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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

- parallel stripes, not less
than fifty miles high. They
reflected the sunlight and
had a silvery tint sometimes blush Many
photographs were made of these curious
clouds. They were seen only from the end
of May to the beginning of August. This
was in the Northern Hemisphere. In the
Southern Hemisphere it has been found
that they appear in December and Janu-
airy. 1t is thus apparent that for some mys-
ferrous reason they follow the sun, and their
arrangement in long ridges with cross bars
suggests the play of electrical forces in their
formation.
They were first seen in 1885 near Berlin,
and, until their disappearance a few years ago.
they gradually became fainter year by year
No one pretends to- know just what they
were; but many theories were suggested to
account for them. 1t will be remembered
that after the great volcanic explosion that
blew away half of island in the Straits of
into the upper atmosphere by the explosion
duced for several succeeding years mag
nificent crimson sunsets and other beautiful
atmospheric effects. 1t has been thought
that the luminous clouds may have owed
their origin to the same cause.
1t is also suggested that they may have
entered the atmosphere from outer space as
the earth, owing to the general motion of the
solar system toward the north, is continually
advancing into new regions and space Is
known to contain a great deal of scattered
matter, varying in size from large meteoric
chunks to clouds of fine dust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
By Edwin Tarrisse

THE study of natural RVy Edvyi,
L laws not infrequently w -
reveals a close relation be-
tween some of the most
beautiful phenomena of the earth and sky
and the most terrible exhibitions of the
destructive powers of nature. A striking
instance of this is the crown of light, feathery
cirrus clouds which, floating high in the clear
sunshine, indicate to the Practised eye of the
seaman the place where West India hurri-
cane is raging across the deep.
These clouds radiate from the center of
the hurricane where the fierce spiral currents
Of inblowing air. crowding together, rise to
great elevation, and then flow outward in
every direction over the storm
From the hues and texture of the distant
clouds something may be learned of the char
acter of the storm that produces them.
The photographic Bureau at Washington
informs ship captains that when the cirrus
cloud plumes radiating from the storm
are faint and opalescent in tint, gradually
fading behind a veil of haze, the approaching
storm is old one of large area; but if the
clouds are of snowy wilderness, projected
against a clear blue sky, it is young cyclone
Of small area but great intensity"
The procession of clouds that accompanies
a hurricane at sea IS sometimes a most beau
tiful scene when viewed from a distance,
though fearful tragedy may be under way
beneath that glowing canopy of sun tinted
vapors. -,--'
A curious discovery was made some years
luminous clouds visible at night for long
corresponding time before sunrise. The clouds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
By John N. Cobb

1enanS IN Diam IneTe
abounds a small fish beta
pxena1) which the natives call pakat. or the
fighting fish. This fish is to the Siamese
what gamecocks are to the Malays. and bulls
to the Spaniards. AS a result of years of
breeding. the natives have developed specia!
are kept in glasses of water, and ted by
their owners, among other things, with the
Larvae of mosquitoes, or other aquatic insects,
which seem to keep them in fighting trim.
The Siamese as infatuated with the COM
bats of these fishes as the Malays are with
their cock fights, and stake on the issue con-
siderable sums, and sometimes their own per-
sons and families. The right to exhibit fish
fights is a royal monopoly. and IS farmed, thus
bringing a considerable revenue to the King
each year.
In June, 1906. the farmers living along Ben
son Creek, Kentucky, were much surprl ed
at the antics of the heretofore staid fishes
found in that creek. The fish were either
floating lazily on the surface, whence they
could be lifted with the hand without any
effort at escape on their part, or else were leap
ing playfullv out of the stream in what one
of the observers termed game at tag. Bushels
of them were caught with little effort. Several
of the local Colonies claimed to detect familiar
smell about the fish; but the mystery was not
cleared up until news reached the vicinity that
the flake stand of a distillery near the head of
the creek had broken down, and more than thir-
teen thousand gallons OF whisky had flowed
Probably the only tombstone erected to the
memory of a fish is to be seen in the garden of
Fish Cottage, Blockley. picturesque village
scription is as follows:
In Memory of the Old Fish.
Under the soil the old Fish, do, lie.
Twenty years, he, lived and then, did, die.
He was so tame you. understand
He would, come, and eat, out, of, our, hand
Died April the 2oth, 1855.
Aged years"
Fish are occasionally found in strange places
In Guatemala a curious species of fish, the
Pacilla dory, is found in the boiling lake of
Amatitlan, where it passes its days literally
in continual hot water. So hot is the water
of this lake, it IS said, that to thrust ones hand
into it would scald the fingers.
Perhaps even stranger still is the circum-
stance that certain fishes can subsist, appar-
emily in health, in water sufficiently heated
to boil them if dead. Broussonnet found by
experiment that several species of fresh water
fish lived for many days in water so hot that
the human hand could not be held in it for a
single minute. Saussure found living eels in
the hot springs of AK, in Savoy, the tempera-
ture of which averages one hundred and thlr-
teen degrees Fahrenheit. In Queensland fish
have been found to abound in highly miner
allied stream that issues from artesian bore
at temperature of hundred and twelve
degrees.
Freezing Won't Kill Them
OCCASIONALLY reports are heard of fish
~ being frozen solid N ice, and later thawed
mt when thew come To life aDparently none
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

THESE LETTERS TAhE YOU
the of its power. You its effect
iveness by these truths; and above all there is
guarantce-a binding contract to protect you.
Bridgeton. N j." Save The Horse the greatest remedy
known for down tendon had horse break down left
foreleg May 1906 used Horse and started racing
him. winning of second another
October he broke down right foee used The Horse
in from 217 to 800 and took lame step either leg
A. NJ. WRIGHT.
Farm Scottsvle Val a slint bog
and cured horse that lame the foot with Save The
Horse JOHN THACK SNYDAR.
Redburn Store Co.. Redburn Pa-Afer using Save The
Horse pronounced bone SPAWN have to-day sound
horse When started he could not in the door
without jumping and misery to ride behind him
most highly recommend it. M. A. PERCY.
g. m bottle with legal written Send
w for booklet and letters from business and
trainers every kind of Per-a.entiy eor-. SPAWN
hor0ughpn. Rlnebone low Curb, Spint Capped
Hook, WindpuR Shoe Roll Injured Tendons and all
of hair. Horse usual
Chenea Conpany Commercial n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Freezing Won't Kill Them

OCCASIONALLY reports are heard of fish
~ being frozen solid IN ice, and later thawed
the worse for their experience. quite circum-
stantia tale to this effect came out of the Maine
woods last winter. A gang of wood choppers
were encamped eight miles south of Caribou
on the shore of small pond Astounding in
trout After catching more fish than they
could utilize at once. the surplus were put alive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
ODD THINGS ABOUT FISHES

into a nearby spring. One
morning, after an exceed
ingly cold night, the spring,
as we'll as the trout, was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
FACTS ABOUT CLOUDS

THE study of natural
L laws not infrequently
reveals a close relation be-
<o, 100000 of Tho x,1ocf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

IN the small streams at
i the foot of the hills of
Penang in Siam there
abounds a small fish Delta
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
FlotilIa at 8usnos Ayers

Buenos Ayers, Jan. 28.-Officers of
the American torpedo boat fiotlla who
arrived from Rio Janeiro were received
by President Alcorta and the ministers
If war, marine and foreign affairs.
President Alcorta spoke pleasantly to
each one Of the officers. To Lieutenant
Cone, who is in command of the flotilla,
he expressed his great pleasure and
satisfaction in the visit to Argentine of
American warships. Lieutenant Cone
made a suitable reply.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
SOURCES or KNOWLEDGE.
You May Learn Something From Nv
erybody You Meet.

erybody You Meet.
One Of the most useful success habits
one can form is that OF learning some
thing from everybody with whom be
comes in contact No information which
can be acquired is too trivial to be IL.
nored.
constantly measure yourself with the
men you meet. You will find that every
one can teach you something which you
did not know before and which, Der.
haps, you would never have a chance
to learn again II you did not ACQUIRE Il
from him.
Daniel Webster once made q great
hit in arguing a case before q Jury by
repeating a story which he afterward
said he had not thought of since he
heard it fourteen years before. But
Webster was always picking up some
thing Tor future use. His famous reply
to Hayne. the greatest speech ever de-
nVered on the American continent, was
largely made up of little reserves which
he had picked up here and there In his
reading, from studying men and from
observation.
Many q prominent novelist has col
lected material for his stories by max.
Ing notes OF his conversations with
these he has met and by observation.
Charles Dickens got q great deal OF the
matter for some Of his novels In this
way.
One young man Will 20 to q lecture
and after spending an hour listening to
the helpful, inspiring words of some
prominent man will leave the hall or
lecture room without having derived
any beneht from the address Another
young man will attend the same lee
ture with an ambition to learn some
thing. he will drink In the speakers
sentences as If he were never to hear
sucn words OF encouragement and in
SEPARATION again At the conclusion Of
the address he will determine that he
will make more OF his opportunities In
the future; that he will read more.
think more, study more, be more than
ne ever was before. Such a young man
has a purpose and is determined to
learn something from everything he
comes In contact with and from every.
body he talks to. The other has no am
binon. does net throw himself into
what he does. let's his mind wander
hith0r and thither, so that he never
wholly understands what people are
saying and therefore never derives any
benefit or Information from those with
whom he converseS.-Orison SWEET Mar
den in Success.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
A Charming Chinese.

The style of a Chinese lady's dress
apparently never alters, but If she
can afford to do so she wears nothing
but silk. The first garment that she
dons is a sort of apron, a plain piece
of silk which is tied round the waist
and overlaps hebind. Then comes
underjacket and overjacket, trousers
and apron. In cold weather extra
jackets. thiekly wadded, are donned.
If the fair Chinese is going to re-
ceive friends, or for any other reason
wishes to appear especially charming,
she paints her face with a paste made
of rice -four, which dries and gives her
4 most cadaverous appearance.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
Novel Medicine Chest.

When sickness occurs in the coun-
try it means. unless medicines are in
the house, that a doctor must be sent
for, and in many cases it will be hours
before he can arrive. Every woman
should have small medicine chest,
provided with at least 10 to 25 cents
worth of each Of the following medi-
cines, which often will relieve and
cure what might otherwise necessitate
a DOCTORS visit; Sirup of ipecac, cas-
tor oil, sweet spirits of inter. arnica,
witchhazel, sweet oil, olive oil, bicar-
Donate of soda, licorice compound,
camphor, vaseline, paregoric, mustard,
small roll of antiseptic cotton.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
SCIENCE SETTINGS.

Saturn's largest moon is 2,O92 miles
In diameter. slightly smaller than our
own.
Jupiter is one and half times larger
than all the rest of the planets put to-
gether.
In size the sun equals 100000
earths. but owing to its smaller density
It's weight equals only 300.0 900 earfhs.
Careful scientific investigations show
that the average speed of the transmits
sion of earthquake shocks is nearly I6..
600 feet per second.
Zinc expands up to the melting point.
A bar OF hammered zinc six inches long
VIII expand LOO OF an inch in rais-
Ing the temperature 100 degrees y.
Tia a2n 0kYea 6QQ.QQ tsuaas an xxoh
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
Hopping Good Exercise

Hopping is one of the best exercises
Tor developing muscles. 1t is easy to
DO too. for the movement consists OF
jumping first on one foot and then on
the other, so that the whole weight of
the body will be borne by one foot and
leg for one or more minutes. This
exercise improves the way Of carrying
the body when walking, for 1t devel-
ops balance as well as muscle. This
exercise should be taken when going
to bed and the windows should be
open. SO there, will be plenty of fresh
air In the room. While hopping
breathe AAsplx.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
NOT AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
St. oaudSns ohose a Girl Born In Ire
land az He Model.

When the late Augustus St Gaudens
started in to remake some of our coin
designs It was expected that he would
secure as models female types that are
wholly American. There was a good
deal Of unf1vorable comment over the
fact that an English girl has served as
model for Liberty on one of our
coins and that a little schoolgirl had
posed as an Indian to adorn the back
OF the copper cent Now We were to
have American types that should be
perfectly reasonable IN all respects.
We do not suppose that American
girls are lacking in beauty, or that
they have not prof1les as classic and
contours as delectable as any, but it
turns out that, after all, st. Gaudens
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30

light as the full moon, 100000, 900
times as much as the brightest star in
the sky and 100000 times as much
as all the combined stars of the heav-
ems.
The latest theory in connection with
drowning Is that no water enters the
lungs and that heat properly applied.
with artificial respiration. will resusci-
tate persons who have been under wa
ter for an hour. This feat has been &C
complisaed by the doctor who advances
the theory.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
M E N S. HAT S

chose the pretty face of a charming
young waitress who was born in Ire
land, and she now adorns the coins
which are soon to be issued. A pro
test was filed with the department. but
it was overruled. The Irish beauty
wins and the American girls must sup
press their wrath as best they can.
We see no occasion to get excited
over such small matter as this. Art
knows no red lines on the map Beau
ty is not national except as to certain
types. II an Irish girl suited the artist
best, then it is more glory to the girl
and no shame to those who were born
in America And, after all, by this
time the young lady in question is
doubtless a good American and will
doubtless soon have a good American
neutrality-suspicious. Inquirer
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
Theology as He Understood 1t.

Passengers in an uptown car one aft
ernoon last week were very much en-
tertained and amused by discussion
OF things sp'. ual by two colored pas
sengers- AS the debate waxed warmer
the voices of the debaters grew louder
until what was said was plainly audi
Bile to all in the car. After each bad
made confession Of faith and given
MS views OF the means whereby mortal
man could gain salvation one of the
pair blurted out In a tone that implied
that all his hope for the next world
was embodied in the words:
We'll. sab, b'lleve dat what's gwine
to be Is sho'ly gwine to be-"
Huh" grunted his companion con-
temptuously, den yo' b'lievas in pre-
meditashun. Baltimore Sun.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30

Canton, o., January %. -"Carnation
Day" the anniversary of the birth of
President Mckinley, was generally OBJ
served in Canton today. Memorial ex-
ercises were held in the public schools
ind under the auspices of various socie-
ties. A number of handsome wreaths
were received and deposited at the Nc
h'n'ey tomb, among the senders being
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, Secretary of the
Treasury Cortelyou and former Gov
crnor Herrick.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
Those Who Fought and Ran AVA,


During the Spanish American war, at
the recruiting station in St Louis. the
following. as related in the Galveston
News. took place between a recruiting
officer and an applicant who was OF
Irish nationality:
r O.-How old are you?
/. R-Don't know. but OF must be
auld enough.
Il. O.-Have you ever been In the
army?
/. R.-Yis. sor.
II. O.-Have you ever been in any bat
tlesi
]. R-Oi have.
r. O.-What ones?
l. R.-Ofve been in all ov th,.a
II. O--Were you In the battle OF Bull
RUM
/. R--Oi was.
K. Odd you run?
l. R.-You bet Oi did, aud them poor
divils that didn't run are there yet
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
TRIBUTES TO M'KINLEY.
CSrTaiion Day FttingIy Observed al
Washington and Canton.

Washington, Jan. %. To-day was
Mckinley day at the capitol. The six
tv-fifth anniversary of the birth of the
martyr president was remembered by
very large number of senators and rep
resentatives by the wearing of red car
nation as boutonniCres. Tonight the
customary memorial exercises were
held in the Metropolitan NJ. E. Church
der the auspices of the United States
Historical Society. Addresses on the
life, services and character of President
Mckinley were delivered by Rev. Frank
81. Bristol, Auditor w. E. Andrews, of
the treasury department, and former
United States Senator Thurston, of Ne
hraska.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
NOTICE.

R. p Hartman, ]. G. Gillespie and ].
H. Gillespie have bought the interests
of G. w. Hairless, G. P. McMullin and
j. II. AcMullin in the mercantile bust
ness Of r. P. Hartman & Co. at Tiptop,
Va. The said r. P. Harman, J. G. Gil
lespie and J. II. Gillespie, Jr., assume
the payment of debts due by said firm
and all debts due the old firm are pay
able TO the new firm. The business will
still be run in the name of r. P. Har-
man & Co.
Very respectfully,
r. 2. Hartman G. Co.
TiptOp, Va, Jan. 6, 1908.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
AN INCENSE PARTY.
odd Etiquette of an Interesting Jap
nnese Function.

- 80 SAP@
nnese Function.
II you ever receive an Invitation to a
japanese incense party. accept 1t
promptly and thankfully. 1t has no
counterpart In our own social system
and Is as merry and pleasant an affair
as can be imagined. The people Of the
mikado's land have trained the nos
trils for generations the same as we
have trained the eye and ear. and they
display skill which at times is star
Ting to westerner. There is an odd
etiquette to be followed in these social
AFFAIRS. For the twenty-four hours
preceding the party each guest must
avoid the use Of anything which can
produce any odor whatever. Scented
soaps, perfumes, odorous foods and
even spices must be avoided. These
prevent the user from smelling accu-
rately and also interfere with the other
members of the party.
When you dress, be careful to put on
no garment that has been kept in the
neighborhood OF camphor wood. tobac-
CO. bouquets, dried blossoms or scented
powder. When you reach the house of
= ASNf SAeO4 ~ az GOAtAg ne you Cun
and as slowly as possible. This is to
prevent making a draft by the move
ment OF your own body. Be equally
leisurely in opening and closing doors.
as a quick movement induces a sud
den rush Of air. In the drawing room
the hostess burns a series OF incenses,
usually four or FIVE In number. Each
guest is allowed to take three shifts OF
each incense and must then lot down
Its name and number upon a card.
Each of the four or five incenses is
burned two or three times, so that the
number Of cards viii vary from eight
to fifteen At the end the cards are
laid out on the table, and the hostess
reads the names OF the incenses en-
ployed, which are checked of upon
the cards. The guest who has guessed
the largest number receives a pretty
prize, which is sometimes a silver or
bronze incense burner, statuette or
carving. Among the japanese the aver
age woman guesses correctly about six
times In ten, while with the American
women the rate Is three in tan.-New
York Post
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
The Limit.

And the railway company agrees to
settle by paying me $1,000. does itY
said the man who had been injured,
Flow much OF it do getY'
lyon get all Of it." said the lawyer,
and you pay me what you please. 1t
didn't take me five minutes TO get n
settlement out of them"
This. o reader. is no fancy sketch.
fhere are limits to the imaginative
FACULTY Of the human mind. Chicago
Tribune.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
A Help to Early Rising.

Milkman-You're up unusually early
this morning, Johnny.
Johnny without looking up from his
dime noyel)-Yeh. Nom sent me to
bed last night just as Pretty Pete was
about to rescue the lovely Maiden
Philadelphia Press.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30

Trial Catarrh treatments are being
mailed out free, on request, by DR..
Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are
proving to the people without a penny's
cost-the great value of this scientific
prescription known to druggists every
where as DR.. Shops Catarrh Remedy.
Sold by Jno. E. jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
FOR SALEI

Farm Sc acres, four miles Abingdon,
Washington county, Va. Good spring;
young orchard, some bearing, plenty of
cherries, grapes, ETC.; some wheat;
house and buildings; good location.
Price $4,000.
Farm % acres joining above. Good
young orchard; good spring; house and
other buildings; some wheat. All the
land can be cultivated. Price $1,000.
Address
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
NOTICE..

/ have formed a co-partnership with
DR.. Samuel G. Bowen, and all nv ac-
counts must be closed to 1st February.
1908. If you owe me call at my Office
and settle the same.
1t DR.. j. H. CROCKETT.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
JAPANESE KIMONAS

Persian and japanese figured Kimonas Satin trimmed
at 39c each These KmOnas would sell as great bargains in
some stores at 7jc "
M E N S. HATS
No. window full of black, gray nown and tan Halves
% hats from which you may at 80 each These
hats are most all staple shapes of medium brs and crowns
sizes, Ga to Y.
, 8leaChed and Brown DomestiC-A lot of short
lengths OF bached and brown domestic the 81 and 10 cents
values now &c per yard
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-01-30
A Possible soiutfou.

Il believe that house is haunted. The
tenant says he hears some one rappins
on the walls at night"
Maybe Its walls are covered with
wrapping paper" York Times.