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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
TIE MINORCANS.

Tbe First Slaves Brought 20 This
Country Were White.
Down on the Eillsborough river, in
VoIusia county, Fla, there are the
ruins of one of the Oldest settlements
in this country, and its history forms
one CT the most tragic episodes ever
recorded of any place in the United
States. The place is called New
Smyrna, but there is nothing new OF at
tractive about it, except the orange
trees, The palmettos and green vines
which nature distributes lavishly
around. There is one class OF people in
the south who can never be induced to
visit New Smyrna, and the very sound OF
the name makes them shrink and turn
their heads aside in shame or anger.
In de streets cf ST. Augustine To-
day one occasionally catches a glimpse
Of a tyne of American beauty that fair
lv takes the breath away, and again he
sees traces Of the type in solnany other
faces that he unhesitatingiy attributes
them all to the same source. There are
only a few pure-blooded Minorcan
women left in this country, but the
blood of these ancient slaveahas mingled
with that of our noble southern fam
lilies and perpetuated in Il degree a
beauty that is now rarely seen. What
the Creole blood has done for so many
women in New Orleans the Minorcar
blood has accomplished Cor the inhab'
itants of Florida. The wondrous eyes
the regular, classic features and the
beautiful hair are al worthy CT the
Cree; siave-their real ancestral proto
type.
The story of the Florida Minorcansi is
interesting, dramatic, tragic. They
were the first slaves brought to this
country-and white slaves at that!
They suffered the horrors OF a slavery
Which was unregulated by law ant
which would have made the scene il
"Uncle Toms Cabin" commonplace
The existence of this white slave col
ony in the south was only nine years
but in that length of time enough sor
row and misery were compressed t.
fill half century.-Detroit Free Press
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
RACE WITH A TROLLEY CAR.
A Wandering Dog Makes Test of
Ills Speed.


1t is not often that dog insists upon
the right of way in opposition TO an
electric car, but This is what small
black dog did on Fullerton avenue on a
recent afternoon, and for a considera-
Bile distance held doggedly to his way,
despite the changing of the car gong,
the shouts of the motorman and the
rumbling of the car which at times
threatened to run him down.
His appearance did not convey the
impression that he was extracting any
particularly enjoyment from the affair,
but, however that may be, he kept the
track directly ahead of the car for near
!y mile, and when he did finally draw
off it was evident that WEAKNESS yeas
the impelling motive.
There was something about the dogs
actions, however, that suggested that
lie thought he possessed quite as much
speed as the car, and was anxious to
try conclusions with it, for from the
moment he Bounced on the track
ahead OF the car until he finally drew
out of the way he maintained an eX-
ceedingly high rate Of speed. In fact,
for considerable distance he easily
held his own, but after about mile had
been travelled he began to lag a little.
Then the car began to draw nearer to
him, and q little further on began to
crowd him, but lie held his way and
never once looked behind.
Soon he began TO show signs of dis
tress. His tongue protruded long
way and he faltered occasionally, but
still he showed no signs of quitting.
The clang Of the cars gong and the
shout Of the motornan attracted the
attention Of people along the street,
who stopped and viewed with amused
interest the strange race. Several times
it seemed as if the dog would certainly
be run over, but at the last moment he
would let out another link and draw
out of danger.
Whether he had completed the dis
lance he had laid out for himself, or
concluded that the car was too speedy
for him, must be matter of conjecture,
but, in any event, just before Clybourn
avenue was reached he pulled off the
tracl., stopped a moment, shook him
self, gave a glance toward the passing
car and walked over to the sidewalk,
where he lay down and rested, with
every cridence of satisfaction with him
| ea1f-Cbicao 90 Tribune
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
OLD AND NEW SCHOLARSHIP.
The Fashion Changed in This rs IN
All Other Things.

The Fashion Changed In This rs IN
All Other Things.
"Thc tune of the time" changes for
scholarship as for all the pursuits Of
men. We look back with certain re-
spcctablc amazement to the days when
every scholar wrote in Latin and de-
nounccd those who were immoral
enough to disagree with his views as
putrid, unsavory miscreants. It is not
so long since Hebrew was regarded as
an almost essential part of the pan
oply of a well-accoutered classic. Fifty
years hence English scholars, looking
back upon the history of classical study
in the nineteenth century, will prob
ebly note with surprise that in Eng
land it was distinguished by one prom
inent feature, the serious practice Of
Creek and Latin verse translation.
It cannot be denied that this has
been a prominent feature. While Eng
land was tagging as far behind Ger
many in pathological as in theological
research. she was celebrating verse
composition into the form of fine art.
So much brains, so much knowledge,
so much taste was spent on the practice,
so much pleasure was won from it, that
the creation of a tenth Muse charged
TO preside over Latin and Greek transla-
tions as her special sphere, might have
seemed at the court of Parnassus in
the SOS, 'GO's and '70's as a desirable
reform. But of late This fashion has
been declining, and it may soon become
obsolete. English scholarship has been
entering upon new paths, wooing the
favor Of grimmer diyinities. We have
been toiling all night to overtake Ger
many, and now we are grooming under
the yoke of facts and statistics and
other wearisome inventions. We have
been invaded by sc;ences-by archaeol-
orv in all her disguise, by comparative
philology, even by folklore. SyntaX
has also been developed into an analysis
of such ghastly form and feature that,
if Plato and Cicero had seen it in o
vision, they would never have had the
heart to write. Not year passes but
we have some disconcerting addition
to our knowledge and have to prepare
"new map with the augmentation OF
the Indies" A Sriend once speak
ing of the Giants Causeway observed to
me that it lid not please him; it looked
"too scientific" Classical scholarship
is growing too scientific. 1t will soon
become a branch of mathematics.-Lon-
don SATURDAY. Review.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
Wher q nInn Ts FIftr.

"a mans advancing age tells on him
in no other way more Enthusiastically
than in his habits of rising in the morn
ing" remarked Col. Peter Toliver, of
Philadelphia, recently. 81 am 62 years
old, and wake up every morning with
the sun. Time was when used to re-
gard it as hardship to be walked up
before eight o'clock. That was when 1
was young. When reached SO I began
TO wake with the sun, and no m alter
how late I sat up the night before l
found myself tired of sleeping beyond
the hour OF the suns rising. Many men
about so you meet now will tell you
that they find themselves sleeping less
than formerly, and are unable TO ac-
count for it. Whenever one of them
complains to me, know what his age
is, no matter how young he may look.
There is something in US that responds
10 reawallened nature when we reach
the half-century post in our journey
through life. and all the drugs in the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
CITERAIUREi
The Diseases of Modern and ei'e
Health Of CInssic Styles.

The Diseases of Modern and 1!,e
Health Of CInssic Styles.
Modern literature has been more or
less sentimental since Petrarch, NOR
bidly subjective strain has existed in
it since Rousseau, while of late quail
itv is beginning to appear which we
cannot better describe than as neurotic.
We simply say, to paraphrase an utter
ance of Chamfort's, that the success OF
some contemporary books is due to the
correspondence that exists between the
state Of the authors nerves ard the state
of the nerves of the public, Spiritual
despondency, which, under the name
of acedia, was accounted one Of the
even deadly sins during the middle ages,
has come in these later days to be one
CT the main resources of literature. Life
itself has recently been defined by one
of the lights of the French deliquescent
school as "an epileptic fit between two
nothings."
1t is 10 small resource to be able to
escape from these miasmatic exhala-
tions of contemporary literature into
the bracing atmosphere of the classics,
for of him who has caught the pro-
founder teachings of Greek literature
we may say, in the words Of the 'Imita-
ton" that he is released from a null
titude of opinions. We may apply to
authors like Sophocles and Plato and to
those who have penetrated their deeper
meaning the language the Buddhists
used to describe their perfect sage
language which will at once remind the
scholar Of the beginning of the second
book of Lucretius: when the learned
man has driven away vanity by earnest
ness, he, the wise, climbing the Ter
raced heights of wisdom, looks down
upon the fools. Serene ne looks upon
the telling crowd, as one that stands
upon q mountain looks down on them
that stand upon the plain. Atlantic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22

VIRGINIA: In the clerks Office o.
v Tazewell circuit court, July 9Th
1897.
]. H. Whitley and ]. w. Whitley, CON-
plainants,
vs.. In chancery.
D. P. Peery j. Fl. Peery,C. H. Peery,W. F
Harman,D. G. Sayers, trustee, E. W. Gil
lespie, trustee, Prick Company(a corpora.
tion), Greer Machinery Co., the names
of parties composing last mentioned
firm unknown, defendants.
The object of this suit is to subject the
real and personal property of D. Z. Peery
in Tazewell County, Virginia, to sale, to
satisfy two judgements Of $3.50 each, with
interest from 10Th January, 1897; one
of which is in favor of j. w. Whitley and
the other in favor of j. II. Whitley. The
above mentioned real property is situate
OIL Stony Ridge and the head waters of
Cavitts Creek in said county. And to set
aside and annul deed of trust executed
by D. P. Peery, June s, 1897, ofrecord in
county court clerks Office of Tazewell
County, deed book No. 40, page 200.
And it appearing from aflida-
Wit on file in said Office that Z.
w. Gillespie, Trustee, Frick Com
pany and Greer Machinery Company are
non-residents ofthe Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia, it is ordered that they appear here
within fifteen days after due publication OF
this order and do what is necessary to
to protect their interests in this slit, and
that copies hereof be Published and posted
as prescribed by law.
A copy. Teste:
II. BANE HARMAN, Clerk.
G. ". St. Clair, p. q.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
CAUSE OF CHILD SUICIDES.

some Late Cases which Have Set
Psychologists Thinking j.,
Psychologists are giving much heed
TO the child suicide. 1t is subject tnat
foretells much US to where the degen-
erative tendency so marked in these laV-
ter days is leading.
From all over the country, from time
to time, reports come of children OF
tender years who, almost invariably
through dependency, caused by Ill
treatment at home or by SINE unkind-
ness on the part of employers or play
mates, have sought to put away tle!T
own little lives. :.
The Initiative tendency in children is
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
INC Ua,ry varm ,-us1urc.

The pasture is the sheet anchor on
the dairy farm. Too much care cannot
be given it, No satisfactory substitute
has been discovered, nor is it in the least
degree probable that any will be. Stall
feeding is very well for beef cattle to
be butchered, but is slow death to the
breeding COW. Selling is an invaluable
ally to the pasture, but soiling can never
be made satisfactory substitute. a
given number of acres divided into two
or more pastures will give better re-
suits than if left in one Enclosure. The
Grass will be more evenly cropped,
therefore more uniform in quantity and
quality, and fewer weeds will grow
By changing the cows regularly from
pasture to pasture, q constant supply
of fresh grass may be secured through
out the whole season.-Rural World.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
SJINrs FOR SToCKMEN.
In breeding defects tend strongly t.
become hereditary.

In breeding defects tend strongly to
become hereditary.
Plenty Of warm sllim-milk will make
a calf grow and cold sldm-mill1 will kill
it.
II order to perform hard labor the
work horse must have plenty Of nutri-
tious food.
Every animal has just SO much
growth in them and no more. Remem-
Der this in feeding, especially for MIR
ket.
It will help to keep the horses with
a good appetite If the boxes and man
gers are cleaned out before fresh food
is put in them.
The growing pig should never be al
lowed to fall off in condition sufficient
TO retard it's growth, but should be kept
growing steadily until maturity.
While, with the majority of farmers,
pasturing can be depended upon very
largely during the summer, yet when
it is an item to keep as much stock as
the pastures will carry, it viii be found
good economy to grow some soiling
crops-Farmers' Union.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
IYcr pcrfincnt Query.


"Of course" she said, 81 realize that
you have every confidence in me, as you
say; but L must admit that it would be
a great satisfaction to me if you would
tell me why"
"Yes?" he said anxiously, as she
paused.
"-if you would tell me-" she re-
peated, "why it is that you deem it nee
essary to put your love letters through
copying PRESS
Then he instantly recalled that she
had once been q stenographer in bust
uess house and was ION to" his little
precautionary measure, so to speak,
Chicago Post.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
HUMOROUS.

-"See how white the upmire is get
,inq!" ''Yes, the bleachers are after
HIM" Detroit Journal.
-She-"I thought you told ne your
salary was ten pounds weeli"' He
oh, no; 1 said earned ten, but only
ret three. "-Tit-Bits.
She Snored.-"How does your wife
eleep?" asked the doctor Of the man
whose better half vas under his care,
Orally" said the man.-Truth.
-"Not every man is made a fool Of. "
remarked the observer of men and
things. "but every man has the raw
material in him."-Detroit Journal.
-o8liss Ruth Cutler, ofNew York, re-
Gently cleared Ligh-jump bar at live
8eet four inches" 1t is not stated
whether the animal just behind her
was a cow or a mouse.-Yonkers States
man.
The Dificulty.-"Well," said the
Greek general, glumly, 1--WE have learned
lesson YES" was the reply. The
thing I'm afraid of is that it's going to
lie a long time before we get an
cher chance to recite." Washington
Star.
Young Lady Ito married sister,
DO tell me an appropriate present 10
rive 4 new baby" Married Sister,
i5now lust the thing-these little jew.
eled safety-pins. Baby, darling, had
one given him six months ago and
have worn 1t ever since. Harlem Life
--Grigson-"Excuse me, Mitwin, but
wbv is it that people Of your name are
generally such COMPOUNDED bores?'
Mitwin-'I don't know. How many
persons of my name did you ever
ilnow?" Grigson-"By George! cons
to think of it, you are the only one
ever knew."-Boston Transcript.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
\ VIRGINIA: In the clerks Office of
NJ TazeN ell circuit court, July LIST,
" 1897.
Sose. trustee. defendant,

John 2. Gose, trustee, defendant,
vs.. In chancery.s
A. Phillip II. L. Bailey, j. b. 1reever,
Thomas Peery, A. st. Clair, j. IL.
Crockett, +. j. Collins, B. Moore, 9. w.
Keister and j. A. Greever, trustees,
Wartburg Seminary, corporation, and
A. Phillip, A. St. Clair, B. Moore, j. A.
Greever, J. II. Crockett, G. w. Keister,
Thomas Peery, j. B. Greeyer and E. S.
Greeyer, as individuals, together with
all the unknown creditors of }. B.
Greever, who are proceeded against as
parties unknown, defendants.
The object of this suit il to ask the dl-
rection of court Of equity in the sale Of
Wartburg Seminary, at Graham, Tazeweli
County, Va, under deed OF trust execu
ted by A. Phillip and others, trustees,
Wartburg Seminary, corporation. j. g..
Greeyer and 4. S. Greever, his wife, to j..
p. Gose, trustee, and of record ii Taze-
well County court clerks Office in deed
book No. 40, page l73 &c; in the payment
of the debts, secured in the said deed of
trust; and in the distribution Of the bal
ance Of the proceeds of the sale Of the said
Wariburg Seminary to the creditors Of the
said j. B. Greever. And happening from
affidavit on file in said office that II. L.
Bailey, T. j. Collins and Is. Moore, trus-
tees, and B. Moore as an individual, are
non-residents of the Commonwealth Of
Virginia, and that the creditors of ]. B..
Greever are unknown, it is ordered that
H. j.. Bailey, L. J. Collins and B. Moore,
trustees, and B. Moore as an individual, as
well as the unknown creditors of j. B.
Greever, appear here within fifteen days
after due publication Of this order and do
what is necessary to protect their interest
in this suit, and that copies hereof be pub
lished and posted as prescribed by law.
a copy, Teste:
Fl. BANE HARNAN, Clerk.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
The HooPA FLOWER DANCE.

Dainty Rite with Which an Indian
Maiden Attains yyomanhood.
When full-blooded Hoopa girl at
tains the age of young womanhood it
is the custom of the tribe to celebrate
the event by a ceremony lasting ten
days, called the flower dance. This
ceremony is conducted by the wom-
en- and medicine folks, and is attended
at the beginning by only few other
Indians. But the interest increases
from day to day, and by the end OF the
tenth day the whole population has
swarmed to the scene of the dance.
Each morning about sunrise the girl
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
The Little Worlds,

The latest enumeration of the as
teroids, or small planets, circling
around the sun between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter, shows that up 10 the
close of 1896 no less than 1920 had been
discovered. The number of new ones
found last year was 20, but sometimes it
turns out that the supposed discovery
OF another asteroid is really only the
rediscoycry of one that had been seen
before. They cannot be identified by
their appearance, since, except few Of
the larger ones, they are mere specks
of light, and the only way to keep track
of them is by studying the orbits IN
which they travcl.-Youth's Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
II. DaN- IINNNA-Nj OIOI NJ
Greever & Gillespie, p. q.

s |IRGINIA: In the clerks Office o.
! Tazewell circuit court, June 23rd
v 1897.
John c.. Freeman, H. 6. Peery and John
G.. st. Clair, late merchants and partners
in trade under the firm name and style
of Freeman q Co., who sue for the bene'
fit of II. o. Peery and John G. st. Clair
and Alexander Reynolds and f. W.
Compton, late merchants and partners
in trade under the firm name and style
ofRevnolds & Compton, who sue for the
benefit of Alexander Reynolds, COM
plainants,
VS.. In cbancery.
John w. Crockett, sheriff of TazewelI
county, and as such, administrator of s.
A. Dillon, decd, Jennie Hart, "A. j.
Lovely, Jr.. Jesse Lovely, Thomas T. Oh
lion, Thomas H. Dillon, Frank j. Dill
lion. Graf G. Dillon, /. Y. Dillon, j..
Dillon. Mamie 2. Dillon and s. +. Dill
lion, the last five Of whom are infants,
defendants.
The object of this suit is to enforce the
lien of judgment in the name Of Freeman
& Co., against I. p. Dillon and S. a. Dill
lion for S67 .4S with interest from July Sth,
1855, till paid, and eighty cents cost, and also
The lien of judgment in name Of Reynolds
e. Compton against said T.P. Dillon and 5.
A. Dillon for the sum of SAB with interest
thereon from July 7th, 1887 and 81 % costs
by sale of the lands owned by ). 4. Dillon
in her life time and also the interest OF L.
P. Dillon therein, and it appearing from
affidavit on file in said Office that Jennie
Hart, A. J. Lovely, Jr-. and Jesse Lovely
are non residents of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, it is ordered that they appear
here within fifteen days after due pu5lica-
ton of this order and DO what may be nee
essary TO protect their interests III thi: suit,
and that copies hereof be published and
posted as prescribed by law.
A copy. Teste:
II. BANE HARMAN, Clerk.
CHAPMAN & Gillespie, D. q.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
uuroncnDa as I7rnVcIcrs.

The frequency with which the rail-
ways are used in the various countries
of Europe has been tabulated with
somewhat interesting results. Eng
land, with its 100000 inhabitants,
leads, with Se4 100000 travellers on its
railways every year, or 20 travellers to
each inhabitant. Belgium comes next,
with 86,5Oo,o0O travellers for 100000
people, or II to 1. Germany holds the
third place, having 100000 travellers
10 100000 people-a ratio of 10 to /.
After which come in the order named:
Holland, with Z to l; France, to /;
Austria, to /; Hungary, to 1; and
Italy. with only two travellers to each
inhabitant. The smallest In proportion
TO the population is found on tho Rus
sian railways, where there ore three in
bnbitants for every traveller each year.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22
THE SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
Dr.. Greene's Hlervura is The Tuu0 KING
OF Medicines Med ici.l0ss,
More Powerful Than the Most Absolute Mon
arch, for 1t Creates Health and Strength.
DR.. Greene's Nervur2 the Greatest Cure
Known to Man.
,onld be kent

DR.. Grconcs Catllartic Pills should be kept
in tIie house, for t.icy arc the sac cure for
bilousress and coIstiration. Sugar coated,
cas- 10 take, certain and pleasant to act.
d.. Greene, b West :tii St., New York City,
who has the largest and most successful prac-
Tic; ia the world, can |: consulted free, per-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22

pnarmacopoeia WIN not arrest the
tendency 10 sleep no more after day
light comes. Tn the future, when a
friend complains to you of his inability
to snoozc after blooms SILVER off and
lights creep in just tell him that he
will find this habit fixed upon him for
the remainder of his life, because it is
a sure sign Of advancing ase."-st.
Louis Republic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-07-22

A low, spreading tree is least affected
by the winds.
The kind of soil has much TO do with
the quality of fruit.
Always remove dead or decaying wood
from growing trees.
It is not too late yet to fill vacant
places in the orchard.