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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
BABY ADOPTED BY RAILWAY,
Company Takes Full Charge OF q
Child That Had Been Abandoned
on Its Train,

The Choctaw Railway company has
adopted founding, and is now rails
ing her in the children's home in this
city, says a Wichita (Kan,) special in
the Chicago Inter Ocean, The little
girl. only six months old, was found
on a Choctaw passenger train one day
lately between Parkersburg and
Weatherford, OKLA, and the company
at once laid claim to her.
At Parkersburg a styhshly dressed
young woman boarded the train, carry
ing large market basket, AT Wealth
erford she left the train and forgot to
take the bundle with her, When the
baby was found James Allison, Of
Paris, H., wished to take 1t to his home
and raise it, and got the consent OF the
conductor to do so, Meanwhile the
conductor had wired the news to the
company's headquarters and received
an answer, stating that the company
would not turn the child over to any
one, as 1t was It's property until other
ownership was we'll proven, The con-
ductor was instructed to take the baby
to Wichita and place itin the children's
home.
The infant is very precociOus, has
fine quarters at the home and special
nurse, The bills are paid by the Off
GERS of the Choctaw route, who seem
determined to have daughter for the
road.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
~ CANDY eAThARnc a
gU}oc0)1e&}a
use. soc. AAliak-AA Druggists.
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold In bulk.
Beware Of the dealer who tries to sell
something just as good"
CIVIL SERVICE CANDIDATES.
strong Proof OF citizenship Is Re-
qnired of All Applicants for
Positions.

All applicants must be citizens, and
must in their application make oath
of their citizenship. In the case of
foreign-born citizens, proof of citizen
ship must be furnished. If natural
lied the certificate of naturalization
must accompany the application. A
foreign-born person who claims that
his parents were citizens of the Unit
ed States at the time of his birth
must furnish the sworn statements Of
at least two disinterested persons tc
prove that to their knowledge his par
ents were United States citizens at
the time of the applicants birth, and
that they did not previously, then, or
at any subsequent time, renounce, OF
legally declare their intention of re-
nouncing their United States citizen
ship, and also that the applicant is the
reputed child of the person through
whom he claims citizenship. A for
eign-born citizen who was naturalized
by the naturalization of his father or
his mother while he was a minor must
furnish the parents certificate OF
naturalization and the sworn state
ment of two disinterested persons to
prove his identity as the child of the
one whose certificate Is furnished. A
woman who claims naturalization
through marriage to a citizen of the
United States must furnish evidence
Of the husbands citizenship (his GER
tifcate being required If he is a nat
uralized citizen) and evidence OF her
marriage to him.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
CRUSADE ON GIFT-GIVING.
ed London FashiOnab1es on
Reform Movement,

The oppressive social tax of we'd
ding presents has been brought
prominently under notice by Lady
Helen Stewards phenomenal record,
says a recent report from London.
She received 72S presents, the esti-
mated aggregate value of which is
$750,000 About half the presents
were given by friends, the other half
by people either anxious to adver-
tise their acquaintance with the
Londonderry family or to secure
place on the Londonderry visiting
list.
In more than 100 instances In which
pushing snobbishness was clearly
the motive in giving it is said that
the gifts were returned with a polite
intimation that the bride elect did
not feel justified in trespassing on
the donors good nature. The rap
idly growing ostentation of wedding
gifts amounts to a serious annual
charge upon the resources of even
the wealthy and aristocratic fam
lilies, for the offering of a simple
memento now is assigned to stingi-
ness. A self-protective association is
being started in the highest circles
to set the fashion for less extrava-
CANT gifts.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
ONE OF QUOTATIONS. FREAKS.
Dull Pupils Generally Win Success
In Life While Smart Ones More
often Fail.

II am almost discouraged by the
results of popular education" said an
old teacher. "For forty years 1 have
been teaching in the public schools of
the city in which l live, and many of
my earliest pupils are now men of
middle age. What discourages me is
that so many of my brightest schOl-
ars have proved failures in the pro-
fessions, in business, and in public
life, while the most successful of our
citizens were, as a rule, classed
among the dull pupils.
Give of the leading lawyers in this
city were my pupils, and they were
all below the average in scholarship,
department and punctuality. Several
of our most prominent business men
belong to the same group, while
among physicians, engineers and min
listers I find that some of my dullest
pupils are in the front rank.
ION the other hand, some of my
brightest and most promising schol-
ars are little better than tramps,
and most of them are below the av-
erage in the avocations they have
chosen"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
EXCESSIVE SMOKING.
Vital Parts Affected by the Poisonous
Properties of Tobacco When
Too Freely Used.

While a good cigar used temperate
ly two or three times day, may be
smoked by the average adult man to
good advantage, excessive indulgence
in smoking is very harmful. 1t is only
necessary to recall ones first cigar
and the profound effect it produced
to realize that the smoking of tobacco
in large quantities is trifing with
dangerous agent, says the Baltimore
Sun. The chief effects of smoking are
from the nicotine and empyreumatic
oil, the first being an active poison
an infnitesimal quantity will destroy
life-and the latter, which is the rank
accumulation in the stem of the pipe,
is also a potent poison, one drop on
the tongue of a cat having been fatal.
The nicotine and the oil both act on
the nervous system, though different
ly, the nicotine paralyzing the heart
by its action on the brain, while the
oil confines itself chiefly to the. spinal
cord and the motor nerves. 1t will
thus be seen that no part of the VIC
TINS equipment escapes the deadly eff
'ect of tobacco in excess.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
OLD PR0vIDRNTIAL WAYS.
White House Entertainments and
Dinners That Were Much Like
Home Affairs.

It has been charged that Jefferson
banished courtly laws and introduced
stumbling manners, When the Madi-
sons took his place they sought to es-
ia blish the old order Of affairs. The
white house was gay with dances,
dinners, levees and garden parties,
Some unkind diplomat has recorded
Mistress Dolly's dinners as being
more like harvest home suppers than
affairs of state. There certainly was
home-like air about Mrs. Madison's
affairs. 1t was during the Madison
regime that the custom of making
calls at private houses on New Years
day was inaugurated at the capital.
1t still survives there, in spite of the
fact that other social centers have
voted it plebeian, says the National
Magazine. Jackson's reign is assoc
ciated with the merriest, maddest
scenes the white house has ever
known. The fame of his plebeian
suppers bids fair to rival Washing
tons little Ratchet. While his guests
smoked costly cigars he blew whiffs
from his corncob pipe, whitfield by his
own hand. His lavish entertainments
ate deep inroads in his salary, and it
was his constant worry that his cot
ton crop would fail and leave him I'M
able to meet his expenses.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
HUNTS WITH TRAINED WOLVES
An Illinois Man Uses Two with Much
Success in Capturing
Rabbits.

Bert Decker, a young sportsman
of Tuscola, ILL.,, has succeeded in tam
ing two wolves, and they are very
valuable as hunters, says a Charleston
Qn.) correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer. He captured them
when young, raised them as kittens"
and now, though they are as large
as shepherd dogs, they are quite tame
and playful. Decker says the wolves
can outrun dogs on the hunt, and are
very long-winded. Their favorite
way of catching a rabbit is to run
alondsde of him, put their nose un-
derneath Mr.. Cottontail, and throw
him ten or twelve feet in the air,
catching him in their mouths as he
falls. The wolves always return to
their master when called.
Decker's success has caused other
sportsmen to undertake the training
of wolves to supplant dogs in hunt
ing, and it is probable that wolves
will find a place in future kennels.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
The REPUBLICAN, TazeweII, Va
POLICY PLAYING IN GOTHAM.
The Infamous Gambling Scheme Is
Extensively Worked in the
New York Metropolis.

BY the arrest recently of one of
the gamblers of New York city,
known as the policy king, the extent
to which policy playing has been car
ried on in the metropolis was
brought to light. Papers in the place
searched by the police show that the
receipts in 100 shops owned by the
policy king amounted TO $4,000 day
on the average, and of this $1,000 a
day was profit. About $1,000 a day
was paid for expenses of running the
business, including $1,000 a day for
police protection. An insignificant
amount was paid out in the shape of
winnings, care being taken by the
manipulation of the figures that
these should not amount to much.
The profits were so great that
after paying all the expenses there
was fortune left of 100000, and
some of those engaged as assistants
were paid as high as $1,000 a month
for their work. These enormous
amounts came chiefly in small sums
from people little able to afford it,
and who did not realize that they
were being robbed by the most infa-
nous system of gambling ever de-
vised. The fact that the play can be
made for a few cents makes it very
tempting to the poor and credulous.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
THE NATIVES OF MISERS.
Fear of Possible Poverty the One
That More often Makes
Itself Manifest.

The case of a man who died from
personal privations with 1000 hoard
ed pounds within reach of his skele-
ton fingers inspires q moralizing
mood concerning the motives OF
misers, says the London Globe. The
one that strikes us as reaching the
nearest to the truth is the hypothesis
of fear-fear of extreme poverty, to
avoid which at some indefinite future
time the miser faces all its conse-
quences in the present. The gibe of
the old laborer, who said to his
master; ~ be a drawer man than you
be, for I burst spend my last farden,
and you dursent," Is quoted as af-
fording the best hint of the real
truth. When once the mind conceives
the idea of possible poverty there is
scarcely anything 1t will not do to
avert the horrible contingency. Men
in battle, as our contemporary re-
minds us, have been known to shoot
themselves in the dread fear of being
shot by the advancing enemy. Fear
in money matters, as in all other,
paralyzes the judgment and shakes
the reason. Misers are probably in
all other respects the purest and
most moral of men; they are at any
rate as rigorous in their asceticism
as monk and friar. But such is the
force of this vice that it destroys by
its own strong arm all the higher
emotions and aspirations of human
ity, leaving its victim a miserable
and negative creature, beneath the
contempt of his weaker brethren.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
SPEED IN TYPEwRITING.
The Number of Words That the Aver
age Operator Takes Down i'm
the Course of an Hour.

An expert amenuensis and type
writist, such as are as rule en-
ployed by frst-class business houses,
will take from dictation (stenographic
notes. and transcribe on the type
writer all the way from 100 to $50 let
tiers a day, averaging about 100 words
per letter, by which calculation he
will write from 10000 to $4,000 words
per day, which in almost all cases he
will be obliged to do within seven
or eight working hours. Taking mat
ter on the machine from dictation
(direct), however, is different prep
osition, says an authority, an expert
typewritist working by this method
being able to average from 300 to $500
words per hour for a stretch of eigh.
hours. OF course his first hour will
naturally be his best, in which he will
be able to 'bat out" something like
1000 to possibly $500 words. \ fair
average when transcribed from manu-
script or notes is 1000 words per hour.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

wild growth OF vines, listened to the
voices within.
"You wear my ring, Berta, dear"
Oliver was saying, "and you promised
20 wear 1t forever as a token of my
gratitude. You would not let me say
more at that time; but now you must
listen to me, darling, and promise to
wear another ring-a plain gold one
is token of my hearts devotion to the
only woman can ever love-"
"Oh, Mr. Blount-Oliver!" faltered
Berta; but she did not draw away from
the encircling arm. "How can you care
for me? And Edith always thought
Pm sure she thinks, too"
Edith's cheeks began to flame with
rage and modification. She felt dis
position to strange her cousin before
she could say anything further, and she
had to bite her lips to keep from cry
ing out.
"Oh. no; the fair Edith knows better
than that; besides" added Oliver, seiz-
ing Berta's hand and kissing It, "but
for her I would never have dared to
tell you the secret of my heart; it was
Edith herself who told me that she
had seen you kiss this little ring of
mine in such a way that she knew you
loved the giver."
An exclamation she could not repress
burst from Edith's pale lips.
ooh, what fool l have beenl" she
muttered. 81 actually have played the
girls game for her."
But the lovers were too much occu-
pied to hear any voice just then except
their own low murmurings; and Miss
Ranken, with sudden feeling that she
had heard enough, glided away from
the overhanging vines and FASTENED
back to the hotel.
Bitter, almost uncomfortable, was her
humiliation; but she was sufficiently
woman of the world to hide it from all
eyes. And her voice was loudest of all
in hearty congratulations when, in the
course of few days, the announce
ment was formally made of Berta's en-
gagement.-N. Y. Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
PROFANITY OVER THE 'PHoNE
There Is Less of 1t Used Now Than
Formerly and More Patience
Manifested.

There isn't nearly as much swear.
ing over the phone as there used to
be-" said girl recently In telephone
exchange. eve been at 'central now
for good many years-more years
than l like to think about sometimes
and am In position to speak with
authority of this apparent change for
the better in public morals. l don't
think 1t Is because men are less adj
dicted to profanity, but because they
are getting used to the phone, and
are more patient. 1t used to be that
business men would brook no delay,
and would not understand why they
shouldn't be treated with the utmost
consideration. Then they would swear.
Now they are educated up to the
thing, and are more inclined to be pa
tent"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
LOVE THE AMERICAN GIRLS.
Many Foreign Diplomats Have Fall
en- Victims to the Charms OF
COlumbia's Daughters.

During the past 10 or ~ years there
has heen remarkable increase in the
number-nf international marriages in
diplomatic circles, and the preponder-
ance of American brides in these al
liances has been so marked as to prove
the subject of much comment at all
the principal courts of the world.
This general preferment constitutes
probably the strongest testimonial to
the attractiveness of Columbia
daughters which could possibly be pre-
sented for, be it known, a majority of
the foreign powers express to the dip
lomats in their service the most en-
phatic encouragement of marriages
with fair residents of the United
States.
SO formidable is the objection that
any member of the German diplomatic
corps who wishes to wed one of the
pretty women Of the republic must
first secure special permission from
the emperor, and this is very seldom
granted. One romantic young Teuton
diplomat who disregarded this injunc-
ton some years ago was dismissed
from the service and has only recently
been reinstated; moreover, one of the
ablest German diplomats, who has rem
dered his government invaluable serv-
ice in the far east, but was too impa-
tient to lead beautiful American girl
to the altar to wait upon the tardy
post between Picking and Berlin, was
summarily deposed and has never been
able to secure restoration to the serv-
i'm
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Cost of Royal House Moving.

Contrary to the general opinion,
the expense of the many changes
made necessary by the queens death
in the various royal residences will
not be paid by the state. All the
changes in Buckingham palace and
Windsor castle have to be paid for
out of the kings own pocket, for
while they belong to the government
the reigning monarch occupies them
only on Life lease, rent free, and it
is understood distinctly that any in
terror repairs have to be made at
the occupants expense. Sandring-
ham, Osborne and Balmoral are the
private property OF the royal FAM
lily, and the king can do as he likes
with them, inside and outside, and
pay neutrality-suspicious. N. A. P.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Wnmen,H Trade Unions.

One of the strongest centers of
trade unionism among women is in
Denmark. The number of women or
ganized in trade unions in that coun-
try is 7,243, of whom 5,244 live in Co.
penhagen. Their organizations EN-
brace IA trades, and include about a
quarter of the women wage earners
of the country. They are best or
ganized in the bookbinding, textile
and tobacco trades.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Great Pedestrians.

1t would appear, from the follow
ing paragraph. from the London
Times of December 10, 1901, that the
smart set in London a century ago
were great pedestrians: "The pc
destrian rage is the most convenient
for n particular description of gen.
tIeman that has been brought for
ward for many years. A complete
practitioner in the art. who discov-
ers a creditor or a bailiff, within a
few yards. may outstrip him in the
twinkling of an eye; and should a
modest acquaintance prepare to APP
proach him with a bow, half doz-
en- modern steps will remove him be-
yond the modification of recogniz-
ing an old friend. reduced to pow
ertY."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

The criminal class costs the Amer
ican people S1,OOO,OOO,OOO a year, ac-
cording to recent statistics. Faced
with such figures 1t Is amazing to
the good citizens that the need of
some central institution for the in.
surance OF thorough espionage
over the 100000 known criminals
within our domain has not already
become evident to our legislators.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Women Elect Women.

Women teachers In France elect
women members on all boards of
education. In Sweden women vote
for all elective officers except repre-
sentatives; also, indirectly, for MEM
beers Ct the upper house. In Ireland
women vote for the harbor boards
and poor law guardians, and in Bel
fast for municipal officers. In Russia
women householders vote for ali
elective officers and on all local mat
fars
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Seen In the Shops.

Persian designs, beginning with II cent
lawns, run up to any price and class Of
goods.
Hats ranging from the prim Dumont to
tie elaborate affair with its long lace scarf.
Fox coats ranging from the Eton to the
full length model.
Walking siits whose skirts just escape
the ground.
Modes dominated by Victoria, Eugene,
Josephine, Marie Anioinette, Du Barry
end Pompadolr.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
officers.
TIE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship of God on the LIST ana
Srd Sundays at IL A NJ, on the ina ana
4th at 200 P. Nj. 7.oo
Meeting for prayer, " Wednesday at ';OO'
P. NJ. Sabbath School at $3.50 A. Nj.
Young mems prayer meeting each SUNDAY
4 mostcordial welcome is extended to all
X. A. KELLY Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

General Eugene Griffin, Of The United
States army, has in bis possession the
American II & made by The sailors in Lieu
tenant 1si'lniurc's party out Of patches amt
shrrds IT l,ir co'bihg afer ibsr ressq e
fr.n, l:,t Insurgents in HE widest iart OF
Lsz91.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
.effiiH1q
Thin

is all right, if you are too fat;
and all wrong, if too thin already.
Fat, enough for your habit, is
healthy; a little more, or less, is
no great harm. Too fat, consult
a doctor; too thin, persistently
hin, no matter what cause, take
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil.
There are many causes of get
';ny too thin; they all come
.ader these two heads: over
work and under-digestion.
Stop over-work, if you can,
but, whether you can or not,
take SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod
Liver Oil, to balance yourself
with your work. You can't live
on it--true-but, by it, you
can. There's a limit, however;
you'll pay for it.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil is the readiest cure for
cant eat" unless it comes of
your doing no work--you can't
ong be we'll and strong, without
some sort of activity.
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The genuine has a n
this picture on it, TR2AA
take no other. AHN|A
If you have not w INA
tried it, send for AltHNSS4l IA
free sample, it's a. ElYN y
greeabIe taste will 1I M NH
surprise you. &lNNiH
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Chemists, sly AlE
400 Pearl Street, GE INK
New York. >x&@1N>
SOC. and $l,oO; all druggists.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Paw OF Army Officers.

A cadet in the United States navy
is paid as highly as lieutenant ID
the British navy.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

Wireless telegraph stations are now
oeing erected by the japanese author
tiles on the Korean coast.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
Church of Christ.

Preaching lst and3rd Sunday,at 7;SO p, m.
and 2nd and Attn Sundays at ii a. IN.
PRAYER meeting Saturday night at Z
o'clock. Sunday school every Sunday al
Wv ROBERT GILMORE, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

Roberto. jackson, judge; II. Bane llar-
man, clerk. Terms of court-lst Monday
i'm April, 4th Monday in August and LIST
Monday in December.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

Carry the Mails Free.
Cuban railroads are compelled by
their charters to carry mails free.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS, Tazewel, Va.
nOfice in building near Court House K. X.
Henry. s. G. Graham.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

n Z. ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW Taze-
h,well, Va. viii practice in the courts OF Ioze-
well county and the Court of Appeals AZ "yIhe-
VILE. Collecting a specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-03-20

.HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
h. Taze we'll, Va. (O1ice up stairs in Law Build
lining counties, aud in Court of Appeals of Vir-
GINA.