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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
BUYING A MOUSETRAP.
a Young Married Couple Have an In
teresting Time Adjusting
Differences.

There was nothing for 1t but
nousetrap. They had stood the pest
Of mice as long as patience allowed
The ianitor had been appealed TO IN
vain. He had made one or two In
effectual attempts to abate the pest,
but as the agent of the building would
not allow him to use poison for fear
the victims would have the bad taste
TO die on the premises and because
there was no appropriation for mouse
traps forthcoming from the man OF
leases, the head of the family, spurred
on by the protestations of his wife,
went out to a hardware store and
called for the needed article. He had
supposed that buying a mousetrap was
a simple thing, but when he saw the
number of patterns he was bewildered,
saws the Chicago Chronicle.
'Do you want to catch them aliveT'
asked the clerk.
"Well, should say I did. III wanted
to catch them dead you don't suppose
I would require trap, do ?" replied
the head of the family
81 mean," explained the clerk, do
YOU want trap that will kill themY
"Of course 1 do. am not collecting
mice for exhibition purposes" He Sc
lected a small steel cage of the ordi-
nary garrote pattern, for which he
Maid IS cents. That night he showed
it to his wife and they proceeded to
set it. .
"Wbat shall we baitit with ?" he asked
"Dc we have to bait it?"
ooh, no. You catch mice by send
ing them an engraved invitation"
"Oh, 1 suppose it ought to be some
thing nice and tempting"
eyes. Lobster a la Newburg."
ooh, George, believe you're teasing
me. What do they like mostY
"Cheese, you sweet ninny!"
"Of course! How stupid of me. Bu'
we haven't bit of Roquefort In the
house."
"My dear, If we had Roquefort we
wouldn't need the trap. The cheese
would kill them"
"Just plain American cheese
"Of counsel These are just plair
American mice. You might make
Welsh rarebit for them. That Woui'
certainly do the business"
She got a morsel of cheese, and tn
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
APRONS ARE IN DEMAND.
Those Now Favored Diner In Size
and Shape from Old-Fash-
toned Coverings.

When Becky Sharpe intended to
make an impression of singular fem
ininfty she began to work upon little
shirt designed primarily for her child
Rawdon junior, but which the younger
Crawley had years outgrown.
According to the same principle, but
with far from the same design, Chi
cago matron used to decorate her
sleeves with linen cuffs whenever she
felt in specially virtuous and woman
" mood, says the Chicago Chronicle.
The feminine caprice of the day has
passed from the cuff 10 the apron. The
old-fashioned badge of the old-fash-
toned housekeeper has passed to her
newer-fashioned follower with less do
nestle tendencies. But the apron it.
self is scarcely the practical but ugly
possession of bygone day. It is dainty
and pretty and sheer and fancy, and
adds beauty to an old gown and hides
many a well-worn skirt.
The apron, which accompanies the
craze for fancy work, will be much
In evidence at the seashore and noun
tain resorts this summer. 1t is made
of dainty muslin or lawn or dimity and
is embellished with embroidery and
bows of rainbow ribbon. The end is
turned up to form n row of useful peck
cts and, each one is designed TO hold silk
or wool or the thousand and one i'm
f,,V. fe,r, ~
work. The band is made Of pretty
ribbon and fastened to one side are
number of tiny ribbons of the same
or a contrasting shade, holding scis-
sors. thimble case, bodkin and other
necessary appendices.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
HOW TO PREVENT FLIES.
First Essential Is the Removal OF
Filth and Trash, Their Natural
Breeding Ground.

One of the greatest nuisances about
a farm is the pest of flies in the sum-
mer and fall. 1t would be hard to
estimate the loss occasioned by them
every year about the barns, dairy and
feed-lots. No cow can do herself JUS
tice where she is forced TO keep up a
continued battle with a swarm OF
flies from daylight until dark. Wor-
rying at the flies is more wearing on
q team than hard labor. The cause
of pastured and fattening stock los
ing flesh in the summer is the flies.
AS with most evils, the best cure is
prevention. TO prevent the pest one
must remove their breeding ground,
which is the filth and trash about the
premises. 1t is the case on most
farms that the manure-heaps are al
lowed to accumulate during the sum-
mer and the yards to go uncleaned.
These furnish the best of breeding
places for the flies. Swill barrels and
buckets, too, are never washed out,
but are allowed to sour and become
incrusted with dirt, another source
of flies. In feeding the hogs and
calves milk and slop are spilled about
the troughs and barrels day after
day. The ground thus treated soon
becomes a hotbed for the eggs, which
will hatch and feed there. Open
closets and uncovered drains are an
other source, as is any place where
there is decayed matter or filth for
the maggots to thrive upon after
Matching. Flies are far more of a
local pest than most people imagine
A farmhouse whose grounds are kept
clean and whose back yard is free
from refuse, Stops, etc, will be little
troubled with flies. Stock kept in a
clean stable or lot will be less troubled
than the animals of the untidy, shift
less farmer. Cleanliness and flies do
not thrive together. -.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

trap, after many trials, was baited
and set.
That night a mouse was caught but
Isabel tainted at the sight OF the dead
victim and George was obliged to give
the trap away to the janitor in order
TO save her nerves. The next day he
brought home trap of another pat
tern. 1t was baited with cheese, but
the mouse was not killed by its cap
tivitv. After it had eaten the cheese
and taken cafe noir and smoked
cigar it found that the only open door
led to a rotary cylinder of steel wire
a sort of smoking-room. That is where
they found Mr.. Mouse the next morn
ing. He was padding around in the
treadmill, under the impression that
he was rapidly getting away from the
scene Of his captivity. Isabel clapped
her hands at the sight.
isn't he too cunning for anything!
But what shall we do with him.?
eve might give him to the baby to
play with" said the unfeeling brute.
COR we could attach the cage to the
sewing machine and get the benefit
of his energy. We will drown him, OF
course?" lisa bel hid her face inherhands'
an the lake, George?"
eyes, 1 see myself walking three
blocks to drown mouse in the lake.
No: in the bathtub."
George Harrison, if you drown that
poor little helpless mouse in my bath
tub I'll never.
"Bathe again ?" finished her husband.
"Oh. YES, you will" And off hestarted
with the trap for the bathroom. When
he had accomplished his hellish design
he gave the trap and its dead contents
to the janitor and returned to his
wife.
"Did-did 1t suffer much?' asked
Isabel.
ats death agonies were very distress
ing and 1 shall never get It's last words
out of my ears. I"
you're q brute!" said Isabel, and
abe hounced out of the room.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
TRUTH.

Not in my way nor In your way
Does the cause OF Truth march on;
Yet each age has more OF progress
Than the ages that have gone;
And from its inverted shadow
Wheels the earth into the dawn.
Often by the storms of passion
We are torn and temptest-tossed;
Often do our plans miscarry.
Oft our purposes are crossed;
Oft we bow our heads in anguish,
Crying out that all is lost.
Blu. the morrow breaks in glory
And the morning sunshine smiles
Cleaning off into the distance
Unto golden afterwhiles,
Where the Future glints and glistens
Over Fortunes happy isles.
Back of our short-sighted wisdom
Stands the thought Omnipotent;
Back of all our puny scheming
Waits the foreordained event;
Oft what seems to us an evil
Is a blessing heaven-sent
God is reigning, and His justice
VIII prevail. whate'er betide;
There are silent. unseen forces
Unto Truth that are allied;
And the legions of the angels
Aid us from the other side.
Not in my way nor in your way
Comes the triumph of the right
But resistlessly as morning
Steals on the reluctant night,
Till the air is filled with music
And the world is filled with light.
Not In my way nor in your way
Comes the triumph of the right,
But resistlessly as morning
Steals on the reluctant night,
Till the air is filled with music
And the world is filled with light
There are voices from the Silence.
Soft as sweep of seraph's wings;
From the secret soul of being
Gods eternal mandate springs;
And the world moves on forever
To the goal Of better things.
Denver News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
Unconscious Plagiarism.

The latest victim Of a case Of APP
parently unconscious plagiarism is the
author Of a story sent to a magazine
some time ago. After his story had
been accepted he picked up another
magazine, and there was his story, with
precisely the same plot, told by writer
he had never met. There was just time
for him to send word to the magazine
that had accepted his contribution to
have the story taken from the form.
Two hours later he would have been
foo late.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
DEHORNING CATTLE.
A Rack EEpecinIIy Constructed for
the Purpose of Securely Holding
Mature Cattle.

In the work of dehorning mature
cattle. it is essential that they be Sc
aurely held. The best plan | know Of
IS bv means of a rack. as illustrated,
and which / have used with hul-
dreds of head of stock. For its con
struction. take two scantlings, a,
PKG inches by feet. Bore three ~
inch holes through each piece, one il
middle and one at each end. Put
in three rounds. each 3 feet long
which makes the main frame. Boil
on six upright pieces, b, PA inches
and feet high, one at middle, the
other two at ends, on each side. Nor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
Cow with oueer Appetite.

Occasionally we hear of cattle that
develop an abnormal appetite for
wood, eating rotten pieces of boards,
etc. A contributor to National Stock
man states that at one Crawford
county institute a gentleman COM
planned that one of his COWS had
eaten a pig-pen, string OF fence and
other lumber on the premises, and he
had been compelled to fence her away
from the barn to save it. He has fed
her many and various feeding stutfs'
besides bonemeal, sawdust and other
side-dishes. With lumber at present
prices, the COW has expensive tastes
He wishes to know what produced the
appetite, and what will cure it. He
thinks he has provided foods that fur
nish all the mineral elements needed,
and the inclination to chew sticks and
boards seems now to be only vicious
habit.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
AnatnmicnI exneriments have Show

Anatomical experiments have shown
that the weight of the body is about
canal to the same bulk of sea water,
so that persons falling overheard who
cannot swim, If they do not attempt
to keep more than their mouth out OF
water, can sustain themselves for q
considerable length of time. Most per-
sons who fall into the water lose their
presence of mind, and either draw
their hands up or wildly dash them
through the air and water. OF course,
the instant the weight Of the arms Is
added to the weight of the head above
the water the body sinks, and few rep
Editions of this ends in another acct
dental drowning" The same struggles
with the hands and feet under the wa
ter would have preserved life. What
all persons should impress upon their
minds is this: That in case they should
fall overheard they must retain con-
troll of their senses, the hands and arms
must be kept under water, and the feet
and hands kept in motion to sustain
the head out of water. So long as
the mouth and nostrils do not get SUBJ
merged there is no danger,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church SOu'n'

puhlic worship of God on the LIST ana ana
srd Sundays at II A NJ, on the 1nO "-
9TH at 7:3O P. NJ. ,.osdov at7.3O.
Meeting for prayer, WEDNESDAY Inc NJ az ''0'
p. M. Sabbath School at 9:oO a. o m Sun.
Meeting of Epworth League eS Monday ~S
3av at 3 y. M, the thlro Monud ~
light Of each month being oeVo'e0 "
''s' most cordial welcome is extended to all
n "0'' j.. S. FRENCH Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
lighting I'm Scotland.

Glasgow and Edinburgh have e1,-
00.CoO invested In electric lighting;
Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Govan, Green
ock, Paisley. Perth. e 100000.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
Rev. MOwbray's Appointments.

Preaching at Pleasant Hill Church list
sabbath in the month at ii a. IN. ana al
White Church the same day at p M m;.;.o
Preaching the Third Sabbath at Whit e
Church II a. M; in the afternoon at
y clock at Pleasant Hill Church.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Robert G. Jackson, judge; ID. Bsne Har'
man, clerk. Terms of court-lst Monoay
in April, 4th Monday in August and LIST
Monday in December.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

Dr.. Pfeiffer, influenza expert, lays the
disease to the handkerchief, and rec
ommends the japanese paper nose
wipes,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
LAWYERS.

FULTON CoULLINS ATT0 S SdErss at Of I Taze
III eonntv s NJ. B. Coung will continue his
e Fulton, Wytheville, Va. S. N. b. Couiins'
TaZewell, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
Mercury
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Not Cures

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

Bull calves, whether intended for
the market or to breed from, should
be kept in a thriving copdition.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

POWELL ROYAL, ATTORNEY AT Law,
). Tazewell, Va. Office with Chapman
Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

.pvrvER & GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell
iHHa Prsts.iei n the courts of Tazewell and ad-
oin1ng counties. Ofice--Stras building Edgar
+ Greever. Barns Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

Avo w CT CLAIR, ATTORNEY At LAW
EU; Va. Practices in the courts OF Taze
Sal1 and adjoining counties and in the supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. ParlcunIsaa ia az
tsntion paid to the collection OF CLAIMS OHioe-
stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

a. r ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT Law, Tsze-
n o.e1i Va. viii practice in the courts OF Iaze
eli county and the Court of Appeals az "!tne-
Vile Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

,,1ScENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
yTazewell, Va VIII practice in the courts ~
rszsweII and adjoining counties. Particular az
tantion paid to the collection of claims. once III
Stras building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
County Court.

III. Stuart, judge; I. L: George, clerk.
Tsrms Of court.Tuesday after Sd Monday
in each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
Christian Church.

Preaching lst and Srd Sundays at 7 p
and 0nd and 4th Sundays at ii a. m:
PRAYER meeting Saturday night az a..
clock. Sunday schoo! every Sunday al
WV PHILIP JOHNSON, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12
BLOOD POISON.

Blood
before the disease
filled
Sa nons on skin copper oche falling hair and eyebrow
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

m e BOWEN ATTORNEY AT LAW I d.zto
l. well, Va. Office west end OF Oour'noU''
yard.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TAI we'll
Iva Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan coun-
lies, West Virginia, specially. once In Stras
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

Az p sPRATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
w. lands Va. Practices in the courts OF Taze-
veil and adjoining counties. Prompt Afternoon
laid TO the collection of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

uEyRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS, Tazewell, Va.
fOnice in building near Court House. H. H.
Henry. s. C. Graham b. W. Stras
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-07-12

c UIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
q. TazeSell, Va. (0aice up stairs IN Law Bulld-
t,s1 Practices in Courts of Tazewen and ad-
! Iaine counties, and in Court of Appeals Of Viz
ginid.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

THE New York Sun, motherly old
soul, has benevolently taken two new
Presbyterian ministers in hand and is
coaching them as to what and how
they must preach. No rhetorical SEN
timentalism, it says to the Rev. DR..
Purves and the Rev. DR.. Bsbcock, DO
scientific criticism, but straight, old
fashioned, undiluted Westminster
Calvinism is what's needed in New
York. The Sun further ad onishes
the newcomers, who are from Prince
ton and Baltimore, that religion and
science are "diametrically and. ire
concilsbly opposed
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

sions on big passenger steamers equip
ped with all OF the paraphernslia O.:
the poolroom and in touch with re-
turns from the race track by means OF
the new telegraphic system. 1t Is only
couple of years sioce The plan was
brought to public attention in the east,
where floating Monte Carlo was de-
signed for the ocean. The scheme fell
through, for some reason, but the
gamblers say it would have been an
easy winner if they had such al
vantages as wireless telegraphy will
give Not only do the gamblers be-
lieve that they will be immune from
the law, but they look forward with
pleasant anticipation to the discom-
fort of wire-tappers and others Of that
ilk, who will be irreparably handicap
ped, they say.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

GAMBLERS hail the possibilities OF
wireless telegrsphy with Joy. In Chi
cago, where the fraternity is home
less, for they have been driven from
the city by police edicts against pool
selling and threatened with Danish
ment from the county, investig ations
are now under way with a view to
adopting wireless telegrsphy to their
use. If the plan Is found to be feasible,
the troubles of the Ramesters are at
an end, for they will establish float
ing poolroom on the lake outside OF the
jurisdiction of the municipal and coun-
ty authorities, and if occasion requires,
beyond the power of state officials.
just how far experiments have been
conducted is not known, but commu-
nication has been established between
q downtown building and a tug far out
on the lake, and wireless biography is
q topic of mora than passing interest
to the gamblers. Their hopes are
turning in the direction of lake excur-
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

ATCHISoN, Kansas, is determined
to free the city of trsmps. 1t Is now a
violation of an ordinance for any citi-
zen of that town to feed tramp. All
tramps must be sent to city official,
who gives them food and lodging.
Each tramp must work two hours on
the rock pile to pay for his keep. If
he comes around a second time he
Is PUT in sil as q vagrant, and kept
there from twenty to one hundred
DAYS.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

GENERAL WHEELER has written to
a friend In this country his opinion re-
garding the encouragement given to
the Filipinos by some of our American
citizens and it is concurrent with that
General Lswton expressed in letter
received In this country shortly after
his death aud published in the HERALD.
Gen. Wheeler says: "Had it not been for
the action of those who are called anti
expansionists In the United States, who
had deluded Aguinaldo into the idea
that they would secure his independ-
ence, the rebellion would have been
over some time ago" Chapter by
chapter the cause of thecon.inuance OF
the Filipino rebellion is being written.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

AN English paper recently asked for
short essays by boys on current topics,
aud printed them without editing. Here
is specimen:
Kruger and Ksnnerbulism is one.
He is a man of blud. Mr.. Chamberl-
ing has wrote to him saying come out
and ite or else give up the blud of the
English you have took, he is a boar
dutchman aud wicked heethin, lord
Kitchener has been sent for his goary
blud and to bring back his scanderlus
head dead or alive.
The little John Bulls of England have
the came spirit as their sires. But 1t
does look as if ''Krugger head would
stay upon his shoulderss few days long
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

A BILL pending before congress re-
quires young men who hereafter enter
West Point to take an oath that they
will not engage in hazing in any form
while at the academy. 1t would seem
that the discipline of the institu ton
ought to accomplish this very desira-
BILE end, without revuiring oath. Haz-
ing Is custom that ought to be
abolished in every educational insti-
tutiOn
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

How closely the world is knit to-
gesher comm ercially is instanced by
the fact that some three hundred lapi-
daries in New York alone are out of
work because of the failure of the sup
ply of diamonds from South Africa.
Since most of these worknen are mar
ried men, five or six hundred people
are affected In Amsterdam and Ant
werp, it is said, four or five thousand
men are idle from the same cause.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-23

SOCIAL Paris was amazed the other
day when it was announced. that
Count Boni had been posted on the
bourse, and more amazed when he
secretly sailed for the United States.
But New York. judging from dis
patch in the HERALD yesterday, 10 not
disturbed, as there was no one az the
dock yesterday to welcome the count
and countess when they arrived. That
counts come high has been proved to
the Gould family by the course of
Castellane and they are probably tired
of their toy. A dispatch says:
Parisians are wondering where all
the Gould millions are gone. They
enumerate some few charities and
many mundapities. Among the former
are mentioned their eXpiatory chapel,
costing 5000, 900, and an extravagant
creche.
Among the mundanities are the
magnificent mansion on the avenue du
Bots de Boulogne, which is said. to
have cost 100000, and the historic
s.fete de fieurs," which rivaled ancient
royal entertainments in it's maenifi-
cence; racing stables, yachts, the fam
Gus pearl necklace, etc. TO these are
aQQ6Q Inc enormous aIQOuQt VI uOucy
spent on getting himself elected de-
putty.
The countess dowry is invested in
America, only the income being avail
able for the Paris household expenses.
This income is supposed to aggregate a
million and quarter dollars, but Is
fully absorbed by the extravagant
style of living. The countess stocks
are held fast by trustees.
1t is said that Count Boni has 10000
pairs of trousers, and never wears the
same pair twice. He has coverlet
costing $4,000.
Meanwhile Miss Helen Gould, who has
done so much to endear herself to her
couRtrymen since the beginning OF our
war with Spain, has just donated $50
600 towards the proposed new home for
the Naval Y. M. G. A. IN Brooklyn.
How much happier her lot than that
of her sister Anna, who welded the
count