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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
cRIcKEnIN THE SOUTH SEAS.
EngIRnd's EavOrite Amusement Ia n
Strenuous Game in Those
Parts.

Australia does not monopolize all
the cricket at the other end of the
world. In Fiji, Samoa and Tonga the
natives have taken to cricket with
perhaps too much enthusiasm. 1t has
become the custom for one tribe to
challenge another, and as every mem
Der of the tribe insists on playing, the
matches are sometimes 60 a side and
run into weeks, the defeated tribe hav-
ing to pay to the victors a forfeit Of
ten pigs.
In Tonga this was felt to be such an
abuse and led to so much neglect of
their proper avocations by the natives
that a law was passed prohibiting
cricket for more than two days in the
week. King George II. of Tonga, a
young man still in the twenties, is a
most devoted crjcketer. He is an ex-
cellent batsman and his agility in the
field is surprising.
The Pacific islanders play cricket
without pads, gloves or any protection
whatever. Their only garment is the
sulu, or waistcloth. They often re-
ceive hard blows from the ball on their
bare bodies, but apparently suffer no
injury. In the remote districts where
.ricket materials are not easily pro-
durable, a tree serves as a wicket, n
cocoanut as ball and a warclub as
hat. Under these primitive conditions,
says the New York Commercial Ga
zette, an umpire is occasionally
dubbed for giving decision adverse
to the batsman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
STORY OF PRINCE HENRY,
Taken to Task by Captain of HIS Reg
iment for Wearing the Order
of the Garter.

One evening in the middle sos Prince
Henry of Prussia, just returned from
a longer voyage in the far east, found
himself at ball in the royal palace
In Berlin. Instead of his naval uniform
of commander he had donned the uni
form of the First regiment of foot
guards, in which he was then lieu
tenant, relates the New York Times
A captain belonging to the same regi'
ment soon accosted him, and, motto
ing certain insignia on his arm, said
to him, grufiy: "Do you know, sir
that It is against the regulations tc
wear foreign orders"
eyes, sir; but my grandmother con
ferred this, and"
"There is also another regulation
which says that foreign orders are not
hereditary. You will report to your
captain tomorrow"
eyes, captain" humbly replied the
prince. "But I said my grandmother
conferred this-she did not give
it."
"Ah. and what do you call 1t, young
man?" inquired the officer, with a
slight touch of curiosity.
"The order of the garter, captain
"Never heard of It, Must be some
fake decoration. shall look into this
matter myself. Who did you say your
grandmother wasp
81 didn't say, captain. But she is
called Queen Victoria"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
A PLEASANT IMPRISONMENT
German Duellist Who Killed a Stu
dent VIII Not Have to Suffer
Much in DURANGO.

The sentence of two and a quar-
ter years Imprisonment in a fortress
which has been passed on the Ger
man officer, Lieut.. Theme, who late
ly shot dead student Of Jena in
a duel, is by no means so severe as
it looks. "Festungs-arrest" in Ger
many is comparatively pleasant af-
fair. The offenders have an agree
able barrack room placed at their
disposal, from which they can emerge
at stated hours and enjoy q pensive
walk about the confines of the fort
ress, and they may even have serv-
ant to wait upon them.
There are few officers thus Gin
carcerated" who do not relish the
change from the disciplinary rigor Of
the barrack yard to the delightful
promenades afforded them within
the precincts of such picturesquely
situated fortresses as Konigstein, on
the Elbe, or Ehrenbreitstein, on the
Rhine, where they are deprived of al
most no privileges save the empty
one of wearing their swords. And
then, too, says the London Chron-
icle, in most cases, about five-sev-
enths of their nominal 'time" is al
ways RENTED them-especially in
cases of dueling-when they resume
their career in a new garrison.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
DIFFERENCE IN MANNERS.
americans Appear to Much Better
Advantage I'm Public Dining
Rooms Than Englishmen.

do you know, / thought you were
English people" said one woman to
another in one of the parlors of a
hotel the other morning. "Why, may
! ask?" questioned the woman she
addressed. "Oh, because your hus-
band wa!ks 20 decidedly ahead of you
into the dining-room."
This remark, showing the result
of unexpected and unsolicited obser-
vation, set the woman criticised to
thinking. She began to observe her
fellow sojourners as they came in
and went out of the beautiful, quiet
dining-room, says the New York
Tribune
To her surprise, she saw that it
was almost invariably the case for
the husband to pause on the TIRES
hold and either walk beside his wife
or allow her to precede him and to
select the seat she preferred to oc-
cupy. AS a general thing the smart,
well-dressed woman evinced neither
hesitation nor embarrassment, but
after one rapid glance which seemed
to take in the whole situation, led
the way with unerring perception of
Me incest spot.
After day or two of this uninter-
rupted proof Of what American wom-
en- do the monOtony was broken by
the arrival of party of English
tourists-two men and two women.
The men at once became conspicu
Gus; they spoke very distinctly to
the head waiter, bidding him find a
place away from those heaters"
said the atmosphere was "beastly
stuffy," and after they were all COM
fortably placed at table the eldest
man in the party evidently asked his
wife if she was suited, for she an
swered with a smile and gentle
voice: eyes, indeed, dear; yes, in
deed"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
and the bottle.
1T IS NOW PARLOR POLO.
The Latest Fad of the New York
Fashionable World IL to Ride
StIck-HOrses.

The newest fad is parlor polo, and
the reader can readily guess its rules
as well as its charms. Parlor polo
can be played indoors or out, and
does not require table with a net.
Sides have been chosen, each player
selects a pony, which is a stick with
a horses head, like the hobby-horse
of our childhood. The men straddle
the ponies; the women ride side-sad-
die or as they please, says the New
York Town Topics. Some of the diff
ferent colored ponies are considered
unlucky, and it is the rule to draw
for choice. The goals are fixed; the
ball is thrown down, and the drivers
hit it or at it with their mallets. The
rules Of real polo are observed as far
as they apply to the restricted space
You will be surprised at the amount
of healthful exercise you can get out
Of this apparently simple game.
There are accidents-the slipping OF a
rider, the falling of pony, the hitting
of an adversary with a mallet-that
add to the interest. The scene is more
picturesque when the men wear polo
costumes and the women parti-colored
polo caps; but this is not required.
Indeed. dinner parties are now hurried
through so that the company may clear
away the furniture and play parlor
polo as they once played ping-pong' :
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
Cnre of sni1ed C1ofhen.

Soiled undergarments or the wash
cloths ought not to be put into a
closet. They should be placed in a
large roomy basket and then placed
in well-aired room at some distance
from the family. Having thus ex-
cluded one of the fertile sources of
bad odors in closets, the next point
is to see that the closets are prop
erly ventilated. 1t matters not how
clean the clothing is in the closet, If
there is no ventilation there will be
a disagreeable and unhealthy odor.
Any garment after being worn awhile
will absorb more or less of the ex-
halations which arise from the body,
and thus contain an amount of for
eign matter which may lead to some
disease. 1t is equally important to
ventilate daily every sleeping room
in use in the house, not forgetting
the room containing your house
plants. Open door OF window and
give the plants free circulation OF
air. not necessarily letting a cold
wind blow directly upon them, but
rather from I he opposite side of the
room. PLANTS thus treated quickly
respond to the treatment. Troy
Times.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
IN SHAKESPEARE'S TOWN.
Children Recite Pieces from the
Poets Works to Tourists to
Get Small Coins.

In the last year or two the young
sters of Stratford-on-Avon have TAX
en- up a quaint custom. The town is
full of children playing in the streets
in an apparently aimless manner, but
as soon as an American tourist ap-
pears the boys gather around him and
begin a recitation in chorus of wistful
singsong. They start in with little
valuable information about the life
of Shakespeare, the dates of his birth
and death are given, and half dozen
iudiciously selected dramas are named
as best representative of his work.
The performance closes with a rendi-
ton of the famous quatrain over the
grave-"Cursed be he"-delivered in a
tired voice. The mass play is perfect;
not an infant gets out of time. When
&they have finished they continue
nding in a ring, mute and pleading,
the appeal of their eyes will haunt
visitor unless he gives penny
Int around the circle. During oil
*he time of ones stay in Stratford, a
group will instantly form whenever
the tourist shows himself. Every boy
in the village is equipped with the min
atorv rhyme and the biographical
foctc
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
A TELEPHONE WIRE NET.
An International System Thnt Con-
meets Principal European cities
with Paris as the Center.

Paris is the center of an interna-
tional telephone wire net; its extreme
ends are London, Hamburg, Berlin
and lin connection with the French
Italian line about to be opened) Turin
and Milan. The Paris-Berlin line is
the longest, with about 625 miles OF
wire. The Paris-Hamburg line Is
about the same. The distance from
Paris to Turin, measured by an air
line. is about 375 miles, and that be-
tween Paris and Milan about 47O miles,
states the Scientific American.
But all these lines are eclipsed in
length by that between Paris and Co
logne. not by the direct line, but by
indirect connection, often rendered
necessary by breaks in the other serv-
ice. In such cases a person in Paris
desiring to speak to Cologne, is con-
nected via Berlin. This roundabout
way increases the wire distance about
375 miles, making the total about
1000 miles. The Cologne Gazette
states that this does not impair the
fis.inctness of the message, and no
less If time is noted in using this in
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
AN UNEXPECTED TRIP.
Wonderful Nerve and Endurance of
an Iowa BOY Carried OF by
Balloon.

Carlton H. Myers, of West Liberty,
Ia, a boy 10 years old, displayed
most wonderful nerve and presence
of mind in balloon ascension,
where even man of experience
might have been expected to lose
courage. An Iowa paper gives the
story:
The balloon was almost inflated
with hot air when the aIchor-ropes
gave way and it started upward sud-
denly with a rush. The spectators
were Mortified to see a boy hanging
head downward from the ropes. The
little fellow, boy-like, had APP
preached too near the preparations,
and his foot became entangled in one
of the ropes. The aeronaut called
out: "Straighten up, boy, but hold
on for all you are worth"
The pluclly lad obeyed, reached
up above his foot, and, catching hold
of the rope, quickly righted himself,
climbed up about eight feet and then
threw his arm through several ropes
that came together just under the bal
loon; he was a number of feet above
the parachute, but so close to the out
let in the airship that the escaping
hot air and gas almost caused him to
faint. He made the entire trip, about
three miles, hanging by one arm.
"The height which the balloon
reached is estimated to have been
about one mile, a distance of 500 feet
higher than the aeronaut intended to
20. They came down in a cornfield
and thus escaped injury"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
Repairing
Neatly
DOEaG

Never thought of such q
sign for a medicine did you /.
Well, its a good sign for
SCOTS Emulsion. The body
has to be repaired like other
things and SCOTS Emulsion is
the medicine that does it.
These poor bodies wear out
from worry, from over-work,
from disease. They get thin
and weak. Some Of the new
ones are not we'll made-and
ali of the old ones are racked
from long usage.
SCOTS Emulsion fixes all
kinds. 1t does the work both
inside and out. 1t makes soft
bones hard, thin blood red,
weak lungs strong, hollow
places full. Only the bestma-
terials are used in the patching
and the patches don't show
through the new glow of health.
No one has to wait his turn.
You can do it yourself-you
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
The Champion spanker.

Prof. F. A. Lille, of Waterbury,
Conn, is the champion spanker of the
world. Recently he chastied 40 pupils
in 81 minutes. A minstrel parade ap-
peared just before the time for the
school to assemble for the afternoon
session. Every one of the pupils,
even to the "littlest girl" struck and
followed the band. During the after
noon the children struggled in and
when the last one had appeared the
professor called an executive session
in the basement, where he had put
away a nice piece of garden hose of
convenient length. In 81 minutes after
the 40 children had assembled in the
cellar they were marched back to their
desks and every one of them had had
taste of garden hose.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
WARSHIP,S PEACEFUL END.
The Macedonia, Captured by Decatur
Now Does Duty as VIZ
Iage Hotel.

New York city's absorption of its
suburbs has been fatal to the Ace of
hard-shell, brine incrusted CLAM Dig
gers that has for 800 years or lpore
peopled the little dot of sand in Ilong
Island sound, one mile long and half
as wide, known as City Island, which
has recently been swallowed up
the great metropolis. One by one the
hunters of the bivalve are being Raid
away in the little cemetery overlook
ing the quiet waters Of the sound.
Those who have not yet succumbed 10
the hand of time are gradually drift
ing away, seeking other fields, OF aIte
accepting the gold of associated cap
italists who have within a month pasE
selected the island as a fruitful field
for speculation, or see in it golden re
turn for investment, says the Kansas
City Times.
Only a few steps from the sandy
shore where the clam digger pursues
his vacation, and in the loneliest part
of the island stands the Macedonian
hotel. When the wreck of the famous
British frigate and prison ship Mace
donia was beached her hulk on the
shores of Harris island, directly across
the water from City Island, a native
conceived the idea of putting the solid
and age-protected timbers to good
use. With boats and assistants he
made many trips to the old hulk, gath
ering the timbers and towing them to
the beach in front of piece of prop
erty which he owned close beside the
shore.
From the wreckage he erected what
has ever since been known as the Mace
DOMAIN hotel, and on irs side are in
scribed these words, which tell the his
tory Of the famous old house:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
CHARMS OF CAMP LIFE.
Opportunities for the Study of wild
Life and the Enjoyment OF
Natures Provisions.

The forester has opportunities to
see and to know the wild life of the
forest better than most men, says
Paul Griswold Huston in Atlantic.
He hears the whistle of the quail
and the drumming of the partridge,
and frequently he finds their nests
and sees their broods of young; he
learns the ways of the wild duck,
stumbles upon the curious nests OF
the ovenbird, and becomes acquaint-
ed with many rare, shy birds; he has
the best of chances to observe the
SQUIRRELS and deer, the two most
graceful animals in the woods, in
their native homes amid the trees,
and he comes across saplings against
which deer have scraped their horns
when in the velvet, follows their
trails to his work, surveys through
their feeding grounds where they
have browsed the tips of cedar, hem
lock. ash and Eastwood, picks up
their cast-off antlers lying among
the leaves anu mus bhOil DSNS W.
matted grass and ferns where they
have lain. And then, too, few things
are quite so palatable as game
cooked to a crisp over a wood fire
in the open air, and nothing tastes
so good as pure, fresh, cold water
drunk straight from q brook, with
ont the intervening aid of cup or
glass. These also are the forester's
advantages. He may fry some brook
trout or pickerel for breakfast, roast
a piece of venison for lunch and
broil a rabbit or squirrel for supper.
The writer has had bass, venison and
partridge in one day, ar& all taken
within a mile Of camp. This, it is
true, is not the ordinary camp fare;
but taste of game is not at all UNI
common, and guns and rifles are al
most a necessary part of an outfit.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
A PARIS SOLOMON.
Magistrate speedily Settles Case by
Cutting Up Bank-Note Amongst
the Disputants.

Nine. Suzanne de Torigny was get
ting out of a cab in the Rue de Clichy'
Paris, one day, when the horse took
fright and bolted. Three men stimuli
taneously laid hold of the horses
bride and stopped the runaway, says
Lloyd's Weekly. Nine. de Torigny,
who considered that the men saved
her life, promptly handed out 80
franc note of the Bank of France,
which one of her preservers took and
pocketed. Then the other two men
who had helped stop the cab claimed
the bank note also, and the three
"preservers" quarreled so bitterly
that presently they were all taken by
the police before the magistrate, M.
Corvette NJ. Corvette suggested that
each of the three men should have his
third of the 81, but each Of them de-
clared that he-and he alone-had
stopped the cab and earned the
money.
Thereupon NJ. Corvette remembered
his Old Testament, took a large pair
of scissors and cut the banknote
neatly into three equal parts, of which
he gave one to each of the men. when
you have all three agreed upon what
you mean to do" said NJ. Corvette,
"come back and see me, and I'll stick
your 50-franc note together for you"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY SONGS
to College Music as the Ger
mans Are.

The conspicuous scarcity of char
acteristic songs in British as COM
pared with German universities is
probably due to other causes besides
the relative Indifference to musical
culture of British youth as a whole,
says the London Globe. The under.
graduate of Oxford or Cambridge
does not take himself with that pro-
digious seriousness which character
ICES the student of Bonn or Jena,
and is not naturally inclined to re-
gard his university career as a sep
arate idyllic phase of existence de-
serving of a reverent and enthusiast
tic lyrical treatment. His general
athletic bias makes him regard "mu-
steal men" of serious cast as a class
apart, whose proselytes are fortu-
nately few, while on the occasions
when his triumphant soul seeks re-
lief in more or less melodious out
pourings, he is apt to find the sim
pie directness of the latest Anglo
American musical comedy fits his
needs quite fully. For these different
reasons, such an attempt as has once
more been made recently to provide
English university men with a song
book after the German pattern Is not
very likely to succeed. There is
neither an adequate demand nor
suitable supply. In Germany there
exists a great mass of student songs,
because for generations the taste of
the students has run in that direc-
ton. In England there are hardly
any songs that have a special suita-
bility for university life at all, and
any selections made from songs at
large is arbitrary and carries little
weight with it's intended public.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
Largest Induction Coil.

The largest Induction coil, which pro-
duces the longest spark for service in
wireless telegraphy, is said to be the
one which was recently made for flash
ing messages between the coast of
Japan and Corea. 1t can produce, in
fact, a miniature streak of lightning
As inches in length, capable of killing
any number of persons who might get
in its way, and when in operation sends
out something like thunderrolls. The
entire apparatus weighs about 1000
pounds.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
How He Knew,

81 hope, sir" said the clergyman
turning to the groom after the happy
nair had been made one, that the
marriage you have just contracted will
prove more satisfactory than your
first"
"W-why," gasped the astonished
husband, show did you know that
had ever been married before and that
the venture had not turned out to my
liking?"
That's easy" replied the coed men
"Ycu gave me. only dollar for tying
.hs knnt "--Clirn0n nsilV N"ws
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29

.
The main room, used as bar, on
the first floor, is framed of the heav-
lest timbers from the old ship. To
many of them are still fastened the
old hooks to which the sailors of the
British fighting ship hung their ham,
mocks. An old cupboard from the gal
ley of the ship serves as bar, and
the cabin used by the petty officers
is used as the place wherein mine host
of the Macedonian keeps his stock Of
ripe old liquor for dispensation among
his customers and the clam diggers
who work along the beach in his neigh
lori God.
On the second food is music room"
that is none other than the main cabin
of the Macedonia. In removing the
lumber from the ship those who did
the work took pains to preserve each
piece and place it in its proper place IN
the Macedonian hotel. The old 1Sx-
24-inch iron barred windows on the
man of war were carefully preserved,
and these now let in the light to the
music room of this unique hotel.
Timbers of Britain's vanquished war
ship also form part of the northern
fence line of the quaint village burying
ground.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
Lnmn of alnrIne Microbes.

Astrange lamp has been constructed
bv Prof Dubois. A glass globe placed
on a metal stand is nearly filled with
a liquid composed of luminous marine
microbes; there are two tubes run
ming from the globe, and through these
a supply of air can be sent to the inte-
rior when the light grows dull, the
effect apparently being to reviyify the
microbes. The light from this lamp
will last for several weeks without re-
newal Of the Illuminating medium.
A TELEPHONE WIRE NET.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
Partisnnship I'm berlin.

An ingenious method of obtaining
reputation for patriotism has been
invented by certain Berlin publicans.
On their shop fronts they hang legends
to this effect: $50 long as the war in
South Africa lasts forbid an English
man to enter my premises"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
officers.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship of God on the LIST and
Srd Sundays at II A NJ, on the IND ana
4th at 500 z. Nj. ooo
Meeting for prayer, Wednesday at 500.
P. NJ. Sabbath School at $50 A. Nj.
Young mems prayer meeting each Sunday
A most cordial welcome is extended to all.
r. A. KELLY Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-05-29
Tame wild Squirrels.

The people of Fall River, Mass, have
protected the wild gray squirrels in
the neighborhood. One was picked up
the other day on the principal street,
and ale candy from the hand Of a
i.leaa!y ehiAen.