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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

the use of Incantafions, of medicines
and poisons, and the requirements nee
cssarv to constitute brave, says the
Open Court. "When a young man
seeks admission to the Grand Medl-
cine lodge, he first fasts until he sees
in his dream some animal Ohe mink,
beaver. otter and fisher being most
common). which he hunts and Kills.
The skin is then ornamented with
beads or porcupine quilts, and the
shirt of the animal becomes the
friend and companion Of the man.
The medicine men have only limited
knowledge of herbs, but they are eX-
pcrt in dressing wounds, and the art
Of extracting barbed arrows from the
aesh can be learifd from them.
In olaen tincs--ycs, to within the
memory of living Oiibways-the medi-
zine man at the funeral ceremony
,bus addressed the departed; Dear
friend. YOU will not feel lonely while
pursuing your journey toward the
setting sun. | have killed for you a
Sioux (hatcd enemy of the OjibwayS)
and have scalped him. He will ac-
company you and provide for YOU
bnntine your food as you need It,
re scalp have taken, use it for your
ucccaSins."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

DRAINAGE FOX WATER lam
causes the leakage or overflow to
gravitate back under the tank, where
1t remains to rot out the wood or rem
der the foundation insecure. \ sim
pie method of conducting away the
water before it can cause mud Is
shown in the cut, which is a sectional
drawing of tank and the system OF
drainage to be described. In most
surface earth formations, there are
first thin strata of soil and clay and
then a stratum of sand or gravel, or
both. The leakage water does not
readily percolate through this clay
stratum, but remains on top to COM
bine it with the soil In the form of
mud. Directly unuer tank dig hole
three to four feet square, deep enough
to reach the sand and gravel layer.
Fill up the hole with small round
stone or broken brick. The water
which flows to center of tank is now
permitted by this stonework con-
ductor to enter the porous formation.
If the close clay stratum is very thick
or It is not desirable to dig so deep,
run a stone drain from the bottom Of
the hole. which hole in this case need
not be very deep. to lower level; or
have a system of tile drains radiating
from the hole 70 low point or more
porous formation.-J. G.. Allshouse,
in Ohio Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
OATS FOR THE COLTS.
Young Animals More Quickly or
More Economically.

In determining whether you will
sell oats this fall. please interview the
well-bred colt. Whether he will pay
you better than the lamb, the calf
or the pig we are not prepared TO say,
but if he is well bred we have no hes
tancy in saying that he will pay you
more for the portion of the oats that
he can consume to advantage, not
less than four quarts a day, than the
buyer on the local market.
In his deal with you the colt has
the advantage. You can either sell
portion of your oats to him or do
worse. The colt needs n tlesh-form-
ing diet, and will never carry out the
original plan of his creation as laid
in the breeding unless you give him
material to do it with. The best you
have on the farm for the colt is a
good blue grass pasture, second crop
clover. with oats until it is too cold
for him to Craze in the held, then
corn fodder with his oats, or if you
have plenty of good clover hay you
NAV give nm less oats and more corn,
especially as the weather gets colder.
Bear in mind that a feshformer he
must have, if he is to develop his
frame properly. Glover hay and oats
will give him the material for bones
and muscle, and corn fodder will keep
up the heat.
The advantage the colt has over
you is this If you do not feed him
in such a way as to develop him he
will not develop. and your pocket
book will have to pay for the lack of
it. He has you; recognize the fact
and tote fair.-Wallace's Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

Richmond, with LOO tirelhen,1s sep
arately organized. There are there
fore in this city 6,1O0 firemen, paid and
unpaid.
There are 1000 fremen in Chicago,
800 in Philadelphia, 700 in Boston, 400
in Baltimore, 500 in Buffalo, $50 in De-
troit. 500 in St. Louis, 400 in Pittsburgh,
43o in San Francisco, 300 in New Or
leans and 25O in Washington.
In the whole country there are $4,000
paid firemen, and the number of volun-
teer firemen varies from 100000 to
100000.
There is a saying among firemen that
three volunteers are equivalent only
to one regular, so great is the value OF
training and discipline. Thus a city
like Wilmington, Del, with popula-
ton of 10000, has more volunteer fire
men than Philadelphia, with a popula-
ton of 100000, which has paid fire.
man
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

cuncy, and the SKIN of the bellies
stitched up with small wooden skew
ers. That completed the preparation
of the bats.
As soon as the two sharks made
their appearance one Of the dogs was
thrown into the water, and was quick
Nv swallowed. Then the second fol-
lowed. and it was quickly seized by
the second tanifa. The sharks re-
remained cruising about for some
hours, then went off as the tide began
to fall.
On the following evening they did
not turn up, nor on the next, and the
Malay insisted that within five days
both would be dead. AS soon as the
dogs were digested, he said, the thin
fish-skin would follow, the bamboo
coil would fly apart, and the sharpen
ed ends penetrate not only the sharks
bellies. but protrude through the
outer skin as well.
Quite a week afterwards, during
which time neither Of the tanifa
naQ Deen seen, Jhe slndllCI VI 'iC wv"
was found dead on the beach at
Vailele Plantation, about four miles
from the Vaivasa. 1t was examined
by numbers of people, and presented
a curious but horrible sight; one end
of the bamboo spring was protruding
over a foot from the belly, which
was so cut and lacerated by the ago
nized efforts of the monster to free
itself from the instrument of torture
that much of the intestines was gone.
That the larger of these dreaded fish
had died in the same manner there
was no reason to doubt but probably
it had sunk in the deep water outside
the barrier-reef.- Chambers Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
IMPROVING THE FLOCK.
How to Introduce New Blood Nlthout
Going to an Unnecessarily
Heavy Expense.

In buying new blood one needs to
use Judgment. For instance, if one IN
tends buying cockerels they should be
purchased early in the fall, when pouI'
try breeders have a surplus of male
birds and can sell cockerels for grad
ing purposes very reasonable, says
writer in the Poultry Herald. Then, if
one has "A large flock of common hens
and does not intend to separate them
in the breeding season, enough cock
erels can be purchased to mate with
the entire flock, for if there are any
mixed roosters kept IN the flock there
is more liability Of the hens mating
with them than the strange males. AS
an example. a case just recently
brought to our attention where a
farmer bought two pure-bred males
to run with his farm flock and kept
also two of his own roosters in the
flock. His two males fought the pure
bred ones so that they would not stay
among the hens.
In case like that there would he
very few Of the chicks sired, by the
pure-bred cockerels, whereas. if he
had bought four cockerels of pure
breed and killed of all Of his males
every chick he raised would be half
pure blood. and in that way he would
have been improving his flock and get
ting value for his money investment
in the pure-bred males. As it is he gets
nothing whatever from them unless It
is the satisfaction of buying them and
having them on the farm.
Every farmer or poultry raiser
should have a place where he can sep
arate few of his best hens for breed
ing purposes On most cases seven or
eight hens will lay all the eggs wanted
for Matching purposes) and then only
one male is needed, and the keeper
can afford to buy one of the better
quality and make more rapid progress
in the improvement Of the flock.
Some people, however, do not take
interest enough to separate the flock
for breeding purposes. In such eases
it will pay best to buy setting or two
of eggs and raise the pure-bred cock
erels, as one is pretty sure to get a
nice lot Of cockerels, and in most cases
more than is needed, when he can
often sell for more than the cost OF
the eggs the surplus cockerels and
pullets to some one who desires to
raise pure-bred fowls.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
COMMON SENSE ROOsT.

flock. The two outside boards should
be notched one by two inches and u
inches apart Having notched two
boards and placed at height wanted,
about seven feet apart, take good
roofing lath. one by two inches, about
eight feet long, and lay crosswise ia
notches. This will make a swinging
roost, but fowls VIII soon get used to
it and seem to delight in swing. This
roost one can walk all around and
reach almost any fowl on the perch.
Look for lice where lath cross the
boards; kill them with coal oil. Lath
should be slightly rounded on top.
Such a roost will accommodate so
fowls if necessary to place as many
together and all are on level.-D. b..
Sbiol6c in Farm and Home
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
ADVANTAGES OF THE DOCTOR.
He L. Not Under Restraints Such a.
Those by which Preachers
Are EnvirOned.

Physicians, like clergymen, are con-
cerned in trying to make their fellow
men better, but they have great ad-
vantage over the clerical brethren in
being able to shape their lives accord
ing to their whims and necessities
without undue criticism from their tel-
lows. We prefer that our doctors
should be good men. We insist that
they shall have high degree OF pro-
fessional honor. We expect them not
10 be unduly mercenary, and not TO
drudge a fair measure of their time 70
the public service. But we don't con-
Germ ourselves about what they eat, or
drink. or smoke. or how they choose to
have their share of fun. says a writer IN
Harper's Weekly. We don't even insist
that they shall practice what they
preach. and we should be disappointed
if We did, for, though doctors spend
their lives in efforts to induce people
to take care of their health, it is unusu-
al for a busy doctor to take even ordl-
nary care of himself. His sleep IS
broken, his meals are irregular, he
overworks himself; very likely he
smokes too much. But as long as our
confidence in his skill is uDimpaired
we don't criticise him.
Doctors are supposed to know what
Is good for themselves, and in their
hands we leave the responsibility for
their cases as well as for ours. TO be
sure, we scott a great deal at the med
ical profession, carp at its contradic-
tions and remark upon its limitations,
but in the long run the good doctors
get the credit that is their due, even
though its arrears may not come in un-
til after they are dead.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
Fences on stock Farms.

1t is very necessary to have good
fences for all our stock, ana the fence
question is a very important one in
regard to expense, but it does not
make any difference how expensive 1t
is. it is one of the important items in
successfully raising young stock.
You cannot give them the proper care
). they run everywhere, especially in
the yard around the house, or, worse
still, the neighbours house or prem
Uses. 1t is very necessary to have
your stock just where and when you
want it. 1t is very necessary to have
numerous yards and fields 50 as to
separate young and old stock and fat
tening cattle and the weaker ones
from the stronger, says the Kansas
Farmer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
FIREMEN DISCOUNT SOLDIERS.
There IL n Paid Force of $4,000 and
100000 Volunteers In the
United states.

There are more firemen in the United
States than there are soldiers in Uncle
Sans army, says the New York Sun.
In New York city, for fire purposes,
the two boroughs of Manhattan and
the Bronx, with 1,400 tiremen, are
Joined. The two boroughs of Brooklyn
and Queens, with 1000 paid and 1000
volunteer fremen, are Joined. and
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
WATER TANK DRAINAGE.
A SimnIe and Effective Method Of
Conducting Away water BeIOrc
IL Can Cause Mud.

The thorough drainage of water
tank is an important matter. The
mud which forms underneath the
tank, caused by the overflow and Leak
age, not only shortens the life OF
wooden tank where it comes in cor
tact with the bottom, but sometimes
reaches out for some distance around
the tank and becomes very disaei =
able. Many times in the case Of a ..w
tank at which stock is watered, when
the mud becomes Objectionable, ashes
or dirt are thrown around it 10 abb
sorb mud. This to a certain extent
may prevent the disagreeable effect
of the saturated oil outside the pre-
scribed circle or square of tank, but
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
IInhf Without Henf.

A "cold light" has been produced by
a woman, Nine. Curre, of the Munich
pal School of Physics, Paris. 1t is
called radium and is due to the action
of certain salts on uranium salts
When treated the substance becomes
permanently luminous, without heat.
Placed in gunpowder it creates glow,
but there is no explosion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
LABOR-SAVING BOOSTS.
One Can Walk All Around Thcm aud
Reach Almost Amy Fowl ON the
Perch with Ease.

My poultry roosts are made of three
siX-inch boards. For a 12-foot building
they should be ten feet long to admit
passage around it. Bore holes in each
end for No. 9 fence wire as a support.
Fasten wire to rafter and then pass
the other end through hole in rooSt
plank, first placing the board at any
desirable height from floor to suit the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Pubhc worship of God on the LIST and
srj SUNDAYS at ii A NJ, on the 2nd and
9TH at $50 p. NJ. 100
Meeting for PRAYER, Wednesday at 1880
p. VI. Sabbath School at $3.50 A. NJ;
Meeting of Epworth League each sun
dav at 3 p. M, the third Monday
1icht of each month being devoted to
most cordial welcome is extended to all.
J. 5. FRENCH, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
Actual Experlenr.. uounts.

The poultry business is as much
trade as anything else, and must be
studied and practiced. Would a man
expect to go into the carpenter trade
without studying it and expect to build
a house successfully without first hav-
ing learned the important principles!
Yet novice will go into the poultry
business and expect to succeed by the
knowledge he has acquired from 9TH
ers-secondhand. Now, this second
hand knowledge is good, very good,
but it must be made available by ac-
tual experience, just as the roung car
penter must learn by actually work
ing at his business with his hands
Farmers Review
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
Eggs wasted by Overlooking.

The man who feeds three times a
day, and gives the hens so much kind
ness that they VIII not scratch or
work. but sit dorn and wait for him
to come around at the regular hour,
simply wastes time, labor and food.
What is more, he wastes eggs, for such
hens lay but few Gags, because they
are in a fat condition. OF course, hens
should not be poor in flesh, but there
is no need of feeding hens more than
they actually require. Eggs are costly
Injuries when the hens do not lay res
ularly. and nine-tenths Of The failures
arc due to overfeeding.-Thc roGltrJ
Keeper.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
Women Considered poor Pay"

Tradespeople in general consider
women as "poor pay" writes Edward
Box in Ladies' Home Journal. The
vast majority of sheltered women
seem to have no conception of the
anxieties, trouble, poverty, suffering,
privation, injustice and positive cruel
tv which they directly infiict upon
hardworking women by careles',
ness in promptly meeting their bills
If this practice were confined to the
few one might dismiss it with a
shrug or a sigh that it existed at all
But it applies to the majority OF
women. Let a woman look into this
matter carefully, and she will be sur
prised at the evils which result from
this careless disregard of obligations
Wherever you find a feminine indus
try there you will find a ledger full
Of unpaid accounts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
The Mule I'm Commerce.

There is a growing demand for
mules. and the indications are that
this demand will continue and in
crease as time goes on. Don't be
afraid that you will have any good
mules left on your hands. There is
a place in the worlds market for the
mule that the mule only can fill. A
mule colt will be worth a good sum 10
n wear or so.-Farm Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
THE GRAND MEDICINE MAN.
Necessary Requirements of the In
dian who Would become
Wiseacrc iR His Tribe.

The ceremony of the Grand Medi'
cine is an elaborate ritual, covering
several days, the endless number o.
gods and spirits being called upon
minister to the sick man and tc
lengthen his life. The several de-
o~ees of. the Grand Medicine teach
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
THE VOICE IN THE CHOIR.

Up N the music-loft L heard
A voice of wondrous tone,
Like warbling of a happy bird
That jOyed DER winter flown.
AS singer l was never plann'd
SO l could not aspire
To rise to such a height as stand
Beside her in the choir
l loved her; and l thank my wits
Another plan l knew:
1 tried it. and-well, now she sits
Beside me in the pew.
Her voice sings and my heart replies,
Rejoicing In loves crown;
She raised a mortal to the skies"
drew an angel down.
George Birdseye. in Town and Country.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
WaIfinr for His Man.

A preacher riding down ravine
came upon an old mountaineer hiding
in the bushes with his rifle.
"What are you doing there, my
friend?"
"Ride on. stranger" was the easy
answer. "Tm a-waitin' fer Jim john
son, and, with the help of the Lawd,
I'm goin' to blow his head OF. -
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
oldest Mail Carrier.

"Uncle Sam" Gibbons, who is now
on the retired list, carried mail in Ken
lucky for 81 years and never lost
sack, He lives at Hodgenville, three
miles from Lincoln's birthplace. He
insists that but for the railroad he
would still be in service.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Robert e. jackson, judge; II. B3ne Har-
man. clerk. Terms OF court-lst Monoay
in April, Ath Monday in August ana ISL
Monday in December.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

GEO. w. ST CLAIR. ATTORNEf At IS Law TaHS
~al1 and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Cont of Appeals at Wytheville. PartlcumIaasi at
tention paid to tina collection OF CLAIMS Olnce-
StTas building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
Christian Church.

Preaching lst and 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 al
$50 a. m. D
PHILIP JOHNSON, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

FULTON & COULLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
fTazewel Va. Practice in the courts OF Taze-
well comfy. S NJ. B. COuling will continue ms
nractice in all the courts of Buchanan county; j.
81 Fulton, Wytheville, Va S. NJ. B. Conilng'
TaZewell, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

oRrEVER 4 GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell
ljVa Pra.,..Ci n the courts of Tazewell ana ad-
dining counties Ohice-Stras building. EdgSi
L. Greever. Barns Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
County Court

HI. Stuart, Judge; I. +. George, clerk.
Terms ofcourt-Tuesday after Sd Monday
i'm each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

Have established reputation for supe
riority in Southwest Virginia. They
are manufactured from the best timbd
found in orr section, carefully selected
and thoroughly seasoned. The work j..
done by skilled mechanics and the mosi
improved machinery. \ number have
been sold in Tazewell County and refer
ence is made to persons who are usins
Them.
For price list call at law office Of
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

III. STUART, ATTORNEY AT Law, Ia we'll
iva. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan c0nn-
ties. West Virginia, Il specially. once In SVras
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

~ q ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze-
HI we'll Va, viii practice in the courts OF Iaze-
Well county and the Court of Appeals at "ythe-
Vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

noWEN & ROYALL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW
b TazeweH Va. Will practice in the courts ot
Of Anpeals at Wytheville Collections gwen
snecial attention. Office in Masonic Building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS AT
GIAW. Tazewell, Va. Practice i'll all the courts
Of TazeweI county and Court of Appeals al
Wvthevine. J. W. Chapman, A. r. Gillespie
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS. TazeweIi, Va
nOnce in building near Court House H. H.
Henry. 5. G. Graham.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

a., p sPRATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
NJ Lands Va. Practices in the courts OF Iaze-
well and adjoining counties. Prompt auen'ion
maid TO the collection of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

,uNCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
VTazewelI Va. VIII practice in the courts %
tention paid TO the collection of claims once ID
Strgs building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18

& UIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
A. TazeyeI, Va. (Oiice mp stairs in aw 6uilG-
,ro1 Practices in Courts Of 1Uewell and al
Ldninc counties, and in Court of Appeals OF VIZ;
ginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-07-18
Rev. MOwbray's Appointments.

Preaching at Pleasant Hill Church LIST
Sabbath in the month at IL a. M, ana at
White Church the same day at p. m:
Preaching the 3rd Sabbath at Whlte
Church IL a. H.; in the afternoon at D
o'clock at Pleasant Hill Church.