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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
PHILOSOPHY OF AN OLD SALT.
He Tells u Party of Boys Out Hunting
why Some Birds Commit
Suicide.

While hunting for birds nests re-
Gently in clumps of virgin forest that
fringe the lake shore at Edgewater a
party of high school pupils discovered
dead woodpecker hanging head
downward from the limbless side of a
tall tree, relates the Chicago Chron.
icle. Its legs did not seem to attach tc
anything, but on closer scrutiny a
particularly fne-spun, though very
strong, cobweb was found entangling
the tiny birds claws.
The youths had not concluded theiI
speculations as to "the how and the
whyness" of the birds sad end when
a sea bronzed sailor of the type OF
Coleridge's ancient mariner" arose as
from a mist out of the lake and, APP
preaching the scene of the discovery
gave a curious explanation of the
puzzle the students were resolving in
their minds. What the sailor said
was about as follows:
"Alas and alack, l am grieved to see
that the tropical custom of the So
called spider web suicides among
small birds of the South sea islands is
spreading to the feathery tribes of the
northern ATTITUDES. That you, my
Youthful friends, may understand my
meaning, it is only necessary to say
that the aborigines of many tropical
countries have a pretty fable telling
how the male humming bird commits
suicide by entangling its toes in an
overhanging cobweb of the spider-in-
tested woods, whenever the female for
which an attachment has been
formed is mysteriously missing from
its haunts or has died or been trapped
for the millinery shops of the highly
Civilized nations"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
GRAPEVINE CULTURE.
Hints on the Preparation of the Soil
and the Distance at Which to
Set the Plants.

In preparing the land for grape
vines, plow the ground deeply, and, il
possible, subsoil. Then pulverize the
ground thoroughly to give the small
roots all the chance possible 10 develop.
1t is best to set the vines not nearer to-
gether than eight feet. The holes in
which the vines are set should be each
two feet square and from IS to 20
inches deep. If a large number of vines
are to be set, the land should be pre-
viously marked off, so that the rows
of vines will be straight both ways; as
this both improves the looks of the
field and makes it easier to cultivate,
One grape grower advises to keep the
surface soil separate from the subsoil
when digging the holes, and to put
back this surface dirt first when filing
up the holes. This will give the roots
a good medium in which to develop.
Once well rooted and growing, the vine
can send its roots into the less con-
genial soil without experiencing back
set. In the fall, in regions where win
ter protection is needed, this may be
obtained by blowing furrow on each
side of the row and throwing the dirt
up toward the vines. In the spring this
dirt must be leveled to admit of even
culture. The vines may be staked and
tied to the stakes till they are two years
old, when they may be fastened to wires
strung between the posts.-Farmers'
Review.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
.JaIIiad Meat.

An excellent jellied-meat for picnics
or camp is this old-fashioned standby
Of our grandmothers. Get four pigs
feet with legs to the first joint and boil
in a pot of water without salt until the
bones fall out. Take the meat from
the liquor, strain and set away to cool.
Tn another kettle have a shank of beef
sawed and cut. Boil this in unsalted
water until very tender. Remove the
meat and set the liquor away to cool.
The next morning remove the fat from
both liquors, cut the meat in small bits,
add the liquor the pigs feet were
cooked in '{the beef liquor can be util-
lied in soup, salt, pepper and spice to
taste, heat and pour in molds to hard
en-. It is hardly necessary to say that
this meat should be prepared at home,
the day before using.-Washington
Star.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
ETIQUETTE OF THE DAhCE.
A Few Things That should BE known
by Every DevOtee of Terp-
sichOre.

The etiquette Of the ballroom or the
private dancing party ought to be IA
miliar to all who attend such diver
sions, but, If so, its observance is far
from universal. A few general rules
should always be borne in mind, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
When q man IS presented to a young
woman at dance he usually says al
most at once: MAY have the pleas
ure of this dance?" After dancing and
walking about the rooms two or three
times the young man may take the girl
back to her chaperon and plead anoth-
err engagement, or, better, she suggests
that he take her to place near her
mother or chaperon. The lady is the
one to first intimate her desire to stop
dancing.
If a man holds a girl too tightly she
should drop her hand from his shout
der so as to bring it between her part
ner and herself. If he does not take
the hint let her stop dancing at once
under some pretext so evident that he
may realize her displeasure or disap-
proval.
A chaperon should not be lacking in
personal dignity; nor should she dance
while her charge is unproyided with a
partner. A girl should be attentive to
her mother or her chaperon, presenting
her friends to her and occasionally
stopping to say few words.
Both young men and maidens should
be careful TO remember that their dan
cling engagements must be kept. a girl
must not refuse to dance with one man
under some preteyt and then dance
with another; neither should she dance
with the same man more than two or
three times.
A young man invited to a house
should dance as early as possible with
the daughter of his hostess and pay
them every possible attention.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
FEMININE FRILLS.
Tribes That Are in Season Tor MY
Lady's Toilet at the Pres
ent Time.

Face powder is not such a wicked
thing as it sounds when, 1t is used
properly. A little of it in summer
helps to keep the skin smooth and dry
and does much toward keeping the
collars clean. The little package OF
soap papers, to use in case of emer-
gency, proved popular, and after them
came the package of powder papers
In little eases and each leaf full Of
powder. That is one,of the most con-
venient forms of carrying powder for
the woman who likes it when travel
ing, but there is also little leather
case of about the same size contain
ing little chamois, well powdered,
as we'll as the tiny powder puff In
a little bag to tuck away with the
handkerchief Some women prefer
bit of chamois always, in using pow
der, to the powder puff, says the New
York Times.
New ties which are. getting rather
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

popular are of soft silk and made TO
90 twice around the neck with short
ends. On each end Is large tassei,
the color OF the tie. They are not eX-
pensive, which may have something
to do with their popularity.
The girl who likes to have things
match depends a great deal upon pins
for her hat trimmings. There are
some mllliners who tell Of the adyan-
tages Of pins. With pin, a flower or
bow can be put just where II is want
ed, when having to take innumerable
stitches is apt to dislocate 1t little.
But the girl who has things match
gets a hat that does not cost so much,
that she must keep 1t in condition for
a second years wear, and then invests
in flowers as she finds them in bar
gains. Bargain flowers do not mean
cheap flowers. The woman who buys
economically is not the one who goes
without or buys a poor quality. She
is the one who gets the things she
wants or something that will answer
the purpose well, and gets it cheaply
The bargain flowers may be good ones.
There were some very attractive flow
ers in one of the shops last week for
IS cents a bunch, and some Of their
were silk. a couple of punches would
be enough TO give the color tone to q
hat and with some flowers one bunch.
The girl who has things match has
the flowers of her hats match the
colors of her ribbons. She puts. them
off and on, using the hat which she
does not mind pinning into for the
foundation. 1t is not expensive. and
it is very pretty. Black-headed pins
are the most satisfactory to use for
this purpose on black hats, the ones
with dull heads which are not notice
able in the trimming if they chance
to show. White-headed pins for trim
ming a white hat are used. 1t is a
good idea and worth trying.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
what Lack of a Letter Did.

An enterprising restaurant proprie-
tor in Philadelphia hung out large
blackboard sign the other day with
the following announcement: "You
can't beat our 15-cent dinners" This
sign proved to be good drawing card
until young man of humorous turn
Of mind came along. The latter, see
ing the sign, stopped, and, after scru-
tinizing II closely, smiled one Of those
smiles which bode no one any good.
lie waited until none Of the employees
was watching, and, taking out his
handkerchief, he erased the letter OBJ
from the word beat. The transforma-
ton was complete, and it was not until
a crowd had collected that the pro-
prletor of the restaurant discovered
why there was larger crowd outside
than inside.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

end of each iron drill two or three holes
for screws. Fasten these to the bot
tom side of the frame with inch screws
and then, with wrench or some other
tool bend the legs in such way as to
leave a space of from foot to IS inches
between the frame and surface of the
stove. On the upper side and near the
corners of the frame, drive in small
nails so that they penetrate the wood
deep enough to leave an inch in length
sticking up. Over these slip four thread
spools. BY driving corresponding
nails into the bottom side of the Sec
ond frame to slip down into the spools,
it is held in place. The third frame
is fastened in the same way and as
many more as desired can be added.
The frames are high enough above the
stove so as not to interfere with cook
ing. The fruit dried in this way is Of
a good quality. and the work can be
done as rapidly as in a bigh-priced
evaporator.-Ora Judd Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
HOSPITAL Roof Garden.

One of the pretty features Of a dense
neighborhood In the heart Of New York
Is roof garden belonging to hospital
for consumptives. The windows from
the mems sitting-rooms reach to the
floor, so that the sufferers can walk
out to the roof, and they spend much
of their time tending, watering and
pruning the plants.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
HANDY EVAPORATOR.
One That Can De Attached to an Or
binary Cook Stove and Is
Easily Made.

An evaporation is luxury few farm
ers can afford unless they intend 60
ing into the fruit business to quite an
extent. Theillustration shows a cheap
and handy evaporation within the reach
of all. The frames are made of any
size desired, 3x4 feet being handy di-
mansions if the stove is large enough
10 accommodate it. Over the frames,
which should be made of Pc or inch
strips of board, screen wire netting is
firmly tackled. For the legs to be fas-
tened on the bottom frame, take four
pieces of strap iron from foot and
a half to two feet long. Through one
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship of God on the LIST ana
srd SUNDAYS at II A NJ, on the End and
{th at 7:30 P. Nj. .7.oo
Meeting for prayer, WEDNESDAY AZ 'oo'
P. Nj. Sabbath School at 9:SO A. M o,n
Meeting of Epworth League eaSn aS oSn
law At D. M, the third Monday
1;Sbt of each month being devoted 10
an 4 most cordial welcome is extended to all
n "A'''N ]. S. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
Willie-Pa, what is a patriot2

hllllC a. "AeN - " B"NAAON
Pain this country, Willie, patri-
OF is man who cheers yociferously
when a hero comes home from the
war; and then, after awhile, when he
hears that that hero has died of star
walton, cheers again, and helps build
a monument, which the widow and
children can't eat.-Cigarette.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

Strain the juice from quart Of cher
ries through linen bag and the juice
from two lemons over pound OF
sugar; add q pint of water and wine
glassful OF brandy and freeze.-Cincin-
natl Commercial Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
Better Not.

"Do you live happily with your hus-
band ?"
"Of course! I'd like to see him try
10 live unhappily with me."-Das Kliene
Witzblatt.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
Rev. MnMbraY's Appointments.

Preaching at Pleasant Hill Church list
Sabbath in the month at IL a. M ana at
White Church the same day at p. IN:
Preaching the Third Sabbath at White e
Church II a. M; in the afternoon at
n clock at Pleasant Hill Church.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
Cost of Good Ronda.

The sum of $2,637,0O0 has been ex-
pended in New Jersey making 44o
miles of good roads. Massachusetts,
has spent $2,637,3Oo on $50 miles,
which are as perfect as any highways
In EnronA
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
Christian Church.

Preaching 1st and Srd Sundays at p p
ond 9nd and 4th Sundays at II q, IN:
PRAYER meeting Saturday night az :
clock. Sunday school, every Suncay al
Wv PHILIP JOHNSON, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
Contagious Blood

Afrs.T.w. Lee, Mont
gomery, Ala, writes I:
/" Several years ago I
was inoculated with
poison by a diseased
nurse, W no infected
my baby, and for six
long years / suffered
untold misery. My
bodywas covered with
sores and ulcers. Sew
eral physicians treated
me, but all to no. pur-
pose. The mercury and
potash they gave me
seemed to add fuel 10
the awful fame which
was devouring me.
Friends advised me to
tryS. S. s. I began tax
Ing II and improved
from the start, and q
complete and perfect
euTa was the result"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
SECRET ORDERS

W CLINCH VALLEY >,o on
TX COMMANDERY, NO: ~,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAK'
Meets first Monday in each month.
JAMES O'KEEFFE, 4. u
e G. YOUNG, Recorder.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

FULTON & CoULLING ATToRN SdIfs AT II E Taae
III County. s. NJ B. Couling will continue MS
nractice in all the courts Of Buchanan county :.
Il Fulton, Wytheville, Va. S. M. b. Counns'
Tazewell, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
TizEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circait 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, 1900-08-23

powr1I. RoYALL. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
j, OTazewel. Va. Office with Chapman q
Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

opEEvER a. GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell
bVa PraCs.cei n the courts of Tazewell and al
.,ning counties Ofice--Stras building. Edgar
l.. Greever. Barns Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

,,rNcENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW;
VTazewell, Va. Will practice In the courts o o.
r,zewelI and adjoining counties. Particular at
BENTON paid to the collection Of claims. once IN
stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

opo w ST CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
IiTsZavell' Va. Practices in the courts OF Taze
Eli and adjoining counties and in the supreme
conrt of Appeals at Wytheville ParucuIss az
tentlon paid to the collection OF claims omce-
stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

., r ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Ta2e-
NJ. veil. Va. Will practice in the courts OF Iaze-
yell county and the Court of Appeals at "ytne-
vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
LAWYERS.

CHAPMAN e. GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS Al
tsfiAW TazeWelI, Va. Practice in all the courts
~ TszeweII county and Court of Appeals al
Wvtheyille. ]. w. Chapman, A. 2. Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

m C. BOWEN, ATTORNEY AT Law L d.ISe
L. well, Va Office west END Oh Oour'noU'e
yard.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON

dd
The red
eand
OF
the
old
me
il
is
vegetable blood
NJ
poison there's veranY reurn the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

,r p sPRATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
w. lands Va Practices in the courts OF Taze-
syejl and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
said to the collection OF claims.
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eo0o0O0eO0SVW
! MISSOURY HELENY
BY Juliette M. Babbitt.

SeOSssesseessssesssssssseS
iron the uons yeurpsl, New York. Reprinted BY
Special Permiseion.)
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

n STUART. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ta' we'll,
Iva. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan c0nn-
ties. West Virginia, specially. ONCE In stras
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

HENRY 4 GRAHAM, LAWYERS, Tazeweii Va
HOsice in building near Court House H. H.
Henry. s. C. Graham. b. w. Stras.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-08-23

n g. H1GGINBOTHAM, ATToRNEY-AT-LAW
a. Taze well, Va. (0fice up stairs in Law Bulld-
fne1 Practices in Courts of Tazewell and ad-
l1Iniug counties, aud in Court of Appeals OF VIZ
finia.
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CuRF YOURSELF AT HOME,

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-15
l MERITEO PROMOTION
zzs.
 g3Hawley, of Pine Bluff Goes Up the Liue in Railway Circles.

Hr. J. W. Hawley, Pine Bluff 1 ard the son of Mr. and Mrs. J 8Iawley. of this city, is fast climb I the ladder i'll railroad circles of I South. He began his railroad Has messenger boy at tine Cotton
 n shops i'll this city and has, after afs of push and energy, at last nhed q most responsible railroad
 8iti0n 1t Houston, Texas.
 speaking Of his appointment, the xas Railway News and Illustrat- Nbf Houston, says:
 mhe Railway News and 1llastra- ktakes pleasure in welco ming to 1uston, tue great railroad center Texas, Mir. J. W. uawley. former. fhief clerk i'll the freight depart Ih of the Gulf, Beaumont x Kans &City railroad, who has accepted &Uosition of chief clerk in the office Sr. Horace Booth, assistant gem H freight agent of the Internation- s Great Northern, and he is also Eable assistant to Mir. George D..
 lter, city passenger and ticket elt of the same popular road, h offices at PIT Main street. 3 has been the pride of Mir. John #kirby to foster the aspirations &oung men on his roads aud hold
 m up to the light of the world Rn merit was the adornment of 1r character, and in this respect Ngifted and indomitable Kirby has U recommended MT. Hawley, un- Egenial, sunshiny life the young ploye learned the railroad husl.
 B, and for so doing may the man Affairs and his students shadow Fer grow less, but go forwaf0 to De meritorious careers. Young D of Texas. in all vacations, take ice and resolve to be somebody Ehe great race of life"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-15

The folio wing biographical sketch is taken from Hallum's 5 History of Arkansas:
 Judge William NJ. Harrison was orn in Seaside Village, of Church Creek, Dorchester county, Maryland, on the ist of Jupe, ISIS. His father was a staunch old ship carpenter and farmer, who. appreciating the ad- vantages of q good education, sent him to the common and grammar schools of the town until he was master Of a good English education at an early age. In 1886 at the age of F he entered the service of q yil- lage merchant and in the fall of 1887, accompanied his patron to Vicksburg, Miss, and remained thera in his service until the spring of l840 After tbis he went to the town of Columbia, Chicot county, Arkansas, " here he taught school for ten months. In lS4l he returned to Maryland and taught school un- til the sprlng of 1S44. when he re- turned to Chicot county and taught school again and wrote in the cir cult clerk 's office. At an early age he sel cted the legal profession as an avocation wherein he was ultima te- ly to become stationary for life. He utilized all of his leisure time for five years in reading law and was finally admitted to the bar in Columbia, Arkansas, in May. lS45. He recom- menced lis professional career in Columbia, but when Drew county was created iii 1S47 he moved to Monticello.
 In 1852 he was elected to the Sta te Senate and actively supported the Homestead and Exemption law, which then became an important feature in the domestic polity of the State. He was not candidate for reelection, but was elected to the House in the stormy session of 1860 when hot-headed politicians were threatening war with all of it's un- toll calamities.
 A t this session there was majori- ty of for the UaizoL, Judge Har- rison being one of the number. To these convictions he adhearded through storm and through sun shine with fidelity of the needle to the poe. He was descended from sires who fought at Concord and Lexing- ton and along the line to Yorktown. His political opinions were always known; no ecrecv ever he1ged them in from public scrutiny. In 1884 he was compelled (to avoid Implison- ment or banishment) to abandon home, family and seek protection within the Federal lines in Piue Bluff, where he remained until the final catastrophe at Appomattox. The circumst ances impelled his flight from home savored of persecution, and were well calculated to arouse a spirit of resentment and retalia- ton in minds less noble than his; but, to his honor, he arose from the passions of the hour, and never failed to embrace opportunities to favor the adherents of the South, where he could dU SO consistently with his obligations to the Govern ment. This period of his fife eclipses all of the good services he has render ed the state. either as legislator
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-15
 A CARD.

EDITOR GRAPHIC:-I have been asked if the st. Josfpb's church or myself have aLy interest in the ad- vertising pamphlet which Messrs. DweBger and Johnson propose to get out. F wish 10 answer in tho negative, none q t all. It is purely q business venture on the part Of these young men. The church reg ulatIons, 10 be published, are those usual to Catholic churches. The young men are, so far as 1 know, woi4ks young mrn, but they see u chance to make a dollar and are making it. l wish that tie public would understand that his Is not g. church affair. Whatever they do not see fl to do as business adver- tisiHg, they should not do because tue regulations of the Catholic church are printed Tn the pamphlet.
 ! Nj. LUcEY.