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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
REMEDY AGAINST 'SKEETERS
Man from Rio Janeiro Tells How His
People Combat the Pestiver-
GUS Insect.

Slap!
The man interested in South Amer
lean industries landed on the pioneer
mosquito from over the Jersey meadow
with the deftness of long practice in the
tropics, relates the New York Herald.
>"That fellow" he said, was prob
ably scout sent into the enemy's coun-
try to bring back the latest food quo
tations to the rabid armies that are now
buzzing into formation on the Jersey
flats and any other damp spot that is not
drained or covered with film Of oil.
Certainly the mosquito ought to be
denominated the national bird of Amer
ica,' as it is more numerous than the
eagle and about so times as ferocious
and fearless.
Down at my home in Rio Janeiro l
have adopted a simple remedy against
mosquitoes which is largely employed
through South America 1t is equally
adapted to this latitude, and several of
my New York friends put it into sue
cessful operation last season in their
Long Island homes.
at consists of placing the castor oil
plant (ricinus communist or palma
christi, around the house and premises.
In South America this castor oil plant
grows into a small tree; in this coun-
try it attains a height of four feet,
which is amplA for the purpose. The
smell of the plant is just about as dis
agreeable to the 'skeeter as the castor
oil produced is to the small boy, and
wherever these plants grow very few
mosquitoes will be found pursuing their
prey.
"In my tropical home | found that
after the castor seeds sprouted the rabid
'skeeters promptly disappeared, al
though the ground was marshy and COW
cred with plantain and banana trees,
whose damp leaves are happy hunting
ground for the tropical mosquito. also
kept green branches of the plant in the
rooms of the house and that settled
Amos Quito.
'Tn this country, the seed dealers tell
tell me there are two varieties of the
castor plant, one with brown nuts and
one with a white nut that has kernel
tasting like an almond. Any seed store
can supply these seeds"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
THE ADMIRAL AND THE DOG
Swapping Spaniel Of a. Washington
Lady Got Just What 1t
Needed.

The late Gen. H. V. Boynton disliked
dogs. He said one day in Washington:
Il know a lady who always receives
her callers with yapping, swapping
spaniel, pampered and spoiled, on the
sofa beside her. An old admiral, q
friend of mine, visited her one after
noon, and the spaniel took a dislike to
him. 1t began to bark and growl and
show its teeth, and it leaped down from
its velvet cushion Oh the sofa and began
to make little feints and springs at the
admiral's legs.
HE, as he talked, held his cane in his
hand, and kept the tail OF his eye on
the Internal little beast. Its growls and
yappings redoubled, and its feintlike
springs at his legs increased. For anx-
iety and rage he could hardly follow the
thread of the talk. He took firm grip
on his cane.
The lady said calmly:
Don't be afraid, admiral. My little
dog never bites anyone
And even as she spoke the nasty
brute nipped the admirals ankle, tear
ing the stocking and drawing blood.
He swung his cane and gave the dog
a rap on the skull that rolled 1t, half
unconscious, into a corner.
Don't you be afraid, either, madam
he said. 4 never strike little dogs"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Delicate Balance of Power.

The balance of power in Europe Is a
very delicate one. To prevent it's alter
alton few powers that are interested
would hesitate to appeal to arms; in
deed, some that may be nameless are
preparing steadily for the great day
when Intervention will go hand in hand
with necessity. Already the patriots
of Hungary are pointing out that sauce
for the Swedish goose should serve ad-
mirably for the Austrian gander. Let
the example of disaffection spread and
half dozen little states of Europe
that preserve comparative tranquility
because they must will realize that it
is better to die fighting than to live in
peace.-London News.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Gloves and Microbes.

It was noticed in Paris when King
Edward was there that he always ap-
peared in public with his right hand
gloved, but not his left. AS it is common
practice to carry the right glove loose
and not the left, much speculation has
been excited by the kings reversal Of
this CUSTOM One learned writer sug-
gests that 1t is due to sound perception
of hygenic propriety. The object Of the
glove, he says, is not to adorn but to
protect the hand. Which hand has the
more constant employment and is there
fore brought into closer contact with
microbes? Why, the right hand. 1t
follows that in keeping that hand gloved
the king shows his unfailing sense.
Vive lie Roi!-London Chronicle.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

confessor, and the picture ends with
the wild beasts providing about the
arena looking for other prey, while a
little heap of bones represents all that
is left of the victim.
OF course, the victim, strapped to
the cross, is taken down after the ma
chine has been stopped and while the
attendants hold their poses. Before
the picture making is begun again a
dummy of horsefesh with a face mask
is substituted, but this deception is
not apparent in the film, and the Pa
risians are flocking to the exhibition
to shudder delightedly over the pic
tured proceedings of time many CEN
turtles before the invention of photog-
raphy.
The Coliseum is very solid struc-
ture, restored from that in Rome, and
in the course of time we shall be able
to lean back in our padded chairs and
witness the hippodrome races and
other spectacles that delighted the
masses in the time Of Nero.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
WALKING DREAMS.

Eleven chimes from the tall clock
Above the market house, and
Have sat and dreamed the morning through
And rocked not as the time sped by;
The pelting sun that hits the town,
And dazzling lies on asphalt street.
By its unlikeness drives me far
Where daisies grow and meadow sweet.
The white-hot city pants and throbs,
And DER the roofs 1 see arise
The waves Of heat, that make the spires
And chimneys dance before my eyes,
Till their compelling WEAKNESS
Has taken them through me m rvs ways,
To fields that Ripping winds caress.
And canyons where swift torrents brawl
And silver sided salmon leap,
A canyon Of stupendous sides,
And house-big powders in a heap;
And gnarly roots Of trees that cling
To the cliffs side, and sway and lean
To every breeze and seem to laugh
And Joy in every swift careen.
And so the morning hath sped by
In the hot town whose streets lie white
And palpitate beneath the sun
AS they could scarce await the night,
When the gulf breeze shall cool the air,
And the white moon shall ride on high,
And lightning bugs, earth's glowing stars,
Shall mock the twinkling star-lit sky.
Heigho! II one could dream and dream
Forever of the sudden CLEAN
The silver-sided salmon make
When leaping from the brawling stream
And need not think Of tasks to do,
Nor heights ambition points to climb;
But seek where NAPLES make shade
And lie and dream just all the time!
But duty calls with brazen voice
OF yonder bell-elsven now
Away with powders in heap,
Away the brawling, rowdydow
OF the wild stream, and far away
With dreams Of fields Of meadow sweet;
TIE days task yet awaits TO do
BY which 1 earn my right to eat.
j. M. Lewis, in Houston Post
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

der control Of Secretary Taft, two pow
erful searchlights are thrown upon the
Window, one from each side Of the
river They are operated from the
forts and they bore into the pilot-house
of the Window Ike X-rays. The Win
dom wabbles and lodges, but cannot es-
cape those two baleful eyes peering at
her from out the darkness Of the Mary
land and Virginia shores. The pilot be-
comes bewildered and kerplunk' goes
the Window into mud bank.
This is about eight o'clock, the tide
going out and not to be food again I'M
til the next morning at that hour. Fine
prospect, IS correspondents marooned
and not wire within 16 miles. Once
that the Window is fast aground the
baleful searchlights blink out and dark
ness settles upon the scene. The guests,
l am told, take it philosophically
enough, and some of them start up the
national game in the captains cabin.
We'll, after about an hour Of this,
with the Window settling deeper into
the mud, along comes a footy little tug
boat, spluttering out of the darkness, up
the river. And what do you think this
craft is? What, to be sure, but a steam
er belonging 20 the qUartermaster's Of
fee of Secretary Tafts department.
There's calculation and cunning for
you. Taft first beaches Brother Shaw's
party and then comes and takes them
off.
After nosing around to make sure
that the Window is safely aground ana
trying unavailingly to pull her off the
war department boat consents to take
off the newspaper guests. The small
boats are lowered away, the gangway
manned and the party transferred to the
Taft boat, Brother Shaw being the last
to go over the side.
But the revenge Of Taft is not stated
yet. With fiendish cunning he recollects
that Brother Shaw Is a total abstainer,
as all good Methodists should be, and
that doubtless there wasn't a drop of
anything on the Window. So the war
department boat loafs along upstream
and lands the tired and thirsty party
Just five minutes after the excise law
has closed the cafes. He probably con-
cluded that il anything was needed to
settle Brother Shaw's hash with his
guests 1t would be that.
But the newspaper men say that all
will be forgiven Secretary Shaw unless
he should attempt to take It out on the
revenue cutter officer II he tries any
such un-Christian tactics as that his
quondam guests will charter a river
boat, take Brother Shaw down the river
and court-martial him"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
TAFT's TACTICS FOIL SHAW
Picnic of the Treasury Official Turned
to Advantage Of the War
Secretary.

"Did you hear how Secretary Taft
'queered' his presidential rival, Secre
tary Shaw, last night?" asked one poll
tician of another uptown one day, re
lates the Washington Star. NO? Well
| must tell you, it was plumb scandal
Gus. You see, It's this way. Brother
Shaw gets up little picnic for his
friends, the newspaper correspondents
and takes them down the river on the
revenue cutter Window. They slip
away, about IS of them, on a real, nice
little Sunday school time.
well, when Secretary Taft hears OF
1t they say his rage is something dread
full to see. He had always counted on
the correspondents as his meat, and
here comes along Brother Shaw and
takes a whole bunch down the river
where he can talk to them. But, mark
his revenge.
1.-THE Window is plugging along up
stream, homeward bound. Just below
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt, these
two strongholds. mind you, being UNI
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
0Uncle Joev Counted Them.

Representative Holiday, Of Indiana,
when in meditative mood, sometimes
tits his head far back in his chair, looks
into the gay ceiling Of the hall OF rep
resentatives, and allows his beard to
assume horizontal position. He was
in that kind Of meditative mood, re-
lates the Washington Post, when gray,
old man slipped into the seat behind
him.
Say, Holiday" called the man In
the rear after a few moments.
The Indiana man reused himself and
turned around to see.> II was Speaker
Cannon.
There are Just 81" said the speaker.
'Thirty-one what?" said Holiday.
''Thirty-one hairs In your bald head"
rejoined the speaker, friskily. Il know
because have counted them"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Always Rehearse Speeches.

Some Of the best orators Of the senate
never think of rising to make speech
of any importance without thorough
preparation and rehearsal in advance.
Senator Beverage is one OF those who
will not risk their regulations by ex-
temporaneous speeches. Senator Depew
always prepares his speeches in advance
He commits them to memory and COM
parison shows that they are usually copy
perfect. Senator Spooner will often give
long study to a subject on which he Ia
to speak. but he never goes to the trouble
of writing out what he proposes to say.
Senator Foraker follows the same pol
icy.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
G.. T. 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 W orking
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, 1905-09-07
Novel MeSqa Oe

BY means of a tiny cylinder, a mes
sage was actually sent distance of 600
miles. Though scarcely three inches
long and half an inch in diameter, the
cylinder serves as the entire battery
power used in transmitting communica-
tions over the new signal corps cable
connecting Sitka with Valdez, in Alaska.
The fact that such connection has been
established between these two points
shows that the great northwest country
is keeping up with the progress of civ
iliZation.-N Y Herald.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Splendid Uniform.

The most costly uniform in England
is worn by the earl marshal, whose dress
represents an outlay Of some 81 ,250, not
including jewels OF ornaments. Seven
teen thousand yards of embroidery are
worked upon the coat in gold lace until
but little Of the original cloth may be
seen.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Waus and Means.

Good citizens" said the reformer,
should band together and get control
Of the primaries"
But what method would you ad-
vise?" asked his friend. "Jiu-jitsu or
plain assault and battery?"-St. Louis
dispatch.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
How a Bee Gave Up work.

On landing In Australia our nive bee
industriously collected quantities II
honey. Finding, however, that there
was no winter such as we have In Erg-
land, Il gave up laying ia stores. IT'S
morals are corrupted, for II Is no long
er busy" and leads butterfly life
Nature Notes.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Frank

Lawyer-I'll be frank with you. You
can't break your fathers will.
Client-Pll be frank with you'll
can't pay you unless it can be broken.
I'll go you one better. Well break
that will If 1t takes a leg."-Chicago
Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Hanneninp of the Unexpected.

New Wife-George, want you to try
a slice of this. It's my first loaf of
bread.
New Husband (taken by surprise)-
My dear, this is $3.50 sodden!-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
Fruit Stairs on Hands.

Fruit stains on the fingers may be-
removed by dipping the latter In
strong tea and rubbing them we'll with
nailbrush. Then rinse the banda 10
warm water without soap
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

"Timmins, I'm going to have to re-
duce your salary till business gets a
little better"
well, see I'll have to smoke
cheaper cigars"
Cheaper than those you use now?"
Eyes, blamed sight cheaper"
"Well-er-say, guess. III econo-
mize some other way."-Cleyeland
Leader.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
The Better
Way

The tissues of the throat are
inAamed and irrita tie d; you
cough, and there is more irrita-
tion-more coughing. You take
a cough mixture and it eases the
irritation-for a while. You take
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
SCOTS
f MULSION

and it cures the cold. That's
what is necessary. Itsoothes the
throat because it reduces the
irritation; cures the cold because
it drives out the inflammation !;
builds up the weakened tissues
because it nourisheS them back
to their natural strength. That's
how SCOTS Emulsion deals with
sore throat, a cough, a cold,
or bronchitis.
WE'LL SEND YOU
A SAMPLE FREE.
SCOTT s BOVINE, 40? S Fs"T Yc Street
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07
TAzEWELL co. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.

W. ]. Henson, judge; I. E. George,
clerk. Terms of cOurt-Srd Monday In
February, and 4th Monday in May, Au'
gust and November.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

A 8. HIGGINBOTHAM, ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
N. Tazewell, Va. (Ofice up stairs IN Law Build
Joining counties aud in Court Of >peals Of Vir-
ginia.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

II. STUART, ATTORNEY ATLAN, ell,
l,Ve. Land titles In Mcdowell anG Log oun-
ties, West Virginia, specially. once % Stras
building.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

AZ B. sPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
WI lands, Va Practices in the courts OF Taze-
well and adjoining counties. Prompt afternoon
paid to the collection Of claims
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

powEN & ROYALL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Tszewell, Va. Will practice In the courts OF
Tszewell and adjoining counties, and the Court
AppeaIs at Wytheville. Collections gwen
pacfal attention. Once near Courthouse
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

N q. ANDERSON, ATTORNEY AT Law, Taze'
n, well, Va. Will practice In the courts OF Iaze'
well county and the Court Of Appeals at "ythe'
Vile. Collecting specially.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-09-07

SCOTT s BOVINE, 4"S S Es"i TG Stree
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18

A contract has been partially made
with the David Harum company for
its appearance in Turner theatre on
the evening of the 25th, which is We'd
nesday of next week. The contract
has not been agreed to by all parties
but the management of the theatre is
quite certain of booking the play.
Attorney Albert Pfaender has his
hands full with the apr licants for pen
sions under the new law. Some of the
applicants seem to think that because
they were here and had to dodge the
red men they are entitled to something
from the law. One old lady actually
cried because she was made to believe
that there was nothing coming to her.
Mr.. Pfaender has succeeded after
several years work in getting pen
sion from the government for Mrs.
Mary Baasen, who is entitled to it be-
cause of the service of her late hus-
band.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18

AssembIyn7an TIghe'S letter should
be read by every brain worker leading
q strenuous life.
Hon. John Tighe, No. SO Remsen ST.,
Cohoes, N. Y, Member of Assembly
from the Fourth district, Albanycounty,
N. Y, writes as follows:
"Peruna has my hearty Endorsement
as restorative tonic of superior merit.
At times when have been completely
broken down from excess of work, so
that my faculties seemed actually at a
standstill, Peruna has acted as healing
restorer, starting the machinery of mind
and body afresh with new life and
energy.
81 recommend it to man tired in
mind and body as tonic superior to
anything I know of and well worthy
serious consideration."-J. Tighe.
Excess of work so common in our
country causes impaired nerves, leading
to catarrh and catarrhal nervousness
disease that is responsible for half Of
all nervous troubles.
Peruna cures this trouble because it
cures catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18

AS is contended by one of the local
papers, the Review has not sneered at
nor belittled the New Ulm Rural Tele-
phone enterprise, but on the other
hand has contended that it was leg
itimate enterprise and that rural tele-
phones were one of the necessary
things of the age, but the paper has
commended that this city does not need
two exchanges any more than a dog
needs two tails. One is sufficient for
all the needs of the city and if the new
company had confined itself to the
rural proposition as its name implies
or had bought out or arranged with the
present exchange for switching the sit
uation would have been better. We
doubt though if either of the compa-
MES will exist any longer than the New
Ulm Review, which was never in a
healthier condition than it is today.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18
NewU1tnReview
Must Comply With Law.
Wednesday, Oct. IS, 1905.

Superintendent of Public intructiOn
J. W. Olson has decided that it is time
to tighten up a little on the states
money that goes to the public schools
and he has ordered all schools that
expect state aid to strictly comply with
the law. A recent circular from the
department says:
"Please note that than all teachers
in these schools must hold state, not
local certificates of the required grade
for the full school year ofeightmonths.
Limited second-grade certificates are
not second grade certificates within the
meaning of the law, and do not COM
ply with the requirements, but condi-
tional certificates of either the first Or
the second-grade are sufficient.
"Proper heating, ventilation, out
houses, supplementary reading, library
additions, ETC.. must be provided be-
fore Dec. l. SO that the pupils may
reap the benefit for practically the en-
tire school year; otherwise the aid can
not be granted.
"Those in authority should make
careful study of heating and ventila-
ton before installing plant. Ade-
quate provision must be made for ad-
hitting fresh air from without in such
q manner that it can be properly heat
ed before it is thrown into circulation
in the school room, and also for draw
ing off the foul air from near the floor,
through a shaft properly heated so as
to create current for this purpose. If
necessary, some expert should be en-
ployed to do this special work. These
Improvements may seem costly, but the
theory of our special aid laws is man
ifectly to help districts that expend
large, but needed suns to improve their
schools.
thereafter county superintendent
will supply the date required by this
department with regard to buildings,
equipments, etc."
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18
BORN.

GRILLGRAF- Thursday, October
Il, 1905, to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Grillgraf of this city, a son.
MATHER- To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mat
her on Wednesday, Oct. Is, 1905,
daughter.
SCHEIBEL-On Tuesday, October Is,
1905, to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Scheibel
of Cottonwood a son.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18
DIE D.

GRoEBNER- Monday, October Is,
1905, Tillie Groebner, the seven year
old daughter of Tony Groebner, of
appendicitis. Funeral services will
be held this snoring from the Catho-
lie church. 49,.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18

Oscar Jache, son of Prof. Robert
Jache of this city, died at sanitarium
near Denver, Colorado, early last
Sunday morning, OF consumption.
This disease was contracted by him, it
is claimed, at Chickamaugua Park
while serving as soldier in the 14th
Minnesota Volunteers during the
Spanish-American war. The young
man was about twenty-five years of
age. The remains arrived in this city
Tuesday afternoon and the funeral held
Friday Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18
For. Breakfast
Luncheon
or Tea

A few small biscuits easily made with
Royal Baking Powder. Make them
small-as small round as napkin ring.
Mix and bake just before the meal.
Serve hot.
Nothing better for light dessert
than these little hot biscuits with butter
and honey, marmalade or jam.
You must use Royal Baking Powder
to get them right.
co.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18

The system by which the president of
a life insurance company fixes his own
salary precludes the idea that the sur
plus will ever lack feXibility.