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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
THE sPANlSH-AMERIcAN.
He Is Not DefauIter, and Does Not
Commit Suicide,

Naturally we think our type of man.
hood better than the Spanish-Ameri-
cans. Naturally, also, he thinks his
Is the best The decision must be
left to the supreme judge, the "Sur-
vival Of the Fittest" In the mean
time all our prophets and teachers
are declaring our strenuous life is too
much for us; that it leads to degen-
eracy and race suicide. Here at least
the Central American has the advan-
tage of us. He is not defaulter; he
does not commit suicide He has no
use for sanatoriums or insane asylums.
When not engaged in a political revo-
luton he is a fairly estimable citi-
zen, even by our standard. He is an
indulgent father. kind husband, and,
in spite of reputation, is not lazy. On
the contrary, when he does work he
works steadily, though not rapidly,
and if his days work consists of but
few hours, in that respect he is lead
ing where our own trade unions are
trying to follow. His ways are not
our ways, but they suit him and main
ly are the result Of his environment.
He eats garlic, partly because he likes
it, but also because it keeps his pores
open. He knows that red peppers are
good for his liver, and he prefers
stewed chicken to fried salt pork. He
finds cotton clothing more suitable
than wooden to the climate and the
fleas. Since he has nothing worth
stealing, he has no need of locks, and
an armful Of brlars thrown upon the
threshold serves as effectually to keep
out four-footed intruders as solid
door He is very religious. Goes ~
church Sunday morning as we do and
in the afternoon to the cockfight, as in
parts of this country, at least, we go
to the baseball game. He knows
nothing Of football, but if he did would
probably prefer a bullfght as being
fully as exciting and not nearly so
Transcript.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Deficient British cruisers.

Yet another of the new British
cruisers has failed to reach her con-
tract speed. The Essex has completed
her eight hours full-power trial. She
was expected to realize $4,000 horse
power, but the mean results showed a
deficiency of about 1000 horsepower
and she failed to make her contract
speed of twenty-three knots. The only
other three county" cruisers which
have been on trial are the Bedford,
Kent and Monmouth, and none OF
these has reached contract speed. New
types Of propeller have been fitted in
each case, but SO far the speed has
not come up to the standard required.
But all the four cruisers Of the Drake
class exceeded their contract speed.
and the alteration of the propellers OF
this class has resulted in still higher
speeds being attained.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Enoland's Old Married Folk.

One of the most curious tables in
the recently published census sum-
mary is that which gives the respec-
tive ages of all the married couples in
the kingdom. From this we ascertain
that there is at any rate one husband
of ninety-five years who has wife Of
twenty-one, while three husbands
ranging in age from eighty-fve to
ninety-five have secured wives at TWEEN
ty-fve. Elderly. wives and youthful
husbands are rarer, and the greatest
disparity in this direction is between
a wife of sixty-five years and her hus-
band of twenty The oldest couple in
the list are aged 100 and ninety-five
years respectively, while the youngest
pair have only numbered sixteen and
fifteen summers respectively.-London
Daily Chronicle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
How Filipinos CAPTURE Pythons.


In MindanaO, one of the largest Of
the Philippine Islands, the natives
have a queer way of capturing the
huge pythons that infest the swamps.
Some of the houses are surrounded
by stone walls to keep out these rep
tiles, but when found desirable these
same walls are also used as traps. A
hole is made near the bottom, and
after dark a small sucking pig is tied
to stake on either side. The python
smells and hears the pigs, crawls care
fully up and devours the first pig.
But a sucking pig is only half
meal to a python, so, smelling the
other half on the other side of the
wall, he crawls through the hole and
devours 1t.
Now a great difficulty confronts the
python. The first pig prevents him
from crawling through the small hole
one way and the second pig makes re-
treat equally impossible unless he dis
g6rges it, and that is something
self respecting python rarely does.
While he is trying to solve the prob
lem, the natives come out of the house
and solve 1t for him.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
"WELL DRESSED" THEATRES.
Audience Must Be Evenly Distributed
by the Ticket Seller.

Audience Must Be Evenly Distributed
by the Ticket Seller.
What in theatrical parlance is a
well-dressed house asked a drama
tic writer in the course Of converse
ton recently, and after a pause he
continued:
Il went the other night to a show,
and as l passed in the doorkeeper said
to me, We have a well-dressed house
tonight, sir
81 supposed that he meant that the
audience was wearing its best clothes,
but l found on looking about that this
was not true, and so between the acts
l asked him what he meant.
HE answered: Il meant that the
house had been seated by the box
Office man very cleverly, so that it
balanced well, and so that the fact
that it was small was not perceptible
"'To dress a house is to distribute
an audience all over it so that it looks
full when it is, as a matter Of fact,
far from being so.
There are here enough people to
fill about the first seven rows Of the
orchestra; but the house is we'll
dressed, and on looking at it you have
the impression that it is fairly we'll
filled.
"Every ticket seller should see to
it that his house is dressed properly.
That is why you so often tail to get
seated as far up in front as you would
like Mail.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
A Dear Invitation.

When the French government in
vited the car to Paris a couple Of
years ago the invitation alone cost
$1,000, this being the sum of money
paid to the two special ENJOYS who
were dispatched with the message to
St. Petersburg. Altogether the visit
of the car cost the French people
$4,000, which included $4,000 pounds
spent in making Dunkirk into a fit
state to receive the august visitor
The King of Italy is the cheapest mon
arch to entertain and has a we'll
known dislike to any great public func-
tons and receptions. The kaiser Is
also a royal guest who can be enter
tanned cheaply-that is, for royalty;
$4,000 would pay the cost of weeks
visit from the German emperor-Lon-
don Taller.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Money No Object.

Many years ago the writer visited
the Hawaiian Islands. In making a
trip around one of the smaller Islands
we came one day upon a veritable bit
if Eden. In the backgrounds were
the mountains, reaching to the clouds;
about us a half dozen grass houses,
each in its setting of verdure, shadow
ed by cocoanut palms; before us the
quiet waters of the lagoon, with the
white line of the barrier reef, and be-
yond that the indigo sea reaching to
the horizon. We sat down in the
shade to rest and a native came out
to interview us. He was a perfect
specimen of uncivilized man. In the
prime of life, six feet tall, straight as
an arrow, with a frank open counte-
nance and an inch-wide lace pattern
stripe tattooed in blue the whole
length of each leg.
Said my guide: "Do you live here"
Eyes"
always lived here?"
yes"
"Why don't you go to one of the
plantations to liver'
What forT
ITO work"
"For whatT
TO earn money"
What do | want Of money? | own
my grass house, own my vegetable
patch, own my canoe, | make my
own nets and l don't wear any clothes;
why should | workY-Boston Trans
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Our Oldest Public BUILDINGS.

If we seek the oldest civic building
in the United States we shall find our
selves in the quaint old adobe palace
Of the Governors in Santa Fee, n. NJ.
This long, low structure in the second
oldest city of the United States has
been the seat of government under
the Spanish, Mexican and American
regimes for nearly three hundred
years 1t now contains the museum of
the New Mexico Historical Society. Of
which L. Bradford Prince, a native
New Yorker and former Governor Of
New Mexico, is Pesident. Gov. Prince
considers this "the most historic build
ing in the United States. The Chau.
tauquan.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Bio Price for Three Pence.

To the surprise of philatelists in
general another couple Of rarities-
the Id. and I'd. stamps known as the
Postoffice Mauritius-have been found
says London Tit-Bits. A schoolboy, GO
ing over some old correspondence,
found an envelope with a couple of
Strengthening stamps, and took it to
his father, who was not we'll up in
stamps, but who fortunately had a
friend in Paris, who was a collector.
The envelope was sent to Paris, with
instructions to sell it at the best price,
and it was sold to dealer for Fl 900.
The precious envelope has since been
sold to a well-known collector for
$4,000.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Use az Shark Fins.

In some countries walking sticks
are manufactured from shark fms.
From the skin of the animal is OBJ
tanned a leather suitable for making
sword grips and many fancy articles.
Sharks abound on the coast OF Nicara-
qua, and Mr.. Gottschalk, the United
States consul, at San Juan del Norte,
suggests that the fms. backbones and
skins might with advantage be Inn
ported intb the United States for in
dustrial purposes. The killing OF
sharks isl encouraged by the Nicara'
guam fishery laws, and there appears
to be no export duty on any industrial
product derived from them.--Ohio
Valley Manufacturer
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
E7ly7S

The walking sick, what
a crowd of them there are
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"ChrOniC cases that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time.
There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Norwegian Cure for JAG.

In Norway drunkenness is punished
by Imprisonment. AS soon as man is
incarcerated the delinquent has a loaf
and wine morning and evening. The
bread is served in wooden bowl full
of wine, in which it has been soaking
for an hour. The first day the drunk
ard swallows his allowance willingly
enough. The second day it seems less
pleasing. At the end of eight or ten
days prisoners have been known to
abstain altogether from the food thus
pitilessly presented. This course Of
treatment finished, the drunkard, ex-
cept in rare instances, is radically
cured .-Excharg
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
The sun a Mass of RadIum.

1t has been suggested in connection
with the result of the recent study Of
radium that the source of the enor-
nous amount of energy thrown off by
the sun may lie in molecular or alto.
mic changes similar to those supposed
to be taking place in the radium.
That we are obtaining our heat and
light from a great physical laboratory,
in which elements are being manufac-
tured, and that, in fact, the sun Is
simply a great mass Of radium, per-
haps mixed with other similar bodies,
giving off radiations or emanations,
which come to us chiefly as light and
heat rays.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
How to Treat Consumptives.


An Australian doctor who has made
a study Of the disease has established
a school for teaching consumptive
children and grown persons how to
nurse their own illness at home. Ac-
cording to this authority, the patient
must be kept cheerful at all costs, and
allowed to see those friends who will
enliven and not fatigue him. Tobac-
co and chest protectors to be avoided.
His room should face due south, and,
If possible, have a veranda. All car
pets and curtains to be removed.
Every day the room must be scrup-
ulously cleaned, not busted, but the
floor and eyary article of furniture
rubbed with a moist cloth, In which
drops of pine or eucalyptus essence
have been mixed with the water.
Massage is good, but the patient must
not be tired with it. Nine hours
sleep if possible.
For the diet, scraped raw beef, fish,
vegetables, cooked or raw fruit, eggs
and soups. Milk, in sips, as much as
can be borne, daily between meals.
Let the patient recline in the sun, for
SUN is his salvation. The windows
should always be open; and the patient
well wrapped up. lie must walk a
little every day, and every day a lit
tie further, and always sleep with his
window open. His temperature
should be taken twice daily, and, II
it rises after any particular occupation,
that occupation should be discontinued
until the patients health improves. A
hot bath daily, with salt or vinegar
in 1t, is a necessity. All proper sani-
tary precautions to be observed. II
the good work Of teaching the poor
how to nurse consumption is persisted
in, hundreds Of families among the
poor will receive benefit untold.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Duran Helena a Cook.

Queen Eelena of Italy is royal
lady who has a very practical knowl-
edge of cooking. At her fathers
curiously homely and unpretentious
court Queen Helena learned many USE
full things, and among them the art OF
cooking. The Prince of Montenegro in
sisted that all his children should
learn a trade-a rule which, by the
way, obtains in the German imperial
family-and the future queen of Italy
became not merely good plain cook,
but also skilled in the preparation OF
the curious sweetmeats and patisserie
of which Orientals are so fond. The
late King Humbert insisted on tasting
his Gaughter-in-law's cookery, and so
pleased was he with the dainty fare
she set before him that he conferred
on her, with mock ceremony, the title
Of LADY High Cook to the King Of
Italy"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
A Tree That Moves.

4 sort of acacia tree grows in Neve-
da to a height Of eight feet. When
the sun sets it is ready to go to sleep,
shuts it's leaves and coils the ends of
It's twigs like a pigtail. If any one
pulls one Of these tails the tree does
not squeal but fiutters and moves I'M
easily and seems 70 be deeply agitat-
ed. It is never disturbed by a shock,
such as transplating, the leaves stand
out in all directions and culver VIC
lently. Strangest of all they send out
q pungent nauseating odor that is
most unpleasant. 1t takes this bad
tempered tree an hour or two to get
back into good humor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Good Maxim for ALI.

There are excellent commercial max
inns that the late Gustavus F. Swift
left behind bim-even if they carry
with them a somewhat selfish flavor.
One Of the lot, however, is quite good
enough for general use. 1.-THE best a
man ever did," he says, Shouldn't be
his standard for the rest of his life"
In other words, never have so much
respect for your own record that you
are afraid to break it.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
TIL. Rritlsb War Office Busy.

The British war Office has sent out
a general order that tentatively" off,
GERS may in times of peace wear linen
collars with their frock coats. 1t has
also decreed that soldiers who have
been invalided because of loss OF
teeth in actual service will be furnish
ed with a new set at their grateful
coantry's expense.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Peer Clockmaker.

Lord Grimthorpe, who was 81 the
other day, has the double distinction
of being King Edwards oldest coun-
sci and our only peer clockmaker He
spends most of his time at Batch
Wood, near st. Adams, in workshop
fitted up with every mechanical appli-
ance known in the clockmaker's trade.
He is the designer of Big Ben at
Westminster, and personally superin-
tended the great clocks construction,
giving a guarantee that it should new
er vary more than sixty seconds in
week.-London Tit-Bits.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Dancing In a Vat.

a dance under somewhat novel con-
ditions took place the other day in a
mining camp in Washington. Two
new cyanide watts were being put in,
and it was decided, in order to cele-
brate their completion, to hold dance
inside. Four sets of dancers were go
ing simultaneously in each Of the big
vessels, the couples having to climb
down ladders to reach the foor.--Ex-
change.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
How to Do Il.

You can never run the mill with
the water that is past" we remarked,
trying meanwhile to look extremely
wise.
mo; but you can put up another
mill further down stream" retorted
the get rich quick man with consid-
able impotence.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
For Beautiful Sleep.

A human being requires at least 900
cubic feet Of air space at night, and
the usual allowance for a patient in
hospital is double this amount. A
horse requires 1000 cubic feet, or near.
ly treble what man needs.-Ex.
change.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
STATE FEMALE NORMAL sc. DOL
FARMYlLLE, va

Founded by he legislature to educate
teachers for the public schools.
FREE TUITION for two huDored
young women.
Scholarships appointed amonglhe coun-
lies and cities.
Liberal course in Language, Literature,
History, Sciences and art.
STRONG PROFESSIONAL course for teach
err.
Session begins September oh.
Write for catalogue and application blank.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

British India buys abroad $260,706,-
600 worth a year, of which the United
States supplies $3,772,OOO, or about
one-ninetieth. The largest item from
the United States is $1,O00,000 worth
of kerosene oil.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Weak
Hearts

Are due to indigestion. Nlnety-nine cs evea
one hundred people who have h.art troubi
can remember when 1t was simple inliges
ton. II is scientific fact that all cases 4
heart disease, not organic, are not emily
traceable to, but are the direct result Of indi
geston. All food taken into the stomach
which fails Of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, putting II up against the
heart. This interferes with the action Of
the heart, and In the course Of time thai
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr.. D. Kauble. Of Nevada. o., says: had stomach
trouble and was IN bad state as had heart trouble
With It, took Kcdol Dyspepsia Cure for about fou
months and II cured me-.
Kodol Digests What You Eat
and relieves the stomach Of all nervous
strain and the heart Of all pressure.
Bottles only Sl.oo Size holding az times the trisi
size, which sells for soc.
Prepared b. e. o. DEWITT & co., CHICAGO
For Sale by Jno. 4. Jackson, the Drug.
gist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Make Wav for the Doctor.

Through the street of Berlin doctors
carriages have the right of way. Evea
the emperor's carriage must pause
when a Doctors vehicle is about TO cut
across its path.-EXchange
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

T. EVER X GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewel
n PraC.sCei the courts of Tazewell and ad
he counties. OAiee--Gillespie building
AZ Z. Greever Barns Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

N ". ST CLAIR. ATTORNEY AT LAW
#rezewell. Va. Practices in the courts of Taze
%eIl' and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
d c.,rf of Appeals at wytheville Particulas at
knfion paid TO the collection OF claims. ounce
btres building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

It is said that where one boy smoked
occasionally ten years ago, 800 smoke
regularly now.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

rowFN a ROYAL. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
II ~srlzewell Va. Will practice in the courts OF
,'azkwell and adjoining counties, and the Court
AppcaIs at Wytheville. Collections given
special attention. Office near Courthouse.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

ITO -, ocs -.sHtlG. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
x[IE IVA. Practice 10 the courts s''"se-
ty. S. NJ. B. COuling will continue his
Ia all the courts of Buchanan county. J.
bn wytheville, Va. s. NJ. B. Couling,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
Officers.
II DIRECTORY.

CHURCH. SUNDAY School
$50 a. N. Preaching fits.
days, IL a. m. and 7. p. ID.
pastor.
N CHURCH.-S d a Y
SUNDAY at 9:90a m. Preacb
third Sundays Up. M, second
undays IL a. m. Christian
ery Friday at : p. III. K. +.
Tor.
list CHURCH, Main Street.
Dol every Sunday at $50 m
rkers" Juvenile Missionary
! Sunday p. m Preaching
I'D Sundays IL a. M, second
= Sundays p. M, fifth Sur
b. and z p. m.
TAZEWELL CHURCH,
DOL every Sunday at 10 a m
irst and third Sundays p. m. g.,
h fourth Sundays Il a. -.
eting every Friday Z p. M I.
e, pastor.
PRAYER SERVICE. Every
: i v evening z p m, alternating
Be Baptist, Christian and Meth
ches.
tYTERIAN CHURCH. Sunday
ery SUNDAY at $50 IL m. Preach
], third and fourth Sundays al
asnd 7. p. IN. Preaching fifth
H0Rn. Pravermeeting every
III p. IN.
In BURKE'S GAR
on first >undav At II a.
y. Hall, pastor
sEACHERS COUNCIL.
p. N.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

CHAPMAN 4 GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS AT
EI,AW. Tazewen, Va. Practice in all the com's
of Tazewell county and Court Of Appeals ~
Wytheyille. ]. W. Chapman, A. P. Gillespie.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

nJ&s.D. MAY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Tazee,,
q we'll. Va. Practice in the courts OF TazeWeli
aonnty and In the Court of Appeals at Wytheville,
Va. Particular attention paid to the collection o.
claims.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

., 4. AIDERSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Taze-
n veil Va. VIII practice in the courts Of Taze-
ELI county and the Court Of Appeals at Wythe-
vile. Collecting a specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

sf 3. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
mn ii lands, Va. Practices in the courts Of Taze-
vel and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
paid to the collection of claims
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

<gERY Il GRAHAM, LAWYERS farewell, Va.
Ice in building near Court House X X.
N. 8. G. Graham.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
0. DIRgClOTY.
lit Court.

pm, judge; H. Bane Har-
Pc OF court-lst Monday
|iay IN August and lst
her.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

4 q. STUART, ATTORNEY AT Law, ell,
Iva. Land titles In Mcdowell and LOga -oun-
lies, West Virginia, speciality. ONCE % stras
guiding
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10
hty Court.

|ege; t. L. George, clerk.
tuesday after Sd Monday
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-12-10

CHURCH. School
$50 a. N. Preaching his'
days, II a. m. and Z. p. ID.
pastor.