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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
BARRIERS NOT GETTING RICH,
Their PROFITS DO Not Come from Those
who Are Content with
Only a shave.

"Ten cents is not enough for a good
shave" the barber said as he stropped
his razor and gazed at the iather-cov-
cred face of the man in the chair, re-
lates the Pittsburgh Post. THAT is, 1t is
not enough for the proprietor OF the
shop. Every man who goes into a
barber shop wants everything clean
and as hygienic as possible and yet
some of these very men would make
a dreadful fuss If we were to raise our
prices from ten to fifteen, the figure
that should really prevail. Now, just
stop and consider for moment. You
come In here and get into the chair
of one OF the men who is IN employe
snd not the proprietor The work
man must know his business and be
first-class, otherwise we would not re-
tain our customers; he draws good
wages, In fact his per cent. OF each
shave, figured on the number OF an
average week, is seven cents on each
one. You will want clean towels used
on your face and that costs; you may
want bay rum or some sort OF lotion'
and while there IL not much used 1t
all counts In the course OF day.
There il the wear and tear on furm-
ture. tho need Of new material at all
times; rent, pay or porters and the
general maintenance Of frst-class
place. and after that Is all paid 1t
leaves about one cent profit on each
shave for the man who owns the shop
tell YOU IL It wasn't for the haircut
ting and shampooing that we do there
is many shop that would have to
close its doors.
"Oh. YES, we have a number OF peo-
ple who come In here just TO get
shaved and nothing more, and you
may be sure that there Is not q barber
In the place that does not know them
They are not good customers and the
men appreciate this and do not show
any slacrity in waiting on them. You
see. a barber wants to make good
showing IN the amount Of money
taken in and II he has nothing but
shave checks at the end Of the day
whv he has not made for the man
who employs him much more than his
wages.
"The man who wants q shave and
goes into q barber shop and finds al
the chairs Allied with people who are
getting their hair cut and boards
trimmed feels very much like doing
a few lines of cussing, but It ia not
80 with the barber or the man who
runs the shop. The hair cuts are wha'
all the larder and add to the little pile
In the savings bank. l would Ike "
see all the shops 60 to Is cent
shave; that is, all the frst-class ones
It is not much, and If the patrons Of
these good places who think ten cents
too much will just take day on an(
90 to one of the fve-cent shops anC
get a shave he will have good reason
to realize what he is getting In tint
better class ten-cent shops"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
WHITE OTTER SKIN DANCE.
Peculiar Ceremony Observed Among
the Sac and Fox Indians
In Oklahoma.

About 400 Sac and Fox Indians were
assembled on their reservation In
Oklahoma, few days ago, dancing
the religious otter skin dance. This is
q ceremony observed by these Indians
every ten years. 1t is queer doc
trine. The adherents trust all in the
white otter. AS they cannot get the
animal alive in this country, they take
his skin. This is placed on high pole
IN the center of the excited Indians,
and they go around 1t for hours at a
time, never removing their gaze.
Then when they are so tired they can
90 no farther the medicine man losses
them the otter skin, and they bury
their face in 1t. While thus situated
they claim to see all their dead rela-
lions and get q glimpse OF the happy
hunting ground. The dance lasts a
week.
During the first two days OF the
dance only 4o Indians received the
otter skin. They are not given it un'
til the great spirit so directs the medi'
cine man, and hence there is weeping
and wailing at the dance. Those who
have prayed for the otter skin and,no'
vet received 1t think they are lost
They take this as an evil omen, and
think the great spirit is angry with
them.
There are two white girls taking
part in the otter dance this year, hav
ing recently married Indians and be
come converted to the faith.
A great dog feast took place a.
night, and 142 dogs were killed anC
cooked. The Indians enjoyed theil
meat and are dancing hard, hoping Il
win back the will OF their Great Spirit
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
PREFER TO STAY IN MEXICO.
Natives of Our Sister Republic seldom
Emigrate to the United
states.

BY the last census taken IN 1919 Cne
nonulation of Mexico was 12,57S,0OO. by
the last census Of Canada, taken IN
1895, its population was 5,125,OOO. There
are thus far more than twice as many
inhabitants in Mexico as In Canada, ana
the facilities of travel between Mexico
and the United States are equally good'
hut by the last census there were
1000. 600 Canadians in the United
States and only 1900 MeEicans-a dis
parity so great as to require some ex-
PLANTATION, says a New York paper.
It has generally been supposed that
a majority Of the Canadians in the
United States are residents OF elther
the northern counties Ct New York or
the manufacturing districts OF New
ENGLAND. into which there has been OF
recent years a very large immigration
Of French Canadians, but 1t is fact
that the Canadian-born population OF
the United States is pretty event DIS
tributed. and by the last federal CEN
sus there were 1871, 600 Canadians in
Michigan, 10000 in California, 4o'Ooo IN
the state of Illinois, $4,000 in Iowa, ano'
more curious still, perhaps, 1900 IN
Texas. Two-thirds of all the Mexicans
In the United States are to be found
within the state of Texas and the other
one-third in the other A states and ter
ritories of the country. BY the last
l.. ~ MnXlNAnA
resident in New York was returned as
330. of Missouri 1870, of Illinois 14S, ana
of Colorado COZ.
The most frequent explanation given
for the scarcity of Mexican residents
in the United States Is found in the
differences of climate. But this ex-
planation is not the true one, as Is
shown by the figures In Mississippi, a
state whose climate more nearly, per-
haps. than any other, with the excep-
ton of Texas, resembles that OF Mex
leo: there were only 81 Mexicans in Mis-
sissippi returned by the last census, IN
Alabama "a and in Arkansas q, while
in the north Atlantic states there were
$50. Another explanation of the lack
of Mexican emigration to this country
Is given In the unfamiliarity OF Its peo-
pie with the language, but that view OF
the case is not well supported.
The republic of Mexico has been In
creasing much in population through
immigration IN recent years and the
number of American emigrants to Mex
leo has been continuously small. There
were by the last enumeration 1900 for
eicn residents in the capital city OF
Mexico, the total population Of which
was 345,0OO.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
HETTY GREEN AT HOME.
Two Little Flats Shelter Americas
Richest Woman and Her
Husband.

"Hetty Green, The Richest Woman
In America" writes Leigh Mitchell
Hodges, in Ladies' Home Journal,
Elves modestly In two small flats in
brick block in Hoboken, n. j. There
are two electric push bells at the door,
under which one finds the name e.
Dewey Mrs. Green prefers that the
public should not know where her
home Is situated, and she uses this
name because her pet dogs name is
Dewey, and she commonly calls 1t
Cutie The parlor is in the lower
suite, and is a little larger than a
pood-sized closet. A couch, a small
table and three chairs are the fur
nishings, and the ornamentation Is
quite simple.
Mrs. Green is a rapid talker. Words
seem to come to her as easily as dol
lars. She is witty, too, and these
gifts, with her remarkable memory
and pleasant. voice, make her an ex-
cellent conversationalist. Her daily
routine is more severe than that OF
any other living millionaire, perhaps.
She rises early. eats a light breakfast
in the little dining-room of the Ho-
boken fat, and hurries Off to the ferry.
1t is only a short distance from her
home to the slip, and she always
walks, be the weather what it may,
Her husband, E. II. Green, who is sell
dom seen or heard Of, is an old man,
almost 80, and somewhat Of an in
valid. The upper one Of the two fats
is called his, and there, in a plainly
furnished sitting-room, he sits day in
and day out while his wife is In New
York looking after her financial al
! fairs. When she comes home in the
evening-it is always late-she some
times reads to him" .......p....
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
CONVENIENT RAIL FENCE.

Just above rail with long staple. doing
same at both ends; put on another rail
as before, and continue till top of posts
is reached, which completes the first
panel. The other panels are made in
the same way, taking care not to have
both ends of the panel on the same side
of posts, but run alternately as started.
The illustration shows the way rails
are stapled to posts and the manner of
running panels. AS the rails when put
on posts in this way do not touch each
other they will last longer than when
put on any other way; and like this
method of making use of old rails very
well, for by setting posts and using a
little wire a good fence can be made
from a very poor one. Build six to eight
rails high. Should post rot off any
time set another near it and fasten
rails as before. - j. G. Allshouse, in
Farm and Fireside.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
MARKED BY PROGRESS.
once of Public Road Inquiries, Under
Direction of Gen. stone, Has
Done Good Work.

The work of the Office of public road
inquiries, under the direction of Gen.
Roy Stone, has been marked during
the past year by steady progress along
It's well-established lines. 4 great deal
of work is accomplished by corresponds
ence and by the gathering and dissem-
mating of important information re-
lating to various phases of the road
subject. Many thousand copies OF good
roads, literature have been distrib-
uted among farmers and other persons
interested, and important road conven-
tions have been attended by repre-
sentatives of the Office, and many state
legislatures have asked for and received
assistance in framing new road legisla-
ton. Examples of steel road tracks
have been completed in number OF
different localities, and these expert
mental sections of steel road clearly
demonstrated their usefulness for the
western states and for other places
which are but sparingly supplied with
good stone and gravel. When steel be-
comes cheap once more, the manufac-
turers can take the matter up and
make a series of special shapes. The
object lessons furnished by sample
roads have been extensive, and sections
have been built in several parts of the
country. AS result of the investiga-
tions, the Office considers that for local
needs as well as for our material devel-
opment and prosperity well-regulated
system of public roads through the
whole country is, day by day, becoming
more necessary. While we have the
most perfect railway system in the
world, our public highways are and al
ways have been inferior to those of
any other country in the civilized old
world. AS our public roads are the
veins and arteries of our agricultural,
commercial and social life, they are not
yet receiving the consideration that
their great Importance deserves. Much
has been done in the United States to-
ward road building during the last few
years, but much more needs to be done.
Scientific American.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
BUTTER-MAKING HINTS.
IL They Are Followed as Closely as
Possible a Good Article Is Sure
TO Result.

The first and foremost essential is
absolute cleanliness, and this applies
to the cow stable, the milk-pails,
milk-pans and all other utensils, the
milk room, etc. When the milk is
brought in, strain it as soon as pos
sible, filing each millk-pan half full.
If the milk-room is very near the
kitchen or other living rooms, place
newspapers over the pans to keep out
the dust. Do not break into the
cream if it can be avoided. and do not
let the milk go over three days with
out skimming.
Put the cream in large stone jar
and mix it over well each time fresh
cream is added. Keep the dish in
rather warm situation if possible; GO
degrees Fahrenheit is about right.
Empty into the churn whenever the
lar is full and after the churn has be-
come half filled churn the cream into
butter. In cold weather the process
may be quickened by setting the
churn and all in dishpan of hot wa
ter.
In churning, let the strokes be firm
and even, and do not leave off until
the butter has come. The butter
should be gathered in a wooden bowl
and quickly worked over to dissolve
the salt and eliminate the butter
milk. Then it may stand for a few
hours, when it should receive its final
working over. a few dipperfuls Of
cold water should next be added to
help dissolve the salt and to get the
butter into shape for packing. The
main point of mixing the butter is to
make it of a good consistency for put
ting in the jars; it should not be
worked over too long or the salt.
grains will cut the globules, thus
making it sticky. Butter should be
worked over at temperature of
about 60 degrees. A higher tempera-
ture causes it to be soft, while low
er one makes it "mealy."
In winter, if the butter is not of q
good, rich color, do not hesitate to
put a teaspoonful or two of some
first-class butter coloring in with the
cream, before churning, as the liquid
is perfectly harmless and will add
much to the selling qualities of the
butter. Many people will not buy I'M
less it is colored to just such shade.
Fresh, clean dairy butter is some
thing that will always bring a good
price, and anyone who follows the
pursuit will find that it pays if car
ried on intelligently. Poor butter is
drug in the market, but anyone can
soon learn to produce first-class but
ter, just by exercising a certain
amount of care. common sense and
perseverance.-Ohio Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
SHE BUILDS CHURCHES.
Boston Has Developed New sphere
of Industry for Women's
Effort.

The Boston woman will not permit
herself to be forgotten, and, indeed IL
Is fortunate that she keeps herself SO
much In the public view, for, aside
from a few idiosyncracies that are
easily forgiven in view OF her other
lovable qualities, the Boston woman Is
a very praiseworthy creature. One OF
the latest developments Of the woman
Of the modern Athens has been IN the
direction of architecture. Josephine
Wright Chapman Is the latest wonder
of her sex, for she Is architect OF
acknowledged ability. From her
offices have come forth the designs for
some of the most beautiful houses and
homes in eastern Massachusetts, and
the plans for some Of the most sue
cessfully beautiful buildings. Through
out the city and state are monuments
20 her skill and her constantly In
creasing patronage can point 70 out
one thing. that her work IL her best
advertisement.
At her Office she employs constantly
several draughtsmsn, who are inces-
sanity occupied with work she has 70
do. She has reached that degree OF
success that is not compelled TO seek
for something to do, but has merely
70 wait for what comes.
The latest building for which 1t 10
practically certain Miss Chspman's
plans will be accepted is that which
it Is proposed to build for the All
Saints Episcopal parish at Attleboro'
The growth of the church made q
larger edifce imperative year or two
ago and several months past tract
Of land was purchased and Miss
Chapman made the plans for the new
church. The style is that OF an old
English abbey. The church will seat
PTS. but could be made to seat as
many more If necessary. 1t is In the
form OF a cross. with seats in the
transepts, or projecting sides.
Another church which Miss Chap
man has led into the way OF beauty
ia that of the Episcopal parish at Leo
Minister. This will be rather after the
old English chapel style and will be o.
feet In length and 40 feet IN width
The church will seat 300 persons ant
the Sunday school room 200.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
coNsuLs AS LITTLE KINGS.
Authority to Perform Diversined
Fnnctions Delegated to EnsIAn
Representatives Abroad.

Englishmen abroad have way OF
anplying to their consul for informa-
tion and advice on any and every sub
iect, looking upon the consul as pub
lie servant. In this they are mistaken
for the consular duties are strictly
limited. and except out OF courtesy
and pure good nature he is In no way
obliged to go beyond these stricsly
defined official duties, says the Londen
Mail.
BEFORE q consul is appointed he mas
n satisfy the civil service commission
srs that he has correct kon"ieuse
~ the English language, so as 70 DC
able TO express himself clearly ano
correctly in writing; that. he can
sneak and write French correctly, ano
that he has a sufficient knowledge OF
the current language Of the country'
that he is acquainted with the primer
ules OF British mercantile and com
mereial law; and that he is between
the ages OF rs and 30.
Some consuls are paid. Others ar'
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
CATARRH IS A CONSTITUTIONAL Oh BLOOD

De bridged, the more rational becomes
communication without wires. The
cable is not only an easily damaged and
costly instrument, but 1t limits US in
the speed Of transmission by reason Of
a certain electrical property insep-
arabic from It's construction. A prop
erly designed plant for affecting COM
munication without wires ought to
have many. times the working capacity
Of a cable, while 1t will involve incom-
parably less expense. Not a long time
will pass, believe, before communica
ton by cable will become obsolete, for
not only will signaling by this new
method be quicker and cheaper, but
also much safer. BY using some new
means for isolaking the messages which
1 have contrivdd an almost perfect pri-
vacy can be secured"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
STRONG RAIL FENCE.
That Is Convenient aud Not Ex-
pensive to Put Up.

When a farmer has q lot of old rail
fences going to rack he will find the
fence shown in the illustration the
cheapest one he can build. Set posts
six inches closer together than the
rails are long; take two pieces of or
binary fencing-wire, each about six
feet long, and place on sides of first two
posts, having wire on second post on
opposite side to wire on first post;
fasten these wires to the post at or
near the ground. Now place rail be-
tween the wires and posts, drawing
wire up tightly over rail and stapling
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
CABLING WITHOUT WIRES.
Tesla, the Famous EIectriciAh' DE-
scribes the Method of Its Ac-
complainant.

OF the future Of wireless telegraphy
Nikola Tesla says in Century:
Stationary waves in the earth mean
something more than telegrapby with
out wires to any distance. They VIII
enable us to attain many important
specific results impossible otherwise
For instance, by their use we may pro-
duce at will, from a sending station
an electrical effect In any particular
region of the globe; we may deter
mine the relative position or course OF
a moving object, such az vessel at sea,
the distance traversed by the same, or
its speed; or we may send over the
earth wave of electricity travelling at
any rate we desire, from the pace OF
turtle up to lightning speed.
"With these developments we have
every reason to anticipate that in a
time not very distant most telegrapnic
messages across the ocean VIII be
transmitted without cables For short
distances we need wireless tele'
phone, which requires no expert op'
orators. The greater the spaces te
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
scientanc Indinerence.

Sir William MacCormac, the presi-
dent of the Royal College of Surgeons
ia an indefatigable worker. Often, to
save time when studying in his labor
atory. he used to have light lun-
cheon served there Once his assist
ants hesrd him sigh heavily, and look
ING ND saw the doctor glaring at two
glass receptacles on his table.
"What Is the matter, doctor 2" asked
one of the youngsters
Nothing in particular" was the re-
ply, "only 1 am uncertain whether l
drank the beef tea or that compound
I have been working on.'0Chicago
Times-H erald.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
SPORT IN SPAIN.
The Building That was Useo hoE
Cock Fighting Looks Like
Church.

The cockfght is still much in vogue
In Spain. AS in the bullfght, the ami
mails are carefully bred and reared in
order to bring their fighting powers
to as high a degree of perfection as
possible. The animals are housed in
lofty rooms, and each cock has sep
arate cage OF it's own with number
affixed. Their food is strengthening
and selected, but in order to economic
their strength they are constantly con-
fned to their cages and rarely allowed
to roam about at large and fraternize
with one another. The cockfghts take
place In small building called Circo
Gallistico, the exterior view OF which
ia somewhat like q church. The inte-
rior Is arranged like an amphitheater,
the arena forming the center, with
seats arranged In circle. Immediate
" before the fight the animals pass
the scales" and the feathers on the
neck and the posterior part OF the BODY
as well as under the wings, are re-
moved 30 as to render their move
ments freer and increase the effect OF
a blow from the sharp-pointed spur.
Heavy betting Is always carried on In
| the Circo Gallistlco.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26
Officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church SesiA'

public worship of God on the LIST sn9
,rd SUNDAYS at ii A NJ, on the Ind ano
lth ct 1880 P. M. ,7.eo
Meeting for prayer, WEDNESDAY ~ '''o'
p NJ. sabbath School at $50 A. M;
Meeting of Epworth League eash sun,
law At 3 D. M, the third MONDAY
a;Sbt of each month being devoted 70
''' 4 most cordial welcome is extended to all
a ]. S. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-26

MAYHEM w. Bronson. millionaire,
has Just been installed as chief of the
Larchmont IN. " fire department
of which he had been chief instructor
in life saving since the time when
through the favor Of Commissioner
ScanneU, of the fire department, for
mer Chief Bonner, and Chief Croker
he went through the hard work re-
quired by the fire department from
The men who came up for approval
at headquarters.