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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
CATS SPOILED THE HUNTING.
uouae Pets Take to the Woods I'm
Maine and Destroy the
Small Game.

The experience of trappers at Hol-
brooks and Eddington ponds, near
Bangor. Me-, during the past winter
has demonstrated the fact that the
common house cat will, when turned
loose in the woods and left to its own
resources. become as wild in the
course of a month or two as any
bobcat, says the New York Times.
It is the custom of cottage owners
at the ponds to take eats to their
places in the spring to drive out the
mice that take possession of the cot
tage during the winter and in the
fall, when the cottagers return 10
town. these cats are usually forgot
ten and left to shift for themselves.
Trappers just returned from the
ponds report that their season has
been a failure because the wild house
cats have robbed the traps, tearing
into sbreds the mink and muskrats
that were daily caught and feasting
ON their flesh. Every morning around
the traps the hunters found evidences
of feasting by the cats and Of fierce
battles between the cats and animals
caught in the traps. Recently a
dozen of the Wild cats have been
shot. but the woods are full of them,
and so long as they remain there Will
be no profit in trapping.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
UMBRELLAS IN THE SLOT.
Careless Owners Drop Their TBS In
Street Car Cracks and Many
Are Ruined.

"When 1 say that one-half the UNI
brellas and canes that have to go TO
the ash heap or the umbrella hospital
meet their fate in the slots of the car
tracks l am not putting the percent
age a bit too high" said the motor
man, according to the New York Sun.
at is surprising how careless people
are in this respect.
MANY times a day do | see them go
stumping across the tracks, either
trailing umbrellas along after them or
iabbin~ them down against the pave
ment, where the points are sure to
stick if there is a crevice big enough
TO hold them. The electric slots being
more capacious than any other riffs
in the streets, they naturally bite on
more umbrella tips.
"Many an accident that is averted
nv the traditional hairs breadth is due
TO the futile efforts of the owner to
save his precious stick or umbrella. II
matters not how close the car may be
upon him, he takes chances on his life
and stops long enough to give a final
wrench to his endangered property.
Some times he saves it, but more
often it snaps asunder and is either
ruined parably or is laid up for re-
pairs. If l was running this town |
think I should put up signs at inter
walls of every 100 feet bidding people
Beware of the slot The public might
not profit by the warning, but I'd make
the experiment, anyway"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
RAN TOO GREAT A HAZARD.
Awkward Predicnment In Nhic" -
Railway Conductor Found
Himself.

A man boarded Missouri Paclnc
train equipped with transportation
which dad" Walsh, the conductor
thought was questionable, says the
Kansas City Star. The passenger re-
fused to put up the cash fare ana
Walsh called the porter and carried
him from the train, depositing him on
a truck on the station platform. The
man took it so nonchalantly that 1t
occurred to Walsh that he might be
making a mistake. He accordingly
went back to the passenger and told
him he might get aboard again.
GAIL right" said the passenger. 4
didn't get off the train. and theoretic-
allv I'm still riding. In the nature OF
things I cannot we'll board tram
upon which I am already riding" and
he sat on the truck as obstinate as
mule.
Walsh called the brakeman and por'
ter and carried the man carefully onto
the train, put him in the seat in which
he had been riding before the incident
occurred and saved his road damage
emit
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
TOOK A GIANT PHOTOGRAPH.
Plate, Said to BE Largest Ever Made'
Used mt the Metropolitan
Museum.

An object that attracted consider
able attention at the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art, says the New York Sun,
was a camera about four feet wide
and five feet high that stood all day
in front of painting in the Wolfe
gallery.
1t required the united efforts OF
three men to focus the instrument.
The operator said that the plates used
were the largest ever made, and that
if he should fail to give the proper ex-
posture, it would cost his firm S2S.
The time required to get good pho
tograph of the painting was three
hours and a quarter. Three gallons
of developer and four of hyposulphite
of soda were used to fix the plate.
When asked why so long an expos
ure was necessary the operator said
that to get full detail and color value
yellow screen of glass, coated with
gelatine, dyed with picric acid, was
fixed in front of the lens. This screen
changed the picture that passed
through the objective to yellow color
and softened the high lights of the
painting to such an extent that the
dark shadows gave up their detail just
as rapidly as the bright places. The
plate was prepared with blue myrtle
chlorophyl in the emulsion, and this
decreased it's regular sensitiveness at
least so per cent.
Only one painting was photographed
during the day.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
THE LION AND THE MIRROR.
King of Beasts Frightened by His
Reflection I'm Small Piece OF
Glass In Boys Hands.

Possibly a lions wife would appre-
slate looking glass, but a small mir
ror in the hands of small boy so
frightened and excited Big Ben, the
largest lion in the Philadelphia ZOO,
that, says the Press, the keepers
feared he would do violence to HIM
self
Ben had been in an angry mood all
day. The presence of the small boy
was particularly distasteful to him,
and the lion ragged and stormed as only
big lion can. The lad waited until
the TRADE was over, and then drew a
hand mirror from under his coat and
held it directly in front of Ben.
The lion looked. Then he jumped
for the intruder that dared face him
in such a fashion, but brought up
against the bars with force enough TO
throw him to the floor. Surprised at
the appearance of the lion in the glass,
he filed the house with his roars. The
keepers ran to the cage and endeav-
ored to quiet him, but he continued
the uproar until exhausted.
In the meantime the adventurous
youth had disappeared and was dis
covered in front of the wolves cage
trying to excite them. He was led
from the garden and warned to keep
away.
About a year ago a serious disturb
ance at the ZOO was due to the fash
Ing OF a mirror In front Of the lions
den. At that time the lions, with the
exception of one or two of the widest
we're kept in one cage.
A visitor held a mirror In front OF
them one afternoon. and the beasts
were thrown into panic. They fought
and dashed at the bars with such viO-
Ience that it was feared several would
die as a result of their frantic strug-
giles. 1t required the efforts of all the
keepers for several hours before they
could be quieted.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
ATTACK FISH.
Insects That Have the Small Fry nj
Their Mercy and Sometimes De-
ntroy Great Numbers.

Among the most dreaded enemies
of the fish culturist are certain
aquatic insects which attack baby
fishes, sometimes destroying them in
great numbers. Inasmuch as they
are night-fyers, it is exceedingly
hard to provide any effective safe
guard against them, and many depre-
dations of theirs have for long time
been regarded as mysterious and un-
accountable, being attributed to
other causes.
For example, recently, at one of
the southern stations of the United
States fish commission, there was n
large and constant mortality among
young brook trout, and it was only
after much watching and patient in
vestigation that the trouble was
traced to the so-called electric light
bugs, which came at night and as
sailed the little fishes. This insect
has become familiar in cities only
within the last few years, being at
tracted by the electric lights.
1t is a large ny, which IN the early
stages of existence crawls about. as a
larva on the bottom of ponds.
1t is probable that the electric light
bug in the larval stage attacks small
fishes, but the chief mischief it does
is accomplished after it has left the
water and assumed wings. 1t Is high
ly predatory, and, being able to dive,
attacks the young fishes with its
long. piercing proboscis, which con-
sists of four sharp bristles held in
a sheath. It's forelegs are modified
for grasping, Notwithstanding its
struggles. 1t stabs TIA fish and sucks
its blood, being in facc a sort of in
sect vampire.
There is a little insect, known as
the backswimmer because of its hab-
it of swimming on its back, which
does a good deal of damage to small
fish, having a strong back for use in
its attack. Every small boy has no
ticed this kind of bug navigating the
surface. of ponds. Much more for
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
Wears a Fortune I'm Pearls.

This may be said to have been a
season of pearls at London. Really,
there have been some magnificent
gems seen. Among the most noted
are those of Mrs. Claud Wattpey,
which she was seen wearing at
Princes restaurant the other night.
II was stated then that she had az
least 100000 worth. She generally
wears them in groups around her
neck. Her pearls are thought by some
people to be even finer than Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer's. As the latter lady is
now over here, society people may
have chance of comparing them. 1t
Is. of course, known how world famous
the Potter Palmer pearls are.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

midable is the tiny diving beetle,
which has long, sickle-shaped jaws.
The fish commission has ascertaned
that these diving beetles come up the
Potomac in swarms at night and
alight upon the fish rearing ponds
near the base of the Washington
monument. One of them will grab a
Young fish and hold on, while others
get a grip in turn, and in the course
of IS minutes they will literally re-
duce to skeleton a baby bass two
inches long, eating every particle OF
flesh from the bones.
Fish culturists have much difficulty
in guarding the young fishes from
the numerous enemies that are al
WAYS seeking to devour them. 1t is
easy enough to protect little fishes
from bigger ones by classifying them
as to size and species in suitable
ponds. but rats, which venture boldly
into the water after such prey, are
hard to keep off, and kingfshers and
wading birds are ever on the alert 70
gobble the helpless fry.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
THE ETHICS OF LUCK.
Arbitrary DOgmas Take the Place OF
Logical Basis Among
Believers.

On the belief in luck have augurs,
divinators, fortune tellers, all traded
from time immemorial to the pres
emit age, says Chambers Journal. They
Calculate" the incalculable, and, nee
essarily, arbitrary dogmas take the
place of logical basis on which to work
out their schemes. They rely on the
luck of odd numbers; in them the inn
perial phantom-either in birth or
chance or death-loves to reside. Sew
en- has always been a number to con-
lure with, and the seventh child OF
seventh child born in the seventh
month comes clad in mysterious pam
oply of foreknowledge absolute; while
nine was at one place and period looked
upon al a symbol of Deity. Great men
will have their lucky day or month,
as one of the Caesars gave his name
to the eighth month-that in which
the most fortunate events of his life
had occurred. The blood of great
family, like that of the Stuarts or the
Bourbons, for instance, is said to carry
with it, even in its collateral branches,
the faint of that ill-success, ill-health,
which is summed up as ill-luek. Ger
tain gems, such, for instance, as opals,
are esteemed as stones of ill-omen-
lalismans reversed. 1t is not, ofcOurse
that their beauty is brittle, but that
they carry with them ill-luck to their
1
wearers or owners. The truth of this
superstition is demonstrated by the
violent deaths which have befallen un-
lucky opal wearers. Have they not
shccumbed to the ill-luck attending a
gem, to gain possession Of which a
fellow-creature has not hesitated to
shed their blood? No doubt it il very
unlucky to awaken the covetousness
of a rohber and murderer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
0 eAHpY oATrANnc -
.CU)ac0)1e&0
az. "a, >-k=&MAslis Lhlt8sx1Ak DRgEirts.
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold In bulk.
Beware OF the dealer who tries to sell
something just as good"
USE FOR THE pEERAGE.
Copy of DurlS's Work That II Brought
Into Play by n New York
Printer.

Occupying a place of honor in che Of
fee Of a New York printer is an old
copy of "Burke's Peerage," and It's
presence amid such incongruous sur
roundings aroused the curiosity of
casual visitor the other day, says an
exchange of that city.
at isn't so strange as you might
think" said the proprietor, by way OF
explanation. "You see, a considerable
part of our business consists of print
ing labels of various kinds. and Burke
is a great help to us. | don't suppose
the British aristocracy would be par
ticularly edited to know this, but it's
fact.
Suppose we take the case of-well,
say Robinson, who keeps little hat
store up in Harlem. Robinson comes
in here and wants me to get him up
some tasty design-a trademark that
he can place upon his goods. When [
show him our regular stock designs
for such purposes the chances are he
will turn up his nose. That's where
'Burke's Peerage' comes in.
81 take it down and ostentatiously
turn to the proud name of Robinson
where the crests of that illustrious
family are duly pictured forth, togeth-
er with their Latin notices and all
the records Of their nobility. Robin
son, of Harlem, is fascinated and his
eyes bulge out of his head. l ask
him which branch of the family is his
and he makes some sort Of bluff.
"He picks out his crest, with its
Latin motto, which is unintelligible to
him. and a week later it is reproduced
on the hats which he sells up in Har'
lem. If any of these literary fellows
should ask me about books that have
helped me I should place Burke's Peer
age well up at the front"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
II Answered the Purpose

81 can't see," said the visitor, "why
you have your genealogical chart hung
20 high. Such things are extremely
interesting, but no one can examine
it where it is"
Here Mr.. Porcine took him gently
by the arm and led him into the library
where they could be alone.
"Mrs. PorciDe," he explained, twas
bound to have one of them things,
and as we didn't have one right handy
l just framed my prize greyhound's
pedigree and hung it high."-Chicago
Post.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
Dead Sea in Tibet.

NJ. Sven Hedin has discovered sec
ond Dead sea in the highlands of Ii
bet, vast lake so impregnated with
salt that indigenous life is out of the
question. 1t was impossible for him
to get his boat close to the shore, so
that he and his companions had to
wade out two boats lengths before
she would float, and this was sufficient
to bring a thick coating of salt on
their legs and clothes. The entire bed
of the lake appeared to consist OF
salt.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
How the Hesslan Fly Came,

The hessian fly was brought to this
country in straw or hay imported by
the Hessian troops during the revolu'
tionary war. 1t first made its appear
ance in 1916 on Staten Island, whence
it spread to Long Island, over New
England, then came west. The hes
sian fly has Travelled from New Eng
land west at the rate of about 20 miles
a wear
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
Our Cotton Seed Abroad.

American cotton seed is responsible
for a tremendous increase In the pro-
duction of cotton in Russia, middle
Asia, Bokahara and Khiva. The year
1900 shows an increase of A per cent.
over 1899 in the Asiatic lands, and the
increase in the Russian district is %
per cent. Most of the former corn
fields are now being planted with cot
ton.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
A ProdiraI Son.

Eight years ago little boy ran away
from home in York, Pa. His parents
made all efforts possible to find him,
spending small fortune in advertising
for his whereabouts and following up
clews that proved to be worthless. At
last. after eight years of uncertainty,
Michael Zahhar, the boys father, has
received word that his son is in Zaga-
zig. Egypt.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
Unknown New Jersey.

There are parts of New Jersey, with
in very short distance of Philadel-
phia, too, which, strange as it may
seem, are but little more known to-
day than they were 200 years ago. In
fact, there are portions of the "Pine
Barrens" which have never known the
tread of white man.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
ChInnfa SuUnr Cnne.

The sugar cane of China is said by
botanists to be an entirely distinct
species from that of India, and this
fact is supposed to indicate that the
development of sugar cane was car
ried on independently by two differ
emit nations at the same time.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
PLAYING whist for Money.

whist halls" are advertised in the
eastern papers. Those institutions
are public resorts, where whist is
played for prizes redeemable in money.
Poker parlors are prohibited in large
New England cities, but the whist hall
is much in vogue
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Public worship of God on the LIST and
9rd SUNDAYS at IL A NJ, on the End and
9TH at 1880 P. Nj. -oo
Meeting for prayer, Wednesday at 7:SO'
p NJ. Sabbath School at $50 A. M.
Meeting of Epworth League each sun
5ay at 3 y. M, the third Monday
1iGht of each month being devoted 10
literary work. ,..u
A most cordial welcome is extended to all.
Us. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
New Zealand buying Back Land

Within six years the New Zealand
government has bought back of the
original settlers 324, 167 acres of land
used for sheep runs, aud 1,630 families
have found homes on them.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
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, 1901-08-29
Christian Church.

Preaching LIST aud 3rd Sunday, lat p. m.
and 2nd and 4th Sundays at ii a. m.
PRAYER meeting Saturday night at
o'clock. Sunday school every Sunday at
PHILIP JOHNSON, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

HI. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ia well,
y,Va Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan c0un-
ties, West Virginia, specially. once IN s'r"S
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
Rev. MOwbray's Appointments,

Preaching at Pleasant Hill Church LIST
Sabbath in the month at IL a. M, ana al
White Church the same day at p. M.
Preaching the Srd Sabbath at WniIe
Church IL a. H.; in the afternoon at
O'Clock at Pleasant Hill Church.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWY Frs, Tazewell, va.
UOhice in building near Court House Il. n
Henri. 5. G.. Graham.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

al B. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
WI LANDS. Va. Practices in the courts OF Iaze-
well and adjoining counties. Prompt stienuon
paid to the collection of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

q. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY AT-LAIW
a. Tazescll, Va. (0hce up stairs in Law huli9-
inc Practices i'm Courts of Tazewell and al
h,ininr ciunties. and Ia Court of Appeals OF VII
gin n.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

oEo W ST CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
tiTsIewell. Va. Practices in the courts OF Taze
wall and adjoining counties and in the supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Partlculss az
tention paid to the collection OF claims once-
Btras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

,uNCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
vTazeweI, Va. viii practice in the courts OF
tention paid TO the collection of claims. once in
Stras building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

nowEN & ROYAL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Tazewell Va. Will practice in the courts I,, VI
Tazewell and adjoining counties, and the court
Of Appeals at Wytheyille. Collections given
special attention. 0nic ln Masonic Building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29

n 4. ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT Law, Taze-
N we'll. Va. win practice in the courtsoi Iaze-
well county and the Court Of Appeals at Wytne-
Vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
County Court.

HI. Stuart, judge; 7. +: George, clerk
Terms of court-Tuesday after Sd Monday
in each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-08-29
] The Devils Demise
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-04-02
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-04-02

at the reorganization of the board
OF gents Of the Agricultural and Me-
chanlcal college Frank j WyEof was
chosen president and G. j. Benson
treasurer. Prof. Carlos Bessey OF the
department Of mechanics resigned to
take enect July /, and r. s. Northup,
Of the printing department handed in
his resignation which was accepted.
The board appropriated S6.5O0 for a
new barn for the institution