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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
RISE OF RUSSIAN LETTERS.
This Was the Last of slavic Nations
to Evolve n Literature Worthy
of Notice,

OF the many Slavic nations and tribes
that at one time occupied the east of
Europe from the Elba and the head
waters of the Danube to Siberia. and
from the Ionic sea to the Baltic and
White seas, some have entirely disar-
peared in the ruthless struggle witt
a superior German civilization; 9th
ers, like the Bulgarians and Seryians,
have paled into insignifcance under
the lethargic influence of the crescent,
TO be famed TO life again within the
memory of the present generation by
n breach of national consciousness
which is the result Of the romantic
movement In European literature;
others, again, like the Bohemians and
Poles, rent asunder by fraternal dis
cord and anarchy, have forfeited their
national existence and are engaged in
an unequal battle to regain il. Of
all the SlavS, Russia alone has steadily
gathered in the lands of the feudai
lords, to shine at last as power Of the
first magnitude among the sisterh God
of states, and 10 sclntillate hope to its
racial brothers as the Northern
Star" says the Critic.
The unity Of the Russian land was
ever present to the minds of the
writer's in the earliest days Of the
appanages. The bard Of the Word
of Igor's Armament" and Daniel the
Palmer made appeals to the whole
country and prayed for all the princes
in the twelfth century, and for up
wards of four centuries Moscow has
been the center towards which the out
lying districts have been graduating.
Yet. i'm spite of so continuous and we'll
defined a political tendency. Russia is
the last of the Slavic nations to have
evolved a literature worthy Of the
name. Bohemia had a brilliant litera
ture Of the western stamp as early as
the thirteenth century; Bulgaria had
made n splendid start three centuries
before, under the impulse Of the newly
introduced religion; the Seryian city
of Ragusa. receiving It's intellectual.
eaven frSm its Italian Vicinage in
vested Petrarch and Dante with Ser
Wan citizenship in the fifteenth cen
fury. and shortly after. gIoried in
an epic of a Gundulc. and in a whole
galaxy Of writer's; Poland borrowed
its theology from Bohemia, took an
active part of the medieval Latin lit
erature, ard boosted golden age for
It's native language in the sixteenth
century. Russia produced an ac-
cessible literature only in the second
half Of the eighteenth century. be-
came known 10 western Europe not
earlier than the second quarter Of the
next. and had not gained universal
recognition until within the last %
wears
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
TRAINED STEERS AT DRILL.
An Indiana Man Has n Novel Troupe
of Bovine Performers, and
Some Trained Hogs,

Edward S. Holder, horseman, OF
Cambridge City, Ind, has trained
herd of eight steers to perform mill
tary evolutions and many other stunts,
says the indianapolis News. The eight
form in line and stand at attention"
at the word At the command, Single
file," they walk of in that order They
take the double file" order when COM
manded to do so, and march by fours
and Fights. They countermarch, and
at a command four fall to their knees,
while the other four march around
them. Mr.. Holder has made set of
stairs on which these intelligent ami
mails take positions in the form of
pyramid. Each one takes its place
without hesitation and remains in an
indicated position until the word il
given to come down.
Four of these steers are black and
four white. They are two-year-olds
and as handsome lot of cattle as can
be found Mr.. Holder says they have
not been more difficult to teach than
an equal number of men would have
been. He has trained them to work
in harness; and almost any day he can
be seen driving them along the streets
of the town, or into the country.
Brides, with bits and blinds and har-
ness just like horses wear, have been
provided. The steers make a hand
some and useful team. 1t is claimed
that no other group of cattle was ever
trained to perform together. Mr..
Holder has trained number of hogs
to do various acts, and TO perform to-
gether as a group.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
FREAK OF LANGUAGE MEMORY
IeIiriOus Woman Speaks IL Langu-
age She Had Not Spoken for
Sixty-Six Years.

An interesting and minute account
Of the action of memory in delirium
IS given by doctor in the London
Lancet. The patient was a woman
10 years of age, suffering from
9ronchO-pneumonia.
"The chief point of interest in this
case lies in the delirium. From the
light of March Z until the evening
Of the 18th (when the temperature
Iell suddenly she was sometimes wan
dering while awake and continually
talking in her sleep, but when spoken
to would be perfectly sensible and, so
long as she was engaged with one Of
the attendants or doctor, would an
swer questions, etc. When the tenn
perature fell on the 18th, she became
quite delirious and remained 50 until
the 10th, when she gradually returned
to reason. On the night Of the 18th
and on the 14th she was found to be
speaking in a language unknown to
those about her. 1t sounded as if she
was repeating some poetry sometimes,
or carrying on a conversation at 9TH
'ers, She repeated the same poem
time after time. This language was
found to be Hindustani. On the l4th,
in the evening, the HinduStani began
to be mixed with English and she
spoke to, and Of, friends and relations
of her girlhood. On the 18th the Hin
dustani had disappeared altogether,
and she was talking to, and Of friends
of later date in English, French and
German.
"The patient was born in India,
which country she left at the age OF
three years and landed in England,
after FIVE months voyage, before she
was four years old. Up to the time
she landed she had been under the
care of Indian servants and spoke no
English at all, her only language be-
ing Hindustani. On her coming to
England the ayah was sent back, and
SIC en- began TO learn English, and
from that lime had never spoken Hin
dustani. She apparently, on the 18th,
went back in her delirium to her very
earliest days when she spoke again
the first language she ever heard. The
poem was found to be something
which the ayahs are in the habit of
repeating to their children and the
conversations were apparently with
the native servants one being recog-
nized as request that she might be
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
MINNESOTA SOLDIERS.
Company c, Third Regiment, Ma
tipnaI Guard the Most Thorough
Iy Drilled In the World.

The most remarkable body of sol
iiers in the world is company u,
Third regiment, the national guards
of Minnesota, stationed at Duluth,
says the Strand. Every member OF
this fine company is thoroughly IA
miliar with the military drills of eY-
cry nation, and could fall into the
ranks and fill all the requirements
of the well-drilled and disciplined SOL
der of any land.
When the company was stationed
at Chattanooga during the Spanish
American war, it gained the we'll
earned reputation of being the best
drilled company of all the 10000
troops in camp. Since then the COM
pany has taken up the drills of other
nations, both ancient and modern,
and has become marvelously expert.
All the various drills of the company
are held in the uniforms of the sol
diers of the country which the troops
are supposed to represent, and to
make these costumes historically cor
rect, the company has expended over
1000. Lieut.. C. Josten is the origin
ator of the scheme, and he deserves
great credit for the admirable man.
ner in which he has disciplined his
men. Each military number is pre-
ceded by a bugler and a standard
bearer, carrying the flag or standard
of the nation represented and blow
ing the bugle call of the different ma
tions as they fall in line. The cos
tumes-they can hardly be called uni
forms-of many are rich silk and sat
in handsomely embroidered.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
BOGUS CORNCOB PIPES.
Unique Patent by Which the Bowie
Are Made Melted the Inventor
Fortune.

"The once popular corncob pipe is
passing away" said dealer to Wash
ington Post reporter, land but few
people outside the business can nnag-
inc the deception practiced on
smokers. You may not believe it. but
nine-tenths OF the pipes sold as corn
cob pipes are not cOrncob at all. Take
the average cob, when dry enough to
use, and you will find that it measures
about an inch and a quarter in diam
eter of which a third is fuzz. Now, look
at these corncob pipes. The bowls
average an inch and a half in diam
eter, aud have every appearance of a
genuine corncOb.
The patent for making these netted
the inventor, a man named Tibbe. &
large fortune. 1T was the name corn
cob which caught on, added to the fact
that farmers did actually make pipes
of the veritable cobs. but these had
small bowls In the Tibbe pipes. now
almost extinct, the cob was taken while
fairly fresh and plunged into plaster
of paris, to which some secret glue had
been added. This was we'll worked by
hand into the fluffy outside of the cob
and allowed to dry. Then the exterior
was smoothed down into the shape Of
q pipe and the cob interior cut ont to
form the bowl, but, understand. the
interior cut away was practically all
cob, so nothing remained but the very
outside fuzZ. 1t was a cOrncOh pipe.
sure enough, but the cob was all gone
"This idea was still further enlarged
upon when the patent expired, and
the mixture Of plaster, etc, was used
10 form a pipe which was called the
'buclIWheat,' although il had not as
much buckwheat as the cob pipe. but
it was good pipe, and sold well. There
is factory down near Aiken, 5. G.,
where corncob pipes are manufac-
tured, but, as say. most all corneob
pipes are limitations.
Perhaps you will remember when
the charcoal pipe was the popular pipe,
and was regarded as the hygienic pipe
of the day, but it has died out. TLen
there was the meal pipe, made Of YER
liable meal and plaster, but after a
time the oil in the meal burned out and
the smoke from the pipe lowered the
rents for couple of blocks around
the smoker. 1t smelled like lost
soul three days after resurrection
"Most of our briar pipes are made
right here, and but few Of the I'M
shapen bowls are imported from
France. See this pipe? Ofcourse, you
think it is a briar, but it is made from
the root of the rock ivy, which grows
in the Pyrenees. Other roots are be-
ing utilized, and it is difficult to get
a genuine briar pipe Germany used
to sell us nearly all Of our cheaper
y pipes, but America was not slow in
\ catching on to the tricks of pipe max
ing. and now we manufacture any and
Dall kinds Of pipes, from the cheapest
I clay to the finest meerschaum."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
IMPROVING POOR MENORY.
Upon 1t and 1t Must De
Exercised.

Memory does not "fail'-eXcept in
loss of all thu, faculties; simply gcts
weak and lang q for want of use
just as the physical organs do, says
the ST. Louis Republic.
People often say, My memory is
falling" when it is really as good as
ever, if they would give it a chance.
A word, a date, a name, an incident
comes up-or, rather, fails to come
up-when you want it. There seems
to be no possible way of remember
ing it. You make two or three eff
forts, give up and say:
There's no use; it's gone from
me-"
Nonsense 1t hasn't. 1t is there
lust as much as it ever was, only
there are lot of things over it.
Keep at work; bring your will to
bear upon it; try and try, and after
awhile you can get it,
And, better, you will find that the
exercise required in remembering it
will help you next time, and that a
little toll and determination put to-
gether will accomplish wonders in
the whole range of the faculties.
Look over your memory, see where
YOU are most deficient and exercise
it in that respect. You can do it at
any odd time-while you are walk
ing, riding, resting after a days
work, or listening perforce to a dull
speaker. Don't let few failures dis
courage you. The long corridors OF
recollection, lined upon both sides
with valuable material, will be
opened for you because of your i'm
portunity, if YOU use it.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
rhn perfnmed Enth.

With the daily bath nothing is more
delightful to use than the oatmeal
bag. which, to a certain extent, takes
the place of a sponge. TO I'll, perhaps
half a dczen tags will be required,
two and a half ounces If finely ground
oatmeal, a quarter of pouncofwaite
CASTLE soap reduced to powder and
half an ounce of powdered orris root,
Rub thoroughly. The bags are made
of thin cheesecloth cut double and are
four inches square. The mixture
should be divided into six equal parts
and put in the bags through an open
inc left at one side, which is then
sewed up. They should be kept in a
box. covered until required so that
the orris may retain its perfume.
When used in the bath, by being wet
and rubbed over the skin, they pros
duce a delightful lather and leave be-
hind faint, pleasant perfume of vio-
lets.-Detroit Free Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

''She holds her age we'll" eyes, ]
iever knew her to let it escape."-
indianapolis News.
"Jerry," said Flaherty, "why is it
ye're gittin' so proud since ye're gittin'
q bit of money ahead?"
Never put off till tomorrow the
creditor who will wait till next week.
Chicago Daily News
Sue Bretts-"Everyone says have
the complexion of doll" Dolly lin
sel-"And l agree with the majority"
Sue Brette-"Thank you" Dolly Tin
sel-"Yes; ali dolls are painted
Philadelphia Record.
Sand why don't you like her, Ma
bel?" because she talks so much
scandal. was dying to tell her about
Mrs. Jones' goings-on, and about the
awful way Mr.. jenkins treats his wife,
but she never gave me chance to get
a word in."-LondOn Tit-Bits.
Proof Positive.-"You say that your
parent is mentally incapable of taking
care VI Ilo oAN y
guardian appointed?" asked the
Judge. well, what proof have you
that he is a spendthrift?" "Why, he
has been known to attend as many as
six church fairs in a week." petition
granted" said the judge.-Baltimore
Herald.
Something of a Problem.-The man
was deepin thought when the boyinter-
rupted him. Pop" said the boy, I'VE
boys had a dispute to-day, and I'd like
10 get the right of it," what was the
trouble?" asked the father. Il told
fhem," the boy went on, shat you'd
know, and we agreed to leave it to you
They're waiting outside for the an
swer now" "All right" said the man.
cheerfully. whats the question:
as monkey all hands and no feet OF
all feet and no hands ON. Y. Post.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
A GREAT SALT|
Sow the Saline Product
in the Middle of IN
RADIO Desert

In the middle of the
desert, a little to the moi
Mexican border, and 264 f
the level Of the sea, lies
crystalized salt more than
sand acres in extent. prest
surface as white as snow.
meath the MONDAY glare of f.
so dazzling that the naked e
not stand its radiance. it strI
away for miles and miles abov
ton, Cal, an ocean of blazing,
tering white, says the New
Tribune.
Here daily throughout the
men are at work overturning
great deposit with massive plo
and scrapers, getting it into gre s
piles preliminary to putting throu4
the refining process The salt ploWI
used to secure the harvest are grea'
four-wheeled implements, driven by
steam and managed 10y two men
The salt crust is thrown up in paral
lei ridges, then laborers with hoei
work it to and fro in the water
washing out the dirt, preliminary t.
stacking it in mounds to be taken t.
the mill
Salt springs in adjacent foothills arr
constantly contributing to the de
post, and so heavily laden are the,
with almost pure salt that the pillow
has hardly passed ON before a new
crust has formed in the furrOw left
This fact renders it unnecessary (,
operate more than a small portion
of the vast deposit. At present onl,
ten acres are worked.
As may be supposed. work in thes,
fields is performed under the mos
trying conditions. No white man cal
stand the intense heat, and for thi!
reason the work is done wholly by
japanese and by COahuiia Indians
Of these the Indians are by far tn,
better adapted to the work, the Jap
anese performing only one portion
sewing the sacks in which the sal
is shipped. The atmosphere, lade1
as it is with particles of salt. give
rise to painful thirst, and the only
available drinking water comes
from single well. 1t is warm anC
ill-tasting.'
Beautiful mirages frequently ap
pear above the great salt fields il
the daytime, sky pictures of magnifi
cent cities and fower-dotted tree
shaded fields. The moonlight, too
produces wondrously beautiful eff
fects upon the great field of CLEAN
ing salt. For several weeks in the
year the thermometer on the sal
field averages $40 degrees, and The
reflection of the sun produces ;
glare like that from furnace. The
deposits vary in thickness from ter
to twenty inches. and form solo
crust over the great marsh. 1t is es
timated that about 700 tons are now
plowed up daily.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
In the Same situation.

funny story about a physician at
Monroe City is going the rounds of
the state press. A resident of the town
set out four shade trees for the doc,
tor. A short time later the physician
was called to attend the mother-in-
law of the man who had set out the
trees. The old lady died and the physi-
clan presented his bill. After paying
it, the citizen thought of the trees,
and made out and presented bill for
them. But the trees died" protested
the doctor, $50 did my mother-in-
law" retorted the other man. The
doctor paid the bill.-Kansas City
Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
Her Lat Resort.

"And does your dolly close its eyes?"
said the minister visiting at the house
Of a parishioner.
mo, SIR" replied the little thing;
"but I'm going to take her to church
some day and see II she will. Papa
says nearly everybody goes to sleep
therel"-Yonkers Statesman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
A Busy Man.

1.-THE villain is below, sir" an
nounced the footman'
"Oh, bother!" exclaimed the hero
"Tell him to call some other time
I'm too busy to foil him now. The
tailor has just sent six new costumes
and I've got to pose for my portrai'
In each one of them. "-7.Iudge.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
Haa IL big SnlnrX-

The lord chancellor of Ireland, says
correspondent of the Law Times,
is probably the most highly paid hold
er Of judicial office In the empire. His
salary Is $4,000 per annum. The lord
chancellor Of England gets 10000,
but Of this sum $4,000 is paid to him
az speaker of the house Of lords.-Lon-
don Mail.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
officers.
The CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship of God on the LIST and
Srd Sundays at IL A NJ, on the IND and
4th at 500 P. M.
Meeting for prayer, Wednesday at 500
p. NJ. Sabbath School at $3.50 A. M.
Young mems prayer meeting each Sunday
at 3 p. M. ,u
A most cordial welcome is extended toall'
r. A. KELLY Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
Cherry Tapiocn

Soak half cup of tapioca in old
water for three hours, then simmer
till clear. Into it put one cup of
stoned cherries and sugar enough to
make fairly sweet Gill thoroughly.
Serve with whipped cream Good
Housekeeping.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
Uncertain Footing.

The fellow who stands on his dig
nifty may discover that dignity is just
as'slippery as banana skin.-St. Louis
Renublic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
For Charity's Sake.

1t has been suggested that all Eng
fish theaters give one matinee year
in aid of theatrical charities.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
Up on History.

what other instance besides Mont
Pelee have we of fatal volcanoY
asked the teacher.
9TH wun wot killed Mr. POmpeii,'
replied the boy on the back seat
Ohio State Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

First Sundays, morning and afternoon.
Burke's Garden; second, third and fourth
sundays, morning and night at Tazewell.
S. o. HALL, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

taken to the Sbazaar 10 buy sweets
A lady who Jlas lived much Of her
life in India Japd' who speaks the Ian
guage translated some Of the CON
versations which the patient carried
on with her imaginary visitors.
Through the whole delirium there
could be recognized sequence. As
time went on the friends she spoke
Of were of later date. and she took
events in their proper order She ap-
parently began at the beginning of her
life and went through 1t until on March
16. she had reached the time when she
was married and had her children
growing up, boy and girl. 1t is curious
that after a lapse of 81 years, during
which time she had not spoken Hin
dustani. this language Of her early
childhood should be recalled in deliri-
UNI. The patient now speaks English.
French and German Zone as fuently
as the other) but, although she knows
a few Hindustani words she is quite
unable to speak the language or put
one sentence together She says that
she has no recollection (nor had she
any before her illness) Of ever hav-
ing been able to speak Hindustani."
Shaving Mules In the south.
Martha Observation-Disclosures, in the
course of the narrati of Next to the
Ground" explains many customs and
superstitions peculiar to the negroes
Not the least interesting of these is
the reason given for the shearing of
mules. "When it came to shearing
mules" Mrs. Williams writes. Dan
was an artist. He had spent two hours
or more at it the day before. Names
were trimmed to half-inch outstanding
fringes, tails banged to the perfect
tassel tip, even the ears had been
shorn of their long inner hairs. Dan
had a firm faith in witches. Now. a
witch. it is we'll known, cannot ride
horse or mule unless there are hairs
long enough to twist into a stirrup.
Dan had not left single long one
hence he was satisfied the teams would
thrive and stand up to their work, not
to name being ever so much more bid
dable, since witches, working unhin-
dered put the devil into even the best
broken of them"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

nEO. W. ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT Law Law
UTazeweli. Va. Practices in the courts of Taze
well and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at WytheVille Partieula; at
tention paid to thu collection OF claims. once
5tras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Robert G. Jackson, judge; ii. Bane Har-
man, clerk. Terms of court-1st Monday
in April, 4th Nor day in August and list
Monday in December.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

II &. ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze-
nIwell, Va Will practice in the courts OF Taze-
well county and the Court of Appeals at Wythe-
vile. Collecting speciality.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

al B. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
WIlands VIZ. Practices in the courts of Taze-
veil and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
paid to the collection of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

pOWKN & ROYALL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
ID Tazegeli, va. Will practice in the courts OF
Tazeweli and adjoining counties, and the Court
of Appeals at Wytheville. Collections given
special attention. Once near Courthouse.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07
Church of Christ.

Preaching lst aud3rd Sundays lat 500 p. m.
and 2nd and 4th Sundays at ii a. m.
PRAYER meeting Saturday night at s
O'Clock. Sunday school every Sunday at
$50 a. IN.
ROBERT GILMORE, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-08-07

I H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ia well,
java. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan coun-
ties, West Virginia, specially. Office in Stras
guiding.