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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
CONSUMPTION OF JEwELRY.
What Becomes of Good watches and
other Articles of Value IL some
thing OF Mystery.

A periodical devoted to the jewelry
trade tries to account for the continued
sale of certain lines Of merchandise. AS
cheap plated stuff is thrown away az
soon as the coating wears off, one can
understand why such articles disap-
pear. Rings, pins, and other objects OF
real value, as we'll az jewelry, may be
lost, Of course, but they don't wear out.
They last alifetime. Owing to a change
in style, possibly they may be laid aside,
but this does not happen often.
Perhaps the most pulling phase OF
the question is the demand for watches
and watch movements. This is encour-
aged by the fact that a really good time
keeper in a nickel case can be bought
for S. or $40, yet the number of watches
sold increases much faster than the pop
ulation. Where do all these go? SO
durable are the old watches that thou
rands which have been in service for
nearly lifetime may be seen still In use.
A Pittsburg dealer said the other day:
The railroad man is about as fair an
example as you can find While his case
is only an ordinary one his watch move
ment is usually good, and in many in
stances his children earn their own
watch before he Is in position to pass
It to the heir. The majority Of watches
are kept the same way, and what be-
comes of them is more than the average
dealer can tell"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
FLOUR AND THE TEETH.
Finer the Flour, Poorer the Brehd'
Worse the Teeth and Better
the Dentists.

A valuable letter from correspond
ent drew attention to an important and
admitted cause of the national degen-
Grafton of physique which we have
strlven to emphasize in these columns,
says the London Chronicle. The roller
mill has Individually diminished the
dietetc value of our bread. The entire
wheat grain is of value; the husk (Which
is a valuable intestinal stimulanD, the
brown exterior, and the white central
core. Except for certain invalids, white
bread is an indefensible absurdity. Bet
ter is brown bread, consisting OF all but
the husk, and best is a whole meal
bread, assuming such to be obtainable.
The deficiency of salts In white bread
is unquestionably related to the deteri-
oration-also familiar to our readers
in the national teeth. We may Illus
trate this by an argument from Sir
Thomas Lauder Brunton. why has
America the cleverest dentists?" An
swer: Because she has the best -four
mill makers" The better the mill is the
finer the -four, the poorer the bread, the
worse the teeth, and the better the dem
lists. Perfectly simple.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

The humble burro, like the muic has
been accorded too many kicks and cuffs
and heavy loads from time immemor-
able. In early days the ass is given
credit for more intelligence than the
horse, and It has long been contended
that the mules intelligence has been
much moderated, but in this mongrel-
the burro-his appreciated qualifica-
tioIs consist wholly in surefoOtedness,
sturdiness and the fact that he is easy to
keep. In Minnesota, Idaho, California,
Arizona, Washington and in Colorado,
outside of Denver, burros are to be found
in large numbers-in fact, in all the
western states where mountains exist
and mining is carried on
In the west the burro may be bought
as low as five dollars The majority of
them bring not less than $40 or SIS. In
the localities where they are extensively
used one man may be found with 100 Of
them at his command. Burros vary in
color, as they also do in weight. They
may be found weighing 1000 pounds.
Again they may weigh but $50 pounds.
A good-sized mule will weigh 1900
pounds-thus. in comparison, being
double the weight Of the burro.
The burro is a slow creature, seldom
covering more than four or five miles an
hour, and 1t is not to be hurried. In
some respects he may be termed stub
hnrns ", pf hare hn 10 ~
gets old he is sometimes inclined to be
ugly, but in the main he Is much gentler
than mule. When he does become ugly
he uses his teeth just as freely as his
heels.
The burro will live to be 30 years of
age and still be Of service as a pack ami
nal, which is better than can be expected
Of horse. There are really few animals
with which the burro could be compared
In hardness. A burro team will carry
upon their backs a .200-pound load with
apparent ease. Though they engage in
such hard work and are of great service
to residents Of the west, they subsist on
comparatively little Often they collect
their own food by browsing about the
bushes upon the sides Of the mountains
Like the camel, which is also used as
pack animal, they look lank and bony.
1t is difficult to find fat burro.
The lumber which the burros trans
port is usually carried from the logging
camps in the cleared areas, up the noun
tains to the mines, and the construction
Of many valuable mines has thus been
made possible AS the burro is adapted
to the mountains. so likewise is he fitted
to travel in the American deserts. 1t is
said that burro can subsist a long time
without water, and, furthermore, that
he is capable Of seeming water a great
way off.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
REVIVAL OF THE DEAD.
Noted Physician Believes 1t Possible
to Bring Some Defunct Per-
sons Back to Life.

DR.. Robert G. Kemp, physician Of
repute, has lately brought before the
New York Academy of Science an ac-
count of some interesting experiments
which he has been conducting on lines
which were suggested some time ago
by Dr. Pruss. He asserts that he be-
lieves 1t possible, In many cases, to
bring back persons to life and to per-
manent recovery who are apparently
dead. His method, which he has al
ready successfully practiced on dogs,
is to make a small incision between
two of the ribs, and to thrust two
fingers into the wound until they touch
the heart. That organ Is then pressed
against the ribs, and its natural motion
is initiated by kind of massage At
the same time a saline solution Is in
fused into the patient, and respiration
is induced by a special form Of pump
a tube from which is thrust into the
windpipe Under this treatment dogs
which have been chloroformed to such
an extent that no pulsation is per-
ceptible have been brought back to life
in II instances out Of %. 1t is true
that when DR.. Kemp tried the same
procedure in the case of human be-
ing, about a year ago, he failed to re-
suscitate the patient; but he believes.
with the added experience which he
has since had, that the method would
now prove successful in his hands
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
TAN-TI, THE GREAT.
Little Deg Of Patrician Ancestry +" lat
Was Brought to This Country
from China.

Eyes, indeed, he belongs to the no.
bility and the gentry" said Miss Helen
Jackson as she looked admiringly at
the microscopic dog that was present
ed to her by DR.. Decker during her re-
cent visit to California. This same
specimen of the pocket edition variety
of dog has excitedHthe envy and adj
miration of every one Of Miss jack
sons friends who has beheld his royal
highness, reports the Denver Post.
Just note the naughty pose of his
aristocratic little black nose and the
majestic flourish of what promises In
time to be caudal appendage worth
mentioning" said she. HE is as much
impressed with his own Importance as
any viceroy with the peacock feathers
and yellow robe Of the oriental king
dom, where a long line of his an
cestoFs have lived for years and years
His patrician blood is evinced by
numerous fine points and the black
ness of his satiny coat is accentuated
by the wilderness 9f his feet. At pres
emit he is barely Visible to the naked
eye, but promises to be fully eight
inches long when he gets his growth.
He answers to the euphonious name
of Tamil, which name has probably
descended to him through long line
of royal dog ancestry. His mother,
trembling with fright, was found in
the emperorFs palace during the siege
of Picking, was rescued and brought to
California by American sailors. Pinky-
Panky-Poo was recently in Denver and
had a train of admirers, but the rule
of Tamil the Great begins at once
in Denver dogdom, and all aspirants
for high places must bow to his SUI
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
a FOOLISH LITTLE SONG.

I hawe read the wondrous poems Of the
masters Of the pen,
| The Honnets of the ShakeSpeares and the
! dfeB Of other men,
And the epics Of the Millions and the HON.
ers and the rest,
And the mild dldactic measures that the
critics call the best;
But sometimes the heart grows weary Of
the big. things Of the earth,
And the great eternal questions. and the
laws Of death and birth;
1t tupAs from all the woes Of life that make
the years so long
And responds in joyous fullness to fool
ish little songl
Just a foolish little song
How It helps the heart alongl
AL the SYeeter for a meter that Is lame,
rhyme that's wrong!
AL the better for the fetter Of simple
little air;
All the nearer, all the dearer-what does
anybody care?
The words may not be pregnant with
world of hidden truth.
But they call to mind the long-forgotten
summers Of your youth;
rhe tune may not be classic-it may be a
hackneyed thing
But man can't think Of Wagner when he
only wants to singl
And just as men turn backward when the
shadows nearer creep
To a foolish, childish prayer like Now
lay me down to Sleep"
So the tired spirit often wooes the mem
cries that throng
With the rhyming and the Ginning Of
foolish little song!
=
Just a foolish little song
How 1t helps the heart along!
All the sweeter for a meter that is lame.
rhyme that's wrong!
All the better for the fetter OF q simple
little air;
All the finer for a line or two Of nonsense
here and there!
Edwin Mead Robinson, in Chicago Even
ing Post.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Sund Schoo
every Sunday $50 a. N. Preaching mrs.
and third Sundays, II a. m. and Z p. M
d. A. Glenn. pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S u n
School every Sunday at $50 a. IN. Preach
ing first and third Sundays p. M, second
and fourth Sundays IL a. IN. Christian
Endeavor every Friday at p. IN. h. T.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street
Sunday School every Sunday at 9:3O +. M
Little Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 3 p. m. Preaching
first and third Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sund avs Up. m.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday at III a. m
Preaching fret and third Sundays l. p. m''
second and fourth Sundays IL a. m.
PRAYER meeting every Friday p' NJ H.
A. Kelly, pastor.
UNION PRAYER SERVICE.-Every
w ednesday evening p. M, alternating
between the Baptist, Christian and Meth
odist Churches.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 a. m. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
II a. NJ. and 7. p. IN. Preaching hfth
Sundays at II a. m. Prayermeeting every
Wednesday evening Z p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKE'S GAR
DEN'-Preaching on first Sunday at IL a.
m. and p. m. S. 0. Hall, pastor
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
A VALUABLE CARPET.
One from Room in San Francisco
Mint Yields $4,000 In Gold
When burned.

One of the most valuable carpets In
the country was burned the other day.
When 1t was put down, In the adjusters
room, at the San Francisco mint six
years ago, 1t cost $500. When 1t was
burned 1t yielded $500 in gold dust.
In the adjusters room the blanks from
which gold pieces are made, are filed to
exactly the required size The filings
are carefully swept up every night, but
the finer particles sink into the carpet,
which is burned at intervals to recover
the gold It contains, says a Washington
report.
The annual cleanup Of the well at the
San Francisco mint, which is the most
interesting feature of the intricate sys-
tenn ~ which the loss of gold in par
: ticles so small that they cannot be seen,
except with the aid of strong Micro
scope, is reduced to the very minimum,
soon will be made All Of the rain
water that falls on the roof of the
mint is caught in large well and al
lowed to settle thoroughly before the
we'll is partly emptied in readiness for
the next rain. The rains clean the roof
Of the invisible atoms Of gold and silver,
which are carried off in the smoke from
the furnaces in the melting and refining
rooms. The annual cleanup Of the sedi-
ment In the bottom of the well yields
from $500 to 81 900 in gold and silver.
The burning in a retort of the clothes Of
the workmen, the ashes from the fur
naces, the floors of the rooms in which
the gold is handled, and other odds and
ends, largely swell the annual revenue
from these little known sources. Every
thing on which the finest gold dust can
settle is burned once year or at longer
intervals.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
THE WOUNDED DUELIST.
Tale of DR.. LOrenz and a French Pa
tient on the Field of
Honor.

At the recent congress of physicians
in New Orleans story about DR.. Lor-
enz went the rounds.
DR.. Lorenz, some years ago, was
summoned suddenly to the beside OF
a Frenchman who had been wounded
in a duel.
Come Immediately and bring a
plenty of surgical appliances" said the
summoner, for you will find your pa
tient in q serious situation"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
"Ladvv Chimney Sweeps.

For startling innovations. especially
in the woman's sphere Of activity,
Russia runs America very hard. The
latest move in this direction is chron-
lcled in the st. Petersburg Press. The
daring innovator is the widow of a
chimney sweep who died recently,
leaving half dozen olive branches, all
of them girls. Necessity, which is the
mother of invention, has now inspired
this thoughtful woman to take to her
husbands calling, and in order to do
the thing thoroughly while she is about
II she means to form whole guild Of
female sweeps, If the police grant the
needed permission. BY way Of assist
ants, or, as Lamb termed them, "un-
fedged practitioners" she processes to
train up girls between the ages Of eight
and twelve, while the full-blown mem
bers Of the guild would include girls and
women from IA to &c. The first appear
ance Of these novel sweeps is fixed for
August 1.-London Telegraph.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
National Museum Meteorites

More than 300 meteorites from outer
space are seen in the National museum,
at Washington, their range in weight
being from a few ounces to 5000
pounds The monster one is roughened
from it's surface, being melted by fric-
ton with the earth's atmosphere One
weighing 1,4O0 pounds is almost pure
iron. Precious metals are not found in
these aerial excursiOnists, but micro
scopic diamonds are sometimes formed
by combustion with the earth's atmos-
phere. They are made up from iron,
nickel, sulphur, carbon, phosphorus
oxygen, silicon, magnesium, aluminium
and calcium.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
CHAPTER ON THE BURRO.
TtttIe harden Bearer Has Been an
Important Factor in the Build
ing Up of the West.

Carrying whisky On steep mountain
sides from cabin to cabin, transporting
lumber to points where railways are out
Uf the question, trudging to the secluded
mines laden with picks and shoYels-
such is the life of the mountain Durro'
A few of them have dwelt under the shell
ter of the stables of the wealthy, some
of them have had their lots cast with a
circus, others have gone into the depths
of Pennsylvania mines, altogether
away from the sunlight, but for the most
part the burros are residents OF the
fast-developing west, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Just how much credit man isswilling
to grant the burro for the western devel-
opment depends somewhat on the man.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
mime to onit Wri1inr

A young man at Centerville, Mo, had
been writing girl in Minneapolis for
three years, intending some day to ask
her to marry him. The other day he
received a letter and picture from her.
The letter announced that she had been
married two years and the picture was
of her baby. my husband and have
enjoyed your letters very much" she
wrote, "but guess you'd better stop
writing now, as have to spend all ny
time caring for the baby"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
Accordingly the physician and his as

Accordingly the physician and his as
sstant loaded into their carriage a
great quantity of bandages, and iodo-
form gauze and absorbent cotton, to-
gether with probes of every size and
shape, anaesthetics and splints. They
were equipped to dress the wounds Of
a small army, and great, therefore,
was their disgust upon reaching the
Frenchman's house to find that moth
ing allied him but a mere sword scratch
in the forearm.
DR.. Lorenz, with a smile, sent his as
sistant for some warm water, and
waited for its arrival to dress the tiny
wound. The Frenchman, groaning fear
fully, said to him:
"Is my arm hurt serious, sir?"
Every serious, indeed" replied the
physician. I'm afraid, II my assist
ant doesn't hurry, 1t will heal of itself
before he gets back"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
Merely a Suggestion.

Remember, boys" said the teach
err. that in the bright lexicon of
youth there is no such word as fail "
After few moments a boy raised
his hand.
"Well, what is it, Socrates?" asked
the teacher.
81 was merely going to suggest" re-
piled the youngster, that If such is
the case it would be advisable to write
to the publishers of that lexicon and
call their attention to the omission. -
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
The Dinner Hour.

A gentle satire on the attitude OF
those laborers who spend more energy
in talking about the rights of work
men than in earning them appears in
The King.
What's the matter with old Fred?
asks one workman.
les got splinter in his and" says
another.
"Why don't e pull it out?"
"Wotl In Lis dinner-hour? Not
likely"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
Would Be Buried Mt Sea.

Admiral Sir Harry Keppel, "the IA
Their of the British feet" has begun his
ninety-fifth year. Thevenerable officer
IS a sailor by instinct, and has often
declared that he hopes to die and be bur-
led ut sea.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
After the Funeral.

A Japanese Buddhist dignitary wa1
buried a few weeks ago. The police
made the following terse return Of the
side issues of the ceremony: Three
hundred and eleven injuries, 70 faint
ing, 121 thefts, 974 pickpockets cap
tured, 1,O21 articles lost. Seventy-nine
people fell into creeks or bitches"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
Weak
lie arts

Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nIne Of every
one hundred people who have heart trouble
can remember when it was simple indges-
ton. II is a scientific fact that all cases u.
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceabe to, but are the direct result OF indi-
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, putting it up against the
heart. This interferes with the action Of
the heart, and in the course Of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr. D. KaubIe. Of Nevada o.. says: had stomach
trouble and was in bad state as | had heart trouble
with It, took Kodo Dyspepsia Cure for about four
months AMI it cured me.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of ali nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only. Sl.o0 Size holding ~ times the trial
size, which sells for soc.
Prepared by e. O. DEWITT e CO., CHICAGO
For sale by f. X. Smoot, Tptop and
Witten's Mill, VI.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
TAzEWE[[ co. DIRFC OHY,
Circuit Court.

Robert G. Jackson, Judge; II. Bane Har-
man, clerk. Terms of court-lst Monday
in April, 4th Nor day in August and LIST
Monday in December.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
County Court.

H. Stuart, judge; I. h. George, CLERK
Terms ofcourt-Tuesday after Sd Monday
each month.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

powEN g. ROYAL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
d Tazewell, Va. Will practice In the courts OF
Tazewell and adjoining counties, and the Court
Appeals at Wytheville. Collections given
Special attention. Office near Courthouse.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

al B. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
UIlands, Va. Practices in the courts Of Taze-
wen and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
paid to the collection Of claims
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20
Officers.

Address, Unaka, Va.
P. H. Williams, ......County Supt' SCHOOLS
Address, Snaps, Va.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

N Q. ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze-
Fl,well, Va Will practice in the courts Of Taze-
well county and the Court of Appeals at Wythe-
vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

III. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ia we'll,
lava. Land titles in Mcdowell and Logan cOun-
Ties, West Virginia, speciality. Office in Stras
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

geo. w. ST CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
UTazewell Va Practices in the courts Of Taze
well and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheyille Particulss at
tention pads % the collection OF claims. Oihce-
Stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-08-20

r S. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEYATLAW
d. Tazewell, Va. (Ofice mp stairs in Law Build
lng1 Practices in Courts of Tazewell and ad-
,oining counties, and in Court of Appeals Of Vir-
gipis.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-10
JOhnStOn'S
SarSaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
QUART BOTTLES.
wOMAN,S TROUBLES AND FEMALE
DISEASES.

Painful and Suppressed Menses, Ir-
regularity, Leucorrhea, Whites, Steril.
ity, liberation of the Uterus, change
of life, in matron or maid, all find re.
lief, help, benefit and cure in JOHNS
TONS SARSAPARILLA. 1t is a real
panacea for all pain or headache about
the top or back of the head, distress
ing pain in the left side, disturbed
condition of digestion, palpitation OF
the heart, cold hands and feet, nerv.
BUSINESS and irritation, sleeplessness,
muscular weakness, bearing-down
pains, backache, legache, irregular &C
ton of the heart, shortness of breath,
abnormal discharges, with extremely
painful menstruation, scalding of urine,
swelling of feet, soreness of the breasts,
neuralgia, uterine displacement and
catarrh, and all those symptoms and
troubles which make the average wo
mans life SO miserable.
MICHIGAN DRUG CO.. Detroit. A1iaA
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1903-01-10
GET TOGETHER. -

The whole thing around at The city
hall is getting into a very bad mess
There is one thing certain--it was
not in this mess before the last elec-
ton and ayerything was getting alcne
very smoothly The Progress regret
very much TO see, anything of This
kind going Oh Up to the present ".
have had perhaps the most prospere, $
city in the south and one city thst
cannot be- surpassed for its rapid
growth. Bat il seems that al Il >
is TO be practically check on &C.
count of the dickering now goirg Gu.
There seems to be n disposition to
kill the goose that laid the sci len
egg: disposition to rule or ruin; and
the business interests of Hattieshurg
will suffer. Let the board and
mayor get together and stop this fool
ishpess. Il matters not which is VIC
torious, it Is bound To set hn,k the
progress of the city.