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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
HE LOST HIS BETS.
But lIis Steamer Made $4,000 Profit
on the Freight.

! But His Steamer Made $4,000 Profit
on the Freight.
From China comes the story Of sea
CAPTAIN who had an old and slow
steamer, and, finding that it would be
long time before he received full
cargo of tea, began to say that owing to
repairs that had been done to his en-
zines, he hoped to make very fast
rassage.
Everybody laughed at his boasts,
when, to their establishment, he began
to wager that he would make the fast.
est passage on record. The captains Of
other steamers eagerly took his wa
gers; but when he had thus venturcd
several hundred pounds, people began
to think there was something in it, and
the merchants sent their tea almost
entirely by his ship.
Of course the steamer, the greatest
speed of which was eight knots an hour
arrived in England weeks after the
others, and the captain lost his money;
hut he made nearly $4,000 profit all the
same.
Instead of having to stop in the Chi
nese port for months, waiting for a
chance of cargo coming in from the in
terror, he had cleared in few days, and
the owners, of course, paid the wagers.
But it was a trick that could not lie
nlayed twice
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
SPONGE FISHING.
Method OF Securing the Useful Art
cIes - Trying One.

Method Of Securing the Useful Art
cIes Is Trying One.
Lying on, his chest along the boats
deck, the sponge fisher, with his water
glass-a pane set in Il box fitted with
handles-looks down 40 feet into the
clear depths With one hand he grasp
and sinks i slender pole, sometimes 30
feet in length, fitted at the end witha
double hook. The sponge once discov-
cred, the hook is deity inserted at the
rock base, and by sudden Jerk IS de-
tachcd.
This curt description of what seems
the simple work of sponge fishinSgiveS
no idea of the real skill and eNertion
needed. The eye of the fisher has to be
trained by long experience to peer into
the sea and tell the commercially valu-
able sponges from those that are worth
less. lie must have Il def hand 10 de-
tach the sponge without tear.
Above all, while doing this with one
hand, he must manipulate with the
ether thewater-glass, as the waves sway
It Sideways and up and down. The
strain on eyes and body ismosti intense,
to say nothing of the cramped position
aad exposure to wind and wet, which,
first and last, make almost every sponge
fisher victim of acute rheumatism.
Yet, with al his arduous toll, IN expert
sponge fisher earns not more than $15a
raonth, besides his keep" on the boat,
which barely deserves the name OF en-
istence.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Who Taught Jesus.
For the TAzEwELL REPUBLICAN,

For the TAZEwELL REPU BLICAN.
If Others have been great teachers then
Jesus has been; and is not only great, but
greatest of moral teachers. One Of our
greatest Virginia educators, in correspond
ence with Col. Ingersol, asked him toname
the greatest nations of the earth in the or
der of greatness. Col. Ingersol began with
America and England, followed by Ger
many and the other European nations lie
was then asked to name the five nations
which were the most thoroughly Christian,
following the same order. Col. IngeIsol
did not answer. In one Of Goeth s last
conversations with Eckerman, said:
"I.et mental culture increase, let natu-
raf.seisaeas a-S;a9-z broadening a. deepen
ing in their progress, and }her-> an mird
expand as it will, beyor .eeiegation and
moral C 1lture of Christianity, as it CLEANS
and shines forth in the gospels, men will
never advance. His teaching has stood the
test of the 1868 years which have expired
since his death at Jerusalem. The teach
ing of no Other man has brought so many
dissolute characters to lives of righteous
ness. None other produces such men as
the Christian religion. True, many pro-
TESS to follow him and do not; but what
man can follow him truly, and not be pure
= and noble and good?
But now to the question who taught
Jesus? At what school did he learn?
There is no trace of his being in the pres
ence of learned men but once before his
public ministry began, and that was when,
at twelve years Of age He visited the tenn
pie. No other great teacher, if we may
compare teachers with him, began to teach
at so early an age as Jesus. The teach
ings of those who profess to teach moral
truth. and who succeed in any tolerable
deeIe, may be traced to his moral teach
ir But here is humble Gallilean, the
! ~ of a carpenter, who has not been
Eight by any man; who was never out
ide the province of Judea before He be-
$gan to teach; who began to teach when
only thirty years old, and taught for only
three years, whose teaching surpasses all
of the moralists of all the ages.
Jesus must have spoken the wisdom
which is from above. He must have
known what was in man-not alone in the
Jew of Palestine, but in man of whatever
time and place. A Chinaman Or an Afri
can who obeys his truth must be as surely
transformed as was Mary Magdalene. He
perceived not as the struggling scholar, bu
as being Himself the Light. He enlight
ened every question of morals with Hi
own Divine effulgence. He could never
be spoken CT as great student. Heis the
Great Teacher. |. ?. NJ.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Chem RaiIroadinG.

It is quite true, says the Engineering
and Mining Journal, that the kingdom
of Denmark does not possess very eX-
tended area, but the government, by
building railroads and buying those.
built by private enterprise has now sue
ceeded in giving to its Inhabitants a
very cheap means of locomotion. and at
the same time owns valuable asset for
a large amount of its national debt. The
freight rates are already the lowest
known. A bill introduced by the gov
erment proposes to abolish return
tickets and only to issue direct tickets
between oil stations. One will be able
to travel the whole length and breadth
of Denmark third-class for sum not
exceeding $3.50, and the distance COW
cred is about 300 by 200 miles. This Is
a reduction of so per cent.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
TO THE POINT.
Dicks Remark After the Accident
Had Happened.

Dicks Remark After the Accident
Had Happened.
One of the men employed in GER
tain Yorkshire stone quarry is man OF
few words. Indeed, his popularity with
his mates has been attributed to the
fact that Dick could never spare enough
words to get up decent quarrel with
anyone, says Clips.
The other day huge block Of stone,
weighing several tons, was being raised
by means of a steam crane. When near
the top the chain suddenly gave way.
Dick was at work 60 feet below when
tie accident occurred. Fortunately he
realized his danger, though only just
in time, and cprang from the ledge on
which he stood to another at some Dis
lance.
A second later and the huge block was
broken into q thousand pieces on the
solid bed of stone.
Trembling in every limb, the owner
of the quarry, who had witnessed the
affair, hurried to where Dick was stand
ing and seized him by the hand.
"Whatever would have happened IL
you had delayed your leap a second.
Dick?" he gasped.
The workman glanced back OF the
heap of debris on the ledge.
"a funeral" he replied, coolly Selling
his pick and preparing to resume work.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
A Yale story.

The Hartford Courant tells a story
of Yale in the old days. The boys used
to bride the printers devils" to get
proofs of the examination papers for
them. When the college authorities
put stop to this practice bright idea
seized one fellow, and he saved the
whole suffering party. He hired one OF
the printers lit was summcr) to wear
a pair of white trousers TO the office,
and at noon to sitdown on the form" in
which were locked the precious ques-
lions. The inky seat of that pair OF
trousers sold for a deal more than the
clothes were worth in their original
.spotlessness, and relief was secured.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
ARMEuL OF Fish.
Experiences OF Novice with Ills
First Salmon.


First Salmon.
Ones first salmon is an event. got
mine all alone, says Il writer in Scrib-
ner's Magazine. 1t was on the Dun
garven, on my way into TIE more re-
mote interior. In clear pool we could
see the green backs of the fish, big and
little, but they were not after our flies.
The. others went up the stream con-
siderable distance and ] remained by
the pool. 1t needs two men to land 4
salmon. Presently began idly casting,
just 10 try my new 1S-foot rod, and the
first thing I knew a fish was hooked lie
galloped around that pool, jumping out,
darting back and forth, and l waded
right in. After awhile got him pretty
tired.
l had no landing net Tor gaff, but there
was a smooth gravel bar 40 rods below
Then towed the unfortunate fish down
there, got him headed for shore and ran
straight back on the bar. Out he came,
Topping somersaults on the gravel. The
gut leader broke, but threw myself on
top of that salmon and clasped my arms
around him. He was slippery and
strong and I could not hold him. FL
nally Igotmy fingers in his gills,reached
for q stone and gave him three or four
merciless whacks over the head. Then
1 had him. was n sight to behold wet
and bespattered with mud and slime,
but Twas too proud as well as too nearly
out of breath for words.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01

ounce OF dust, as Hfssssss u, =,
low in water during six months5 =
railway traveller who takes a few hours
journey in dry weather has but to look
ut the state of his coat and of the car
rage seat to form an idea of the amount
of dust that must have entered his
mouth, the majority of which on touch
ing the palate and tongue is converted
into mud and swallowed. Thus, then,
it will be seen at once how many in
finitesimally small and how absolutely
innocuous is the daily portion of this
1000 tons of mud swallowed by Lon
doners and how little cause there is for
alarm in tie array of figures piled. up
by the scientific Investigator, who may
brighten weal1-mindcd people but does
not in the slightest degree affect the
ordinary man or excite in him any
feeling whatever save Indifference.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Vic noston Music aan ORGAN.

The great music hall organ, once the
pride of Boston, which has been stored
in a shed for the last ten years, is to
be sold. 1t cost more than $6o,C0O and
weighed nearly 10 tons. 1t was finished
on October 81, 1868, and the public was
invited to hear it on November 2. An
ode was written by Mrs james I.
Fields and was recited by Miss Char
lotte Cushman. Although it was looked
upon almost as a sacred thing and re-
ferred to as "the hope of art in future
years." it was kicked out in 1884 be-
cause more room for the permanent
orchestra was needed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Where water Was wanted.

In the Life and Correspondence OF
William Conner Magee, archbishop OF
York." the following relative to Span
ish manners may be read: Time is the
only thing that a Spaniard will waste.
Money and soap and water and other
things of that class he is extremely
parsimonious about. Apropos Of soap,
l was Mortified the other day at being
told that pretty young Rondacean
whose complexion had been admiring
owed this beauty to the constant use OF
white of eggs instead Of water at her
morning toilet, and am told that this
custom is very common among Spanish
ladies"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Living Species of Animals.

The editors of the Geological Record
have drawn up table that indicates
approximately the number Of the living
species of animals. The following are
the figures given: Mammals, $500; rep
tiles and batrachians. 400; tunicata
0O0; brachiopods, $50; crustaceans, 90
600; myriapods, 1900; cchinoderms
1900; coelenterata, 2,C00; protozoans
100; birds, 1850; fishes, 1900; mol
lusks, $4,000; bryozoans, 1,5o9; arach'
nids, 10000: insects, 100000: vermes
$3.50; sponges, 1900. General total
$4,000 distinct species.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
DRUNKEN BEES.
BumbIeDecs That Gave Evidence of
Feeling RcmOrSc.

Feeling Rcmorsc.
T. L. Williams, in note In the Jour
nal of Botany, points out certain facts
about bumblebees which will be of in
terest to some humans. lie says that
these insects often get drunk. Their
intoxicating tipplc is the honey pro-
duced by the crowded flowers of the
capitulate heads of certain compositae
and dipsasaetae. When the stage of in
toxication is reached it is indicated by
rolling on the back, striking the legs
wildly in the air, and general helpless
ness.
The bees rapidly recovered from the
effects, and in most cases were eager
to repeat the debauch; but one indi-
vidual which had been shut up in q
vasculum with copious supplies of cen
taurea scabiosa manifested the next
morning praiseworthy remorse and
disgust, raising its head and forelegs
as high as it could above the plants,
then hurrying away as aoon1s released.
The most dissolute species is Z ; neuter
Of bombus lapidcrius. The Ka1orse
probably indicates the presence oFthe
headache, which in the highest animal
of all is so provocative OF Good fesolu-
tons.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
MENELIK GOING TO EUROPE.

Abyssinian Potentate and Wife to
Visit Several Countries.
Among the items OF information
brought by the members of the Rus
sian sanitary expedition to Abyssinia,
who are now back none the worse for
their journey, that which treats Of the
regus' intended foreign trips is among
the most interesting, says London en-
change. Heretofore his martial maj
esty has not gone tripping aboard,
Domestic wars with turbulent and am
bilious Ras took up most Of his time
when he was not busy giving battle TO
the Italians. Now that military enter
prise has become somewhat slack, the
regus has conceived the plan Of travel
ing and seeing the world for himself,
lie loves France and Russia, he is said to
have declared, not merely Mt first sight
but before firsts sight. He has been cor
dally invited thither, and he and his
consort have accepted the invitation.
Noeus Menelik and Empress" Taitou
will first honor Russia with their pres
ence. coming to Odessa, and thence by
rail to ST. Petersburg. They will pro
coed to Paris to the exhibition $1,000,
and finally will call on the king of Italy
and the pope.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
NOT AIN INTERPRETER.
Testimony That Wns Too Much for
the LnWYcra.

Testimony Thnt was ZOO Mucn aoF
the Lawyers.
In dispute between the Indians and
the cannery men, according to the Sc
attic Post-Intelligencer, Il Mr.. March
was called as witness, and the way
in which he gave his testimony proved
puzzling TO the lawyers.
How long have you been in this part
of the country, Mr.. March?"
Forty, forty-fve, fifty, fifty-fve
years."
"Fifty-Gve years." said the lawyer
and then, as if he were addressing
Christopher Columbus, he asked:
"And what did you discover, Mr..
March?"
~ darli-visaged savage"
"Dark-visaged savage, eh? Yes, and
what did you say to him|'
81 said it was fine day."
Fine day? Yes, and what did he
say to your"
Mr.. March ratified off whole yarn
in Chinook, and kept on, to the mirth
Of the whole courtroom, unIi' Pc
emptorily cut off by the gavel OF the
judge.
II asked you what reply the savage
made to you, Mr.. March. Please answer
the question:" said the irate cross-ex'
0miner.
81 was answering"
TELL us what the savage said"
THAT was what he said"
Then tell it to us in English"
Not unless I am commissioned by
the court to act as an Interpreter and
paid the customary fee."
The lawyer thought moment looked
at the judge, who could not resist u
smile, and said, severely: "Mr. March,
you may stand down."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
ANTARCTIC lCE6ERGS.
Some OF Them Arc Fully Two Miles
Square.

Some OF Them Arc Fully Two Miles
Square.
The snowfall Of each year adds new
stratum to this ice cap, which is as dis
tinguishable to the eye as is the annual
accretion Of q forest tree, says the
Ladies' Home Journal. Thus IN
centuries have accumulated on Ant
arctica these SHOWS, which, by processes
of pressure, thawing and regulation.
have formed an ice cap that in places
exceeds 5000 feet in thickness. Through
the action of various forces-that Of
contraction and expansion by changing
temperature being, perhaps, the most
potent-this ice cap creeps steadily sea-
ward and projects into the ocean n per-
pendicular front from 1000 to 2,0C0 feet
in height. The temperature of the sea
water being about 20 degrees, the fresh
water ice remains unwasted, and the
ice-barrier plows the ocean bed unit!
through floating in deep water dis
ruption occurs, and the tabular berg is
formed. These bergs are of SIZE that
long taxed the belief of men, but it is
now well established that bergs two
miles square and 1000 feet in thickness
are not rare; others are as large as 30
miles in length and some nearly 5000
feet in thickness, their perpendicular,
sun-wasted sides rising from 200 to 400
feet above the sea.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
j, ;5E;E1 Win -raxlmg or orner rgnt ana

pi5Eed Win .-1aXimg or ornerFgnu ana
quick-fring guns, the car might con-
ceivably be used to charge an enemy.
Caran D'Ache several months ago made
what he calls "Automobilism in War"
a subject of one of his caricatures. He
imagines an automatic clockwork SOL
der running on wheels and serving
the double purpose of stalking-horse
and carrier of soldiers. kit.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
MOTOR CARS IN MODERN WAR.
british Military Men Engaged in Ex-
plotting q Novel Feature.


plotting q Novel Feature.
British military men are discussing
very seriously the possible uses in war
of the motor ,car-not of the imperfect
motor at which cabmen have jeered,
but of some idealized and perfected
motor car the pattern of which is still
laid up in the brain of an inventor. Mr..
Thornycroft, the torpedo boat builder
has already made some successful trips
in what he calls steam van, and Is
not without hopes of improving upon
his idea. Where good roads exist n
trustworthy motor car might be made
to do excellent service in carrying pro-
visions and ammunition. In modern
battle it might well seem to be as much
out of place as Queen Boadicea's
seythed chariots, but it might be made
useful as a kind of movable hospital
and for the conveyance of the wounded
to. the rear.- .Armor- plated End fur
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
A Wandering Lake.

The Swedish explorer of Central Asia,
Sven Hedin, gives the latest information
concerning the wandering of Lake
Nor in the Cobb desert, a phenomena
about which contradictory views have
been entertained. He says that Tarim
river, entering the lake from the west
brings down, during the period of high
water late in summer, a great quantity
of silt, which has the effect of driving
the lake, lying on the level floor of the
desert, toward the southeast. But the
summer wind, drifting the surface sand
and darkening, the heavens with dust,
blows rows, generally from the northeast and
it. too, tends IL drive the lake before it.
The combined effect Of the urging by
the wind and the river is to force the
lake southwark. YetSven Hcdin thinks
the migration of the lake is not constant
in direction, but it shifts back and forth
internationally, according as the cir
cumstances change.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
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One of the most strikir-- sights that
takes the attention CT the traveller in
Japan is that OF the wooden sandal
worn by the 35,O0O,oo0 CT people. Those
sandals have separate compartment
fer the great toe and make clacking
noise on the streets. Straw slippers are
also worn, and traveller starting out
on a journey viii strap a supply Of
them on his back, that he may put OH
new pair when the old is worn out.
They cost but cent and half pair.
They are rights and lefts, and leave
the foot free to the air. We never sec
those deformities of the foot in japan
which are so frequent in this country
They are never worn in the house, being
left outside the door. Passing down
street you may see long rows of them
at the doors, old and new, large and
smalI.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
MILD DIET OF LONDON.
/ sc.entlfic Person Publishes Some
Astounding Stntistica.

Astounding StE'iSSS'
There is nothing like dealing with
large figures and no doubt the state
ment by scientific person that London,
ers drink in the course OF year l'ooo
tons Of mud will appear to many 10
disclose terrible and most dangerous
state of things, says the London Stand
ard. Nothing could lie further from
the truth A thousand tons of mud
would mean, perhaps, about half Il
pound of mud to each person. 1t will
be certainly not too much to assume
that each half pound of mud does rot
contain more than two ounces Of solid
matter, probably much less. Now il is
certain that in the course of three or
four windy days in March each person
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Anatomy.

Hippocrates is looked upon by anato-
mists as the father of science. He died
in $40 B. c. The modern science be-
gan in Italy in the thirteenth century
The first anatomical plates, designed to
show the size and relative position OF
the bodily organs, were prepared and
colored by Titan. All the great painters
and sculptors have been careful stu
dents of anatomy. Michael Angelo,
Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci were
noted for their anatomical researches.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Did Not want Extremes.

A young contralto at Handel con-
cert which Sir Joseph Barnby was con-
Quoting. at the end of solo, put in a
high note instead of the less effective
note usually sung. This innovation
shocked the conductor, and he immedi-
ately asked whether Miss Singer
thought she was right in trying to inn
prove upon Handel. "Well. Sir Joseph"
said she, I've got an E, and don't see
why l shouldn't show it off," Miss
Singer" rejoined Barnby, Il believe you
have two knees, but hope you won't
show them off here"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
Her Fnith Conc.

The London Telegraph tells a story
about young curate of evangelical
views, who recently committed the in.
discretion OF smoking in the street. A
woman, enc of his parishioners, who
saw him. was so shocked that she inn
mediately renowned her belief in the
tbirty-nine articles.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-04-01
An old Loaf.

The Soar family, of Ambaston, Der
byshre, England, have a curious heir
loom in the shape of n loaf of bread that
is row over COO years old. The founders
of the family, it appears, were great
friends of King John. When that mon
arch died he made several land grants
to the Scars. One of these tracts, it ap-
pears, had always been conveyed with a
leaf of bread along with the writings, "
and the deed and the loaf are both kept
IN This dnv rs sacred relics.