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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
BUREAU OF STANDARDIZATION
In Which Absolute Accuracy OF
weights and Measures VIII
BE Strlven For.

A million and a quarter OF dollars
has been recently appropriated for
the establishment of a national bu-
reau of standards for this govern
ment, and the work of designing
remarkable building for this new
new feature of the government SER
vice will be commenced at once, says
the Patent ..ecord of Washington.
This is n marvellous structure. IL
will be a place where the noises ana
vibrations of the outside world Will
not be admitted under any pretense
and an absolute unvarying tempera-
ture will prevail 1t will be erected
on a site to be selected some dis
lance from the city, where there will
be the least possibility of the dis
turbing influences from the outside
world, and on a lot large enough
to prevent the possibility of any
other building within a distance OF
a quarter of a mile. There will be
double walls, each on a separate
foundation resting on the solid rock
The building, which will contain the
power plant necessary for the opera
ton of this novel department, will
be located at least a thousand yards
away. All these precautions are
taken in the battle with the vulgar
influences of the outsidN world
Many of the instruments Y jill be
placed so that it is impossible for any
one to approach them within as
lance of 20 or 30 feet This
is to prevent the temperature OF
human body from affecting thelr
delicate constitution. The windows
will be fitted so that it will be
readily possible to make the rooms
absolutely dark, even on the bright
est days. No particle of sunshine vii
penetrate the shutters.
There will be maintained In TINS
building a standard of all measures
of capacity and distance. Among
other things the new department
will establish a standard electric Gel
measuring standard volts and ample
means of testing all thermometers
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25

roc contributors TO the Drych To-Day
are 40 years of age ano upward, anu
many of the best are over so. Ihere
are but few young who are treadlne
in the footsteps Of the fathers. Inc
vast majority of young Welsh people
stand at the dividing line between
Welsh and English, and are rapidly go,
ing over to the latter, to be separated
completely in language and spirit from
the civilization of the fathers. Ana
many of the fathers, who are faithful
to the Welsh, and earnest in speech IN
its behalf, are bringing up their chill
dren in a manner entirely un-Welsh.
So, the expectations are that welsh
will go down in the United States when
the fathers and mothers go the way OF
all the earth, for a crop of anything
cannot be expected where there has
been no sowing. Many hope and ex-
pect the old language to live by miracle
as it were, by Divine interference in its
behalf, without realizing the natural
fact that the Welsh must be planted
and watered before progress may be
expected. The Drych, like Apollos
week after week, continues the water
ing process, but what has not been
planted cannot be watered, for there
is no Paul a planting.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
10 CANDY eArrAEncA ~
CUoC0loA0
To-. I.y911y- $4,000 All
ss, Zoe 142hIi2lil3s&sAA Druggists.
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold In bulk.
Beware OF the dealer who tries to sell
something just as good"
THE FRENCH-fRfSH
a,nx of Them Have Been Titled and
Prominent PersOnnges In the
History of France.

France, with its MacMahons,
O'Neils, O'Connors and Nugents, pos
sesses many Irish names. The Bou-
LANCER movement introduced to us
Count Dillon, in whose gardens the
Floquet duel was fought. Most of the
Franco-lrish, though 200 years may
have passed since their ancestors left
our shores, have preserved great al
lection for Ireland, and each st. Pat
rick's day sees certain number OF
them united to celebrate the feast OF
Ireland's patron saint. IhaG the pleas
ure of being present at one of these
diners de St. Patrice, under the pres
idency of Vicomte O'Neill de Tyrone,
charming nobleman, who claims de-
scent from Owen Roe O'Neill, says a
writer in Gentleman's Magazine.
Among Irish names in France / may
mention Crebillon de Ballyhigue, Mac
Guckin de Slane. Mahon de Monaghan
O'Quin d'Etcheparc formerly mayor
of PAM, Harry de Pierrebourg, Har-
den-Hickey (who shows his Irish origin
by editing the principal comic paper
in Paris. the Triboulet). There are 4
few names with the prefix so" and II
is hard to know how they came by IL
There is a Baron O'Tard de la Grange
and a Comtesse O'Pole; and | have
also seen in list Of students O'Diette
and O'Lanyer. These are to be dis
tinguished, of course, from such mons
de guerre as O'Monroy, O'Diu
O'Squarr, etc. Your average French
man takes the bearer Of a name will
an go" or "Mac" as a noble.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
To Instruct Cuban Teachers

State Superintendent of Public In
struction Charles Il. Skinner, at Al
bany, n. Y, reports that commune
cation has been received by Myron T..
Scudder, principal of the New Platz
normal school, from Lieut.. Matthew
B. Hanna, acting commissioner of pub
lie schools for the island of Cuba, an
nouncing that arrangements are being
perfected for sending between so and
100 teachers from the island of Cuba to
the New Platz normal school for a
course of instruction for one or two
years in English, manual training, do
mestic science, school economy meth
DDS and civil government. The Cuban
government defrays the expense of
transportation, board and instruction
for these teachers, and allows each q
salary of $40 month during the en-
tire course of instruction.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
A VERITABLE WHITE CITY.
ArchangeI, I'm Western Russia
Covered by n Mantle OF snow
Most of the Year.

For three months in the winter Arch
angel. now to become the great west
ern port of Russia, scarcely sees the
sun, and for three months in the sum
mer seldom loses sight of 1t. Yet
there is no city in the whole of Europe
which lies for so many months-tor
the greater part of the year, in fact
under a mantle of snow; and because
of this, the Russian fondly calls it The
White City," says Pearson's Magazine.
White, too, it is in other ways. All
the chief buildings glare with white
paint and blink with white blinds.
The churches-and in a Russian city
they are not few-are also OF pure
white; only the cupolas are green, and
the crosses on their SUBMITS gold. And
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
WELSH TONGUE IN AMERICA,
Expectations Are That 1t VIII 90
Down Through Passing of Old
Promoters.

AS far as this country and the Welsh
are concerned it looks dark and hope
less. From a quarter to half century
ago there arose large number OF III,
erary men and poets in the United
States who served the Welsh newspa-
pers and periodicals well and faith,
fully. Although some of them could
speak English, Welsh and Welsh liter
ature was their pleasure, which they
sought, night and day, says Y Drych'
of Utica.
That class of Welshmen is passing
away, one by one, and none with Inter-
airy tendencies arises to take their
place and continue the progress OF
Welsh literature. We can say without
any. doubt that the vast majority of
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
H. ADVANTAGES, Moral and Pecuninry,
Are Not Appreciated by Un-
skilled City LabOrers.

The Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
comments with rare good sense upon
this subject. After calling attention
TO the scarcity Of farm laborers il
Jays: ut is a subject for regret, not
only upon the ground that agricultural
interests are hurt, but it is distinctly
unfortunate for large class of skilled
workmen in the various cities that the
advantages and opportunities of farm
work are not more generally sought.
Work of all classes in the cities is per-
formed in the main by specialists.
This is growing to be the case more
and more each year in every depart
ment of professional, commercial and
mechanical labor In the cities only
the people with a well-acquired trade
or profession stand a chance in the
compe titions of life. Yet there is in
every city a vast number of men who
are earning a precarious living by do
ing the hardest sort of mental labor.
Their families are compelled to live
in narrow, squalid streets, and tne,r
children are being reared in an at
mosphere that tends to produce moral
depravity. In the agricultural dis
tricts there are places for these peo-
pie which, compared with their pres
ent conditions, are positive Edens.
They would have to toll, but it is toll
under conditions of health and moral
cleanliness that compensate a thou
sand times over for the exertion."
The next question naturally is, why
do these laborers not make change
that would be so beneficial to them
and their families? There are several
reasons First, they do not realize
these advantages. The country wages
look low to them. The city papers do
not educate them as to the real adyan-
lagos of country life; on the contrary,
they are apt to poke fun a everything
from the country and TO magnify the
city's advantages. Then, city laborers
are like all other classes of people,
they prefer to drift along rather than
change, always hoping for something
to turn up that will land them a
"steady job" at good wages. But prob
ably the greatest hindrance of all Is
the gregarious tendency of humanity.
They prefer the city, where society of
some kind is always to be found, to the
isolation of the farm. There seems
to be no cure for this. While a good
many city people have turned to the
country of late years, the laborers
have not formed a large proportion OF
them.-National Stockman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
FARMING IN ALASKA.
Shows That It's Agri-
cultural Resources Are of Com
siderable Importance.

Coming back to Alaska, Uncle sam,
az well as the engineers, is doing his
part in making that land habitable'
saws the Little Chronicle. The agri-
cultural department has established
experiment stations above Sitka and
in the Yukon valley, and they have
found many places where the vege-
tables and grains and small fruits may
be grown and many more where cattle
and sheep may be raised. Indeed Daw'
son is no more than a hundred miles
farther north than st. Petersburg
and the most northern point of Alaska
is in the same latitude as Hammerfest,
Norway. a town of $500 people. Ger
tain parts of 1.-THE seacoast and the
great valleys-are warmer than 81
IBERIA. which, being chiefly a country
of frozen plains, is exposed to arctic
winds. If Norway, Sweden and Fin
land are self-sustaining countries
raising grain, root crops, live stock
and CARRYING on fishing and numbering
there is no reason why Alaska should
not also become a busy country filled
with people engaged in other indus
tries than mining.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
TO MOTHER.

Twas a little house, so very small
That the highest part was scarcely az tall
AS the cherry-trees, on either side.
Whose petals left by the ebbing tide
OF vernal bloom would harbor find
On the long low slant of the roof, behind.
And mlngle their snow, like surf by the
sea,
With coral drift from the old peach
tree.
Twas a little house. and lilacs made
At small-paned windows fragrant snaoe'
Roses and trumpet-vine clambered Ger
A latticed porch at the front room door,
And gravelsd paths through your flowers.
sweet
Made way for our eager childish feet
To press, where, safe hid by dusky
screen,
Was the robins nest" in the evergreen.
Those dear old flowers. see them yeti
The iris and pinks and mignonette,
The tiger-lilies and tall white phloN
The love-forever and four-o clocks,
The peoples and "rock'ry" out one side,
The violet bed. so long and wide,
Where often stopped for the sweet bou-
Quet
You carried to church on the Sabbath
day.
And the house inside. So neat! So clean!
The carpet Of gray and red and green;
The muslin curtains, and parlor chairs,
The tall old clock, and the rooms upstairs;
The cookie jar" and the pantry shelves,
(Where you let us go and help ourselves)
And the kitchen stoop with grapevine
wool
Through the wood-brown warp Of It's trel-
Used roof.
remember once the sun had set
Though a passing splendor tarried yet
You paused in the door, as one Will wait;
The ss-me-over-the-garden
AS high as you, and above my head,
Stood lush and still in the balsam bed.
And l placed, as we fingered, flower
there
In the soft dark coil of your wavy hair.
(How pretty you were in the afterglow
And, mother, 1 always think of you SOD
But all withheld from my youthful eyes
Were the toll and daily sacrifice
OF dauntless spirit, mind unfed,
Through paths your motherly duties led;
So, take as you did my posies then,
This later tribute from heart and pen,
And find, in the breathing of loves In
cense,
Something of triumph and recompense
Clara Bushnell Castle. in Minneapolis
Housekeeper.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
WONDERFUL ICE CAVES.
One of Them Near Flagstah' Ari@o""'
Supplying Ice for Sum-
mer Use.

Several wears ago a man who was
wandering over the lava helds IN the
nine woods, nine miles from FlagstaH'
discovered a narrow slit in the lava
which appeared to lead into lateral
and much larger opening. The sht
was wide enough for man to squeeze
his way into it. At the bottom, ABOUT
% feet from the surface, low cham
her opened on one side which was
found TO extend about 300 feet. AT the
further end the roof was high enough
for a man to stand erect. 1t was IN
the month of August; large bank OF
ice was heaped against the farther
wall. but the rest O. the cavern
seemed to be dry.
In the following March the cave was
visited again and found to be as full
of ice as it could hold. 1t is now a
source of ice supply for the hot months
of summer, says the New York sun
The ice melts away as the summer adj
vances. but early in the season there Is
large amount, most OF which is no"
utilized. The ice is split into large
pieces. hauled to the surface with
block and tackle and carried away by
the CARLOAD.
In this hollow under the ground the
cold air settles in the winter months,
producing temperatures below the
freezing point. There are times dur
ing the winter when good deal OF wa
ter runs into the cave. This is frozen
solid and as water continues to flow
in it is added to the frozen mass until
the cave is completely filled with ice.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
Oldest Church in the Country,

The oldest Protestant church in the
United States is St. Luke's, at Smith
field. Va, writes William E. Curtis, in
the Chicago Record-Herald. st. Luke's
was erected in 1852, and was restored
in 1894 as nearly as possible to its
original condition and appearance. 1t
is a beautiful old structure, of early
English Gothic, with mullioned win
dows and a stately tower, and has been
used for public worship almost con-
tinuously for 2h centuries. The orig
inal church erected on jamestown is
land by the first English colonists in
North America, under Capt. John
Smith-the church in which Pocahon-
tas was baptized and married-has all
disappeared, except picturesque, ivy
clad tower of black, surrounded by O
grove of trees. -
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25

white are the private houses the bet
ter sort-except where Norwegians
and Germans live, for buff and blue
and red then streak and diaper the pine
walls and edge of the gable ends. But
street posts, gates, pillars, walls
fences-these are all white. And in the
summer, for every official you see in
a blue or a gray tunic, you see ten in
white caps and white uniforms.
Bright color alone is left to the wom-
en- and children; pink blouses, green
skirts, scarlet petticoats, orange
aprons, and blue kerchiefs are COM
mon enough; while group of children
will always look like a cluster of old
English flowers. But otherwise, in
summer as in winter, this old city of
Archangel, now destined to be the cap
ital of a new Russia in the near west
is White city indeed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25

course, I Knew thar yU1--i ISear I
wished to assure you that I" He
stopped, feeling that he was bungling
horribly.
ooh, yes; that goes without saying"
she answered, demurely. "But | am
afraid it is not mystery to me-"
"Not a mystery?" he repeated. 81
can't imagine who"
She smiled. "Perhaps you never re-
allied what a thorough scapegrace
that brother of mine is? You were al
ways favorite of Harry's," she went
on, composedly, though her color
came with this first allusion to the old
time, land he has wasted great deal
of argument since you went away.
Now that you have come back Well,
l suppose he took the opportunity to
play bold game" smiling again. "His
diplomacy is rather crude"
Hayne was piqued by her self-pos-
session, and that phrase about wasted
argument ranked. Was she entirely
indifferent to him? She should not
guess how much he cared for her.
He forced laugh. "Then the little
comedy may as well end nOw-since
you don't share your brothers pref
erence-"
The defiant words were never fin
ished. For as he rose she looked up at
him, and he saw that her face was pale
and her lip quivering. The self-pos-
session he resented had been only on
the surface, and had given way under
the strain.
He caught her hands. Doris, you
are not so heartless, after all! You do
care something for me-Doris?"
She looked down at their clasped
hands, and smiled. 1t was answer
enough, and he was quick to seize his
advantage.
"How could you let me suffer so
long, Doris?" he said, with not very
reasonable reproach. "You knew L
would come if you sent for me. You
might have written"
81 did write-a dozen letters"
81 never got one"
mo, for tore them all up"
"You tore them up? And you could
sacrifice me to your pride? Oh,
| Doris!"
ct was not PRIDE" she declared. 81
forgave you long ago. But was
afraid of another such scene. l
thought if you were left to yourself
for awhile, you would see the folly of
it all, and come back in your right
mind. For felt sure you would come
finally, whether l sent for you or not, "
smiling.
eyes; l should have found some pre-
text" he confessed. 81 don't think l
could have stayed away much longer"
He gave her hands a tender, tri-
umphant little squeeze. "And now
that we have forgiven each other" he
said, magnanimously, 1--WE won't say
anything more about Jack Wetherell,
will we, Doris?"
81 don't see why we should" she
laughed. "He is Mabers exclusive
property. l told you that a month
ago"
eyes; but a month ago was jeal-
Gus fool. Now"
"Now even you can find no excuse
for jealousy Next week you may
read their engagement in the Calen-
dar."
"Bless the Calendar-and your
brother! Doris" he broke off with a
sudden laugh, 81 told Deering to con
tradict that notice! Now what shall
do? Tell him it was premature dis
closure, but that he can announce the
engagement next week?"
And Hayne laughed again, as he pic
tured behring's face at this illogical
conclusion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
ArffhciaI Marble.

Manufacturers are actually making
marble by the same process by which
nature makes it, only in few weeks
instead of few thousand years. They
take a rather soft limestone and chem
ically permeate it with various color
ing matters, which sink into the stone
and are not a mere surface coloring
as in scagliola. The completed ma
terial takes a fine polish, and many
of the specimens are of beautiful col
or and marking.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
AN IDEA FROM KANSAS.
Riding Cart for narrowing Which Is
Said to Save a Lot of Very
Hard work.

Narrowing is job few farmers like,
and there are few jobs about farm
work that are more wearying where
the driver walks over soft ground.
Some men in the large fields of the
west ride an extra horse when the har-
rowing team is easily managed, but
this method has j. disadvantages.
Some of our farm<Is have constructed
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
The American Girl

The charge made by Chicago pro-
fessor against the American girl that
she takes all from father or brother,
giving nothing in return, is likely to
meet with some contradiction. The
man of learning either forgets or
never knew what a wealth of bright
ness and cheer the American girl dis
penses on her way through life, how
her sympathy and help are so often
above any price. The inference to be
drawn from the professors remarks
is that either he is entirely ignorant
of women and their ways or he is suf-
fering from a disappointment in love
or Indigestion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
Naval station in Hawaii.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be the
site of one of the most important of
the American naval stations on the
Pacific. Large machine shops and a
~ dock will be built, and first-class
lEepair station for warships will be es-
tablished.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
Mistake on n Tombstone.

Lucius NJ. Sargent, in his Deal
ngs with the Dead" says that 'in
he graveyard at Norfolk, Va, is a
handsome marble monument sacred
% the memory of Mrs. Margaret, etc.
wife of, etc, who died, etc" and that
following the inscription is this
'Erratum. For Margaret read Mar
jha."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25


a riding cart, attaching it to the long
drawbar of the harrow, and it is prov
ing the most satisfactory method ever
tried. 1t adds but little to the draft
an extra horse may be put on it II
the team finds difficulty in pulling the
harrow-and the driver can better
manage his horses, as he is not re-
uuired to keep constant watch of his
steps, and he is always at az equal dis
lance from them.
The cart uses some wlde-tlred
wheels, old corn planter wheels being
Just the thing. These wheels are
placed on an axle made on r bolted
to a four by four, to which the seat is
bolted by means of standards running
from the seat to the four by four and
10 the brace between the shafts which
connect the cart with the long draw
bar to which the evener and while
.rees are hitched. 1t might seem at
glance as though the whiflietrees
might be caused to bump the horses
heels and cause other trouble, but this
is not the case, as the weight of the
cart keeps the drawbar and evener up
off the ground. Actual use in this re-
gion shows this riding cart to be both
practical and valuable.-Jim L. Irwin,
in Ohio Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
Officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Pubic worship of God on the lst and
9rd SUNDAYS at II A NJ, on the 2nd and
4th at 7:S0 P. Nj. oo
Meeting for prayer, Wednesday at $50.
p. NJ. Sabbath School at $3.50 A. Nj;
Meeting of Epworth League each Sun
Jay at 8 y. M, the third Monday
hight of each month being devoted to
literary work. .u
A most cordial welcome is extended to all.
Us. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Robert c. 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, 1901-07-25

oro w at CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
tiTe1o,yau Va. Practices in the courts of Taze
vail li and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Particuia; az
tention paid to the collection OF claims Omce-
Btras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25

Iu b. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
W,lands, Va. Practices in the courts OF Taze-
well and adjoining counties Prompt attenuon
paid to the collection OF claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25

VINCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ETNzewell, Va. VIII practice in the courts OF
Tazewel and adjoining counties Psrnc1aso az
Stras building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-25

nOWEN & ROYALL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW
b Tazewell, Va. Will practice in the courts OF
Tazewell and adjoining counties, and the CGn nn
snecial attention. Office in Masonic Building.