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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
VICTIM OF THE FAMILY.
Having Made q Fortune, This Old
Nan Is Now UndeR
discipline.

Every morning at nine o'clock pro
cisely an old gentleman, walking with
the aid of stout cane, enters q saloon
and takes q seat in corner where
he Is comparatively safe from ohserya'
ton, says the New York Press The
bartender, without asking questions.
carries to him a cigar and drink
Of whisky, and the old gentleman
smokes and sips In apparent content
ment. Just before the cigar Ia An
lshed hs takes another drink. Then ne
walks slowly, down to Riverside drive
and ats In 8 shady spot until luHcA
time. when be entsrs fns mAnsi0A
near by and Is seen ne moro until As
following morRlng.
That's funny case" said thu bar
tender. as the old gentleman went out
after his customary cigar and drinks.
Hes a retired banker and Lives IN
luxury. He has a large family and
they have everything they wish fax.
But the old man Is looked upon a. q
sort of necessary evil about the house.
He is not permitted to smoke In the
house, and as for drinking-Why. any
member of the family would have 1T
II they saw anything Of an alcoholic
nature on the premises.
Now that he has made the money
which supports them, they relesate the
old man to the rear, and he Is at that
age who're he hasn't spirit to rebel. So
he comes In here every day and
'sneaks' his drink and smoke AID goes
back home contentsd. Amt this 9
queer Worldf"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
PERSONAL NOTES
"ELIHU Roof,
Secretary of State. ,

Chaplain Tribou, recently appointed
to the United States Naval Home in
Philadelphia, from the Charlestown
Navy Yard, will take up his new duties
on November 10.
Rev. John Lafsrge, Jr., son of the
famous artist, said his first mass in this
country at st. Mary's Church, Newport,
on Wednesday. He was ordained in
Austria last Summer.
Prof. A. B. Stevens, who has been
studying in Switzerland for two years,
has returned to the University of Mich
igan and will continue his researches
upon the composition of poison ivy.
Walter Vaughan Morgan, the new
Lord Mayor of London, has chosen his
niece, Mrs. Horribly Steer, to be his
Lady Mayoress, as the time-honored
custom makes.it imperative that there
be Lady Mayoress, and Mr.. Morgan
is widower. Mrs. Steer is the wife
of Rev. Horribly Steer, vicar of St.
Philips, Lambeth.
Rev. Hugh Black, of Edinburgh,
Scotland, who recently accepted chair
in the Union Theological Seminary, N.
Y, is only 81 years old, but already has
achieved a leading position among the
clergymen of his native country. His
writings are almost as well known in
this country as in Scotland.
The three leading artists of the Gov
eminent are Miss Florence Wiser, Of
the Geological Survey; Miss Deborah
Passmore, of the Division of Pomology,
and Miss Louise Howenstein, of the
Division of Entomology. 1t is theil
work to prepare water colors of speci-
mems sent to their respective depart
ments for reproduction in Government
reports.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
AND JONES GOT HIS RAISE
Rnart Trick Of His Friend Willie
Unexpectedly Helped Him
to Get It.

"Tho question Is" said the young
man, according to the New York Sun,
whether the joke is on me or Jones.
"You see, Jones came to me.
al ought to have my pay raised
Eve a week. says he. but ] hate to
tackle the boss. How would you 80
about it7'
"'Wby don't you write to him, say
ing that Mr.. Jones is 9 deserving
young man, who has done good work
for the firm, and ought to have his
pay raised ave dollars q week?' says
l. Then sign it Lewis Jarvis" and
send it in
"'By jove, that's a great idea,' says
he. thought he'd take 1t as joke,
Of course. But that night Jones came
up to me, grinning all over.
. "'Well, sent that Lewis Jarvis let
ter, says he. Sent 1t through the
mail too
Say, l felt rotten. Here I'd lei
a young and inexperienced man like
Jones to get gay with the boss, and
maybe ruined all his prospects. l lay
awake half that night, and the more
1 thought, the more it seemed~to M
that ii was going to be up to Willie
to Tess up and save the Job for
Jones.
81 didn't see Jones until noon
next day. He came to me with his
hand out
"'Say!' says he, the boss thinks it's
the greatest ever! He's showing 1t to
the big boss now, and they're split
ting their sides. And he made ths
raise $780,"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
SHOOTS RATS FOR LIVING.
Baltimore Man Goes After Rodents
Just as a Hunter Goes
After Game.

There II rat catcher who visits
Baltimore periodically to rid hotels,
among other places, of the rodent
pests. Among the hotels he has two
regular customers, and his advent Is
always the signal FOR the pleasures of
the chase In q ANAL way, saya tina
News.
This rat catcher is not piper OF
Pan. He has no method of charming
rats, but goes after them just as any
hunter in the big woods would stalk
his game. He does not sit down in
front Of a rat hole and tease the
rodents forth with the sweet strains
on a tin flute. Instead, he carries
small air rife, and 1t does the work
He makes straight for the basement,
kitchen, baggage room and open
plumbing, where rat holes will be
found, If they are anywhere. Having
dicated his rat hole, which he seems to
accomplish almost by instinct, he liz
tens al the opening until his keen ear
detects a scratching or squeak. He
unerringly locates his quarry by this
sound, Inserts his rife at just the
right angle, and fires. II he misses
but what's the use-he doesn't. He
hits his man every time. Then, With
a long hooked wire he probes into the
hole aud draws his victim out. Nov
and then he strikes a nest Of young.
In such cases 1t IS usually an easy
matter to hook the nest and all ana
drag the pests from their palatial rest
dence. His Is a peculiar calling, but
has It's uses. And it's better than
killing rats with poison and having
them die within the walls.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
MANY AMERICANS ABROAD.
Stated That More Than 100, 900 Are
at All Times Residing in Euro
pean Cities.

/ Year by year the number Of Amer
leans residing in the chief European
cities has been increasing. Two years
ago an estimate of the number Of Amer
Jeans living In London was made and
the number was shown to be $4,000,
W. $4,000 in Paris.
There are according to the last esti.
mates $4,000 Americans residing in
London permanently, $4,000 in Paris,
5000 each in Rome and Berlin. $500
In Munich, 1900 in Florence and 1000
in Venice.
There are at all times between. 100.-
600 and 10000 Americans resident in
European cities, apart from the mum.
Der of Americans who make q sum.
mer trip to Europe and come under
the designation Of either transients or
travellers. Most European countries do
not include in the census of inhabi'
tants taken unnaturalized foreigners,
and for that reason the figures of the
number of Americans are not always
easy to get. Ten per cent. Of the pop
ulation of Paris, exclusive of tran
sients, Is made up of foreigners-250,.
900 foreigners constantly in Paris, OF
whom 10000 are Americans.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
PURIFIED BY ELECTRICITY.
Noisome Waters of the Schuylki1l
River Cleansed by the Use
Of Ozone.

Philadelphia's VIGOROUSLY bad water
is now washed and made clean by ozone.
Water from the Schuylkill river con-
tains as much as 100000 bacteria per
cubic centimeter; but after a preliml-
nary straining this noisome populace Ia
reduced to 100000, and after the ozone
treatment to from to 55, and these
few survivors are said to be innoeents.
The water is also deodOrized and freed
from color. 1t is all done in this wise:
A motor generator, producing current
Of 100 alterations, is operated by cur
rent taken from the city supply. The
current from the generator Is raised by
transformers and condensers to
voltage Of 10000. Voltaic arcs are pre-
vented and sparks are limited by means
of resistance coils and condensers, and
the current in form of a pencil Of blue
light passes from each Of some millions
of metallic discharge points across
short air gap to nickel receivers. BY
means of pump air Is drawn across this
gap, and in It's passage Is partially con-
verted into ozone; 1t Is then forced
through a stand pipe in which 1t meets
a current Of water flowing in an opposite
direction. The bacteria contained in the
water are instantly destroyed BY the
ozone and the water Is purified.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
LOCAL LUTHER BURBANK.
New Yorker Who Emulates the Ex-
ample Of the California
Wizard.

II am now experimenting with jap
anese vegetable in my country place"
said the prosperous commuter, accord
ing to the New York Herald, land ex-
pect that it will prove to be new salad
to tempt fastidious American palates.
Nor am l alone In this belief, for the
seeds of the udo plant were presented
to me by scientific agriculturists who
have noted its popularity In Japan and
its many good qualities. have reason
to believe that Luther Burbank, the
California wizard, Ia on the same trail.
THE result so far obtained In my cuf-
tivation of the moyashi udo Is already
tempting me to think Of exploiting 1t on
large scale as soon as l can find good
descriptive name for it. This exploita-
ton cannot be monopolized and advise
truck gardeners to investigate Its
merits.
'Moyashi udo is now grown In many
Conservatives as an ornamental plant.
and many bons wants may be surprised
to know that in 1t they have an oriental
vegetable that surpasses asparagus
celery or lettuce as table delicacy, and
in fact 1t seems to be successful COM
bination Of all three.
The udo salad has the delightful
crispness Of celery, flavor between
pineapple and lettuce, and the appear
ance Of asparagus. When served 1t Is
absolutely without fiber, white as snow
and with an appearance like to flossy
silk. So tasty is It that l have to stand
guard over my udo patch In order 10
prevent my wife from devastating 1t in
order to garnish the table.
However, I'm sure that its popular
ity could rest On the sole fact that it
natures In winter time, although even
at this season my moyashi udo Ia very
palatable.
81 wonder II we're going to feel the
'yeller peril in the vegetable line? I'm
unpatriotie enough to hope So"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
Peril Of the Polar Ice Flo..

The crushing force Of the foes that
cover the northern seas is not to be
guessed by those who have not seen
them. They are not such films and
cakes as we see in our bays and rivers.
says the Brooklyn Eagle, but are acres
and miles in extent, often solidly COM
pacted, piled one on the other, each
foe from Is to 16 feet thick and rep
resenting not the freeze of q single
winter, but the consecutive formations
of years. Advance through such a foe
Is as impossible as it would be to sail
a ship through city street The nav
igator must wait patiently for "leads"
and take advantage of even momentary
openings when tides and currents
break channels through the mass.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
DEVIL LOOSE IN MEXICO.
Many Unpleasant Things Happen
There on the Day Of San
Bartolo.

A big fire, a suicide and number OF
accidents in the city and heavy wind
and rainstorm here and numerous
crimes and accidents in many parts OF
the republic were the natural conse-
9uences, it is to be supposed, Of the an
nual one days leave of absence taken
by his diabolical majesty the devil
yesterday-a leave of absence which his
majesty spends in this earthly planet
doing a number Of devilish tricks, says
the Mexican Herald.
1t is q common belief among almost
all Mexicans that on the day Of San
Bartolo the devil is loose and many IN
pleasant things happen. The devil IL
supposed to be very busy all the year
around roasting bad people In the in
ferno, but on the day of San Bartolo be
takes little rest and comes to the earth
to see how things are going on. That is,
he comes on a trip of inspection to see
the prospects for the coming year.
Many people are so superstitious
about this that they stay at home all day
and refuse to receive calls because, ac-
cording to tradition, It occurred one
time that the devil disguised himself
and called upon people whom he wanted
to carry away. The object Of the visit
was briefly explained and the interested
parties were so scared that most of them
dropped dead, whereupon the devil car
ried away their souls.
The superstition is much more widely
spread in the states Of the interior. In
Guadalajara, for instance. they claim
that San Bartolo's Ia the day when the
city shall be destroyed by q food anda
hurricane, according to the prediction
of q priest who died many years ago,
although nobody knows the name Of that
prophet nor the year when he made bis
prophecV
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
4AoRe CRUEL THAN WAR"

Your letter, lady, came TOO late,
For Heaven had claimed its own.
All, sudden change-from prison bars
Unto the great white throne
And yet think he would have stayed
To live for his disdain,
Could he have read the careless words
Which you have sent in vain.
So full of patience did he wait
Through many weary hour,
That DER his simple soldier faith
Not even death had power;
And you-did others whisper low
Their homage in your ear,
AS though among their shallow throng
His spirit had peer
l would that you were by me now
To draw the sheet aside
And see how pure the look he wore
The moment when he died.
The sorrow that you gave him
Had left its weary trace,
AS 'twere the SHADOW OF the cross
Upon his pallid face.
"Her love-" he said, could change for
me
The winters cold to spring. ~
All, trust of tickle maiden's love,
Thou art bitter thing
For when these valleys bright in May
Once more with blossoms wave,
The northern violets shall blow
Above his humble grave.
Your dole of scanty words had been
But one more pang to bear.
For him who kissed unto the last
Your tress of golden hair.
did not put it where he said,
For when the angels come
/ would not have them find the sign
Of falsehood in the tomb.
I've read your letter, and ! know
The wiIes that you have wrought
To win that noble heart of his,
And gained it-cruel thought
What lavish wealth men sometimes give
For what is worthless all;
What manly bosoms beat for them
In folly's falsest thrall
You shall not pity him, for now
His sorrow has an end:
Yet would that you could stand with me
Beside my fallen friend:
And forgive you for his sake,
AS he-if it be given
May cen be pleading grace for you
Before the court of Heaven.
Tonight the cold winds whistle by,
AS my vigil keep
Within the prison dead-house, where
Few mourners come to weep.
A rude plank coffin holds his form,
Yet death exalts his face,
And | would rather see him thus
Than clasped in your embrace.
Tonight your home may shine with
lights,
And ring withlmerry song,
And you be smiling, as your soul
Had done no deadly wrong;
Your hand so fair that none would
think
1t penned these words of pain;
Your skin 80 white-would God, yodr
heart
Were half as free from stain.
I'd rather be my comrade dead
Than you in life supreme;
For yours the sinners waking dread,
And his the martyrs dream.
Whom serve we in this life, we serve
In that which is to come;
He chose his way, you yours; let God
Pronounce the fitting doom.
REBECCA HOOD.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, the new
director of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, who has just arrived in New
York, will enter Immediately upon his
active duties. The president of the
museum, ]. Pierpont Morgan, and the
trustees will give a reception for Sir
Purdon at the museum on the evening
of November Is.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

not court the support of Southern Dem
ocrats; and if he does he viii not get it.
He will advocate no policy that viii not
be acceptable to his own party, because
he has been long enough identified with
the party and the politics of the coun-
try to know that only from the Repub-
lican party can sound governmental
policies come.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION

President Roosevelt has issued his
proclamation making Thursday, Nov.
SOth, as day for Thanksgiving. The
proclamation follows:
"BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
ga PROCLAMATION:
when nearly three centuries ago
the first settlers came to the country
which has now become this great Re-
public, they confronted not only hard
ship but terrible risk to their lives. In
those grim years the custom grew Of
setting apart one day in each year for a
special service of Thanksgiving to the
Almighty for preserving the people
through the changing seasons. The
custom has now become national and
hallowed by immemorial usage. We
live in easier and more plentiful times
than our forefathers, the men who with
rugged strength faced the rugged days;
and yet the dangers to national life are
quite as great now as at any previous
time in our history. 1t is eminently
fitting that once year our people
should set apart day for praise and
thanksgiving to the Giver of good, and,
at the same time that they express
their thankfulness for the abundant
mercies received, should manifestly
acknowledge their shortcomings and
pledge themselves solemnly and in good
faith to strive to overcome them. Dur
ing the past year we have been blessed
with bountiful crops. Our business
prosperity has been great. No other
people has ever stood on as high a
level of material well-being as ours
now stand. We are not threatened by
foes from without. The foes from
whom we should pray to be delivered
are our own passions, appetites and
follies; and against these there is al
ways need that we should war.
Therefore, now set apart Thurs
day, the Both day of this November, as
a day of Thanksgiving for the past and
of prayer for the future and on that
day ask that throughout the land the
people gather in their homes and places
of worship, and in rendering thanks
unto the Most High for the past year,
consecrate themselves to a life of
cleanliness, honor and wisdom, so that
this nation may do its allotted work on
earth in manner worthy of those who
founded it and of those who preserved
it.
"IN WITNESS THEREOF, have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the City of Washington
this second day of November. in the
year of Our Lord one thousand, nine
hundred and five and of the Indepen-
dence of the United States, the one
hundred and thirtieth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"(Seal)
''By the President.
"ELIHU Roof,
VCacratarv of State -
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

Rev. DR.. ]. S. B. Hodges, for thirty
five years rector of Old St. Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church, the most
fashionable church of Baltimore, has
resigned. DR.. Hodges was born in
Bristol, England, the son Of Edward
Hodges, church organist, who came
to America and was for years organist
at Trinity Church, New York.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

Sometimes flaming city is saved by
dynAmiting 3 space that the fire cant
cross, Sometimes . cough hangs on 90
long, you teeI as II nothing but dynamite
would cure it. q I. Gray, Of Calhoun,
Ca, writes: my wife had very aggra-
waited cough, which kept her awake nights.
Two physicians could not help her; 80 she
took DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, which eased
her cough, gave her sleep, and finally
cured her." Strictly scientific cure for
bronchitis and Ia grippe. At john E.
Jackson's drug store, price SOC and 81 90;
Trial bottle free
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

But few people are entirely free from in.
digestion at this season Of the year. Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure lie not only the best
remedy to use because it digests what you
eat but because 1t also enables the diges.
tive apparatus to assimilste and transform
all foods into tissue building blood. Ko-
dol relieves sour stomach, heart burn,
belching, and all forms of Indigestion
John 4. Jackson, druggist.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

Every ounce OF food you eat that fails
to digest does pound Of harm. 1t turns
the entire meal into poison. This not
only depfiYes the blood Of the necessary
tissue-building material, but 1t poisons 1t.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure lie a perfect digest
ant. 1t digests the food regardless OF the
condition of the stomach. 1t allows that
organ to rect and get strong again. Re-
lieyes belching, heart burn, sour stomach,
Indigestion. palpitation Of the heart, etc.
Sold by John e. jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
Terrific Race With Death.

death was fast approaching" writes
Ralph F. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla, de
scribing his fearfufrace with death, las @
result of liver trouble and heart disease,
which had robbed me of sleep and Of all
interest in life, l had tried many differ
ent doctors and several medicines, but got
no benefit, until l began to use Electric
Bitters. So wonderful was their effect
that in three days felt like a new man,
and today am cured of all my troubles. F"
Guaranteed at John E. Jacksons drug
store; price SOC.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

A liquid cold cure and the only cough
syrup which moves the bowels-wofks ell
cold out of the system-is -Kennydy's
Laxative Honey and Tar. Clears the
head and throat and makes weak lungs
strong. Best for Group, whoopiDg cough,
etc. Children loye it. Sold by John E.
Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
ENORMOUS Reservoir.

One of the largest works Of mans
hands is the artificial lake. or reser'
voir, in India, at Rajputana. This
reservoir, said to be the largest in the
world, known as the Great Tank Of
Dhebar, and used for irrigating pur-
poses, covers an area Of Fl square
miles.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
Twas simply just to learn the time
stepped in at the inn.
don't consider that a crime"
Said he-and wiped his chin.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles

Itching, blind, bleeding or protruding
piee. Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case, no
matter of how long standing, in 6 to IA
days. First application giyes ease and
rest. SOC. II your druggist hasn't it send
Doc in stamps and 1t will be forwarded
postpaid by Paris Medicine Co., ST..
Louis, Mo.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

C. F. Stillings, of Boston, who has
just been appointed public printer for
the Government, is practical printer
Of broad experience. He is son Of
General Stillings, who was Adjutant
General on the staff of the late Com
mander in Chief Blackmar, of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
Colonel william Wallace Brown. and.

Colonel William Wallace Brown. aud
itor of the Navy Department, is a
Pennsylvania, his parents having been
residents of Elk county. During the
war he was one Of the famous "Buck-
tails" and has an excellent war record.
He is lover of farm life and as often
as possible steals away from his Office
to his farm in Pennsylvania.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09

Do not be deceived by counterfeits
whsn you buy Witch Hazel Salye. The
name Of E. O. Dewitt & Go. is on every
box of the genuine. Piles in their worst
form will soon pass away If you will apply
DeWilt's Witch Hazel Salve night and
morning. Best for cuts, burns, boile,
letter, eczema. etc. Sold by John K.
Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-11-09
Creeping Death.

Blood poison creeps up towards the
heart, causing death. ]. Z. Stearns, Belle
Plaine, Mimi, writes that friend dread
fully injured his hand, which swelled up
like blood poisoning. Bucklen's Arnica
Salve drew out the poison, healed the
wound, and saved his lite. Best in the
world for burns and sores. Zoe at John
e. Jsckson's drug store.