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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
HOUSEHOLD WISDOM.
1t Consists in Avoiding the Small
Stumbling Blocks.

1t Consists In Avoiding the SinaiA
Stumbling Blocks.
A young girl once heard bit of wis
dom from the lips of very aged woman
"A woman who had rounded the full
term of 90 years, and with eyes still
bright and clear looked out upon the
inrolling waters of eternity. The girl
was impressed by the emphasis with
which the venerable dame said to her:
Bessie, never insist on having the last
word" The determination to have the
final word leads to more quarrels and
more bitterness of feeling at home than
almost anything else in domestic life.
The fact is, that one may so control her
tongue and-her eyes that she may allow
her opponent the pleasure of this COW
eted concluding thrust, and yet placidly
retain her own opinion, and in the
homely colloquial parlance of the up
country, where one finds strongwilled
people living together in great peace
with the most pronounced diversity of
characteristics, "do as she's mind to-"
Another bit of wisdom may be con-
densed into pithy sentence: avoid ex-
plantations. In some families nothing
is taken for granted. Every action,
every decision, every new departure,
every acceptance ar rejection of an in
vitation, must be endlessly talked and
fused over, explained and reeXplained.
In that way lie all sorts of stumbling
blocks. AS a rule, beyond your parents
or YOUR husband there is nobody who
has the right to demand Of you explana-
tons at each step of your onward path.
Don't give them. Establish reputa-
ton for keeping your own counsel. 1t
will serve you we'll in many crisis, and
be no end of comfort.
Again, don't be forever setting people
right. There is household fend with
q memory for dates and details, who
can never sit still and hear papa say
that he went downtown on Monday at
eight, without correcting the state
mcnt with the remark that the hour
was half past. If mamma happens to al
lude to Cousin Jenny's visit as having
occurred last Thursday, this wasplike
impersonation of accuracy interposes
with the statement that it was Friday
not Thursday which brought Cousin
Jane. A dozen times q day eXasperat-
ing frictions are caused by needless cor
rections of this sort, reflections of this
sort, referring to matters where exact
ness is not really imperative, the affairs
in question being unimportant, and no
collation. of truth being for an instant
intended.
a manifest bit of wisdom is to re-
frain from criticism of food. The sauce
may not be quite piquant enough, the
salad may be wilted, but in the name of
decency say nothing about it in either
case.
Silence is golden in nearly every in
stance where a defect obtains in the
home economy.
To abstain from superfuous apologies
is also the habit Of discretion.
There should seldom be the occasion
for apology in the household, where all
would do we'll and wisely to be constant
ly gentle and courteous.-Woman's
Home journal
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
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COLTS ON THE FARM.
How to Make Them Profitable An
More Ways Than One.

More ways Than Ones
So long as teams are necessary on the
firm to do the work, with proper man
agement the raising of good colts can
be made to some extent at least prof
liable. A good team or teams of brood
mares can do nearly or quite as much
work as horses, says a writer in Ne
craska Farmer, and if kept in q good
condition and properly bred to good
eire will bring a good colt. Outside
of the cost of service it will cost prac-
tically nothing to raise until it is ready
to wean. Then after itis 21a years DID,
if proper care has been taken in train
ing, it will be able to do,suficient work
to pay for keep until matured. So that
under average conditions the cost OF
service and of feeding for two years
will make the cost of the colt. We are
driving a team of good youngihorses'
one three and the other four years DID,
that were raised in this way, and they
are able to do q very large amount OF
work. And anything like a fair coltw1il
sell for double the cost of the feed'for
two years. By the time one team OF
colts has matured sufficiently to be
ready to sell another younger team
can be ready to do the work. Of course
good mares should be kept, and4they
should be bred to good horse. 1t Is
hardly advisable to keep and breed a
plug mare, and especiallyif she is bred
to a scrub horse. a colt from 81 mat
ing of this kind would hardly sell at q
profitable price, and there is no good
reason for raising a colt of this sort.
Average good mares can be secured so
cheaply that it is economy to have good
mares and breed to good sires, using
all reasonable care to raise good colts,
and if there is anywhere that they can
lie raised proftably it is on the farm
where the mares can be used to an adj
vantage in doing the work and the colts
may be used sufficiently to pay for their
keep as soon as they are old enough.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
PLAN OF A SMALL BARN.

small farmer. The barn proper is 32x42
feet and should be 20 feet to the caves.
There is good grain bay 14x32 for the
grain in the sheaf. a threshing floor
14x32 with two decks overhead each
10x14. On one of these decks, out Of the
way of the other things, should be the
oat and bran bins, with spouts lead
ing down to the small feeding boxes
just in front Of the managers. Thus the
feed is always convenient to get at, yet
the bulk of it is not in the way. 1t is
an easy matter to fill these bins by
means of rope and pulleys. There is
room for three horses and five COWS.
At the end Of the barn may be built
a wagon shed, with hog pens, sheep
stables, or calf stables, with storage
room above for corn, hay, etc. This
barn ought to be built complete for
$500 to $500 with plank frame, the
cost depending upon wages and price of
materials, as we'll as upon the style of
finish.-John L. Shaver, in National
Stockman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
ME-. Lawrence. eagerly.

Mr.. Lawrence, eagerly.
"Well, I rode that cane all over the
house, upstairs an down, an SO you
an the Iady-was that my mamma p
YOU an she used to call me Trotty.
o. course, you know, can't member
everything, for must "a been a pretty
small kid then; but when 1 heard that
bill read it seemed to bring back lots
O. things as I'd forgot all about. l
member one day man comm round
with music organ, an follered him,
ridin' on my cane an not noticin' where
I was goin'. BY N by I got tired, an it
was gettin' dark, an 1 cried for my
mamma. An then the grinder give
me ride on his organ, an took me
home with him.
"Next day he promised to take me
home, but he didn't do it. He took off
my dress an put some pants on me,
which he said was more proper for
man; an I thought so too. An then
we went way out into the country an
walked good many days, and he allus
said he was tryin' to find my home.
One day we come to town where
there was a blind man named Scroggs,
an the grinder sold the cane with the
birds head to the blind man. 1 cried
when he took the cane away, an after
we had gone up the road ways l
turned an ran back 10 the town. l
expected the grinder would chase me,
but he didn't, an when l got to the
town found the blind man a walkin'
with my cane. He wouldn't give 1t up,
but he said if l would come with him
an lead him back to the city he'd find
my folks for me again. Sc went with
him, an he was pretty good to me, was
Scroggs. An he said l got more PEN
MES for him than he ever got before,
an that I'd better stay with him an
see the world.
"Wcll, after awhile we come back to
the city, an we've lived here ever since.
I s'pose if Scroggs hadn't been blind
he'd "a read your bills an give me up,
cause he liked money pretty well; but
neither O. US knew as anybody was
huntin' for me. Bout a year ago
5croggs died, an l went to work for
Dick Rogers, postin' bills. Everybody
called me Scroggs an thought 1 be-
longcd TO the blind man, but l allus
'membered as my name was Trotty,
an I've got the cane, sir, over to Dick
Rogers place"
Mr.. Lawrence listened attentively to
this story, which Trotty told very sim
ply and earnestly. When It was ended
be took the boy tenderly in his arms.
THANK God, my darling" he said,
that we have found you at last!"
A few minutes later, when Trotty
aad shyly released himself from the
embrace of his sobbing but delighted
mother, who had recognized her boy at
the first glance, he remarked, casually:
II s'pose there's no use postin' the
rest o them bills?"
NO" said the father, with smile,
"the bills have fulfilled their mission"
'But the $1,000 reward?" asked the
boy, anxiously.
"Why, really, Trotty," replied the hap
Ply father, as he bent down and kissed
the bright face, 81 believe you've earned
that reward YOURSELF"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
RINGING THE BULL.

Talk In q Natural Voice and Avoid
All Excitement.
As with other work, there is right
way and wrong way to do this job.
Avoid all buster and excitement. Keep
your voice down and talk naturally.
Plan so as to work quietly. Loud talk
and big jumps excite the animal, and
excitement is what should be avoided.
Impress him with the idea that you are
able to handle him with ease, and to so
impress him you must be prepared to
handle him with case. The bull is
brute and a cunning one. He delights
in "bullying," in frightening dogs,
women, children, nervous men-any-
thing and everything he can-but he is
cunning enough to look as meek and
harmless as q kitten when it suits his
W him to don his garb of meekness. But
don't let him fool you, and whenever
you touch him have things arranged so
you can master him. Before trying to
ring him have him fast. A dehorning
chute is good thing for holding him,
but post or manager, with chance to
tie to timber we'll in front, will an
swer Tie high and short. Have ready
a three-cornercd file with the point and
edges ground sharp. Thrust it through
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Vanity In Children.

Mothers are often responsible for the
vanity which they may deplore in their
daughters. The atmosphere OF the
home is too largely one of millinery and
mantua making. The dress of young
children is often so exquisite that con-
tinual caution is necessary to prevent
its injury, and play is robbed of spon-
tancity and activity. A mother who
had educated her children to all these
punctilities of dress said: II regret SO
much the exquisite wardrobe of my lit
tie children. 1 see now that it hurt
their character" The dress of little
girls should be as simple and substan-
tial as that of boys. Everything which
prevents activity and fosters vanity
should be conscientiously avoided.
Love of dress is also fostered by the
passion for dolls, which is said to be in
born in every right-minded girl. Doll
playing is really doll dressing. Every
bit of gew-gaw is eagerly sought to be-
deck this miniature travesty of fine
lady. The doll mother is but proph-
icy of the child mother. If doll playing
Is the legitimate occupation of girl
l.ood. we ought to have dolls which do
rot cultivate taste for wasp waists
ind the trivialities of fashion.-N. Y.
Ledger.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
HE KNEW HOW TIME FLEW.
Mere Roy on the Stand oddly Hent
the Legal Band.

Mere Coy on the Stand Oddly bent
the Legal Band.
You can nearly always bet your
money on u boy. Boys know some
things better than even the angels. In
m important lawsuit at Clay Center
the other day a 12-year-old boy was on
the stand and testified that he had spent
Just ten minutes in getting bucket OF
water for his mother. The question of
time was a vital one, and the opposing
attorneys tried to rattle the boy. Final
~ one of them pulled out his watch and
proposed to test whether or not the boy
knew when ten minutes had elapsed.
The opposing attorneys on the boys
side of the case strenuously objected to
this test, for it is we'll known that moth
ing is harder than to sit still and
gauge the passing of time. The Judge
ordered the test to be made, however,
and after the courtroom clock had been
stopped and every chance removed for
the boy to play sneak, the trial COM
menced.
The stiffness in the room became op-
pressive. Every watch was drawn, and
the eyes of the multituder upon the
youngster, who chewed gum, swung his
foot against the round of his chair and
gazed placidly out over the benches, as
though the proceedings had mighty
little interest for him. Two, four, six
minutes passed, and still he made no
sign. Then the attorneys commenced
to worry him.
isn't time about up?" asked one Of
them.
Nope" sententiously responded the
boy, US he changed the cross in his
knees. Seven and eight minutes passed.
Haven't you got that water pumped
yct?" said the attorney in tone which
was intended to convey the belief that
ten minutes had more than passed.
Reckon not" again replied the boy.
and his own attorneys began to chuckle.
Nine minutes passed, and tick, tick,
tick, went the seconds toward the ten
minute mark. and up to exactly three
seconds before the limit, when the boy
drawled out: 81 think I've got that
water drawed."
The people burst into applause, and
after the trial. when the boy was asked
to explain how he hit off the time so
correctly, he replied: "Oh, l just sorter
knowed, that's all."-Kansas City Jour-
nal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
What p1enscs n Woman.

1t plcases her to call her q sensible
little woman.
1t pleases her to be called we'll
dressed woman.
1t pleases her to be told that she is
fascinating.
1t pleases her to be told that she I'm
proves a man by her companionship.
1t pleases her to depend on some man
End pretend she is ruling him.
1t pleases her to be treated courteous
ly and with respect and to be talked to
reasonably.
1t pleases her to be treated sensibly
and honestly, to be considered and ques-
toned, and not to be treated as butter
fly, with no head nor heart.
1t pleases her to be loved and admired
by man who is strong enough to rule
and subdue her and make his way her
way, to lead her and take care of her. =
London Answers.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
To BE Used with Care.

Unground cotton seed is q good
food, but should be used with some care.
1t is rarely safe to feed it to hogs, efs-
pecially to pigs; it often causes trouble
when fed to calves or other young stock.
The seed has q large percentage of oil,
and also of heterogeneous or flesh form
ing matter. Generally 1t will be found
advisable to mix the seed with grain or
other food rather than to feed it alone.
although this is often done. The lint
left on the seed may be considered OBJ
iectionable, but it very rarely causes
trouble except with hogs. Certainly
the seed should not be allowed to go to-
waste -R,ral World. III
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17

need. Clean this out every day and see
that fresh, sweet supply is given to
them. While being fed on straw, hay
and corn stalks should be kept away
from them. These should be alternated
twice q week. Horses when not at work
will thrive on this feed, and also beef
cattle two years of age and upward.
Mich COWS and young growing animals
will need more hay and stalks.-West-
nrn ploMman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Soft Orange Icing.

Put one cupful of sifted powder sugar
in small saucepan, add two table,
snoonfuls orange juice, stir over the
fire till lukewarm, then pour it over
the cake. You can use this icing for
filing. but it is not near as nice as the
following filing: Orange filling-Put
the yolks of three eggs in small
saucepan, add one teaspoonful of but
ter, one teaspoonful of lemon juice and
half cupful of orange juice; set the
saucepan in a vessel of boiling water
over the fire, stir until the contents
thicken; remove and when cold add
half a cupful of sugar. = Brooklyn
Eagle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
nntter ,rhat se11a Well.

There is an immense amount of but
ter sold every year that would have
been salable if properly made. Al
though farmers have made butter for
centuries, yet at the present day there
are many of them who cannot put q
good article on the market even with
modern appliances to assist them. The
crematories produce better butter than
farmers because of having skill and ex-
perience in the business. The farmer
need have no fear of competition if he
knows how to make butter of superior
quality.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
where Horses Are Variable.

Horses are valuable in Alaska. They
nre driven up over the divide from the
Canadian plains, and then have to be
transported eight to sixteen miles by
water. The freight on them for this
distance is 40 cents a pound, so that a
1,oOo-pound horse gets to be worth one
dollar pound by the time he nears 4
place where he can be of good serv-
ice. A good strong dog is valued at
S75.=San Francisco Argonaut.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
tfI|l[l[[I1l,'
SIMPLE NARROWING PEN.

a three-foot space In middle for
stove and for herdsmen. The front
roof &c F. is of sash, two feet
wide and the length of the building.
This affords abundant sunlight. In
summer the sash should be covered for
protection and to prevent experimenting
of pens. This style of peh If well
framed and strongly built, may be read
lily moved from place to plece, and Is
about the simplest and besty pig shed
that can be made.-Journal cf Agricul-
ture, :1:.I.!
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
No srmnathx Needed.

Hilow-Hello, Glim, how are you?
haven't seen you in six months.
Glim-First rate, thank you. How
are you?
Cant complain. How's Miss Ding
bats? You were engaged to her when
I left town, remember"
eve are not engaged now"
"Ah, sorry for that, old boy. What
was the trouble?"
mo trouble. We merely got mar
ried. Harlem Life.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Feeding, straw to Stock.

The experience of E. P. 81 NTH is that
in feeding straw it is essential that the
grain diet should be incres sed q little
and that the two should % SO mixed
that both will be relished. Very few an
imals will eat much cleaniskraw.. They,
prefer hay. Cut the stray finewith a.
hay cutter, moisten it a.l5ttle and mix
the grain with it. Brshy oats{and Gill
meal are the best for Their hixture. Feed
this to them regularly, ard keepsan the
fresh. loose straw -befcGe them they
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Leon SAYS Secret.

Among the late Leon Says papers
were found five DEGREES dated on the
same day, signed by President Grevy
and countersigned by all the proper
officials, appointing him to all the
grades of the Legion of Honor, includ-
ing the Grand Cross. Grevy went out
Of Office without making the appoint
ments public in the Journal Officiel,
and Leon Say never mentioned the mat
fer to anyone and never wore any of the
decorations. -..-.--...----:.E.n VI :. ].
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
To Purify the Air.

1t is thought by many that the time
ia not far distant when fog and the
smoke in the atmosphere of large cities
will lie dissipated by electricity. AL
ready a patent has been taken out i'm
Germany for an apparatus for smoke
prevention by means OF wires stretched
inside q flue or chimney and rendered
incandesccnt BY an electric current.
This simple method will consume the
blacklist smoke, but at present 1t Is
much too expensive for practical use.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Everybody Saws So,

Cascarets Candy Catl,artic, the most Won
derful medical discovery OF the age, pleas
ant and refreshing to The taste, act gently
and positively OH kidneys, liver and bowels
cleansing the entire system. dispcl colds,
and biionsness. Please buy aud try n box
of c. G. c. to-day; 10, -, 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17

the partition Of the nose with firm
hand. 1t is easily done and causes lit
tie pain. AS the file is withdrawn, fol-
low it with the open end of the ring,
close the ring and put in the screw
and the job is done.-Western Plow-
man
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
PLAN FOR A BARN.

Cheap ana Convenient Structure for
Small Farmer.
In the building Of barn, as in the
building of dwelling, the farmer
should seek to secure the greatest
amount of comfort, convenience and
durability for the money invested.
In the plan herewith presented we
have. cheap but convenient barn for o
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Am Astronomical offer.

A German capitalist offers a reward
of $4,000 to any astronomer who will
prove that the stars are composed of
solid matter.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
NARROWING PENS.
This Kind May Be Readily Nj

This Kind May Be Readily Moved
from Place to Place.
The simplest is the best. This en-
craving represents a portable or NOV
ing pig shed for two sows. tits eight
feet wide from A to D; fourteen feet
long from A to &; four feet high on
lack Cd e., and six feet high, in front
B c.. The two narrowing pens
are cut off, one on each end by
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
Dyeing and Cleaning

Alice johnson is prepared for cleaning
and dyeing all kinds of ladies and gentle
mems garments. You will find her shop
in the Below property, Main Street, Taze-
well, Va. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
STRENGTH OF the Oyster.

The oyster is one of the strongest crea.
lures on earth. The force required to
open an oyster is more than 900 times its
weight. -.-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
) HOW SCROGGS -. !
! WON THE REWARD. {
3 BY L. FRANK BAUM. g
D copyright. Is07.l g
eS0SeoOoeoe00009I

Filling the space between two large
building blocks was little, one-storie0
Office. It was flush with the sidewalk,
and upon the large window was painted
In red letters,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17
n monument 10 Horses.

japanese officers who fought in the
late war against China have petitioned
their government to erect monument
to the memory of the horses that fell
in battle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
neiic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran'
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-06-17

the group, and soon there was quite a
little crowd inspecting the posters.
Scroggs smiled; it pleased him to
think his work was SO effective.
Five thousand dollars!" remarked
a fat man to no one in particular;
that's pretty stiff reward"
There was no reply, and he passed
on, his place being quickly filled by
another. For the first time Scroggs be-
gan to wonder what the bills were
about. Usually he was indifferent to
the purport of his advertisements, but
the remark of the fat man led him to
suspect these bills were more important
than usual. And the gentleman had
told him they were special-very spe-
cial.
The group slowly melted away; only
the boys remained, slowly spelling out
the printed words. Scroggs looked at
the boys critically, and decided he
might venture question.
''What does it say?" he asked.
Cant yer read?" demanded the big
gest boy. =
Scroggs shook his head.
"Well, then, listen," said the boy,
patronizingly, San I'll read it out for
yer"
He followed the lines with his finger
and read aloud, slowly, and with some
difficulty, as follows: