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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-24
What A ,raie It Tells.

Ifthe mirror of yours shows wretch
ed, sallow complexion, a jaundiced look
moth patches and blotches on the skin
it's liver trouble; but DR.. Kings Life
Pills regulate the liver, purify the blood
give clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich com
plexion. Only 25c at Jones' drug store
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-08-24
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A SEASONS
WORK

Men who are familiar with the little
mine owned by James Cochran. situated
near Rockford, assert that each seasons
work on the property nets Mr.. Cochran
in the neighborhood of $4,000. He
only works during the open season OF
summer. During the winter, when the
water is frozen, the mine and mill are
closed down and Mr.. Cochran takes life
easy for few months. The property is
equipped with a Huntington mill, which
is at present running ore from a shaft
that is being put down on the main
ledge. The ore shoot is said to be rs
feet in width and 400 feet in length, and
the lowest returns are in the neighbor-
hood of 81 a ton. The ore ledge is said
to be traceable for several miles, and a
number of openings have been made
along its course. e.-Pioneer-Times.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
SERPENT UTILIZATION.
Black Snake to BE Employed by aus
CnptOr I'm Kidding His
Place of Mice.

few days ago passengers on car
of the Middle river line were given
a remarkable exhibition of snake
catching between Black and Middle
,ivers. As the car was speeding along
to- motorman saw large blacksnake
cAssing the rails. He stopped his car
and pursued the snake with the switch
stick in his hand. He was about to
kill it when a passenger jumped off
the car and begged him not to kill the
snake, as he wanted to take 1t alive.
The stranger quietly approached the
snake, grabbed it firmly just below
the head, and held it up. 1t was nearly
seven feet long, and it entwined itself
about it's captor in a manner that fair
ly chilled the blood in the veins Of the
onlookers, says the Baltimore-Ameri-
can.
The man then started to board the
car with his prize, but this was too
much for the passengers, and with one
accord they blackballed the snake.
They appealed to the conductor to
put man and snake off the car, but the
nerve of the official failed him as he
approached the man holding the ugly
reptile. A compromise was finally
agreed on by which the man and his
pet were to be given full possession
of the rear platform, and the car pro-
ceeded to its destination.
When questioned as to what he in
tended to do with the snake, the man
stated that he was going to take it
home and turn It loose for the purpose
of Kidding the place of mice.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
PATHOLOGICAL DREAMERS.
Peculiar Alterations of Conduct and
Tendencies to Fantastic
ExaggeratiOns.

Students of Psychological medicine
will be particularly interested in some
recent cases of pathological dreaming
which Prof. A. Dick, of Prague, has
been studying. Psychologists have
long recognized similarity between
dreams and the delusicns of the insane
or the waking delirium of the opium
eater, says a New York exchange.
One case occupying the attention OF
Prof. Dick is that OF man, aged 43, a
goldsmith. During the ten years of
his married life his wife has noticed
that he often, during the day and
night, spoke to himself, sometimes
softly and sometimes loudly, as though
he imagined himself to be among his
fellow workmen. If spoken to he
ceased at once, but gave no explana-
ton except upon one occasion, when
he said that various thoughts came to
him against his will, which he had to
speak out, although he knew that it
was untrue.
Another case deals with clerk, aged
IS, who manifested peculiar aberra-
tions of conduct In the form OF petty
embezzling and theft, hnd tendency
to fantastic exaggerations. His wax
ing reveries or dreams were sometimes
so realistic that he could not distin-
guish them from actual facts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
MEANING OF MANUSCRIPT.
Derivation of the Term Used to In
dictate Matter Written by
Hand.

The singular and plural forms Of
the abbreviated word manuscript"
(MS. and MSS.) are the initials of the
two Latin words manu- scriptum,
whence our word is derived. OF
course, says St. Nicholas, it means,
literally, written by hand. After the
introduction of printing, certain
books were spoken OF as Goddess Tor
Hbri impressD, printed books, to dis
tinguish them from goddess manu-
script. Most of the old and impor-
tant records found in manuscript and
preserved in libraries have been
copied and reproduced in print, so
that we need not trouble ourselves
to deeipher crooked characters or
half-faded writing. 1t is, however,
interesting as well as very curious
to hold In ones hands the parchment
or half-decayed paper on which the
hand of some great scholar, long
since dead, traced the story OF his
day, or wrote poem which lives
even now. Would you not like to
own, for instance, the manuscript of
Virgil's Aeneid, or of Dante's Divine
Comedy" written by their, own
hands? You would be a very rich
young person if you did; but, OF
course, the real originals of the long
ago writer's are very difficult, in fact
impossible, to find. Probably they
do not exist, and certainly if they ex-
list, no one knows where they are.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
A WORTHY SUCCESSOR.
Something New Under The Sum-"

All doctors have tried to cure CATARRH
by the use of powders, acid gases, lnhalers
and drugs in paste form. Their powders
dry up the mucuous membranes causing
them to crack open and bleed. The pow
erful acids used in the inhalers have en-
tirely eaten away the same membranes
that their lOakers have aimed to cure,
while pastes and ointments can not reach
the disease An old and experienced
practitioner who has for many years made
a close study and specially of the treat
ment of CATARRH, has at last perfected
Treatment which when faithfully used,
not only relieves at once, but permanently
cures CATARRd, by removing the cause,
stopping the discharges, and curing all ln-
flamation. 1t is the only remedy known
to science that actually reaches the afflct-
ed parts. This wonderful remedy is known
as "SNUFFLES the GUARANTEED CA
TARRH CURE and is sold atthe ex-
tremely low price of One Dollar, each
package containing internal and external
medicine sufficient for full months treat
nent and everything necessary to its perfect
use.
"SNUFFLES' is the only perfect Ca
TARRH CURE ever made and is now
recognized asthe only safe and positive cure
for that annoying and disgusting disease
1t cures all inflammation quickly and per-
manently and is also wonderfully quick to
relieve HAY FEVER or COLD in the
HEAD.
CATARRH when neglected often leads
to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES will
save you if you use it at once. 1t is no
ordinary remedy, but a complete treat
ment which is positively guaranteed to
cure CATARRH in any form or stage if
used according to the directions which
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Sent prepaid to any address in the
United States or Canada on receipt of One
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GILES & COMPANY, 1880 and 1889
Market Street, Philadelphia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
RIGHTS OF MEN OF SCIENCE
In Germany They Give Way Only t.
Members of the Royal
Family.

The street railways Of Berlin hav'
recently been fitting their lines will
electricity, following years in thu
wake of those of the United States
The directors of the reichsanstalt
the imperial physical and technica
institute Of Germany, feared that the
proximity of trolley wires with the
magnetic field which would be Sc.
up at the passage of every car nigh
interfere with their experiments anc
they made representations to thai
effect to the government. In Ger
many science is esteemed only second
to royalty and the government be
ing all-powerful the street railroad.
were ordered not to place any trolley
wires within kilometer (five-eighthi
Of a mile) Of the reichsanstalt.
As a result, and oddly enough II
is to an American, the trolley lineI
of Charlottenburg, when they ap
proach the imperial mausoleum, the
emperor's memorial church and the
reichsanstalt-royalty and science
are run underground and the cars are
compelled to cover the intervals by
means of power drawn from storage
batteries. Asphalt pavements have
also replaced the old cobblestones IL
the streets around the reichsanstalt
to prevent the jar of trucks from in
fuencing the delicate instruments il
the buildings.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
ELL IN SHOWERS.
Cingular Phenomenon That Wa
Lately Witnessed I'm the City
of BRUSSELS.

From time to time we hear OF show
ers of blood, of pollen, OF caterpillars
and now NJ. A. de Longree, a membe
of the Astronomical Society of France
tells of a shower of ants which fell re
Gently at Brussels.
u. de Longree resides in that city
and therefore he had ample opportu
nifty for observing this curious phe
nomenon. 1t was four o'clock in tn
afternoon, he says, when the ants be
gan to fall, and the weather was verJ
warm, the sun being brilliant and thu
sky clear.
A great cloud of small blackwinget
ants, interspersed among which wer
some gigantic black ants, measuring
from five to seven millimeters II
length, spread quickly over the city
and its suburbs, and in few minutes
the gigantic ants were swarming ove1
the pavements and the small ones were
falling on the garments of pedestrians
and even entering their mouths anC
noses.
For two hours the insects remained
in the city, causing everyone to won
der how they came there. 1t is sup
posed that they were brought thithel
in a storm, which started in neigh
boring district, the assumption being
that the tempestuous wind tore NJ
entire nests of ants from the grount
and carried them along in its course
The only objection to this theory il
that there was no sign Of storm II
Brussels when the insects appeared
Naturalists, however, insist that in n,
other way can this singular phenome
non be explained.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
FLOWERS ATTRACT INSECTS.
Not by Their Bright COIOrs So Much
rs by Their Stores of
Sweets.

Much interesting information in re.
gard to the attraction which flowers
possess for insects Is contained in a
paper by Prof. +. Plateau, of Client
which is published by the Entomo-
logical society of Belgium.
He arrived some time ago at the con:
clusion that insects are but little at.
tracted by bright colors, and he is now
confirmed in this opinion by expert.
ments, which show that brightly col.
ored stuffs and scintillating metallic
objects placed among the leaves OF
flowers have only a slight attractive.
ness for insects. In regard to the
constancy of insects in visiting in
variably the same species of flowers
on the same fight, he says that GER.
tain species of Bombus are very in.
constant; that the megachile and
coelioxys are less so, and that the
honey bee and anthidium manicatum
are remarkably constant.
The habit of constancy he attrib.
utes to the insects desire to save la
Dor. The syrphidae (hover fies), he
points out, show a considerable ten.
dency to be attracted by bright col
ors, whether of flowers or of mani.
mate objects, and to this quality, and
not to any aesthetic sense, is to be
attributed their habit of lowering over
flowers.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
PERSONAL NOTES.

Minister Conger will soon be the only
Foreign Minister in Picking who passed
through the siege, and will then become
the dean Of the Diplomatic Corps.
Mrs. Theo Ruggles Kilson, of Boston,
has about completed the heroic figure of
a soldier for statue to be erected in New
buryport in honor Of the volunteers Of '6l.
Brevet Colonel Charles w. G. Mccoy,
Of Virginia, and the Confederate Army
in the Civil War, now lives in Brooklyn,
and has the largest individual Collection
Of family Bibles in the world.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor wore lately at a
ball a crown which was an exact repro
duction ofthe one worn by Queen Victoria
on her Jubilee'Day, and Mrs. Clarence
Mackay has one closely resembling it.
Howard Chandler Christy, the well.
known artist, is using Jersey hillside for
the background Of his painting, The Bat.
tie of San Juan" The work is being done
near Alpine-on.the-H Hudson, his Summer
studio.
Mrs. John Richard Green, wife of the
late historian, is materially assisting his
biographer with data which she possesse,
in various notebooks, including fragment.
airy diary and other jottings which Illus
trate his position,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28

prove which knows Smith best, Richmond
or Ayers.
The fact is that this man Smith is no.
torious political trickster and ballot fixer
There is not a prominent politician OF Ell
Their party in the Ninth District or in the
State who has not been acquainted with
Smiths character. With that character
well known he has been made as conspic-
uous in the so.caled reform movement
lead by Mr.. Montague, as he wes with the
Martin ring when it had control of the
situation. The State Board of Education,
of which Mr.. Montague is member, re-
elected Smith superintendent of public
schools for Scott county; and at the last
State Convention of the Democratic party
he was put upon the State Committee,
and is the chairman or controlling spirit Of
the Democratic District Committee. So,
this constructor of the prize winning fraud
ulent ballot, this political ringster and
hallot-box suffer" is to become more
conspicuous since he became part and
parcel of the Montague reformers, and will
be made hero in his party by having his
character assailed by a Democrat in the
Constitutional Convention.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
THE SUFFRAGE.

The reporters tell us that the sentiment
in the Constitutional Convention against
any understanding clause, or any device
like it, is growing stronger every day. God
grant that some solution of the problem
may be found which shall be absolutely
fair and honorable and above suspicion!
The fact that Virginia bonds are now
selling at par reminds US that the State
assecovered from the effects of Read
justerism and regained her credit.
Shall the Constitutional Convention now
do anything to bring discredit upon herr
God forbid. Richmond Times.
We are surprised that am intelligent
newspaper like theRichmondTimes should
make so unfair and hypocritical utteran-
ces as the above, as plea to the Consttu'
tional Convention to do something fair
and honorable for the solution Of the suf
frage problem.
Instead Of the State having recovered
from Readjusterism and then regained her
credit and thereby caused Virginia bonds
to,Ael at par, everybody knows that it
was the work of Readjusterism that settled
the public debt on basis that has made
it possible for the State to meet its oblga-
tions. That is why the credit has been
restored and why Virginia bonds are sell
ing at par.
The Times knows that the Democratic
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail.

The little daughter of Mr.. ]. N. Powell
jumped OH an inverted rake made of ten
penny nails, and thrust one nail entirely
through her foot and second one hall
way through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm
was promptly applied and five minutes
later the pain Lad disappeared and no
more suffering was experienced. In three
days the child vac wearing her shoe as
usual and with absolutely no discomfort.
Mr.. Powell is a well known merchant
of Portland, Va. Pain Balm is an antsep-
tic and heals such injuries without matu.
ration and in one.third the time required
by the usual treatment. For sale by
Jno. E. Jackson, druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
Metals That Flow,

1t is perhaps not generally known
that one of the most important prop
critics of metals employed in striking
coins and metals and stamping and
shaping articles of jewelry is that Of
flowing under pressure, says the
Youths Companion. Standard silver
is remarkable for this property, which
precisely resembles the flowing of a
yiscous fluid. The flow takes place
when the metal is subjected to rolling,
stamping or hammering, and the par
ticles of the metal are thus carried
into the sunken parts of the die with
out fracturing. and a perfect impress
sion is produced.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
Improving Mnrshr Land.

When piece Of marshy land has
been drained 1t is often found that
crops fail to thrive, although it seems
to be very rtch in nitrogen. The rem
edy Is to add barnyard manure. The
semi-aquatic vegetation which for
merly occupied the land decays so
slowly that cultivated crops cannot
get nitrogen rapidly enough for their
needs. When the manure is added it
sets up a fermentation which con-
vsrts the nitrogen bearing materials
into a more soluble and hence avail
able form.-Director c. e. Thorne,
Ohio Experiment Station.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
A MONTAGUE REFORMER.

There was very lively debate in thu
Constitutional Convention on the 2Ott
inst. on the question of election of the
superintendent of county schools by the
people. MIR. Richmond, of Scott county,
who is Democrat, was strong advocate
of having these officers elected by the
people. The Lynchburg News in its re-
port of the debate says:
"The session was at times somewhat
turbulent during this debate. Mr.. Rich
mond, of Scott county, in insisting upon
the election of these officers by the people,
said the superintendent of Scott county
was nothing but political ringster and
ballot-box suffer At the last election
when ballots were opened at two precincts
they were found to be nothing but pieces
of the Congressional Record cut up and
tied together ike ballots. The superin-
tendent of the schools of my county, said
the speaker, lis said to be at the bottom
of all this political vlliany. We wish to
abolish the officer, if not the office, in Scott
county,"
These charges against w. D. Smith,
county superintendent Of public schools in
Scott county, are made by the member Of
the Convention from that county. Such
charges have been preferred formerly by
the Republicans of the Ninth Congression-
al District and substantially proven in the
last contested election of Walker vs. Rhea.
He was the proved architect Of the infa'
nous "Scott County Ballot" which was
denounced by the decent Democratic press
of the State when it was exposed to the
public. He is the man, ifreports be true,
who invented the scandalous ballot that
was used in the last election for county
officers in Scott. The ballot used in the
last Congressional election was patterned
after the one used in said county election.
In this way MIR. Smith won the distinction
of being the most expert ballot manipula'
tor in the Ninth District; and he occupied
, a very prominent position in the councils
Of his party.
We have never seen or heard of any
denials on the part of Mr.. Smith of bis
connection with the Scott ballots that have
made him and his county notorious. On
the contrary, he has seemed to silently
enjoy the unsavory reputation be has
won. No doubt be will enjoy the discus.
sion of his character in the Constitutional
Convention, which will increase his noto-
riety.
II the serious charges made by Colonel
Richmond against Smith had been pre-
ferred by Republican they would have
been pronounced falsehoods. As it is a
member Of the Convention undertook 10
defend Smith. That member is the Hon.
r. A. Ayers from Wise. The future will !
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
A Queer Trade Drawer,

BY very simple means a Philadel'
phia merchant attracted more at.
tention to his store than any amount
of placard advertising would have
gained for it. A great Maltese eat
was tied to eight yards of rope and
was fastened in the marble doorway
1t was a rare instance of cat hav.
ing its liberty thus restricted, and
throughout each afternoon crowds OF
persons focked about the door. The
brayer among them did puss the hom-
age of pat on the head, while more
timid souls felt sure the animal was
fierce and kept at-a safe distance.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2S, 1901.
THANKSGIVING.

In response to the proclamation OF
President Roosevelt the American people
will observe to-day as day of thanksgiv'
Ing.
1t is true that the past year has had its
national sorrows, and that many commu'
mites have been visited by calamities that
were appalling; but upon the whole we
have been blessed as Nation and the
deepest sorrows, rightly viewed, may be-
come our greatest blessing,
If we take narrow view, and are CRATE
full alone for commercial prosperity, there
is much on that line to be thankful for.
We have never as a people enjoyed a
greater degree of prosperity. Our MINING
manufacturing and agricultural interests
are so marvelously prosperous and the
wealth of the Nation is accommodating so
rapidly that conservative minds are star
tied over the situation. If, however, the
American people take the right view Of
this wonderful prosperity, and consider 1t
a means rather than end, it can be made
blessing, in that it will be productive oil
other greater blessings. If our wealth is
used for the betterment Of the human
race, as trust fund 10 educate, clvlllzt
and cultivate higher moral and religious
tone among our own people aud the other
members of the human race, it will ther
be blessing of unreasonable value.
We believe that there is a higher idea
growing up among our people as to the
proper use of wealth and that the idea Is
beginning to be put into active operation
There never was a period in the worlds
history Milcu tlO SPi'iN VI pS"N'N'~
was so widespread as it is now with thu
American people The magnificent gift
that are constantly being made to thu
cause of education and to charitable insti
buttons are splendid testimonials to Gu
improved citizenship, and give promls
that the character aud intelligence of tn
Nation are making a great forward move
ment. AS result, patriotism is becomln
more elevated, sectional animosities ar
being buried, denomipatiOnal strife is dis
appearing among the Christian churches
and the brotherhood of mankind is ar
preaching recognition.
These are blessing for which we shoul
be profoundly thankful.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-11-28
To the Public.

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1t has done good work for me and will do
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pneumonia, but after taking the second
dose Of this medicine l felt better, three
bottles of 1t cured my cold and the pains
in my chest disappeared entirely. l am
most respectfully yours for health, Ralph
5. Meyers, 64-Thirty-sevenlh St., Wheel
ing, w. Va. For sale by Jno L. Jackson
druggist.