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Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
PRECIOUS RELICS IN DANGER
steps Being Taken by the Pope to
Insure the Safety Of Documents
In the Vatican.

Father Ehrle, the wsU-known his
torian. who has bssn Dsefect of the
vatican library since 1895, is shortly
to retire from his important post, and
Monsignore Ratti, director Of the Am
orosian library, of Milan, has been SC
Consequently destructive Bird, Held
lected by the pope to succeed him.
The manuscripts contained In the
vatican library number over forty
thousand and surpass not only in num-
Der but also in value and interest those
of all other libraries in the world
combined because they have been ac-
cumulated since practically the begin
ming of the Christian era 1t will be
necessary for Father Ehrle to remain
in charge for at least another courle
OF years in order that he may hand
over to his successor these manuscript
treasures, which must be identified
one by one.
The pope, on the suggestion of the
retiring librarian, has availed himself
of this detailed examination OF manu-
scripts, which takes place whenever a
new project is appointed. to reform the
methods heretofore adopted for their
preservation. The manuscripts are in
closed IN low wooden cupboarda called
armada" about five feet high. the
doors Of which are richly decorated,
according to the plan in use for CEN
turtles In Rome, which was to combine
art galleries and libraries and thus
give room to hang pictures on tho
walls over the books.
While every precaution is taken for
the preservation Of the manuscripts
from moths and dampness this old sys-
tenn of keeping them has its great
drawbacks in case Of fire, as the cup
boards are naturally not freproof.
Father Ehrle suggested TO the pope that
every cupboard when possible should
be converted into a strongbox or safe
perfectly flreproof and that two or
three large rooms should be specifical-
ly built with walls covered with steel
plates or other non-nnammablet mate
rial, to which the manuscripts that can
not be kept in cupboards could be re-
moved
His suggestion has been fully ap-
proved by the pope. who still recalls
the fire in the vatican. which but for
the Intervention Of the italian flremen
might have had disastrous results,
and the necessary arrangements have
now men made to have the vatican
manuscripts preserved in such a way
as to insure their safety and integrity.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
DREAD DEATH COMING
FEAR DEEPLY IMPLANTED THE
HEARTS OF ALL.
Some More Effected BY Loss Of Honons
a Visit TO a Dentist, or Sank
rGPtcy, but Few Deliber-
ately End II All.

Probably the first thought of every
reasonable man in reading the dreary
details of the disaster to the Titanic
wes: What would l have done in the
same circumstances? Probably his
second bore the hope in all humility
that if such circumstances should arise
for him he would behave without too
much Of the awkWardness Of panic.
Only a fool would haphazard a predfc-
ton OF his conduct In the face Of q
peril so unexpected and attended by
the terrors of midnight and the sea.
It Is no discredit to The human race to
say that cowardice is a gift from the
devil which has been impartially dis
tributed among mankind.
Every man who thinks at all Is
afraid Of death. lie may be more afraid
of something else, or loss OF honor,
health or money, or going to a dentist,
or. like the man il Pickwick, Of life
without buttered mullins, but he
chooses death only as a bad alterna-
tive for worse. II he Is not afraid OF
one thing you may be sure he is afraid
of another.
a man will go up to the clouds in a
balloon who wouldn't go down into
twenty feet Of water In a submarine.
A steeplejack may be afraid of dogs
and lion tanner OF riding in an eleva-
tor. We know q man who has made a
great reputation for coOlness under fire
in battle, who glbbers with fear when
ever he has the stomach ache. One
man fears fire. another burglars, an
other railway trains, another measles.
Conduct in an emergency depends
on many things besides those abstract
qualities known as "cowardice" and
/ courage A man is apt to act calmly
when his surroundings. at the time the
peril presents itself, are customary
and familiar, when his nerves happen
to be sound, or when he has time TO
mediate on his action and weigh care
fully its consequences.
Again a man may be persuaded to
shame or glory, as the case may be. by
the example of his neighbor. One per
son afflicted by binding fear may turn
hundren men into a panic stricken
mob or he may convert them into a
throng Of heroes through their very
horror of his conduct. And one man
who has established his moral equilib-
rum quickly can instantly convey for
utude 10 the others Courage and
| cowardice both like company-F. 2.
Dunno In the American Magazine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
LEFT WORK UNFINISHED
AUTHORS CALLED FROM THEIR
MANUSCRIPTS BY DEATH.
Some Of the Greatest Have Literally
Died Gin the MISUNDERSTANDING
Hawthorne's Pathetic Forebod-
ings of the End.

Robert Louis Stevenson's story,
"Weir of Hermiston," was left a mere
fragment. Another romance, "St.
Ives" by the same pen, was cunning
in monthly magazine at the time n
Stevenson's death. Here. howeveS,
readers were not deprived OF a salts
factory ending, for the story was
brought to a conclusion by Quiller
Couch.
Il hardly know what to say to the
public about this abortive romance
though l pretty well know what tina
case will be-, L shall never finish it,"
wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne, with ref
erence to The Dolliver Romance"
which he had undertaken to write for
a magazine.
This foreboding was soon verified,
for Hawthorne had scarcely time to
do more than lay down the ground
work of the story and write the ini-
tial chapters before he died. At his
funeral in Concord the manuscript lay
on his coffin. Soon afterward L Q
first chapter appeared In the Atlantic,
and subsequently the second chapter,
which he had been unable to revise,
was published in the same magazine.
Several years elapsed and then a third
fragment, revised and copied by the
novelists wife, was placed in the pub
lishers hands. The original manu-
script is now preserved In the Con-
cord public library.
Another serial that was being writ
ten when its author laid down his
fe, l.
cray, indeed, was already in his grave
when its publication commenced
Three parts, and a portion of a fourth
were all that appeared, and tho
story" wrote the editor, breaks OF
as his life ended-full of Vigor and
blooming with new promise like the
apple trees in this month of May"
With the fourth part was given q set
OF notes, taken from Thackeray's own
papers, elucidatory Of the subsequent
development of the plot
Thackeray's great contemporary,
Charles Dickens, also died in harness.
For long time his health had been in
different, but he stuck unfinchingly to
the work he had in hand. On June
6. 1870, he died. The morning and
ReNA Va SAS lStAiA OOn VI ludl Odl were
devoted to completing the sixth num-
Der Of THE Mystery of Edwin Brood"
but scarcely had he finished work and
sat down to dinner than he was seiz-
ed with commissions. After lingering
some hours without regaining con-
seriousness he died at six the same
day.
Il shall publish late in this year"
wrote Laurence Sterne, land the next
1 shall begin a new work in four vol
umes, which, when finished, 1 shall
continue 'Tristram' with fresh
spirit" This new work here re-
ferred to is THE Sentimental Jour
ney," one volume alone of which was
ever given to the world, nor, by rea-
son Of the authors death, was Iris
tram Shandy" ever continued.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
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500 Reward, 100.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all its stages, and that is catarIh. Halls
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Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re-
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Address +. J. CHENEY & CO.,
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Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Advertisement.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Tho Cure for peueneratlon-

Attention is just now rather too
much concentrated-with til, most
humanitarian motives, to be sure-on
that kind of social perfection which
consists in bringing everybody up to
an average. 1t is time to emphasize
also the Importance of producing and
making the most of the few really
great men through whom the world
mainly progresses, the pioneers and
the prophets of civilization and the
arts. OF degeneration We have a NOR
bid and needless fear; the best cure
for 1t is not medical science, but so
cial Justice. Break up the slums,
take the boys out of gangs and find
them clean sport and congenial work
Pull down the rookeries, let in the
sun and air, keep human life from fes-
tering in rotten places and nature will
do the rest. Breeds and races may
die out, but there are always new
ones being created, and nature is her
self the greatest OF regenerating
forces, destroying the decadent even
a she checks the superman before he
becomes as the gods.-Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
The "Workin' Stiff -

He is one Of the army of unskilled
laborers easily modified on any of a
variety of industrial frontiers" write
Charles Phelps Cushing and Arthur
Killick in the issue of Harper's Week
ly-"an army estimated now at half
million. content to do the hardest
sorts OF toll at wages so low that not
more than one man in a thousand
saves anything" When he gets into
trouble the "stiff's" hands are his best
credentials. Look at his hands, SER
geant," the magistrate says. "The
police court bailiff feels their palms
and makes one of two permissible an
swers, Soft as a baby's, yer Honorl'
or Hard as nails, SIR"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
WelI.rrained Cockatoo.

''When seals were taught to do
tricks balancing and to whirl fam
ing torches, and ordinary barnyard
cocks crowed a duet at the command
of a trainer, we thought the highest
point in that commercially valuable
line Of education had been reached ="
says a writer in a Berlin paper. "But
new first place has been created
for a grass-sreen cOckatoo. This edu-
Gated member of the parrot family
rides n tiny bicycle at command and
seems to enjoy the snort. He docs
many tricks for which professional
riders receive applause. The same COL
lection of animal wonders contains a
monster lion, which is shown in a
cage provided with grand piano. A
woman trainer enters. seats herself 1t
The instrument r.f strikes a chord,
a. which 'he Hon unOn the piano
.o'st. Tnen 81 Q
'n time vi h
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
LITTLE THINGS ABOUT THE HOUSE
By GRACE MARiAs SMITH Of the Z c Service
Bureau

Bureau
Time was when people who could
not afford expensive jewelry and real
lace, owned no jewelry and wore their
garments untrimmed. Our ancestors.
with foolish pride supposed to indi-
cate birth and breeding, eschewed
limitations. This was protest against
pretense, but the medicine became
worse than the disease. Gaudy, cheap.
shOddy material is an offense against
good taste, but inexpensive things
need not be inartiStic. Because Won
cannot take trip to Europe is no
reason for refusing i days outing.
You cannot afford the original AA.ge-
lus, but you can have Il good print OF
1T, and most Of us with unframed
eyes will see quite as much in the
print as We would in the original.
There is a difference betw cen tina
inexpensive and cheap, so don't let US
deride thing simply because it didn't
cost a mint OF money.
How many things are you going with
out that you could buy for Il very
modest sum? Suppose it Is NOTHING
more than sharp knife for pairing
vegetables and you have wasted time.
wasted ves ot-bleS, spoiled your own
temper, ana annoyed the men folks
by trying TO get an edge on Il knife
that was worn out years ago Yet for
ten cents-ten cents-you can buy a
pairing knife that will last at least a
year.
You have spent hours beating up
eggs with fork. A Dover egg-beater
costs quarter, and whip ten cents.
You are short OF pans, of crooks. of
Kettles, which can be purchased for
from ten to thirty-five cents. You
are gsing without spoons enough TO
set the table when there are guests.
because you can't afford to pay eight
dollars for them, buc you can buv
artistic spoons Of white metal which
no one unless accustomed to seeing
them would distinguish from real
silver. Sometimes it is china towels
you are using worn, linty rags: YOU
can get all the towels you need for ten
cents apiece. Or, you are wearing an
old dress, too heavy and warm, instead
OF the cool, freSh-looking one you
could buy ready-made for from sixty
cents to one dollar.
No, l am not advising cheap, shoddv
things. Always buy the best you can
AFFORD. If your means are limited buy
the inexpensive yet most satisfactory
articles that you can. Only don't
make the mistake of complaining be-
cause these inexpensive things don't
last as well as the more costly ones.
THE first thing you forget about an
article is what you paid for it." So if
1t Is something you are going to keep
fomethihg really worth while, or sonb-
thing which il costing you almost as
much as the sstter article, buy Che
best. But at the same time it Is net
\ good policy to get along without
something that will help you in Jour
work just because you cannot buy the
It expensive made.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
GRASSES

Reply to inquiry received from r. T.
Bostwick, Parshall, Colorado: "Will
you be kind enough to furnish me
with what information you have avail
able on the subject Of grasses suitable
Tor this location; best methods of seed
Ing; preparation of the soil, etc.P"
In the vicinity of Parshall, Colorado,
the best grass for haying purposes is
timothy. A much better com binatfon
Is made by using timothy and alsike.
About Is pounds of timothy and or 6
pounds Of alsike make G very good
mixture.
Besides these two crops, bronze grass,
or BronaiS Inernis, does well in your
locality. Upon the farm of Louis Flick,
situated within short distance of
your farm, bronze grass has been doing
wonderfully well. Meadow Fescue
Will do well also in your locality.
From our experience with the grasses
and from an observance of the native
vegetation, we would say that the
timothy and bronze grass are the two
best members of the grass family fol-
your locality. The bronze grass will
thrive with timothy and alsike under
good conditions of irrigation which
usually prevail on the developed farms
of that community.
A disk grain drill with grass seede1
attachment is as good a tool to be
used as any. The soil should be pre-.
pared by deep blowing. The blowing
should be followed with the disk and
peg tooth harrow, If possible the same
half day, In order to work the furrow
slice down into good, well-mellowed
seed bed before it has time to dry out
or lose Its filth. If seeded alone.
about 20 pounds of bronze grass should
be used per acre. If seeded with the
other combination, the amount varies
with the proportion it is desired to
obtain. A very good combination is
bronze grass Is pounds and alsike
pounds. Another good combination
Is bronze grass IL pounds, timothy 10
to II pounds, and alsike 5 to pounds.
1t is well to harrow lightly after the
drill.
The land should be well irrigated
but should not be kept flooded. There
is notion prevalent in the vicinity OF
Parshall that hay can only be grown
where it is kept flooded. This view is
erroneous. The land should be we'll
irrigated, then the water should be
Withdrawn until the crop is needing
moisture when It should be irrigated
again. Although this is contrary to
the views Of many ranchmen, it is
borne out by experience and expert
ment.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Origin of EnoIlsh RovaI Academy.


The yearly "show" of works by liv,
ing artists which is held at the Eng
lish Royal academy from the first
Monday in May to the first Monday
in August owes its existence to a
meeting Of painters which was held at
the Turks Head, Soho, on November
IL, 1859. The knights of the brush
and palette resolved that "once a year,
on day in the second week in April,
at place that should be appointed
by a committee for carrying the de-
sign into execution, to be chosen an
nually, every painter, sculptor, en-
graver, chaser, seal-cutter, and med
alist may exhibit their several per-
formances." 1t was also resolved that
the sum of one shilling be taken
daily of each person who may come
to visit the said performances
"The Royal Academy" Oscar Frichet,
in National Magazine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
OId-TIme Market paXa-

"Market-day," for ages an institu.
ton in England, still exists in certain
localities, and may still be studied
with interest by the tourist who visits
Halifax, Nova Scotia. or Charlotte
tower, Prince Edward Island, where
large enclosures and roomy market.
houses are maintained for the benefit
of the country people, and such citi-
Zens as have established a regular
market business. Everything from
live stock to bouquet Of flowers may
be brought here for sale, the owner
being allotted suitable place and
charged a small fee for his accommo
dation, and while most Of the market
people are far from being especially
rustic in their dress or speech. the
variety, and sometimes the peculiar
ity of their offerings still suggest the
important part which the English
market and its legal control played
in the local and business life of three
centuries ago.-"Nobility of the
Trades-The Farmer" Charles Win.
slow Hall, in National Magazine.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Fruits Ripened by Drug Vapors.

Horticulturists have for some time
been experimenting on the effects to
be obtained by subjecting plants to
the vapor Of ether. chloroform and
other volatile substances. They have
found that the growth Of many fruits
and flowers can be forced by this
method and have obtained particularly
striking results with lilacs. which they
have thus been able readily to obtain
In winter. An american agriculturist
has experimental more particularly in
the effect Of these and other sub
stances on the ripening of fruit His
observations have shown that in the
majority Of cases the more volatile
the substance to which the plant is
treated the more rapid is the ripening.
In forcing the ripcning of dates, for
instance, he found that the best re-
suits were obtained when he employed
acetic, proprionic. Tactic or salicylic
acid. Heat powerfully stimulates the
ripening process and one of the pecuI-
iarities of fruits thus forced to ma
turity is that they are generally found
to keep better than those which have
ripened naturally.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Must Keep Hens Off streets.

Bangor now has hen law" The
city government has enacted Il new
ordinance which prohibits hens from
running at large within a mile and
three-quarters Of the postoffce. This
was apparently a joke when it was
introduced, but it developed that the
city government was alive with suf-
ferers from foraging hens, and the
measure went through amid much np-
piause. People who do not look after
their hens are now subject to pros G.
oution anG fine, upon complaznt.-Ken-
n@bcc Journal.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Fifty Thousand Child Gardeners.

FIFTY thousand Child Gardeners.
AS . result of a statewide indus
trial contest in Oregon there are now
$4,000 children busy gardening. IT is
thought that Of the 125.00O school
children Of the state at least $4,000
will exhibit at their county fairs or
at the state fair at Salem in the
autumn something they have raised
or made. The superintendent OF
public instruction and public spirited
citizens are responsible for this
wholesale plan of child farming Sub
stantial prizes are to be awarded to
those who have been most successful
in raising garden stun, chioke and
pigs, or in making some useful arti-
Gle. To aid the little ones the agri-
cultural college has issued $4,000 bull
letins containing directions for plant
ing and growing seeds. The scheme
IS an excellent one. so different from
the murderous child labor o. the fac
tory. 1t includes plenty of fresh air,
healthful exercise, pleasant mental
exercise, and blessed contract with
nature, her beauty and life. There
IS here the early lesson OF obedience
to the royal law OF labor.-Christian
Herald
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
A Log On The Track

OF the fast express means serious trou-
ole ahead If not removed, 80 does loss
OF appetite. 1t means lack of vitality,
loss of strength and nerve weakness.
If appetite fails, take Electric Bitters
quickly to overcome the cause by toning
up the stomach and curing the indiges-
ton. Michael Hessheimer, of Lincoln.
Neb., had been sick over three wears,
but six bottles of Electric Bitters put
him right on his feet again. They have
helped thousands. They give pure blood,
strong nerves, good digestion. Only so
cents at all dealers.
Advertisement.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
kopeful Of Results

Your wife is taking a tremendous
interest in abseEuse economic cues
lions
Yes replied Mr.. Meekton; and
I'm gled Of it. Maybe it will result in
her conversations putting me to sleep
Instead OF keeping me awpkA"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Saves Leg OF BOy.

cit seemed that my ID year old boy
would have to lose his leg, on account
of an ugly ulcer, caused by bad
bruise," wrote d. f. Howard, of Aqu-
one, N c. "All remedies and doctors
treatm ent failed till we tried Bucklen's
Arnica SaIve. and cured him with one
box" Cures burns, skin eruptions,
piles. 70 cents at all dealers.
Advertisement.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-10
Appropriate Names

In upper Third avenue f. Bum has
a bakery. In Columbus avenue is Miss
Stitch, women's lingerie A dealer in
window glass has a name which may
be read either way and 1t will he the
same: Leon Noel. In Boston avenue
is a surgeon dentist, Or. Morg.-New
York Press.