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Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

shrinking symmetrically. My 200 pound friend would not know his own body now. It had dwindled to 160 pounds.
 The excitement really commenced with my publication that night of this second sensation in the peculiar actions of Clyde French's remains. The Asso- ciated Press authorities questioned my account, and invited them to send a special agent to verify 1t. He came, and forthwith a daily account of our lively dead went over the A. P wire. French's remains from a transient guest at Slabb's became the center of an excited nations attention. It would have done the poor fellow good had he foreknown that his story was now to move up to first page, first column, No. 1 head, and remain there indefinitely.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

they were ready for more shrinking, and the glass case was opened.
 The shrinking commenced promptly and for another month the world read daily bulletins on the progress of dim mutton. When 1t had shrunk. to a perfectly formed mans body three feet in length, asked for hearing; but the scientists had forgotten me. So I went to Slabb and did some plain talking.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
A stupid Bird.

party of SportSmen one day Killed a great bird that seemed to be a very expert swimmer and diver. The guide said that the victim was loon. ,
 One of the hunters was professor in a natural history museum. He carried the loon to the camp on the lake shore where he was spending g few weeks. There he showed 1t to his little son, who was his companion in his northern out ing. #4s..,5+
 What handsome bird!" the boy exclaimed as he examined the loon.
 'But very stupid one." his father replied T lured it nearsthe boat by waving a red flag in the air"
 No wonder people say stupid as a loon.'" the boy said.
 Yet it is very clever in its way" the professor continued. Few of the other water fowls can swim so well as the loon. and none of them equals it in div ing. 1t is sometimes called the great northern diver. Those short legs, set well back on the body, and the webbed feet make 1t very clumsy on land, but on water 1t moves about with much grace. Part of the year the bird spends along the coast from Maine to Mary land. In the spring the mother bird builds nest on the shore of lake or somewhere in swamp, and there the young birds are matched. They are brownish gray during the first year. but in their second one the feathers are black and white, like those of the par ents, Beautiful iridescent blue and purple touches shine on the neck. and the feet are blue and gray. The looms cry is very peculiar one. It sounds something like the howl of wolf and is terrifying if you do not recognize it."
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
AUTHOR oS" YANKEE DOODLE GANDERp ARTIST SLfHES OF THE HAUNTED" ETC
Alcbilles

London. Women now holding medical degrees in Great Britain number more than 800.
 Statistics concerning the movement of the population of France in 1901 are officially published. An increase of 72,- 39S as compared with the decrease of 25. 9sS in 1900 is recorded. This result 1t is added, is due to an increase in the
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

them. They will shoot forth tender. green leaves soon and then will come the vines. If there isr sun enough and if the earth Is kept warm and moist, the vines will grow luxuriantly and twine up the hanging basket wires and trail down it's sides Buds will form, too, and bloom out in beautiful red, white and purple flowers. &sltB5a v@s.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

barley and rye plants had attained 40 per cent more growth than those grown under natural conditions. The grain was sown in pots, the soil being elec- trically connected with the ground and current passed through the soil for five hours daily.
 Seven thousand fishermen on Puget sound have organized trades union,
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

to move and how much it takes to wake them up.
 A New Orleans bird fancier says that popular opinion is all wrong about geese. The goose, he adds, is one of the easiest fowls to train and one of the brightest
 Medicine as a profession for women is constantly growing in popularity in
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

yard from the horse at the back set . couple of candles. One person sits in front of the screen, while at the back the others walk past 1t disguised to the best of their ability.
 For each one she cannot guess the one in front is fined forfeit, but her place is taken by the first person whose identity she guesses correctly.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

window should be chosen if possible for this winter window gardening. Nearly every house has at least one room where things do not freeze at night. This is the room for the morning glo- ries. Fill an ordinary hanging basket with rich earth Scatter the seeds on top and sprinkle the earth lightly over
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
FlsHED UP.

A German scientist who has been ex- perimenting in the Berlin geological garden declares that an elephants sense of smell is so delicate that the animal can scent a human being at a tlgta' ce Of 1000 yards.
 Ip Berlin ss3 public buildings are
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

but no fuel shall freeze in few hours. It's a. cold. deal, and I'm scooped.
 If any one discovers me, l want my body shipped to you. Bury it where its warmer than it Is here. I'd like it to thaw out I detest a fellow who Is too stiff to unbend on proper occasions.
 haven't any convenient sack of dust with which to defray expenses. Charge it to the news department and let the story of my death offset it. Don't let anybody Step in with O. distant relative gag. I am going totfny people now. They were in a warmer climate when they started over,
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

owned by the state and 497 by the mu- nicipality
 One of the latest departures of the experimental psychologists consists in prodding people with a pointed stick when they are asleep to find how much excitation is required before they begin
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
The Ren.on Why.

Hostess--I wonder why your little brother seems so restless and uncom- fortable?
 Little Ethel--I think it's cause his hands is clean.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
number of births, but still more to a

number of births, but still more to lowering in the death rate.
 Lieutenant Peary lost two toes while on his last search for the north pole. He lost two on his previous journey.
 Experiments of Dr. Lemstrom Of Hell singfors university in growing plants by means of an electrical discharge showed that after eight weeks wheat,
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
The Game of Shadows.

This is a capital game to induce for- feits. and one that grownup people en- joy quite as much as children, Get g tall, threefold clotheshorse and stretch sheet tightly across it. About half a
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

Teach children to love everything that Is beautiful. and you will teach them to be useful and good.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
by the American Labor un.

S1Httt " C1 Oy t1fO WI " VT ion.
 The keep of one dog costs as much as the keep of sixty hens, and sixty hens will lay 600 dozen eggs.
 As an experiment the French govern ment has established an eight hour working day in sections of the dock yards at Toulon and Lorient.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
And the Boy Meant 1t.

Office Boy-A man called here this morning to thrash you.
 Editor-What did you say to him7
 Office Boy--I said was sorry you were not in.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10

IAN stormy days when children
 cannot play outdoors nothing is
 more entertaining than to have
 window garden and watch the plants in it grow. Besides that, to have growing plants and watch and
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-10
EW men would volu

IW men WOuIu VOIUn-
 tarily hasten their endings even with the knowledge that their dead bodies would create a most momentous stir in the world. On the con- fro ,-xy xxtbot man
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
Anglicized Germans,

The German national papers pub
lish statistics to show the number
Of Germans lost in the Fatherland
by emigration to British colonies, es-
pecially Canada, South Africa and
Australia. According to the figures
given, for which no authority is
quoted, there are about $4,000 Ger
mans in Canada, mainly in the east
ern frontier districts. There are 5000
Germans in British Columbia. In
several Canadian towns the German
element amounts to from 60 to 50
per cent. of the whole population. OF
the whites in British South Africa,
FIVE per cent. are said to be German,
against 20 per cent. British. Aus
tralia finds homes for more than 1O6,-
500 Germans, of whom $4,000 live in
Queensland and South Australia.-N.
Y, Sun.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
Notice Of Sale Of Valuable Property.

BY virtue of a deed of trust dated the
18th day of July, 1891, executed to X. I.
Higgi botham, Trustee, by Dennis How
cry, l will, on the Dist day of February,
1903. at the front door of Tazewell Court
house, sell for cash to the highest bidder,
al public auction, all that certain tract,
piece or parcel of land lying and being in
Tazewel county, in Thompson's Valley,
on the Maiden Spring Fork of Clinch
River, and containing 227 acres, said land
having been conveyed to the said Dennis
Howery in three separate conveyances as
follows, to.wit: First conveyance from
James and Archibald Thompson, second
conveyance from H. s. Bowen and third
conveyance from James Thompson, Sr.,
and being the same land which was con-
veyed by the said Dennis Howery to the
undersigned Trustee by said deed Of the
18th day OF July, 1891.
Said land will be suld to satisfy balance
due Patton j. Brown on a bond secured
by said deed for the payment of 81, 1880
dated the said 18th day of July, 1891, and
due at three years from date, and bearing
interest from date. Said bond subject to
the following credits: March 18th, 1898,
$1347; August 2lst, 1895, $4,000.
X. I. HlGGINBOrHAM,
day of sale Trustee.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05

and, much to our regret, he had to
stop" The people paid to hear ser
mons on the tacit condition that the
preacher would speak certain length
Of time. The audience would look at
the sandglass to see that they got
their moneys worth.
Mr.. Vincent said Cotton Mather was
probably the Smartest boy in the
family, and at the age of IS he had
received his degree from his own
father, Richard, president of Harvard.
The subject of his thesis was Hebrew
Vowel Points Are Divine in Origin"
People in those days did not consider
fasts as great hardships. At one fast
certain men prayed a number of hours,
and then biscuits were distributed and
three different kinds of liquor were
drunk. Cotton Mather went fishing
one day and fell into shallow water.
Mather was superstitious, and as soon
as he got out of the water he cried,
MY God help me to know what is the
meaning of all thiS!" He spent three
days in his room trying to make his
peace with God.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
SERMONS TO THE PURITANS.
The Early Settlers Thought Them
selves Sighted II the Preaching
Was Not Long Enough.

At Lorimer hall, fremont Temple,
at a recent monthly meeting of the
Congressional club, Leon H. Vincent
spoke on "Kings of the Colonial Pull
pit" giving q history of the Mather
family and their habits, says the Bos-
ton Herald.
He said the Puritans were always
craving for learning and wisdom, and
that they had no sooner landed in
America than they began making
books. The continual studiousness of
the Puritans, said Mr.. Vincent, is what
makes New England to-day the great
hive of books and authors. Besides
studying, the Puritans spent their
spare time in prosecuting heretics and
drinking strong drinks, but the only
habit of the three that has chung to
their descendants is that of reading.
The sermons were long-winded, and
In an hour the minister usually only
got started. An old record says: "Mr.
Hooker preached two hours and II
minutes while not feeling we'll" How
long he would have talked if he was in
good health A Harvard student
wrote of a minister that preached to
the students: "He preached two hours,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
POOR RICHARDS
ALMANAC SAYS:

Remember that money is of
the prolific generating value.
Money can beget money, and
its offspring can beget more,
and so on.
Five shillings turned is six
turned again, is seven and
three pence, and so on until
it becomes a hundred pounds.
The more there is of it the
more it produces every turn
ing, so that the profits rise
quicker and quicker.
He that murders a crown
destroys all that might have
produced scores Of pounds. "
Similar words may be spoken
of fire insurance. He that
cancels a policy destroys what
may have saved him thous-
ands of dollars, He that car
ries ample insurance has made
an investment that may bring
him a hundred-fold.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are now some six Europeans
in the Buddhist priesthood in Burma.
A missionary in India writes that
for three weeks in May the tempera-
ture in her Office ranged from 1o1 to
1O3 degrees, falling only one degree at
night.
Missionaries in China are attempting
to introduce the alphabet as a substi-
tute for the cumbersome aggregation
of complicated signs now in use. a
monthly paper and some books are to
be printed on these lines.
Japan Christians belonging to the
Greek church have seeded and estab-
lished church and holy synod of their
own. They did not like being under
the orders of the Russian holy synod
or the local Greek bishop, Nicoli,
whom they have been urging in vain
10 resign.
AT the recent international confer
ence ON tuberculosis at Berlin DR..
Obertuschen suggested that teachers
suffering from consumption ought to
receive sanatorium treatment, and
permission to return to duty ought to
be withheld till all danger of infection
had passed away; they should receive
their salaries during their illness.
A gift of a large collection of edition
dc luxe volumes, mostly historical and
scientific, is the partial reward re-
ceived by the University of Chicago
for its active participation in the
"Franco-American movement" to es-
tablish closer educational relations
between France and the United States.
The French minister of public instruc-
ton has presented to the university
a collection of all the works so far is
sued. Several thousand volumes have
been shipped.
A socialist Sunday-school movement,
which has been firmly planted in Great
Britain for some years, is described
in the Boston Congregationalist. The
headquarters of the movement is at
Glasgow. In that city there are eight
schools, and half-penny magazine
called the Young Socialist is issued.
Socialist Sunday schools also exist in
London, Liverpool, Bradford, and 9TH
er cities. A little textbook of 16
pages has recently been published,
socialistic doctrines in Ian
guage suited to the minds of children.
BY these publications the children are
,aught to hate clericism and capital
SIN, to strive against the "evil giants"
If oppression and exploitation, and to
lelp unite all nationalities and races
n the same impulse of brotherly love.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
Order Of Publication.

VIRGINIA.; In the Clerks Office of
Tazewell County Court, January
22nd, 1903.
r. H. DALEY, Plaintiff,
vs.. On Notice
B. A. BEAVERS and A. q. BEAVERS.
The object of the foregoing notice is to
move the County Court of Tazewell
on the first day of its March Term,
1903, to have the vendors lien re-
leased and discharged which was re
tanned by the defendants in con-
yeyance made by them to the plaintiff,
dated 18th day OF September, 1900, and of
record in the Clerks Office of the County
Court of TazeweI County, Deed Book a,
page 226. the said lien being for $3.50; and
il appeai ;;ag from affidavit that the said
defendants are non.residents of the-St2!e.
1t is ordered that they appear here within
fifteen days after the due publication and
posting of this order, and do what is
necessary to protect their interests in this
proceeding
Giveu under my hand this the 22ud day
of January, 1903.
TIE. GEORGE, Clerk.
H. c. Anderson, p. q, l 30 4w.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
LESSON FOR TRAVELLERS.
Notable Instance, OF fhe InexOrabIe
Enforcement of Uncle SANS
Customs Laws.

Smuggling is a crime much more Sc.
rious in the eyes of the government Of
ficials than in those of many persons
that cross the Atlantic every summer
or so. How serious it is was illus
trated in New York, when a United
States district court judge ordered the
jury to find verdict for the govern
ment against wealthy Mrs. Dulles,
charged with bringing pearl necklace
into this port surreptitiously, writes
a correspondent of the Pittsburg Ga
zette. The result of the judges order
is that Mrs. Dulles lost her necklace,
which cost $4,000 francs in Paris, and
is valued in this country at $4,000.
The defendant wore the necklace
ashore from the steamer under shirt
waist, and did not declare it until she
was asked about it by a customs Off
Ger. Then she brought it forth and de-
MED that she intended to smuggle.
Her husband, who, obviously, is a rich
man, was indignant that there should
be any doubt thrown upon his wife's
or his own integrity, and fought the
case vigorously in court. The judge
believed it was a clear case, however,
and did not even leave it to the dis
erection of the jury, but ordered them to
decide against the defendant, which
means that the United States takes
the necklace as punishment of the
attempt to evade the payment of duty.
On jewelry the duty is very high-6O
per cent. ad valorem. The temptation
to bring it into the country without
paying the import charges to the rev.
enue department is very great, there
fore, and unless passengers con-
sciences are exceedingly tender, the
customs authorities believe they have
strong reason to be suspicious of near
Iy everybody. 1t is probable that this
Dulles decision will be appealed to an
other court, but if the case is as clear
as the judge to-day considered it was,
here is little if any hope of any re-
ief for the day. The loss of a $4,000
article is something to make would-be
hesitate, and there is
strong hope in the custom house that
his case will have deterrent effect
IN other Atlantic voyagers who might
ry to save money at the expense of
Jncle Sam.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Rev. S. o. Hall who has been at Prince
ton, n. J. for several months, will be back
to Tazewell in a few days, and will be in
his pulpit in the Presbyterian church tie
Bird Sunday in February, the 10Th inst.
both morning and night.
An attempt was made On Monday night
to rob the postoffice at Radford and also
the postofice at East Radford. Both at
tempts were unsuccessful. Policeman
Akers ran the men away from the Rad
ford office, and Postmaster Dudley, and
his assistant shot at the men who were
attempting to enter the Office at East Rad.
ford. The burglars ran when shot at,
leaving their tools behind them.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
NOTICE.

To l.. J. LAMBETH, alias L. S. LANDRETH 4:
You are hereby notified that at the tx
piration of four months after the publica-
tion Of this notice, the purchaser of lots
Nos. aud 6, in Section ~ and lots Nos.
% and %, In section IL, situated in the
Town Of Richlands, Tazewell County, Vlr
pinia, sold December Goth, 1900, by the
Treasurer IF Tazewell County, Virginia, in
your name for taxes, levies, interest and
costs due thereon for the year 1899, will
apply to the Clerk of the County Court Of
Tazewel County, Virginia, for deed con
veying the said lots TO me, the said lots
not having been redeemed.
Nj. E. SPRATT.
February 4th, 1908.
hereby certify that w. B. Spratt has
made affidavit, ON file in my office, that
he has used due diligence on behalf of NJ.
+. Spratt to ascertain in what county or
corporation l.. j. Lsndreth, alias L. S.
Landreth, IL, without effect.
Tesle. T. Z. GEORGE,
Clerk IF the County Court of Tazewell
COUNTY, Virginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
NOTICE.

10 w. /. LANDRETH:-You are hereby
notified that at the expiration of four
months after the publication of this notice,
l, the purchaser of Lots Nos. 8, 10, ii and
II, in Section II, situated in the Town Of
Rlchlands, Tazewell County, Virginia, sold
December 20th, 200, by the Treasurer Of
Tazewell County, Virginia, in your name
for taxes, levies, interest and costs due
theron for the year 1899, will apply to the
Clerk of the County Cour; of Tsz-wel
County, Virginia, for a deed conveying
the said lots to me, the said lots not hav.
ing been redeemed.
VI. L. SPRATI. 4
February 4th, 1908.
hereby certify that w. B. Spratt has
made affidavit, on file in my office, that
he has used due diligence an behalf of NJ.
K. Spratt to ascertain in what county or
corporation w. L. Landreth is, without
effect.
Teste: T. Z. GEORGE,
Clerk of the County Court of Tazewell
County, Virginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05

VIRGINIA: In the Clerks Office Of
the Circuit Court for Tazewell
County, January 30, 1903
John w. Crockett, 'Administrato de bonis
non of Thomas Hall, deceased, Com.
plainant In Chancery.
VS..
Margaret Burress, A. G. Hall, G. NJ. Hall,
Missouri Neel, Alice Hall, r. l.. Hall, j
Simon Hall, Lou Bourne, Thomas Hall, J.
W. Hall and Francis K. Hall, (the said
g. NJ. Hall, Alice Hall, K. L. Hall, ].
Simon Hall aud Thomas Hall being non.
resdents) and the heirs at law of Thomas
Hall, deceased, who are proceeded against
as parties unknown, Defendants.
The object of the foregoing suit is to dis.
tribute the fund in the hands of the adj
ministrator under the order and direction
of the Court to the parties entitled thereto.
And it appearing from proper affidavit
filed that g. NJ. Hall, Alice Hall, K. L.
Hall, and }. Simon Hall, are non.residents
of this State, and that the heirs at law of
Thomas Hall, deceased, are proceeded
against as parties unknown, it IS ordered
that they appear here within fifteen days
after due publication of this order and do
what may be necessary to protect their
interest in this suit. And it is further
ordered that a copy hereof be published
once week for four successive weeks in
the Republican, a weedIy newspaper pub
lished at TazeNeH, Tazewell county, Vir.
ginia, and that a copy be posted at the
front door of the Courthouse of this coun-
ty as prescribed by law.
Cory
TEsrE: II. BANE HARMAN,
Clerk. /
RI. G.. Anderson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-02-05
NOTICE..

TO LYMAN BIDDLE;-You are hereby mott
fed that at the expiration of four months
after the publication of this notice, l, the
purchaser of lots Nos. 20 and 81, in Sec
ton ! /, situated in the Town of Richlands
Tazewell County, Virginia, sold December
Goth, 1900 by the Treasurer of Taze-
well county, vi GINA, in your name
for taxes, levies, interest and costs due
thereon for the year 1899, will apply to
the Clerk of the County Court of Tazes ell
County, Virginia, for deed conveying
the same to me, the said lots not having
been redeemed.
NJ. L. SPRATT
February 4th, l90'.
I hereby certify that w. B. Spratt has
made affidavit, On file in my office, that
he has used due diligence on behalf of NJ.
K. Spratt to ascertain in what county or
corporation Lyman Biddle is, without
effect.
Teste: T. L. GEORGE.
Clerk of the County Court Of Tazewell
County, Virginia.