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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
SIX KILLED In
TWO EXPLOSIONS
Five Gsn Blown to ShrOdS at Mar
quOtte, MiCh., by Nitro GlYcerlno.
DYNAMITE EXPLODES At ROSCLEND
Men in Charge Of Thawer at War Eagle
aud Centre Star Mines Torn to Pieces
and Several Miners Hurt.

Detroit, Dec. 16.-A News special
from Marquette, Mich, says:
Five men were killed by an explosion
today at the Dupont Company's dyna-
mite works here.
About 1,40O pounds of nitro glycer-
inc exploded in the mixing house of the
company's factory which is three miles
distant from Marquette. The explo-
sion badly damaged the plant and caus-
ed much excitement in Marqutte. The
dead are all workmen employed by the
Dupont Company. The men were
blown to slireds. Of the thirty build
ing in the plant, few escaped damage
and some were badly wrecked. In
Marquette windows all over town were
smashed and in the business district
much plate glass was splintered.
Rossland, B. c., Dec. 16.-By an ex-
plosion of dynamite this afternoon in
the house of the War Eagle and the
Centre Star mines, John S. Ingram,
who was in charge Of the thawer, was
killed, several miners were seriously in
jured by the shock and many persons
cut by flying glass from broken win
dows. A substitute station of the cleo
trio light plant was wrecked and Ross
land is in darkness tonight.
The shock was felt throughout Ross
land, and the earlier reports said that
there had been heavy loss of life, the
belief being that the powder magazine
at the mines, containing about two tons
of high explosives, had exploded. The
magazine is about $50 feet distant from
the thawing house and escaped.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
Crackers

The Christmas Dinner will not be complete with
out the In-er-Seal Crackers We guarantee them to.
be fresh and crisp.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
Fruit Cakes

Just ready for the table, and they good too Plum
Pudding and Plum Pudding Sauce Mince Meat in
any quantity
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21

are soon read and forgotten. A bank
book is read over and over again with
increasing interest every time. To pos
sasa
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
LuciOus California Fruit

Grown where fruit ripens to perfection and attains
flavor that none other has. Call for 'The Pilgrim
or "Od Homestead Brands.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-12-21
Turkeys
Norfolk Oysters

Known, used and liked all over the United States
Let orders come this week.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
NEWLY INVENTED SOLDER.
Composition Into Which Aluminium
Is introduced Proves Sat
isfactory.

The experimenters with aluminium at
last cry Eureka and produce solder
which soldiers, says the Chicago Trib-
une. Tin, zinc, lead, and aluminium are
used In definite proportions, together
with a small quantity Of resin to act
as a fux or protecting covering to the
metals when being melted. The most
satisfactory results, the inventors say,
have been obtained with a mixture COM
prising Ga parts by weight Of tin, 30
parts zinc, one part lead, and one part
aluminium, to which is added a small
quantity Of resin.
To apply the solder to the surfaces
that are to be Joined the meeting edges
are simply cleaned or scraped and the
surfaces then faced with the solder. The
surfaces are not subjected to any chem
ical or other like bath such as are re-
quired for the majority Of soldiers used
for this purpose.
While any ordinary soldering tool
may be used, the inventors prefer one
Of aluminium in place of one Of copper.
The surfaces Of the metals that are to be
Joined are subjected to a gentle heat
for assisting the deposit of the molten
solder when flowing from the soldering
iron.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
HER MANNER MAY CHANGE
When Woman Is Displeased She Is
Not Forgetful of Society
Manners.

She was plainly irritated about some
thing and sat pouting as she ate in a
downtown restaurant, and not saying
a word to the man with her, evidently
her husband relates the Chicago Trib-
une Before the luncheon was finished
another man came in. The husband
knew him and called him over to their
table and introduced him. The woman
was then all smirks and smiles. Her
anger disappeared completely, and she
even included her husband in her sun
ny views Of life.
That's society manners all right,
said a girl at another table, "but did
you ever see anything so foolish. It's
a good guess she wants hat or money
to buy something of the sort from her
husband and is going to pOut till she
gets it, but what a contrast her manner
is to the man she's never seen before
and isn't likely to see again! 1t must
look as absurd to the husband as II
does to us. If ever l have a husband
III not set about 1t that way when |
want to get something out Of him."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
THE SURVIVAL OF ANIMALS
How the Various Species Manage to
Escape determination by Nat
ural Enemies.

How Is the balance Of life on the
globe maintained? Why have not spe-
cies exterminated species? Why have
not the birds exterminated the insects,
and the hawks and owls exterminated
the birds? Because the insects are so
much more prolific than the hawks and
owls. The hawks and owls are also
more restricted as to food. The more
adaptive an animal is the greater are
the chances of surviving. writes John
Burroughs, in Outing. If wolves and
foxes could browse like deer and sheep
and rabbits, they would be as numerous
as these latter species.
The potato bug has unduly increased
in the east because its food is abundant
and it's enemies have not appeared. The
forest worms threatened to destroy the
maple woods Of some sections till its
enemy, the ichneumon fly, appeared.
Rabbits have increased unduly in Aus
tralia because their natural enemies
have not kept pace.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
RABBIT-HUNTING COYOTES.
Prairie Wolves at Times Display
Great Sagacity In Seeking
Their Prey.

ION the north side of the Colorado
canyon, in northern Arizona, are the
Buckskin mountains. Once, while rid
ing along looking at the beautiful
scenery, relates a writer in the Washing
ton Star, | noticed that two coyotes
were hunting, and they started big
Jack rabbit. With a bark and yel2
the chase began. 1t was worth witness
| ing from the point of vantage | occu-
pied, and | watched it from the start
| 10 the finish. For the first few jumps
10th coyotes rushed and yapped at the
top of their lungs. Then one Of them
lell back and lay down in the spow
until he blended with the landscape.
The other coyote forged on at hard
rate after the jack rabbit, following as
closely as possible, and keeping up his
yelping at a great rate. Little by little
the rabbit swerved toward the left I'M
til he had finally made the circle and
came back near his starting point. AS
he swung in near the coyote that had
stayed behind the latter jumped toward
him with a wild shrek Of ferocity, and
for the next hundred yards or so that
rabbit broke all records in his efforts to
get away.
when the waiting coyote took up the
pursuit the one who had been doing
the chasing dropped down and rested
The next time the rabbit made wider
turn and took longer time to get back,
but back he did come at last, and then
the programme was repeated all over
again But the next time the rabbit
returned to the starting point he was
too exhausted to escape the rested coy
ote, and fell victim to his foolishness
in returning to a point he had been
twice warned to avoid
Now, compare such foolishness with
the wisdom of the otter, who, seeing the
footprints of a man near his house, will
hide out for a month before returning
to that place."
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10

Bat | have friend who is a sports
man. You never saw such a keen
sportsman in your life. He has a big
roomful Of guns and fishing tackle and
all kinds Of sporting paraphernalia He
used to worry the life out of me with
his persistent invitations to go hunt
ing and fishing. Finally agreed to go
duck hunting with him. He provided
all the regalia. Among other things,
he ordered q lot of shells from a down.
town gun store, and | was to go and
get the shells and pack them in my
grip. got the package from the gun
store and we went to Alviso. We were
proceeding up slough in a small boat
In the cool Of the early omrning when
We ran into million ducks.
open up that package Of Shells
yelled my friend.
Il opened the package. 1t contained
25 pounds Of assorted fish hooks. |
haven't been duck hunting since"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
Emblems of High Rank and Their
Significance Among the
Chinese.

"A collection of buttonholes was the
pride of a certain queen in one OF
Stockton's fairy tales" said MilWau-
kee millionaire. Il collect the next
thing to buttonholes, namely, buttons.
And l can tell you when buttons and
buttonholes first came into use, who iu-
vented tSem, how they spread gradual
ly over the world, together with many
other things of slterest."
The millionaires glass cases con-
tanned many beautiful, many htstorlca!
buttons. He turned to the case labeled
Chinese"
Here" he said, ARE the buttons
which the mandarins of China wear on
their caps to indicate their rank. This
silver button is the emblem of the man
DARN OF the ninth class-the lowest
class. The plain gold button denotes
the eighth class mandarin. The seventh
class wears the gold button to the
right, the one ornately carved. That
beautiful button of jade belongs to the
sixth class, and the. fifth wears button
of pure rock crystal. The fourth class
mandarin's button is that one of dark
purple crystal. The third class is the
sapphire. The seconds is coral red.
with each of the buttons an Official
bird goes. The bird is embroidered on
the breast of the official coat. The man
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
COLOR FREAKS.
Transformations in Woman's Com
plexion Productive OF Connu-
bial Confusion.

I'm glad I'm not my wife, said the
dyspeptic, according to the Philadelphia
Record, as he settled down to his hy-
gienic luncheon of rare roast beef,
creamed onions and boiled rice; I'D be
dead IL were. | have trouble enough
keeping alive as 1t is Fancy the shape
I'd be in if had to change my spots
| mean my color-as often as tickle fash
ion dictates. Why, I've forgotten what
color my wife originally was, she's I'M
dergone so many beauty transforma-
tons. And now she's got to do it again.
A friend just back from the other side
has told her that though red hair con-
tinues to be the proper caper it must
now be backed up by green eyes and
dead white skin. The hair and skin are
easy enough, but even my wife is a little
afraid OF the beauty specialist who is
willing 70 undertake to make her eyes
look green. There's just one grain of
comfort in 1t all for me-though she
achieve the pallid skin, the green eyes
and the red hair it will not give her a
temperament to correspond. | shall yet
enjoy the modicum of peace it is in her
capricious nature to allow me-"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10

animals. Only the wild birds evade it,
but they are never eaten. The legend
which accounts for this strange state Of
affairs is a fiimsy one, but is implicitly
believed by the inhabitants and rigor-
ously observed.
1t appears that at one Of the chief
monasteries there is miraculous loon.
1t is a representation Of the virgin, and
the legends say that one day as Empress
Pulcheria, who had literally endowed
the church, as well as beautified and re-
stored it, was engaged in her devotions
the virgin spoke and asked her what she,
a woman, was doing there. AS the en-
press did not reply, the voice spoke
again and commanded her to leave, say
ing that no woman should ever again
enter the church. The surprised wom-
an left the place, and since then no fe-
male has ever entered the promontory,
though why this prohibition should
have taken in the entire peninsula is not
clear.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
WAYS OF WILD ANIMALS.
Actions Of the Skunk, Coon and Otter
Are at Times Very In
teresting.

Own cousin In feolishness to the
rabbit is the skunk. Confident of his
awful weapon of defense, a skunk IS
only equaled in reckless bravery by the
porcupine, and both are too stupid TO
take any warning, says a Washington
Star writer. Around army camps,
where the cooks cut open canned food
with a hatchet 1t is not an uncommon
thing to catch skunks near by. The
top OF the can being cut In quarters
by two blows from the Ratchet, 1t IS
emptied of it's contents and thrown
on the waste pile. If that can hap
pened to have held salmon, it Is ire
sistible to any skunk or coon That
passes to leeward OF it. A little in
vestigation locates it, a paw is tried
and then a nose. The yielding top al
lows an entrance, but forbids an exit,
and so, with the can as a hood, the
prowler falls a victim to those in the
camp.
It is interesting to note the actions
of an otter when he finds the tracks
of a man near his home. He stops and
his hair bristles up and he casts a
furtive look around as if he had been
caught In the act of stealing chickens.
Little by little he edges away, and II
he has a wife and children, sneaks OH
to them and hustles them out and
away from the place. He knows the
dangers of civilization.
The wildcat and mountain Hon.
after one experience with a trap, be-
come very wise and hence correspond
ingly hard to trap, but strange thing
about most animals that are wise IN
avoiding steel traps Is that they seem
to know that when a trap is sprung II
Is no longer dangerous and Will go
right up to it and eat the bait.
So it is with all wild animals nave
seen on the plains. The horse and the
dog of civilization may be mighty in
telligent and smart, but those animals
that are compelled to live by their WIS
are not very far behind if at all
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
COUSIN TO THE KAISER.
Who, by Facetious Inference, Was
None Other Than His Sa-
tanic Majesty.

Emperor William of Germany, while
impatient of any crossing Of his de-
sires, is not always the arbitrary per-
sonage he is painted, says the New
York Herald. In turning him from
his desires humor is more valuable
aid than logic, and none knew this
better than the Baroa Boetticher, at
one time secretary Of state for the in
terror.
There was under discussion the
names Of numerous eligibles for va
tancies to be filled. To most OF these
William gave ready assent, but when
0 certain Office was reached on the list
he declared that that appointment
must go to one of his personal friends
instead of to the one indicated.
AS tactfully as possible the baron
urged upon his royal master the utter
unfitness Of his favorite, bringing ar
gument to bear that under other cir
cumstances would have been unan-
swerable. At last even the emperor
had to retreat before the array OF
facts, and as compromise the baron
asked whether there was not some
other favorite to whom the appoint
ment might be given.
Confer it upon the devil himself,
stormed the kaiser, who had worked
himself into a passion.
81 would suggest" offered the sec
rotary, that since the patent is to be
signed by your majesty, the wording
might we'll be changed, as 1t now
reads: TO my trusted and we'll be-.
loved cousin and counsellor
There was a hearty burst OF laugh
ter, and the storm clouds were cleared
away as though by magic.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
Secret of Violin Varnish.

It has long been suspected that tho
master makers of viOlins in Italy Ill the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
knew of some remarkable gum which
they employed in making the varnish
for their instruments. Mr.. George FRY,
of the Chemical society, London. who
has carefully investigated the subject,
concludes, after showing that the var
nish exercises a decided influence over
the tone OF a violin, that StradiI arius
ard other famous makers probably
used only linseed oil and resin rather
than some mystical gum. The resin
vas oxdized with nitric acid. 1t Is
doubted neither the popular idea that
age is advantageous rather than detri-
menill 10 a violin is well founded
Youths Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
TOWNS AMID The TONES
Beggars, Thieves and outcasts o.
China Make Homes in De-
serted Graveyards.

Away up in the northernmost part OF
China is a town composed entirely or
graves. The place is, as matter OF
fact, a deserted burial ground, and has
been taken possession of by band OF
beggars. thieves and outcasts of all de-
scriptions, who eat and sleep in spite
of their strange environment There
are several OF these towns among the
tombs" in various ports of the Chinese
empire, but the one mentioned is the
most extensive.
Adjoining a certain famous quarry In
Italy is a town whose inhabitants pay
neither rent nor taxes. The citizens
who are all employed in the quarry, dig
out dwellings for themselves in the pre-
cipitous sides of the rocks. Roads up
the cliffs lead to the various galleries.
In marine village in New Guinea
there are houses all of which are sup
ported by piles and stand in the ocean,
some distance from the shore. The
object of this strange position is TO
PlObCCl inc lnAdDlldhIo AlOAh
attacks from the dreaded head hunters.
who are always on the lookout for vic
Tins. Other villages in the same local
ity are perched on lofty trees for the
same reason.
But the most curious town in the uni
verse is situated on premontory on the
toast of Macedonia, and is called AthOs.
The peninsula is known as the Noun
tain of the Monks, from the fact that
score or more of monasteries are dotted
over the hills or lie in the valley.
They are filled with a body of ascetics,
kind and hospitable to strangers, but
full of superstitions. The actual town
is distinct from the monasteries, and
supplies the simple wants of the monks.
Here are to be found streets of shops, a
fiourishing bazar and all the energy and
hustle of a modern town.
One thing strikes the visitor at once.
Not female is to be seen. Even the
small Turkish garrison is made up en-
tirely of bachelors. This strange law
is carried out even among the domestic
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
WISDOM OF THE MONKEY.

Now. the owl rose up and spoke owlwiss,
'To-whit-to-whoo and alas!
II men could only acquire my eyes,
What a drop there'd be In gas!
They'd pack their currents away on ice
And hold them for a rise,
And the pipe lined hunt for brand-new
Job,
II men only had my eyes"
Then the polar bear said, with q bearish
shrug:
"Garrah! Bless my SOUL
If men only grew some heavy furs,
To the deuce with clothes and coal!
They'd sell their heaters for Bowery junk
And lie on the ice to sleep,
And the entire state of William Penn
Might go to raising sheep"
Then the goat gulped down a cast-ofr shirt.
"Ba-a-a! You make me smile.
The cost of living,s not all In gas.
And coal and kerosene ile
Now, wouldn't the beef trust get thin quick.
And languish in chronic blues,
II the waste from any old boiler shop
Could be made into Irish stew?'
Then the eagle said: with all these things
They'd do away with freight,
And would only need pair o. my wings
To settle the railroad rate.
There'd be a state Of steady decline
In the home Of the big ship trust
They'd turn their Pullmans out to grass
And leave the rails to rust"
Then the monkey spoke. with knowing
wink,
In the monklike way he had:
You fellows would make up PATCHWORK
man,
And you'd make 1t a muss, begad!
You'd make II so easy for him to live
That you'd foozle the whole blamed plan.
With nothing on earth to scrap about
What's the fun o. being q mAnY"
IN. Y. Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
The british Sneaker.

Not only does the speaker of the
house of commons enjoy the material
benefits of lordly residence at West
minister palace, a salary Of $4,000 a
year, e1O0 a year for stationery, and
two hogsheads Of claret and 1000
ounces of plate on election, but nc en-
joys the less substantial advantage OF
taking precedence of all other COM
moners. BY an act Of 1889 it was pro-
vided that the lords commissioners Of
the great seal not being peers "shal!
have and take place next after the
peers of the realm and the speaker OF
the house of commons.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
Rridlinp the Tongue.

There Is more than mere cynicism in
Talleyrand's remark that speech was
given to man to conceal his thoughts "
II we are to live In peace and harmony
with our fellows we must conceal many
thoughts, unless we are endowed with
a mind IN which no unkind or I'M
pleasant thought can ind lodgment.
We may think that Neighbor x is more
agreeable than Neighbor Y, and that
Mrs. AS daughter is more beautiful
than Mrs. BIS, and that DR.. Pill is a
better physician than DR.. Pellet; but
what unpleasantness 1t would create if
we were to say these things to Dr..
Pellet, or to Mrs. B, or to Neighbor "
Youths Companion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-Su n y
Schuol every Sunday at 9:SOa m. Preach,
Inc first and third Sundays Up. M, second
and fourth Sundays IL a. m. Christian
>Endeavor every Friday at p. N. X. 4.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at 9:S0 q. M
"Iittle Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday 8 p. m. Preaching
first and third Sundays ii a. M, second
and fourth Sundays 8 p. M, nth Sun-
days ii a. m. and 7 p. m.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday ut 10 q. M
Preaching first and third Sundays Z. p. M,
second and fourth Sundays IL a. %.
Frsyer meeting every Friday p. m. l.
]. Eskridge, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
: School every Sunday at $50 u. m. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
III q. M. and 7. p. In. Preaching nth
SUNDAYS at IL a. m. Prsyermeeting every
Wednesday evening p. N.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKE'S GAR
DEN.-Preaching on first Sunday at ii a.
N. and 4 p. m. s. o. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. N.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
Cycling and Eyesight.

A subject of worldwide interest has
been brought before the French Acad-
envy of Medicine. 1t is that Of cycling
and automobilism in their influence on
eyesight. The general conclusion Is
that both on the external and on the
internal structure of the eye the effect
is injurious. Seeing nothing with we'll
defined precision, and having landscape
presented to the eye for days in success
sion in the confused blur caused by high
speed is declared to be harmful in pro-
portion to the frequency with which it
is practiced. The action Of dust and
grit stirred up and intensified by high
speeds is declared to be prolific in work
for the ocuf1ist.-London Globe.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10

the old romance. This sailor was strong,
handsome and gay. The girls liked him,
and he, l fear, liked the girls. The fol-
lowing conversation, one moonlight
night. in the tropics, passed between
him and a young woman:
Then, Jack, when shall we be mar
ried?'
But | promised my wife, sweet
heart. that l would never marry sec
ond time.
THE young girl beautiful in the fat
tering moonlight, murmured:
Would you cast me off for the sake
of promise to a dead woman?
" But she isn't dead yet said the
tickle sailor"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-08-10
OF A TICKLE SAILOR.
Used as an Example to illustrate the
instability of a Pol
itician.

Mayor Weaver, Of the awakened city
of philadelphia, WAS talking to re-
porter about very astute and willy poll
tician. relates the Buffalo Enquirer.
ut is difficult" said the mayor, TO get
this man to do anything he doesn't want
to do. Cornered, he advances argument
after argument against the course you
desire him to pursue. He begins with
weak arguments. You think you've got
him. But Just as victory appears as
sured he puts forth a final argument
that is insuperable, a final argument
that floors you thoroughly.
"The fellow is like tickle sailor OF