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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-20
JOHN SWEET GRAMMAR.

A large audience assembled to hear
the graduating exercises of the class
of December, 1903, of the John SWEET
Grammar School. The programme was
as follows:
tatory. Otto schoenwsld; recitation. Good by,
Old Year" Hattie Humes; song. The Lord
ties TO Our Country" Harry Langsdcrf; reel
tation AT the Concert" Grace Bramah; song.
Stars AID STRIPES Forever" seventh and
stein: double duet Il Live and Love Thee
Mary Bartlett. Ethel Eveleth. Grace Bramah
end Eva McLsnnan. Florence Freeman accom-
panist; recitation, CLASP. Angel OF the Back
ward Look" Constance Lausten. recitation
Mrs Caudle Wants Money for Spring
Watch. Ahoyt' class: recitation. The Voices
OF War Heross,' Charles Christin; solo. Mes
ton. santa Claus a Humbug." Bella Cans;
song, The Open Window" Seventh and
sentation Of diplomas by principal; Farewell
Song. graduates.
jeremiah Deasy was present and
made an interesting and complimentary
speech Those who received medals
were Clare Torybridge. Charles Chris
tin John Swet) and Freda Ruben
stein Denman).
On Thursday afternoon the pupils of
the sixth grade gave the following pro-
gramme in a highly creditable manner:
Glass song. ''HalIelujah; recitation. Mother
Gooses Children Juliet Boy; recitation
Music in Camp" sixth grade girls: recita-
tion. Just Before Christmas. Sas Spier
duet from the Mascot" six boys and six
girls: recitation. "Baby Fir Tsssie Rothoz;
dialogue. Charter Oak. 3 Sixth Grade; class
song. Christmas Star: Hang Up Baby's
Stocking" Lenora Bredull. second grade; reel
tetion. Maud Towle: hoop drill. sixth grade
girls. recitation The Telephone Message
Hsdwig Jerichau; class song. Gates or Para
disc; recitation. "Out TO Aunt Mary's Helen
Pickett; remarks by Mr.. Lyser, principal OF
the school America.
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HANCOCK GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

At the graduating exercises OF the
Hancock Grammar School. NJ. E.
Blanchard principal, diplomas were is
sued as follows:
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

The use of the word chestnut" as
typifying an old story may be traced to
Edwin A. Abbey, the celebrated artist,
who is painting the picture of the coro-
nation Of King Edward VII. at the
Kings command.
Mr.. Abbey is an American, and was
born in Philadelphia and educated at
that city. Later on he Joined a prom
inent club, the members Of which
prided themselves on their ability to
tell smart and witty anecdotes. The
artist was fond of a joke, and was in
the habit of always purposely telling
the same yarn.
1t was a pointless story about a man
who had a chestnut farm, and who
never made any money because he
could not resist the temptation to give
his crop away.
Mr.. Abbey always began this story
IN a different way, but would gradually
lead up to it until his hearers would
recognize it and cry "chestnuts."
And in that way the word gradually
assumed it's slang significance, and is
now used to brand a story as old wher-
ever the English language is spoken.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Nuisances Renorted.

"About 10000 nuisances a year are
reported to us said a clerk in the
nuisance bureau Of the city hall, land
some of them are pretty queer. Once
there was a young woman reported a
man for bathing with the blind up.
This careless chap, 1t seems, would
hop into his bath in the morning with
out lowering the curtain. \ minister
once reported a family for playing rag
time music and popular songs on the
piano on Sunday, but, of course. that
case was out of )uf province. A down
town man was keeping n rooster for
a friend Of his. but he hadn't had 1t
three days before it was reported. 1t
made nuisance of itself, the COM
plainant said. by Growing at daybreak.
once a spins,er had the face - report
baby as nuisance. She said il cried
all night so that she could not sleep.
The boss got mighty indignant with
her Are we TO let the race die out,
madam he says, so as to keep your
rest undisturbed? DO you want us to
kill this baby? Remember. madam,
he says, that you were a baby once
yourself 4 Aanayunk man was re-
ported as a nuisance to us last year
because he snored loud. Philadelphia
Record.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Sunday School
every Sunday $50 a. IN. Preaching nrs'
and third Sundays, IL a. m. and p. m
d. A. Glenn. pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S d a y
School every Sunday at 93Oa. m. preach.
ing first and third Sundays Up. M, second
and fourth Sundays IL a. IN. Christian
Endeavor every Friday at { p. m. K. E.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at $3.50 E.. 10.
Hittle Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 8 p. III. Preaching
first and third Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sundays Up. IN.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH,
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a. m.
Preaching first and third Sundays l. p. M,
second and fourth Sundays ii q. IN.
Prayer meeting every Friday p. M H.
pastor.
UNION PRAYER SERVICE.-Eyery
Wednesday evening 7 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. M. and T. p. IN. Preaching NTH
SUNDAYS at II a. m. Prayermeeting every
Wednesday evening p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKES GAR
DEN.-Preaching on first Sunday at ii a.
m. and 4p.m. 5. o. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at p. M
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
THE WAITER NEEDS HIS TIPS.

Small Wages the Rule in Some Of the
High-Priced Restaurants.
Here in New York the employees OF
the large hotels and restaurants do
not yet have to pay for their places as
is the case with servants in large no.
tells and restaurants in Germany and
nearly all the Continental countries Of
Europe, but their wages are so small
that their condition apprOximates that
Of the foreign servants. One instance
will show how far this practice Of de-
pending wholly on the tips has already
gone in the United States.
In one of the highest-priced restaur-
ants in town the pay Of the walters is
only $40 a month. Out of that they
are compelled to pay part Of the wages
of helper or omnibus" who assists
two or three Of the walters.
In such a case the tip becomes
serious responsibility for the patron
and is not in the least manifestation
of his literally or kindness.
Walters in most of the high-class
restaurants have no cause or complaint
on the score of their tips. Dinners in
these places are costly; only persons
who can afford it are likely to order
and they tip literally,
The rule of 10 per cent, for all
checks under so is generally accepted,
although that scale will not always be
found satisfactory to the men in the
most expensive restaurants. Fifty
cents may seem all right to them for
serving a dinner that costs So, but in
a Fifth avenue restaurant check for
So will lead the waiter to expect more
than so cents as tip.
In general, however, the rule Of 10
per cent. of the amount of the check
will hold good for all amounts under
$40. For amounts above $40 the tip
is generally 10 per cent-New York
Sun.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
A BURGLARS Sense Of Justice.

Thursday last Frank NJ. Akers, OF
No. 1876 Crew street reported to the
police that his residence had been
robbed, and he had lost some toilet
articles and $1j in money. Officers
Doyal and Tbs Investigated the case.
Suspicion pointed to Mary Haygood,
the cook, and she was placed under
arrest. The woman stOutly denied her
guilt. and the officers assured her that
she would only be held until q further
investigation could be made.
Friday morning Dir. Aker's daugh-
ter found between the front door and
the fly screen all of the stolen goods
and a letter, In the letter was the
$40 in cash.
AS the letter is a most unique docu-
ment in police annals it is given in
full. 1t was we'll written with lead
pencil, and the spelling was perfect:
This is what the remarkable burglar
had to say:
"Mrs. Akers: II return your money
to you or to whoever ii belongs to. |
have heard that yu suspect your cook,
and that she is in the station house. /
am a thief ana robber, but cannot let
an innocent person, though a negro,
suffer for my crime. Please release
her, and oblige
"The Burglar"
The cook has been released.-Atlan-
ia Constitution.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Wonderful Clock Plant.

Pierre Van Landingham. florist at
Purdue University, is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a plant known as the desma-
dium gyean, or better known to the
botanic world as the "clock plant" on
account of the peculiar. action Of the
leaves Of the plant when placed in the
sunlight.
He obtained the plant several years
ago from the national botanical gar
dens in Washington. From his origi-
nal plant he has developed several
others, and all are now in excellent
growing condition.
The clock plant, as 1t is Familiarity
known, is peculiar in many respects.
1t is native of the jungles of BOrneo
and in it's native state never exceeds
three feet in height, while those in
this country never come anywhere
near this height, the ones at Purdue
being only three inches tall. The
bloom of the plant is pea in shape and
lilac in color and is quite fragrant
The name OF "elOck plant is de-
rived from the action of the sun on
the leaves. The plant has three
leaves, one large one in the center
and two smaller ones at the base Of
the large one. These when acted upon
by the sun oscillate like the pendulum
of a clock, the large leaf making a
movement forward and back and the
smaller ones in the course Of their os-
cillating motion moving toward the
large leaf. The former makes one
complete movement to and fro in 40
seconds. This time corresponds to
tho hour and minute hands of the
clock. This action occurs only under
the circumstances mentioned above.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
CalenduIas.

Plants raised from seed sown in a
hot-bed in February have been in
bloom all summer, and will continue
to flower until the snow hides their
faces, ard after that If We are favored
with Indian summer These are
among the few flowers we must have;
we like their colors oven though old
fashioned; We Ike Their generosity;
they are ever in bloom and enjoy
rather than resent eating; they are
bold, showing plainly they occupy a
prominent place in the garden and
mean to fill it well. The double varie-
ties are a great Improvement over the
original single ones.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
EnuIish Special Trains.

Special trains are nearly altogether
the luxury Of the rich, who like to
travel precisely at the hour that suits
them and not to be tied down by the
irksome restrictions Of time tables.
says the London Taller. The charge
for a special is as a rule IS. per mile
in addition TO the ordinary fare, and,
Of course, only a first-class carriage
in addition to the guards van and en-
CINE is run. The specials travel at
very high rate of speed. One of the
smartest bits of work ever done in
this way was performed by the Great
Western Railway Company when
Lord Roberts was conveyed from Bias
ingstOke to Paddington in fifty-three
minutes, parts of the journey being
made at the rate Of seventy-eight
miles an hour The whole distance is
fifty-two miles, but in parts the train
cannot travel at a greater rate of
speed than twenty-eight miles an
hour
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Crushinu.

The stories told in ''the profession
OF Mr.. Brookfield's scathing repartee
are endless. On one occasion young
actor who had lately made bit Of a
hit In a small part was regaling a few
friends at great length upon the "splen.
did notices" he had received and the
various merits Of his performance. AT
last Brookfeld quietly remarked; "Butl
my dear sir, you are not really at all
good in the part. have never seen
you do anything well, but in this par
ticular you are simply naughty"
Indeed" said the young man, Bird.
ling up. 81 suppose so distinguished a
critic as yourself would deny my being
an actor at ALI"
al certainly should" said Mr.. Brook
field.
"Then what would you call me?'
asked the young man, a little reck-
Iessly.
"Well," said Brookfeld, with a
sweet smile, Il think l should de-
scribe you as a pardonable error
Pail Mall Gazette.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Ghosts

A professor in Berne University has
traced che history of family which
gives striking testimony to the force OF
heredity. In the end Of the eighteenth
century a woman died who for forty
years had been a thief drunkard
and a tramp" The savant has found
S34 descendants from this woman, and
of 100 he has succeeded in tracing the
history from youth to old age. or
these 1O6 were born out of wedlock,
142 were beggars, and sixty-fOur more
lived on charity. Among the women
1S1 lived loose lives, and in the family
have been seventy-six convicts and
seven murderers. He estimates that
in seventy-fve years this family has
cost the German authorities in aims
houses, law courts, PRISONS and other
institutions abut S1,250,O0O.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

Bjernsen, the Norwegian poet, whose
SEVENTEEN birthday was recently cele-
brated, was once asked by a friend
upon what occasion in his life he had
taken the greatest pleasure in knowing
that he was a poet. 1T was when a
delegation from the Right came to my
house in Ohristiania," he answered,
land smashed all the windows. Be
cause when they had thus attacked me,
and were starting for home again they
felt that they ought to sing something,
and so they began to sing, Yes, we
love this lang Of ours They couldn't
do anything else. They had to sing
the song of the man whom they had
attacked"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
YET We WONDER At CRIME
Something That Encourages
Dark and Deadly Deeds.
THE TOOLS OF BURGLARS
Their Possession Should Constitute
Felony.

FeIoHy'
CT sincerely trust that it will not re-
ouire some atrocious murder by a
burglar In this city to accomplish a
reform which the Police Department
has been endeavoring to effect FOR
some time" remarked a headquarters
detective sergeant to a Washington
Star man.
"A law should be passed making IL
q felony-a penitentiary offense-puh-
isbable by Imprisonment for term De-
tween one and five years, for persons
of evil repute to be found in the pos
session of burglars tools. Such law
exists in other communities, and there
is ample requirement for it here.
"While we have been successful
when upon an arrest of man we nave
found burglars tools upon him IN Sc
curing his commitment to Jail upon
some minor charge, and the courts
have always imposed good sentences,
a iail sentence is not sufficiently deter
ring to those men; it should be a Sc
we're prison offence. A man who car
ries burglars tools is prima 1acle
criminal. at heart rascal, and at all
times. if need be, would be or &C
tual murderer. :,
$50 well is it thoroughly understood
in cities that the burglar Will surely
burgIarizs if he can And the opportun'
itv. and commit murder without COM
junction, that l am at a loss to under
stand why our law makers have not
enacted the law in question, as the
danger is fully appreciated elsewhere.
The ever ready burglar Is a sneak ana
a scoundrel, who adds murder as
side issue to his nefarious calling NO
sympathy whatever should be shown
those men, and, as a police officer,
fully appreciate the sentiment which
is gaining ground in this country tnat
burglary should be made capital Of
tense, and certainly punishable by lie
Imprisonment
cit is my experience, based upon
close contact with criminals for many
wears. that the short prison sentences
these Williams usually receive are with
out avail in curbing their burglarious
and murderous instincts. l have hao
them say to me so many times mat
I cannot count, Well, will see you
when | get out and as rule, once
burglar always a burglar. Society
owes it to itself to place these men in
confinement and keep them there, for
in ninety-nine cases out OF one hun
dred they make good the farew9l sa-
lutatien have just quoted. We see
them again, though we always endeav-
or to see them first.
"a law such as suggested will large
ly aid the police in keeping figurative-
ly and literally a tighter grip upon ac-
tual and intending law breakers. We
do not assert that it will do away with
the crime of burglary, but we do in
sist that it will place tough class OF
men out of the way, where they cannot
do harm to peaceable citizens. Proven
ton of crime is as large an element in
its ultimate suppression as convictions
in the courts. This law must sooner
or later be passed for the protection
of the citizens of Washington, and it
cannot be passed too quickly, in our
Judgment"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Our Beef croesuses.

rhe biggest beef men in the United
states had very humble beginnings
Nelson Morris was a peddler in Con-
uecticut, and started business in Chi,
cago with one hog. The late Gustaye
+. Swift began his career with one
sheep in a small town in Massachu-
sets. Philip d. Armour. too poor to
buy transportation to California by
ship in the days Of the gold fever,
Travelled overland from Oneida, n. T.,
most of the way on foot He made A
few dollars on the Pacific coast dig
GIG bitches to supply water for placer
mines. These three men laid up near
ly 100000, 600 between them.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Lack of Skill Criminal,

a strange verdict has been given by
the criminal court at Lucerne. \ 10
cal medical man named DR. Rehfold
was CONDEMNED TO three months penal
seryitude and 81 500 damages for caus-
ting the death of Nine B. Of KrienS.
near Lucerne, by his want Of skill and
negligence. The relations of the de-
ceased, who died shortly after the
operation, brought the action by legal
advice. DR.. Rehfeld was also prohibit
ed by court to practice in the canton
of Lucerne. The prisoner was fully
qualified doctor.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

Gus Winner of Mexico is still looking
for a wife. 1t seems that this honest
German, whose worst failing appears
to be that he will stick his pigs on
Sunday when his neighbors are going
on the way to church, ought to have
better success with his matrimonial
schemes. He will take either maid
or widow, and is not particular as to
age. and his wife must be able to milk,
and must not dress too finely. These
are requirements which almost any old
maid or widow ought to be able ts
satisfy. Step up ladies'; here's a cll'nce
to marry at bargain counter rate
Kansas City Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
NEGRO Children Born White.

In a contribution to the Revue Ency-
clopedique, a German physician who
had spent several years at Klein-Popo,
in the African Tegolsnd, says that the
stages Of color through which negro
babies pass in the equatorial regions
are as follows: At birth they are the
same color as European infants. At
ter two or three months the skin turns
lilac color Ten days later it is a
light chestnut shade; and it is only at
the end Of three or four months that
the skin becomes completely black.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Weak


Are due 10 indigestion. Ninety-nine OF ever
one hundred people who have heart troubL
can remember when it was simple indiges
ton. II Is a scientific fact that all cases d
heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result Of indL
gestion. 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 1t. took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about four
months and it 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 ~ times the trial
size, which sells for soc.
Prepared by E. O. DEWITT & co., CHICAGO.
For Sale by Jno. l.. jackson, he Drug
O ST
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
The Latest Superstition.

In reporting a marriage at Empor-
ia, the Gazette" tells of curious SUI
perstition held by the bride. She felt
that if it should rain or be cloudy on
her wedding day her marriage would
end unhappily. 30 she refused to set
the day, saying she would notify her
alliance when she regarded the ele-
ments as propitious, and thus it came
about that the young man was hastily
summoned by telephone from a place
ten miles away last week when the
sun was shining gloriously.-Kansas
City Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Watching for the Clouds to Bump.

Two little boys, aged six and eight,
named Ernst and Hugh, were standing
on their front lawn, gazing intently up
to the sky, which was filed with dark
and ominous-looking clouds, the fore
runners of a storm.
what are you looking at, boys7"
asked their mother.
1--WE are waiting TO see the clouds
bump together and make thunder"
was their reply.-New Orleans Picay-
Una
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Llued in rhree eenturles.

Mrs. Myrsala Keith, of Montgom-
cry, Ala, celebrated her 10th birth
day on the 18th with religious services
at her home. Mrs. Keith was born in
South Carolina, but has been living
in Alabama since a child. She has
lived in three centuries, and has vivid
recollections of incidents before the
war Of 1872 Though in i'll health for
six years, her faculties are not in the
least impaired She is the mother Of
thirteen children.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01
Men OF Oak

Timbers of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. 1t pays to use the
right stuff.
"Men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies are made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood is the time to lay
the foundation for a sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers Of children,
helps them build a firm
foundation for a sturdy cOnsti,
tuition.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE, Chemists,
4Oe-4I5 Pearl Street, New York.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

Churchill-The pastor preached q
very caustic sermon this morning that
seemed to be q slap at the congrega-
lion.
Ascum-That so? What was the
text?
Churchill forget. / put in all nay
time wondering what his pretext was.
Philadelphia Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

Youngpoppe-You have just got To-
come out and take dinner with me to-
morrow. won't take mo for an ans
swer. Will you?
Olebatch-Certainly. Shall be d~I
lighted. ~
| thought you would. You see 2
want you to come out and see baby.
The little fellow is getting so stron9.,
He throws his cup, saucer and spoons
clear across the table at every meat
now.-Tit-Bits. !
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

npo w sT CLAIR. ATTORNEY AT LAW
ETs1eveIl Va. Practices in the courts Of Taze
SelI and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville Particula: at
tention paid to the collection OF claims Omce-
Stras building
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

Revised Version
US a wise railroad thai knows IT'S
own par.-IIarvard Lamgson. RS
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

nowEN 4, ROYALL ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
d Tazewell, Va. Will practice in the courts C OF
Tazewell and adjoining counties, and the Court
ADBeals at Wytheviile Collections gwen
speeial attention Office near Courthouse.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-10-01

nRFEyER 4 GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewel
Tvs PraLlLei n the courts of Tazewell and ad
dining counties Ofice--Gillespie building
Edgar t. Greever. Barns Gillespie