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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-03-30
Clothed About.

A story whose origin is attributed
to Oliver Herford, relates that a
friend, entering the Players club one
evening. saw the humOrist surrounded
by the group Of admirers who usually
gathered about him to enjoy his talk.
"Ah, Oliver" remarked the friend
surrounded by your coterio, as
usual?" YES" rejolned Mr.. Heriord;
likewise by my panterie ans my yea
terie. "-Argonaut.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-03-30
nIsannoIntInr.

A precocious youth telesraphed to
his parents on their golden wedding
day: rs marlarge a failure?"
The old couple laid their heads TO.
gether and presently made answer;
NO. but its results sometimes q. = -
Stray Stories.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-03-30
CHAPTER XVIII.
TllE HEART or LINCOLN

TllE HEART or LINCOLN.
solemn days are these that follow.
Losing over third Of its force engaged
IN this fur ious initial battle. the bril-
fsde shares the lot of the rest Of the
army and after two days more of
fratlcss fighting is ordered 10 fall back
Oh Washington. Many OF the wounded
efaesss haze been sent ahead. without
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
HE WAS GOING ON CARS.
And the Terrible Infant Was Moved
to Tell Strangers All
About It.

The little boy made eyes at the women
In the seat behind and at last deserted
his mother for their society relates the
Boston Post.
"Yes'm," he said Were going on
the train. Amt it fine. My uncle's dead.
We're goin' to his llunerell."
"Was your uncle your mothers bro
ther?" asked ont of the women.
"Yes'm, an papa hates him. An
when my mother was little girl my
uncle was little boy, an he licked my
papa. You see that lunch bastik? Wei,
we've got some choking in it, cold
choking, an Ill give you some. When
my mother was little girl she always
had to eat the neck, cause there was two,
four, elevum children, an she was the
littlest, an she just hates the neck.
His new-found friends were properly
sympathetic,
See that satchel7 Well, that amt
ours. We had to borry 1t from Mrs. Did
son, cause the mite ate ours all up-Oo!
look at them COWS! We had q COW once,
but 1t died. Amt that a pretty dress
mammals got on? ? 1t amt hern; it's
Mrs. Didson's, only she's biggern't my
mother guess you amt got any little
boys, have your Is your uncle dead2
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
THIS JOB NO ONE WANTS.
Pumping Wind for Big Church Or
gans That Are Icing Installed
in Country Towns.

There is an odd job in the country
towns that no one seems to want, says
the Chicago tribune.
1t is the pumping Of wind for the big
church organs that many Of the
churches are now buying. No one con-
nected with a church organization
likes to sit behind the big instrument,
out of view of the congregation and
turn a crank that grinds out long and
short meter tunes. Nobody out Of the
church has hankering for such
means of making a stipend twice day
once a week.
So the churches have to provide wa
ter motors and other kinds of power.
This may furnish another use of the
trolley lines. They may be able to
sell the power that grinds their car
cogs to the churches to grind their big
musical instruments.
Not long ago water motor that was
utilized in an Illinois church was pow
erless because the water supply had
been shut Off No one could be Sc
cured to turn the crank by hand, so
a small cottage organ was borrowed
from a neighbor, the tunes were sung
to the music of this modest instrument
and the congregation seemed to like
the good old way best.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
SECRET BUSINESS BRIDES.
Illicit Tolls Taken Daily by Stewards,
Clerks and Heads of the
Departments.

Talking Of business bribery, Sir
Arthur jeff, one of Great Britain's
leading business men, said:
But is proof required of what is
going on in your midst? Does not the
shipping trade bristle with secret
brides? Are not Illicit tolls taken
daily by stewards, freight clerks, store
keepers, and other heads of depart
ments? Is there not in some trades a
fixed rate of payment, we'll understood
by manufacturers, whose travellers have
to pay, say, five per cent. to the GUS
toners foremen? Does not the trav-
eier call nominally to see that the
goods are all right, but secretly to pay
the five per cent. which is insisted
upon?
81 ought not to omit the testimony
of the judges. Each Of us has had ex-
perience of the evil which have de-
scribed. Personally have been struck
in cases tried before me by two things
first, the prevalence Of these brides
in commercial transactions, and, sec
ondly, by the cynical Indifference with
which they are regarded by those from
whom l should have expected an in
dignant denunciation of their dishon-
esty.
ITO the excuse usually made that
these commissions are not really Sc
cret and fraudulent because they are
so we'll known, there are at least two
answers-one that fraud is not the less
fraud because 1t is known to prevail.
and the other that If, and so far as.
masters, either in regard to trade or
domestic service, know that their own
are being bribed, and from
weakness or want of moral courage
shut their eyes to the fact, they are
making themselves parties to the evil
practices and doing distinct injury to
the state"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
RETURN MARRIAGE LICENSE:
Disappointed B:idegrooms Take Them
Back and Want Their
Money.

A marriage license, according to the
man who issues them down at the
courthouse, is no sure indication that
there is going to be wedding, says
the Kansas City Journal.
<SNot infrequen,ly unused marriage
,,oonsSsaare returned" said the de-
-,,t,. DGrs Some of the disap-
~ -. 80 ..ssRps want to know If
pointed bridegrocsS. money back. |
they cant get their S'nro,,,dos IN q
don't know what the law f~Jd hin,
case Of this kind, but | shOuiS>~ Ii
that if fellow buys a marriages.,
cense and then loses the girl, he ought
to have the fee rufunded.
1T is hard to tell why some of these
marriages fail to transpire," continued
the deputy. Il have never had occa-
sion to investigate any of these, Of
course. Some fellows, l believe, buy
marriage license without consulting
the girl, thinking that the sight of the
document might bring her to time. In
some instances. | suppose, the girl
changes her mind. | would say that
majority Of these failures can be put
down to the parents of either the pros
pective bride or bridegroom. The cou-
pie may decide to get married, the man
will come down here and get the IL
eense, and when the question is popped
to the old folks there is such a siren
uous objection, that all vows are de-
clared Off"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
A REMINISCENT APPETITE.
Poetic Genius of the Houston Post
Tells His Likes in Prosaic
Rhyme.

l think I'd like to slop the pigs the
way | used to do, and bring in wood
and hunt for eggs and bring the cows
home, too; and grease the wagon and
hitch up the horses every day, and
water all the COWS and calves and give
the horses hay; and pump wash water
and stay in an churn, and churn, while
other boys down by the creek were
having fun to burn. I'd like to salt the
sheep, / would; I'd like to milk the
COWS; I'd like 20 man a cross-cut saw
and have a wild carouse, with dad the
other end of it to pull me through the
log. I'd love to curry off the team and
feed the cat and dog. And when I'd
got the chores all done and had got
through the rush, I'd like to take a
brush-hook and go out and cut some
brush. I'd do these things again, L
would. and never heave a sigh, for
long about this time O. year I'd get
my full of pie-good homemade mince
and pumpkin pie, and hens eggs newly
laid: salt-risin' bread and biscuits like
the kind my mother made; and good
backbone and spareribs, too, and corn
bread spread with grease-these things
to have again would bring my spirit
lasting peace. And so I'd like to slop
the pigs and fed the critters, too, and
churn and churn, and churn, and
churn. Just like l used to do.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
GOVERNMENT FOR RUSSIA.
Representative Assemblies Are Pos
sible Through Parliament
tary Training.

Statesmen, like Prince Mestchersky,
who are saying that constitutional
government is impossible in Russia
for the simple reason that the vast
majority Of the people have not the
slightest conception of its meaning"
seem to be strangely ignorant Of the
fact, writes Hannis Taylor, in North
American Review, that for centuries,
the Russian people have been having
the best of all constitutional training
in their village pariiaments, the identi-
cal training out of which has grown
the representative assemblies OF Eng
land and the United States. There Is
no reason why a parliamentary sys-
tenn should not be rapidly developed
in Russia, because the entire sugstruc-
ture of the state is composed OF nur-
series in which the principle Of cleo
ton and representation by small de-
mocracies is in full bloom. Russia
cannot afford to wait. Since the fall
Of the Roman empire, no vast political
aggregate ever suffered so much from
the lack of the helping hand Of a rep
regentative national assembly, capable
of insuring the equal and concerted
action of widely diffused populations.
If to-day Russia had such a parlia-
ment. whose elongated fingers could
reach down into the pockets OF con-
senting millions, the brilliant adyer-
sary now defying her would be AS help
less as a cripple in the grasp OF IT,
fan
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
FOR THIS YEARS ECLIPSE.
Elaborate Preparations Being Made
in Various Quarters for Its 4,
Observation.

Many well-equipped expeditions VIII
leave this country and Europe to view
the big astronomical event Of the year
1906 from the most advantageous
points. This event will be a total
eclipse of the sun, which will occur
August 30. William H. Croker, OF CAL
ifornia, has offered TO defray the cost
of sending expeditions from the Lick
observatory, California, to Labrador,
Spain and Egypt. The naval obserVa-
tory of Washington will probably send
three expeditions, one Of which may
be located near Burgos, Spain. Photo
N,phs of the corona by means OF
graz # five inches aperture and 40
camera y. ~ be made BY the Croker
feet focus "
parties. Proctor. the famous
Miss Mary .er, writes as follows:
woman acknowledgement largely OF
can expedition coy Burgess, Spain,
amateurs will go tN\of the most de-
which is probably one CO route of an
sirable stations along the rramme is
ticipated darkness. A pros "a minor
being arranged for covering u Aserva-
details OF an eclipse, such as OIL the
tions of the diminishing sunlight; Ne
peculiar shadows cast By the foliag>
on the ground when the sun is nearly
eclipsed; the strange wavering lines or
shadow bands, as they are called,
which make their appearance a few
moments before totality; the swift on
rush of shadow, and finally the glo-
rious but Undesirable corona.
Thus, while the astronomer Is abb
sorbed in special details which require
his whole and undivided attention, the
amateur enjoys the opportunity OF
watching the unfolding glories OF the
corona from the standpoint Of a poet
or artist. Words fail to convey the
impressiveness of the scene. From re-
mCtest times 1t has been described
with enthusiasm as being one OF the
most beautiful of natural phenomena"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CuUECH.-Su n DAY
School every Sundtv II 9.30a IN. Preach,
ing first and third Sundays p. m, second
and fourth Sundays IL a. IN Christian
Endeavor every Friday at p IN. X. 4.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at 9:SO a. m
"Little Workers Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 8 p. IN. Preaching
first and third Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sundays s p. M, fifth sun
DAYS IL a. m. and p. m.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHUkCh'-
Sunday School every Sunday at 10 a. M
Preaching first and third Sundays l. p. M,
second end fourth Sundays II a. M
Prayer meeting every Friday p. m. L.
]. Eskridge, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 a. 10. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
IL a. On. aud 7. p. IN, Preaching NTH
SUNDAYS at II a. m. Prayermeetlng every
Wednesday evening Z p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKES GAR
DEN.-Preaching on first Sunday at IL q.
m. and 4 p. m. 5. o. Hail, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
SWEATERS FOR SWELL DOGS
Pampered Pet "Purps" of the Haute
Ton Have a New Wrinkle
in Clothes.

Dog sweaters are the --latest thing" in
canine clothes, now that some of the
coolest weather of the season has ar
rived. says the Philadelphia Press.
They are not the old-fashioned blan-
kets. made in the many different styles
of the past dozen years, but knit sweat
ers made with as much care, apparently,
as those the athletic girl wears while
skating on the park lakes.
But these sweaters are just now in
tended for the dog that goes riding with
his mistress in an automobile. For this
purpose the aforesaid mistress discov-
cred that the blanket, no matter how
tightly it fitted dear Fido," was not
sufficient to keep him warm in the cold
air that whizzes past the occupants OF
an automobile as they dash along the
Lancaster pike. So she had the sweater
knit for him, and the question of how
the dog was to be kept warm was solved.
Only a few of the new kind of dog
clothes" have been made as yet, but, as
one fair automoblist expressed it, 1.-The
fashion is growing"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
THEIR LIVES
ANDLETTERS
By HENRY GALLUP PAINE
Copyright by nAily Story Pub. Co..

MI AWARD BARLOW was a poet.
lVI That is, she wrote verses and sent
them to the magazines; but the regu-
larity with which they came back to her
declined with thanks" was beginning
to cause some doubt on the subject 10
arise in her mind.
One day, however, she received a de-
lightfully appreciative letter from the
office of the Weekly Symposium, sug-
costing two or three minor changes in
sonnet she had submitted, and stat
ing that if these met her approval, the
poem would be accepted. The letter was
signed Marion Fiske, Assistant Edi-
tor"
"Here, at last" thought Maynard, "is
a girl who sympathizes with struggling
genius" and she promptly wrote an
equally appreciative letter in reply, &C
cepting the editorial recommendations
and inclosing another poem.
She had noticed with some amuse-
ment that the letter from the Symposi-
UNI had been addressed to "Mr. Maynard
Barlow" and she decided not to disil
fusion the editor. She did not wish to
do anything that might cause Miss Fiske
to take less interest in. the papers new
contributor
"Confound my sponsors!" said the
young assistant editor of the Symposi-
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
LIVING COSTLY AT cAPITAL
Housekeeping In st. Petersburg Foun
to Be Much More Expensive
Than Elsewhere.

In St Petersburg housekeeping costs
more, it is said, than in the other Eu-
ropean capitals. To begin with, moth
ing can be bought without bargaining
and those who are skilled In the art
have the advantage over their neigh
bors. If you know how to get on the
soft side Of Russian tradesman and
ply him with proverbs and Jokes you can
cut his price down to the harrow
est margin of profit, otherwise he
simply robs you. Indeed, he cannot
we'll do otherwise, because not only
trick of the trade but an unwritten
law obliges him to ask for his wares
from 80 to 40 per cent. more than he
expects. He himself would be aston
ished if you would take him at his
word. Then again, of course, a great
deal depends on the choice of shops.
One of the most satisfactory ways
of buying provisions is not to visit
any shops, but to repair to the open
air markets. In certain public squares
Of the capitals little stalls are fixed I'D
every morning and here fruit, vege-
tables, meat, poultry, hardware and
haberdashery can be bought up to
noon. But at the strike of IL every
booth and stall vanishes.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
SOME WAYS OF FRENcHMEFI
Ode Institutions Which Have for
Their Object the Hoodwinking
Of the People.

In Paris there is an institution
which calls itself an "alibi Office" 1t
undertakes to prove that when one is
really hiding in Paris he is at Biar-
ritz, or some place equally remote.
The patron of the "alibi Office" writes
letters ostensibly from any address,
and the "alibi office" has them actually
posted there, 80 that when they arrive
in Paris they bear the right post
marks. This agency, moreover, offers
its subscribers the advantage of an
address in "the most aristocratic quar-
ter Of Paris" to which their CORE
spondence can be sent, which will be
opened by the management when the
subscription is not forthcoming.
One result of the anticlerical policy
now being pursued in France will be
the enriching of the museums with a
number of valuable works of art.
These are the pictures of the crucifix-
ion which have been removed from the
walls of the various courts of justice.
III every L IeuCu cOuIL d plCIulS VI
Christ on the cross hung behind the
presidents seat and the witnesses were
supposed to look on it at the moment
they took the oath On their removal
some of the opponents Of the govern
ment declared that the witnesses
would no longer feel bound by their
oath and would perjure themselves
without scruple.
A guessing contest of unprecedented
bigness gave the leading daily news
paper of Paris, the Petit Parisien, its
circulation of 100000 The contest
consisted in guessing the number of
grains of wheat in a certain sealed
bottle. The aggregate prizes, includ-
ing a first prize of $4,000, amounted to
100000. 1t is said that during the
competition, in which millions took
part, the circulation attained the al
most incredible number of 100000 a
day. A special staff of 500 clerks had |
to be engaged to sort the wagon loads
of correspondence which arrived every |
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
FATHERS LATCK-KEY.

When fathers latch-key jingles,
Oh. that's the time for fun!
Before he gets 1t in the lock
We hear 1t, and we run.
Sometimes he is a robber-
A robber fierce and bold
Who shoots with an umbrella gun,
And steals our boarded gold.
Sometimes he is a lion
Who tries to eat us all,
Or drag us to his darksome cave
The closet in the hall.
Sometimes he is a sailor
Returning from a cruise,
With hosts Of presents In his trunk
To play with and to use.
Sometimes he is a soldier
On furlOugh from the wars;
Again he is a splendid knight,
With glory and with scars.
And sometimes he's peddler-
He's very good at this
And from his satchel full OF wares
We buy things with kiss.
But often he's just father,
Too tired out to play.
It's queer that, though the fun is nice,
We like him best this way.
SO, though our days are happy,
We look for six o'clock.
When fathers latch-key jingles loud
And slips into the lock-
Annie Wills Mccullough, in Youth
Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23

was his voice that they did not recognize
it, and refused to move. Already ten
of his precious seconds were gone.
Sanders stopped, picked up fragment
of rock, and launched it at random,
through the smoke, in the direction of
old white BILLY, the off leader of the
team. Fortunately, it struck the horse
fairly on his flank, rousing him suddenly
from his reverie Billy started forward,
and the others followed his lead. There
vas heavy stamping Of hoofs, creak-
ing of unoiled axles. The team was in
motion.
The moment the driver flung the rock
he seized the reins strongly again with
both hands. Barely had he done so when
the loop frightened with a quick jerk. 1t
was the second he had been waiting for,
the one on which his life depended
Without loosing his hold he sprang up
sticking the tips of his toes into the in
terstices between the blocks of granite
The force of the pull hurled him against
the wall, but he chung to the leathern
straps with desperate energy.
Had the reins given way, all would
have been lost. But they were new and
strong, purchased the day before to re-
place an older pair, and they did not
break. In a moment Sanders was
dragged up and out Of the kiln, across
the granite edge, and along the planks OF
the staging, narrowly escaping being
run over by the broad-tired wheels.
Less than a minute and half had
elapsed since the drivers feet first struck
the bottom Of the pit, but it would be
hard to imagine more fearful 80 sec
onds than that through which he had
passed. AS he looked back upon it after
ward it seemed to him like a brief but
horrible nightmare.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
c.. r. PATTON
Blacksmith and
General Repairer
TAzEWELL, VIRGINIA

I am prepared to execute, at
short notice and on reasonable
terms, all classes of iron work
horse shoeing, all kinds of repair
ing, etc.
There is also connected with my
establishment a Wood Working
Department, under the control OF
J. b. Crawford where he is pre-
pared to do everything pertaining
to that branch.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
The Commercial Instinct.

Guide Showing places of historic in
teresD-"It was in this room that We'll
lington received his first commission"
Mr.. Einstein--His first commissionf
Ish dot so?
Yes, sir; 1t Is fact"
"Vot percentage of commission did
he get?"-London Tit-Bits.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
Long-Felt Want.

A meteorologist has invented an ap-
paratus to fOretell the coming of squalls,
and he will confer a benefit on the
world, remarks the Chattanooga Times,
by making them cheap enough for fam
lily use.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23

Prince Fushimi has learned one SEN
tence in English: 81 offer a toast to
the president of the United States" and
It always makes a hit.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
THE HOME OF VINOL
To Mothers Of Ailing Children

THE HUME UF VINUL
To Mothers Of Ai1ing Children
Many little boys and girls in this
town are weak, thin-legged, hollow
checked and blood1ess. We wish every
mother could know what our Vino1 Will do
for such children. We promise that 1t
will create flesh, build them up and make
them strong. robust and rosy. If 1T fails
to do this we will cheerfu1ly return all
the money paid US for the Vinol takens
On these terms it's your duty to try ito
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23

Whether either or both Of them viii
ever become famous, 1t is too early yet
fo>prophesy, but the development of
their repius will never be perpetuated
in print
AS Fiske aptiy put It: "There is now
only one life, and thee are no letters"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
Odor of Pickpockets.

IF you detect a strong odor of garlic
in a trolley car, keep your hand on your
watch" said a Central Office detective
yesterday. Its new dodge of the pick
pockets to use garlic to help them in
separating watches. pins and pocket
books from their owners. Two Of the
light-fngered gentry usually work to-
gether in a crogded car. One of then
munches on theSstrongest kind of garlic
and then gets alongside the intended
victim. The victim naturally turns his
head to avoid the odor, and the pick
pocket takes the pin or whatever he IS
after and passes it to his confederate,
who leaves the car at the next corner. II
the victim should discover his loss soon
afterward, the man of the garlic is prob
ably arrested, but the loot is not found
on him and he is invariably allowed 70
ON Y SIM
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23
TAzEWELL co. DIREC OHY.
Circuit Court.

w. ]. Henson, judge; I. E. George,
clerk. Terms of court-3rd Monday in
Febru ~, and 4th Monday in May, Au'
gust a ID November.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-02-23

.IENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS fazewell, Va.
nOAice in building near Court House h. h.
Henry. S. c. Graham.