Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-03-04

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the conductor, set him playing Goo
Save the King" and rushed back tc
apologize Next moment he returned
to the orchestra, equally furious-thd
IL, his double misunderstanding tho
band to resume Charley Over the Wa
ter" and the bewildered musician:
obeyed. There was ncva such a scene
in the presence of royalty. The officer;
of the guard in attendance made dasl
ut the band with swords, but those il
the secret blocked the way. Heideg
ger, dancing around the king, made in
articulate protestations and excuses
whilst his majesty stormed and threat
ened, making for the door The situc
ton became perilous. So the coun.
terfeit stepped forward, crying, with
passionate indignation: "Sire, the dew.
has taken my likeness to undo me. Look
at him!" Hcidegger saw his double
gosped, gibbered and fell senseless
One may think that longer and more
complicated business" might have
been developed from such an ingenious
hoax; but for a dramatic situation OF
it's class this could not be beaten.
IN some parts OF South America good
folks store all the glass and crockery
broken in the twelvemonth, and at car
niyal time put it into O. sack attached
to the lofty balcony by stout cord,
bot quite long enough to reach the
ground. When a desirable victim
passes beneath, the sack is quietly let
go-to be arrested with hideoug
crash, upon his very heels. 1t is cred
IDLY reported that foreigners unpre
pared for this jest have tumbled head
long at the shock, and others have
taken to their beds with an attack Of
fever. These are rare trlunlphs.
No time or place is sacred to the en-
thusiastic joker. Duclos tells, in his
memoirs, how the prince archbishop
of Cologne asked license to preach in
the royal chapel at Versailles, when
visiting Louis XIV. himself. All the
court assembled. 1t was April /. The
prince archbishop mounted the pulpit
in stately fashion, bowed from side 10
side, and stood moment as if collect
ing his thoughts, then shouted: april
fools!" picked up his skirts and ran.
At the Sistine chapel on Good Friday
each worshiper received a small whip
on entering. Three candles only burnt
on the altar. When the first was eX-
tinguished everyone threw off his coat;
the next his waistcoat; the third was
signal to fog himself in pitch darkness.
Sir Francis Eastwood, afteIward chan
ccllor Of the eXchequer, founder of the
Dilettanti club, and q parsonage whose
name dwclls in history, was visiting
Rome. He provided himself with q
stout riding whip and pot admittance
to the Sistinc; when the hogging be-
gan, instead of titillating his own Shout
ders delicately, he slashcd his Heigh-
bors right and left, with British whip
cord, conscicntiously laid on. The
scene is not yet forgotten in Rome.
Eastwood had made his arrangements
to escape. Horses ind servants stood
ready in by-street-he mounted and
rode for his life, but some of his follow
ers were captured, tried for sacrilea'c
and sent to the galleys, if we remember
right. 1t may be hoped that when the
reckless youth became a power in Eu-
rope he did not forget those poor ael-
lows.-London Standard.
ELECTRIC LIGHT KILLS TREES.
Destroying Branches That ire Near Them
Trees Need Sleep.
Electric light is killing the trees OF
Chicago. This is the discovery which
has been made recently by men inter
ested in botany and forestry, and ali
examination has convinced the sllepti-
cal of the truth of the statement,
Since the city was lighted by TIE
big arc lights, which ere placed at the
corners of the principal streets ind III
the middle of some Of the long blocks,
many of the trees have been gradually
dying. The decay has been slow, but
that is has been sure is perfectly true
in the opinion of those who study trees
with care and can note the changes
in their physical health day by day
Just as a physician can notice the slow
growth of disease in the human Being.
OF late the decay has become marked,
so that it may be noticed by the layman
as well as the trained scientist. Dead
branches may be noticed on many trees
in various parts of the city near electric
orc lights. Most of the trees, within
Is feet of arc lights, which have been
placed in their present position more
than a year or two ago, are dying rap
idly, and are nearly stripped to their
lowest branches And then on the
other branches the leaves have not
been as plentiful as in the past
The nearer the tree Is to the light
the greater the damage and the faster
they decay under the influence OF the
electric light, but even those within 4
hundred feet of the arc lights feel their
influence, although to a modified cX-
tent.
A stroll around the city shows the
same condition of affairs everywhere,
tlIlNl NlAOSS " ilO lAt.'S ~ J'NsNN '4''-
matter have Convinced themselves be
yond the possibility of mistake that
the electric light is responsible fer the
injury, and it is not, as some might
suggest, due to the smoke md noXiou3
atmosphere Of the great city.
y scientist interested in the matter
has been corresponding with botanists
in other cities, and he finds that the
same decay of trees placed rear electric
lights is noticed In every city. 1t Is
especially evident in Montreal and Phil
udelphia, the two best lighted cities OIL
the American continent.
The trees begin to lose their leaves
and the branches to gradually decay |
on top or on the side facing the lights
and gradually losing them downward. |
Tho theory of botanis+s is that the |