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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
MISTAKES EASY TO MAKE.
An Old Engineer Relates One of His
Early Experiences in Bad
smash-Up on the Road.


sit is a pretty easy thing to make
a mistake in railroading," said an old
engineer as he thought of the recent
wrecks on the Wabash and Iron
Mountain roads in which so many
lives were lost, states the Mexican
Herald. GAS I understand it, those
wrecks were caused by defective or
ders. The train dispatcher sent out
his orders directing one train to pass
the other at a certain station. The
operator did not copy the order on
his manifold book, as he should have
done. Instead, he wrote it on a slip
Of paper and handed it to the en-
eineer. But in making the copy
the operator made a mistake and
changed the name of the station.
The collision was the only natural
result.
can accident just like that hap
pened to me once when I was wofk-
ing in the states. ! received orders
to pass a train at the next station.
was just pulling out when 1 saw
the headlight of locomotive loom.
Ing up close before me. Did I Jump
guess 1 did, The engines were
badly smashed, but, fortunately,
none of the passengers were badly
hurt, as 1 had reversed my engine
before I jumped and the other en-
zine was slowing down for the sta
Iion when the collision came. An
examination showed that the origi-
nal order had been for our trains TO
pass at the station which 1 had just
started to leave"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
FULL-BLOOD INDIAN BABIES.
There Are but Few Coming Into Ex-
tatence and the Number Is
Decreasing.

The present generation of full
blooded Indian babies is interesting
from many points of view In the
first place, says the Cosmopolitan,
there is no doubt that in few years
there will be no more full-blooded In
dams born, as men and women of
pure Indian blood are rapidly marry
ing either white persons or Indians
whose blood Is largely mixed with
that of the whites. Then, too, these
little eopper-brown babies are some-
thing of an anachrOnism, for many
of them preserve, to a great extent,
the bringing up and training known
to their fathers, and at the age of Is
or Il lind themselves we'll versed 10
the charms and incantationS of the
medicine men and expert In the use
of the scalping knife, but with la
mentable lack ef subjects upon whom
to practice their skin. Moreover, these
! pure blooded children inherit, in
many cases, large sums from the sale
of lands to the government, or own
valuable reservation property, so that
many of them have more suitors than
Penelope. 1t is only on the reser-
vations of the far southwest that the
curious little Indian babies are to
be found. There are now among the
20 tribes emily 1900 full-blooded m
dian children. In these same tribes
there are more than 10000 children
through whose veins courses stain
of white blood, They are healthy, fat
youngsters. and, despite their rough
usage, grow up to be strong men and
women,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
APT IN OPTICAL WORK.
Women Are Snid to Have n Peculiar
Faculty for Conserving the
Eyesight.

One of the professions that seem
admirably suited to women is that of
the optician, and many have entered
that field of endeavor and are win
ming success purely on the ground of
merit. Not only are these women
proving their adaptability for the
work, but they are making it remu-
nerative as well. In these days when
even babies are put into glasses and
when each successive generation finds
eye troubles more prevalent, it is
plain to be seen that the demand for
good opticians as well as oculists
must continually increase.
Professors Of optics frequently pre-
fer women as assistants because of
their accuracy and discrimination,
things which are absolutely essential
in the measurement and fitting of
spectacle frames and the fitting of
glasses to the eye. To become an
expert optician it is necessary to have
some knowledge of physiology, anat-
omy and chemistry.
Many of the various schools for in
struction in optical science now adj
NIT women on equal terms with men.
Professors and teachers are coming
TO regard women opticians with ia
vor, finding that in nearly every case
they are careful and conscientious.
And surely if ever profession call
ed for conscientious handling 1t is
that which treats so delicate and SEN
sitiye an organ as the eye.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
CIVILIZING THE INDIANS.
Orders for the Males to Have TheiI
Hair Cut-PRinting Faces and
Holding Dances Prohibited.

The commissioner of Indian affairs
has issued an order which il effect
compels all male Indians in the United
States to have their hair cut frequent
". or at least not to wear it long, and
as the Carlisle football team is not eX-
cepted the order probably applies TO
them, too. Commissioner Jones hopes
by the order TO assist the wards of the
government in their advancement to-
ward Civilization, says the Washington
report.
The order is addressed 10 the various
Indian agents throughout the country,
and directs them to induce the male
Indians under their charge to cut their
hair, using force only when necessary.
He says that it will require consid'
cradle tact and perseverance TO carry
out the order, and suggests the with
holding. of supplies from recalcitrant
Indians until they comply, and the dis
charge of those who are employed by
the government unless they appear
with shorn locks. No long-haired lndi-
ans are TO be employed.
If any Indian becomes obstreperous
about the ma after" a short confinement
in the guardhouse after clipping their
hair, he thinks, will effect a cure.
The order also prohibits Indians of
both sexes from painting their faces
and forms, holding Of dances and So
called Indian teasts, and directs the
agents to encourage the Indians in
adopting citizens clothing instead of
the Indian costume and blanket. The
agents are also directed to report to
the commissioner before June 30 what
progress they have made in the sup
preston of the evils.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
ANIMALS FULL OF YEARS.
Inmates of q Paris Institution for
Aged Quadrupeds That Have
Lived Over the Limit.

In the vicinity of Paris home for
old domestic animals was established
some time ago, and among the present
inmates are mule ~ years old, a cow
80 and pig 25 years DID, says the New
York Herald.
1t is claimed that domestic animals
which lead an easy life are likely to
live far beyond the average age if prop
erly cared for. Many birds certainly
attain an extraordinary age. Eagles,
ravens and parrots frequently live a
hundred years, and pelicans probably
live as long, for it is recorded that one
of these birds was placed in the Am
sterdam geological garden some time
before 1892, and was still there in 1870.
This pelican, too, was at least four or
Ave years old when it was placed in the
garden.
Eels are also long lived. Prof. Buch-
per tells of one which was kept for 26
years in pond at Thiengen, in which
it was placed at the age of eight years.
1t attained length of nearly five feet,
md its favorite haunt was in the cur
rent that flowed into the pond. All
authorities agree that domestic ami
mails which are obliged to do a good
deal of work do not live so long as
those which lead placid life.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The two tunnels most needed in Eu-
rope now are for the Caucasus and the
Pyrenees:
Electricity is to be used in lighting
the ancient Egyptian temples OF Luxor.
and Karnak.
For several years past the average
annual output of silk, the world over,
has been about 36,37O,OoO pounds.
Out of 10 counties in Kentucky 4S are
dry, 81 have but one liquor dealer each,
and II have two such dealers each.
The population Of Germany increased
by rs per cent in the years 1895 to 1900,
the highest rate on record in that coun-
try.
The Latins have no use, for baths.
You can hunt all over old Paris for q
bath tub, and you will not find one,
When an American goes into Paris
hotel and asks for a room with bath
the clerk reports him to the police as
a suspicious character. If you fee and
bride everybody hard enough the Paris
hotel keeper will put pint cup in your
room for you to take your bath i'm
Y. Press.
The distribution of bread and milk
among children up to six years old has
been inaugurated in Budapest. The
distribution takes place morning and
evening in bystreet. The milk is first
boiled in four large boilers, whence it
runs into cooling apparatus. Fifty
Children are allowed to enter at a time,
eithtr with their mother or alone
while the others wait for their turn in
neighboring Warmestube, another
charitable institution,
The lake of Neuchatel is the largest
in Switzerland not bounded by any for
eign country. Ithas superfcies OF 134
square miles. It's greatest depth is 51S
feet, and just opposite the little village
of Auvernier, close to Feuchatel, there
is buried mountain, IS feet below the
surface The little mountain rises II
the III; Ole of the lake, opposite the
mouth of the Arouse, to a height OF 3S'
feet from the bottom. A huge enter
prise is, it is rumored, on foot to ereci
a hotel on top of this mountain:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
Avernge Longevity.

The average longevity of man and
of woman varies considerably in diff
ferent places and at different times.
From statistics carefully compiled, it
appears that in England, for instance,
the average age for males was 35.9
and for females 41.s5 between the
wears 1888 and 1854; while between
1871 and 1880 that of males was Abs
and that of females 44.62. In Massa-
chusetts statistics taken from 1883
to 1887 show an average of 1912 for
males and 1903 for females. These
must be taken as the average Of white
people; for, to mention but one in
stance, the average of the colored
males in Baltimore is not higher than
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
RULE WORKS ONE WAY.
The. Valuation Clause In Express
Shipping Provisions Is I'm Favor
of the Company.

"What is the valued" asked an ex-
press agent in a Broadway office of a
keen-eyed, sharp-nosed customer who
had handed him package to be sent
to a western city. Theman addressed
did not answer at once, says the New
York Herald, but glanced at printed
card on the wall that read: always
state the value of your shipment"
eff state the value will your com
pany pay me that amount in case the
package is lost?" asked the man in
his turn.
certainly not, unless that is proved.
to be its value" answered the agent.
"If state the value, can / prove a
greater value if it is lost?"
"You will have to ask lawyer that
question:" replied the agent.
"That isn't necessary, for I happen
to know the law" said the shipper.
"Your company is trying to establish
an unfair rule, because it works only
one way. You are right when you say
that my statement cannot bind you, for
in case of loss you can prove the value;
but my statement would bind me- for
the court would say I was 'estopped'
by my declaration as to the value.
eff a shipper should undervalue his
shipment, thinking that thereby he
would reduce the charges, he would
have to stand by his statement, and
your notice is calculated to make him
do that very thing. You can mark
my shipment No value stated and
then if we meet in the courts it will be
on an e0ual FOOTING"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
FEMININE IMMORTALS.
Forty Royal Women, Authors, Sing
ers and Actresses VIE Are
Named by French Readers.

Surprising a second Richelieu, ree=
ognizing the achievements of the
modern women were to found an
other French academy, reserved not
this time for men, but for feminine
members only, who would be the 40
Immortal" ladies who could occupy
its armchairs? a general vote on
this question has just been taken
among the readers of a French re-
view, each of whom was requested to
send in a list of 40 names of living
women. The lady "immortals" thus
elected include five royal personages
one empress and four aueens-l6
apthoFesses, eight actresses and sing
ers, five artists, four women eminent
for their philanthropic works, and
two composers, reports the London
Telegraph.
A sovereign lady in her own right
Queen Wilhelmina, Of Holland, heads
the entire list with 5,212 votes, where
as. the first of the authoresses, Nine.
Adam, has only secured ALSO. The
four other royalties are the ezarina,
Queen Margharita, of Italy, Queen
Maria Christina. of Spain, and the
queen of Roumania, who is, of course,
a writer as we'll as a queen. Among
the authoresses, Nine. Alphonse Dau-
Diet, with 3,433 votes, and Countess
de Martel ("Gyp'), with 3,O4O, run
Nine. Adam CLOSE. The remaining
eight include Nine. Rosemonde
Rostand, who wrote verse before she
married Edmond Rostand; Nine. Sew,
crime, the disciple of julie Wales, and
Mile. Lucie Faure, the daughter OF
the late president of the republic
Among the artists are Nine. MADELINE
Lemaire and Mile. Louise Abbema
The actresses who would sit In the la.
dies academy are. of course, Nine
Sarah Bernhardt and Mines. Rejane
Bartet, Marie Laurent. Emma Calve
Adelaina Patti, Miss Ellen Terry, and
Signora Eleonora Duse. The last
three ladies. with Nine. Augusta
( Holmes. who would represent music
in the academy. by the side OF Mile
: Chaminade and Baroness Won SUIT
ner, are the only foreigners on the
list of the 40. Apparently the read
ers of the review in question are not
very well up in contemporary Eng
lish and American literature.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
SPEED OF FIRE ladies.
Erroneous Ideas Regarding the Tim'
Required to Get Ready for
Actual Service.

People who reach the scene of a
fire about the. time the alarm is
sounded are frequently heard to
complain of the length of time re-
quired for the engines to get into
operation. 1t is nothing unusual for
excited spectators to say the en-
gines were 30 minutes late. The
records of the department, however,
show that such statements cannot
possibly be true. Chief Dutton is
having regular weekly drills and the
time made by the companies on each
run is proof that most of the COM
plants are groundless. 1t is shown
by the records that the average time
employed in getting the horses har-
messed is eight seconds, and 20 sec
onds is the average time required
to get to the street, says the Chi
cago Chronicle.
The best time made during the re-
cent drills was recorded by No.
chemical company, when the animals
were ready to start from the house
in six seconds. 1t required II sec
onds to get the three horses of
Truck d ready to make a start. The
trucks are somewhat longer than the
engines and more time is required
for the animals to get into posi-
ton.
Probably the best time on record
was made by Truck A company the
day of President McKinley's first in
auguration, when members Of three
New York departments, who were
there as spectators, found the horses
ready TO leave the house in six sec
onds from the first stroke of the
hall
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
PARIS GREEN AND LADY BUGS.
The Technical and Learned Decision
of Kentucky Judge i'm a Curl
Gus Damhge Case.

Judge Sterling B. Foney, of the cir
cult court of JefferI on county, Ken.
lucky, recently rendefed an opinion in
a curious case, says thA New York Trib-
une. a man was employed last July to
sprinkle paris green Pn potato vines
to kill lady bugs, and ~ account of the
heat he opened his sh Et with the re-
suit that he was poison ed by the paris
green. He sued his EN- Meyer, who en-.
tered a demurrer to thd petition, and
the learned judge sustained the de-
murrer for the following reasons. The
plaintiff had no right in foro con-
scientiae or in fOro eXterno to make
an indecent exposure ofr-his person
while killing lady bugs; the plaintiff
exceeded the scope of his employment
in sprinkling paris green \ elsewhere
than on the potato vines, as his special
and exclusive agency was tS kill lady
bugs basking in the shade d I said po-
tota vines; the plaintiffs act in allow
ing the defendants paris greeh to come
in contact with his flesh, instead of
with the flesh of the ladybugJ was I'M
authorized and ultra wires; THE mental
and physical suffering of which the
plaintiff complains was the rfsult of
his own wrong in misapplyingl the de-
PENDANTS paris green to purpo Yes 9th
err than those for which he was en-
ployed to apply it, and, besides, in
damnum absque iniuria; the plaintiff,
in opening his clothes and exposing
himself to the lady bugs and the paris
green, was guilty of cohtributort neg
ligence; the plaintiff'knew as well as
the defendant that paris green was
poisonous, and, if he did not lnowthat
paris green was poison, then this
suit should not have been brought in
his name, but by committee appoint
ed to represent him.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
Population of United states.

The population of the entire United
States, according to report of the
census bureau, was s4,2S9,o69 in the
year 1900. In the United States prop
err there were, as before announced,
rs. oo4 .575; in the Philippines, $780,
800. according to the estimate of the
etatisticiap of the Philippine com
mission, ia Porto Rico, 1924; Ha-
wall, $4,000; Alaska, $3.50; Guam,
1000; American Samoa, o,1o0; persons
In the military and naval service Of
The United States outside of the ter
ritory of the United States proper,
pI.2I9.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
Fignrea of Ynccinnfion.

of eight new cases of smallpox re-
ported to the health authorities in
Boston, five were children who had
never been vaccinated at all, and
three were men from IS to IS years
Of age, who had not been yaccinated
since childhood.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
Good Morning, Carrie!

LEXINGTON, NEB, fpriI 3-Twelve
women, followers of Mrs. Carrie Nation,
all heavily yelled raided Joint" at f l.
dyville last night, smashing large mir.
ror and other furniture and destroying
several cases Of liquor. James Hammond,
charged with keeping the place, was given
twenty. four hours to leave town or receive
a coat of tar and feathers
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
Hydrophobia in Mexico.

The Mexican national board of
health reports in its last bulletin that
since 1888, when the Pasteur treat
ment of hydrophobia was introduced
there, 1000 persons had been treated,
with a total mortality of only three
ner 900
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
PecuIlnritx of puIuth.

Duluth is peculiar city. Its popu-
lation is about 10000, yet the length
Of the incorporated town along the
lake front is 2S miles. Its width ranges
from ope to two niles.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
Cheap railway Travel,

The Trans-Siberiap railway gives
the cheapest rates in the world. 1t
is possible to buy an emigrant ticket,
covering 5000 miles, nearly three
weeks journey, for about three dol
lars.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
A Royal whis,Ier,

The car of Russia Is a wonderful
whistler, and can whistle the most
intricate variations on national airs.
He entertains intimate friends in this
Wav.-N. Y. SUM-.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
VERY LOW RATES
to the
NORTH WEST
March lst to the April Both, 1902.

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY
Will sell tickets to Montana, Idaho, Ore.
gon, Washington and Coast points at ex-
ceedingly low rates from all stations. 1t
is possible rates to the West will never lie
so cheap again; choice of three routes.
Write for rates and schedules, say to what
point you are going and your nearest sta.
ton to this line. See any agent of n. &
w. Ry. or NJ. f. Bragg,
w. B. Bevll, Trav. Pass. Agent.
Gen. Pass. Agent.
Roanoke, Virginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
.kICk A DOG

Kick a dog and he bites you.
He bites you and you kick him.
The more you kick the more
he bites and the more he bites
the more you kick. Each
makes the other worse.
A thin body makes thin
blood. Thin blood makes a
thin body. Each makes the
other worse. If there is going
to be a change the help must
come from outside.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
help. 1t breaks up such a
combination. First it sets the
stomach right. Then it en-
riches the blood. That
strengthens the body and it
begins to grow new flesh.
A strong body makes rich
blood and rich blood makes a
strong body. Each makes the
other better. This is the way
SCOTS Emulsion puts the thin
body on its feet. Now it can
get along by itself. No need
O. Of medicine.
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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
CoIoniaIs I'm Britain

There are 10000 Britons living in
the United Kingdom at present who
were born in the colonies.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10

Roanoke, Virginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-04-10
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-24
PRICE ON THE PRICE.
sfe Thinks Farmers Will Only
Have to Wait Little Long,
er to Get Ten Cents.

Cotton buyers and farmers here are
interested in the course Of the market,
and anything bearing thereupon Is
given consideration. Theodore Price
F.. of New York, an acknowledged au-
thority, is among those who believe IN
a short crop and higher prices, ana
in a circular letter he predicts cents
in the contract market in few days.
Reports from all over the south, he
saws. show an average of present opin-
ions putting the crop but little oyer
40. 200. 900 bales. Mr.. Price says II
rhis idea comes to be accepted gen
orally cotton will sell at ten cents per
pound speedily. The large receipts
upon which so much emphasis is being
laid by the bears, he thinks, should be
entirely dis"egarded as a market IN
fiueuce. Port receipts for the month
of Septe mber up to date are 3S3,OOO
bales against 355, 900 IN 1899, when the
crop was 9 100000 bales, and 42l, goo in
1896. when the crop was 100000.
Large September receipts are invaria'
DIV indicative of drouth-shortened
crop, aud are bull and not bear ar
gument. Spinners will consult their
own best interest by buying all the
cotton they need at present prices,
and owners and producers of cotton in
she south. in his opinion, have only to
exercise patience and recognize the
facts in order to obtain between nine
and ten cents per pound for their pro-
ductiOn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-09-24
SHEFFIELD AND LANG.
Clay County Grand Jury Throws
Them a BOquet.

The grand jury of Clay county,
switch was in session last week, made
the following Complimentary allusion
10 Judge Sheffield and Solicitor Laing
in their preser1ments:
in taking leave of your honor we
beg to thank you for the able charge
given the jury, and to give assurance
OF our esteem of you as an upright and
an honorable citizen, our confidence in
your judicial integrity, our approval of
Sae able and impartial administration
of your Office, and feeling that all of
your official acts are on the line OF JUS
1ice to all men alike.
"Our thanks are due and hereby
4endered to the Hon. j. A. Laiug for
his able and paInstaking assistance
during the deliberations of our body.
Through his advice and counsel our
labors have been lessened and our
business disnatched in a way to save
considerable expense TO the county