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pounds. He was of perfect physique. |
lie was robust in health and continued
so to a very great age, He was Of an
enquiring mind, above the average,
strong in his convictions of right and
wrong, and an earnest Christian. His
whole life was high standard of ex-
allied American manhood, worthy of
emulation. He died with long and
useful life to his credit and nothing to
his discredit. He took a lively interest
in public affairs.
In 1874 he rode on horseback to
Winchester, Va, the closest railroad
point, and went from there to Phila-
delphia to hear Daniel Webster speak.
He visited the principal eastern cities
and Niagara Falls. In 1S47 he married
Mary L. Hannah, whose home was
near Middletown, now Bluff City,
building a comfortable home one mile
east of the paternal residence. He has
been known far and wide as one of the
most prosperous and hospitable farm
ers of East Tennessee. From his mar
riage with Miss Hannah he was blessed
with five children, all of whom grew to
man and womanhood: Richard, NOW
dead, Julia Mrs. Prather, of Mt.
Airy, N. o. Jas. NJ, citizen of Bris-
toll; Blanche, (wife of Charles P. Faw),
and Rufus, NOW dead.
He was a devoted father, following
with keen interest even to his dying
day the well.being and doing of his
children. He was a member of the
Methodist Church, South. He was
broad and charitable in his opinions,
and a man of much patience with ig-
norance. AS through advancing years
his body continued strong, the acute
ness Of his mind and memory was won
derful
For little while after his children
had grown up and left him, he rented
his farm and visited with his children
but this, while pleasant, was not sat
isfactory, and ten years ago with his
son-in-law, Charlie Faw, he returned
to the old home and there, ever cheer
full and ever cherished by his daughter
and her husband, his life has been one
of peace and quiet happiness. His
three little grandsons, Isaac, Willie
and Harry Faw, have been great
source of comfort and companionshir
to him.
Thus has ended life lived through
the most eventful period in moderl
history. Railroad engines, the cleo
trio telegraph and steamboats, were I'M.
known when he was born; the great
civil war and its preceding politica
eruptions were current history will
him. He had been permitted to Sc,
and experience more than most men
His worth of citizenship stands on
bright and strong in his own communi
ty. Hundreds of times every day fot
ten days past has the question beel
asked, "Have You heard from Uncl
Ike DEFAULT today?"
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock funera
services will be held at the house ant
at ten o'clock the last of Mr.. DeVaul
will be laid to rest beside the ashes 0
his ancestors and kindred, at tn
family burying ground on the old HON
place.
Peace to his ashes and sympathy t
his children. Bristol Courier.
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Story of a Snub Revived.

The appearance at the White House
of President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of
the University of California, has at
tracted much attention and revived a
story Of month ago, in which the
President of the United States and
President Wheeler were the central
figures. 1t would be recalled that when
President Roosevelt was in California
he dedicated the University of Cali
fornia.
The dedicatory ceremonies was held
in the uniyersity's amphitheater,
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President Roosevelt have objected to
the mention of the names and the
natural demonstration of enthusiasm
that would have resulted?
California is said to be so indignant
over the remarkable situation that
President Wheeler may we'll feel it
necessary to have soft spot selected
for alightin purposes aud there is en-
inent propriety in the administration
furnishing the spot.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16
JUDY 25. 1903,

see, III the ABOVE styled cause, L VIII
on
SATURDAY, JULY %, 1903,
at the court house door III Jonesboro,
Tennessee, offer for sale to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, all the right,
title, claim and interest that the de-
PENDANT, j. W. Looper, has in and to
the following lot or parcel of land ly-
ing and being in the Ninth civil dis
trict of Washington county, Tennes-
see, and more particularly described as
follows, to-wit: Bounded on the north
by Roll, on the east by Lowdy, on the
south by Hughes and on the west by
Day, containing forty acres, more or
less, and subject to the homestead
rights of defendant, the same having
been levied on March Goth, 1908, in the
above suit, and returned to the office Of
S. S. kirkpatrick by J, E. Perry, Con
stable.
The said described land will be sold
to satisfy a judgment that said A. D.
Adair and McCarty Bros. obtained
against said J. w. Loope before S. s..
Kirkpatrick, J. p, of Washington
county, Tennessee, for the sum of So 20
with interest thereon, and also for the
costs of the cause, unless said debt, IN
terest and costs shall be sooner paid
This the 30th day of June, 1903
Gus BRoDERIoK, Sheriff.
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For lazy liver try Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They in.
yigorate the liver, aid digestion, regu-
late the bowels and prevent bilious at
tacks. For sale by all druggists,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

What the city loses in liquor licenses
it is making up in fines. There is
nothing lost but time in getting the
goods.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

There seems to be disposition on
the part of some Of our citizens to
strain at a City Hall and swallow the
entire bond issue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

Jack Reaves went down to Memphis
and took the high balls out of those
editorial guns and the duel has been
declared off.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

What is the secret of happy, vigorous
health? Simply keeping the bowels,
the stomach, the liver and kidneys
strong and active, Burdock Bitters
does it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

Johnson City is going to put $50, 900
into public building and paved and
macadamized streets. Tell that to
your prospecting neighbor.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

Our Bob's lion will take six years
nap, It's longer slumber depends on
the survival of the Shiloh issue. Nash
willie Banner.
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Eczema

How it reddens the skin, itches, oozes,
dries and scales
Some people call II letter, milk crust or
salt rheum,
The suffering from it Is sometimes In.
tense; local applications are res0rted to-
they mitigate, but cannot cure,
1t proceeds from humors inherited or ac-
Qured and persists until these have been
removed.
Hoods JarSdpdriLLG
positively removes them, has radically
and permanently cured the worst cases, and
is without an equal for all cutaneous
eruptions.
HOODS PILLS are the best cathartic Price % cents
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

Link Houk knows that he saw Logan
because he touched" him.
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Everything seems to be working to-
gether for those who love bonds.

A couple Of "dry" DRINKS created
considerable excitement in the city
Wednesday.
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SHERIFF'S SALE OF LAND.
In the Circuit Court of Washington
County, Tennessee.
A. d. Adair and McCarty Bros.
VS..
J. w. Looper.

By virtue of venditioni exponas is
sued to me by the Clerk of the Circuit
Court for Washington county, Tennes-
see, in the above STYLED cause, l will
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
CONSULS' LOVE FOR DETAIL.
Requested to Obtain Information on
Dutter-NalSing in Their Countries
a Number Give Particulars.

The state department certainly Is
willing to do all it can to accommo-
date American manufacturers who
wish to find foreign markets. A Min
ncapolis company applied to the de-
partment for information as TO
creameries in foreign countries. 1t
desired to know where it might be
able to sell butter making machinery.
Consuls from China to Peru were in
structed to investigate and report
concerning creameries, their output,
the prospect for new enterprises, the
duties on dairy machinery and to give
any information which would enable
American manufacturers of such ma
chinery to open agencies for its dis
tribution or plants for its manufac-
ture, says a Washington report.
The consuls responded, and the
state department published a cream
cry symposium. h makes pamphlet
Of 156 pages. There are few illustra-
tons. One of them represents the
process of butter making in Asia Mi
nor. where American dairy machin-
cry is much needed. The milk, usu-
ally that of the sheep, is put in a
goatskin, suspended by cords, and is
ierked around until the white and
curdy butter forms. The women who
do the work are homely creatures.
President Roosevelt has called at
tcntion to the growing tendency to
provide for the publication of masses
of documents for which there is no
public demand, and for the printing
of which there is no real necessity"
The information of real value to
manufacturers of dairy machinery in
the state department pamphlet could
have been put in a dozen pages. They
do not care to be told that in New
Caledonia or Tunis there are nc
creameries and no prospects of any
The pamphlet in question is only one
of many public documents which
need the judicious condenser with his
blue pencil.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
PHASES OF A BOYS LOVE.
sire to BE Clean and Well
Dressed.

1t is deeply and touchingly signif-
cant of the uplifting influence OF
woman over man that the first heart
throb of a boy is always accom-
panied by ablutionary symptoms. The
earliest indication that a masculine
creature gives of susceptibility to the
fair sex is when he first voluntarily
washes behind his ears. Up to that
time his morning bath, except upon
compulsion, has only described a
small circle taking in his eyes, a seq
ment of his cheek, and his chin. ~
thorough scrubbing he has regarded
as one of the tortures of the iniqui-
sition; combing his hair he has looked
upon as foolish waste of time, that
might have been spent on tops and
marbles; while brushing his clothes
and shoes has seemed a contemplate
trucking to effete customs of So
ciety, that was unworthy an intelli-
gent human being, says Ainslee's.
Suddenly, all this is changed. Some
morning the boy appears abnormally
clean. He develops a mania for
scented soap. His ears are beyond
reproach, and if he has the making
of a lover in him, he begins to mani
cure his nails. He becomes critical
about collars and neckties. His fam
lily say: "How Tommy is improving!"
and his mother congratulates herself
chat her lectures are bearing fruit.
In reality, it is the first Fremont
ton of love-vague, inarticulate, in
tangible, but unmistakable. No man
ever realizes his defects until he
sees them reflected in feminine eyes.
Men do not dress up for each other.
But for woman's opinion, they would
still be going about in comfort and
the aboriginal blanket. The silk hat
and dress coat are a daily offering on
her shrine, and Tommy's newly awak-
ened desire to fix up is simply his
first consciousness of woman. He
does not understand its portentous-
ness, and he may still outwardly
scorn little girls, but for him the die
has been cast. The disturbing and
compelling influence of woman has
entered into his life.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
You Will Be Happy if Well.
Paine's Celery
Compound
Bestows that Health and
Vigor that Makes Liv-
ing a Pleasure.

II YOU are sick and out-of-sors, it is in your
power to make yourself healthy, strong, and
happy.
There is not the slightest reason why you
should 90 through life feeling sickly, miserable,
languid, and melancholic. To be well and
strong, means happiness and true JOY.
If you are sleepless, rheumatic, neuralgia,
dyspeptic, or have the shadows OF disease
lowering over you; if you are not as bright,
energetic, and strong as you were some weeks
ago, the Use of Paine's Celery Compound will
tone up and fortfy your whole system, cleanse
the blood, correct digestion, sharpen the
appetite, and conduce to restlul sleep. Thous
ands once in a half-dead condition owe their
present good health to the use of Paine's
Celery Compound. Mr.. VIM. S. Gibson, Of
Pleasureville, Ky, who, through sickness and
suffering, was brought near the dark grave,
writes as follows, regarding his marvellous
cure:-
81 have been broken down in health and
strength, nervous system shattered, kidneys
out Of order, had nervous and trembling spells
off and on for the last ten years. | have taken
three bottles of your Paine's Celery Compound
and all of the above mentioned troubles have
left me, and can now do good days work
| 20 about my business all day long and it
don't worry me, and now feel better than |
have in ten years. have a good appetite,
and can eat and get around on foot as active
as when was boy. My age is 6S years"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
HUMOROUS.

Political Disqualification was 1t
that Henchman lost his official head?"
by the ac's of the legislature. "-Indi-
annapolis News.
He-"Do you think you could sing
Forever and Forever?'" She-"Well,
I don't think so. I'm only down here
for the weekend. Punch.
Looking for 1t Cheap.-Dentist-
"Now, do you want to take gas" Coun-
tryman-"Wall, 1 guess as how gaso-
line would be cheaper."-Detroit Free
Press.
He-"I kind O. think I've seen you be-
fore. Amt you a shop girl at Bar
gen's?" She-"Sir! I'm saleslady."
He-'That so? Pm an elevator gen.
tleman at the same place. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Father-"I wonder what's the mat
ter with Nellie this morning. She acts
like one possessed" Mother-"She
probably is. I noticed new ring on
her finger when she came downstairs"
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Washerwoman's Husband
Waggsby-"See that woman and her
husband? That woman is the sole sup
port of the family She has washed
for 80 years" Naggsby-"And the hus-
band?" Waggsby-"He hasn't."-Bal-
timore American.
"And now" asked the teacher, at the
end of long description of the brain,
"where is the seat of memory? Can
any of you tell me?" "Yessum, replied
Johnny Brighteyes; "in the little fin
ger, where you tie a string around tito
make you recollect!"-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Sad Story of William Fox.-Three
weeks ago Mr.. William Fox, a respecta-
BILE miner in Colorado, accidentally
scratched the back of his hand with a
pin. He paid no attention to the
wound. Two days afterward it began
to swell slightly. Still he paid no at
tention to it. On the third day it was
worse. Yet he continued to neglect it.
Last Friday Mr. Fox was blown up by a
premature explosion of dynamite
Chicago Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
Theory of the Aurora.

The latest theory, and very in
genious one, is that Of Unterweger,
who supposes that cosmetic ether,
which fills the celestial spheres, when
met by the earth'S movement, is com
pressed or condensed in front OF the
earth in the direction of it's move
ment, and dilated or rarefied, on the
contrary, behind it. This cosmic ether
is more condensed before the earth
than that which is borne along in the
whirl of the world at from 80 to "A
miles per second, and is more raretied
behind. The result is that one-half OF
the earth, or the northern hemisphere,
will be negatively electrified and the
southern half positively electrified
with the space regions which they are
leaving. Only the magic of the spec
troscope will probably push aside the
curtains of this grand mystery and
reveal the truth.-Frank Wilbert
Stokes, in Century.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
THROUGH NILE RAPIDS.
Tb riIIIng Experience of One Traveller
While Canoeing on the Great
Egyptian River.

William Gage Erving carries the
readers of Century on an exciting trip
from Khartum to Cairo in his Adiron-
dack canoe. OF one adventure he
writes:
when my faithless pilot told me
that the cataract was passed he de-
Iberately lied. L had gone barely a
mile, proceeding in the very middle OF
the stream without a thought of dan
ger, when just ahead a long white
ine appeared, spanning the entire river.
In a few seconds this had developed
into a barrier of spray-capped pillows
from which there was no escaping. In
a twinkling 1 found myself at the top
of an inclined plane of water, where the
river shot over the underlying ridge
in one unbroken sheet, as water over
q dam in time of flood. Down this the
canoe rushed with the speed of race
horse, rose sharply on the pillows be-
yond, hurled itself seemingly through
space, and fell upon the top Of chaos
of foaming waves with crash truly
appalling. A yell Of terror escaped the
lips of my boy as he frantically grasped
the gunwales, mass Of water drench-
ing him from head to foot. For few
moments the canoe tossed wildly about,
kept head on to the waves only with
the greatest difficulty, and then plunged
madly through foam and eddies into
the smooth water beyond.
This lasted but a short distance,
and scarcely had recovered my breath
when a new danger confronted me.
Not a quarter of a mile ahead ridge
ofroeks appeared, extending across the
| river, a mass of black powders amid
foanSand spray of dazzling whiteness.
NewfGre in this roaring inferno upon
which was being rapidly borne could
I discover sign of even the narrowest
passage. Absolute destruction OF the
canoe seemed inevitable when, catch
ing sight of a great fiat rock the front OF
which, thirty feet in width, rose above
the brink of the fall, seized the last
chance and headed directly for 1t,
steering sharply to the left when not
six feet from the granite barrier. AS,
almost grazing its stony face, the boat
sped alongside towards the maelstrom
beyond, 1 caught up the long painter
coiled at my feet and made flying
leap. landing on the sloping surface
of the rock, worn smooth by long action
of the water. Fortunately my bare
feet did not slip, and by bracing my
self the canoe was brought up with
sharp jerk. Suleiman, who through
out had behaved splendidly, sitting
motionless in the bottom of the boat
with both hands grasping the sides
and his eyes never leaving my face
now rolled out, and in q few seconds
canoe and kit were high and dry on
the rock, and 1 was running to the
brink to cool my feet, blistered from
toe to heel by the scorching stone
Our desert isle stretched some three
hundred feet down the stream, anc
below it the rapids appeared less
dangerous. Here, then, we Launched
the canoe, and at length reached
smoother water. The terrors OF the
Nograt lay behind US.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
WHAT GOES INTO A DAM.
Materials and Labor Required to Con-
struct One In the Hudson
River.

The ordinary layman who sees the
results of such labor as the dam across
the Hudson river at Glens Falls cannot
grasp the details with any comprehen-
sion. To say that 100000 barrels Of ce-
ment were used in which the huge
blocks of granite were laid; to state
that 100000 tons of this same granite
we're built into the wall; that 10000
trees were cut for the woodwork; that
1900 men labOred for three years to
complete this narrow barrier stretch
ing across the river, represents only
series of ungraspable ideas, says Les
lies Monthly.
The cable ways used to transport
buckets of cement and blocks of stone
were the largest in the world, the big
gest 2,4OO feet in length. 1t needs H.
400 feet, or fully two miles Of wire, to
run this gigantic aerialroad.
The finished dam-it will probably be
completed early next spring-will be
/ 400 feet long, exclusive of the 400 foot
WALL of the canal built to conduct the
water to the turbine wheels. The
greatest height will be 154 feet, with
a width along the top of II feet. There
are one or two such constructions
slightly larger in size, but none that
bar so mighty and powerful river.
The power developed will be $4,000
horse power at times.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
"Biography of a snowhake.v

In order to have fair start in life
a snowflake should be built up on a
particle of dust. Then, if it has the
good fortune to begin its career at
the top of a cloud many miles above
the earth, and to pass through many
atmospheric strata, differing in Their
temperature and the amount of mois-
ture they contain, our snowflake is
very likely to become a notable indi
,idual among its kind. In stratum
of warmer air the little fake catches
moisture on its tiny spicules, and when
it enters colder stratum below, the
moisture is frozen, and so the flake
grows. In a thawing air many fakes
sometimes cohere, forming disks from
an inch to two or three inches across
knowledge.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-03-26
INCUBATED DUCKS.
They Are Very Timid and Lights Are
Burned All Night for
Them.

The.difference between an incubated
chicken and duckling brought into
the world in the same artificial way
is very noticeable. The chicken wll!
strut into the open with all the small
amount of strength at its command,
and look about as if it thought the
world ought to be amazed at seeing
such a pretty creature, says the Gin
einnati Enquirer. The duckling, on
the contrary will give one glance out
of the hole, and then run back into
the darkest corner and try to hide
itself.
When placed in the runs destined
for them, the ducks are scared at the
least thing; any strange noise will
cause them to huddle together in the
farthest corner, piling themselves one
on the other three or four deep; the
result is death to some and injury to
many more.
A duck loses weight every time it is
frightened, so that breeders are care
full not to disturb them. Such cow
ard is the incubated duck that it be-
comes necessary to burn light all
night; if left in the dark, the vivid
Imagination of the creature will con-
jure up all kinds Of things to get
frightened at, and consequently it is
more profitable to burn a light.
An incubated chicken is sometimes
placed with the ducks to show them
| how to look after themselves.