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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
WAR MADE By RULE.
How N Martinez in the English Army
Made His Troops march
without Food

An officer now in England sends the
following starry from South Africa, for
the accuracy of which he youches' says
the Chicago Daily News:
"a brigade had been marching with
scarcely any food for nearly "a hours
continuously. When it halted and
rations were served out and the cook
ing had commenced one regiment was
asked by the brigade major to extln-
guish its fires, as they were not IN
line with those of the regiment on
its right The C. o. of the regiment
in question demonstrated as strongly
as possible, pointing out that il the
fires were put out there wouid De
neither time nor fuel (the latter was
very scarce and limited in quantity
to get the cooking finished before the
troops had to march off. But in spite
of all he could say the brigade major
insisted, the fires were put out and
before the tea could be boiled and the
meat cooked the regiment lad TO
march, the men having had no food.
1t would appear from this, says the
London Truth, as if the process OF edu-
eating our officers in the field-staH OF
fcers at any rate--was still proceed
ing only slowly The incident is OF
the more interest since the brigade
major concerned is a professor in one
of our military schools. If the war
office would like his name we shall be
pleased to give it to them-of course,
In confidence.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
TRIBE TRAVELS ON PASS.
Flute Indians Of Nevada Still hias
.''+ Free on the Central. Pa
etflc Road.

The biggest free pass ever issued
was the one which the builders OF the
Central Pacific gave to johnson Sides,
chief of the Piute Indians of Nevada,
for himself and people for life, to ride
back and forth on all except passen-
ger cars as much as they pleased. 1t
has been a source of delight to the
Indians to think that in one case, at
least, their paleface friends showed
the gratitude which is so seldom ex-
pressed, says the San Francisco Call
Those were polite as well as wise
men who daringly started that early
road, even before New York and Chi
cago were connected by rail. They
knew that without the friendship of
the Indians the task would be almost
impossible, and they began by treat
ing the Indians well and keeping their
word with them-the only Indian pol
icy" necessary and the only one which
has ever succeeded.
If you have ever happened to ride
through Nevada on the railroad you
must have been impressed by the fact
that the Indians make themselves
very much at home on the trains.
They swarm over the platforms OF
blind baggage cars and on top OF box
cars and empty fat cars. Sometimes
a freight train pulls into Reno with
more tons of Indians and their bag
gage than it has of freight-and there
is not cent for any of them to pay
If there is any possible excuse fol
them to travel they get aboard an6
go until they get tired or come tc
the limit Of the state which ends their
pass.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
RAN A RACE WITH A TRAIN.
whsn Gen. Miles and James J. Hiii
y Proved Themselves Good
IS sprinters.

Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Presi-
dent James j. Hill, Of the Great North
ern Railroad company, INDUCED in an
exciting impromptu foot race at Bill
lings, Mont, the other day, and the
army officer won easily, states the
New York Times
In company with Senator w. A..
Clark, they were on eiriway TO Can
ton, o., to attend the late President
McKinley's funeral, in Mr.. Hills pri-
vate car. They were standing on the
platform at the extreme rear end Of
their car talking to some friends. The
engine crew ahead was busy fixing
a hot box on one of the tanks wheels.
Suddenly and without warning the
train began to move and the two men
thought It was starting out of town.
The train was short and the engine
a powerful one, and in a half-coach
length would be moving at q ten-mile
rate. To get on board they must-eith-
er climb over the high iron railing
that surrounded the observation plat
form or make a run of 60 feet to the
front platform of the car. In an in"
slant and without consultation both
decided to run for It, and they start
ed even. 1t was hot race while it
lasted and Gen. Miles distanced the
railway man, winning by seven feet
Just as they had mounted the plat
form the train came to q standstill.
The engineer was simply pulling down
to where the station platform was
lower in order that he might work
on the hot box to better advantage.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
QUICK WITS IN THE CROWD.
Cart Tail Orators Often Encounter
Them at Open Air Political
Meetings.

Some of the swiftest kind of re-
partee comes out in political cam
paigns between the cart tail SPELL
binders who address open air meetings
and their audiences. Inside hall the
average New Yorker feels diffident
about interrupting the speaker with
questions or comments, but when
standing in a crowd in the street his
nerve is generally with him, and many
a sharp crossfire of verbal missiles re-
suits. The recent campaign in this
city was no exception, says the New
York Tribune.
A Tammany orator, who is also a
petty officeholder, drawing salary and
"perquisites" from the city, had been
fervently urging a crowd at the Bow
cry and First street to support
Croker's ticket, ignoring for ten min
utes frequent questions shouted at
him which he did not care to answer.
AT last his temper got the better of
him, and, singing out one of his tor
mentors, who had been especially
vociferous on the subjects of "Ice" and
"Ramapo," he shouted:
"What are you yapping for, cur"
because l see theft" came the re-
ply, quick as fash. A roar OF laugh
ter from the crowd drowned the ora
tors retort to that, if, indeed, he had
any.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
NAME OF CAPE NOME.
Professor. DavidsOn's Search Dis
closes the Date of It's
Origin. it

Prof. Davidson, in the National Geo
graphic Magazine, says that during
the last four years he has made nu-
merous inquiries concerning the ORR
gin of the name of Cape Nome. He
searched every available chart and
narrative Of the region until the ad-
miralty chart of 1853 was found, which
proved to contain the earliest use of
the name.
The discovery convinced the profess
sor that the name must have been
given during the voyage Of the Sir
John Franklin ships Herald and Plover.
So he wrote to the chief of the add
miralty asking II any officer on these
ships was named Nome. The follow
ing is the reply: "When the M. s.
chart of region was being constructed
on board H. M. S. Herald attention
was drawn to the fact that this point
had no name, and a mark {? Nance
was placed against 1t.
"In the hurry of dispatching this
chart from the ship this (?) appears
to have been linked in by a rough
draughtsman and appeared as Cape
Name, but the stroke of the ga" be-
Ing very indistinct 1t was interpreted
as C. Nome, and has appeared with
this name ever since.
"Thls information is from an Off
Ger who was on board the Herald when
the chart was made"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
NOTOBAC s s1S CgEE SSSss q 4 Hast. SSlS
RICHEST TOWN GROWS RICHER
A Boston suburb That Has Unique
Distinction Increases It's
Valuation.

Brookline, a suburb of Boston,
Mass, the richest town in the world, is
more than 100000 richer this year
than last, according to the computa-
ton of the towns treasurer. There
is a gain in the valuation of the as
SCISSORS. The rate of taxation is low
err. There is gain in the valuation of
personal estate of more than SO 900, 900,
and more than $2,OO0,O 900 in reality.
There are more inhabitants and gain
in the number of assessed polls.
The total valuation this year is $780,
10000, against s77,052, 800 last year.
The personal estate is valued at $780,
ST. 900, against $2a, 499, 800 in 1900.
This very large gain is attributed to
the fact that Brookline has such excep-
tional attractions for residential pur-
poses. The real estate is valued at
$50, 309, 700, as against $54,453,1 100, the
figures last year. The gain in realities
is largely on land values, chiefly be-
cause of the many recent improve
ments and the extension of railway
facilities.
Buildings in the town are valued at
So, 2o3,6 600, against $22,441, 500 last
year, and the land valuation is put at
$50, 106,1 100, last years figures being
S32, oil 900.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
MISApPLIED WORDS.
GFtsvous Fault in the Use Of Several
That Are Quite Commonly
Heard.

Extra" is an abused word. People
say extra good" or "extra cheap" in
order to intensity good" and cheap"
But "extra" has no such force. So
far from intensifying a given condi-
ton, says the Academy. 1t denies it by
indicating that the thing 30 described
lies outside the sphere or quality
named. Thus "extra judicial" does
not mean more than ordinarily judi
cial, as though judge had dredged
his conscience in giving an opinion,
but outside of judicial, and, therefore,
incapable of being judicial at all in the
prescribed way.
A grievous fault 10 the use of "identi-
fly" in phrase like this: "He Is
identified with the characterization
movement" A man can only identify
himself with another man or set of
men. He can identity himself with
the opponents of vaccination-and
even here the word carries shade of
meaning of its own, distinguishing
the phrase from such one as "he
joined the opponents of vaccination"
One should not speak of "high"- or
slow" caliber; but remembering the
meaning of "caliber." one should ap-
ply to 1t only such adjectives as
"great" or small"
1t is wrong to speak Of consensus
of opinion" The word "consensus,"
itself, means an agreement of
thought, and should stand alone.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
MORE SUN DIALs WANTED.
There IL q Renewed Demand for
Them, and sSme Bring High
flc a Prices.

ave are now called upon for more
sun dials than ever,p said maker OF
optical Instruments states the New
York Sun, "fve times as many, in fact.
for the sun dial has come into favor.
"Sun dials are made most commonly
of slate or of marble; sometimes of
granite. The gnomon, whose shadow
cast upon the dial, indicates the hour,
is of bronze.
"The dial is set upon o pedestal Of
stone, or of terra Gotta, or sometimes
of masonry. And sometimes support
that will serve this purpose well may
be come upon already carved; or some
quaint object is brought into this use.
zone sun dial now In place has for
pedestal the newell post from the mar
BILE staircase Of the Stewart house at
Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street in
this city. We are making now a dial
whose support win be an old capstan.
1--WE are now fashioning Tor an an
cient sun dial broughtfrom abroad to
replace ishe original, long since lost
fromit, agnomon that will be in keep
ing with the dial in character and de-
sign and oflike age with It, at least in
appearance.
''Sun dials, complete as to the dial
but exclusive OF the supporting ped
estalg cost, according to the material
and the labor devoted to them, from
about $40 to $780,"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
WHERE DUMoNT GOT IDEA.
The Automobile Motor Gave the Bra
Gillian Inventor Plan for His
Airship.

To the automobile is due the dirigible
balloon, which has won fame, if not
fortune, for it's inventor and plucky
exploiter, Santos-Dumont. The daring
little Brazilian thus tells how he first
became possessed with the idea Of
equipping balloon with motor, says
the Motor World:
81 got my first idea by putting an au-
tomobile motor under a cigar-shaped
balloon filed with hydrogen gas while
returning from the Paris-Amsterdam
automobile race in 1897. From the be-
ginning everybody was against the
idea. 1 was warned that an explosive
gas engine would ignite the hydrogen
gas above it, and that the resulting ex-
plosion would end the experiment with
my life. My balloon maker went to
work without enthusiasm, and l met
with nothing but Encouragement"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
EATING RAW MEAT.
Nearly All Cases of TrichinOsis Are
Due to This Practice by
Germans.

That uncooked meat should be eaten
by civilized people, and to such an
extent as to make it matter OF the
highest national and economic concern
between two of the most progressive
of natl Ons, would, at first sight, seem
absurd, and yet the habit of the Ger
man people of eating raw pork brings
about tariff disputes and economic
wars with America, says the American
Medicine. Thousands of microscopes
are employed in Germany to prevent
trichinosis. A 1.-THE of the expense and
trouble expended in preventing fool
ish people from eating raw meat would
accomplish the result much more per-
fectly. And this under a government
both grandmotherly and great-grand-
motherly! DR.. Stiles finds that in 274
cases of trichinosis in America, POS
were in Germans. The fact is Of sig
nifcance also as an illustration of the
slowness of the acceptance of science
by the people, and of how Indifferent
we may become in the matter. Among
the most scientific people, and with a
most perfectly organized profession,
the simple and effective method OF pre-
venting the disease in question is ig-
nored and interest devoted to silly tar
if and inSGective protective devices.
Science has many things outrun
practical realizafHcH. There is needed
a more determined effort on the part
of the profession and of the govern
ment to bring home to the people the
knowledge as yet entirely too the
oretic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
(j9c0)1c&n
Zoe. Lsy5T3I9.y-,<-,,-u- $500 Al
sse. soc. II Al Druggists.
Genuine stamped c. c. c. Never sold in bulk.
Beware Of the dealer who tries to sell
something just as good"
HE WROTE THE CHECK.
Denver Bank President Did Not Hes
itate When Confronted by
Desperate Man.

David H. Moffatt, president of the
First national bank of Denver, solved
to his own satisfaction the question
of whether a man should give up
money to an assassin or not, states
the Philadelphia Press.
Several years ago a man came into
the First national bank and went
into Mr.. Moffatt's private Office. In
his hand was bottle containing a
light-colored viscous fluid.
'Mr. Moffatt," he said, 81 am des-
perate man. This bottle contains
two ounces of nitroglycerin. If 1 ex-
plode it, you and 1 and the bank
building will be blown to smither-
Gems. L want $4,000. want you to
write out a check for that amount,
take 1t to the cashier, get the curren-
cy and give it to me-"
II didn't believe" said Mr.. Moffatt,
shat the man had nitroglycerin in
the bottle. didn't believe that he
would have used 1t if he had. But
at the same time there was a chance
that he did; there was a chance that
he was a fanatic; there was a chance
that he would have killed us both.
II figured the thing out in my mind
quickly-a mans mind acts readily
under such ircumstances-and !
came to the conclusion that it was
better to give him the $4,000 than to
run the risk of my life, for $4,000
was only couple of weeks income.
Death was eternity. 1 went to the
cashiers desk, wrote the check, got
the currency, gave it to the man, and
he walked out with it and has never
been seen since"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
ORIGIN OF ABSINTHE.
1t Was First a Harmless Medical
Remedy Used by French
Physician.

Temperance people in Europe were
recently much surprised at the discov-
cry that the deadly absinthe was orig
inally an extremely harmless medical
remedy, says the New York Herald.
1t was a French physician who first
used it. His name was Ordinaire, and
he was living as refugee at Couvet, in
Switzerland, at the close of the eight
zenith century. Like many other coun-
try doctors at that time, he was also
a druggist, and his favorite remedy
was a certain elixir OF absinthe, OF
which he alone had the secret.
At his death he bequeathed the for
mula to his housekeeper, Mile. Grand
pierre, and she sold it to the daugh-
tiers of Lieut.. Henriod. They Guilt
waited in their little garden the herbs
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23

minerals IN II 70 disturb inc dlBesrloh anu
lead to ruinous habits.
We have prepared special book on
Rheumatism which every sufferer from
this painful disease should read. II is the
most complete and interesting book OF
the kind in existence. 1t will be sent free
to any one desiring it. Write our physi-
clans fully and freely about your case. We
make no charge for medical advice.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA, "a.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
DEPOSIT MONEY NO PLEDGE.
No Assurance That ROom-seeker VIII
Return for Amount Left
aa Forfeit.

"There was time" said the wom-
an who keeps boarders, when, If
person paid deposit on room,
considered it as good as rented, but
1 don't figure that way any more.
Either people have more money than
they used to have or less sense OF
honor, don't know which. At any
rate, there has been q change, and
nowadays when a prospective board
er comes along and picks out room
that he says he likes and backs up
his word by giving me two or three
dollars as a guarantee of good faith,
I have no assurance whatever that
I shall ever see him again.
ITO be sure" said the woman, ac-
cording to a New York paper, "this
reckless expenditure of salary is not
an everyday occurrence, but it hap
pens often enough to make me won
der how people can be so careless.
l can readily understand the motive,
but 1 cannot appreciate it. The ex-
PLANTATION, of course, is that the peo-
pie like my rooms we'll enough to
take some precaution against losing
the option on them, in case they
should find nothing more desirable,
but that upon looking farther they
see something that suits them bet
ter, and they would rather sacrifice
the deposit fund than decide in my
favor. Now and then some one
particularly audacious comes back
and asks me to refund the money, but
generally they are content to let well
enough alone. All told, my I'M
claimed deposit money amounts to
about $50 a year, which is not a bad
return from the little time invested
in showing the rooms"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23

India is the land of reports. There
is a monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, an
nual plague of them. There is no coun-
try, probably, in which so many use
less reports are written and so few
read, says the Fortnightly Review. In
one province the chief business of the
local government consists in dunning
it's officers for statistics and reports,
and in compiling from them volumes
for the delusion of the supreme gov
eminent. More than one-half of the
time and energy of every civil officer
is taken up in writing.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
New seaaickness Remedy.

Prof. Heinz, of the University of
Erlangen, claims to have discovered
an infallible and very simple anti
dote against seasickness. "Draw a
long and vigorous breath at frequent
intervals" he says, "and you will never
suffer from this malady." The rea-
son, he explains, is because the ini-
tial cause of seasickness is to be found
in lobe of the brain, the sensitiveness
of which reacts ON the stomach, and
that when fresh air is breathed at fire.
quent intervals the blood becomes
charged with oxygen and thus the Of
Tending lobe loses it's sensitiveRess.
He adds that he has made several ex-
periments on himself for the purpose
of proving the efficacy of this novel
remedy, and has also completely cured
several persons who used to be sea-
sick whenever they went on the wa
ter. Finally, he points out that the
antidote costs nothing and can be test
ed by anyone.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
The Willy Poacher.

One of the latest wrinkles OF the
poacher who goes after quail before
the season opens consists In taking the
forearm off his gun and leaving it at
home. This permits the barrel to
come free from the stock whenever the
gun is "broken down." The poacher
hides the two pieces under his GOAT mn.
til he is out of sight of spectators, says
a London paper, Then he puts the two
pieces together again, which is the
work of only second or two, and is
ready for shooting. If game warden
or other suspicious person heaves in
sight the gun is instantly apart and
tucked away under the coat and the
poacher is busily engaged in hunting
ginseng.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
PIGEONS THE PEST OF VIENNA
Have Multiplied from n Few Pairs In
One Hundred Years Beyond
All Control.

The few pairs of pigeons brought 100
wears ago from Venice to Vienna have
multiplied to such an amazing extent
as to have become a public pest. There
is great difficulty in DISCRIMINATING
these pretty creatures, as, besides the
danger involved to the public in shoot
ing them, many of the birds would per-
haps only be wounded. The town
council has, therefore, resolved that as
many as possible shall be caught alive,
killed and given to poor families, and
that for some years fresh eggs in equal
numbers shall be distracted from the
nests.
The birds, which are great favorites
with the cabmen and porters, are fed
as regularly as the horses, clouds OF
pigeons descending at the first throw
of corn. Hundreds Of birds await an
eccentric woman who appears every
day in the town park in summer and
winter with food for them. In the
winter she brings warm inseed meal
and other food, and they descend at
her call. She is closely yelled and her
name is unknown. The habitues OF the
park have dubbed her the Baroness"
She wept upon being told by park
keeper that the pigeons were to De
caught and killed, says the New York
Mail and Express, and great dissatis-
faction is also expressed by the cab
men,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
County Court.

County Court.
III. Stuart, judge; T. +. George, CLERK,
Tsrms ofcourt-Tuesday after Sd MONDAY
In each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
ra.tor,s moaest. Invitation.

Phillipsburg, Kan, has an up-.o.date
Baptist preacher, says the kansas City
Journal. Instead of doing some SEN
sational turn in order to attract peo-
Die to his church he simply dyertises
in the local paper: There still remain
a few vacant seats at the regular sery-
ices in the Baptist church of this city.
The pastor will, and can, preach better
sermons if the seats are all filled with
worshipful attendants. WIZ you not
Gomez"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
Fss% dVes 4e. and YOU CAN CURE YOURSELF AT HOME
INTERNATIONAL AURAL CLINIC 500 LA SALE AVE. CHICAGO ILL

necessary for connecting it, and, after
they had distilled a certain quantity
of the liquid they sold it on commits
sion to itinerant peddlers, who quick
ly disposed of it in the adjacent towns
and villages.
Finally, during the first decade Of
the nineteenth century, wealthy dis
tiller purchased the formula, and very
soon afterward he placed on the mar
ket the modern absinthe, which diff
fers greatly from the old medical rem
edy, since the latter contained no al
cohol and very little absinthe.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-23
Woman Mans Half.

At the old-fashioned inns and restau-
rants in Sweden it is customary to
charge less for women than for men.
on the theory that they do not eat Sc
much. At some hotels in Sweden man
and wife are charged as one and one
half persons if they occupy the same
room. A husband and wife may travel
as one and one-half persons by railway,
and also by the post routes, furnishing
their cum carriage. -