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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-16

GEO W. ST. CLAIR. ATTORNEY AT Law Law
,valI and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Particula: at
tention paid to the collection OF claims. once
stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-16

CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS AT
ULAW, Tazewen, Va. Practice i'll ell the courts
of Tazewell county and Court OF Appears al
Wytheville. J. W. Chapman. A. 2. Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-16

FULTON & CoULLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Law,
fTazewell. Va. Practice in the courts OF Taze-
we'll county. S. NJ B. Couling will continue his
practice in all the courts of Buchanan county; j.
Fl Fulton, Wytheville, Va. S. NJ. B. Coullng'
TaZewell, Va
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-16

! H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tazew
JtVa. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan coun-
ties West Virginia, a specially. Office in Stras
building.
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LAWYERS.

harms & BARNS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Taze,,
Dwell Va. Practice in the courts OF IaXeW .Ss
county Court of Appeals at Wythevllle ana tn %
Federal courts at Abingdon. Z. J. Barns John l.
Barns.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-12-16

g FAREWELL LODGE,
Nv NO. 60, a. f. & A. NJ.
NN Meets the third Monday in each
month.
H. w. o'KEEFFE, w. NJ.
w. g. YOUNG, Sec'y.
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Spanish onions as indicative of the
vegetable and, of course, it plays most
important part in the cuisine of the
hidalgos and the dons. In the coast
cities the people are more progressive
and fare better than they do in inland
places, no doubt because they are
brought more in contact with the
progressive people of other nations. At
the present day Spain is the least
progressive nation in Europe, has the
lowest educational status and in all
that makes for civilization and progress
is only superior to Turkey.
What effect the costly wars in Cuba
and the Philippine islands will have
on this already heavily taxed nation
may be imagined, but 1t is not I'M
likely that the result will be a revolu.
ton which will mean the abolition of
the monarchy and the establishment of
a republic. AS it is, members of the
nobility are willing to accept any en-
ployment. AS an illustration of this
note the following: Some time ago the
office of public executioner became va
cant by death and thereupon the min.
istry of justice at Madrid received an
avalanche OF applications from all sorts
and conditions of men, including three
marquises, one field marshal, an ex-
encouragement and eight other no.
bles! Think of the proud Spanish
aristocrat devoting himself to CARROT.
ing condemned criminals rs means OF
earning his livelihood!
There is, of course, a brighter future
for Spain, and it will come when mod
ern methods, modern education and a
progressive government prevail and
when the national church loses the
tyrannical hold it now has on all classes
of society. Naturally Spain has many
advantages and the soil Is capable of
the highest cultivation. AS it is at pres
ent however, the cultivation of the
grape, olive, orange and lemon is be-
ing neglected and many farms are DESC
late because the young peasants have
been forced into the army to die of
yellow fever in Cuba, or be shot to
death, to preserve to the Spanish crown
the ''Gem of the Antilles"
JAMES IRVING CRABBE..
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pie; there are SO dukes, 720 men bear
the title Of marquis, there are $50
counts and a countless number of bar
ons, viscounts and dons. And all their
sons and daughters have titles, too.
In the rural districts and country
towns and villages of Spain the Anglo
Saxon traveller is disagreeably i'm
pressed with the heartlessness of the
people towards the dead. The Gene
teries are shamefully neglected, and it
is not en- uncommon sight to see Q
corpse slung across mules back and
III this unceremonious fashion carried
to the grave; the street loungers make
scofing remarks as such procession
passes them, even though from super
stitious motives they dotf their hats to
the dead. Indeed, life is considered very
cheaply. and manslaughter is more
common than in any other country in
the world. At the ''bodega," or wine
saloon, brawl between friends will in
few minutes lead to stabbing af-
fray. AS the victim falls on the street
everybody runs from him, leaving him
perhaps to bleed to death until the
"guardia civile" (policeman) arrives
at the scene. No citizen will offer help
or approach dead or dying man for
fear of being arrested as an accessory
to the crime. At the cry of fire" in q
town everyone is supposed to assist the
police in extinguishing the flames, but
as a rule the alarm drives every moth
er's son to hiding place. 1t is not
to be supposed that the Spaniard is
naturally coward, but rather that
centuries of misrule and oppression
(the fruit of feudal despotism of church
and state) have inbued in him a dread
of being mixed up" in the tolls of the
law. History tells of Spanish courage
manifested in many campaign, and
the old hidalgo spirit which pioneered
the new world had for centuries been a
dominant force in Europe and the far
east.
Times are very hard just now in
Spain and taxation is sapping the vitals
of commercial and industrial life. For
tunately the climate is mild so that the
struggling masses are not liable to the
suffering from excessive cold which
presses so hard on the poor and needy
in other northern climes. Then, again,
the average Spaniard will fatten on a
diet upon which an American would
starve. A couple of pancakes fried in
olive oil, few olives, and a glass of
wine constitute "a square meal" Meat
of all kinds, especially kids flesh. is
used, generally boiled or stewed to
rags, with garlic as an all-permeating
influence. Large chestnuts boiled are
used as vegetable and are said to be
very nutritious. We often use the term
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his real name, unless he had ample req
sons for carrying that name to the.
grave with him. They Say that he used
to spend great deal VI time in: coon
hunting, and that during his latter
years he wore no other clothing than
the skin and furs Of domestic animals.
He often came to Georgetown to buy
thread, as well as provisions, and
clothed himself in the garb Of the
woodsmen of century ago. There is
nothing of record or in tradition to In
dictate that he ever did an unkind act
to a fellow-man. He is said to have been
quite good musician, and played upon
q guitar, often entertaining his hunts
men visitors with song and story.
When he died his dogs disappeared, and
if they found other masters nobody
ever connected them with their mys-
terious master. 90. 49,
There is prosperous restaurant
close to the bridge, and thousands of
pc ople go there on pleasure bent For
many years it was a pleasure drive;
then the bicycles came and young peo-
pie wheeled there, and now the electric
cars carry numberless pleasure seekers
to the bridge. The restaurant does q
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A SPANISH POLICEMAN.

of his national proverbs says: "The
pleasantest day of visit is that on
which the visitor departs"
That there is in the Spanish character
All inherent cruelty cannot be denied.
The best evidence thereof is furnished
by that degrading national sport, the
bull fight. Thousands of men and wom-
en- will spend hours in watching the tor
lures inflicted on the bulls by the pro-
fessional torturers, and such crowds
are not composed of the low-born and
slough" elements only (as are the
crowds at the prize fights and dog fights
in Anerica), but always include the
aristocracy and even royalty. At the
last scene of the fight when the tor
reader and matador. at the shouts If
thu multitude: 'Fuego! fuego!" apply
darts which blaze with fire when drive n.
into. the neck or sides of the poor beast
the audience testifies it's supreme happi-
ness at his sufferings. Cultured, con-
vent-raised women look on smilingly
and reflect in their cleaning white
teeth and flashing dark eyes the tor
1nents of the bull. Only in Spain can
such things be seen!
The language of the country is known
as Castilian, and is considered a simple
one and easily acquired. But this is
true merely as regards it's elements,
and as much as is usually acquired by
globe-trotters and sailors, for the Span
ish of the court and university is pol
ished language, full of verbal and :di-
omatic subtleties and pitfalls for the
young beginner. AS the language of
Mexico and the South American repub-
lies it will well repay study by our
young readers.
The Spaniards are poorand proud. No
other country has 80 many titled peo-
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a Famous DOG Killed.

The celebrated i Newfoundland dog,
Sultan, which for his acts Of devotion to
man and for his courage, was, 3on the
9th of May, 1891, solemnly rewarded by
the Society for the Protection Of Ami
mails with collar Of honor, lately fell "a
victim to his fidelity to his master. Among
the feats performed by Sultan are the
arrest of q robber, the capture Of a
murderer, the saving Of child Ii years
old, who was drowning in the Marine,
and the saving Of the life Of man who
had thrown himself into the Seine from
the Pont Neuf. He first belonged to
the publisher M. Didier, who, however,
gave him to Nine. Foucher de Careil.
She kept him atsher residence near Cor
bell, where Sultan was the terror of
tramps and malefactors, nesof whom,
it is probable, killed him, for he was re-
Gently found lying dead by hedge,
poisoned by piece of meat.-Paris
Cor. London Telegraph.
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SPANISH DANCING GIRL.

against Napoleon's veterans. Spain is
a. her low ebb to-day, but she has had
a glorious past and may inscribe on
her banner the motto ''Resurgam"
shall rise again). To the student of his
tory, literature or the fine arts Spain
and her people will ever be full of alb
sorbing interest and the man who trav-
els with an observant eye and a ready
notebook will find Spain treasury of
good things.
It is famous for beautiful women
such as Velasquez, Murillo and Sebas-
tian Gomez-loved to paint 200 years
ago. (The trouble with too many Span
ism ladies of to-day is that they do their
own painting.) Beauty is the birth
right of the dusky-eyed Castilian and
Andalusian, and the country and cities
are full of charmers. From the lofty
duchess who smiled on Sancho Panza
and the dancing girl of Seville (the type
so we'll expressed by operate writers)
down to the girl who makes cigarettes
fol- living and the bull-fghter's ''favor-
it1" all Spanish women are beautiful
once in their lives.
Spanish politeness is remarkable.
Admire anything the Spaniard has he
immediately begs your acceptance Of
it, though he would be very much sur
prised if you took him at his word.
There is an old story about an American
who was the guest of a Spanish hidalgo
who was praising the stud of horses
owned by the don. "Senor, they are all
yours" said the polite nobleman,
wbereupon our friend wanted to
"hitch up team and take them with
hin and he would send for the balance"
What the polite Spaniard did in this
emergency is not told, but the probabi
ity is that good excuse was given for
not allowing a hoof to leave. Another
Of these politeness stories is to the ef-
feet that young English lady riding in
the country was overtaken by a violent
storm and took refuge in cottage.
The hovel was full of smoke and
through the fog the lady perceived the
heads of half a dozen children with
eyes staring at la bella lnglese.
"Your children?" asked the visitor by
way of starting the conversation.
'Senora, they are all yours!' was the
peasants polite but startling reply. AS
u matter of fact this Spanish courtesy
is merely veneer, so to speak. True po-
listness comes from kindness, you un-
derstand the artificial variety is a sham,
resembling true courtesy as paper
rose resembles the real queen of flow
ers. There are exceptions, to be sure,
but the Spaniard is not hospitable. One
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The Head Wa1tress.

The head waitress is beginning to
rival the proverbial theological student
in the dining-rooms of New England
hotels. She occasionally appears in
New Jersey. In noted hostelry in the
Berkshire hills the long dining-room
acknowledges the benignant smile of
the head waitress. Clothed entirely in
black, with only line of white at
throat and wrists, her costume is diff
ferentiated from the uniform of her
troop of assistants. All the other wait
resses are in white duck or pique, stifly
starched (no fimsy organdies or Vic
torian lawns being used). Against the
long wall of the dining-room is row of
well-separated high stools. There is one
by each table, and on this the waitress
is perched when not attending to her
table. It looks odd at first to see them
perch ed up high when not on duty, but
hotel guests are not always punctual
at coming totmeals, and the arrange
mentis thoroughly humane. The height
of the seat and its position prevent
what would appear as breach of Ell
quette did the waitress take one of the
table chairs. The fashion introduced is
sensible innovation. - Philadelphia
Record.
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they were out hunting, that his name
was cabin John" OF course it was
simply his conceit to give the people
a iuller name than John" and they
always afterward referred to him as
"Cabin john His place was located
near the river, at the mouth of great
gorge with towering hills surrounding
it. There is until this day no better To-
cation on the upper Potomac for fish
ing and hunting. In those days the
man was opulent in all that was needed
for game food. Whether he had a
fortune concealed about his place or
not nobody knew, and nobody ever
tried to find out. He always had
money when he came to town to buy
supplies. He was OH good terms with
the Indians, and he did not fear ma
rauders. because he surrounded him
self withS dogs, who loved him and
watched hi$ place by night and by day.
= Well, WHOEVER he was, he died without
revealing his identity, and he is remem-
bered as "Cabin john" and so he will
live in local history. Time passed on,
and long after he was gone there grew
up here city, the capital of a republic.
Modern improvements came with popu-
lation, and it became necessary to build
a reservoir and aqueduct to supply the
city with water. More than ten miles
west of Georgetown the civil engineers
went to build reservoir; and the wa
ter supply was taken from the Potomac,
near the Great falls. In order to bring
the water to the city it became neces-
sary to build great bridge across the
immense gorges referred to above, and
the bridge was called "Cabin John
BRIDGE" because it spanned and to-day
spans the great ravine, at whose mouth
the stranger built his cabin and made
his home -.~
That is the history of the origin of
the name of the bridge which is the
largest single-arch span in the world.
It's diameter is 22O feet, counting it as
the segment of circle. It is marvel
of engineering skill. Poor old Cabin
John never dreamed that he would
leave his fictitious name to all future
generations, else he might have given
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Due Unto Other,

Socratoots-What Internal din Is
that?
Spats-The girl next door is playing
the piano she got yesterday-a fine,
square instrument.
Socraloots-Well, judging from the
burgh News.
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TO ADDRESS A LADY.
Ways That Are Admissible and Way
That Are Bad.

Ways That Are Admissible and Ways
That Are Bad.
The word "miss'' is an abomination,
unless followed by the name of the
young lady, and when used at all is
merely an exhibition of groveling OBJ
sequiousness ON the part of the person
speaking. It is pity that the English
language does not have an admissible
word corresponding to the French
"mademoiselle' or the German ''frau-
lein," for nobody will pretend to say
that miss" has, from usage of the cor
rectly speaking class, attained the dis
tinction. The nearest approach to
good word for use in addressing a
rectly supposed to be applicable only to
such women as have entered the mat
rimonial state. The argument that it
would be absurd to address girl of IL
or IA years of age as madam" may be
answered by the assertion thatit is not
necessary to give child of that tender
age title at any time. The expression
in letter-writing: my dear madam" or
"Dear madam" is merely a matter of
form, and there is really very much less
reason to suppose that she is "dear"
than to assume that she is entitled to
madam" We do not contend that
madam" is the very best word that
could be invented for the general char
acterization of women, but it is I'M
doubtedly the only word in the Ian
guage that will tide over the confusion
created by the carelessness of word
makers. Another perplexing question
has been raised by a controversy over
the respective merits of ''lady" and
madam" In Boston the fiat has gone
forth that hereafter street car con-
ductors shall give the preference to
madam" and this is heartily to be
commended. The word 'lady' is quite
as abominable as the word ''miss" as a
form of address, and no we,l-informed
woman hears the remark: Heres
your change, lady," or stare, lady,"
without the shuddering conviction that
she is figuring in cheap melodrama or
is the heroine of servant girls ro-
nance in story paper. 1t is not to be
supposed that the word ''lady" as a
form of address will be Immediately
eradicated after so many years of suf-
ferance and perversion, but we should
like to note the issuance Of a general
order in the department stores looking
to it's abolition. AS for sales ladies
and cash ladies andswasher ladies', we
must deal gently with them. for they
have few comforts IN life and are en-
titled to our utmost consideration and
good humor.-Chicago Post.
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a BATTLE WITH BATS.
Observation-Disclosures Lays Out Fifty.
Three OF Them In DaYliEhf

abOrcr Lays Out Fifty
Three OF Them In Daylight.
Jacob Bricker, Of Rauchtown, had
quite q unique as well as thrilling ex-
,pcriencc the other day, which he is
at a loss to account for. and has no
desire to again repeat. Mr.. Bricker is
a laborer, and on the day in question,
feeling somewhat indisposed, did not
go to work. He was lounging in his
house, when he heard a peculiar noise
in the third story, or attic. Surprising
at first that the noise was created by
mice and rates frolicking about, he
paid little attention to it, but the con-
tinued and increasing discordant
sC-eeching, combined with the swish of
wings and an everlasting pit-pat, as if
made by birds flying against some
thing, aroused Bricker sufficiently to
institute an investigation. Alone he
went to the attic and was at once nom
Pulsed and astounded to see the small
room literally black with bats, flying
helter-skelter and attacking every in
animate object in sight.
When Bricker first saw the bats he
he had no thought Of self-protection,
but imagined that they would brighten
at his approach and leave. Hardly had
he gotten fairly into the room until the
bats, in perfect swarms, flew at him.
Their sharp claws and stiff wings as
they flew in his face and alighted on his
hands made many painful abrasions,
and it was with difficulty the man was
enabled to secure a short stick, luckily
lying near, with which to defend him
self.
Striking right and left, Bricker went
for the mouse-like birds, and with every
stroke dull thud on the floor told of
one less bat. But the birds were in
for fight, and the more killed the more
it. appeared came at the man. Just
how long the struggle continued Brick
er has no idea of reckoning. It could
not have been more than five minutes,
but to him it seemed like an hour or
more. Finally, when the swarm of bats
began to grow manifestly smaller I'M
der the sure stroke of Brokers club,
they began to scatter, and with one
parting screech took a hasty leave.
Covered with blood on face and hands
and suffering no little pain, Bricker
took survey of the room and for the
first time realized the execution he had
been able to do.
The floor was covered with dead and
disabled bats, the latter still screeching,
Hopping about and endeavoring to get
away. These were dispatched as soon
as possible and without any mercy, and
then the man made count of the dead
birds. He found SO in all, and he is
positive that fully twice that many es-
capped. The bats entered the attic
through an open window, but where
they all came from is mystery.
There are a number of caves in the
immediate vicinity, but they have most
ly been explored and very few bats
were seen. And then the time of their
visit being made in daytime is another
strange occurrence, as bats habitually
fly at night, or after twilight begins to
fall.-Philadelphia Times.
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News IN BrieE.

The Foley Bean company will put in
a big; dam on Rum river, near Milaca,
provided they can secure flowage rights
on Mile Laos lake.
The following fourth-class postof6ces
have been made money order Offices:
Bigelow, Mobiles county; Garvin, Lyon
county; Ware, Marshall county.
The jury in the Merritt VS.. Harris
case found in favor of the Merritts,
which means that stock valued at about
$4,000 which was in issue, belongs to
the Merritts and was given to Harris
& Son as collateral for the payment Of
their legal services, and not as ad.
ditional compensation.
Fifty men have been put to work in
the St. Cloud quarries, getting out
stone for the state capitol.
The libel suit of Samuel Treby
against the Little Falls Transcript was
decided in favor of the newspaper.
While kaleidoscope entertainment
was in progress at Bellview the appar-
atus. exploded, causing a panic. In
the scramble to get out of the build
ing, several people we're injured.
Three men held up cattle train on
the Great Northern road near Smith
Lake and relieved number of stock
men of their money.
Box car No. 4, the second one manu-
featured for the St. P. M. & M. Co., is
still in service and was at Crookston
recently.
II. Ruika's general store at Thomp-
son was broken into and $40 worth of
goods taken. There is no clue, but it
is supposed to be Duluth burglars.
John E. Thompson has been ap-
pointed postmaster at East Grand
Forks.
An attempt to I'll a lighted gasoline
stove resulted in an explosion and the
death of Mrs. Sarah Katner in Mime
apolis. Mrs. j. Silverman and her
baby were burned.
The firemen's hall and lodge room of
the Select Knights of America, at Lit
tie Falls, were destroyed by fire.
Mrs. Wenzel Mikesh hanged herself
at the St. Paul city hospital, where she
had been patient since Aug. IL.
/" AAAAd" nA0As u VAc GO"A VI 0"dAe
vile, has been bound over on a charge
of assault in the second degree. pre-
ferred by a young lady named Lizzie
Muller. Axel wanted the girl to marry
him, and upon her refusal. it is
charged. drew q knife and threatened
to kill her.
Firemen on all three tug lines at Du-
luth are on strike, demanding an in
crease in wages from $3.50 to $45 per
month. .~..-
Men are already going into the woods
for the T. b. Walker cut, under Berg
ley's contracts. It is expected that
81, O00, 600 to 40, 000, 900 feet will be cut
this winter. ,~., -.-.. 81,
George Green. near Sank Center, was
handling shot gun, when in some I'M
known mannar it was accidentally dis
charged, the contents striking his s.
year-old brother Harry in the forehead,
tearing the skull completely off. He
died in few minutes.
The Northern Lumber company,
whose head camps are situated just
west of Mountain Iron, expects to cut
and land at Cloquet 10000, 900 feet Of
logs next winter. To do so. It will
have 70 employ 200 men all winter.
Judge Willis has ordered that under
certain conditions the Allemania bank
Of ST Paul mey 1eopen Oct 10.