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The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
THE SASSAFRAS PLANT.
From It Mny Be Brewed a Pleasant
 Tea and a Good MuciIage.

From It May Be Breved a Pleasant
 Tea and a Good MuciIage.
 A correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier says of the sassafras plant: 'The whole plant is valuable for its medicinal properties. The root makes an excellent tea, spicy and fra grant, and has alternative virtues quite as good as the sarsaparilla. The stalks nave an inner pith that, although tedi pus to extract much of it. when scraped out and put into cold water and agitated for few moments with spoon forms a most thick and tenacious mucilage, retaining a delicate flavor of the smell of the sassafras and is a bland and soothing drink in levers, when the mouth is dry and great thirst exists. It is frequently retained gratefully when plain water is ejected.
 It is astonishing how mucilaginous a small quantity of this pith makes tumbler of water, which becomes thick, as gum arabic water. A mere teaspoon ful of the pith taken out of the small green branches of the bush will make three CT four tumblerfuls of thick mu- cilage.
 For infiamed eyes this mucilaginous water is very soothing and curative and has long been used for all forms of in- fiammation of delicate tissues, but is so simple that it is ignored by the prOfes- sion.
 The oil of sassafras, which is made from the root as we'll as other parts of the plant, makes a splendid linimeHt for pains and aches in combination with turpentine in proportion of one-t third of the former to two-thirds of the latter. Other stimulating tinotures, such as spirits of ammonia, are sometimes add ed, but the chief ingredient of the light ming liniments hawked about by itiner- ant quacks are composed principally of sassafras oil, which is really pungent and effective.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

The Pail Mall Gazette remarks: "It takes bold man to get up and say that 1t is possible to have too much techni- cal education, but pr. Creighton goes nigh saying it." The remarks to which the Gazette refers were made by the bishop of London in his recent address to the college of that city, in which he remarked upon his bewilderment at finding how many subjects of knowl- edge there are in the world Special ism in knowledge has come to take the place of an all-round education of for mer days, when, as the bishop says, he studied things in general" That there are certain benefits in this speciallza- tion of knowledge pr. Creighton read fly admits, but he reminded his hearers that the training in these special sub- jects was, after all, only part of and subordinate to the training of life. Too much specialization is apt to obscure
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

"New occasions teach new duties," and it may well be that the new duties of peace will prove harder to learn and more difficult to fulfil than those of war. In time of war 1t is comparative ly easy to rally all men to the support of the fatherland, and the one thing to do is to win the victory. But ill peace counsels are divided, and there is a call, not for the heroic virtues of the warrior, but for the tact and wisdom, and above all, the justice and truth, of the statesman. Our country has not been lacking in either, and it will not do for 1t to be lacking in either now.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

The opposition manager was trying to get some campaign material to use against the Mormon candidate, and was interviewing one of his wives.
 Does your husband treat all of you well?" he asked, insinuatingly.
 Does he treat us well?" was the re- Sponse. 'I should say so. If he doesn't we won't get our relatives to vote for him" ."-Washington Star.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
His Wiah.

Mrs. Peck-Yes, they missed some thing from the counter where I had been making some purchases and as I was leaving the store detective halt ed me and led me back to the office, where they told me that I was sus- pected of being a shoplifter.
 MT. Peck-Well, that was awkward, to say the least.
 Mrs. Peck-Awkward? For about a minute I was simply speeches. with indignation.
 Mir. Peck (regretfully)-Oh, wish had been there!
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Not satisfied with trying to knock Santa Claus. off his pedestal, some very learned persons want to banish Mother Goose's stories, claiming they are false -hOods. After having accomplished this highly commenGable job it would not be bad idea if they tackle the mali ciOus rumor that the moon is made of green cheese.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
He Was Surprised.

The Plimleys entertained their pedro club few evenings ago, and after tea Mir. Plimley put on his dress suit.
 Little Percy eyed him suspiciously while he was dressing, and finally said: 2. Papa, you thaid you wath going to thtay home thith evening""
 ''So l am, my dear little boy" Per cy's papa replied.
 Little Percy clapped his hands, jump ed up and downJ and in great glee cried:
 "Oh! And with that thuit onY'- Cleveland Leader.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Miss Helen Gould's role in life is that of benefcent fairy princess. Probably it has its compensatiOns, but one shud- ders to think of the anxious inquirers with their multitudinous eyes fixed upon the wand.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Unmasked by Science.

The "lady" professor suddenly reach ed forward and deftly picked a long, light hair from her husbands coat.
 Wretch" she cried; "whose is this ?"
 "One of your own," he answered, stOutly.
 'We will see," she haughtily observ- ed, and speedily vanished through a door labeled laboratory" For an hour or more the sound of clinking tubes and glasses was faintly heard through the heavy partition.
 Then the door suddenly opened and the 'lady" professor stood on the threshold.
 Her face was blazing.
 "Villainr' she cried, 'it was bleach ed.'
 But he was gone.-Cleveland Plain dealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

In all his bitter complaints against this country Senor Rios has not uttered a word which could be construed as a reproach to Miss Jessie Schley for the failure to carry out her side of the peace agreement. This is genuine gal lantry
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

It doesn't say Germany is not in- tensely interested in prohibiting Ameri- can sausage that no newspaper there has so far referred to it as an instance of the governments links-eyed watch fulneSs
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
DeserViuD Case

Weary Watkins-I ain't had nothin' to eat fer two days.
 Victim-You told me that very same story just week ago.
 "Oh! Then surely you would help a pore blOke 'at ain't had nothin' to eat fer nine days"-IndianapoH Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Driven f0 IT.

She-And did you go away to fight because you loved your country so much or because you were afraid of being jeered at if you didn't go?
 He-To be honest with you, neither of those reasons was responsible for my going. A Reinsurance agent had found me out and that was the only escape I could think of.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
The Other Wax.

Stratekut-Doctor, do you believe that smoking cigarettes ever made any one crazy?
 Doctor-I'm not so sure about that, but suspect that craziness has caused a good many people to take up cigar ettes.-Boston Transcript.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Keely's motor has been an egregious failure as a motor, but proceedings at the latest meeting of the Keely com pany prove that 1t is still unrivaled as a spellbinder.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

It appears that the tri-colored ribbon with which the seals are attached to the great treaty of peace signed at Par is was torn off a bonbon box. How gWeeti
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Did you ever realize that planting ad- vertising was like planting fruit trees? :? You couldn't expect a whole wagon load of apples the first year. Neither would you tear the tree up by the roots. at the end of the season. if that wagon load of fruit were not forthcoming. Yet you run q big Christmas ad.. and ex- pect carload of sales. and just be cause you didn't do as much as your neighbor over in the other orchard, who has been tending his tree for years, you yank your advertisement out of the paper. and say, Advertising doesn't pay" We wouldn't expect you to get married to advertising the first time you made its acquaintance. any more than we would expect you to marry the first girl who winked at you on the street.-Newspaperdom.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Looking for a Nest.

q dearly love birds," he gently sigh ed. And then she didn't do a thing but hasten to the open piano and softly be- gin singing, T Wish I Were a Bird"
 They are looking for a nest noW.- YOnkers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
The Woman1S Woman Again.

And what is your definition of the womanly woman" asked the inquirer.
 "A womanly woman" said the gent from the lake shore, 'fs a woman who dearly loves whatever husband she happens to e."-Indianapolis Jour- nal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Where She Got Eveu

"ACAC chC OOt GNcHs He-WOmen ask such foolish Ques- uons.
 She-Why do they?
 "That woman going along there ask ed me If 1 knew when the last train left"
 What did you say?' ''I said 1 didn't know, and then she asked me if could give her an idea" "Well, that was foolish on her part; that's so"-Yonkers Statesman.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Her Meaniuo and Iii.

Scribbles-My new book will be out soon. 1 hope you will lose no time in reading 1t.
 Miss Cutting-Indeed I won't. I lost several hours reading your other one.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

A female burglar was found under bed in New York. In the coming equal ity of the sexes must man acquire the female habit of looking under the bed :?
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
EVidanna

"Why do you think she is married p '1 saw her pass a mirror a moment ago without stopping to see whether her face was still there or not"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

A Western judge has decided that poker is not a game of chance. Prob ably that judge never gives a man a chance when engaged in little game.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Getting acquitted of lese majeste on the ground of intoxication Is not likely to prove a striking temperance argu- ment in the land of the Kaiser.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

The broom corner is expected to clean out the small manufacturers, and per haps the assertion that it will do so is not too sweeping.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Every robber who holds man up is described afterward as being a ''very tall man." And the man held up usu- ally finds himself very short.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Ont in Dakota,

'No," said the lady who had recently arrived from the East, "I haven't come here for the purpose of obtaining a di- yorce. have no-'
 "Oh, we'll" replied the lady who had been there long enough to know all about it, "dOn't let anybody know and perhaps you can get into society any way. 1 shall not expose you."
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Out in a Western city there is a preacher named Bowerfnd. He ought to be good partner in stiff game of euclre
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

A Yale divinity student is said to have stolen 5000 books. Probably they are of theological character, ana it was just his way of getting religion.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

The manufacture of steel rails has been so profitable In Russia that rail rolling mills have paid from 60 to 70 per cent. dividends.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Pride of Ancestry,

Patsy proudly)-Dere, Muggs, could yer mudder hand out sech a neat bunch of upper cuts as dat?-New York Jour- nal.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Many seem to think that if the nation by itself digs out the Nicaragua Canal 1t will be big scoop.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

A boy learns just so much in skating and then stops. Boys do nothing oI the ice now that boys did not do thirty years ago.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
 THE COMIC PAPERS.

Pleasant Incidents Occurring the World dOver-Sayings that Are Cheer. ful to Old or Young-Funny Se1ec- tions that Everybody Will Enjoy.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
A ModeI of Prnnrietr.

Jack-Miss Uppton is the most cir cumspect young lady ever met.
 TOm-HOw so?
 Jack-She refused to accompany me on the piano the other evening without her chaperOn.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

4 circular saw trust is the latest. That's an ugly article to monkey with.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

New York's Bill for Perfumery. New York pays $1. 100000 a year for perfumerY.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Wanted Comnanx.

Patient-No, doctor, there isn't any particular pain, but somehow l feel as if I were going to die.
 Doctor (who has been called out of bed at ? o'clock in the morning)-Let me feel your pulse. (After mOment.) Have you made your will?
 Patient (alarmed)-NO, but
 DOctor-Who is your lawyer?
 Patient-Mr. Studds. Why, doctor, do you think
 DOctor-Then you had better send for him. Who is your minister?
 Patient (still more alarmed)-Rev. Mir. Saintly. Am T.
 Doctor-I think he had better be sent for.
 Patient (badly frightened)-O doc tor, do you really think Pm going to die?
 DOctor-No, don't. There's nothing at all the matter with you, but I hate to be the only man who has been made a fool of tO-n!ght.-Cincinnati En- quirer.
 How a Story Rolls Up and Travels.
 Mrs. A. to Mrs B.-That Mrs. New conner is so fond of her children. The other day when I called she was blow ing soap bubbles for them through a common clay pipe.
 Mrs. B. to Mrs. C.-That Mrs. New comes is so funny. Mrs. A. saw her amusing her children with a common clay pipe.
 Mrs. O. to Mrs. D.-That Mrs. New conner smokes a common clay pipe.
 Mrs. D. to Mrs. E.-That Mrs. New conner smokes a horrid pipe. I don't see how any woman in her sober senses could do that.
 Mrs. D. to Mrs. F.-That Mrs. New conner smokes a pipe and drinks aw- fully.-Roxbury Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Brain Food,

"Say, Weary, ain't see you loOkin' so we'll fer a dogs age. What you been dOin'T'
 "Fillin' up."
 How"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Tine Fool and Hi. Monev.

"Optimism," said the sorry fool, ''if seeing the green side of n $5 bill"
 And what is pessimismY asked his friend.
 Seeing neither side of $5 bill."- New York Commercial Advertiser.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Starting Him Right.

"Ahr' sighed the sentimental youth, would that might install sentiment
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

"Sir." interrupted the practical maid, "Td have you understand that my heart is no installment concern"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Ohiect tn Muzzled Dogs.

In England the objection to the law requiring that dogs shall be muzzled during certain months of the year is so great that it Is beginning to take on political significance. Conservative members running for Parliament find the opposition of the dog owners. and more especially the influence of the fe- male owners, of serious moment. The latter in particular are most virulent in their abuse of the order and use their influence with the voters in their fam flies to turn out the present party, in the fallacious hope that the Liberals may allow dogs to go unmuzzled and hydrophobia take care of itself.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04
Amiability Assured.

"Readin' these here holiday menoos." Cleveland Plaindealer.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Schoolboy-Say, hurry up and get this geography up to date.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

A woman's idea of hard luck is to have her husband get sick when there Is a dressmaker in the house, and try. ing on and planning to be done.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

perfumerY.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Patient (badly frightened)-Oh doc tor, do you really think Pm going to
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-04

Gratitude.-Gratitude is the noblest of exercises and has most to do with God.-Rev. A. c. Morehouse, MethO- dist, New York City.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-07-21
LOCAL m ENTION |
Condensed News Gath
cred in and around
Tazewell.

cAO eioitiuS III DlucnCiu.
Mr.. j. j. Banner, OF Bluefeld,
was among us this week. He is
with the "Patton House, in Blue.
field.
W.. L. Watkins. Esq, ex-MayOr
of Buefield, now a commercial
traveller, has rented a house on
Tazewell Avenue, and will move
his family here in time for the
schools next Fall.
Col. Jas. S. Browning was in the
city on court day. The Col. has
just returned from visit to Blue
Ridge Springs.
Mason's Fruit Jars at Dodd &
Co.'S.
Nj. Il. Browning and w. NJ. Min
ter, attorneys, are attending court
this week.
DOdd & Co. have a fine assert
ment Of fishing tackle, including
rods, lines, hooks, etc.
Rev. and Mrs. Ruff have been at
Lebanon for two weeks. Mr.. Ruff
has been holding series of meet
ings there.
DR.. A. d. Estlll, of Lexington,
Va, is on visit to Tazewell. The
friends and acQuain faces of his
boyhOod days are glad to have him
among them.
The fruit aud vegetable season
is here, and Dodd & Co. have Ma
sons Machine made fruit jars, with
porcelain lined tops.
Mr.. G. +. Hodges, of Bristol,
Tenn, will be in Tazewell about
August 1st., TO work with our pho.
togIapner, Mr.. G. l.. Williams for a
few weeks. MIR. Hodges is said to
be one of the finest photographers
i'll the State.
Dodd & Co. have fine line of
glassware. You can g six nice
glasses for 10c.
Mrs. Jno. T.. Jackson aud the
children have returned from their
visit east and the Drs. face wears
a bright smile in.
Frank Wall and Jno. Moore are
painting DR.. ia kson's Drug Store.
And also the front of Hannah x
BotottimOIes'.
The appearance of things is much
improved.
Mr.. Gee. NJ. Tuner, Who was
with DIR. Jackson here sor some
time, is now ia Pocahontas with
Drs. Haller and Stump.
The Hargrave property was sold
on Tuesday by order of the court.
Messrs. Sharpe & Dohme were the
purchasers. The price paid was
$4,000.
Six nice glasses for 10 cents at
Dodd & CO's.Is that cheap enough?
Mr.. Jno. G. Stellar entertained
number of his friends last We'd.
nesday evening at his home west
of town. The man who cant have
good time at Mr.. st. Glars must
be peculiar kind of "critter.p
Mr.. w. L. Peery, of Peery and
st. Clair, sent out a fine casket last
Monday for the body of Mrs. An
drew Jones, who died at her home
near Cedar Bluff, on Sunday. We
have no particulars of death ofMrs.
Jones.
The good and popular minister
Rev. j. III. Wyse, of Burke's Gar
den, was in to see us OH Wednes.
day. He has reached the inter
esting point in his family life
where a double-seated buggy is a
necessity and hence his visit to
town at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. N. Hartman left
yesterday morning for a few DAYS
rest at Cedar Bluff.
We call attention to the new adj
of Tazewell College,
j. Frank Surface, II. NJ. Hawkins
Jr. aud other travelling men were
wnPa hara On
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25

In vain his wife implored him to shave.
declaring she was ashamed to be seen
with him, so close a resemblance did
he bear to tough" She even stated
what to her own sex would have been
convincing and effective argument
viz, that he looked ten years older. To
no purpose. The goatee remained,
growing daily more hideous.
The evening was hot, and he wore a
negligee shirt which was not conducive
to any improvement in his looks.
Throwing himself on the grass he rest
ed his head on his elbow and faced his
wife, who was reading on a bench some
dozen feet away In a few minutes a
policeman sauntered along. Noting the
admiration on the mans face as he 81
lently gazed at his wife. he halter.
Come now, get off there" he said,
with an imcerious flourish of his club.
Thinking he had violated the command:
Keep off the grass the broker said
something to that effect, and proceeded
to rise
mo. it isn't that at ALL" replied the
guardian of the peace. Il know your
SOFT. Move on"
The brokers' face assumed an inter-
rogative expression.
You're a tough set, you Frenchmen
You can't stay here and annoy this
lady. Go off,
well. / guess she's my wife, AMI
she has had to stand this kind of an
noyance for good many years" re-
piled the dealer in real estate, laugh
ing in spite of himself.
The policeman's apologies were long
and profuse, and 1t was only the deep
gratitude in the wife's face which
saved him from total collapse. She
had cause, indeed. to be grateful, for
the next morning her husband ap-
peared at breakfast minus his goatee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25

| that are shaped exactly like the Ger
man fiat cap The crowns of these
last are done out of cream flannel, the
broad vanished visor comes well over
the eyes, but such a covering is rather
intolerably hot for our summer suns.
Correct Height For Collars.
Two and a half inches is the lawful
height for collars. though men with
long necks are entitled to linen bands
two and three-quarters inches high.
Against short-necked men this collar
ruling goes hardly. especially when
evening dress is worm for then the col
lar must stand up quite straight, meas
ure trifie deeper in front than at the
rear, and the points under the chin can
be pressed out and apart ever so little.
Double collars. with round points have
for all save evening hours pushed the
single band out of usage. Men even
dress for afternoon weddings in double
collars, wearing them usually at we'd
dings with waterfall ties of soft silk
in two stripes and those dark blue and
white most often.
Everybody is buying and wearing a
quaint little stock evening tie that is
one of the most unreasonable small
novelties ever brought out. 1t is made
of white lawn of the sheerest dimity
long enough to pass twice around the
HeCh ana d ndlI-lIlcn WlOer at the mid
die than at any other point There is
a buttonhole in the center of this
widest portion, and that is made fast
to the front collar stud. The ends are
thrown back, crossed at the rear,
brought forward and drawn in front
into the typical evening bow. Of
course, this folding and refolding of
even the finest lawn gives the neck a
bulky appearance, but the argument
is that by such an intricate device the
tie is withheld from ever slipping up
or, even in moments of intensest ex-
element. from vanishing under the
wearer'S ear, since necktie side pins
have proven but an abomination of
deSolation to men who have tested
their possible good offices.
BEAU BRUMMEL.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
TAKEN FOR A FRENCH WASHER
Admitting Husbands New Goatee
Gets Him In Trouble.
(Chicago Chronicle.)

That the policemen in Lincoln park
are doing their duty in preventing la
dies from being annoyed by the loafers
who infest every shady nook and cor
ner was clearly demonstrated by an in
cident which happened few days ago.
A real estate man who lives at the
Plaza was with his wife enjoying, ac-
cording to his custom, an hour before
dinner in the park when he became the
victim of a joke which has given his
friends much amusement, and caused
his wife to say: Il told you so.''
1t seems that this gentleman, who
used to be a handsome, dapper man of
immaculate appearance. has lately de-
termined to tamper with his good looks
by raising hirsute growth on his chin
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-25
KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS.

Edward pledged his royal word that
safe conduct for fifteen days should be
accorded to all knights and their
eouerries who might wish to attend
the Journeys. The tournament in which
England had forty champion knights
was held in great pomp in the pres
ence of the queen and 300 noble ladies,
magnificently ROBBED. The jousts began
on April %, st. Georges day, and con-
tinued for fifteen days. being attended
by many knights from France. Elan
ders and Brabant. Then chivalry was
in full flower, but it was the last great
display of knightly prowess.