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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
FREE NEWSPAPERS IN HOTELS
Ownership Right That Was Not Un
derstood by n Feminine
Guest.

"What a brutel" heard a lady say
as rose from the dinner table in the
hotel, says the Chicago Inter Ocean
1 did not know that was the per
son to whom she referred till after
ward, when a friend of mine who was
sitting at a table near by spoke OF
the matter.
"The lady at your table last night
thought you were BRUTE" he re-
marked, laughingly.
81 heard her use the word, but it
never occurred to me that | was the
person she alluded to. What did
do?" I asked.
"You carried off your newspaper"
"Well," 1 asked, what of that? IT
was NINE"
81 gathered from what she said to
the waiter" continued my friend
"that in the town where she lives the
hotel furnishes it's guests with the
daily papers. They are placed on the
tables in the dining-room and are
free to all. She supposed all hotels
did the same, and that you were car
rying off a paper that was common
property. She considered you a
brute, because she was not accus'
toned to seeing hotel guests buy
their papers"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
ENGLISH WASPS.
In a Rule They Are Not Vicious and
Rarely Sting Each Other When
They Become Aggressive.

The common wasp, as a rule, keeps
its sting for self-defense, says the
London Spectator. 1t will bite fly IN
two with it's jaws if it gets in its way
on window pane, but it does not
use it's sting even when trying to rob
a beehive, and tackled by the bees
The latter will push wasp away
five or SIX times, hustling it off the
footboard, without provoking it to
sting. But if a bee endeayors to sting
the wasp, it then grapples with it
and stings back, killing or benumo-
ing the insect almost at once. Brit
ish wasps are fussy and eXcitable'
but not vicious, like many of the In
dian wild bees. However crowded
or uncomfortable they may be, they
very rarely quarrel with or sting
each other, as, for instance, when a
number are on the same window
pane, fretting and anxious to ge'
out. Only when the entrance 10
their nest is threatened do they be-
come actively aggressive, and then as
rule the attack is not begun TILL
the person who excites their fear IN
terposes between them and the en-
trance to the nest. A setter dog was
noticed to turn and bite itself, whim'
pering with pain, just as the party
were sitting down to a shooting
luncheon by the side of a wood IN
Yorkshire. The dog, being tired, had
lain down on the hole of wasps
nest. and five or six of the yellow in.
sects were singing it at once; but
they did not touch the persons sit
ting close by.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
MOUNTAIN LIONS AID HERDERs
Sheep and Calves of Stock
men Alone.

Mountain lions are assisting the
stockmen of southern Utah in reduc-
ing the herds of wild horses which
roam the ranges, writes the Denver
correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. 1t is reported that the lions
have considerably diminished the
herds by devouring the colts.
Young colts seem to be choice
morsels for the wild beasts, and it
is said that not over so colts es'
capped the lions this season on the
Boulder, Thousand Lakes and Fish
Lake mountains. The lions seem tc
prefer the colts to lambs and calves,
and since there have been a great
many colts born on the ranges dur.
ing the last few years the beasts O..
prey have almost ceased to modest
offspring of sheep and cattle.
AS the lions are not much hunted
and have ready access to choice
food they have been increasing in
numbers rapidly and threaten to be-
come a great menace to stockmen.
especially when the wild horses be-
gin to grow scarce. Down in Kane
county the horses have about desert
ed the haunts of the lion and are in
creasing so fast that the stockmen
have recently decided upon their ex'
termination. A prominent stockman
Just up from the south says that
with this means employed, the depre'
dations of the lions and the starving
to death in hard winters the wild
horse bands of southern Utah will
soon become a thing of the past.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
INSTRUCTION BY PHONOGRAPH
Correspondence Schools Now Use 1t to
Teach Various Languages to
Students.

Correspondence schools which I'M
dertake to teach languages by mail
have found a useful adjunct in theiI
system in the photograph. In aG
dition to the usual instruction papers,
which give the student a reading
knowledge of a language, speaking
knowledge may be gained by the ex'
change of record cylinders between
instructor and pupil. 1t is claimed
that by this means the student may
acquire perfect pronunciation, since
he can repeat the photograph lesson
as often as he finds necessary, and
thus impress upon his memory every
detail of pronunciation and inhec'
ton.
If the student can avoid acquiring
the Punch and Judy tone of the pho
nograph, says the New York Times,
there would seem to be no reason
WHY this method should not be an
extremely good one. One can mag
inc that the temptation to initiate its
peculiar squeak, especially in French
would be almost irresistible. The
idea constitutes one of the most prac'
teal uses yet made of the phono'
graph
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09

flames when he perceived that he had a
companion in a striped suit who was
bravely fighting the fire by his side.
The flames began to grow weaker; the
lurid glare was dying out. Exhausted,
the warden turned to his companion
and commanded him to retire. Then
he started to descend.
No sooner had he reached the earth
than cry of horror arose from the
guards and convicts. A cloud of smoke
had enveloped the prisoner and in his
confusion he had fallen from the wall
into the smoking ruins of the cell
house.
In the gray dawn of the morning the
prison clerk called the roll. Convict
Green did not answer.
Blackened, lifeless, still clutching
the hose nozzle, Convict Green was dis
covered soon after when the heated ru-
ins cooled sufficiently to allow search
to be instituted.
Suffocation had apparently caused
his death, for, although one foot was
burned to a crisp, the clothing of the
victim was only scorched here and
there. His face had been cruelty disfig-
ured by falling stone. Beneath his
prison jacket the officials found faded
photograph of a smiling woman with
dimpled chin and lips with dropping,
scornful curve, yet parting in a CO.
quettish smile.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
To Remove Rare Furniture

Mrs. James G. Blaine will remove
the rare furniture from the Blaine
house on Dupont circle, Washington,
which was sold to Mrs. Westinghouse,
of Pennsylvania, in the near future,
putting all of the historic pieces and
those connected in any way with the
life of the dead statesman in her K
street house, while the rest will be
sold. James G. Blaine was more
welded to the old house in Lafayette
square than to any other spot in
Washington, and spent brief time
in the Dupont circle house. Mrs.
Blaine lived there a short time after
bis death, but the house was too
large for the family, and MIS-. Blaine
soon rented il, removing to the house
in X street, two doors removed from
the home of Attorney General Knox.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
NEVER KILLED A PRESIDENT.
There Is No ReprOach on Negro Race
In This Direction, Said q
COIOred Woman.

Il overheard some remarks at the
capitol the day President McKinley's
body lay in state there that l have
not forgotten" said an official of the
treasury, according to the Washing
ton Star.
"The push was something terrific,
as everybody will remember, and
white women and colored women,
white men and black men, were jos
tied closer together than they had
ever been before. / heard a nicely
dressed white woman who was just
back of me, say to a friend: Why
do they let these negroes come to an
affair of this kind? They are so dis
agreeable to have near one. 1 wish
they were away
THE remarks referred to some col
ored women who were close in line
behind the white women. The wom-
ans remarks were overheard, and it
was very interesting to listen to the
reply of one of the colored women.
Yes, we are negroes she said to
the white woman, or rather in her
direction, as the white woman had
not intended for her remarks to reach
the colored people, and we are not
sorry for it, especially on such a sad
occasion as this! 1t was not a negro
who killed Lincoln, or fired the bullet
that laid Garfield low, e put out the
life of Mckinley. 1t was a white
man. and there is no reproach on the
negro race, at least in this direction.
1T is needless to say that the white
woman made no further remarks"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
COST OF MEERSCHAUM.
The Expense Is Not I'm the Raw Ma
terial But in the Making
of the Pipes.

A fire in a pipe-maker's shop the
other day spoiled the proprietor'i
stock of meerschaum, and incidentally
disposed of the idea, common in most
smokers minds, that this commodity
is very expensive. Meerschaum itself
is not expensive. That used by the
manufacturers in this country is inn
ported as raw material from Austria,
but most of it is obtained in Asia
Minor. Usually there are three or four
different grades, running from the
rough and mixed to the pure and fine
" grained article. There is no duty
upon it. The chunks, not unlike Can
mel coal in shape, are packed in OBJ
long boxes, about two feet and halt
long,a foot wide, and foot high. The
raw material is quite brittle and has
to be soaked in water before it is used
for modelling.
Meerschaum pipes are expensive,
says the New York Post, because much
of the material from which the bowls
are made has to be thrown away be-
fore a piece is found that has no
flaws in it. The shavings, however, are
never wasted. They are used to make
a cheaper grade Of pipes. which are
known as chip meerschaums.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
Monumental Brasses.

At the beginning of the thirteenth
century it occurred to some one to
preserve the likeness of his departed
friend as we'll as the symbols of his
rank and station, says the Gentle
mans Magazine. So efigies were in
troduced upon the surface of the
slabs, and were carved fat, but ere
50 years had passed away the art OF
the sculptor produced magnificent
monumental effigies. Knights and no.
bles lie clad in armor with their la
dies by their sides; bishops and abb
bots bless the spectators with their
uplifted right hands; judges lie in
their official garb; and merchants
with the emblem of their trade. AT
their feet lie animals, usually having
some heraldic connection with the de-
ceased, or symbolical of his work. e.
g., a dragon is trodden down beneath
the feet of a bishop, signifying the
defeat of sin and the result of his
ministry. The heads of effigies usu-
ally rest on cushions which are some
times supported by two angels.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
NEW USE FOR corToNsEED.
Once n Waste Product 1t IL Now Used
in the Manufacture of
Paper.

A few years ago cottonseed WAS a
waste product, and the only use made
of it was to compost it and, when rot
ted, use il as a fertilizer. It's indu1-
trial utilization began with the extra
ton of the oil it contains, and ii has
now become the raw material OF so
many important industries that last
spring, when it became necessary to
replant considerable areas of cotton
land which had been flooded by the
exceptional spring freshets, it was
found that the cleaning up had been
so complete by the buyer Of the cot
ton-oil mills that enough seed for be.
tween-seasons planting was collected
with difficulty.
Hitherto the hull of the cottonseed
has had no value. but this is now to
be utilized in admiXture with fax fiber
in paper manufacture. \ company or.
gained for this purpose has bought
extensive paper-mill properties at
Niagara. on the lands of the Niagara
Falls Power company. The collection
and preparation of the cottonseed
bulls for paper stock will be under
taken at mills conveniently located in
the south The material will be used
in the manufacture of high-grade pa
pers. and is said to give great strength
with beautiful finish. It's advantage
over other possible paper-making ma
terials is that it is the by-product OF
other industries. and is consequently
much cheaper than one which has to
be grown, gathered and prepared espe'
cially.
Probably the most useful steps II
mechanical progress, says the New
York Times. are those along the line
Of utilizing the waste products of ex'
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
RAILWAY GALA EVENT.
Wyoming Celebrates the Completion
of Burlington Route to Cody
with Much Eclat.

The recent opening of the new Burl-
ington line into Cody, Wyo., was the &C.
casion of a great celebration. A parade
over mile long, made up of rough rid
ers, ranchers, Indians and miners, was
led by Col. w. f. Cody buffalo BID
and Senator Clark, of Wyoming. A
full brass band, the first ever heard in
the Big Horn basin, furnished the
music, and'cannon, guns and revolvers
the noise.
In the afternoon a monster game
barbecue was held at the Cody club,
and the menu included bull elk, white
and black tail deer, cub bear and ante
lope. The days festivities were con-
cluded with ball, at which the grand
march was led by Col. Cody and Chiefs
Iron Tail and BuclSing Horse, and a
magnificent display of fireworks last
ing until three a. m. The whole affair
was the most unique and characteristic
celebra ton ever held in the west.
The new road opens up an entirely
new section of country, which is one of
the most fertile agricultural districts
in the world.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
Snort In the British Army.

Our garrison towns represent
state of things utterly opposed to the
idea of vigorous prosecution of the
war. Numerous officers in possession
of staff billets are snugly ensconcing
themselves in comfortable bungalows,
obtaining lodging" instead of field"
allowance, and drawing ration allow
ances. In fact, the liberal allowances
to officers in South Africa seem to
counterbalance their desire for the
end of the war. Sport Is all very well
in It's way, but or active service the
care of golf links and tennis courts
should not exercise officers ability and
attention, while the thousands OF
polo and racing ponies kept by Of
ficers throughout South Africa (fed
on government rations) might prof
itably be used to augment the parsi-
monious supply of remounts to the
mobile columns.-Letter from South
Africa in London Spectator.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
COULD NOT CASH CHECK.
The Combined Wealth of the Porto
Rican Town Was Unable
to Meet 1t.

As illustrating the scarcity of money
in Porto Rico it is related that when
a government check for 5000 arrived
in Manati a few days ago in pay
ment of the towns excise collections
for the preceding month it caused a
genuine sensation, says the Army and
Navy Journal. The city employees and
their immediate army of creditors
commenced to parade in front Of the
mayor, who stood up holding the check
so that all might see. Two thousand
and forty-nine dollars! The mayor
told the people that the check could
not be cashed, as there was not money
enough in the whole town, not even
if all the business houses combined for
the purpose of cashing it. He then told
them that they had to wait for their
money until some one could go to San
Juan to cash the check.
The mayor, envied by all, became
tired from holding the cheek in the
air, folded it, placed it in a cigarette
box, wound it with red tape and locked
it up in the safe.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
3Fe SILENT
CONVICT

a FTER the gaping three-inch cash
~ in the head of Prison Guard
Morgan had been dressed by the
penitentiary physician and nip of
rye given the wounded man, he was
escorted into the presence of the new
warden to tell how it all happened.
"You see, it was this ere way, war
den," he began, after he had saluted
his chief and dropped into comfort
able position on the sofa in the pri-
vate room of the penitentiary office.
"Six of us were out there by the broom
shop cleanin' up the yard bit. Kid
Sly and Shorty were comm the rake
act. l told Green to take spade and
throw some loose dirt up agin the tool
house. He was standin' in one Of them
cat fits of his'n and paid no attention
to me. He just rolled his eyes and
worked his arms"
Morgan paused and pressed huge
gnarled hand against his bandaged
Uranium.
Take it easy" said the warden, sym
pathetically.
Then" continued the guard, Il
caught him by the shoulder and gave
him a push toward the tool house, at
the same time tellin' him to get a mill
tary move on himself. He reached
down, grabbed the spade and whacked
me across the noggan with it, When
the stars scattered out little, saw
that Kid Sly and two of the other boys
were holdin' him. 1 whistled for help
and had him yanked back to his cell"
Warden Hill reached for the huge
calf-bound volume in which the daily
delnquencies of the prisoners were re
corded The page allotted to Convict
6,119. imprisoned for life, was blank,
save for the entry made in neat,
round hand, stating that all attempts
to make the prisoner talk since his in
generation had been unavailing. Muir
der was the crime and the date of the
commitment papers showed that eight
years of the life sentence had been
served. The warden looked perplexed,
Recently appointed, he had not yet had
time to look at the majority of the
prisoners in his charge. Besides, more
important matters awaited his atten-
ton. He closed the volume and turned
to the deputy warden.
"Give Convict Green five days in the
dark cell on bread and water" he said.
Ten minutes later, Convict Green,
closely guarded, was escorted to the
hallowed niche beneath the tier of cells
commonly known among the prisoners
as "the hole" the door was unlocked
and Green thrust inside. The bolts
were shot and the guards retired.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
BETTER Done in Germany.

"The whole cab-service of Germany
is regulated in a way to make the
American envious of German institu'
tons" writes Ray Stannard Baker, in
"Seen in Germany" In most cities a
large proportion of the cabs are pro-
yided with "taxameters"-little dials
placed in front of the seat and so ar
ranged that they indicate just how
much the passenger owes at any
given time. For instance, when you
take a cab in Berlin the indicator
shows a charge of so pfennigs C12
cents) as soon as you take your seat,
and as YOU drive the figures change,
40 pfennigs at time, and when you
are ready to stop you pay the sum IN
dicated by the dial, no more, no less.
Tins there is no chance for extortion
ON the part of the cabman, and no
disagreement as to charges, feature
of disagreeable prominence in London
and Paris. And it may be said in
nassing that the charges are general
" very low compared with those in
American cities.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
D cANpY eAnAHnc> a.
CSG}oCQ)l0&O
95e. soc. AAskAAA III DFuxssts.
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold in bulk
Beware Of the dealer who tries to sell
something just as good"
MEASURED PLANET MERCURY.
DR.. See of the Naval observatory ut
Washington Finds It's Diameter
to BE 2,05S Miles.

DR.. See, OF the United States naval
observatory in Washington, has just
concluded a measurement of the
planet Mercury with the large tel.
escOpe of that institution. Its diam
eter is sAund to be 1865 miles. DR..
See calls attention to the fact that
he has never observed any marked
spots on the planets disk, not even
when the sky was absolutely pure
and the image of the planet perfect
ly defined on the lens Of the tel.
cscope. His observation also is that
there is no diminution Of brightness
at the edges of the disk, such as
would be produced by an absorbing
atmosphere. Although these results
agree in general with those obtained
at the Lick observatory, they dis
agree with those Of Schiaj arelli and
Mr.. Percival Lowell.
DR.. See has made another inter-
esting estimate regarding meteors.
Every observer notes considerable
number of small meteors while he is
engaged in telescope observations
The field of view of a telescope is a
very small fraction of the surface OF
the heavens, and a simple proportion
based on the number of meteors en-.
ables an estimate to be made of the
number of meteors in the whole
sky. In this manner, says the Wash.
ington Star, DR.. See estimates there
are about 1,2OO,OOO,OOO telescope me.
teors appearing in the sky daily.
Between 100000 end 100000 me-.
teors, bright enough to be visible to
the naked eve, encounter the earth
daily, according to the estimate OF
Prof Newton
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09

Of course the newspapers blazoned
the deed of Convict Green to the world
in all the somber murkiness of scare
heads. One enterprising Omaha jour
nal placed the picture of the woman
beside that of the prisoner and limited
at a dark tale of wife's unfaithful-
ness. Vague as was the suggestion
superannuated society woman of that
city still fears that some of her friends
or discarded admirers will detect the
unmistakable likeness between faded
society barnacle and the unfaithful
spouse of the unfortunate convict.
GEORGE W. KLINE.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
WI AS AN ART CRITIC.
The Minister'S 0utspOken Opinion OF
VOs' Portraits of Chinese
Celebrities.

WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minis
ter, was exploring the Corcoran art
gallery one day last spring, evident
ly with the idea of impressing on his
mind the fundamental difference be-
tween the oriental and occidental
brands of art, says the Washington
Times.
Hubert Vos, the noted Dutch paint
er, happened to have on exhibition in
the Hemicycle a number of portraits
of representative types of various
races. Mr.. Vos had strayed far
afeld in collecting his gems, and the
display included the presentments
Of Tibetan Lamas, Indian rajahs.
Arabian chiefs, japanese mobiles, and
Chinese mandarins. Among the lat
ter were the portraits of Prince
Ching and Ii Hung Chang.
The artist, with the diplomat in
tow, paused before these canvases.
"Who is that?" asked Mr.. WI,
pointing toward the picture OF
Ching.
chat is Prince Ching" replied
Vos.
at don't look like him." was his
only comment, and the party passed
on to Earl Ii.
who's that?"
"That is Ii Hung Chang"
at don't look like him." said the
minister again.
"But it's only a three-quarters
view, you know" said the artist
alphabetically.
at don't look three-quarters like
him." said WI.
And later, when the remark hit
the chorus of sweet girl art students
who had been forming an animated
background, they retired without
and giggled.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
A Gigantic Tunnel.

The subject of tunnel connecting
Ireland and Scotland has been
brought before the British govern
ment, and the project will be pushed
if the requisite financial support can
he obtained. The estimated. cost is
s5OOOOOOO. The route Professionally
selected is from Straurer in Scotland
TO Belfast in Ireland. The total dis
lance is sly miles, of which 34h
miles would be under the sea, along
line where the maximum depth is
$50 feet. Electric mDtors would be
used to drive the trains at an average
speed of 60 to 20 miles per hour
Youths Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-09
useh of Pent.

Peat is being made into kind Of
wood that will answer admirably for
paving and railway sleepers. Peat
wood can be made to resemble any
kind, from willow to oak; it viii not
warp, is very durable, holds nails and
screws with firm grip, and becomes
harder when laid on damp surfaces
n. Y. Post.