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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
SHE WAS NOT THE QUEEN.
tOrio and FuIl-SOundIng,
Just the Same.

Representative Shattuc, the fat, jolly
Joking member from Cincinnati, is
never so happy as when he is playing
a practical joke on his fellow mem
bers or some of the employees Of the
house. Not even the bright boys,
called pages of the house, are i'm
mune from his playfulness. Many
of the little fellows have the auto
graph craze, and they are keen after
the signatures of distinguished or
conspicuous persons, says the New
York World.
The other day Representative Shat
tue hustled into the house from the
direction of the senate. Meeting one
of the youthful autograph fends. the
Cincinnati member remarked: "Say,
bud, l just passed Liliuokalani, the
former queen of Hawaii, on her way
to the senate. You ought to get her
name in your book"
"Bud" only needed the suggestion,
and a moment later, album in hand,
he was dashing along the corridor
trying to locate the dusky queen, as
described by Mr.. Shattuc. In the
ladies' reception-room of the senate
Bud approached a pOrtly eolored
woman, the shade of a rusty nail,
decked out in flaming attire, a big
red hat. and a plentiful supply of
pinchbeck jewelry.
"Would you please give me your
autograph" asked Bud pointing to
q writing table, upon which there
was pen and ink.
"What you mean, ehile?" inquired
the supposed queen, Indignantly,
probably having heard of the gold
brick process.
"Ain't you Queen Lilioukalani?"
asked Bud.
"No, indeed, honey. Use Martha
Washington syfax from Forginia, and
Use looking for nah member, Mr..
Rixey, of Culpepah county"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
APPEARANCES DECEITFUL.
old Eph'e Talk to the Catfish That
Took His Hook While He
Was Asleep.

Uncle Ephraim had fshed in the lit
tie river from boyhood. In his old age
the habit overmastered him, and he
fished on daily, Notwithstanding there
were, by popular consent, no more
fish left in the stream, relates the New
York Times.
EDh would bait his hook and throw it
in, attend to the business in hand for
a little while, and then go to sleep. He
would sleep hours at time, and some
times all day, holding on to his fishing
pole from mere force of muscular hab-
it,
One day, while he was sitting thus,
perfectly unconscious Of what was i'm
pending, big catfish swan down the
stream from some mysterious hiding
place. grabbed the hook with rsvenous
vigor, and started to sweep on down
with the whole outfit.
But the jerk, the swish, the commo-
ton, aroused Eph's muscles to kind
of automatic action. before he awak-
ened from his slumber. The muscles
gave a jerk and landed the siluroid
way back % or 30 feet from the bank
Eph awoke, looked around, saw il
struggling and Topping toward the
river, got up, rubbed his eyes in sleepy
bewilderment, grabbed the fish, and
while securing him by slipping little
willow through his gills, gave him bit
of salutary advice:
"Look heah you ole varmint, you
mussen' fink dis yeah nigger's allus
asleep, eff you does come erlong and fin
i'm wild is eyes shet monstuS tight"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
ABOUT GALL STONES.
How Their Presence May Be Deter
mined and Some of the Gre
alive Causes.

GaIl-stones are the cause of hillary
collie. attacks of which are usually
marked by intense pain and alarming
collapse, says Youths Companion.
Gall-stones are composed Of the
more solid ingredients of the bile, so
that they are "stones" only in the TACT
that they are hard and composed IN
part of mineral salts, such as normal
ly are found in the bile, only IN solu-
Bile state. The occurrence of stone III
this region, and in other cavities OF
the body, is hence no cause Of wonder
ment. but is result of the presence
of the solid constituents in too great,
or of the watery elements in too small
quantity.
The presence Of gall-stones in the
gall-bladder or in the narrow passages
through which the bile flows, from the
liver to the intestinal canal, is not
always announced by attacks OF sharp
colicky pain. An indefinite soreness
or pain of irregular duration and vary
ing degree in the pit of the stomach
or from that point to the right, along
the border-line well marked by the
lower limit of the bony parts OF the
chest wall, may be due to gall-stones
or to the collections of thickened
masses of bile, which are the pre-
cursors of gall-stones. These masses
Of thickened bile may, OF themselves,
occasion hillary collie of a milSer form.
hillary collie is one of natures dam
ger-signals, but one rarely needed by
the sufferer. The presence Of gall
stones or of thickened masses Of bile
indicates the need of a larger quantity
of liquid, and smaller quantity OF
solid. elements in the food. Topreyent
the formation of these distractions
and to dissipate such as may have
formed, drink more water and eat less
solid food.
1t is interesting to note that among
English physicians the popular treat
ment for gall-stones formerly consist
ed, in large part, in restricting tho
diet; while in Germany liberal use
of the mineral spring-waters, notably
the Carlsbad was prescribed. Arecog-
milton of the value of the two methods
combined has resulted in the adoption
of both these measures by physicians
Solids are given more sparingly and
water more generously.
Errors Of diet so commonly result
in disorders within the bile ducts that
these disorders are more common than
the frequency of symptoms would lead
one to suppose. Devotion to the pleas
ures Of the table is not consistent with
healthy state of the liver and bile
ducts. Soreness in this region should
be regarded as warning, if one would
escape the severer manifestations
which continued indulgence in full and
frequent meals, together with insult
ficient exercise, entails.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
Bequirements of a President.


To tell boy that he may be pres
ident is to put the presidency above
other earthly prizes attainable by
our future men, and to imply that
the route to the presidency is a peo-
pies free highway. There is, in
truth, no royal road to the white
house, nor special privilege to any
person or class that may have a
fancy for it. What the law says as
to the presidency is simplicity itself;
merely that a president shall be a
native-born citizen at least 35 years
old, with a residence of not less than
IA years within the United States,
and that he shall be elected by ma
iority of votes in the nation. There
are millions of boys who in time will
meet all these requirements but the
last. The boys possess the wide
open field, and how wide it is may be
Judged from the distance between
Jefferson and Madison, bonn to
wealth and high training and Jack
son and Lincoln, born to dire pow
erty and cast upon the world to train
Observation-Disclosures F. Benjamin, in
| St, Nicholas.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
SEPARATION OF FAMILIES.
Dissolution of the Marriage Contrhet
AID Its Causes-A Curious
Situation.

About 1880 the very small body Of
persons who had studied the science
of sociology began to perceive that
American families were disintegrat-
ing at a rate hitherto unknown. Be
ginning in the late '40s, in the state
of Connecticut when lax laws were
introduced, for 40 years stterWard
the downward movement was rapid
and general. The dissolution OF fam
flies in many parts Of Europe, both
in Protestant and Catholic countries,
md even in Russia under the Greek
church, was also rapidly increasing,
saws the Pilgrim. The most notable
advance was among Protestants and
Americans. In Ohio the increase was
chiefly among those counties settled
by New England stock. 1t Is facts
like these that doubtless were in
mind when a well-knOwn woman
suffragist recently preached the
startling thesis that the increase Of
divorce marks a moral advance.
Doubtless wife beating has de-
creased as divorce has been made
easier for the down-trodden; but so
have cruelty to children and animals;
so have fogging in the navy and pub
lie executions and brutality in gem
eral decreased. The less domineering
attitude of husbands which accom-
panies modern civilization is not the
result of fear that the law will free
wives from their power. Though lax
laws have much to do with the In
crease of divorce, the philosophic
mind must see that the real causes
lie far deeper. The bitterness OF the
apple of family discord comes from
the soil and atmosphere of modern
spiritual, industrial and social condi-
lions. in which each factor is both
cause and effect. In a period OF %
years New Hampshire increased her
divorces threefold without changing
her laws during a longer period.
Said a young Methodist clergyman
in New Hampshire village recently;
sin my first pastorate l married Il
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
His Awful Break.

eyes" said the Boston girl, as she
polished her spectacles with paper
napkin, 81 came within an ace of get
ting spliced to that New York mil
lionaire, but 1 was snatched from the
matrimonial brink, as it were"
"Put me next" urged her chum.
"Well," continued the heroine Of the
skit, "he began by saying he loved me
from the ground up and asked me to
give him my hand. Then, Of course, it
was me for the coy-maid role, so 1
said: You must ask my pa And say,
what do you think?"
81 don't think" replied the chum.
"I'm from the Back Bay district and
you'll have to inform me-"
"He said" continued the other:
"'Pardon mel stand corrected; give
me your paw And right there all bets
were declared off, for you know my
sensitive nature wouldn't allow me to
stand for such kindergarten talk az
that."-Chicago Daily News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Sunday School
every Sunday $3.50 a. N. preaching n'e'
and third SUNDAYS, II 4. m. and p M
ID. A.. Glenn, pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S u Il
School every SUNDAY at $50 a. m. Preach,
inc fist and third Sundays Up. M, second
and fourth SUNDAYS IL a. IN. Chrlsuan
Endeavor every Friday at : p. IN. H. t.
ElmOre, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street.
Sunday school every SUNDAY at $50 m
"Iiule Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday y. IN. Preaching
first and thrd Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sundays Up. IN.
NORTH fAZEWELL CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday at ~ a. ~
Preaching first and third Sundays p. NJ
second and fourth Sundays II a. M.
PRAYER meeting every Friday p III. H.
A. Kelly, pastor.
UNION PRAYER SERNICE.-Every
"Wednesday evening Z p. m, alternating
between the Baptist, Christian and Meth
odist Churches.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every sunday at $50 Il. N. Preach
inc second, third and fourth Sundays at
III a. m. and 7. 2. IN. Preaching NTH
SUNDAYS at II a. m. Prayermeetlng every
Wednesday evening p. III.
PRESBY BURKES GAk-
DEN.-Preachlng on first 81 day at ii a.
m. and p. NJ. S o. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNClL
Every Monday at p. ID.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Wellesley college enjoys the reputa-
ton Of being the only woman's college
that gives a full years course in the
study Of trees and forests.
Before they took orders two we'll
known Church of England Olergymcr
in Victoria were employed, the one as
a prison warder, the Other as police
man.
In Australia religious instruction Is
compulsory In all schools. The head
teacher must belong TO the faith Of
the majority, and the teaching OF rO-
hgion Is under the direction OF She re-
Hgious bodies.
The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety is endesvoring to reach more
than half q million blind Hindus by
circulating the scriptures through 8
recent adaptation Of Louis Braille's
raised dotsystem as distinguish from
Moons line system. so long in opera
ton.
The total assets of Chicago univer-
sity are S15,128,375.95. President Har-
per wishes TO increase the salaries az
follows: Professors, from $4,000 to
$4,000; associate professors, from
$4,000 to $4,000; and assistant pro-
fessors, from $4,000 to 81, 800. a pen
sion system is also being considered.
In the complete history and de-
scription Of the Church Of Stratford-
on-Avon, England, which has just
been published. it is stated that the
church is very ancient. having been
built early in the thirteen century,
and on the site OF much earlier Sax
on edifiee, all vestigsS of which long
ago disappeared
Ballington Booth has been telling
his friends about q woman who stood
up to testify to her conversion in tho
days when he was with the Salvation
army She said; 81 was very foolish
and vain Worldly pleasures, and es-
pecially the fashions, were my only
thought. I was fond Of silks, satins,
jewelry, ribbons and laces. But, my
friends, found they were dragging
me down to perdition. So I gave them
all to my sisterl"
Rev. J. J. Wicker, psrtor Of the
First Baptist church of Trenton. n.
j., administered sound thrashing 10
q student from Princeton who insult
ed several young women on the
street. He chased tho offender
block. pummsled him In the most APP
proved style of the prize ring. and
then turned him over to the police.
The preacher appeared against tho
young man in the police court tho
next day and on his evidence fine OF
$40 and costs was imposed.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
Date Cream.

Put quart of milk in a double
boiler with teaspoonful of
blanched and chopped almonds and
let it scald. Add two tablespoonfuls
of cornstarch to cup of sugar and
beat to a cream with tablespoon.
full of butter; add the milk slowly
to this mixture and then return to
the double boiler. STIR and cook
smooth and thick, then add two cup.
fuls of stoned and skinned dates.
Turn into a glass dish and set away
to get very cold. Serve with choco.
late sauce. Chocolate may be odd
ed TO this pudding instead of flavor
ing with almonds. In this case serve
a vanilla sauce instead of chocolate.
Washington Star.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
Turkey In Potato Balls.

Mince the turkey, season to taste,
and add just sufficient cream sauce to
hold ii together. Let get cold, then
form into little balls. Whip into one
and one-half pints of hot mashed po-
tatoes, one heaping tablespoon of but
ter, one tablespoon of scslded milk,
salt and pepper to taste, one teaspoon
minced onions, one tablespoon
chopped parsley, two tablespoons of
grated mild cheese and one well-best-
en- egg. Beat thoroughly, and set aside
to cool. Then put thick coating of
the potato mixture over the turkey
balls. preserving the round form, dip
each into beaten egg, then into bread
crumbs, and fry to a golden brown in
smoking hot fat. These are simply
delicious, so much so indeed that no
matter how generous the supply, the
demand will usually be in excess of
it.-Home Magazine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
WHEN HEAT WAS A LUXURY.
Warmth On the HOuSs Once Regarded
in That Light Rather Than
a Necessity.

The stringency Of the coal situation
carries many lessons, but 1t is diff
cult for the present generation to
profit by any of them that cannot
be interpreted by present standards
of living. A venerable citizen OF
Springfield, in the Republican Of that
city, makes interesting comparisons
of what are now regarded as Reces-
stiles with the conditions that made
the people of the 20's and 4Os not
only contented but even grateful.
Then furnaces were almost unknown,
even among the prosperous. The
halls of houses were stone cold, even
in Boston and New York. Families
in winter had a fire in one room
school rooms were miserably colo,
and RELAYS of children, with chilblains
on their feet and colds in their heads,
went to the stove to relieve their
discomfort" Perhaps David Harum
expressed the boys life in the coun-
try in as apt way as it has even
been put: The only seasons l can
remember was two; them OF chill
blain and stun bruises"
"But," says this correspondent, we
were a fine, hardy race. The families
in our beautiful valley averaged SIX
or eight children each; sometimes ten
or twelve in one family, like the fine
Clary family of this town, where
eleven of the twelve grew to adult
age and long life with a splendid
vigor. But l think we never were
warm long at one time in the winter
in the 3O's and 4O's."
In those days people went to pea
in unheated rooms, where the tenn
perature was so low that no water
could be left in a pitcher during the
night lest it should freeze and
'bsYrt" it's receptacle. Instead there
was in pail with a gourd IN Il,
which served the double purpose OF
breaking the ice and dipping out the
water for lavatory purposes. The
moral which he draws from these
"reminiscences is that comfort and
abundance are good. The present
distress is real and terrible. But it is
perhaps as we'll to be sometimes re-
minded of the lives Of our immediate
ancestors, of how the comparative
newness of the country made oul
luxuries unattainable to them-madf
them q hard working, economical peo
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS.
Frequently Employed to AdVertASo
Articles of Merchandise With
out Permission.

at would seem that if anything on
earth belonged to man 1t is MS
physiognomy, and the right to It's re-
production by Photographic process or
otherwise, Remarked a member OF the
District bar to a Washington star
man. "Yet the difficulty that some OF
our prominent statesmen and leaolng
public characters have in the attempt
to remove, by legal proceedings thelr
facial representations from advertise
ments of brands of cigars and liquors.
and on the part of several ladies 10
prevent -four dealers and other ven
doris of merchandise from reproducing
their pretty faces on the labels OF
goods would lead to different con-
clusiOn.
at also appears odd that while the e
law jealousy guards persons goou
anne. or the use of his or her name
I'm arv respect, and bestows damages
md inficts punishment upon the OIL
fender, a photograph is seized upon
Is arybcSy and used without regard
10 the owners feelings or rights IN
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02

less it be. copyrighted, and. often the
copyright is ruthlessly violated.
"While there have been some deci-
sions, it is to be hoped that fixed
legal precedent may become firmly es-
tablished which will insure to the high
est as we'll as the hunblest citizen
the right to place legal embargo upon
the practice of the promiscuous use
of his features by another, but II
would appear that 1t is rather hard
when one is obliged to go to the ex-
pensive process of the courts to en-
force a right which ought TO be en-
forced by mere verbal or written pro
test; and this right should be extend
ed to the heirs of a deceased person.
"The practice mainly arose from the
free use of the photographs OF ac-
tors and actresses. 1t is to the inter-
est of the members Of the theatrical
profession to keep their features be-
fore the public as much as possible,
and they encourage the practice rath-
er than frswn upon 1t. But to take
the features Of a beautiful society
woman, or a lady in private life, and
use them on q label of merchandise
even without her accompanying name,
or the features Of a deceased public
man, is a personal insult and little
short Of a grieyous outrage.
Manufacturers of all kinds Of
merchandise and articles, as is appar-
ent from bill posters and other
placard advertisements, use, without
conjunction or consent, the features
of men and women, and often their
names, to bring goods to the attention
Of the public. The offensive side OF
taking mans face and using it, either
alone or with the features of other
men, smiling in appreciation Of the
flavor of a brand of cigars, wines or
liquors, is so great that it need not
be adverted to, while it must be real
cruelty to the family of person de-
ceased to see the features Of their
loved ones thus publicly displayed to
the profit Of strangers"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
THE AIR WE BREATHE.
70 sleep Constantly In an Unventi-
lated Room Is a SLOW
Suicide.

Air is a gaseous elastic body which
anyelops the earth, extending nearly
700 miles from it's surface. Pure air
Is tasteless and odorless. IL is com
posed of nitrogen, oxygen aud car
oonic acid, besides traces Of ammonia,
ozone, salts of sodium and other min
cral matter. The csrbonic acid in the
air Is taken up by the plants which
use the carbon and free the oxygen,
which is so essential to animal and
human life. Air is the greatest neces-
sitv OF life and should be taken in the
lungs in It's purest form. Bad air IS
poison and is the forerunner OF many
diseases. To sleep constantly in m
unventilated room is slow suicide,
says American Queen.
It has been agreed that each individ-
ual requires about 1900 cubic feet Ct
air every hour. A room 10 by Is by 20
holds 5000 cubic feet of air-sufficient
for one person for one hour.
If we realize that our food cannot
digest unless acted upon by the oXyger
Of the air, we readily see the vital need
Of a constant supply.
The air we breathe into the lungs
is a mixture Of oxygen, nitrogen and
carbonic acid. We retain the oxygen
and exhale the earbonic acid, 80 if we
do not inhale sufficient oxygen our
blood is deprived Of it's chief source Of
nourishment-and as a consequence
the entire system suffers.
Since it is not possible to live every
moment of our lives in the open air
the ventilation of our rooms and Of
fees is a most important adjunct Of
our daily lives. Fresh air ia the enemy
of the microbe; it carries away with II
all impure odOrs and gases. The sleep
ing room should have an abundant III
flow of oxygen which can be effected
without producing draft. Pure air
is, indeed. beneficial in its influence
and should be used most abundantly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Twenty thousand illustrated post
cards pass through the Brussels post
Office daily.
1t costs the government Of British
India about $3.50 per square mile to
protect the forests against Are.
Forty pounds has been offered as
prize by a Vienna confectionery com
pany for the best translation OF the
English word "cake."
The Mohammedan law against al
coholic drinks has recently been made
more stringent in CoRstantinople, on
account of its general violation.
One consequence of the Belgium
anti-gambling law is that even the
game of Lotto has been prohibited in
the fishermen's public houses at Blan-
kenberghe, near Ostend.
Boresa Xolompar, notorious Hun
garian gypsy woman, who had acted
as a receiver of stolen property nearly
all her life, has just died at the age OF
40.
A rich Chinaman at Wellington, New
Zealand, has given $4,000 to pay for
the transportation to China of 5000
bodies of Chinese who had not left
enough money for sending their bodies
home. - .--.--.,.-...
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-04-02
FRESH FEMININE FANCIES.
Items of FIRery That Are Now IN kV-
idenOe In the Up-to-Dats
Costumes.

Shot taffeta in pastel shades prom
ises TO be a spring fayorite, reports
the Brooklyn Eagle.
Shantung pongee, it is predicted, Will
be employed extensively next season
for shirt waist suits, wraps, dreSSy
costumes and children's frocks ana
coats.
The large pearl buttons will figure
conspicuously on the spring costumes.
Mercerized effects, particularly in
shirt waist fabrics, will occupy prom
inent place among the coming season =
productions.
Marked popularity is promised for
ecru shades in silk and linen goods in
the spring and summer.
Among the colors for spring are
noted white, cream, baby blue, pearl
gray, reseda, royal blue, navy, cham
payne and black.
The yoke skirt, full but not faring,
will be the leader in the coming sea-
son.
In millinery accessories grapes, cur
rants and cherries continue in favor
and are likely TO adorn the spring
productions.
The newest silk petticoats are in
gun metal shade.
Fashion oracles say that the general
trend of style is toward the 1850 styles,
conspicuous for dropping shoulders
and voluminous skirts.
At a recent wedding Of Importance
the bride left for her honeymoon trip
In a gown of biscuit-colored cloth, the
skirt bordered with a deep founce Of
Siberian squirrel.
Gallons and appliques of pearls in
gray. black or white, or all three
blended together, are also included
among fashionable trimmings.