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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
MAN NEVER WITHOUT BEER.
the Process of Making Beer
Was Taught.

When the Romans first invaded Ger
many they found that the beverage Of
the people was beer produced from
barley. But that was at time COM
paratively modern. From the earliest
times and in every cline, says
an authority, man has had re-
sort to some stimulating and ex-
hilarating beverages prepared by fer
menting the juices or extracts from
fruits, grain or plants. 1t is said
that Osiris as early as 1860 d. {.
taught the process of extracting the
Juice from barley and fermenting it,
while the Greeks learned how to brew
and ferment from the Egyptians, who,
300 B. c., had established number
of manufactures at Potassium, on the
Nile. Xenophon, 400 B. c., refers to
a fermented drink from barley, and it
is alluded to by Aristotle, Strabo and
others under the name Of zythos.
Phny mentions a kind of beer called
"cerevisia." and Eunemenes in A. ID.
ESO says ludb pAN0N~NN
an abundance of corn that it was
sufficient to supply not only bread,
but liquid comparable with wine.
In the seventh century beer had be-
come so general a beverage in Eng
land that Ina, king of WesseX, levied
a tax to be paid in ale, and early in
the fifteenth century brewers COM
pany was formed in London. Up to
the sixteenth century English beer
was very poor, only favored with
broom, bay berries or ivy berries, but
in 1912 the cultivation Of the hop
plant was begun in England, and from
that time a great change was made
in the quality of the beer manufac-
tured. In 1910 the first brewery was
established at Burton-on-Trent, and
by the end of the seventeenth century
beer had become the national drink.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

holes Which are to receive the trees
should be at least three feet square,
and of sufficient depth. The soil shout
be thoroughly mixed with well-rotted
manure and well filed in and pressed
among the roots. Trees set in this way
will grow twice as rapidly as trees set
in a haphazard way. All cross limbs
and water sprouts should be cut off
each year, and shortening the tops an
nually is advantageous, as trees are
not so liable then to break down when
loaded with fruit, and the fruit is
more easily gathered.
Grass should never be grown in an
orchard, nor any grain crop, as they
tend to draw the moisture from the
soil and leave the trees without the
necessary supply to mature the fruit
and sustain the wood growth. Turn
ing under growing crops of clover and
cow peas, adds a large quantity of
humus to the soil. Potash is generally
deficient in old orchards, and to supply
this important element of plant food
there is nothing better than hardwood
ashes applied at the rate of $50 bushels
per acre.-C. w. Norris, in Agricultural
Epitomist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
ORCHARD CULTIVATION.
Trees Set In the Fall Become Wen
Rooted and Ready for Quick
Growth in the Spring.

Apples in a cultivated orchard ripen
later than in one that is not cultivated
the fruit hangs on the trees better, ano
it keeps better than fruit which ripens
earlier. Fruit trees should occupy tn.
best land on the farm, as it requires 3
good soil to furnish the constant sup.
uly of plant food that is consumed by
the trees, for bearing tree consume
more food from the soil than a tree
which does not bear; hence the impor.
lance of heavily manuring orchard
orchard land. Fall is the best time
for setting trees, for trees set In the
fall become well established, and are
ready to grow when spring comes.
The wound on the roots made in
transplanting heals over during the
winter, the soil becomes firm around
the roots and resists drought much
better than spring planted trees The
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
COULD you COME BACK.

Could you come back one golden hour, my
| dear,
And sit beside me here. your hand in
mine,
It seems to me life would not seem SC
drear;
And from my heart would fly the cruel
And hope again in my sad soul would
shine;
Could you come back one golden hour, and
say
The blessed words you spoke before you
went away.
If have been less careful than I ought
While you were here, and grieved your
gentle heart
II have failed in word or deed, or
thought
Needless of lessons you have taught.
And hardly done my best to bless your lot.
Oh. what holy comfort 1t would be
TO know that you again had come to
earth for me!
The silent country seems so far away,
1 cannot hear or see you as OF yore;
l miss you at the coming OF each day,
And all is changed where once you used to
stay,
Because your gentle face is there no
more.
NOiuc petCkt my oodIt IL Oilly lOA OhS hOVAb
That may know again loves pure and per-
feet power.
Perhaps the spirit world is near at hand,
And you are close beside me here to-
night,
Trying to make my dull soul understand
The glories of Gods many mansions grand.
That so you lead me closer to the light.
Come back. my sweet saint, from that
blessed shore,
That may grasp your hand and see your
face once more.
And when the days are dark and friends
are cold,
IT'S then miss you most whose heart
Love was the story that your lips have
told
That kept your heart quite young when
years had made you old,
For there was no one in the world like
you.
Come back. my dear; you know me at my
best
To whom my joys and grief were willingly
confessed.
But whether you are far away or near,
l know it's vain to call you back to earth
And in my thoughts you must be ever here
Who made of life for me such holy cheer
That when you went 1t seemed of little
worth.
My darling, twill be Heaven enough for
me
When may see your face in golden years
to be.
Charles E Pratt. in N. Y. Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Glass Dissolved in Water.

Every kind of glass at sufficiently
high temperature must eventually
show complete solubility in water
Under the pressure glass dissolves in
water heated to 400 degrees Fahren'
heit. Sea water more than $50 feet
beneath the surface will remain liquid
at that temperature, and if it pene-
trates the earth's crust where the
temperature is equally high it will
apart from the pressure, liquefy the
silicates or CLASSY rocks. Prof. Barus
concludes that at depth of about five
miles silicates in contact with water
are virtually fluid, and that the Level
of aqueous fusion in the earth is five
times nearer the surface than is that
of igneous fusion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
A PERSISTENT WEED.
wild Morning Glory II a Prolific Run.
ner and SmOthers or Breaks
Down Grass and Grain.

The botanical name of the plant Il
Convolvulvus sepium. In some botame'
it stands as Calystegia sepium. 1t has
several common names, among which
are hedge bindweed, wild morning
glory, Rutland beauty, woodland, lily
bind and hedge lily.
1t is a native perennial vine, and trailI
over the ground, stone walls or fences
or twines about or runs over Other
plants. 1t is a vigorous, rapid-grow'
ing plant, and occurs in many places
over a wide extent of country. II
spreads both by seeds and by deeI
horizontal root-stocks. In this respect
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Girls Essay on Boys.

! At recent school examination for
girls this composition was handed in
by a girl of IL, says Missouri paper:
"The boy is not an animal, yet he can
be heard quite a distance. When a
boy hollers he opens his big mouth
like frogs, but girls hold their toung
until they are spoken to, and then
they answer respectable and tell just
how it was. A boy thinks himself
clever because he can wade where the
water is deep. When the boy grows
up he is called husband, but the
grown-up girl is a widow and keeps
house."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
SPIDER TIME IN MANILA.
There Is Great Sport for the Filipino
Boys I'm Making the In
aects Fight.

When spider time" arrives the Fill
ipino boy is happy. He does not know
much about marbles, but when spider
time arrives, and that is just after the
rainy season begins. he knows that
he is to have great sport. There are
two harmless varieties of spiders that
are green and yellow in color that ma
ture in June. They are as large as the
common black spider so plentiful in
California. The Filipino boy catches
these and keeps them secure in box.
A small rod the size and length of a
knitting needle is procured. A spider
is then placed on the rod. Another boy
comes along and he bets cent that
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Active only Mt Night.

Surgeon McKenna, who has passed
the last six months on the island OF
Mindanao, does not hesitate to main
tain that the number of quadrupeds
and insects enjoying existence in the
moonlight of the tropics exceeds that
of their daylight rivalsi so much so,
indeed, that whole species and groups
or species are represented only
by nocturnal creatures. Forests that
remained as still as the grave under the
glare of the vertical sun are all in an
uproar within an hour after sunset.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
EXORBITANT TIPS.
They Prove q Severe Drain on People
of Small Means-System Ii
Altogether Wrong.

The clipping" question is one to be
carefully taken into consideration be-
fore ending round of visits or an itin-
erary. From time to time discussions
have arisen as to the possibility of do
ing away with the douceur. Some
people have steadfastly set their faces
against it so far as their own house
servants are concerned, but it is obvi-
ously impossible to put an end to the
practice altogether, because there are
some people who would always persist
in buying attention and favors, what
ever might be the custom, and others
who would "tip" from sheer generos-
ity, but we may we'll pray that some
kind of restraint may be laid upon the
very rich, who nowadays are so many
in number.
The millionaire is no longer a rara
avis. and if the very rich set the ex-
ample of presenting douceurs OF SUCH
magnitude that the aggregate sum Of
their tips while visiting here or stay
ing there is duly Photographed, how
many of those of limited income ever
hope to win any respect or command
any attention? The result of such abb
solutely indiscreet generosity is to
make it almost impossible for those OF
limited means to go about at all, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. How, for ex-
ample, can women with purses but
sparsely lined accept invitations to
stay in the same house with the wives
and daughters of men who think moth
ing of giving IS where the less endowed
can give but so cents? The system Is
altogether wrong; and if hostesses al
low their servants to receive money
from their guests they should take
some means of making 1t known that
it will be taken as personal favor il
a certain sum is not exceeded.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

his spider Will whip says the San Jose
(Cal) Mercury. Then the sport be-
gins.
The boy who is challenged produces
his spider, places it on the rod with
the challenger's. Each spider makes
a rush for the other and fierce bat
tie ensues. Sometimes the stronger
of the two will wind web around the
other, fastening him to the rod and
completely putting him out of bust
ness" The spiders sometimes fight for
ten minutes. Nearly every boy has
from eight to ten spiders, and they
bet all the Filipino pennies they can
get on the result of the fight.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
WILD MORNING GLORY.

1t is similar to the noted Canada this
tie. Though it seems to prefer to grow
in the low, moist ground or along the
banks of streams or rivers, it some
times becomes a troublesome weed in
meadows, grain fields, cultivated
ground and berry patches.
When it has become we'll established
it is difficult to eradicate. IL 1t Is IN
small quantity and in favorable loca.
ton, it may be dug out by the root
with a spading-fork. If abundant ane
in a field, it would be well to pillow thu
infested land and plant some crop that
should have frequent cultivation, go
ing over the ground with sharp hot
and cutting below the surface every
vine that has escaped destruction by
the cultivator. This should be repeat
ed as often as vine peeps above the
surface; for if the roots are allowed
to unfold the leaves in the
sunlight, they will renew their vitality
and strength, but if they are continu
ously deprived of their leaves, they will
in due time give up the struggle and
die. This involves close watchfulnes.
and much labor.
If the plants grow along fence rows
or in waste places along the banks Of
streams, where there are no valuable
or cultivated plants in danger of being
destroyed by the treatment, but where
the weeds are a menace TO such plants
they may be killed by the use of sui
phuric acid. One correspondent reports
good success in killing weeds by sprink
ling them with sulphuric acid mixet
with water in the proportion of on,
part of acid to 40 of water. AS the aciC
is very destructive, it should be handled
with great care and the mixture b.
kept in some noncorroding receptacle
like glass or granite ware.-CountrJ
Gentleman
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Value of seedIess Orange.

The seedless orange was a freak Of
nature found in swamp on the north
shore of the Amazon about 1872. To-
day it's cultivation in the United
States has revolutionized the Orange
Industry. 1t has brought the orange
yield of California up to 1900 car
loadsa year and the amount of money
invested directly and indirectly in it
Is over 500, 200, OO0.-N. Y. Post.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Didnr Wan, Nursing.

A nurse visiting her patients in a
Cape Town hospital ward found her
favorite soldier fast asleep. Pinned
to his coverlet was a scrap of paper
on which he had scrawled: ITO Il to
be nussed today, respectfully j. NJ"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
STRAW ICE HOUSE.
Most Excellent Way of Making use
of Stacks Found on Almost
Every Farm.

The illustration shows how to turn
to good account straw stacks some
times found on farms. The cheapest
sort of a framework which need not
be tightly boarded up will answer. The
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship of God on the LIST an d
srd Sundays at IL A NJ on the AnO "-
4th at 1880 P. NJ w.,.osdov Of 7.3O
Meeting for prayer, We @ne M az '''''
p NJ Sabbath School at s:So A. Nj GU,
Meeting of Epworth League ea Mnn 9Sn
law at 3 y. M, the third Moh MON ~
1iSbt of each month being devoted 10
''' 4 most cordial welcome is extended to all
n lo0''J J. 5. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Wrong Name.

At the opera in Dublin a gentle
man sarcastically asked man stand
ing in front of him if he was aware
he was opaque. The other said he
was nothing of the kind; he was
O'Brien.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

floor should be leveled up and drain,
consisting of a trench partly filed in
with stones, dug to carry off meltage
water. Entrance should be through
a long passage with several locks to eff
fectually cut off air currents. All sur
face water must be conducted away
from such a stack and hogs kept out
or they will burrow in and admit air
TO the ice.-Theron L. Hiles, in Orange
Judd Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Rev. MOwbray'S Appointments.

Preaching at Pleasant Hill Church LIST st
sabbath in the month at IL a. IN. ana al
White Church the same day at p M 21h;.o
Preaching the Third Sabbath at WHITE a e
Church II a. M; in the afternoon az
o'clock at Pleasant Hill Church.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

rr1ToN q COULLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
fTszewell Va. Practice in the courts OF Taze-
well county. S. NJ. B. Couling will continue his
mrsctiee in all the courts Of Buchanan county; j.
Fulton, Wytheville, Va. S. NJ. b. Couiing'
Tazewell, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

npEEvER A. GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell
livs Prs1:,LCi n the courts of Tazewel and ad-
timing counties. 0fice--Stras building. Eogar
l.. Greever. Barns Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

go w ST CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
liTs1ayau Va. Practices in the courts OF Taze
SslI and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Particulas at
tention paid to the collection OF claims. omce-
Stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Robert G. Jackson, judge; II. Bane Har-
man, clerk. Terms of court-lst MONDAY
in April, 4th Monday in August and LIST
Monday in December.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
Christian Church.

Preaching LIST and Srd Sundays at 7 !, p
"a 0nd and 4th Sundays at III q. IN:
PRAYER meeting Saturday night s az .. :
clock, Sunday schoo! every SUNDAY AZ
'''O PHILIP JOHNSON, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

N - ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze-
N we'll. Va. Will practice in the courts Of Taze-
we'll county and the Court of Appeals at Wytne-
Vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

,uNCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VTazewell. Va viii practice In the courts OF
razewel and adjoiniag counties Particular az y
3tras building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

POWELL ROYALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
d. Tszewell, Va. Ofhce with chapman q
Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

m C. BOWEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Taze-
1. well, Va ONCE west end OF Courthouse
yard.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

A. spRATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
w lands Va. Practices in the courts of Ta5e-
veil and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
maid to the collection of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ia well,
Iva. Land titles In Mcdowell and Logan c0un-
ties. West Virginia, speciality once In strss
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
LAWYERS.

CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS At
GIAW. Tazewell Va. Practice i'll all the courts
of Tazewen county and Court OF Appeals az
WytheviIle. j. w. Chapman, A. r. Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

q UIGGINBoTHAM ATTORNEY, ALLAN
A, T,@eyeli. Va. lOHiee up stairs in Law Build
-. prsctiees in Courts of Tazewell and al
i'InIng counties, aud in Court of Appeals OF Viz
ginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25

HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS, Tazewell, Va.
tlOfice in building near Court House h. NJ
uenrr 3. C. Graham. b. w. Stras
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-25
County Court.

HI. Stuart, judge; T. +. George, clerk.
Terms of court-Tuesday after Sd Monday
in each month.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-03
THERE is A FIGHT.
Goulds Seeking to Secure Control of
st. L. 81 S. w. Company.

Goulds Seeking to Secure Control Of
st. L. & S. w. Company.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 2.-The stockholders
of the ST. Louis & Southwestern railway.
generally known as the Cotton Bet road.
convened at the general offices of the
company here today, for the purpose of
electinS board of directors After a
good deal of discussion between the
Gould interest and the minority stock
holders, a recess was taken until after
noon to enable committee to examine
two large bundles of promises presented
by the respective interests.
Should the Gould interest succeed In
electing their ticket and securing a work
Ing majority of the board Of directors, it
is believed that the Cotton Belt will be
consolidated with the Iron Mountain
route, which would make it virtually a
part Of the Missouri Pacific system.
On the other band, 1t is stated that the
minority will fry to connect the road
with the Chicago and Western road. with
which It IS now closely related, by reason
of Traffic arrangement
The company has issued It's pamphlet
report for the fiscal year ended June 80.
19oO The financial results from opera
lions with comparisons are as follows.
Gross earnings, $5,S0S. asa; increase, $42, 1874:
operating expenses and betterments.
d,156,O7S. decrease, $50. 015; other income
$s56S6. increase, 81, 284; total income
&,s47, S96, increase, $11O,1S9 Interest. taxes
and rentals. 81, Iii, 6O4, increase, $6,S51. In
terest on second mortgage $3.50 00O in
$138 S23 No'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-03
GHosTLY FIGURE.
Who Haunted a Cemetery Was a
Grief-Crazed Mother.

VINO Haunted a Cemetery Was q
Grfef-Crazed Mother
San Rafael (Cal) Special to ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Manuel Souza has solved the mystery Of
the old Catholic cemetery in Marin's
Hills The ghostly figure proved to be a
Portuguese woman who had been crazed
by the death of her child. Nightly she
visited the graveyard and tried to dig I'D
the body with her bare hands
FOR weeks the mystery of the cemetery
has frightened the tinid Many scoffed
at the story Of a woman lowering over
the graves. Many believed the story Of
the apparftion. None were brave enough
TO investigate when the figure appeared
to them.
Souza was jogging home at midnight In
his wagon, whistling as he passed the
cemetery. Near the haunted grave his
horse Snorted with fear and sweryed
sharply to one side. The gay tune died
on Souza's lips. Every hair on his head
rose as he saw a black apparition drift
apparently across the graves
But Souza is a brave man. He sprang
from his wagon, hitched his trembling
horse to the fence and entered the Gem
etery. Before him the wonan's form
swayed to and fro, now and then wildly
waving her arms.
He crept up noiselessly behind it Then
he stopped in amazement The apparent
ghost was woman kneeling by grave,
frantically digging into the mound and
moaning and crying. Occasionally she
stopped her digging and raising her arms
to heaven called down curses on the
earth for refusing to yield up her baby
Souza, touched by the woman's grief,
spoke to her kindly After much persua-
sion he induced her to go home with him
His wife cared for the stricken woman
until relatives came for her.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-03
N. Z St. |. PROSPEROUS
ANNUAL MEETING AT MINNEAPOLIS
SHOWED BUSINESS TO BE
EXCELLENT
EARNINGS WERE INCREASED
Edwin Hawley Was Reelected Pres
ident md All of the Old
Directors Were Re-
appointed.

The annual meeting of the stockhofders
of the Minneapolis st. Louis, which
was held at Minneapolis, in the Office of
General Manager Day at 10 o'clck this
morning, resulted in the reelection of
L F, Day, F. H. Davis and ]. E. Searles
as directors for the ensuing three years.
three-fourths of the stockholders, who
voted at the meeting.
The directors meeting followed imme-
diately after the stockholders meeting
All of the old officers were reelected,
namely; Edwin Hawley, president; L. F.
Day, vice president and general manager;
+. H. Davis, treasurer, and Joseph Gas
kell, secretary and assistant treasurer.
General Counsel William Strauss,
Treasurer +. H Davis, ana Directors
Edwin 1-angdon. George Croker and T.
Il. Palmer were present at the meeting
The annual report OF the company for
the fiscal year ending June So 1900, has
not yet been published, but the hgures
submitted at the stockholders meeting
show q most satisfactory condition OF
things on the entire line.
The total earnings for the year from all
sources, as may be seen from the fol-
lowing table, were 1885,, SO9.76, an increase
of $S62, 300. 40 or 145S per cent The oper-
ating expenses consumed 1880, q, an
increase Of SIC, 503.SS, or uS0 per cent,
leaving net earnings of s., &c. SOLO, an III
crease of $2OO, SO2. o. or 1881 per cent,
It will also be seen that the percentage
of increase IT. operating expenses-l1S0
per CENTS less than the percentage of
increase In gross earnings-14.53 per cent,
the earnings over operating expenses be-
ing increased 1891 per cent.
he fip1YraS IN detail