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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
DANGEROUS FORM OF SPORT.
Bear an Ugly Customer to Deal With
at Close Quarters.

Twice In my chase OF bruin | have
made use Of a bear spear as my
weapon of attack" writes Count Eric
Won Rosen. and may take this op-
portunity to maintain that the use Of
spear entails no greater cruelty than
any other mode of attack. and that
every hunter should be armed with
one in reserve, since these powerful
beasts have a vitality that triumphs
over stray bullet or more. unless
LOGGED in a vital region; and when
wounded, their retaliation is redoubta-
bic and easily fatal. In Karelia, Fin
land. the bear is yet regarded as
noxious horror. The great black-haired
'slagbjorn, or killing bear. is still ram
pant there, and couple of winters
back L was able to wreak justifable
vengeance on some beasts that had
killed over a score of cows and nine
horses. News had been brought me
that some OF these rascals wore hiber-
mating on q small marsh bound island
We found no di6iculty IA locating
their lair, and took up my post at the
entrance TO It, armed only with my
spear. may explain that a bear
spear consists OF an ash stan some
two yards long and about a couple Of
inches in diameter; there Is a blade
OF steel about twelve inches IN length.
and the shaft is copper-cased as a pre-
Ventton against the teeth Of bruin. AS
sooH N my gentleman appeared tried
to stick him IN the throat. but he par
ried adroitly and l missed made an
other lunss and succeeded in driving
my spear point through his breast
He started roaring furiously and
snapped at my copper-cased staff,
then made an attempt to strike at my
arm with his huge forepsw. so that 1
! might drop my weapon. The powerful
brute hung on to my spear at one end.
while as grimly held on at the other
copper plate and he started shredding
the wood beneath. Strenuously I
| checked his further advances. and
gradually. for his wounds began to tell.
his resistance weakened. and he
dropped at last over the aperture Of
his den.
Il pulled out the spear. but so much
still remained in him that he seized
the blade and bit it with a force that
loft deep fluctuations in the steel. MY
companion then finished him off with
his own weapon. This struggle from
start to fnish covered Ave minutes"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
Natural Gas In India

Consul General William H. Michael
OF Calcutta writes that 20 miles from
Chittagong natural gas issues from a
crevice in the ground in considerable
quantity. 1t has been burning SO long
that the oldest inhabitant can give
no idea OF when or how 1t was set on
hre. The general belief among the
natives is that the gas has been ON
nre for centuries. At any rate, the
gas flow has been burning as far back
as any records have been kept by
white people
1t IS now suggested-and some stems
have been taken to carry out the sug.
gestion-that the fire be extinguished
and the gas be brought under control
and piped down to Chittagong for
lighting and fuel and power purposes.
The citizens of Chittagong have con.
cluded that it would be cheaper to util-
ize the gas than to introduce electric
ity for fuel. power and lighting.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
A New One on Corners.

Fngy Corners is an irrepressible
soul Tact and he have nothing in
common. A few evenings ago he met
Charles BiEsell in a crowded hotel and
bounced upon him with reckless
joviality.
"Hello-o-o. Charley" he cried. How
the deuce are you. Ell? How's Herb?
Hows-"
Mr.. Bissell was worried. He pinned
for decorum. At his side was Justice
Brewer of the United States supreme
court at Washington. reserved. silent.
dignined. Mr.. Bissell was inspired to
use his majestic personality as a
quench of F1ngy's exuberance.
Mr.. Corners" he said. let me pre-
sent you to Justice Brewer"
"How's the health" asked P4ngy,
giving the hand Of the judge 4 per
functory shake. Then, stepping back
so as to AFFORD more range to his
glance of disapproval. he looked at
Mr.. Justice Brewer very coldly, and,
turning to Mr.. Bissell. said:
Say. Charley, thought was onto
all the people you put on the bench.
but | guess I'm In wrong somewhere.
What court did you make him Judge
oft"-Harper's Weekly.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
FORMATION OF REr,roor LAKE,.
strange History Of Spot Where NIoht
Riders Crime Occurred.

The physical history Of Reelfooe
lake of night rider fame is not with
out certain interest of it's own. The
lake came into existence as the result
OF a series Of earthquakes which be-
gan in December, 1911, and continued
until June. 1912.
Some authorities say that the earth
Gdakes merely hsaved up a great ridge
OF land across the path of the Reelfoot
river, which runs into the Mississippi.
and that this dam caused the water to
back up and broaden out and form a
lake; but the favorite account in the
neighbOrhood is to the effect that he
ground sank, springs were opened uD.
neighboring creeks diverted from their
course and the OVERLOOKING waters OF
the Mississippi rushed in during the
Hood season OF the spring OF 1912.
1t is said that for an hour and a
half the waters OF the Mississil Of
nowed uphill while filing up the 6e-
preston caused by the earthquake.
Both accounts likely have this much Of
truth in them that the entire confgur-
atom of the ground was changed by
the earthquakes. Big lake. west OF
the Mississippi, is said to have been
formed in the same way at the same
time
Heelfoot lake is sixteen or eighteen
miles long, writes Don MARQUIS in
Uncle Remus' Magazine, very irregu-
lar In shape, and covers from 50 900 to
$4,000 acres OF land. 1t varies In width
from mile in some places to four or
1--WE miles in others. The northern end
is extended by a series of sloughs and
I bayous into Kentucky.
The most distinctive feature of tha
Iakes appearance, the feature which
hrst impresses and stays longest with
the observers fancy, is a certain gro
tesque effect as If set of crazv men
had been operating a piledriver there
Tor the last century, for the trunks
stumps and stark branches of dead
trees stick out of it everywhere in
desolate parody OF some such human
handiwork; far below the surface the
hsh dart among the boles and branches
where the squirrels frolicked a hun
dred years ago.
There are beautiful spots here and
there, but the effect as a whole ia NOT
beautiful; at its best. when the mist
rises and myriad protruding tree
trunks are white and ghostly in the
moonlight, 1t Is weird; the general re-
membrance is OF something uncouth.
1t Is a kind OF sloven lake that has
preferred to sit down with it's hair un-
combed all day long, but at night It
does manage TO achieve a touch of
wizard dignity.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
Fruit Cake with cornmea,

Cream together a half cup of brown
sugar and one-half cup Of butter and
then moisten with a cup Of strong
co1ee and a cup Of nolasses. a tea
spoonful Of grated nutmeg, of allspice
and OF cinnamon, each. Add one beat
en- egg and two cups OF sifted -four
with two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der and two cups of cornmeal. Beat
hard for five minutes and stir in a
pound of currants, half a pound OF
seeded raisins, cut in half, a pound OF
ter OF a pound of chopped cItron. A
few candied cherries may be added II
wished. Turn into a round pan lined
with creased paper and bake in a SLOW
oven. Frost with chocolate frostine
and top with tiny sheaves of candied
orange peel tied with orange colored
baby ribbon and dot with popped corn
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25

is clear he thinks about nothing ex.
cept money. Therefore, # is neces-
sary that he should find out how ridi.
culous he is. We must sentence him
to read all the back nombers of
Punch"
l hoped the man would smile at
this. but as he left be said quite se.
riously that he was afraid he wouId
be more likely to read the present
number of the Financial News. And
then the train started and l was left
alone with the humorist.
AT Chichester we separated, as
had to stop there, and he went on to
Southsea- For some time after
remembered the man who had com
pared himself almost mournfully with
caesar and Napoleon, and 1 began to
mink there might be something in his
theory that humor belongs only to the
poor.
l had to realize, for instance. that
all the humorous characters of fiction
were poor. Neither Shakespeare. nor
Dickens, nor George Eliot had at
tempted to make a rich man funny.
Even Sam Weller, the only humorist
who has passed into the Language, was,
l had to admit, not able to earn more
than pound or so a week
L did not expect to meet again the
man who had suggested ,hese things
to me. For l have come across many
good men in railway carriages. and We
have exchanged cards, and so on, but
we have never been able to clear up
that point interrupted by the arrival
at a station. I had. in fact, given the
man up, and wondered only whether
he had been able to spare the time
to see a joke.
But the other evening, when 1 was
walking along the street. some one
touched me on the shoulder, and when
l turned l saw to my surprise this
man who had been sentenced by my
friend the humorist, two months ago.
to read all the back numbers of Punch.
say l recognized him; but when l
locked closer l thought it was certain
l had made a mistake. For he was
not the man who had argued with me
In the railway carriage. His face was
worn, and it was clear his clothes were
not new, and that his hat had not been
lately ironed.
1t was only. in fact, when he spoke
that : was sure of him. For he said:
As you see, / have lost most of my
money. And 1 want you to tell me
those stories again, and those jokes
I've got time to laugh now. What
were they?"
1 did not stop to congratulate the
man, but told him the best story l
could remember.
Thank you" he said, and asked me
for q match
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
Husband and Wife

"As the husband is the wife is" OF
course. there are exceptions, but in
the main there never was truer word
spoken. A wife bears her husband's
name, she takes his place In society,
and in everything unless she be far
more than uncommon. his future gives
color and shape to hers. Undoubtedly
good wife will do a man good and
not evil all the days OF her life. yet
there are times when the good seems
powerless; the world ia full of women
who deserve to be ranked with the
noble army OF martyrs; women whose
good deeds. whose sanity acts OF self
sacrifice, are 10 all human vision as
precious pearls cast before swine.-Ex-
change.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
CONNECTION SURE TO PLEASE
Marrons Confits, However, Require
Some Skill in Preparation.

Three-quarterS Of a cupful OF whip
ping cream, six glace chestnuts, six
candied violets, six macaroons, one Ia
olespoonful of powdered gelatine, one
tablespoonful of brandy, one table
spoonful Of Maraschino. sugar to taste,
little water, few pistachio nuts and
the whites of two eggs.
Cut the chestnuts and macaroons in
TO small pieces; put them into a dish
with the brandy and Maraschino and
let them soak. Whip up the cream;
add the violets cut in pieces and the
sugar.
Dissolve the gelatine in a quarter of
cuptul of water and strain that in.
Beat the whites of the eggs suffly, add
sugar to taste and stir it lightly to the
mixture.
Have ready eight small paper cases.
I'm a band of notepaper, coming an
inch or more above the case. tightly
round each. Pour in the mixture; put
them in a cool place to set. Then
draw off the paper.
Decorate each prettily with whipped
cream. Sprinkle a few chopped violets
on some and chopped pistachio puts on
others.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25

Plenty Cinnamon left" Such con.
tempt is natural where overbreedipg
has cheapened humanity. In the teem-
Ing Orient common people seem as
little considered a. clay pigeons at
the shooting traps. Being a grasshop-
per in the eyes Of others, the individu-
al ends by being a grasshopper in his
own eyes. Hence. In the east, pessi-
mistio religion. crouching obedience to
rulers, wifsly submission, subordina-
ton Of self to family or community.
frivolous suicide, meager philanthropy.
The west, on the other hand, is al
ready the region OF dear men; with a
slackeninug output OF babies, human
beings will become still dearer. The
Black Death, by sweeping away a
third OF the English people In the
fourteenth century. so enhanced q
mans worth that serfdom came to an
end On the same principle, a lighter
birth-rate Will give the common people
not only more economic value, but
also more social and political value
The Outlook for Plain Folk" by E. A.
Ross, in Everybody's.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
To sIft NatIon,s History

This country is now rich in its his
torical literature, but of the recent
output most has come from west of
the Hudson and north of the Potomac
and Ohio. We can now study with
minutest detail almost every phase
and period Of our history, with the
sole exception Of the south. which is
late In coming to the front with it's
own records. The southern people
have been content to make history
rather than record II, and for this rea-
son materials are meager. But there
are In the south writers who are now
taking high rank and of whom much
more may be expected. We are be-
ginning for the first time to get some
studies OF the reconstruction period.
for Instance. out of which an opinion
may be formed instead of being taken
on-hand at the dictum of contem-
porary writer's who were prejudiced
on one side or the other.-Philadei-
phia Inquirer.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
THE ABsENT-MINOEU MAN.
Blunders on a New Way of Making
Himself Feel Foolish.

Il achieved a new record the other
day" said the absent-minded man. Il
thought I'd done all the foolish things
a man could do, but I hadn't 1 dis
covered a brand new stunt.
Being always thoughtful, decided
before l started uptown on the sub
way to buy several tickets. Then I'd
be fixed to hurry back to my down.
town Office after my dinner without
having to wait. Which l did
That is, l bought the tickets all
right and went uptown to dinner.
After the meal l hurried to the Times
Square station and was rather
proud as l shot down the steps to re-
member that l had bought the tickets.
Two or three minutes later after one
local had Numbered by l found my
self at the ticket window and poking
my. green ticket through the wicket
with a request for one.
"Of course every absent-minded
man expects to walk out of a store
either without paying for what he has
bought or without picking up his
change. l caught myself in a new
variation of that the other day.
Il went into the barroom of a
Broadway hotel and called for drink.
1t was mixed drink, and while l
waited I looked at the headlines of an
evening paper. Also fished from my
pocket a dollar bill with which to pay
for the drink
It's a well-kept bar and with each
drink the bartender puts out a small
dolly. A minute or two later 1 stood
at the cashiers desk wondering why
he didn't hurry the change. A second
look told me that 1 had left the check
on the bar and was insisting on pay
Ing the dolly with the bill.
Car fares are a perpetual source
OF trouble. My pet trick is to give
the conductor a dime, get a nickel
change and hold it in my hand be-
cause it isn't easy to put money back
In ones pocket in a crowd. Then
when the conductor passes by again l
give him the nickel. think I do that
on an average once a week, and half
the time the conductor keeps the five
cents. The other half he looks at
ME, shakes his head in pity and
passes on, while 1 blush."-New York
Sun.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
SAVED HER JEWELS
AUNT MATS SCREAMS TERRIFIED
BURGLAR.
Imitation of callIope Proved Effective
Once, But the Diamonds Are Now
Safe in the Vaults of the
Bank

You never heard Aunt Mats bur
glar story. did you?" said the girl.
II you only could hear her tell it, 1t
was a real burglar. you know. This
Is how 1t was: You know, Aunt Mat
has more diamonds than anybody in
her town You've seen them. Regular
robins eggs. Well, that night Philip
was away, and she and little Matte
were all alone in the big house. Mat
tie was asleep in the big front room
that is on the front porch, and Aunt
NAT had the folding bed in the dining
room made up and was sleeping on
that, with her diamonds in a little
chamois bag under her head.
Long after midnight Aunt Mat was
awakened by creepy sound, like the
branches OF tree sweeping back and
forth against the window, In the big
room where Matte was sleeping.
There was a tiny night lamp In that
room, in a far corner.
She lay there perfectly paralyzed
by this sound, feeling that something
foreign was near. You can understand
that feeling. That something terrible
was about to happen. She couldn't
move, she said, listening to that awful
sound. Pretty soon she began to re-
aiize what 1t was. The opening of the
window in the big room. 1t kept on
and on, and then the sound stopped,
and she lay on her bed with her eyes
on the door Of the big room, waiting.
1t wasn't long before she saw the
shadow Of something coming into the
doorway.
The shadow came across the
threshold first, then there began to
creep across it into the dining-room on
all fours-a great black negro.
We'll. Aunt Mat said she thought
she would die of fright She lay
perfectly still, hardly breathing as
this thing on all fours came creeping
across the room to her bed. where he
knew her diamonds were under her
pillow. He came nearer and nearer.
she lying there staring at him. unable
to move from fright He came near
er and nearer. and then, Just as he
was preparing to spring at her, she sat
straight up in bed, she says. and
yelledl
She yelled: Philip! Philip!' Then
she fell to screaming, screaming.
screaming! She says Philip must
have heard her. wherever he was. she
screamed so loud.
Then what? Why, the negro was
more terrified than Aunt Mat. He
looked at her for a moment and then
he made for the window. Out of that
he went head first.
He was one OF band of negro rob-
bers abroad that night. All of them
were caught within a few days. Eight
houses had been broken into during
the night. In the morning on the five
gates of the finest houses In the town
there were arrows drawn in charcoal.
showing which were to be broken into.
you can bet your life Aunt Mat
went straight to the bank the next
morning and put her diamonds there.
No more sleeping in diamonds for her
after that"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
Wall OF THE RICH
MAN WITH LARGE INCOME HAS
HIS TROUBLES.
Supposed by All to Be Dwelling or
the Sunny Side Of Easy Street
Vet He Is Constantly
In Debt,

Pity the poor man who has an in
come OF six or eight or ten thousand
dollars year. He has more worries
than the man who works for three dol
lars a day. One of these poor men
whose salary Is eight thousand was
telling his woes to q friend the other
day.
Poor" said he, 'T'm as poor as a
church mouse. Even II I do get eight
thou year, I'm in debt and I've been
In debt ever since can remember. 1
never have been able to oateh up. The
general public thinks that a man with
an income OF twenty-five or thirty dol
lars a day - klessed But they
haven't an idea Of how be Is hemmed
In and hampered and ksld In thrall by
the very fact that he has an income Of
that amount
Take my daughters sesa. for In
stance. OF course she must have a
fine education and every advantage
that father who makes as much
money as I do can provide. Did 1t
ever OCCUR TO you how much II costs
to AFFORD such advantages 10 q young
lady of eighteen or nineteenf I sent
my daughter to Vassar, and, as beflt-
ting girl of her age and station In
life, l rugged her out with q complete
equipment in the way Of dress. What
do you suppose that girl did? Within
two months she pnt on 20 pounds In
weight. Not thing in her wardrobe
would flt her. We'll. my wife bought a
new outfit complete for her. That girl
OF ours came home for the Christmas
holidays, few weeks later, with most
OF her garments held together by
strings. She had outgrown even the
second lot Now, I've got to buy a
third outfit for her.
Then there's that young hopeful
who's my son and heir-a fine bright
youngster and the joy of the house
hold He had a minor sort Of an all
ment lately and 1t was necessary to
perform slight operation. I have a
brother who is the chief examiner in
one of the large life insurance com
panies. He Is a bachelor, and he
thinks great deal OF my boy. When
he heard that my son would have to
have an operation he insisted that
none but the very best surgeons
should have the case. So we got the
best surgeon in the city. On account
of my brothers position and influence
We got him at half rates. We also had
several eminent gentlemen in CON
sultation. They charged only half the
regular rate. The operation required
the administration OF ether. MY
brother, from his long experience, did
not deem It safe to have the anaes-
thetic administered without having
my sons heert examined first by a
noted heart specialist. He only charged
half price. Then my brother would
not consent to having the ether given
except by q specialist in that line, and
OF course we had to have the most ex-
pert and accomplished of trained
nurses. They we're the only ones who
charged f,dl price.
my boys heart was all right. l am
delighted to know 1t on such eminent
authority. But I'm afraid mine is not.
1t has been weak ever since received
those half price bills.
These are only some OF the minor
troubles of the poor man who has but
eight thousand a year income"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
Trying to CanonIze Nero.

Now a historian comes forward to
say that Nero was one of the great
benefactors of mankind and a great
help to Christianity. 1t is true that
attempts have been made to prove
that Henry VIII. was a model hus-
Dand' but the rehabilitation of Nero in
the world races esteem has hitherto
been considered beyond the limit. Per
maps the next Investigator will dis
cover that We have always been mis-
taken in the belief that the first man
blamed everything on the woman.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
A Camera in the Stomach

Perhaps the most remarkable of the
recent inventions in the medical line
Is an apparatus by means of which
the stomach may be photographed
from within. 1t is the discovery of a
Munich doctor, and is thus described
in action: The camera is actually
swallowed by the patient, and when
1t reaches its destination the interior
or the stomach is illuminated by a
small electric lamp attached to the ap.
paratus. At the bottom of the cam
era is wound on a Photographic film 20
inches long and a quarter of an inch
wide. The physician pulls a cord
which runs the film past the lens. the
electric lamp is turned on, and the
impressions made on the sensitive
film. The procedure is repeated until
the requisite number of pictures have
been taken"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-03-25
Shark ImpsIed by Steamer.

A shark OF the enormous species
which haunts the Red sea was the
cause OF an extraordinary incident In
the passage OF the liner Oroya OF the
Orient Royal Mail line from Sydney to
London. The liner had just rounded
the islands OF Perrin, when 1t was
found that q huge tiger shark was
firmly fixed on the bow OF the vessel
The shark. which WAS estimated to be
from % feet to Is feet in length, struE-
gled In vain to free itself. beating vSo-
leRtly with its tail on the stArhoard
side of the liner. Its head was twist
ed round the port bow. Eventually the
Oroya reversed her engines and the
shark got free and disappeared In the
depths, leaving a track OF blood from
the wound in its side where the prov
of the ship had struck.