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The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
OFF OWN HEAD.
FEAT THAT HAS BEEN CALLED
IMPOSSIBLE.
h Made Three Lunges, the Last Was
Successful and the Severed Head and
Body Both Fell to the Ground
Shocking Scene. .

One OF the most tragic events ever
accorded in that section occurred at
Rhea Springs, Tenn, a few days ago.
Mrs. Sarah Clark, a highly respected
lady, 30 years of age, ended her life by
severtng her head from her body with
a sharp razor. Mrs. Clark had been
demented for four months. She had
had suicidal intent since her mind be-
gan to give way, and her relatives have
been compelled to keep a close watch
on her. About three months ago she
poisoned her daughter, son-in-law and
four OF their children, but they all re-
covered. The other night Mrs. Clark
retired about 8 o'clock, at which hour
her daughter noticed no change in her
condition. Some time after 4 o'clock
in the morning Mrs. Dee, her daughter.
arose, and, missing her mother from
the bed, which was in the room with
her own, became alarmed and called
her brother, who was in an adjoining
room. The two made a search of the
house, and, failing to find the old lady,
they went into the yard. The front
gate was standing open and Mrs. Dee
walked to it to see if she could see
her mother up or down the road. AS
she went out the gate she saw her aged
mother, with head severed from the
body, clutching a razor in one hand
and the razor-box in the other, lying
by the roadside. The head lay fully
four feet from the body, being on the
left-hand side of the walk, where the
body had first fallen. The razor was
clutched tightly in the right hand, and
the case from which it had been drawn
was in the left. The warm blood was
yet trickling from the keen steel
blade. A neighbor who saw the deed
committed from a far-off spot says
that it was a cool and deliberate act.
He says that the woman walked leis-
urely down to the gate, unfastened her
collar, and made three desperate
lunges, two from the front and one
from the back, just as she was falling.
The back lick completely cut off the
head. Physicians consider the case
most remarkable, and n unknown in
the annals of medical science.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Tonga, Haapai and Vavau-with a
population Of about $1,000. The islands
are fertile and we'll wooded. One Of
the most beautiful of the trees grow
ing there is the tree fern, which in
these islands reaches it's best develop
ments. The principal exports of the
islands are copra and cocoanut oil.
Some sugar, cotton and coffee also is
raised. The Tongas are bold sailors
and skillful fishermen. They are
proud, and consider themselves, as
they really are, the superiors Of the
other Polynesians. Their houses are
slightly built, but the grounds sur
rounding them are laid out with great
care and taste, and the roads of the
island are we'll built and kept in per-
feet repair. The Tongas were among
the first of the people of the South
Pacific to become Christianized, and
missionary influence is still powerful
in the kingdom. The tonnage entered
yearly at Tonga is about 10000 tons,
mostly British, with some Danish,
Norwegian and Swedish. Some whal-
ing is carried on in the waters about
the islands by American ships, and
the king hopes to see American mer-
chantmen in his harbor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Cocoanut Tart.

Dissolve over a slow fire Gin a sauce
PAM two ounces of butter and four
ounces powered sugar, let it cool, and
then stir in foul ounces grated cocoa
nut. one ounce chopped citron, the graf
ed rind and juice of half a lemon, with
four ~well-beaten eggs; line a shallow
tin with thin pastry, pour in the mix
ture; put a top of pastry over, close
the edges and bake for three-quarters
of an hour; cut into triangles or
squares, sift powdered sugar over.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

self with something Of the pomp Of
royalty, and when he appears in pub
lie generally wears a military uniform,
as shown in his picture. When his
great-grandfather came on the throne
a condition of affairs existed in Tonga
similar to the state of affairs in Japan
when the present emperor succeeded
to the throne. The titular king was
called the TUT Tonga, and was kept in
seclusion, while the real power was
vested in the family of Tubou, the
head of which family ruled the king
rH@F. From that family, also, the TUT
Tonga was obliged to take his wife.
A civil war in Japan resulted in the
destruction of the power Of the shotgun
and the establishment Of the mikado
as sole monarch. A civil war in
Tonga resulted in the abolition of the
TUT Tonga and the establishment in
sole power of the head of the house
of .Tubou, who took the title of George
Tubou 1. George l. had a long reign,
gave, his country a constitution and
brought the country to it's present
state of prosperity.
Of all the islands which the King of
Tonga once ruled over there remain to
the young George. II. only three groups
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

s%hillings and pence, but in dollars,
s%hillings and pence.
King George Tubou H., who rules
over this ancient island kingdom,
came to the throne three years ago.,
when he was only 10 years old, and
he is anxious to enter into diplomatic
relations with European nations with
a view to increasing the trade and
prosperity of his nation. He has pro-
gressive ideas, and is said to have in
herited much of the ability of his
great-grandfather, George Tubou l.,
whom he succeeded on the throne.
George l. was a remarkable man. 1t
was he who brought Tonga to it's pres
ent state of civilization, and it is
owing to his energy and ability that
Tonga is still an independent kingdom
and has not been "gobbled up" by
more powerful nations.
Tonga is a constitutional kingdom,
the executive power being vested IN
the king, and legislative power in an
assembly which meets every two years.
This assembly is composed half Of
hereditary mobiles and half of repre-
sentatives elected by the people. Those
Englishmen who are seeking means to
reform the house of lords might take
a lesson from Tonga. A Tonga noble
holds his seat in the assembly only
during good behavior. If he does not
walk in the straight and narrow path
his seat as a peer is declared vacant;
but that does not prevent his son, if
he has one, from trying his hand at
being an hereditary legislator after his
fathers death. Every male citizen
over Fl years old can vote, provided he
has paid his poll tax of 81 and has not
been convicted of a felony.
Young King George surrounds HIM
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Sir Lewis Morris has written an ode
on Queen Victoria's birthday, probably
for the double purpose of showing his
loyalty to his sovereign and demon
strating that if he had been appointed
laureate he could have been depended
upon for an ode Or an elegy or any
thing else in that line at any time
when circumstances seemed to call for
it. Sir Lewis was one Of the most
prominent candidates for the laureate
ship before Alfred Austin was appoint
ed, and it was the opinion of a great
many people, at the time the choice
was made, that the former would have
been a much better nan for the place
than his successful rival.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
TONGA, ISLAND KINGDOM.

1t is probable that before long there
may appear in Washington a repre-
sentative from a kingdom Of which
few people have heard, and that a
consul at least may be sent from this
country to Tonga. The British al
ready have a consul there, and our
interests in Samoa, the Philippines
and other Pacific islands will bring
about closer commercial relations be-
tween this little-known kingdom and
the United States, as is desired by the
Tonga king.
Tonga is a civilized and independo"'
nation, possibly the oldest in tue
world, and the ancestors of the reign
ing monarch have been seated on the
throne from time immemorial." This
kingdom is shrunken in size and
power, but it once held as tributary
provinces all the island groups in that
part of the Pacific ocean. Even in the
days of Capt. Cook the King of Tonga
regarded Fiji and Samoa as within his
dominions. The King of Tonga has
made treaties with only two nations,
Great Britain and the United States.
A singular result of this is seer in the
monetary system of the kingdom, all
accounts being kept, not in pounds,
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
THEY SHOULD RETIRE.
Carnegie Gives This Advice to Business
Men Over Sixty.

What a successful business man
should do after he is sixty years old is
to retire from business and to live a
useful, dignified and unselfish life, de-
voting his energies to a wise admins
tration of his surplus wealth. This is
the very sensible conclusion of that
very sensible and able man, Andrew
Carnegie. This eminent iron king, WAo
has just sold III his business for $780,
000, 900, stands at the head of the gen.
erous givers on the list Of wealthy
Americans. Yet he says that he breads
the name of philanthropist, because it
too often represents a man with lots of
money and little sense" Mr.. Carnegie,
fortunately, has lots of money which
he obtained by having lots of sense,
and is, therefore, apparently qualified
for the ranks of the philanthropists,
and he need not be ashamed of that
fact. He has determined not to con-
tinue, in his declining years, to struggle
for more wealth, but to spend the glor-
ious days in the autumn of his life in
enjoying the blessings that come to
the giver, and which the good book
tells us are richer than the blessings Of
those who receive. Andrew Carnegie
may not be a philanthropist, but he will
not deny that he is a good deal of a
Observation-Disclosures Weekly.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Nothing is easier than ridicule; and
in nine cases out of ten where ridicule
is used, it is resorted to only because
it is the only weapon available. The
man of intelligence will use his reason
in argument with his opponent; the
man of knowledge will use his knowl-
edge; but the nan who has neither
knowledge nor intelligence must resort
to ridicule. 1t is a poorly furnished
armory which supplies no better
weapon.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

The subject of old age pensions has
been a subject of discussion and legis-
lation for years in Europe. In Ger
many the matter was long ago taken
up by the imperial government. In
1889 an old age and invalidity bill was
passed by the reichstag, under which
in 1892 a total of 100000 people in
Berlin alone-nearly o%ne-third the en-
tire population-were insured. There
has always been much dissatisfaction
with the working of the scheme, how
ever, in Germany, as in every other
country where it has been tried. In
Australia an old age pension law, with
government support, has recently gone
into force. Already grave defects
have been found in its practical an
plication. In England Mr.. .Joseph
Chamberlain has been for years an
earnest advocate of a national measure
for old age pensions. The debate over
the pension bill introduced by him
was one of the features of the parlia-
ment now in session. In most cases
these old age pension schemes have
been practically compulsory life insur-
ance laws, the state guaranteeing the
payment of pensions to persons over
65 who have not sufficient means for
independent support, and itself pay
ing a certain percentage of each pen
sion.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Victoria's Finger Rings.

There are three rings which Queen
Victoria never by any chance removes
from her hand, and it is superfiuous to
add that they are closely connected
with her courtship and marriage. One
is the little enamel ring set with a sim
gle diamond, given to her when quite
a child by Prince Albert; another Is
her betrothal ring, a beautiful snake Of
emeralds, and the third is a plain mar
row band-her wedding ring.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
cHANEAU ROUGE Q
For Years the Haunt of Thieves and
Ruhians.

For Years the Haunt of Thieves and
Rufians.
The curators Of Carnavalet museum
paid a visit to the notorious Chateau
Rouge, in the Rue Galande, says a
Paris correspondent of the Pail Mall
Gazette. The building is coming down
in connection with street improve
ments, and, as there is a legend that 1t
was within its walls that Gabrielle
d'Estrees received her royal lover, a
thorough examination was made Of the
premises to see whether they contained
any relics worth preserving. An il
legible inscription or two was all,
however, that was found.
Once a princely mansion-of this
there is no doubt-the building had
long since fallen from it's high estate
and come to serve the most d%isreputa-
BILE purposes. The Chateau Rouge,
the cafe which occupied the lower
portion of it, was for a number Of
years the favorite haunt of thieves and
ruffians. The arrest in the place Of
Gamahut, a particularly notorious
murderer, drew general attention to
the den, which it became the fashion
to visit in the small hours of the
morning. Every celebrity piloted
around the slums of Paris by detect
ives was taken to the Chateau Rouge,
where, without any effort of the mag
i~nation, he could fancy himself in the
company of authentic cutthroats. AS
n poottor re foo+ ,oNc+. of +ha roa1 nrip1-
inals migrated elsewhere when their
refuge began to be an object of
curiosity. Their places were taken by
outcasts, who were glad to masquerade
as scoundrels of the deepest dye for
the sake of the pence literally dis
tributed by visitors.
Still, the Chateau Rouge at night
presented a curious spectacle enough.
On the counter from behind which
were served drinks various, cheap and
poisonous, there always lay in full ev-
idence two cudgels, both of them for
midable, but one of much stouter pro-
portions than the other. They were
for the use, in case of emergencies, Of
the proprietor, a giant of the name Of
Trolliet; the lighter one served him
to quell minor disturbances, while with
it's fellow he had more than once to
defend his life against the friends Of
those of his customers whom he had
been unkind enough to introduce to
the police. The main room, grimly
termed by it's frequenters the Nor
tuary," was entirely devoid of furni-
ture. 1t served as a sort of dormitory
to poor wretches who could afford no
better accommodation than that Of
fered by it's floor. Such as it was it's
shelter was in great request and it was
difficult to pick ones way among the
ragged humanity lying huddled about
it like a living carpet. The pictures on
the walls were another of it's features.
They were hideous but appropriate
compositions. One of them represented
a conformation at the morgue OF a
murderer with the corpse of his victim,
and another, called "La Veuve,"
showed the guillotine rising above a
pile of heads. In a smaller room at
the back the conditions were rather
more comfortable and visitors would
listen to songs written in thieves pat
ter.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

The prudent sees only the difficulties,
the bold only the advantages of the
great enterprise; the hero sees both,
diminishes those, makes these predom-
mate and conquers.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
Overheard in a Cemetery.

Boyle-I am strongly opposed to
cremation. I think it is carrying
things entirely too far. Coyle-How
so? Boyle-We would then be COM
PEELED not only to earn our living but
to urn our dead.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Handout Harry-Say, Teddy, some
body told me dat you'd been trough
Yale.
Tiepass Teddy-De Teller wot said
dat must a been a Swede. He meant
Jail.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Courtesy is the passport to success.
We double the power Of our life when
we add to it's gifts unfailing courtesy.
The world always begrudges room to
a boor.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
No Cause for Concern.

Brown hear Jones is sick. 1 won
der if it's anything contagious. Smith
Don't worry; if it is it won't matter.
He's too close to give anything to any,
body.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

The man who thinks he can make a
success of anything he undertakes is
apt to be an unsuccessful thinker.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

An enterprising Chicago man has
established a night school of wood
carving. Situations will be secured
for graduates in boarding houses.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Too often when a mans good deeds
speak for themselves he spells the eff
feet by going around with his mouth
open.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

A man knows very little of the hap,
penings in the n~eighborhood when his
wife is away on a visit.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

If we don't acquire more territory
and adopt a policy of expansion how
are we going to accommodate all the
golf links?
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Women seldom take back their un
kind words unless thy want to US,
them over again.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Through a mans tongue we get a
glimpse of his brains-or his lack
thereof.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

A Kansas baby girl has been named
Funstonie, probably just for the pur-
pose of making her regret all her life
that she wasn't a boy.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

A still tongue makes a wise head, but
it's different with the product of a
whisky still.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

The philosophers scales are useless
out of his W hands.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

If you would rise with the lark avoid
the midnight swallows.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17
His Status.

Visitor-Is that one of your states
men? Nattve-Oh, no; he's merely a
Senator.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Women are far more heroic than
man-as any shoe dealer will tell you.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

The drunkard's thread OF life is evil
IDENTIFY wound on a reel.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-08-17

Had friendship fingered, hell could
not have been.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-02-03
Commissioners Notice.

To Rush +. Dawson. Matilda El'"t,
Rebecca Jane Rudder, Finly V. Rigsby,
I.ound, ma Dawson, Dudley Earle an {.
w Dawson.
Whereas, 10y decree of Tazewell Circuit
Court entered at its December term, 1898.
in the chancery cause therein pending OF
Rush f. Dawson ct ais, vs.. Loundema
Dawson Il ais. was required to az
1ssrinin and rerort what realty is owned
by each aud every party to said cause,
their title thereto, the liens and encum-
berances there on, and the priority oil
liens and any other matter deemed peril.
nent oy me, or required by any party
to said cause.
You will please take notice that have
fixed upon the 10th day of February
1899, and such subsequent days as may
necessary, at the Office OF Fulton& Coull
ing Tazewell, Tazewell Co., Va. to per
form tho duties required of me by sale
decree, this the 18th day OF Jan. 1899.
g. NJ. II. CoULLNG,
Special Commissioner in above stylet
cause.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-02-03

The executors OF the law in Europe
have been swift to seize upon discover
les In science to help them to run down
criminals. A curious use was recently
made or the microscope In Prussia. A
barrel OF specie sent from the frontier
to Berlin was robbed and filled with
sand. This WAS supposed to have been
done on the way TO Berlin. The eminent
chemist. Prof. Ehrenbargh, obtained
samples OF all the sand near the sta
tons through which the barrel passed.
and. by means OF the blowpipe and mi
croscope, found sand OF the station at
which it had been emptied and filled.
The thief was afterward discovered and
arrested
In France noted rogues are not only
photographed but weighed and meas
ured carefully. and forced to speak and
sing into Photographic instrument
before their discharge from prison.
that they may be identified afterward
in attempted, crime.
1t has also been noted for the identi-
fication OF criminals that one part OF
the human body which is never dupli-
Gated in man or woman Is the markings
on the skin OF the thumb. The face
and figure may be altered at will, but
the lines on the thuinb-neverl For
the detection OF criminals an impress
sion OF the thumb is stamped upon pa
DER.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-02-03
TRUSTEES SALE
VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL
ESTATE.

BY virtue of deed oi trust, dated the
first day of October, 1892, and duly re-
ord, d in the ,fi of thu Clerk of the
County court of Tazewell, Virginin,
whereby ID. w. ellis aud wife convey, d
the real estate hereinafter referred to, and
more fully described in the said deed Ito
which re!e nee is hereby made), TO the
undersigned trustees, TO secure GER.
tain bond, or obligation Of two thousand
dollars. to the IRON BELT BUILDING
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION of Roanoke,
Virginia; and default having been made
therein, and being directed by the said
beneficiary so to do, the undersigned
Trustees, will, on the
10th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1899 at IL
O'Clock a. m, proceed to sell in front OF
the Post-office in Graham, Virginia, at
pu lie auction, to the highest bidder. a
c, tain lot of land, with n desirable
dwelling-houss and other improvements
thereon. situated in Graham, Vir, inia,
being known and designated as lots Nos.
6, Z, and 8, of Section "B," according TO
the map of Morton, Hartman & Co, re-
corded in lhe Tazewell County Clerks Of
flee. TERMS.CASH. There is due on
said bond$742.4o, as OF Dec. 18th, 1898.
ii. S. TROUT.
j. w. Hicks, Trustees.
O. A. AETCALFE,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-02-03
Electricity I'm Hives.

What has been called the pleasant
occupation OF hiving bees" has been
made even more pleasant by an cleo
trio invention which obviates the neces-
sity OF keeping a watch on the hives
at swarming time.
The basis of the apparatus is the con-
version OF the wing motion OF the
swarm into power. AS the bees swarm
out they cause two small, easy swing
ing doors to open outward. A little
hammer. which rests upon these doors
when closed and is connected with a
battery, drops. as the doors swing open.
upon a small metal leaf, and the cleo
trical connection thus effected rings a
bell in the bee growers house.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-02-03
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY virtue of Deed of Trust, executed
by a. q. Hall and his wife to The under
sgned, on the End day of May, 1892. to Sc
cure the IRON BELT BUILDING AND
LOAN ASS OCIATION in the payment of
the sum OF eight hundred dollars, as Is
fully set out in said Trust deed. of record
in the clerks office of the county court of
TazeweIl county, Va, In Deed book No
80, page 3i4, and default having been
mad5 by the said A q. Hall In the pay
ments set out in said Trust Deed for n
period beyond six months, he ng directed
SO to do 10y the Board of Directors of. the
Iron Belt Building and Loan Association
as well as by said Association, we will
on the 10 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1899. AT
the front door of the Post Office, In the
town of Graham. V proceed to sell al
public auction, to the highest bidder, fJr
cash, the house an d lot OF the said A. G..
Hall, in East Graham, Va, as set forth
in said Trust Deed, and being the prop
erty where the said AZ IL. now live
Amount due Dec. 18th. 1898, S3Ol.72.
j. w. HICKS
A. X. WooD, Trustees.
q. A. METCALFE,\