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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-01

The plea that New-York does not need new
rapid transit roads. inasmuch as the seating ca
pacity Of the elevated railroads. taking the day
and night through. is not fully utilized. Is one OF
the most absurd pretences ever employed to de-
feat a great public improvement. Nobody
doubts that there are hours when a person can
ride in an elevated train without being reduced
TO pulp but that Is not the point. A reasonable
degree OF comfort at all hours 10 what Is needed.
together with a fair rate Of speed In traversir &
the city.
Andree and his balloon have disappeared into
tho depths Of the North and may never again
be heard of. For a time they diverted attention
from other expeditions Of polar research Arctic
and Antarctic, which have still gone on. and
some Of them have obtained a considerable meas
ure of success Lieutenant Peary's journey last
summer to the West Greenland coast to secure
the co operation of the Esquimaus In establishing
on q future journey station as far northward
as possible. from which an advance upon the
pole may be made when conditions favor It. ac-
complished the result desired; and the Jackson
Harmsworth expedition. which spent three
years in Franz Josers -Iand returning last
September brought pack a large amount of new
and interesting geographical information. which
IL pretty nearly all that can be expected of any
polar adventure. Franz Josers Land II Is
found. does not extend beyond 50 de-
grees north latitude. and open sea lies north
OF It. ellis Land and Oscar Land have no ex-
istence, and Petermsn Land may be equally
imaginary. The Gerlacher expedition. which
started from Antwerp In August. has not yet
been heard from. but will begin Its explorations
in Graham Land, south Of Terra del Fuego. next
summer and taxa observations for the south
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-01

II two parallel and competing railroads can
AFFORD to carry passengers for less than Ave cents
apiece. one railroad. enjoying monopoly OF tho
trafYlc. can certainly DO So 1t would be great
deal better for a municipality to compel road
enjoying one Of its franchises to reduce Its rate
OF fare than to seek tho same end by giving
away q franchise to . competing road TO
parallel II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-01

Just twelve men and one woman at the an
nual meeting Of the Golden Club yesterday
Poor old club! Not even sixteen to one" And
IN tho full monday Of tho Cobdenic gospel
tool
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-01

II General Clay's child wife would return TO
her husband and forthwith disappear from view
the public would be relieved and grateful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-01

another case Of developing our own resources
instead OF sending SS0,000,0OO year to enrich
the farmers and manufacturers of other couh'
tries
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
A QUEER BELIEF,
The Place of Torment to Which Wicked
IiuddhIats kre ConsIgned,

The Place of Torment to Which Wicked
BuddhIsts Are Consigned.
The place of torment to which all
wicked Buddhists are to be assigned on
the day of final reckoning is terrible
place Of punishment. The Buddhist;c
hell is sort of apartment house, d.
vided into eight easy stages" In the
first the poor victim is compelled 10
walk for untold ages in his bare feet
over hills thickly set with red-hot
needles, points upward. In the second
stage the skin is carefully filed or
raspcd from the body and irritating
mixtures are applied. In the third
stage the nails, hair and eyes are
plucked out ard the denuded body
sawed and planed into all sorts of far
tastic shapes.
The fourth stage is that OF "sorrow-
full lamentations" In the fifth the left
side of the body and the denuded head
are carefully rooster, Yoma, the BUD
dhist Satan, experimenting the work.
In the sixth stage the arms are torn
from the body and thrown into an i'm
mense vat among the eyes, nails and
hair previously removed. Then in
nlain hearing of the sere=footed, blind,
manned, roasted and bleeding victim
the whole horrid mass Is pounded into
Jelly. In the seventh stage the other
side of the victim and his feet are roast
ed brown and then comes the eighth
md last stage, in which the candidate
IS thrown into the bottomless pit Of
Derlition.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
Famous Mon as brunkaras.

The question as to whether great men
are ever drunkards must be answered in
The affirmative, though argument is fire.
quently made to the contrary. Cato was
o hard drinker, while in the language of
one writer old Ben Johson was con-
stantly picked" The poet Savage
used TO go on the hardest kinds OF
"tears," and Rogers observed, after
seeing his own statue; ut is the first
time I have seen him stand straight for
many years" Byron says of Person,
the great classical scholar: 81 call never
recollect him except as drunk OF bru-
tai, and generally both" Keats was on
o spree once that lasted six months.
Horace, Plato, Aristophanes, Euripides,
Alcaeus, Socrates and Tasso. of the old
timers, and Goethe, Schiller, Addison,
Pitt, Fox, Blackstone, Fielding, Sterne
and Steele were all hard drinkers at In
tervals.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
much T syInpotbize with YOU"

much I sympathize with you"
st don't think quite understand who
it is that you mean," said the college
graduate.
The young lady looked displeased and
somewhat astonished.
"Why, the one in the poem" she said.
q little impatiently.
81 suppose ! am very stupid" began
the young man. The girl looked ready
to cry.
"Now you are talking like Jack agar"
she said, land you are looking like him,
too. You don't look ut all as you ought,
anyway. You are horrid."
The college graduate moved uneasily
in his chair.
81 am very sorry that do not please
you," he said.
Didn't you love that girl whom you
wrote about in the poem at alp" in
quired the girl, between despair and q
last faint hope that there was o mis-
take somewhere.
The college graduate rose to the stu
alton.
"My dear young lady," he said, in
q fatherly tone, there never was any
such girl"
"Then how could you write that
poem?",
The college graduate hesitated and
thought.
81 don't know" he said, at length.
"Did you just make it up, every bitT'
81 suppose I did"
"Then 1 think you are fraud" said
the young lady, with conviction. And
to think" she added, chat 1 have read
that thing over hundreds-yes, thou
sands Of timesl" The disappointment
was too great. Her pretty eyes filed
with tears and she began to sob VIC
lently.
The college graduate felt like q Gull
prit He tried to comfort her, but she
would have none of him. He had to
leave her there weeping wildly into a
silk pillow on the couch.
The college graduate went home very
thoughtful, and when he reached his
lodgings he got out his copy OF Inc
monthly and read his poem. He could
eelhimself blushing as he read it. When
he had finished he flung the magazine
into the open fireplace. A half-fnished
verse beginning: "Love, thou hast for
gotten, but my heart" followed the
magazine. It was the beginning of the
end, and the college graduate was
cured.
Meanwhile very angry young lady
had found her way tearfully to her
room and turned the key in her door.
A leafJhad BEEN wrenched from maya
zine and cast, in thousand fragments,
into the waste-paper basket. The col
lege graduate was not the only one
that had been cured.-Demorests Maya
1inn
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
HEATING AND VENTILATION.

Every Room In tho House Should BE
..s Properly Provided.
To have good health, one must have
ON abundance of fresh air to breathe.
Women, as q rule, do not get this, prin-
cipally because our houses are improp-
erly ventilated, and in order to have
fresh air, one must have draughts and
be exposed to the danger of taking cold.
1t is safe to say that one may take
the houses through any section of the
country by course, and on the average
not one in a thousand will be found
with facilities for ventilation, which
were provided When the house was
built.
Scientific fresh air supply is subject
that architects and builders seem to
leave entirely out of their calculations.
In very many instances the furnace OF
heating apparatus draws its cold-aiI
supply from the cellar. The sanitary
condition of this kind of hot air is
something dreadful to contemplate.
Most cellars are merely incubators for
germs of various sorts. Even if the eel
lar is kept approximately clean, there
is the white and blue mold that are Incl
dent to damp walls and underground
places of all sorts. When in addition to
this there are to be found in almost all
corners decaying vegetables and animal
matter, the situation becomes one that
really demands the attention OF the
health authorities. But oblivious of
this condition of things, the unthinle-
ing householder gives free access to
the air from this hot-bed of disease into
the hot-air chamber of the heater.
While the temperature may suffice to
destroy some of the germs, it Is not suf-
ficient to remove those that are the
most dangerous. On the contrary, the
high degree of heat develops, propa-
gates and raises them to life, and they
come into our living rooms strong as
an army with banners. They enter our
lungs, settle upon our food, mingle with
our beverages, and, finding lodgment
IL the milk supply, they increase there
with the utmost rapidity, creating a
condition within very short period
that makes the milk little moro nor
less than rank poison. One of the first
requisites of healthful atmosphere
in a dwelling is to provide a fresh-air
supply, taken from a point several feet
at least above the ground level. 1t is
absurd to say that there will be no
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18

NO WONDER PEOPLE STARED.
Sho i1.ad Used Pair of Her Husband'd
Trousers as q Shawl

s"~NN oO~-
Trousers as q Shawl.
She Is q noted housekeeper, and it is
her proud boast that she can always
find any article in her house without q
light, be the night ever so dark, and that
in case of her sudden demise no ono
need blush for the condition of any cup
board in her dwelling.
The other evening she was going out
with her husband, but it seemed rather
hard for them to get started. Once she
returned to turn back the rug before
the parlor fire, and once to give the cook
an order. The husband heavcd sigh Of
relief as they finally reached the pave
ment, but it was cut short by his wife's
rxclamation: There, it is really cold,
md I have on this thin little jacket. ]
must 60 back and get my old brown
shawl"
Look here, how many times are you
going back, anyhow" demanded her
husband. "You will be oil tired out be-
fore we start"
"Well, John, dear, if you insist upon
it, you may get it for me- You need
not make q light to find it. 1t is hang
ing on the third peg on the right hand
side of the cupboard in the back room
upstairs
but that is where my things are
kept"
az know, dear, but since have given
away all your old things to the nice,
polite tramp there is plenty of room
/ keep Just o few things there because
they are old and smell so strong OF
moth balls; knew you wouldn't mind.
But do go at once; you are making us
so late! Don't light the gas-oh, he's
gone. How impatient men are"
Five minutes later he came back with
jammed thumb and no shawl.
"Just like man," she said, and went
up to fetch it herself, returning almost
Instantly with a nicely folded garment
hanging over her arm. II shan't need
it going, after ALL" she said; but !
may coming back. I found 1t just
where told you it was, DEAR
After spending pleasant hour OF wv
upon the friends upon whom they had
called they started to walk home, and
after they had gone block or two she
threw her shawl carelessly about her
shoulders, not without remark as to
the neatness of her cupboards and her
ability to find things in the dark.
AS they slowly strolled toward home
several people turned to look after
them, with almost audible smiles. caus-
ing her to say, complacently:
st do believe that people take us for O
pair of lovers, John"
To which John, mankind, replied:
"Blamed idiots!"
People certainly did behave oddly,
and couple of small boys even fol-
lowed them home with mirthful shouts.
"What can be the matter?" she said.
"To be sure, my shawl is old-fashioned,
but 1t can hardly be that"
The husbands key was in the lock by
this time, and, as she followed him into
the parlor, she caught a glimpse of her
self in mirror. Instead of shawl she
had q pair of her husbands trousers
gracefully draped about her shoulders!
-Chicago Times-Herald.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
SUPERSTITION AND INSURANCE
Some Curious Views Taken of tho Matter
from Religious Motives.

Some Curious Views Taken of tho Matter
from Religious Motives.
When life insurance was first intro.
duced some persons looked upon it as a
violation of divine law, which prohibit
cd any proposition to make compensa'
ton for passing away to eternal rest
in defiance of the will and act of the
Supreme Being. 1t was thought to raise
the presumption that the policy writer
could control life as he did personal
tiles, and the impression existed that =
contract was to be entered into to buy
them q life for monetary considera'
ton. This superstition yet exists
among some people, illustrated as fol-
lows: An aged colored pastor once con-
suited an insurance agent upon obtain
lug policy upon his life. He made in
curry if there was not some other way
by which he could secure On inheritance
for his family, for, he said, as God had
given him his life he had come to the
conclusion that it would be violation
of religion to intrust it to o corpora
ton that had no soul, and it seemed
like tempting Providence to enter
into contract with corporation on
nero speculation.
Possibly this pious man was under
the impression that he was on straight
transit route to Heaven and possessed
means to enter its gates, which might
be prevented by an impious act such
rs be declared would be the acceptance
of a policy on his life written by human
hands. He did not place any respect on
the indemnity promised, but said that
he was confident that his reward in fur
ture life could not be granted by any
man or association. 1t is not intended
to be understood that such thesis is now
prevalent in civilized communities, fol-
those who neglect to make provision fot
those dependent on them after pass
ing away commit as great q sin as the
pious minister apprehended he would
have been guilty of had he accepted 0
policy on his life.--Views,
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The Assyrians became nation at
the founding of Ninevah, 2245 B. c.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
TRIMMINGS FOR SKIRTS.
How They May Be Used TO Advantage IN
Remod cling.

In makingsover an old gown the M,
present fashfM of trimming skirts will
be found most useful. A skirt almost
invariably shrinls from seasons wea!
and after tits taken apart and sponged
It is sure t3 measure too short by sever
al inches.
In remaking a skirt never lengthen
at the waist. Such aproceedingwills spoil
the hang of 1t quicker than anything
else.
When plain skirts were worn it was
impossible to lengtlen skirt witho1!
unsightly piecing. Now, however, the
bottom of the skirt may be pieced and
then trimmed to conceal the piecing.
For street gown braid is the best
trimming. Hercules or soutache braid
is favored and should be put on in two
or four row clusters. If the wearer is
short, two rows as near the foot as PCS.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
The GATHERING INSTINCT.

A Case In Which 1t Was Strongly Dos
veloped and Persistent.
There was q w:stful expression on his
face as he strolled up to the box office OF
the theater. He stroled his beard with
an assumption of nonchalance and said
to the young man who was selling
tickets:
"Be We goin' ter hev anythin' goin'
on here tonight"
"Ycs, sir" was the answer. 1--WE have
performance here every night" !
Crowded houses?" !
ooh, 1 guess we can find place for
you if you want to go in"
~ wouldn't want anythin' very ex-
pensive. Most any place 'ud do fur
me-"
1--WE can sell you seat for 25 cents"
That's rock-bottom prices, is it?"
ave can't give any discount on that"
oval, dunno. Would ye sorter do me
o pus'nal favor?"
1t was dull day and the man in the
box office was a little lonely, and to
keep the conversation going he an
swered:
Eyes, if you don't ask me to pass you
into the show for nothing"
"T wouldn't make no sech request es
that. I'm willin' to pay fur my amuse-
ment, or go without. But would you
take two five-cent stamps in part pay
ment?"
"Yes. We can use them"
"An' I've got dime with hole in It.
Would ye jes ez soon let that go in fur
eight cents? That's discount of two
cents on account of the hole"
The ticket. seller was thoroughly
amused by this time, and he answered:
Eyes. Let's have it."
'SThat'll make 1S cents I reckon
you'll want seven cents more"
am afraid I will"
oval, here's the IS cents. I'll como
around ter-night an set down anywhere
We put me, an when We think I've seen
1S cents worth We kin send one o yer
hired men around an notify me. III
git right up an go out. an there won't
be any disturbance whatsomever
1--WE can't do anything like that.
You'll have to buy ticket for the whole
show or not go in at all"
oval, there's only one thing kin Of
fer We. Ye kin take yer choice. I'll give
We this here jackknife that paid
quarter fur less'n year ago, an which
only hez one blade out O the three
broke. Err I'll give we this ten-cent piece
of chewin' terbacker which I was goin'
ter take home ez present ter tho hired
man."
T-I don't see how we can do any
thing like that"
at 'ud be great accommodation"
GAIL right" said the amfable ticket
seller. 'IIand over the jaclkknife." Aud
he threw him out ticket.
81 know We amt runnin' no junk
shop" the applicant said, us he passed
over the cutlery, "an' Tn much obliged
ter We fur maxim this exception. I
hated ter go way wethout SEEM the.
aytcr show. but eff I wus ter hev paid
real money out an out I don't think
Mehitabel would ever forgive me fur
it. But the postage stamps 'ud likely
hev got lost before I got chance ter
use 'em, an / couldn't pass the dime. an
I've got another jackknife. So ez long
ez jes' traded in fur it kin enjoy the
actin weth a clear conscience nm go
home an tell Mehitabel ali about 1t. -
Detroit Free Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18

SIG : r;5~ ~ .7ulS g:rf may have
the braid sewcd in q Grecian border
around her skirt il her gown ends at the
ankle.
Skirts intended for indoor wear are
prettily trimmed with ruches. with
may be of silk or of dress material. II
OF silk, frayed edges save time and give
On additional touch of beauty. The
ruches may be put on close around the
foot or ten inches up. A band of fu,
sometimes replaces the ruche. II
should, however, be of good quality 10
wear well and is, therefore, way above
the heads of ordinary mortals.-Chi'
cago News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18

draught in the cold-air flues open at the
level Of the second floor. The moment
the heat begins to rise through the
pipes, it draws its supply from the cold
air below it, and, with q properly ar
ranged fue, there is not the slightest
difficulty in getting the most perfect
action. Every room in every house
should have q ventilator either at the
ceiling or the A.oor, or both.
In one Of the best arranged houses
ever constructed there was ventilator
eight inches by twelve In the dashboard
OF every room. Thisl'as connected with
O pipe that ran to the kitchen chimney
and was Embedded IN the masonry. The
beat of the chimney created continr-
Gus current, and drew out the cold AMI
stagnant dir at TIE floor.
When the hot-a!r register was open
steady draught was made, and with
very slight opening in the ceiling ven
tilator, the most perfect conditions
were secured. When there is no pro
vision made for ventilation, the very
best substitute is window slightly
lowered from the top. Another way is
to raise the lower sash and put fitted
strip of board in the open space, then
close the window down upon it, leav.
ing about three-fourths of an inch
open between the two sashes. This,
however, is but malleshift, and does
not fill the place Of properly arranged
fues with gratings that can be opened
and closed at will.
When the heat is first turned into u
room it Is of great advantage 10 open 0
window from the top for the space Of al
inch or so. This gives opportunity for
circulation of air, and the room warns
up much more quickly. When the heat
comes into O. room filled with cold ali
without any escape, it simply beats
against what IS practically o cold-aiI
cushion, and makes very little Roadway
All housekeepers ought to study the
principles of ventilation and be able in.
diligently and practically to regulate
the fresh-air supply of their homes
N. Y. Ledger.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
a n K

President Isaac Lewis of Sabina, Ohio;
is highly respected all through that
section. He has lived in Clinton Co.
- years, and has been president Of
the Sabina Bank 20 years. He gladly
testilics to the merit of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, and what he says is worthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
to their needs, 1t makes pure, rich,
red blood. and from this comes nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive strength.
az am glad to say that Hoods sarsaps-
rilla is a very good medicine, especially
as blood purifier. 1t has done me good
many times. For several years suffered
greatly with pains OF
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18

in Hindoostan small animal, called
the mongoose, is kept in most house
holds to kill snakes. 1t Is not afraid of
even the most Tenomous, and so agile Is
1t that the quickest serpent is NO match
for It.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18

The Lapps are first mentioned as
being conquered by the Swedes and
Norwegians in the Thirteenth century.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18
Neuralgia

in one eye and about my temples, es-
pccially ct night when 1 had been having
e hard day OF physical and mental labor.
Itook many remedies, but found help only
in Hoods sarsaparilla which cured me of
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has proved itself true
friend. I also take Hoods Pills to keep
my bowels regular, and like the pills
very much" ISAAC LEWIS, Sabina, Ohio.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-02-18

The Assyrians became a nation a
the founding of Ninevah, 2245 B. c.