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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-02-24
TIE PHoNOGRAPH IN RUSSIA.

Regarded with Eisf2Tcr by the 20
lice authorities.
Edison's phonograph has had a bat
tie royal with Russian press censorship
says the Anglo-Russian. II Tie pavilion
of The public gardens in Tagourog The
machine was exhibited, and attracted
large audiences. Il played ard sang
and laughed and spoke fer some tim'
undiSturbed, until police officer heart
the machine reciting one Of kriloT''
famous fables, viz: "Demyan's Ukha'
(soup or hospitality, but with some
variations on the original text. The of
fcer got suspicious, ard rot trusting
TO his memory, he ran at once and go
KrilofT's book, and came again TO lister
to the monographs version OF Tx
fable. To his horror he found The
fable reproduced not at all IS it wa:
passed by the censorship more than hall
century ago. "A alarm was raised a
once, the higher local authorities com
municated with, and the manager Of thi
pavilion, Mr., Parainovitch, was called
upon to explain the behavior OF tina
speaking American beast. Al the pool
manager could do waste open the nys
terious inside Of the criminal machine
and hand over to the authorities the in
discreet cylinder which threatened K
tell the peaceful Inhabitants SO many
undesirable things. But the arrest Of
the chief criminal vas considered in
sufficient, as it could not have acted
without human accomplice. So, ac
cording to the Taganrog Yiestnik, tht
affair has taken its official course, an(
the innocent manager of the pavilion
has lost in the mean time his generally
good appetite and sound sleep, as he
does not know il what punishment thc
official proceedings will result, and how
long he will have to wait until his fatC
is decided.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-02-24

VINCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VTazewen Va VIII practice in the courts of
Tazewell and adjoining counties Particular at
stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-02-24

NEBRASKA, COLORADO.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-02-24

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The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
A TickIish Onestion.

G. M. writes to The Journal: "Shoult you say, I made him cough $5, or q made him cough up $5?'
 This is a ticklish question. Unfor tunately the slang dictionaries, ever Farmer and Henley's, do not know the slang phrase. Nor is there any allusior to it in the great Oxford dictionary.
 Three centuries ago there was phrase ito cough (any one) daw, fool, nome, '' meaning ito make a fool of, ,'' also etc prove oneself fool, but this "cough'' ,sanax- L<s-svopa,' Aio-~~Le~~t~to ,-'-~rC~1Sd -- or "coff, '' to purchase, acquire, get. And five centuries ago ito cough" also meant ito utter, '" to disclose" as in this sentence, 'To make her confess the things testified against her, and also to cough out the rest. '
 We do not find anywhere allusion to this modern slang. We ourselves regard "cough up" as the proper expression, and we use it when we are moving in the first and gilded circles. Boston Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Geological Deductions.

Geology was once defined by Lord Salisbury as ''the science of the what might have been." Some American geologists prefer to regard it as the sci ence of the what may be. Pictures have often been drawn of the destruction of Toronto and the devastation of southern Ontario and Quebec by food let loose when the great lakes are emptied owing to the continued recession of Niagara falls.
 Professor G. K. Gilbert now tells us that long before this disaster is due Nj agara will have been destroyed by other processes. Some slow changes of level are now taking place over the whole lake region. The eastern outlet will be closed and the lakes drained by dis charging from the southern end of Lake Michigan into the basin of the Missis- sippi The change in the river system will begin iH about 1000 years time. The evidence adduced by Professor Gil bert in support of this prophecy is of great interest, although only his pre-. liminary report has yet been published. -SDeCtatOr
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Henry George and the Porter.

Henry George was travelling once or a sleeping ear. The porter came to brush the dust off him and work" him for the customary quarter. There were but few passengers. George re f1ected on the fact that Pullman paid his poor black hireling little or naught, and relied on his ability to brush and gouge the public instead, and he de termined to give him all the change he found in his pocket. He thought there might be about 60 cents, but there ac- tually was $3 in quarters, halves and dimes. He gave it all to the darky, who dropped his broom and stared at the tip and then at George. 'This all fo' me, boss" he grasped ''It's all for you," replied George. The darky looked at the little, rusty, modest man and again at his handful of silver "Wowr' he calculated; tits true as de Good Book puts it, you nevah cain sel how fah toad kin jump twell you sees him hop"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Egypt, that land of strange contrasts
 and standing still in the shadow of it's mighty past, is beginning at last to feel the transforming touch of modern prog
 ress. By means of the great storage reservoir at Assouan it is expected that
 the waters of the Nile will again re- claim vast stretches of arid lands that
 have not known the touch of the hus- bandman for centuries, perhaps for thousands of years. When this work is completed and other agencies of prog ress introduced by the English are util- ized the valley of the Nile will regain its former fertility, even though 1t can never, from its limited area, become again the "granary of Europe" Amer lea is now and will continue, of necessi- ty, to be the granary of the world. But Egypt can and will regain at least portion of its former prosperity and again become an important factor in
 Europe's well being. All these are
 changes which will be welcomed, but
 in some other respects the traveller will
 miss portion of that old sense of mys-
 tery and awful fascination that has made Egypt haunting presence in the worlds history. The camel, that "ship of the desert" which seems to be the only living reminder of patriarchal days, is giving place to that most con- venient but prosaic agent of modern transportation, the trolley. Soon the tombs of the Pharaohs are to be illu- minated by electricity and the modern tourist will be able to do" the pyra- mids with as much expedition and com paratiVe comfort as he can the regular European round. The passageways of these most durable remains of antiqui- ty have hitherto deterred by their sep ulchral gloom all but the most adven- turous of travellers and explorers, but with the advent of the modern subSti- tute for sunlight this will be changed and the pyramids to their farthest re- cesses, so far as open, will stand re- vealed to the curious of these later days. By turning off the current at pleasure it will still be possible to give a realizing sense of the darkness Visi- | ble' that for centuries has guarded 1 these relics of the worlds earlier days, just as in the Mammoth cave the put ting out lights plunges the subterra- mean wanderer into primeval darkness in which one cannot see the hand before i his face and for a brief minute or two | seems to make the acquaintance of | night and chaos. After all, even the | electric light will not be sufficient to | rob the pyramids of their profound mystery. They will remain till the end of time silent, yet eloquent, memorials | of a vanished past the most sublime structures ever reared by the hand of ! man.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Kfrmess.

In some portions of Germany the kirmess, or church mass, formerly danced in honor of the dedication of a church, isnow observed with the special character of harvest home. It marks the close of the year labors and is cele4 brated by three days of music, feasting and dancing with partners chosen or al- lotted, according to degrees of comeli- ness, at the preceding May festival.
 T---~.---A AL~---- -r.- --s..Asy sAIO CLl~a O. lno harvest is marked by the sickle feast. The last sheaf is carried in triumph to the barn and placed on the floor, while the younger couples dance around it. One half of it is then decked with rib bons and hung aloft. while the other half is burned. Its ashes are treasured as a remedy for rheumatism and are sometimes used in making amulets or charms. The peasants leave for Wodan, or "the old one, a few ears of corn and small number of apples, it being unlucky to strip either field or tree entirely bare.-Lippincott's.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Her First Order.

She was newly married and did not know little bit about either house keeping or shopping, and she was giv- ing her very first order. It was Q crush CT, but the grocer was clever man and was used to all kinds of orders and could interpret them easily.
 "I want ten pounds of paralyzed sug, ar, :" she began, with businesslike air.
 "Yes'm. Anything else?''
 1.-Two cans of condensed milk"
 "Yes'm."
 He set down "pulverized sugar" and "condensed milk D
 Anything more, ma'am?"
 "A bag of fresh salt. Be sure it's fresh.''
 ''Yes'm. What next?''
 "A pound of desecrated codfish.'
 He wrote glibly 'desiccated cod.''
 Nothing more, ma'am? We have some nice horse radish just in.'
 ''No," she said ''It would be of no use to us. We don't keep horse.
 Then the grocer sat down and famed himself with patent washboard, al- though the temperature was nearly zero.-New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
 Human Writing Table.

The Earl of ClanmOyle, famed alike for his generosity and eccentricity, was, during the declining years of his life, very fond of startling his visitors by suddenly presenting to their view the immense skeleton of a man, which, when first seen, was artistically ar ranged as writing table. This uncan- ny piece of furniture was located in the Earrs library, and he boasted that he had written thousands of letters up- on the back of the skeleton, which stood on all fOurs, baize-covered board, to which was attached a flowing valance, being laid on the top. The Earl always made point of showing his friends this particular writing ta- ble, and while they were looking at it he would suddenly pull a concealed cord, when To and behold. the baize-cov- cred board and valance disappeared, and a hideous skeleton was revealed to them
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Captain D. L. Zalinski, the we'll known artillery expert, has contributed a paper to the Independent Magazine In which he makes a strong argument for the use of smokeless powder as one of the most valuable lessons of the war. The advantages of this powder. as stated by him, are, first, the absence of smoke, which not only secures con tinuity of fire but conceals positions from the enemy; lower pressures and higher velocities, ordinary powder giv- ing velocities of about 1,400 feet a sec ond, while smOkeless powder produces velocities of 2,S00 feet; and less weight of charge by from one-third to one-half of that of ordinary gunpowder. The question as to the stability of smoke less powder under all service condi- tions he thinks Is entirely offset by the obvious advantages and fair degree of stability already demonstrated. He is confident that nothing stands in the way of its use and that the gun of the future will be long tube of uniform thickness of walls, relatively light and thin, mounted on a suitable truss or girder, which will furnish the neces- sary longitudinal stiffness with the minimum of weight
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
PalmerstOn's Joke.

In 1861 the repeal of the paper duty was moving the political world. The budget speech was preceded by a rumor that the basis of the scheme would be the repeal of the tea duty and that this would upset the government. Just be- fore Mir. Gladstone rose to make his statement there was handed to Lord Palmerston on the treasury bench the following note from Lord Derby: "My dear Pam What is to be the great pro- posal tonight? Is it to be tea and turn out?" My dear Derby" wrote the premier ill reply, cit is not tea and turn out. It is to be paper and station. cry. ''-Gesta Typographia.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
A Zulu Rain Charm.

The Zulus employ rain charm which is very remarkable considering their usual ferceness and cruelty. They catch bird, and after the tribal wizard has consecrated it and made it ia "heaven bird" they throw it into a pool of wa ter.
 In spite of their own indifference to the sufferings of animals they believe that the sky, which they conceive to be a personality, will be full of woe at the death of the bird and drop sympathetic tribute in showers of rain
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Forgot Something.

Helen and her father and mother were dining in hotel, and Helen, who was 6 years old, had never before dined in a public place.
 Tho waiter was so attentive and cour- teous that Helen's mother said that he must be tipped at the end of the meal The word tipped was one Helen had never heard used except in connection with dump cart on her fathers prem ises. When they got up to leave the dining room, she said:
 "Oh, papa, papal You forgot to dump the waiterI'-Youth's Compan- ion.
 Twentyn!ne sheep introduced into the Australian colonies in l7S8 are now by 120, 900, 900 of the finest wool sheep in the world.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Failed to Tempt Her.

Clerk--Talk about clOsefisted men Why, that woman just going out at the door could give any man ever saw cards and spades.
 Floorwalker-Oh, it's woman's na- ture to haggle over prices, you know.
 Clerk-But she didn't haggle. She selected her things and paid for them without word, but during the 19 min- utes kept her waiting for her change she never looked at thing in the store. 'Fraid she'd see something she wanted, | suppose. News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

One advantage of having a navy mostly on paper is the difficulty which a navy finds in destroying it. If the Spanish vessels had all been af1oat, armed and manned, by this time Spain would be wearing black for the whole collection instead of for a dozen or two of ships. AS it is, she still has a very respectable fleet-for conversational purposes-and the apparent incomplete ness of our victory may inspire her peo- pie with some much-needed hope.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
SWINGS BATTLE.AXES.
An Intricate Exercise Which Makes
 Spectators TrembIe.

An Intricate Exercise Which Makes
 Spectators TrembIe.
 An intricate exercise with Indian clubs is called doing the outer and inner circle" Only an expert perform CT may successfully attempt the feat. An Englishman in search of a sensation that will outdo anything else in the clubswinging line has substituted bat tle-aXes for clubs, and goes through a performance that makes the spectator tremble to think of the consequences of one false move. The battle-aXes are of the heavy antique type, and would prove terrible weapons ill the hands of a powerful man. With these the per former goes through the intricate exer- cises known as the outer and inner cir
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Taking the country over the ma 3ority of drug clerks are compelled to work sixteen hours a day-too long a service for their own good or the safety of the patrons of their employers. There was, therefore, basis of justice in the plea for shorter hours made at the annual meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association In Wash ington. Not all the drugs in the phar- macopoeia can restore the health sacri- feed by too long confinement to busi- ness.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
whr He M Trenb1ed.

Jack-Come, old man, cheer up. What If she did break the engagement; she's not the only fish In the swim.
 Tom-Oh, I don't care anything about her breaking the engagement, but you see I've got to go right on paying in- stallments on the ring for the next six months. That's where the icy breeze comes in.-ChicagO News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Commodore Watson's fleet was disap- pointed in paying that expected visit to the Canaries, Spain and the Balearic islands. The latter, however, have been visited recently by an English traveller, who gives an interesting account of these islands, which are almost as un- known to Europeans, 1t seems, as to Americans. Majorca and Minorca, the larger islands of the group, are easy of access, have a delightful climate, es- pecially in winter, and the scenery among their mountains is said to be remarkable for its beauty. But little has been published on Majorca since George Sands article in the Revue des Deux Mondes, more than forty years ago, but the English traveller referred to thinks 1t worthy to become a rival to Nice or Algiers as a winter health resort, having, in addition to the charm
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Rect sugar in EuroDe.

In Europe the production of beet root sugar has increased in forty years by 2,1S5 per cent. This has been ac- complished by the payment of ruinous export bounties, from which all of the nations are now anxious to recede. One cannot act, however, without the con currence of others, and they have been unable to attain concert. Of the sugar used in England more than 75 per cent. is beet sugar.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Pride.

"No, George, don't ask me- I can't go down the fire escape with all those people looking
 "You must. You'll be burned to death if you stay here. '
 ''I can't help it, George. Iwouldn't go down that ladder for all the world. These shoes I have on are two sizes too big for me. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

The American soldiers seem to have
 made great impression upon the Por- to Ricans by their size, which is gigan- tic compared to that of the natives or the Spanish. The first troops landed at Ponce were Wisconsin and Pennsyl- vania regiments, all men of fine stat ure, some of them more than six feet in height, and commanded by officers of equally fine physique. The Porto Rico horses and mules are proportiOn- ately undersized as compared with the American varieties, and these latter also came ip for a share of wondering admiration. Climate has much to do with size, but food far more. The Eng fish and the American are the best fed people in the world Both nations are great eaters as compared, for instance, with the Latin nations, especially as regards meat. From tables recently issued 1t is shown that England in 1897 expended E71, 100000 for imported ami nal food and q, ,S0O,OOO for dairy prod uce. Of cattle imported alive for food the number was 61S,0OO head and the sheep numbered 612,000. The roast beef" of old England undoubtedly has much to do with its aggressive, vigor- ous, staying powers just as the diet of rice and vegetables is. to a great ex- tent, responsible for China's low posi- tion among modern nations. Generous diet Is necessary to the full develop ment of the physical powers of man, and without these nation may be po- lite, refined, intellectual, etc, but when it comes to fighting will prob ably yield to the better fed.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
SWINGING BArrLE-AxEs FOR CLUBS.

cle with perfect ease and confidence. It is thrilling spectacle to watch the
 glittering steel blades crossing each other around the mans head, cleaving
 the air close to his anatomy and ap-
 parently only failing by hairs breadth to shave off a portion of his
 skull, an ear or nose The feat is con- sidered a marvel of skill and strength.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Luck

"It's fortunate" exclaimed the genial optimist, pensively, very fortunate"
 ITO what do you allude"
 'The fact that there are only twelve clubs in the baseball league. If there were one more we'd probably be in thirteenth place a great deal of the time. And that would be very un- lucky."-Washington Star
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

General Pando evidently is a very modest man. When a New York re- porter told him that he resembled Gen. eral Grant, he sweetly replied: "Oh, physically"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

In one line of advancement, taxation, Spain has reached very high point. She has been accustomed in the Philip pines to levy a poll tax on women, as we'll as men. Of course 1t implies the admission that women have heads, but the compliment Is hardly worth the oof
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Kaiser William has demonstrated that he is good fire laddie by engaging in actual service at a street fire. No body seems to have yentured to turn the hose on him, even by mistake.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

The best characterization of American sailors in this war was that of Fight ing Bob" Evans, when he said, ''SO long as the enemy showed his flag, they fought like American seamen; but when the flag came down, they were as gentle and tender as American wom- en-" That deserves to become classic, partly because 1t Is eloquent, and partly because it is true.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Luck.

'Did you find things as they were advertised at that summer resortT'
 ''Yes; exactly the same. You see, the proprietor of the place never had any experience in the business before this season"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

third of it could be replaced by the gold which the miners and the Alaska Commercial company brought to this city. says the San Francisco Examiner. The estimate of the total output of the Klondike this season is $10,OOOOO0, so that the entire shaft could be replaced with the seasons yield and $1,OOOOO0 would be left over.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

A Louisville court has ruled that a girl keeps the engagement ring after the engagement of marriage is broken. She also keeps the ice cream and cara mels, we believe.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
At the Bottom of the Sea.

"Who commands the Spanish arma. mada?" asked the teacher in history.
 "McGinty," answered the boy who was never known to study his lesson. Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Santiago recently, but after the recent experience of that town they caused not even a ripple of excitement.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

The czar should not fail to note the fact that we are doing the best we can in the direction of disarmament, hay ing destroyed nearly the entire Spanish
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
v did you feel when

The Dog-How did you feel when that empty bottle passed you?
 The Cat-Five of my precious lives flashed before me in an instant.-New York News.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
A Rank Outsider.

WotlFan [ -taey-sfun11C ScrlDely to membership in the New York War Correspondents Club"
 ''They said he wasn't eligible. It ap- pears that he simply described what was done by the fighters instead of telling the government how to run things"
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Connexions.

He-Miss Luckione was certainly born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
 She-Well, 1t must have been a table spoon or no one would have noticed 1t New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Largest House.

The largest house in the world is situated in Wieden, 8 suburb of VI enna. It contains 1,4o0 rooms, divided into 400 suits, and shelters 2,112 per sons, who pay an annual rental of over 100000 fOrIns.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
Al Neccssary Adiunct.

"Why is it you always will drag me out to these stupid garden parties?'
 Well, Harry, you don't want me to have to scramble for my own ice cream co you?''
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26
GOLD BY THE FOOT.
Estimated Total Output of the Kfon.
 dike This Season Is Enormous.

Supposing the S3,O0O,OOO of gold brought from the Klondike by the St
 Paul to be turned into solid cylinder two feet in diameter, the length of the cylinder would be about five feet. The granite shaft of the Phe- Ian monument is fifteen feet high and
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

The London Saturday Review grave ly announces that there are of course many worthy private citizens in the United States" Is 1t possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1898-11-26

Sykes-Say, Bill, dat Charlotte Cor deen is great play. A young gal rushes in an stabs de villain in a bath tub.
 Bill-Well, dat's wot he got fer bathin'.-Denver News.