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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
WOMAN BUFFALO HERDER.
she Raises Buffaloes for DiVersion
and Has a Hundred on Her
Texas Ranch.

Mrs. Mary A. Goodnight, OF Good
night, Tex, enjoys the distinction OF
being the only woman in the world
who owns a herd of buffaloes. There
are 100 in the herd, more than hall
of which are pure bred, the remainder
being "cataloes," as cross between
a buffalo and Galloway cow is called,
writes Z. J. Dawson, in the Ladies
Home Journal. The cataloes have
the same hump as the buffaloes, and
shaggy hair but their color varies
from jet black to light brown, and
they are most readily distinguished
from the pure bred by their horns,
which are longer. The cataloes are
also much more tractable, and can
soon be taught to eat out of ones
hand. But the full-blood buffaloes-
of the Goodnight herd at least-never
repose full confidence in man. Big
and powerful as they are they are
timid and run away at the slightest
alarm, although they have taken food
from their owners hand from the
opposite side of fence; nor will they
attack unless wounded or driven into
close quarters. Even with this repu-
tation for timidity Mrs. Goodnight
does not regard the pure bred buffa-
loes as trustworthy, and does not
consider it safe to go among them on
foot. Mrs. Goodnight also has herd
of Is elks. In the great park, two
square miles in area, each animal
herds with his kind. Even the pure
blood buffalo looks with a royal con-
tempt upon his plebeian half-brother'
the catalo, and the two keep wide
apart in separate and distinct orouDs'
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
LoNG-ToNGUED BEES.
Very Few Of the Insects Now On the
Market Can Master the RED
Glover blossoms.

We are now putting forth an unusual
effort to improve the honey bee in
length of tongue. Beekeepers are after
the red clover honey crop, of which the
tubes of the blossoms are so deep the
bees cannot reach the nectar in them.
1t Is we'll Known that the common red
clover is the heaviest nectar-producing
plant known, and the honey from II is
of fine quality.
1t has been discovered that an occa-
sional colony of bees work on red clover
blossoms, and in some instances have
stored large surplus from this we'll
known plant. Beekeepers have taken
the hint from this, and have made in
vestigations to find that some bees have
longer tongues than others, and on this
account are able to reach the honey in
the red clover tubes.
1t was said that the Italian bees could
master the red clover blossoms, and the
job was placed in their hands. but after
some big stories Of imagination and the
lapse of time 1t was discovered that but
a very small per cent. of bees worked
the red clover. After careful measure
ments Of the tongues of bees IT has been
discovered that there is variation all
the way from fifteen one-hundredths to
twenty-three one-hundredths of an
inch, the last-named being very rare.
1t seems that if we can attain the
length of twenty-five one-hundredths
of an inch, and have all the bees come
up to this standard, the red clover crop
is ours. Beekeepers have already be-
gun the work to attain this improve.
ment by select breeding, and judging
from other improvements obtained in
different ways by line breeding Of the
Italian bees, this improvement is not
an impossihility.
The honey that would be obtained
from red clover If the bees could get it,
would add largely to the total crop OF
this country.-A. NJ. Duff, in National
Rural.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
PARTITION OF MR.. HYKEs.
astuaiums, Of the south and what
They Have to Do to Become
Doctors.

Della. our southern importation,
was at her duties when went into the
kitchen, says writer in Harper's Mag
azine. A married friend living in New
York at what Della called "One Hun
dred and Fifthy-seventh ave." had in
vited our cook to pay her visit. She
accosted me with shake of her woolly
head:
miss Rufe, vile Aim in Moo Yawk,
May, she wants All should go t doc
tab bout nah teef."
"Well, Della" said 1, "why not?
You've been planning to have them
pulled"
Suddenly a gloomy black face was
turned upon me. "Ah dom know" She
gazed across the table, uncertain as to
whether she should proceed "Ah don't
know. Ye see-Miss Rufe"-another
pause and appealing glance-"they's
doctahs n they's studiums- All might
git in studium's Office"
"A studium?" / repeated, DULY.
"Yaas'm. Donche know? Ye has
TO be a studium fore ye kin be a doc
tab"
"Oh," I assented.
"An' We CANT tell 'em. Looks jes' like
doctahs. Acts jes' like doctahs. Got
bottles round n chairs n tables, Jes
like doctahs. But-Miss Rufe"-in
burst of horror-"ef they's studiums
they kills ye."
'Oh, mol" l feebly gasped.
"Yass'm. Down t my home, down t
'Gusta, they cut Mr.. William Hykes all
up"
"well," 1 urged, wasn't Mr.. William
Hykes dead?"
"Yass'm," somewhat reluctantly
San othah times they kills 'em. Once
they was a studium an he was fixin' {
kill man at was goin' ovah bridge.
An tn man he says"-in a sepulchral
chant-"'Be suah we kill me dead. Be
suah We kill me dead An the studi-
um he was scairt N he run away. Mos
times"-in a brisker tone-"they kills
'em."
"Oh, no." foolishly insisted. "Why,
no. If they did, Della, they would be
hanged"
"Not down Z my home; not down Z
'Gusta," said she. Its this way, Miss
Rufe; they has t. kill 'em or less they
CANT be a doctah. They kills 'em n
cuts 'em up"
So was revealed to me the medical
test of courage. If they cannot "cut
'em up" they show too poor spirit for
a future physician.
Against ignorance the gods fight in
vain. / cast about in my mind for ar
guments that should convince.
But, Della" l finally repeated, don I
you know that would be murder? And
murderers would be hanged"
She extended plying smile to my
inexperience.
Not down { my home" the soft
drawl persisted; mot down t 'Gusta.
They cut Mr.. William Hykes all up"
was dumb. l had no powers OF
persuasion to controvert the fact of the
dismemberment of Mr.. William Hykes.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Extra care can do much for over
crowded fowls.
The best layers of breed are gen.
orally those Of medium size.
Soaping feathers in the plucked re-
gion will discourage feather-pulling
fowls.
Overcrowding, overlooking and I'M
der-exercise are three common causes
of poultry failure.
No vegetable is more convenient
for poultrymen than cabbage. Hang
one up by the stump and the fowls
will do the rest.
1t Is better hens should exercise
themselves busting than exercise you
putting on insect powders.-Farm
and Home.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
CARPETS OUT OF FASHION.
Rugs Have Very Largely Supplanted
Them In All Stylish Homes
These Days.

To what extent the rug business has
cut into the strictly carpet business
cannot be told, but that it is appreci-
ably felt by the latter goes without say
ing, and that it is making constant in
roads upon it is also admitted by all
Gays the Chicago Chronicle.
The growth and the expansion OF the
rug industry has been wonderful in the
last five years, and it may be said that
within a twelvemonth it has taken
start forward, gaining a momentum
which promises much for the future.
It is not difficult to ascribe the cause
for this movement, or at least for a
considerable portion of it, but it may be
difficult to say whether or not this
movement carries with 1t that perma-
nency and stability which goes with
most industries. Yet one cannot ignore
the fact that there Is associated with
this business the idea of adaptabi,ity
and of suitability which seem to argue
in favor of its permanence.
The rug as it is known to-day is diff
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
DURABLE CHICKEN COOP.

get to a certain size. II the spaces are
not then made wider the chicks are
likely to be deformed from crowding
through narrow spaces. The cut shows
the best kind of front, the fine square
meshed wire netting being used, with
space left at the bottom for the chicks
to run in and out. This also permits
the coop to be cleaned out with great
ease. This latter point is a very great
advantage.-N. Y. Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
Trailing GoMna.

Tailor-made gowns will be very
long. There is no denying this fact
The pedestrian skirt is in style, and
is the decided vogue, but at the same
time the pedestrian is by no means
the tailor-made gown of the modish
world. 1t is excellent for shopping,
and, beyond question, the only thing
for the rain, but for nice occasion
the pedestrian gown must retire and
allow its more graceful sister to come
to the fore. And more graceful the
long gown undoubtedly is. 1t gives
height to the figure and grace to the
carriage; moreover, it is to be the
STYLE. and must be worn. -
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
Turned Down.

Jack Burroughs - For several
months, sir, have been paying atten-
ton to your daughter; it will, there
fore, not surprise you
Mr.. Goldman (who knows HIM
All! but it does. 1t surprises me to
hear that you ever paid anything
Philadelphia Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
COOP FOR CHICKENS.
Inscription of One That Is Durable,
Safe, Comfortable and Cleaned
with Great Ease.

The usual Slat front has several ser1-
Gus objections. 1t gives too easy
chance for the hen to pick the chicks OF
other broods that happen to wander
near the coop, and hampers the going
in and out of the chicks as soon as they
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
Notice.

All persons wnomsoever are hereby no.
tified and warned not TO hnnt lish, ride,
walk. drive stock across or UtlerSise tres
mass on nv premises. for the law against
All zach will be rigidly enforced.
SAMUEL T. HEEsiSdER.
Dec. 6. 1900. izn.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
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A record of nearly fifty years OF
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letters receive prompt and careful
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- We are doing great
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. AILAETA. "A.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Robert c. Jackson, judge; II. Bane Har'
man, clerk. Terms OF court-lst Monuay
in April, 4th Monday IN August ana ISL
Monday in December
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship Of cod on the LIST ana md
ord Sundays at ii 4 e.. IN the End and
4th at 1880 z. Nj. , o.7.oo
p. NJ. Sabbath Scho1 80 $3.50 A. M;
Meeting of Epwoua league eScn sun Sl,
dav at 8 p. m, tne third MONDAY
light of each month being devoted 70
A most cordial welcome is extended to all
Us. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
County Court.

III Stuart, judge; T. Z. George, clerk.
Terms of courtETuesday after Sd Monday
in each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

avo w sr CLAIR. ATTORNEY AT LAW
li!Te.a;ayeil Va Practices in the courts Of Iaze
val and adjoining counties and in the supreme
conrs of Lppeals at Wytheyilie Particuia. at
tention paid to the collection OF claims once -
Btras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

,,rNcENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VTazewell, Va. win practice in the courts OF
rozexyell and adjoining counties. Particular at
tantion paid to the collection Of claims. Office In
Stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
Rev. MOwbray's appointments

Preaching at PIeassur Hin Church Isl
Sabbath in the month at IL a. M ana at
White Church the same aav at 2. M,
Preaching the SRI Sabbath at Wnl'e
Church IL a. III; in the afternoon at 3
O'Clock at Pleasant Hill Church
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
snnnrA In Hia Windnine.

Sponges which are Used in surgical
operations once in awhile are left in
the body, and then death is bound TO en-
sue sooner or later. A young English
collier named Finney had IL teeth eX-
tracted under ether by DR.. Grifflths
and when efforts were being made to
restore him to consciousness he sprang
from the chair, fell back and died.
Sponges had been placed in his mouth
to absorb blood from the gums and one
of them, which was left in his mouth
by inadvertence after the extractions
had been made, entered the windpipe
aud caused suffocatlon.
Held Prisoner by His Trousers.
A passenger OIL the elevated road in
Brooklyn had the slack of his trousers
leg caught in closing side door as he
was standing with his back to it. The
side doors are only opened from the
outside, with keys kept at the Brook
lyn bridge. The passenger was there
fore obliged to go way beyond his
station until bridge man and . key
could be found.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

an p. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
W, Lands. Va. Practices 10 the courts OF Taze-
veil and adjoining counties Prompt attention
paid TO the collection Of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28
Christian charch.

Preaching Let and Sri Sunday,at p. M
ond 0nd and 4th ST. rs 40 ii a. m.
PRAYER meeting saturday night al .
O'Clock. Sunday school every SUNDAY al
$50 a. IN. D.u
PHILIP JOHNSON, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

III. STUART, ATTORNEY At LAW, Ts well,
Va Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan coun-
ties. West Virginia, specially once In strss
pudding.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

a. :, ANDERSON, Alto icy AT LAW, Taze-
N veil Va. viii practice il the courts OF Faze-
well county and the Court %. Appeals at Wythe-
vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS. Tazewell, We.
.HOfHce in building near Court HOUSE H. L.
deI1-r, s. C. Graham.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-28

4 s. HGGLyBoTHAM. ATToRNEY-AT-LAw
a. Tazegell, Va (Ofice up stairs in Law Build
i,lning counties, lad in Court Of Appeals OF Viz.
slnIa.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Only a short Session-Three Commit
bership

Washington. December 6.-The house
was in session today only long enough
to permit the announcement by the
speaker Of the committees on ways n
means, appropriations. and enrolled
bills. In ZACH Of the committees the
majority representation vas increased
one. ard he minority representa- ton re-
|duced to tina extent. This policy is to
be followed in the appointment OF the
other committees.
On the a and means committee Of
which Mr.. Payne. Of New York, is
chairman the democrats are Messrs.
Of Tennessee: Robertson, Of
Louisiana; Swanson, Of Pennsylvania;
Mcclellan. of New FORK; Newlands, Of
Nevada. and Cooper. Of Texas.
On the appropriations committee, Mr..
Cannon, of Illinois, chairman, the dem
.ocrats are Messrs. Livingston, Of Geor-
Ygia; McRae, Of Arkansas; Bell, of Col
'orado: Pierce. of Tennessee; Benton. of
Missouri; and Taylor. of Alabama.
The house adjourned until Tuesday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10

From the Iron Mountain Railway
Wreck of Thursday Night

Malvern, Ark. December 6.-Five
more deaths have occurred IN conse-
|quence of the head-end collision be-
tween the passenger trains on the ST.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railroad near here last night.
Maggie Stevenson. colored. Of Ian
|dersville, Ala. died today from injuries
received in the wreck Two colored
children. names not known, also died
today from injuries. Two white men,
names not known. who had been riding
ION the front end of the baggage car on
the fast mail. (northbound train). were
found dead in the wreckage today.
Twenty-eight injured colored passen-
|gers were taken to the railroad hospital
lat Little Rock todas.. The coroner's
Jury has been holding an inquest all
day. but have reached no conclusion as
lyet. The developments today indicated
that the collision was the result OF a
misunderstanding OF orders.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
king O'KEEFFE OF
His Wife Notified OF Hfs Death, Leav-
ing an Fortune

Savannah. Ga. December e.-Ars.
Catharine O'Keefe. Of this city, receiv-
ed today a letter from Joseph MichaeIs.
of zap. Caroline islands, advising her or
the probable loss at sea OF her husband,
Captain David O'Keefe. and the fact
that he had left property worth 81. ooo.-
600. Michaels has applied to the Amer
lean CONSUL at Hong Kong to protect
OKeefe's property. Mrs. O'Keefe has
engaged O'Connor. O'Byrne & Hariidge
a prominent law firm here. to look out
for her interests.
David d. O'Keefe was known in the
oriental trade IS King O'Keefe OF
zap" which Island he virtually owned.
When O'Keefe first landed at zap. thir-
" ago the cannibal natives
thought him a demi-god on account OF
his white skin, N made him their king.
He built up a profitable trade to Hong
Kong and owned two barks that trad
ed between Caroline and Chinese ports
Last June he vent to Hong Kong with
copra and other native products, from
which point he sent his wife in this city
a check for 81 500. After leaving Hong
Kong his vessel disappeared and Is sup
posed 10 have been lost In a storm.
King OfKeefe was So years old and
a native OF this city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10

meats. so. 0o0. 900; tobacco. 5000. 900: oil
cake and oil cake meal. $4,000. 900: fruits
and nuts. 81. 900. 900. It is supposed that
Germany viii o tax cotton but the
cereals. etc
Mr.. Dooley is rich on "Anglo-Ameri-
cans" He yields q cautic pen, and
knows how { be sarcastic about King
Edwards British subjects In New York
He reviews the recent banquet al the
chamber OF commerce. It will be re-
called that Secretary Hay Grated and
he palavered feelingiy and bloomingiy.
Mr.. Dooley touches him up gently in
the following neat condensation OF his
speech: "Fellow-subjicks. says tn
Sicrety iv state, diplomacy is a far diff
trent business thin 1t used to be. a
voice. Good FIR you,) In tn days Nv
Bismarck. Gladstun an Charles Francis
Adams twas a case iv intrigue an
deceit. Now il is as simple as sellin'
a pair iv boots. In Is years tn whole
nature iv man is SO changed that a Dip
lomat has on'y to be honest. straight
forward an manly and concede ivry-
thing an he will find his opponents will
meet hin halfway an take what he
gives. Unfortunately diplomacy on'y
goes as far as the dur. 1t is enable TO
give polls protection to tn customer, so
whin he laves tn shop tn s~throng-arm
men iv tn Sinit knocks him down an
takes firm him Everything ne got inside
an more too. Diplomacy has become a
philanthropic pursoot. like shopkeepin',
but politics, me Lords. is still tn same
OF lspoort iv highway robbery. But I
done what I cud to PROTECT tn inthersts
iv tn mother, father an brother-in-
lay country, an between o. an me If
[ don't desarve tn Victorya Cross FIR
presintin' hat theaty to tn Sinit no.
body does. I will on'y say tina HINGE
forth tn policy iv this gover'mint will
be. as befure. not to bully a sthrong
power or wrong a weak, but will remain
thrue to tn principle iv wrongin' the
sthrong an bullyin' tn weak"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED
4 Threat at Wholesale ynchfu
Troops Guard the Jail

Montgomery Ala, December g.
Sheriff Bradshaw. of Covington county,
this afternoon wired Governor Jelks
that he had positive information that a
mob from Opp would attack the Jail at
Andalusia tonight for the purpose of
lynching the twenty-five negroes i'm
piicated in the killing OF the town mar
shall and n merchant at Opp Wednes-
day.
The sheriff asked that soldiers be sent
t. Andalusia without delay. Immedi-
ately upon receipt OF this telegram,
the governor ORDER he military COM
pany.a at Greenville to proceed by train
To Andalusia, and arranged with rail-
o company for a special train. Cap
tain Gamble, of the G~reenville company,
replied in twenty minutes that his COM
pany would leave for Andalusia at 5
o'clock this afternoon. The distance
from Greenville 10 Andalusia Is about
sixty miles and a change Of cars at
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-10
CAUGHT IN A FIRE TRAP
Children Ciirown From Window.
Mother PerIshes I'm Trying to Save q
Daughter

Pittsburg, December 5.-TWO persons
were burned to Heath and seven injur-
ed in a fire at Carnegie. Pa, this MORN
ing. The dead are: Mrs. Sarah Klee
and her ~9-year-old daughter. Several
members of the Klee family were in
jured. The Klee residence is a two
story frame house on Broadway, the
ground floor front being devoted to a
grocery store kept by Klee. and the rest
family.
The fire was discovered about 4:40
o'clock this morning by the gocery
clerk. Morris Fizis. He Immediately
gave the alarm, but the flames spread
SO rapidly that the occupants of the up
per story were shut off from the stair
way and Klee and his wife realized that
there was but one way to save the chill
dren and that was to throw them from
he window, a distance of about twenty
feet. One by one the children were
brought to the front window and drop
ped to the ground by the father. All
of them were more or less seriously in
jured, but all escaped death from the
flames. except Mary. By the time Har-
ry, the baby. was reached, not only was
thef father Exhausted with his exertions
and the terrible conditions under which
he worked, but the flames were fast
making his Efforts impossible. When he
was able to get at Harry, it was found
that the fire had already reached him
and that the little ones face and feet
and hands were blistered and burned.
He was snatched from the burning
building just in time, and it is thought
that he will survive. rrG T6
After rescuing his baby, the father
looked around for his wife, whom he
had missed from his side for some time.
Unable to locate her he called to these
whom he had saved for the purpose Of
ascertaining if h had Joined them.
She had not, and the husband became
almost distracted with fear and panic.
1t seems, however, that while the ia
Their was rescuing the youngest and
most helpless child, she was making An
attempt to save the life Of Mary. and
IN doing so gave up her own life.