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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
WHEN SNAKES TAKE FLIGHT.
The Tramp Of HoOfS OF Cattle Is Sure
to Send Them Scurryfng Away
to Places of Safety.

Occasionally a temperate man is
found who studies snakes, and one Of
these is Gen. Milton Moore. reports the
Kansas CITY journal. The general
reads everything he can find bearing
upon the habits and habitats of the
snake society. and for that reason he
was particularly interested in meet
ing ex-Private Alexander Mahlstrom.
Fifth Missouri. who recently returned
from South America.
"Mahlstrom told me-" said Gen.
Moore, recently, that the snakes in
Central America are torpid and stupid
TO a degree. though some of them arc
violent enough when disturbed. They
often bite the wood fellers there. !
never knew them to bite an overland
trailer. I crossed the plains 30 years
ago. and many times since, in the
freighting business. It was my expert
ence that the sound of the approach
of cattle or buffalo sent the snakes
about their business. We lay on the
ground where snakes were thick in
our absence, but scarce in our pres
ence. A snake must have some sense,
and he must reflect that whereas he
might put a lone man to flight. he had
not a ghost of a show with a herd of
cattle or buffalo tramping him. So
he runs when he hears the caravans
coming. 1 never knew them to bite a
man while was going over the trail.
[ recOllect at one time running across
rattler. I was riding a mule. He
woke up, heard the hoof beats and
started off. A rattler cannot run
straight much better than a Swede
turnip can roll straight. He wobbles.
This fellow was terrified, for he took
off. A quick walk was as fast as he
could go. I dismounted, pulled out
my cap and ball revolver and began fir
ing at him. The first shot clipped him
md made him furious. He Kissed and
shook his tail with a vengeance. But
he heard my mule and headed for tall
grass. I think it was my fifth shot,
that broke his back. The snake is a
coward"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

dergone such a change in their ten
dency to the development of mental
diseases as is shown by no other peo-
pie in a similarly short period of time
in the whole history of mankind. |
will take the statistics of our own
state, Georgia, a typical southern
state, as they will probably be of more
interest to this society than would
those of the whole United States. In
40 years the total negro population in
the state has been a little more than
doubled, while the number of insane
has increased twentyfold. No other
such rapid and radical change in the
mental stability of a race is recorded
in history This outburst Of insanity
becomes still more remarkable when
we consider that for generations prior
to 1860 the colored people had been
free from mental disease. II has de-
veloped. therefore without the slight
est hereditary trait.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Universal Smoking.

In Polynesia, China, japan and Siam
smoking is incessant; in Burmah the
Burmese mother takes the chsroot
from her mouth and puts it to the lips
of her nursing babe, while the child
purses its lips and puffs away with
every indication of pleasure. The
Burmese girl smokes a "wAaekiR'
white cheroot." Kafirs habitually
smoke cigars with the lighted sAds in
their mouths and their tongues Adreit-
ly tucked out of harms way. Even
Stanley's pigmies Of Central Africa are
inveterate smokers. The sun never
sets on the smoking world, for before
the white man Of the occident puts
down his pipe at night the yellow man
Of the orient has his matutinal cheroot.
Detroit Free Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
HIND AND BODY AFFECTED.
-ouSumutiOn Has Caused nm Extraor~
binary Deterioration Among
the Negroes.

The susceptibility of negroes to con-
sumption has apparently undergone
remarkable change within the last
third of a century and lung diseases
have become so prevalent among them
as to justify the belief that 1t may soon
be a veritable scourge to the race
During the days Of slavery the disease
was so seldom found among them that
they were considered almost immune
to it. In fact, some of the older writers
took the stand squarely and asserted
that consumption was unknown IN the
race. From being thus so rare as to
be almost unknown, it has in single
generation become so prevalent and
so fatal that now more negroes in the
south are dying of tuberculosis than
of any other disease. While it exists
among all classes, it is in the densely
populated quarters of towns and cit
les, where they live in Overcrowded
and poorly ventilated houses, that II
is found to be most frequent. In instl-
buttons where large numbers are more
or less closely confined the rayages
of this disease are becoming truly
alarming.
The following quotation from pa
per on the Future of the Colored
Race in the United States" published
some years ago by DR.. Eugene Carson
is interesting in this connection. lie
says: "All the information which l
have been able to obtain has satisfied
me that the race was healthy one,
even healthier in the main, than the
whites. Since the war things have
been reversed; the colored race as
race is not a healthy and robust one;
their vitality is in state of unstable
equilibrium; liable from any undue
strain to give away"
Statistics from institutions having
both white and colored patients will
show that the latter is less able to re-
sist the onslaught of disease. DR..
Mitchell, the superintendent of the
Mississippi state insane hospital, in
last report says: "There is one great
difference between the races as re-
CARDS mortality and, although our
treatment, both dietetic and medicinal,
is the same, our loss from deaths
among the colored far exceeds that
sustained by the whites"
Turning from the physical condition
of the negro, let us now investigate
the mental stability OF the race. Since
1860 the negroes Of the south have un-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
STREET ROWING FOR FINDS
A Habit Formed by Some Persons
from Rendlng the Lost and Found
Columns of Newspapers.


"The lost and found column of the
newspaper is responsible for a rath.
er peculiar habit" said an observant
citizen, "and it produces a rather
singular mental condition. 1t has
caused n great many persons to
make a rather close study of the
sidewalk of the city, and no doubt
many of them live in constant hope
of picking up something very valu'
able. They have all sorts of wild
dreams about finding jewelry more
or less valuable, and big rolls OF
money, and things Of that sort. l
am not speaking of the unhappy and
extremely unfortunate class we find
in the city whose life is spent in
searching the sidewalks and the gut
ters for whatever trife they may
pick up. I have in mind a different
sort of people, people who are more
cultured and refined, and whose
minds have by degrees bent into the
groove. Maybe some of them have
found something at some time OF
other, and this has caused them to
search more or less diligently the
sidewalks as they rush along the
street, says the New Orleans Plea.
yune.
81 know Of one case of this sort
a young man who has been so in.
fuenced by the habit that he goes
along the street with his head down,
often passing his nearest and closest
friends without seeing them. He
made the statement to me a few days
ago that during the past year he
had found six silver dimes on the
sidewalk and he had gradually drift.
ed into the habit of searching the
sidewalk with his eyes as he passed
along the streets. Resides he said.
4 am always reading the lost and
found column in the newspapers and
the thing has sort OF fascination
for me. It has produced a perpet
ual condition of mental excitement,
and. Of course, I get great deal of
pleasure ont of it. Now, here is a
curious thing. Men for some time
have INDUCED in the foolish habit
Of counting cracks in the sidewalk
or telegraph poles or touching
things with their hands, but few Of
us have been aware OF the existence
of a class Of men who are constant
~ trying to find something as they
brush along the street. When we
have found men looking intently at
the sidewalk we have supposed that
they were counting the cracks or
trying to keep from stepping on
cracks, or making some sort of curl
Gus study Of the sidewalks topog-
graphy. but instead we now learn
that they are actually looking for
wealth, trying to find something
that somebody else has lost. What
strange flights fancy doth take in
these latter days"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
chow TO PRONOUNCE THEM.
Names of American Cities That Are
Sounded in Different Ways
by the People.

The suggestion has been made that
the proper pronunciation of the name
of st. Louis should be finally deter
mined before the opening of the Louis
lana purchase fair in that city, and it
is urged the council of St. Louis, or
even the legislature of Missouri, should
pass upon the question, states an ex-
change of that city. 1t is pointed out
that an immemorial dispute over the
proper pronunciation of Arkansas was
settled by the legislature of that state
in 1881, when it was enacted that the
pronunciation should be "Arkansaw,"
and the state lived happily ever after.
The name St. Louis was bestowed by
the French when the place was settled,
and the French pronunciation is
Loo-ee, to rhyme with the name of Ad-
miral Dewey The English pronun-
citation is "Lew-iss," practically rhym
ing with the word Jewess. The sug-
gestion, once made, does not, of course,
halt lamely at St. Louis.
When the dispute is settled there
it is proposed to ask Kentucky to de-
clare whether the name of that COM
monwealth's chief city shall be Loo
ey-ville or Lew-is-ville. And Illinois
might settle the point whether the
name of the thriving city Of Joliet shall
be pronounced as the French explorer
after whom it was named did-Zhole
ya-or whether it shall be called Jolly
yet. All this is exceedingly stimulat-
ing to the mind which keeps reaching
out for wider fields, like the mind of
man afflicted with the habit of indis-
eliminate punning. There are plenty
of other towns which need attention.
The name of the city Of Beaufort, in
France, is pronounced Bow-for. A
town in North Carolina. named after
it, is known as Bowfort, while one in
South Carolina is called Bu-fert. A
noted French seaport, Calais, is pro-
nounced Kal-lay, while its namesake up
in Maine is called Kal-lis.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
PrecaufIons of Surgeons.

1t is an object lesson in- goodness
to see a surgeon washing his hands
after performing an operation. He
works, of course, with sleeves rolled
up to the elbow so that the washing
extends from the crazy bone to the
tip of the finger nail. First, there
IS a hard scrubbing with plain soap
and sterilized water. This is fol-
lowed by a swabbing with tincture
of green soap and sterilized water.
Then comes a genuine securing with
equal parts Of quick lime and soda
in sterilized water and finally a rims
ing in a solution Il to 10000 of BIZ
chloride of mercury. Without these
four separate washings no surgeon
would think of venturing out to
scatter germs of disease.-American
Medicine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Okra stew,

Select fresh young pods, trim
them and put into a saucepan with
stock and tomato catsup sufficient TO
cover them and in equal quantities.
Add a slice of ham cut in strips and
salt and pepper to taste and stew
gently for half an hour, covered
Then put into a heated dish, pour the
sauce over it and sprinkle wiee
minced parsley and serve.-WashinS-
ton Star
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Excellent Care.

Mistress-Mary, hope you took good
care of my pets while we have been at
Margate?
Indeed, did, mum; only once for
got to feed the cat"
81 hope she didn't suffer-"
80, no, mum; she ate the canary and
the parrot!"-Stray Stories.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Lost Onnorfnnffr-

Tess-I met that pompous Mrs.
Jorkins on the street to-day, and I
was so mortified. You see her name
was right on the tip of my tongue
Jess-But you couldn't think of it,
Ell?
Not that at all. The trouble was
that I blurted right out: How d'y
do, Mrs. Jorkins?' when 1 might have
said 'Snorkins,' Perkins" or some
thing else to make her mad."-Phila-
6elphia Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
No Chance to Steal.

The gypsies employ very simple
method to check the member of their
band of musicians who has to make
The collection. They give him plate
TO hold in his right hand and live
1y which he has to keep imprisoned
m his left as he goes collecting
noney-Chicago Chronicle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Cheese Crnnueftes.

One pound of grated cheese, fsas
eggs, pinch of cayenne, salt. Beau
the whites of the eggs to stin
froth, stir it into the cheese with salt
and cayenne, mold into balls the size
of a walnut, dip into some seeteh
yolk of egg, and then roll in finely
Drowned bread crumbs. Fry quickly
in deep kettle OF boiling lard. Serve
warm in a platter.-Good Housskeep-
Ing. go.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
The CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church South

Public worship of God on the Let and
Srd Sundays at II A NJ, on the Ind and
4th at 500 P. Nj. 900
Meeting for prayer, Wednesday at 500.
p. NJ. Sabbath School at $3.50 A. Nj.
Young mems prayer meeting each Sunday
al p. IN. ,-u
most cordial welcome is extended to all.
K. A. KELLY Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Presbyterian Church.

Burke's Garden. Preaching First Sun
DAYS, morning and afternoon.
Tazewell.- Preaching second, third and
fourth sundays, morning and night.
Sunday School $50 A. NJ.
PRAYER meeting Wednesday night.
A cordial invitation to the public.
S. o. HALL, Pastor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Eugene
iieEd's
Views on Ambition and Dys-
papsia.

Dyspepsia" wrote Eugene Field,
soften incapacitates man for eEdeavor
and sometimes extinguishes the FIRE OF
ambition" Though great despiteihis
complaint Field suffered from indiI res
ton all his life. A weak, tired stomach
can't digest your food. 1t needs
rest. You can only rest it by the use
of a preparation like Kodol, which re-
lieves it of work by digesting your 1000
Rest soon restores it to its normal 'on''
strengthening,
EnV1gOrating'
by E. G. DEWITT CO. jSs soa ia
The u ytle contains ~ TN 'es sne w.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

Contentment is better than riches,
but the average man is too polite to
want the best for himself-Chicago
Daily News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27
Church Of Christ.

Preaching lst and3rd Sunday lat 500 p. m.
and 2nd and 4th Sundays at IL a. m.
PRAYER meeting Saturday night at 8
O'Clock. Sunday school every Sunday At
$50 a. IN.
ROBERT ELMoRE, Pastor
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

n q. ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze-
n, well, Va VIII practice in the courts OF Taze-
well county and the Court of Appeals at "ythe-
Vile Collecting speciality.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

eco. w. ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT Law
iJTszewell Va. Practices in the courts Of Taze
well and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville Particula; at
tention paid to tha collection OF claims. once
SsaoS-Duilding
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

uI B. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
M lands. Va. Practices in the courts Of Taze-
well and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
paid to the collection of claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

pOWEN & ROYALL, ATTORNEYS AT Law,
Tazewel, Va. Will practice in the courts OF
Tazewell and adjoining counties, and the court
special attention Office near Courthouse,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

n. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ia well,
java. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan coun-
lies, West Virginia, specially. ONCE in straS
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

s. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
4. Tazegell, Va. (Ofice up stairs in Law Build
ing) Practices in Courts OF TazeweH ana al
Joining counties, and in Court of Appeals of Viz
GINA.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-11-27

HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS, Tazewell, Va.
I1Ofice in building near Court House 4. H.
Henry. S. G. Graham.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

The sisters wish all to have a few
duties, and they themselves work all
the time. There is no room for drones
in this busy hive, but, of course, with
so many old people, there is a large
percentage who can do absolutely
nothing
At Work Nineteen Years.
It is about nineteen years since this
order began their beautiful work in
st. Paul, but their first home was not
IN the present commodious building.
They began in what was originally an
old medical college, a stone building
which, after it ceased to be a college,
was used by the Sisters of the Good
Shepherd, and, indeed, today the lot
stands recorded to that order. For
about seven years they used the old
stone building after the Sisters of the
Good Shepherd moved out of it; then,
about twelve years ago, the Little Sis
tiers built the present structure, but
until three years ago the old stone
pudding was used for chapel. But it,
too, went the way Of all things, and
was torn down to make way for the
present pretty, light chapel, which
seats some zoo, about three years ago.
Up stairs in this same chapel there
are two galleries, into which the in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

mass is said at in summer and $50
in winter, and as many or as few as
wish of the good old people, as the
Little Sisters call them, attend. Some
are very eager, indeed, in their relig-
ious duties, and one old woman eighty
seven years of age never misses this
early morning mass unless she is so i'll
as to be confined to bed. Every morn
ing the Little Sisters meet her on the
stairs going down to mass. Another,
an old man, is very devout, too, and
day after day, at $50 in the morning,
he is to be seen stealing along the
chapel with his shoes in his hand, lest
he disturb anyone.
But all this is voluntary-those who
wish to do so, or who do not feel able
to attend may stay in bed. At 7:15
breakfast is served in the dining room
for all who can come to the table; the
others are served in the infirmary or
at their bedsides if necessary. Dinner
is at 1915 and supper at SIS. The
sisters must be early with the last
meal, as there are so many of their
old people who must be helped to bed,
and they tire of sitting up and like to
retire early. This is the way an av-.
erage day is passed.
Those who can help a little, and I'M
like the inmates of many institutions,
most of these people try to do all they
can, so say the sisters. But whatever
work they do, it is the desire of them
selves, and the sisters so arrange It
that all the little duties are finished by
a. M, except two days in the week,
when all the laundry work is done,
then those who have sufficient strength
to help with it work until II o'clock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

roundings. The first novitiate was
founded in the United States only
three years ago in Brooklyn, but this
summer it has been moved out into the
country in Queens, l.. l., about eleven
miles out of Brooklyn. Here there
are today seventy-five postulants and
novices, all Americans.
The order is constantly building new
homes and charging their work so
that at present they have established
shelters for the aged and infirm from
coast to coast The present home in
st. Paul will probably be enlarged on
the north side in the not distant flu
ture.
Old married couples are not entirely
separated here, as in most homes for
old people, and they visit each other
for the whole afternoon every Thurs
day and Sunday and many other times
If either husband or wife is ILL Broth
ers and sisters, too, may do the same,
and there are now four married coup
les and two sisters and two brothers
here.
There is an air Of cleanliness and
cheerful appearance at once i'm
presses the visitor at the home. The
old people look happy and content and
everything is spoken of as "ours," and
the Little Sisters themselves have a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

firm women can go for their devotions,
and on the other side the infirm men
can assist at mass without the trying
eXerrion of going up and down stairs.
Up stairs are the dormitOries, called
by the names of saints, as St. Theresa,
ST. Margaret; and on the mems side
by such names as st. Joseph, st. Ben
edict.
Many charitable families in st. Paul
know the wagon of the Little Sisters,
which calls for old clothes, old carpets
and other castoff articles, which these
Industrious fingers turn to good use,
washing, sewing, mending and turn
ing, to make clothes for their charges.
1.-THE people of st. Paul are very,
very good" says the good mother,
when asked how they manage to keep
so many mouths fed and SO many peo-
pie clothed.
''They give us clothes and money
very freely, and the merchants help
us. People are very good" she added,
simply.
Beside the wagon, two of the sisters
go about constantly and solicit money.
Sometimes times are a little hard,
sometimes we do not know quite
where the gas bill or the coal bill will
come from, but we always trust in
Gods providence. God is rich, you
know" she concluded.
Was Founded in 1910.
The order of the Little Sisters is
not an old one, but was founded in
Brittany in 1910 at st. Servan, near
st. Malo, by the sea, and the mother
house is situated between Rennes and
Oman in the midst of country sur
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

overlooking the river, too, and its high
brick walls on the city side gives it a
pretty, peaceful and secluded air.
AS to the qualifications that render
these people eligible for admission
there are only two, and very simple
ones-age and poverty-nothing more!
According to the code of these sisters
Old age begins at sixty, and this is the
age of admission. But there are quite
number known to be over ninety,
and several who claim to be hun
dred or more. Sometimes the old
people apply for admission themselves.
sometimes their friends do so for
them, and religion is never a consid-
GRAFTON; indeed, this very order has
sheltered and cared for a Jew at one
time. If, however, the applicants have
SUFFICIENT means to live elsewhere, or
friends who are able and willing to
pay their board for them to the ex-
tent of at least SIS a month, they are
not taken in, as they would then fill
the institution to the exclusion of
those more needy Poverty and old
age are alone the open sesame to the
Little Sisters Home
Early Morning Mass.
And then as to rules They are Sc
few in number that it is almost true
TO say there are none. Every morning
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

goods of more than $500 value were
found, the variety running from shoe
strings to lace curtains and women's
So skirts.
The boy could not be found and had
not been got track of yet
1t is learned that Jock has been
making presents of lace handkerchiefs,
silk umbrellas and other valuable arti-
cles to his girl friends in town and it
will be difficult to ascertain the value
While the clerks were busy with Gus
toners he is supposed to have carried
stuff out the back way and slowed it
in his delivery wa CONS.
1t has developed that the boy has
also been helping himself to flour and
groceries out of j. T. McFarland's
store, adjoining, by way of the back
door. III