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MAT, TAZKWSt.L 0 VTttOISXA, -Pt-mmIc? in th" Courts ?y* Tuawon r<ra<?tv, : stt.1 Ir. M* ('. urt of An''*'* ?' V'vt.h-v-N V*. Porticmliti ??'?ntl?iTl pold t" Iftw ? Wtion of flairort. Oftl i/p\ o-i' aewC'ml House. ft. U. GIF.LESPIE. f *ii_>-Nioiitn Hint Riiffj-oon, TAZEWKI.l. C U, YIHOIXIA. HfOrFlCIC CoORT '? Ol'SF. QUAKE. J T. COOLEY. dextikt. Rnoms In residence ea?t end of -o-vn. Q a. THO Mit RON, ?ErsTTisrr. Oftos Wert Front Room, Sum bnlidlnk ovAUtrm. s HAVING AND HAIR CUTTING. Tazkw-bll, C. H? Va. Ralbon Es?t front room, Stan hnlldlnjr, Op stain. Elegant Chitirp, PiK'e O.ns. Mo? rons and all the niodern convar ienoea. Please call. HOTELS. Q. R surface. jesse f. white CENTRAL HOTEL SURFACE k WHITE, Prior'*. ?*&-Hoiure entirely Ilefarnised. A well.supplied Table, a oompleteBai and good Stables. Terms moderate. TRE?flOWT HOUSE New Riveii Depot. This House has recently heen thorough-1 ly Refurnished, aud put in first class con- I dRiou. Terms moderate. Fare cqunl to' the best. Passengers on tho East River : Road will have twenty minutes for dinner , each way. JAMES KITTS. BRICKLAYER AND PLASTERER Taz?\ykia C. H., Va. Will continue to exocuto all work in hia line promptly and in the host manner, lie employs Moue hut the best and most skill? ed assistants, aud will guarantee his work to give entire satisfaction, aud his prices as lew as the InweRt. Giv? V im u chance nt yortr work before contracting with other parties. H'B brother, Mr Frank Kitts, will obey all calls in the abseucc of the boss. J?n.7 ly FLOUR ?VBOM THK? Maiden Spring tVl.i.s. This Flour, which is excelled in quality by none, is kept constantly on hum by j. D. Ai.kxanhkr & Gkebvbr. Tune3.tf. Caveats, Re-issues and Tratte-Marks secur ... ed and all other patent causes iu the Patent Office and before the Courts promptly aud ?* carefully attouded to. 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Slin moiiK t.lv' i Rftgittalor \\n* becil the menus of real ?riug utor> pcuplc to health and luipnlti bj c'vlDR Ihein n healthy litter tlittn any other :.; oncy on enrth. e genuine. 83 V* Si Iv rS Tlu> Polio? Qnzette will bo nwilerl, se? curely wrapped, to any add rent'in I ho U. S. for three mouths on receipt, of ONE DOLLAR. Liberal ilhteonut allowed to postmasters, agout* and rltiba. Sauiplw copies mailed freu. Address till orders to ItlORABl) lv. Fox, Franklin Sipene, N.Y. Bolatics, Borotchos, Contracted Lumbago, Sprains, Muscles, Rheumatism, Strains, Eruptions, Borna, Stitches, Hoof Ail, Scalds, Stiff Joints, Screw Stings, Backache, Worms, Bites, Galls, Swlnney, Braises, Sores, Saddle Galls, TJnniona, Spavin Files, Corns, Cracks. THIS COOD OLD STAND-BY accomplishes for everybody exactly what Is claimed for It. One of tho reasons for the groat popularity of tbo Mustang Liniment Is found In its universal nppllcnbility. Everybody needs such a medlclno. The i.u in lie r in it 11 needs It In ease of accident. The Housewife nerds it forgcneralfainlly use. The Cuunlcr neoils It for bis teams and his men. The ?lccbuulo needs 11 always on his work bench. TUo Miner neods it In ence of rmcrRrncy. Tbc rionoer needs It?ct-a't cot along without)(. Ttio Farmer needs It in bis houco, hut stabie, . and hla stuck yard. The Stenmbont mnn or tlio Itoatuiun needs It In liberal supply nlloatand ashore. Tbo Uorsc-fnncier ueeds It?It Is bis best i friend and safest reliance. Tho Stock-vrowor needs It?II will savo lilm thousands of dollars nntl a world of trouble. Tim Itr.llrouil man needs It and will need it so lot:i: as his life Is n round of aceldcntsaud dangers. The HncUsvoodsiiinti needs It. Thorelsnoth- - Ins like It as An nutldoto for tho dangers to life, limb and comfort which surround tho pioneer. | Tho Merchant needs Itnbout his storo Among his employees. Accldonts will happen, and when these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted ntonco. Kocpii Cut He in the House. 'Tis tbo best of CCrltt'-?T. K<- ?-a To:;!.-. In the Fnelory. Itslmmedlale i:' ?? . . accident saves pnln and loss of svages. ti.: ? a Ii.it Hp Alsvuyaln tbo suable for oho v Eton arniiteil. WELL FEMALE SEMINARY? T E Tazb'.i fi.i. C. H;. Va. Tho S. e ind Term of this Institution will open mi Monday Hie 2ith of January, 18H7. Tlin.se who expect tu attend liacl hest cntor early to be taken into consideration in tho arraiiKiuiieiit of classes The First Terui Ji^.h been marked for hnriuouy, Prosperity, nnd Diligence; and the Second promises to bo full of interest. For terms apply to, MUS. U. B. GILLF.SPIE, Jan.7,1m Principal. SALE OF LOT, HOUSES, &C.r Notice is hereby Riven tlmt the undersigned Trustee in a deed of trust executed by It A. Miller mid wife bearing date Kith of August, lHtfG. mid of record in the Clerk's Office of Tazewell county, Deed Hook No '21. pages 5)1-2, being re? quired by the creditors (herein se? cured, to execute the trust, will on the 2!)th March, 18S7, on the prom? ises, sell lor ('ash. the property ein brnced in snid trust deed, consist? ing of a lot of ouo acre, or more on which are situated two Houses and a .Stable, the said properly adjoin iug what is known as the Miller Cottage in the town of Graham in Tazewell county. Fcb.21. S M. Gk Aham, Trustee. To tho Propriotir of Salvation Oil.? Thou has built a living monument, a euro for hurts with little money spent, Salvation Oil, the greatest liniment! OH I TAZKWELL C. I WALKER'S VENGEANCE. Between tho ycara ISO!} raid 1S33 nfull ' thousand pooplo heard tho utory of Grim Walker. That v/ai during tho fiercest part of our civil -war, and minor inci? dents wero speedily r.bso-.bod and forgot? ten. I doubt :f Uicro uro a ecoro of peo? ple living to-day who can recall tlio do tiUL'i of tlib ?ngv.lur luan'n adventures, and I do net remember that anything ?;avc n brief outiino of tho massacre or Iiis family baa over appeared in print. I was a pony orpresj rider on tho Overland route. That meant helping to to guard BtagoU, carrying a light mail on my saddle, forwarding dispatches, talcing my turn to net as agent of somo stable and various other things which need not bo explained. Thero were then Boveral great trails lending west from tho borders of civilization, and all wcro more or less traveled, but tho favorito routes were from St. Joseph and Council Bluffs, tho ono being known as tho northern and tho other as tho southern route. 1 wan on a route along tlio Platte river, west of Tort Kearney, which was soinclhnea fifty miles long and sometimes 123, ac? cording to tho way the Indiana wero be? having and tho number of men wo had for service. Grim Walkor was a pioneer named' Charles O. Walkor, front near Iowa City. IIo was a giant in size, naturally sour and taciturn of dis]>o lition, and his family consisted of a wifo nnd throo children. While tho country was ex? cited over tho civil war, and travol by tho overland lmd nlmrxst coma to a stop except in cases of necessity, Walker nnd others formed nn immigrant party to mulco a push for the golden land. When I first hoard of them they numl)crcd twenty wagons and sixty or seventy people, and wero on tho Platte, east of Koarnuy, which was thou dangerous ground. When tho outfit reached Kear? ney some wcro for turning back, other* for electing a new captain, others for net? tling down near by and establishing ranche-i. It seemed that thero were three or four different factions in the party, and Govern! bitter quarrels had resulted. In the then state of affaira 200 bravo and unite.1 men could havo scarce? ly hoped to reach tho Colorado or Wyo? ming line, for the Indiana wero up in arm] on every trail and thirsting for blood and scalps. When it wan known, therefore, that Grim Walker, as ho had conio to bj known, had been elected captain of a faction and intended to push on at tho hood of only seven families, which could muster but nine fighting men, soldiers, hunters, Indian fighters and overland men argued and scolded and predicted. Not nn argument could move Grim -Walker. Not n prediction could frighten one of hi.-i adherents. It appeared to them to bo a caso Where manhood and pride wero at stake, and when it was hinted that tho military would restrain them they made Beeret preparations and departed at night. It I was an awful thing for those bigoted and determined men to drive their wives nnd cltildron, consisting of twenty-two people, to a horrible death, but nothing short of a battle with the military would have stopped them. They left Kearney ono niglit ttlxmt 10 o'clock, drawing away quietly nnd traveling at their best speed. They could not have gone ton miles lieforo lieing dis? covered by the Indians. A party of twenty of us left over tho same trail a*, noon next day, nnd we had gono only fifteen miles when wc found evidences that tho little party, which was keeping along tho Platte, had .lieen attacked. This must have been about daylight. Soon after sunrise they had been'driven to shelter in a grove of cottonwoods, but before reaching it one of the men ha/1 l>ee:i killed and scalped, a wagon had broken down nnd been abandoned, and stray bullets had killed a woman anil a child as they cowered down behind tho cargo of thu wagons. At 4 o'clock in tho afternoon wo coma to tho grove, driving away tho last of the savages, but wo wero loo late. Such a spoctaclo as wo there liehcld was enough to sicken tho heart of tho bravest Indian tighter. The littlo party hud lieen attacked by about UOt) redskins and tho fight had lasted for half a day. As near ns wc could figure from blood spots on tho earth fourteen In? dians had lieen killed, nnd thero wero bloody trails to show that as many morn had been wounded. Tho foolhardy men had died game as an offset. Wo made out that their camp had been carried by a charge, and that tho last of tho fighting was hand to hand. Five of tho women h id been carried off into horrible captiv i while all Others had been butchered? nil Bavo Grim Walker. Tho bodies had been cut and hacked and mutilated in a terrible manner, but wo could havo identified Walker by his size, even had ho lieen decapitated. Tho immigrants' horses had ull been killed, tho wagons plundered and burned, and tho savages wcro bundling up somo of tho plunder when wo camo in sight and drove them away. All that was left us was tho sail work of burying tho corpses. A month later wo heard that Grim Walker had escaped from tho fight, breaking out of tho grove and riding off o:i a horso just as the conflict closed in. Men belonging to tho Overland had mot nnd talked with him oast of Kearney. IIo had three wotmds, but nccmod un? conscious of them as he briefly related tho story of tho fight, and vowed that ho would havo tho lives cf five Indians for every whilo person who had perished. Nothing further was heard cf him until Juno of tho following year. I was then in government employ as a scout nnd dis? patch rider, and was on tho Smoky Hill fork of the Kansas river, twenty miles j west of Fort JiePherson, riding with two other scouts, when wo camo upon Grim Walker. Ho had gono cast after tho massacre,'and had built for himself a bullet proof wagon. W was a great cago on wheels, nnd overything nliout it wos made of iron. Wheels, box. bottom, top?every part of it was hnllet proof. It was pierced or loopholed in fifty places for musketry, ventilated at tho top and was drawn by four mules. Tho man must havo had considerable means nt his disposal to pay for a vehicle liko that, and ho had come all tho way from Conn oil Bluffs alone. Tho interior was fitted up with a sleeping berth, iron tanks for holding food nnd wnter, and ho had come back to tho plains to keep his vow. But for His grimness the idea woidd have raised n laugh. Ho iriuct havo lieen en route for many long days, and he cer? tainly had passed through many perils. ALL] 1., VA., FRIDAY,; Wo heard aiVrwrtrd that as ho reached tho fort ono afternoon; and it boctuuo known that ho would push on, every effort, was uuulc to dissuado him. For a timo ho was silent,- grim, deaf. Then ho pointed to tho northeast nud Raid: "Thero lio tho bonos of my children and friends, mid I will not rest until I liavo avenged them thrieo over." They told hint tho country was nlivo with hostilc3, and that every rod of tho way was besot with |>orils; but as tho sun wont down ho liornossod his mules to Ilm iron tongue, climbed into the caddie, and without a noil of farewell to . any ono ho rode to the west in tho ' gathering gloom?mom grim, moro de? termine), more of a devil tlian a human i being. lie had traveled a good ohuro of [ tho night over a country in which death j lurked in every ravine: hut tho watchful i savageu hail not espied him. Uo had I traveled until niid-uftoriioon next day I along o trail whore savages outiiutnlieicd j the snakes twenty to ono, but somehow I they had missed him. Wo wero riding I ot full speed for tho fort, keeping tho I shelter of the dry rnvino.i nnd tho valleys, I mid expecting at any moment to lx> pur ; puod when wo ran upon tirim Walker. ' His wagon stood 0:1 tho ojiea prairie, at ! least lialf u mile from tho river und tho shelter of tho cottonwoodo. Tho four mulct) had been unharnessed nud turned out to grase, nnd tho miui was cooking Iiis supper at n enmpfiro, tho smoke of which would draw Indiana for ten miles around. Our astonishment when wo found him thero nlono kept uo dumb for a few minutes. Wo Hat on oar horses and stared at him, and he greeted our prejenco by a mere nod. When 1 recog? nised him as Grim Walker I began to I Biispect the enterprise he had on foot, i mid after I had put a fow (puctitions lie briefly explained: "I am hero to kill Indians. You can look my wagon over if you enro to." It wna what I have described. He had a larrel or moro of freuh water, a lot of flour mid meat, a small stovo to cook on 1 and a perfect arsenal of firearms. It I was evident that the Indians could nut gel at him with bullet?, nor tomahawk, j nor Jiro, mid it would tako weeks to j starve him out. Thero wna only one I thing that troubled the. man. His stock would lie killed off at oneo when he was attacked, mid ho would then have no I way of moving Iiis wagon. Wo helped him out of his dilemma by agreeing to take tho animals to tho fort. The har? nesses were piled into his house, and it was understood that ho would come for tho mules when ho wanted them. LTo had a compass, nnd wo gait him tho cx> act bearings, and as wo rodo away ho was preparing to toast another piece of meat, scomingly utterly unconcerned over tiro dangers of his surroundings. As to what happened him during tlio next three weeks I had a fow meagre details from his own lips, but plenty of information from warriors who afterward became "friendly." That in, when licked out of their boots half a dozen timea, their vil? lages destroyed, many of their ponies shot, and their squaws and children driven to temporary starvation, they crie.) for peaco in order to recruit and make ready for another campaign. Tho enmpfiro which Grim Walker built saved tho three of us from lieing am j bushed. A warrior told 1110 that forty savages wero lir.tween us nnd tho fort when the smoko led them to lmliuvo that < a largo party of immignuilu must bo i camped in tho Ixrttoms. It could only j be a large party which would dare build I ouch a firo in a hostile country. The ] warriors were all drawn off tiy n signal j to attack the larger game, and lx-fore I sundown that evening 200 murderous I redskins wero opening their eyes very I wide nt sight of tho ono lone wagon on I chorcd on tho prnirio under their nOBCS. I How did it get there? Wliero were the I horses or mules? Wns il occupied? I They nitiat have asked tlipiiiselvea llicso I questions over and over u^ain, hut thero I stood tho wagon, grim, silent, mysterious. 1 The whole band finally moved down for a closer inspection, believing tho vehicle to have been abandoned, anil hopeful that something in tho slin|io of plunder had been left behind. They had como clre-.e?they bad entirely surrounded the vehicle?when a sheet of flamo darted from ono of the port holes, and Grim Walker had begun to tally his victims. Before the redskins could get out of rango ho had killed seven of them, using 6hot guns and buckshot. It was only when they came to return the fire thai, the savages discovered whnt sort of a vehicle had licen hauled out there among them. They wasted hundreds of bullets lwforo they ceased firing, ami with a ride Welker killed two moro of them before night set in. Tho superstitious nature of the Indian woidd liave driven him away had ho not burned for revengo. And. too, it was argued that the wagon must contain something of great, value to have lieen built that way, and greed wns ndtled to the thirst for vengeance. They lielioved that the Ixittom of tho box, nt least, was of wood, and about Ihreo hours after dark a number of warriors', euch having a bunch of dry grass under his arm, crept forward to tho vehiclo to start n firo under it. They crept on noiselessly as serpents, but before a man of them had passed under a double barreled shot? gun belched forth its contents, and two more bucks 6et out for tbo happy hunt? ing ground:;. Next day, refusing to bc liovo that a wagon could ]x> bullet proof, tho Indians opened a fusilnde, which was maintained for two hours. Thoy were behind trees and logs nnd under cover, and not a shot was provoked in re? sponse. Various schemes were concocted to get at tho wagon, which was finally believed to contain a party of hunters, but noao promised success. At noon, however, a numlicr ,of young warriors volunteered to carry out n plan. Thero were twelve of them, and they were to approach tho wagon in a wide circle. Tho idea was to seizo nnd njiset it, and thun render the occupants liurmless. The circlo was made, and it gradually nar? rowed until tho signal for a rush was made. The man within?grim, silent, watch? ful?let tho circlo close, nnd tho warriors seize the wheels lwforo he opened fire. It would have taken a dozen stout men to havo lifted two of tho wheels off the ground. Ho shot down three of Ihom and the others fled in terror, and half nn hour later the siego was abandoned and the Indians wero moving off. For two long weeks the wngon remained in that spot, nn object of curiosity to scouts and hunters - an object ef awe arid menace to tho savages. Thon, one morning just nt daylight, Grim Walker came Into Tort McPhorson for his mules. Ho was going to move his iron cago to a now llolil. Lie replenished, his provisions und iusiilo of two hours was o!T again, having spoken les3 ttiau fifty words during his stay. It seemed us if he liad grown taller, fiercer ? moro grim and revengeful. Thoro was something pitiful in knowing that ho alone luid survived tho massacrei some? thing appalling in tho knowledge that hu hud become a Nemesis whom nothing but blood would satisfy. Tho wagon was moved nor lit to tho headwater of tho Saline Fork. OuO who has been over tho routo will wonder how ; it could have been done. It was attacked i thero ouo forenoon about 10 o'clock by a band of thirty warriors, who had been raiding on tho Solomon's river, Tho uiuleu were staked out, and Grim Walker sat at his camp firo. Tho warriors charged up on horseback, tailoring they hud a hunter'u or surveyor's out lit, and ' I while thoy stam|>cdod anil uccurotl Uio mules, four of them were killed from tho loopholes of tho cago. Thoy oauia luck again, and another was killed and two woro wounded. Then they dis? covered what cort of an enemy they liad to deal with und with? draw. Grim Walker and Iii.? wagon to : mtiineil there for u month. When the Indiana would no longer eontc to him ho set out in search of thom, and ho became a veritable terror. Twenty different war? riors whom I interviewed between 1(504 and 1807 told mo that Wnlkor was mom feared tlinn a hundred Indian fighter.*, lie killed c\cry thing he rump to that was Indian, including oqnnwB, imiden, chil? dren, and dogH. No ramp felt sufo from him. IIu )md tho ferocity of a hungry tiger and tho cunning of n serpent. Hi usixl his iron wngon m a lteadr|unrters, and mndo raids for fifty miles around. During the summer our nconts saw Walker or his wagon once a fortnight. Ho was lost seen alive on BenU 2, on the Republican river, when hu hud n fresh Indian scalp nt his licit, lie had then blown up his wagon with gunpowder and abandoned it, although he did not state tho fact. His hair and heard had be? come long mid unkempt, his clothing was in rags, nnd them could bo no doubt I that he had gone mad. On the 15th of I the month, as I rcila with nn escort of ' soldieni south of where he wan seen on the 2d, and fifty milcu from the spot, we found hint dead. He lay on n bare knoll, ou the broad of his bnck, with his arms folded over his breast und his rille by his side. His eyes were wide o|>cii, as if looking at the burxanla tailing above him, and wo soon satisfied ourselveo Unit he hud died from natural eaueee. He had a dozen scum ni;d wounds, but disease had oveqiowered In in, or his work had been done. Ho lind uxni:t?<d u full meas? ure of vengeance. BetUr for tho Indians had they let his Immigrant parly pans ou in peace, for he had brought mourning to n hundred lodges.?Nuw York Sun. niRTMiiniuty or nreiuistuff*. Dr. Walzen M?ller, tlu- German physi? ologist, remarks upon the common idea that nn admixture of bran with (lour renders tho latter much easier of diges? tion, and assorts that the smallest com? minution of the grain, as ?voll iui the amount of husky jiortion retained in Ilm well known Graham flour, produces n slight Irritation of the digestive organs, which retniltfl in tho separation of the popnin from the husk of the grain, ad? mitting of its mixture with thoguFtiic fluids, thus greatly facilitating the pro? cess of assimilation; this mechanical irri? tation, particularly in the caw of tho og?;d nnd weak, lieing otherwise produci? ble only by the use of alcoholic and sim? ilar stimulants. Dr. M?ller is of the opinion that bread should not Ixs i.i.ado without raiting, for tho reason that tho starch of the Hour contains a large amount of the rait of potash, which neutralizes much sail in the system. Agnin, dry breiul which has lieen baked some little time is most healthful, us the chewing process must of necessity bo thorough nnd tho bread consequently fully salivated previous to its entrance into the stomach. Ho also particularly urges the desirability of mix? ing the dough of bread with milk.?OIU cago Tribuno. Care of Unrw?' Feel. It is generally conceded by horsemen that lameness originates chiefly in the faulty treatment of tho horso"*- foot. ThiH fact suggests several recommenda? tions for tho mitigation of tho evil: First, bare feet. It may lie stated as a general proposition that, any homo with fairly good feet need never bo shod nt 'Jl. In tho lmrefooted horse the heels spread out, tho frogs descend, ridges form upon the soles, giving to the bottom of tho foot n good purchase upon cither n rough or smooth surface. Ho soon learns to rely upon himself nnd so adjusts his equilib? rium to motion that he neither strains himself, nor slijis nor (tumbles. Horse? men hnvo often given this plan a short, faint-hearted trial, baton tho first mani? festations of foot soreness at the end of a few weeks, nnd Ix'fcro.tjio feet have l>e como inured to tho change, usually Imvo tho shoes roplneod again.?Spirit of the Turf. The Tree of Death. On tho New Hope battlefield wns a treo upon which tho soldiers nailed tho inscription "Treo of Death." Hoveral Federals wero killed behind the tree by Confedernto sharjishootors. Tho tree was in odvnnco of tho Feilend linn, nnd Wim alxmt 1100 yards from Iho Confed? erate works. It was used by Federal skirmishers, who would stand behind it and load and then step out mid fire. Confedernto sharpshooters went along the Confederate lino for nearly a milo in each direction, and then lieing so far from the sido of the treo that they could see behind it, by a cross firing made it as dangerous to stand behind (ho treo ns to stand in front of it. Seven Federals were killed lichind the tree, nnd it catno tobe known as tho ' -Tree of Death.'? Atlanta Constitution. ITn* VUltrd Mecca. Sir Richard Burton, tho celebrated African and Persian traveler and author, who nt tho present moment liplds the post of British consul nt Trieste, is the only European living who lias visited the Mo liummedan holy city of Mecca. It has been figured out by some one that 1.000,000 dollar billa weigh 2,8-it jiounds. TWO LOVE9. Tbo woman ho loved, whllo hn dreamed of nor. Ducted ou till ihn ; t.n i crow dim; But alone with hor heart, from tho world apart, Hnt Cio woman who loved him. Tho woman ho woraliljx-d only r rolled When ho imiiuviI out hU pax-iiounlo love, Wh II jth" other to mo where kUsivl her iivusure most rare? A book ho had touohed r>ith l\ I < (-lote. Tho wouinii ho loved tietrnycil his trutt, An.l tu> worn tho aoaru thro' TJo: And ho cared uo?, nor know, lhal Ihn wth r rrtu true. But uo man unllut] her wl'o. Tho woninii ho lovc<l truil fent.,1 linlls While they ennjr Iii? funeral hymn; Dill the s.i I K ill tolled ero tho Jfcai' nut oli ??'or thu tvotuan who bred liltu. ?Ulla Wheeler wiloor. A kOOS.iM GYPOY CAMP. Kdgar I? Wiil.emaii With on Auoloi llitro -Cninn by tliu lioiliUlile. Any ono would Ixi Lnturuutod in noting how rapidly Uio members of n Gypsy Iwuid ml just thomsolvoH io Ihoir utirrotiutf< I i: i j; i When n canipillg place h:i i I'eon | reached. Aim out within nn hour tho j place will hitvo nil tho appohrallCO cf ?ettled abiding. In every direction you will now in light mal nlratlow (I10 covered I wngona sheltered by tho overhanging | foliage of groat loresl trccu, somu of tho I meanest, poorest typo, otlicra rich in ; trappings unil decorations. Near to euch | ami Kcutterod alxmt the grain, or carefully stretched over improvised racks fornio I liy saplings bent anil their topu f;iatoned by bark throiirpi K> elumpti of hruah or stout wooden pegs driven into tho ground, or still hung upon tho niiiooth, out.itretching limlxi of trees, are saddles, bliuikets, pnrtH of harness, or various por? tions of Ihn nullit of the road. Hero unil thero inn light buggies, with which trail? ing is doilO "t thu distant town, or in which iilirowil dukkororu (fortuuo tellera) seek tho crcduluun occupants of outlying farm:). between nil thC'JO, or tethered w'.iero most convenient, are horses nnd miilivi in largo numbern and of nil grades, though really excellent animals predominate, munching their corn or nibbling nt their liny, cornstalks or fn- lily cut out? or grass, nnd whinnying and snorting in their needs and freaks an strapping latin leisurely care for thorn, Within tho open npaceu nrtiuud which tho wagons aro standing?Invariably with ihoopen fronts facing those S|SlOeS and the closely cov? ered rear ends toward tho formt or road ?nro scnttertsl the tents, liko great brown woolun hoods, their mouths open? ing upon cheery fires, nt the side of which will olivnys |.e found the lilnck iron kettln sticks, from which uro luuig iug, ut nearly all bourn of thu day or night., the shading |iots or singing kettle?. You will nearly olwayn lind thin camp near the highway, though nlmont as fre? quently entirely hid from it, liko n nest; nnd, to my mind, tho Gypsy camp always recalls how, when I was "u brown faced, Uuiicked country Ixiy," with others of my. ilk, wo hunted Ihn 1100tS of llm meadow lark, and passed mid ropasood them, at times stepping nquurcly over them without our prying eycu discovering the tiny home.', wo w ere rohlilng, Utllcsn mayhap the brown and mottled litllo mother, wil I in fear, with it whirr and flutter ro*c Dtartliimly nlmont beneath our very feet. Thon thciii I? tho Stream, largo er email, never moro Hum a fow ro<In distant. Uelow tho camp-- that is, down the stream from it?is tho horso path, where Oypi y lads lead tho nnimals to water, and from which, if tho stream bo largo enough, you will see thorn dally swimming the horses nnd mulco?for clentilincbs of |>ernou md animals Is a part of Qypsy religion?with much laughter und jollity, as I have neon tjjor gay nadndora disport with Havana horsoM in tho sea o.T the i 'alle Anchn tlel Korlo. Above the ramp a fow rods is thn pa ll where the lads and lassen bring drinking and cooking water. Mid lietween there will lx> found a spot w slopes lo the stream, Hero are rand nnd pebbles gleaming hi tho Still, 01 may Lo n flat rock with freckled face, nnd hides, shelving over or into the wider. It in here tho women cbtne*and duck their chnuvics, im mother'geese will (School their goslingie fir where thoy wnnli their clothing inuefi nflcr the fanllion of Gor mnn housewives down in old Bavaria, and upon' the aiders near will flutter gowns Hint have a witching look as if par? taking of their wearers' race heredity, while tho red and yellow cotton stuiT/i in undergarments, handkcrohlofs, scarfs and turbans flaunt nhily, suggestive of old Spain mid thn savage colors of tho Mos? lems that left barUirouri tokens thread? ing down tho centuries to TheGnatilo of our own day. From divers ropes or luirk thongs, slung from clumixi of wil? lows or fastened to woodcnpogHdrlvon into tho bank, may Ik: traced closely covered, well oiled tin pails or jugn of earthen? ware, resting in the cooling water, which hold various cooked or uncooked articles of food. Over here, just at tho edgo of tho camp, you will seo where tho eltau vies have disengaged a rugged old vine from a centnry-old treo nnd have tm forineil it into n swing, or, in tho a' sonco of that, have spliced, an clevei could sailors, bits of ropes Into i tho child-heart is the same t{ round?nnd there nro great lau/j happiness hero.?Edgor L. Wn Cliicago Nows. A Cnntly Murhlnr.j Tho Wntervillo, Mo.. Mail machine invented by Pi of Colby, which inscribes in surface from M.OOO to 54 lines in each square inch, n j much use in the conduct of f c?l Inlrnrs. It was not perrj nn outlay of several thousal single screw, which is tw(] length, nnd employed dirt rcription of the lines nbo^ after several attempts was finally produced, onlyJ jiendiluro of $11,000. Thcj lire, tho editor adds, to chine can lie put renders t of n patent wholly niuiifj tific American. Princes* nenfrlce The Princess Ilcatrico'i in a cradio of polishes! tho queen in the artisan'* Edinburgh exhibit ion. ' Spots of grenco may be cfl Qiovctl from the most delicat?! tho nrjplioQtJou Of dry buckwl IMPORTANT TO PATftoW?. 1?TN'o subscription will be ?VUcontinstni till nllnrttnngci arc paid. AdvertiicmouU are puyablo la adraaca uiiUcm fipcolal lei in* aro air.it?. No antniymoas oommuuloations ?W b? publl5lu.1l. All subscriptions uro ilut with flMt ompf of paper. Address all business olnauiuuifratiiMul 1? ClLKUU VALKKi N?W1. ?IJl!_.. ".!!AL-I!_UJS Ayer's CherryPectoral Should bo kept constantly nt band, far uso lu emergencies of tho household. Many a mothor, startled lu the night by tho ominous sounds of Croup, flud.1 the lltllo sulfcrur, with red and swollen face, gasping for lu BUeu ca.se? Ayor'* Cherry Pectoral Is luvuluiihlo. Mr?. Emma Ueduoy, 15'J Went 123 St., New York, writes: "While tn tho country, last winter, my little boy, three years old, wti taken ill with Croup; It teemed as If h? would dlo from strangulation. Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral was tried lu biuoII ami frequent doses, nnd, In less than half aa hour, thti little patient was breathing easily, Tho doctor snlil that tho Pectoral iavctl my ?lnrllnt:'s lite." Mrs. Chas. D. Lnudoll, Ulllltord, Couu., writes: "Ayer's Cherry L'ontornl Saved fiffy Life, and nlso (lie life of my little sou. At he is troubled with Croup, I daro not be without this remedy In tho house" Mrs. J. UrvRK, Lowell, Mass., writes: "My elilklren h?vo repeatedly taken Ayer't Cherry Pectoral for Coughs and Croup. It elves Immediate relief, followed by euro." Mrs. Mury K. Evans, Scrantou, Pa., writes: "1 have two llttla boyi, both of whom hare been, from Infaucy, subject to violent attacks of Croup. About ?Ut niontliH ago wo began using Aver'? Cherry Peelorn), and It acts like a charm. In a frw inhnttea after the child takoi It, he breathes easily nnd res!? well. Every mother ought to know what a blessing I have found In Ayer's Cherry PcctoraL," Mrs. Wat. V. Held. Kreiihold, N.J., write*: "In our family, Ayer's medicines have been blessings for many years. In cases) of Colds and Coughs, we take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and the Inoonvcnlcticc Is soon foruotten." rRKPAIIKD nv Dr. J. C. Ayor & Co., Lowell, Mm* Bold by all DruggliU. Baldwin's Patent Bu? reau.