.. Hamilton.
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09
REMOVING HOOK FROM FISH
Neat Little Device, Especially for La.
dies, Will Save Many Lines
and Cut Fingers.

Fishermen who have trouble keep
ing the mouth of fish open while re
moving the hook, will be interested In
Barbour County index., 1910-11-09

Human targets seem to be quite the
rage for amateur marksmen these
days.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18

After two months OF remarkable
sales. JnO, =. jackson. the enterpris.
ing druggist. says that his plan OF sell
ing az halt price the regular 50c size
OF DIR Howard.s Specific for the cnre
OF constipation ana dyspepsia, aud
guaranteeing to refund the money IL
IL does not cure has been IA greatest
success bee has ever known
He has sold hundreds of bottles OF
the specific and IA yet has not adj one
returned. although he stands ready
at any time Ia refund the money
should any customer bc dissatisfied.
Anyone suffering with dyspepsia,
constipation, liver troubles, headaches
dizziness, coated tongue, or the gensr-
al tired feeling, caused by inactive fiv-
er and bowels or dis ,rdsred digestion
should take advantage Of Jno Il Jack
sons new departure and buy bottle
of DIR Aoward's specific ut half price,
with. his persnnal guarantee To refund
he money il il does not cure.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
The Farmers Fairy Story.

LeSlie's Magazine: At current
prices wheat will bring to the farmer
of the year 1925, 600, 600, with $500. =
OOO' 600 fol- hay, $500, 900, 600 for oats.
SOL, 200, 600 for potatoes, and 500 =
600, 600 for tobacco. These stunend-
Gus figures cannot be grasped bV the
ordlnay intelligence. While the gold
production of the year was the great
est In all the country's history. il
fell few millions short of the yalue
OF the tobacco crop, and was i'm
measurable exceeded by that of the
wheat, cotton and corn crors. The
production OF all the cereals conn
blned was greater in quantity for 900
IMAM for any preceding year except
I9O6, which broke several records in
the bulk of the output. The higher
prices now, however, give the farmer
much more money for his work in
I9O9 than he obtained in 1906 or any
other year.
The aggregate value of the conn
try's farm products for 1909 wouId
go much more than half way toward
buying out the entire railway sys-
TEN of the country, with its accumu-
lations of property OF all sorts which
have been gathered through the
years. The money which goes into the
farmers pockets for their labors for
the twelve months amounts to a
fourteenth of the value of all the
country's property, real ard person.
al and the wealth of the United
States, it must be remembered, equals
that of our two nearest rivals COM
bined-Great Britain and Germany.
The fairy tales contain no greater
marveIs than the story of the yield
OF the coIntry's farms tells us, and
the latter has the advantage of being
based on solid and tangible fact.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
Abingdon's DispenSary Not
Revenue Producer.

Abingdon, Va, Feb 9.---The
town council held regular monthly
meeting Monday night. The applica-
ton OF the Virginia-Tennesse tele-
phone company for franchise TO
hang its wires through the town was
the first matter considered. The an
plicatiOn had been advertised rs re-
quired by law and only one selIed
bid for the franchise was received,
that being offered by the telephone
company. The bid was $50 and after
some discussion the franchise was
granted. This is To be a long distance
line and will put the people of
Abingdon in connection with remote
sections OF the country. Two pay sta
tions Will be established in the
town ana IL desired an exchange
will be put IN.
The report OF the finance commit
tee brought out some interesting fig
ures IL was developed that the town
owes Miller and Sons the Main
street contractors, -, 1870 for work
done OH that street, and $3.50 for
work done on Fuller street. The
town Is also under contract TO pay
Miller an Sons 81, $50 To build foot
bridge over the railroad ut the tank.
and to pay Pendleton and Rule
ST., 900 TO macadamize Valley street.
This makes total Indebtedness OF
S24, $50, which is away up in the
neighborhoOd Of the bOnGe indebt-
edness which the dispensary was es-
tablished 10 liquidate. During the
past three months the net profits
from the dispensarV To the town was
SS39.9S During the same time the
current expenses of'the town, which
Is made up mainly of the light and
water bill and the salary of officials.
was 5000 per month. This shows
that if the current expenses of The
town we're deducted from the prolits
of the dispensary, only S2IO per
month would be left To meet that
obligation of S24, $50 Evidently the
possibilities of the dispensarv have
been oVerestimated and it has been
given black eye in the house of its
friends.
AT previous meeting n commit
Tee was appointed TO see whether the
contract with Pendleton and Rule
to macadamize Valley street could
not be recinded or nj least postponed
Tor year OF two. This committee
reported that the contractors proposed
10 proceed with the work and would
not listen TO any proposition TO can
Gel or change the agreement.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
MICROBES IN
THE SCALP
--latest Explanation is That Mi
crobes Cause Badness.

Professor Unna of Hamburg, Ger
many, and DIR. Sabourand, OF Paris,
France, share the honor OF having
discovered the hair micrObe.
Badness is not caused through a
few weeks work of these hair mi
crobeS, but is the result OF conditions
brought about by their presence.
Badness may not occur until years
after the microbes began work, but
its certain To come sooner or later.
The microbes cut Off the blood
supply They feed on the fatty mat
ter about the roots of the hair,
through which Il blood is absorbed
Finally the fatty matter is consum-
Ell, the food supply of the hair is
gone and il starves and finally dies
Resorcin is one of the most efrec-
tive germ destroyeIs ever discovered.
Beta Naphthol is most powerful,
yet absolutely safe germicide and
antiseptic which prevents develop
ment OF germ matter, and creates a
clean, healthy condition.
Pilocarpine, although not color.
ing matter or dye, is an ingredient
well established for its power to re-
store natural color TO human hair
when los OF color has been caused
by disease.
BoraN, because OF its we'll defined
sofIening and cleansing properties is
most useful i'm the treatment of scalp
and hair diseases. Glycerine acts rs
stimulant to the hair bulbs, and
has n soothing, healing and nour-
ishing influence Alcohol is indespen-
sable i'm medicine because of its anti
septic stimulating aud preservative
qualities.
We want every one who has scalp
or hair tIouble TO try ReXall "93''
Hair Tonic, which contains all these
ingredients. II it does not give YOU
complete satisfaction in every par
ticular we will return every penny
YOU paid us for the asking and with
out question or formality.
OF course YOU understand that
when we say that Rexall "93'' Hair
Tonic will grow hair we do not refer
To cases where the roots are entirely
dead, The pores of the scalp closed,
aud the head has the shiny appear
ance Of n billiard ball. In cases like
this there is no hope. In all Other
eases II badness ReXaIl "93" Hair
Tonic will grow hair or cost the useI
nothing. Two sizes % cents and 81. OC
remember you can obtain ReXall
Remedies III Tazewell only at ouI
store The Rexall Store. John f.
jackson, Druggist
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
500 Reward 800

The readers of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able TO cure in all it's stages. and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrn being
constitutional disease requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
Iy upon the blood and mucous surfac.
es OF the system, thereby destroying
the foudatiOE of the disease, an giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The pToprieiors have
so much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails TO cure. Send
Tor list of testimonials. AddressF J.
Cheney d Co, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by druggists. 75c. Take Halls
family pills for constipation.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18

little public recognition has been
given by this denomination, to he
role characters OF the wives of its
pioneer ministers. Great churches
and temples are named for the
preachers, but not often, or at least
very seldom, do we hear of even a
simple chapel named i'm honor of
his wife by whose help and through
whose self denials and sacrifices the
building OF the greater church was
made possible. These pioneer wom-
en-! What life they had, What
weary days and sleepless nights they
spent alone, in the wilderness or on
the plains, in log houses with bare
floors, privations, sick children.
inconsistencies and often danger,
while the husband and father was
making his rounds on horseback,
embracing hundreds of miles, with
his home as only a stopping place
and recruiting station, These heroic
women, generally well bred and we'll
born, endured the greater privation,
uncomplainingly for the most part,
with no home, no hope OF luxury,
no ambition but to be faithful and
helpful to husband, family and
church. They sleep In unknown and
unmarked graves, in mountain val
ley and on Western prairie, and the
memory o. their sacrifices Is forgot
ten. The hOOf print OF the Circuit
riders horse is visible in the church
yard OF many modern temples where
worship fashionable and luxurious
multitudeS, and likewise, the foot
prints and tear stains around and in
modern, luxurious parsonage these
not be allowed to fade forever from
the memory and appreciation OF on
coming generations OF Methodists.
What say the Methodist women and
men? Why not start the movement
in Tazewell:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
MONUMENT TO METHODIST
WOMEN.

LII the editor of this paper were a
Methodist, and had any influence at
all with that great body OF chris
hans, he would do his best to in
duce them 10 discharge what seems
To him long neglected duty, viz
TO erect suitable monument 10 the
memory OF the Circuit Riders
wives, the pioneer women of Meth
odism. We have read histories of
Methodism i'm which the Circuit
rider was exlolled. and rightly, too.
but In which his heroic wife had on
jy a passing notice, If any. Monu-
ments are erected to the memory OF
great preachers and laymen, and TO
comemmorate great events and
achievements, but SO far as We know
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
The Best Hour of Life

is when you do some great deed or
discover some wonderful fact This
hour came to J. r Pitt; of Rocky Mt
n. c.. when he was suffering Intensely,
as no saws, from the worst cold / ever
had; then proved 10 my great salts
faction, what wonderful csugh and
COLI cure DR.. Kings New Discovery is
For, after taking one bottle, was en-
tirely cured. You can't say anything
top good about a medicine Ike that"
It's the surest and best remedy for
diseased lungs. hemorTheges. LaGri-
ppe, asthma, hay fever--any throat or
lung trouble, soc 81. Trial bottle
free, Guaranteed by J. f. Jackson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
RAISE MORE-SELL SOME
THING.

a good, honest man called TO see
us the other day and said that he
was "hard up for ready money
and was compelled to ask the indul-
gence OF his creditors. When remind.
ed that never before had the farmers
been so prosperous, got such high
prices for products raised on the farm
he said that this didn't help the fel-
low who had nothing TO sell. And
he was right. The point is every far
mer should go in this year TO make
something TO sell " Better seed
better preparation and cultivation
Will increase the yield per acre from
% to 90 per cent on almost any Taze-
we'll fam. Not more acres but lar
ger yields, is the secret. Read I'M.
TAXI with your neighbors and others
Get the best ideas obtainable as to
methods etc, and then do your best
to grow the finest and largest eron
ever.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-02-18
MR.. STUART AND THE NINTH.

In another column we publish
short interview given out by Mr.. III.
G. Stuart to reporter OF date Febru-
airy 1lth, in which Mr.. Stuart states
positively that he will be in the race
for Governor Of the State in 1913. lie
expresses himself in tone showing
some evaporation, perhaps, that his
name should persiStently be men
toned in connection with the United
States SenatOrship next year. Mr..
Stuart's name has been frequently
and peTsiStently mentioned i'm this
section in connection with the race
for Congress from the Ninth District,
but we confess 10 Ignorance in regard
to the matter of tie senatorship, either
privately or i'm the newspapers, up
10 this time. II is worthy of note,
hat in this Published intervit W
Mr.. Stuart did not say that he has
not the "remotest intention" of en-
tering the contest for Congress.
Whether this is significant or not we
have no means of judging. On this
very subject prominent Democrat
said to Us a few days ago, in sub
stance, that he would like to see Mr..
Stuart Governor OF the State, and eX-
pected to, but would much rather see
him in Congress, and furthermore,
he could easily be both that a term
in Congress would not at all unfit
him for tie Gubernatorial chair. but
ON the other hand, would be lust the
reverse. The brilliant and gallant
Swanson came from Washington to
Richmcud. Why not Mr. Stuart
likewise. lie went on TO say. that
men are elected % high Offices these
days not al ways solely because OF in
dividua. and personal qualifications
Tor Tie office. u1t ou account too. OF
The additional factor Of having done
faithfll and loyal service tor the.
party. Nr. stuart can re Governor
no doubt, IL wants to he a> il is. be-
cause cttAe great abilities he posses
e, bat il DE lad tAe Ninth District.
"on from The enemy, in his pocket,
hiN already great weight Of popular
lily would be largely increased. This
additional asset would not be him
drance by any means. We give our
friends thoughts here for what they
are worth. They, at lca.t, contain
food for thought. Certainly true il
is, that the man who redeems" the
Ninth District will have "a pulp
with Virginia Democracy, and add
greatly to whatever OF prestige Or
strength he may already possess.