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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
RULES FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE
Apportion Days Work, and Give Every
Energy to II.

The over-scrupulous and methodical
Individual who can neither slsep nor
'ake vacation until all the affairs
OF his life are arranged must remind
himself that this happy consummatiop
VIII not be attained in his lifetime
says Lppincott's. 1t behooves him
therefore, IL he is ever to sleep. or If
he is ever to take a vacation. to do
1t now. nor need he postpone in
definitely.
The days work should be started
with the resolution that every task
shall be taken up In its turn. with
out doubts and without forebodings
That bridges shall not be crossed until
they are reached. that the vagsries Of
others shall amuse and interest. not
distress US, and that we shall live in
tho present, not IN the past or the
1uture We must avoid undertaking
too much, and whatever we do under.
taKe we must try not to worry as to
whether we shall succeed. This only
prevents our succeeding. We sapuld
devote all our efforts to the task IT,
self, and remember that even failure
under these circumstances may be bet
ter than success at the expense of
prolonged nervous agitation.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

CHRISTIAN CHUROH.-S d q y
Schvol every Sunday at $50 a. m. Preach.
ing first and third Sundays Up. m, second
and fourth Sundays IL a. IN. Prayer
evsry Wed day at : p. IN. Stephen Davis,
pastor.
METHODIST CHU RICH Main Street.
Sunday School every Sunday at $3.50 q. m.
"Little Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday p. IN. Preaching
first and third Sundays IL a. M, second
and fourth Sundays p. M, fifth Sun
days ii a. m. and p. m. g, G. Rector,
pastor.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
ov Coy School every Sunday ut 10 a. N
u aching first and third Sundays7 p. M,
,r~npd and fourth Sundays ii a. m.
~ -T meeting every Friday p. m. g..
G. Rector, pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 a. m. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
IL q. M. and 7. p. IN. Preaching fifth
Sundays at II q. m. Prayermeeting every
Wednesday evening p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKE'S GAR
DEN.-Preaching on first Sunday at ii a.
70. and 4 p. m. 8. o. Hall, pastor.
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at 2 p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
ARE LEARNING TO DRINK MILK.
only Lately Have the japanese Even
Tolerated the Beverage.

Japan IL learning to drink milk. A
Japanese newspaper says of the phe
nomenon: There was q time when
milk was regarded in Japan with the
same adherence rs cheese In In
China, especially the pungent and
strong-smelling variety. Recent Stats
tics. however. show that time has
worked . great change In this respect
and milk and butter are now in great
favor in Japan. Whereas rs years ago
not more than one or two per cent.
OF the persons visiting q European
restaurant or eating q European meal
at friends home would have thought
OF touching butter, fully 20 or so per
cent. now eat It with . relish. They
are, however. quite content to do
without It.
AS to dairy farms, they have in
creased notably in recenI years. Thirty
or 40 years ago milk was abhorred.
The average Japanese could not in
duce himself to drink it. But to-day
many q household consumes one or
two bottles Of milk daily, partly be-
cause people have come to like it and
partly because the doctors have recon-
mended 1t a. unique and wholesome
beverage.
MIX halls too, are now quite
numerous. Butter will probably take
much longer to come widely into
vogue, because Of its expensiveness.
A pound Of fresh butter costs at least
one yen (4s.S cents gold in Tokyo to-
day, an extremely high price for
Japan"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
The Flea a Dangerous Enemy.

The principal indictment against the
nea 10 that It is the partner OF the rat
In the propagation of the bubonic
plague. and is, indeed. the more guilty
OF the two. 1t is perfectly well estab-
lished that the bacillus OF the plague
exists In rats of certain breed. These
rats are infested with heas which by
their biting transfer the disease germs
to other rats. When the rats die the
meas desert their bodies for other rats
or for human beings. SO heas are the
essential factors in conveying the
plague virus to men, and It is possible
that they convey it from one man to
another. from a plague patient to a
healthy man, without the cooperation
of rats at all.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
BE Ready for Your Luck.

The mistake which the generality Of
people make is in not being ready for
their luck when It comes While they
are still considering its possibilities,
1t is up the chimney and down the
next street The really lucky people
are those who lie in wait for their
luck and seize II, and cling to il till
the moment when the sleeping Furies
awake and, hurting themselves on
them, snatch it out OF their hand. To
toy with their luck, as so many PEG
pie do, to treat it as If it were some
thing that could wait till tomorrow. is
to court inevitable disaster.-Woman's
Life.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Mock Sweetbraad-

These are made of lean veal. II the
sinews and tsndons are removed care
fully and the meat finely minced they
are excellent. Add half a cupful of
veal suet to pound of the meat and
chop all together; soak bakers roll
In milk and beat it light; add the
grated rind of q lemon, a dust of
grated nutmeg, pepper. salt, two eggs;
add the veal shaped into sweetbreads;
dip In egg and bread crumbs and fry
in boiling fat. Serve rather dry or with
a gravy made Of the bones Of the veal
boiled and highly seasoned.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
DISTANCES SEEM TO SHORTEN.
Thing That Struck New Yorker on
His Latest Visit to Old Home.

The thing that struck me this
time said a New Yorker who had
Just made a little visit to the town
In which he was born, was the short.
ness Of the distances In the old place
Il remember that when l first used
to go back the buildings there that had
seemed big to me in my youth grad
ually grew small, but this time the dis
lance had dwindled remarkably. too
The railroad station there is on the
edge OF the town and you take q
street car to ride to the business cen
ter. That used to seem to me to
be quite ride; but this time we got
there before 1 knew It.
What!' I said, you don't mean
we've got to Blank street?'
Yes, here we are said the old
home friend, and so we were.
You see, the distances were shrink
ing now, as the buildings had already
done; and friendly and pleasant as the
old town seened-and it's steadily
growing. too. and is a bigger place
than ever-still it seemed smaller and
smaller to one whose later and now
fixed Impressions were of the big
buildings and the big distances of the
big town Of New York"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Casting Out the Devils.

1t seems to be necessary for the hui
man body to exhale the poisonous con-
stituents of the blood. A big. stout
pair of lungs trained to do their duty
VIII stave on a multitude Of diseases
by blowing them into the air. Dis
eases vanish in carbonio acid carbon
dio1ide, or diodds), and It is inter.
esting to know how much OF this is
exhaled in the course Of certain exer-
cises. In healthy sleep you exhale
about six-tenths Of an ounce an hour;
In walking at the rate Of two miles an
hour. FL ounces; walking three miles
an hour. 3 ounces; horseback riding
4 ounces; swimming, - ounces
working a treadmill, 5h ounces.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
PEASANTS OF SOUTHERN ITALY.
Bear Burden OF Poverty with ResIuna-
ton and FortItuds.

During three months spent in the
southern Italian provinces. saw
enough TO make me wonder why the
people have borne the burden so lonz
In several Of the towns through which
passed there were pointed out TO me
caves cut into the solid rocks OF tho
hillside where people are living. In
one such cave house In SciH Sicily.
there was rough bed on one side
or the cave. on the other an Oil nress
tSSned by donkey. Often have seen
houses whose walls were constructed
OF brush and mud and the roofs made
OF rough tiles or matched with straw
The peasant has been most patient
Naturally hght-hesrted and long suf.
fering. he would cheerfully eat a niece
OF black bread and an onion for bis
morning meal, corn-meal musb sea
soned with little olive oil and bread
TOT dinner. boiled potatoes and a niece
OF goats cheese with more black bread
at night; and then. at the close of his
humble repast, stoop down and touch
the ground with his hand and kissing
IL, thank God for his favors. In some
OF the remoter towns the sirAler.
minded people continue to do so Rut
contentment under such conditions
could exist only so long as there was
no contact with the outside world
whether the land-holders desire IL or
not, progress is bound to come.-An-
tonic ManganO, in Charities and The
Commons.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
KEPT UP FIRE OF COMMENTS.
Duke Of Cambridge Took Lively In.
. tsrest In the Sermon.

The late DR.. William N. stonehill."
said a college settlement worker of
New York. was called the bishop Of
the Bowery. 1t was q title of sf-
lection. The Bowary loved this good
man.
He sometimes used to laugh over
the naivete of his Bowery audiences.
He used to say that in their frequent
audible comments on his sermons
they reminded him Of the famous duke
Of cambridSo-ths old duke, you
know.
From his great pew the duke rum
bled out all sorts Of remarks and
criticisms every Sunday morning. It
would be, said DR.. Stonehill, like this:
"Prsacher-Let us pray
"Duke-'By all means
Preacher prays for rain.
"Duke-No good in that as long as
the wind IL in the east
Preacher lreadingl - Zaccheus
stood forth and said. Behold, Lord,
pne-half Of my lands / gave to the
poor"'
"Duke-'Too much. too much. Don't
mind subscribing. but can't stand
that
"RreacheF quotes q certain COM
mandment.
'Duke-'Quite right, quite right, but
very difficult sometimes
Preacher QUOTES another command
ment, which need not be indicated.
"Duke-'No, mol It was my brother
Ernest did that"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
ReaponslhllitX-

Some one has said truly that respon-
sibility walks hand in hand with ca
pacity and power. Little is expected
Of the incapable. The very mention
OF duty, task. responsibility weighs
like burden upon the minds OF weak
men and women. Every one must
have met men Of good parts who will
sedulously dodge anything like a re-
sponsibility. They shun everything
ike responsibility though high re-
wards may be offered. The mere
thought OF being held to strict account
ability dismays them. and no remuner-
alton and no honor are great enough
to tempt them to leave the pleasant
ways Of peace to undertake a course
which involves contention or strife. or
even serious prolonged attention.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Snake Opal Lucky.

4 snake opal" must be an invalu
able possession. 1t is the lucky
stone" Of the Mojave Indians, who say
1t frightens away bad luck. The stone
IL not beautiful, but might appeal to
those who IKE gems" that are
different" Il IL said that the In
dams never allow these stones to
leave the tribe II they can help it,
and will not part with one for any
consideration Tradition has made
the stone one Of good omen. but that
counts for little, as tradition is gen
orally hooted at in the present day,
and wherever It raises its head other
stones than snake opals are SHE'D
1T It, Perhaps some superstitous
bridge player. however, will try to
get hold Of . snake opal and try its
etnoasy.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Another Roln

Speaking about game tenderfeet"
drawled Amber Pete as he skinned a
cinnamon bear. reminds me that the
Human Pincushion' in the circus side
show was the gamest that ever hit
this settlement"
Game. chr" echoed the advance
agent for the Mastodon Minstrel show
wall. ! should smile The BOYS
told him If he didn't make good as
the Human Pincushion' they were 60
ing to shoot him full of holes at the
first performance"
And was he frightened?"
Not bit, pardner. He said If they
shot him full Of holes he'd do away
with the Human Pincushion' heading
and Dill himself as the Human Porous
Plaster"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
LAPLAND HAS MANY REsoueeEs
recent Efforts to Develop Thorn Are
Full Of Promise.

Within a recent period efforts have
oeen made to develop the natural re-
sources Of Lspland. and there seems
10 be considerable economic future
In store for this region. which ia es-
pecially due to the large deposits of
iron ore. A great step was the build
ing OF the trans-Lapland railroad.
winch was finished In 1903 With the
annex lines which are building IL will
coon put Laplsno In connection with
Tornea, in Finland, with st. Peters
burg and with the eastern reEion. Thu
Stockholm-Narvik railroad line, which
runs north and south. has a length of
S0o miles. The transverse east-west
line starts from Lulea, a Swedish
Lapland port on the Gulf Of Bothnia.
and ends at the Norwegian port of
Narvfk (2e9 miles), passing by the
mines OF Gellivars and Kiruna. These
latter mines, which have been worked
only since 1902, were known as long
back as 1875. The ore is taken out
from the surface in an open digging.
Each day there are six trains of 2s
cars of SS tons sent to Narvik. The
annual product OF the mine is 14OO.-
oOO tons. The town of Kiruna, with
its attractive frame houses, has only
four years existence. M Parmentier.
secretary OF the st. Quentin Geological
society, recently made an interesting
conference at Paris upon the trans
Lapland railroad. in which he showed
that Lapland, now connected with the
international railroad systems. will
open field for immigrants, who can
md remuneratiVe work there-Scien-
tlc American.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Education and Matrlmnnv

A teacher in one of the local grades
was speaking to the mother of one OF
her girl pupils not long ago about
hlsie's frequent absences from school
You know she won't be promoted"
pointed out the teacher. unless she is
more regular in her attendance"
Yes" put in the other. and don't
want her to be promoted. I want her
20 stop school and then when she gets
older she'll get married. as every girl
ought to- My two daughters that
stayed In school aren't married vet
and the one that didn't finish up AT
school could have been married about
four times, and when she did marry
she WAS only 10. I'm going to take
this one out of school and bring her
up right. Plain Dealer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Like Soma Men.

Mrs. Belle De Rivera, president of
the Equal Suffrage League OF New
York. said. at q recent dinner:
Wed have had the suffrage, we
women, long ago, were it not that,
where women are concerned, men are
inclined TO be little unfair, little
churlish.
Their treatment Of women is on a
par with old Hiram Doolitttle's treat
ment of his wife. He made her keep
q cash account, and he would go over
1t every night. growing and grumbling
like this:
Look here, Hannah-mustard
plasters. 80 cents; three teeth ex-
tracted. two dollars. There's $3.50 in
one day spent for your own private
pleasure. Do you think I'm made of
money!"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
IN SANDS OF OCEAN.
Cheap Mining the Problem That Has
to 5e Faced.

From Shasta to San Diego. all the
way along the shores Of the Paci~-
ocean there is gold in the black sa
which. for the greater part OF the.
length of the state. underlies the gray
and yellow sand OF the beach. This,
has been pown TO mining men for a
score of years or more. but ever since
they found it out they have been com
pietely baffied in all efforts 20 Eet Il.
The vfiues in the sand are low. not
more than rs cents per ton. and the
sea washes heavily over all manner OF
structures which are set up on the
beach TO separate the sand from it's
gold These were the two principal
obstacles to be overcome: To hnd a
machine which would withstand the
storms OF winter and the tides Of
summer and at the same time be deli
cate enough to draw the gold from the
black mass of the beach.
At last. however, the riddle has been
solved, despite the wrecking OF one
OF the plants with which the work
was commenced, and a recent cleanup.
OF one days run Of 1000 tons of black
sand paid 5000 over and above all ex-
penses. The full value Of the gold in
the sand. could II have been entirely
removed. would have been $3.50. the
actual amount taken out wNs about
1888 worth. making the cost of hand
ling that 1000 tons Of sand a trifie
more than three cents a ton. the
cheapest mining yet known to man
Technical World Magazine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
BEST USE OF DIsINFEcTANTs.
knowledge That Every Good House
keeper Should Have.

Every household needs disinfecting.
and the proper use of the ordinary de-
odorizers is knowledge that every
good housekeeper should have. Not
only do these useful things make a
house pleasanter to live in, but they
also make it healthful. So many good
disinfectants are on the market at the
present time that there is a wide
choice for the careful woman. They
are classed under three headings:
Disinfectants which purify the wa
ter, air. clothes, etc.; antiseptics that
arrest putrefaction, and decd fizers
that destroy disagreeable smells.
Heat, of course. is a powerful disin-
fectant, and boiling water may be used
when it is practicable and possible to
reach the spot to be disinfected.
When obliterating traces Of disease
measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, diph-
theria-burn sulphur in the room after
stopping all cracks and crevices with
newspapers so that 1t will be alright.
During the Illness a sheet saturated
with a solution of carbolic acid should
be hung over the doorways, even
when the doors are shut, to protect the
other members of the family from pos
sible contagion.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
A Very Odd CIock

An extraordinary addition has been
made to the exhibition of inventions
now being held in Berlin. A shoe
maker named Wegner. living in Stras-
burg, has sent in clock OF the grand
father shape. nearly six feet high.
made entirely of straw. The wheels.
pointers, case and every detail are
exclusively of straw. Wegner has
taken Is years to construct this
strange piece of mechanism. II
keeps perfect time, but under the most
favorable circumstances cannot last
longer thaa two years.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Curiosity.

Mr.. Stubb-Yes, Maria, 20 years is
supposed to elapse between the third
and fourth acts.
Mrs. Stubb-Do tell! Then we must
certainly stay.
Mr.. Stubb-Ah. you are interested
in the play?
Mrs. Stubb-Yes; want to see the
change in the style OF hat the heroine
wears.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09

Take pieces Of cold beefsteak, cut
In small pieces, place In frying pan
until bottom Of pan is covered. Dredge
with -four, little salt and pepper, and
one onion chopped fine. Then slice
cold potatoes and lay in layers on
meat; cut up few tomatoes and
place on top Of potatoes; season all
with salt and pepper. Cover all with
water, put cover on and cook 20 min
utes. You will have a delicious pan
stew.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
BENEFIT IN CHICKEN RAISING.
Leads to Development Of BrsthsrIy
Love, According to Writer.

III you want to give me real pleas
ure," said the genial man, lust set
me down among a group of amateur
chicken raisers. Their conversation
Is study in brotherly love- More
than any other set OF people they are
willing, even anxious, to help each
other. Professional men and men en-
gagged in the trades do not, when talk.
ing together, sound the note Of mutual
heIpfulness. Each man keeps his
secrets of success to himself. Now
and then one may drop a hint that
may by chance prove valuable to his
hearers. but he doesn't mean to do
even that, because the rule Is for
each to work out his own salvation.
Amateur chicken raisers, on the
other hand. are inspiring examples of
altruism. When one discovers a new
cure for the pip he hastens to spread
the Information among his friends and
neighbors who are also wrestling with
the pip proposition. II another man
hits upon q new idea in feeding OF
Matching he never rests till he gives
his brother chicken raisers q chance
to profit by his discovery. Commu-
tiers who live in q chicken raising com
mqnity exhibit q frisndliness of spirit
that is foreign to commuters from
ohickenless neighborhoods. They
have their incubators, the relative
value Of different breeds of fowls, and
the possibility of premiums at the
next county fair to talk about, and SO
cultivate q spirit OF kindly courtesy
unknown to persons engaged In other
pursuits"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
SOME LARGE FRENCH FAMILIES.
OFFICIAL Statistics Give Figures That
Arc Rather Surprising.

Small families are the rule IN
France. but there are some striking
exceptions. The following data were
taken by Consul Chapman Coleman of
Houbaix from the latest official sta
ustics OF the population Of France.
According to these statistics the total
population of France is 2s,35O.7ss. The
female sex exceeds the masculine In
numbers. the figures being. respec-
lively, 1888. s99 and 1S.S16.SSe. On
the other hand. an excess IN the mum.
Der OF unmarried is shown on the mas
cullne side. the respective figures be
s'Sl717s and 9.114.356. There are @.
sS4,s97 widows and divorced women.
as against 1.OO5.SS4 widowers and di
vorced men.
The number of French families is
S.7Sl.117, OF which 1.314.773 are with
out children; 2.249. 1897 have but one
child; 2,01s.6 Sos have two: 1.24s. 264
have three; 74S.S41 have four: 42e 7ee
have ave; 24S15s have six: 1ss 76e'
nave seven; 1854 have eight. and
S3's17 have nine children. These fig
ures represent in a rapidly decreasing
proportion, the number OF families
having large number OF children.
For about two-thirds Of the families
or France the average number OF chill
dren does not exceed three: while for
about ~ per cent. OF them the aver
age number is seven. and for less than
one per cent Of the families. eight chill
dren. Twenty-four families are re-
corded, however. as possessing IT and
"a as possessing IS children.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
All Wish to Live HannlIv.

All men, Brother Gallo, wish to
live happily, but are dull at perceiving
exactly what 1t is that makes life
happy; and so far Is 1t from being
easy to attain to happiness that the
more eagerly man struggles to
reach 1t the farther he departs from
1t, If he takes the wrong road; for
since this leads in the opposite direc-
ton, his very swiftness carries him
all the farther away.-Seneca.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-09
Tho Best He Knew.

Gladstone. jamaica negro. was as
sistant to a district physician in the
canal zone, and being rather poor in
his Latin, the bottles had been num-
bered for his benefit. One day a
Spanish laborer came in for medi-
cine. and the doctor told his worthy
assistant to give him two pills out OF
No. 8. After he had gone the doc
tor asked:
Gladstone. did you give the man a
dose of No. 81"
"Oh, no, sab, doctor; numbah six
war finished, so l just give him one
pill out OF numbah foah and one out
OF numbah two"