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TheTazeiellRepaWican rublished every Thursday at TAZEWELL, VA., ?MY? WILLIAM C. PENDLETON, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Republican, od? year, cash In advance . . $ 1 00 Subscriptions on time. 1 50 Republican and X. Y. Tribune, one year, . 1 5 ADVERTISING RATES furnished on applica? tion Correspondence solicited. The publishers of Thb Republican are not re? sponsible for opinions expressed by Correspon? dents. Thi Republican is entered at the Post-ofllce at Tazewell, Virginia, as second-class matter. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1898. A SPLENDID ENDORSEMENT. The elections throughout the United States on the 8th inst. were a most satis? factory endorsement of the Republican party and of President McKinley's ad? ministration. In every state a deter? mined fight was made by the Democrats that they might get control of the House of Representatives. The financial and tar? iff policies of the Republican party were attacked with great severity and the con? duct of the war with Spain was made an issue before the people. But it seems that all sections of the Union.except the South, have become more favorably disposed to the Republican policy of government than they were in 1896. All the great Northern, Western, Northwestern and Pacific Btatee hive placed themselves in accord with the Administration, and the sanguine expec? tations of the Democrats that the elections last week would result in great Republican defeats were disappointed. It is now set? tled that the Republicans will have a ma? jority of from fifteen to twenty in thenexl House of Representatives, and that the Senate after the 4th of March, 1894,will b? controlled by the Republicans with a sub' 8tantial majority. Of the forty-two state in which elections were held last week tht Republicans carried 25, the Democrats 14 and the Fusionists 3. On the popular voU in the forty-two States the Republican! have a majority of about 400,000. Tb( heavy Democratic majorities were receivec in Southern states, where the Republican! did not vote or were not permitted to vote If the Republicans had voted in the South ern states the popular majority endorsinj the Administration would have been mud greater than the majority given Mr. Mi Kinley in 1896 as a Presidential candidate There is nothing in the results of th elections last week to give comfort to ou Democratic friends. Not only has i great majority of the people endorsed th Administration but the Republicans hav secured control of both houses of Con gress. Bryanism, Populism, Free-Silver ism and all the aggregated isms that sup ported the Chicago platform in 189G hav received a bl6*w from which they canno possibly recover before 1900. GOOD FOR BUSINESS. One of the greatest blessings that wi follow the success of the Republican part in the election last week ia the assuranc that there will be no disturbance of th business conditions of the country. No only did the Republicans elect a majorit of the House of Representatives, which in eures ia sound money majority in tna body, but the elections in the States wher United States Senators will have to b chosen, for those whose terms will expir March 4th next, resulted so favorabl; that there will be a complete change in th political complexion of the Senate afte the 4th of March, 1899. Heretofore the Senate has been the ho bed of free eilverism and fiat paper money but after the 4th of March next the Senat will pass from the control of Teller, o Colorado, Jones, of Nevada, Allen, of Ne braeka, and those who have made tha house a media for assaults upon sounc money and a source from which to pou speeches and documents printed, at Gov? ernment expense, for strengthening th< cause of cheap money. The victory for sound money and undis turbed business conditions has been woi by the Republican party by bold declara tions, without any evasions, for. the gob standard. In every state in the Unioi where conventions were held and in ever; Congressional district where the Repubii cans nominated candidates, the candidate were placed upon gold standard platform: and the protective tariff policy unequivo cally endorsed. There can be no change in the politics complexion of the Senate for many yean to come. So business men can proceed t< make their plans and enter into contract without any fear of changes being mad* ia our tariff policy, or any legislation ef fected that will impair the integrity of oui financial system. - Tub announcement is made that Spaii will, after the conclusion of a treaty o peace with the United States, dispose o what colonies Bhe is permitted to retain, among them the Marianne Islands, and the Pelew Islands. It is said that Ger? many has been approached with a view ol making a sale to that government. Spain will act wisely in making disposition by aale of her island possessions, if she can, for it is certain they must eventually pass from her. Pkbsidbnt McKinley is the only Presi? dent since the days of Andrew Jackson to have a Congress elected in an off year in political sympathy with him, except dtiring the civil war period. I-' The people of the United States are not disposed to have any change in present business conditions, as shown by their overwhelming verdict for the President and the Republican party. Of course we do not include the South. In politics it is always swayed more by prejudice than judgment. The political leaders of our section have ever been impractical, and seem to think that business and politics Bhould be entirely separated. With Chairman Jones expressing de? light at the defeat of Van Wyck in New York and Mr. Richard Croker declaring his intention to go into national politics and defeat free silver in the next national convention, the Democrats are likely to have a lively time when they meet again in national convention. Tu k people of the United States will have something substantial to be thankful for on Thanksgiving Day. They have an abundance of the necessaries of life, pros? perity is once more seen in the land, peace has been restored, and our government is in the hands of one of our w isest and most patriotic citizens. These was a fond hope existing a few months ajro that sectional lines had beer obliterated. The recent elections have demonstrated that such a hope was vain, It looks very much like a "solid South'1 against a "solid North" again. The machine majorities in the CongreS' sional districts of Virginia were of largt proportions, except in the Ninth. In this district the Republicans watched the grisl a little too close ior the mill to grind out s large plurality. - It is said that Admiral Schley has beer promised command of the Europear squadron, which will be re-established it a short time, with some of the finest crui sers in the Navy, to exhibit the Americar flag to European nations. -???? Gen Joe Wheelbb has declared in favo: , of territorial expansion. Will the Demo i crats of the South follow the old hero, o , the babe from Texas ? Of course the] I will do the childish act and stick to tin j b.iby. Mr. Quay has announced that he wil be a candidate for re-election as Unite? ' States Senator from Pennsylvania. The general impression throughoutth " country is that the Republicans of Tazt ' well county are hard to down. Spain did not receive much comfor 2 and encouragement from the elections las 5 week. THE WAR INVESTIGATION. B A Demand for Its Fair Treatment Noi t 1 hat the Campaign Is Over. Baltimore "Heruld" (Ind.) Now that the political campaign is thing of the past, tiiere should be no fui ther incentive for the treatmentof the Wa \ Investigating Commission from the stanc y point of partiHan prejudice. It has bee the habit of certain public journals t characterize the work of the commissio e as a purely whitewashing process intende t to cover up the delinquencies of Secretar y of IVar Alger in order that the Adminii . tration might be saved from popular cor t demnation at the polls. The election being over, and the peopl 3 having passed judgment, there should no< e be no farther motive for undue criticism c ? the commission and for endeavoring t , discredit its work before the country. Th a "Morning Herald" was among the fire newspapers to animadvert upon the ap r parent shortcomings of yie War Deparl ment, and it was among those public jout \ nals that strenuously demanded an invef . tigation in order that the responsibility fo gross official neglect might be placed wher it belonge. But, unlike other esteeme? 1 cotemporaries that might be named, i did not repudiate the investigation as sow t as an inquiry had been resolved upon b; [ the President. On the contrary, we have insisted fron r theBtart that the President's hands shouh " be held up, and that it was the duty of tin ; public press to aid him to get at the trutl concerning our army Ecoundrels. Wi have observed nothing to convince us tha there was a design to whitewash the Secre 1 tary of War. We have no admiration fo " General Alger, and we have had no hesita I tion in saying that his presence in th i Cabinet was an incubus upon Presiden McKinley's Administration. But we havi believed injustice being done to the Sec retary of War, and were willing to let hin stand or fall upon the testimony whicl might be elicited by the Investigatioi Commission. . This testimony, so far as we are able t< perceive, has been relevant, explanator and to the point. The statements of Gen erals Wheeler and Lee, the two most con epicuous volunteer commanders, certainb could not have been subjected to the bus picion of having been concocted in defensi of the War Department, and the same ma} be said of all the evidence which has beei submitted. The commission is still engaged in thi work of examining witnesses, and th< members are manifestly inspired with th single purpose of ascertaining the trutl and of reporting thereon. In the die charge of this duty they are deserving o the support and encouragement of all fair minded people. MINING RUSH ABOUT DUE. Stampede Looked for in the West Next Year, Since It Ends With a Nine. "The next big mining camp stampede in the United States will be due aboul next May," said Colonel Edward A. Graves the other day. "Since the find? ing of gold by Marshall on the American River in California, there have been great gold or silver mining excitements regu? larly every decade. "Thus, there was the unprecedented rush of 150,000 men to California in 1849. In 1859 there was the Fraser River gold excitement that attracted ('0,000 Ameri? cans. In 18G9 the bonanza ledges in the Comstock lode at Virginia City, Nev., set the whole world crazy. In 1879 the American miners were almost equally divided between the silver mines at l^ead ville and the free-mining gold mines at Tombstone, Ari. In 1889 the newly found Harqua Hala gold mines on the Colorado River and the silver mines at Chihuahua, Mex., stirred thousands of old-time pros? pectors and miners as nothing else had done in several years. "The Western miners have come to have a firm faith that there is bound to be a great rush to new diggins eyery year that has a "9" at the end of its date. In my travels among the California, Arizoma and Colorado camj? lately I have been asked dozen of times where I believed the prospectors would Ptrike it, so as to have the expected mining stampede next year. I confess myself to the belief that we shall bear of a great gold strike some? where in the West in 1899."?New York "Sun." Abatement of Two Nuisances. Philadelphia Pica. 1 The elections of last Tuesday abated two Congressional nuisances for which the whole country may well be thankful. One is the defeat of "Jerry" Simpson in Kan? sas, and the other is the defeat of James Hamilton Lewis in Washington. When "Jerry" Simpson entered Con? gress there was a certain respect felt for him, notwithstanding ins known eccentric? ities. It was believed that he was sincere although mistaken and it was hoped that a freer contact with the world would smooth away his rougher points and bring out the real worth of the man. But his career in Congress has lessened this respect to a great degree and his course in the last two sessions almost destroyed it. He was more anxious apparently to achieve noto? riety than to perform any useful work. He became a nuisance in the House of Repre? sentatives and an obstructer of necessary business, and Congress and the whole country will be glad to know that the voters have tired of him and left him at home. The other nuisance, James Hamilton Lewis, of Washington, has even less tc commend him than "Jerry" Simpson. Ht came to Congress unheralded, but be wai no sooner there than he began to display so many of the characteristics of the moun tebank as to excite contempt. In the campaign he has been making for re elec tion he has shown another characteristic * that of disingenuousness. He was mosi e ? unmercifully scored in Congress by Con gressmen Dingley and Grosvenor, anc fearful lest they might say something to in jure him he sent a telegram to each one o i I them asking them to give no expressior against him during the campaign, ant then on the same day these telegrams wen sent he delivered a speech at Seattle Wash., abusing Mr. Dingley and Mr Grosvenor in a shameful way. A tnun dispicable method of gaining an advantage over an absent opponent can hardly b< j I imagined. His constituents recoqjnizet I the attempt at deceit and punished hin with defeat. The absence of these two eccentrics fron the next Congress will be a relief whicl will result in more and belter work. It i encouraging to see the West getting rid o * I the cranks which the Populist craze foiste< upon that neighborhood. Destined to Be the Dominant Power. Some writers on the daily press take i peculiar view of the news recently pub lished that certain prominent Welsh tii plate makers have disposed of their inter 0 ests in Wales and propose to eetablisl n themselves in the same business in thi (1 country. An instance of this kind i shown in the following clipping from i Western journal: "The Welsh tin plat ,. makers have heard of the extortion tha manufacturers in this country are able t< e practice under the Protection of Dingley iV ism, and they are coming over to establisl ,f themselves and have a hand in the Tarif q spoils." e This statement is quite interesting, anc ,( would be amusing to American tin plab manufacturers if it were not for the fac ;. that at present prices on tin plates are s< .. extremely low in this country that it ii I. difficult to figure out profits, sales actuallv r being made at rates almost down to th< e level obtaining at Welsh works. So far ai 3 the duty on tin plate is concerned, th< ? manufacturers have given to their custo a mere all the benefits that might possibly Y have been derived from this source. Th< duty exists in the law, but in actual prac 3 tice it is of little effect. If Welsh tin plate 1 makers transplant themselves to this coun e try it will not be for the purpose of par j ticipating in present profits or taking "f B hand in the Tariff spoils," but to secure t favorable position in the country whicl they perceive is destined to be the domi nant power in the world's trade in the near future.?Iron Age. t A Vanished Democratic Hope. e Baltimore "Sun" (Ind. Dem.)] If the ejection of President McKinley'f ' successor devolves upon the House of Rep resentatives of the Fifty-sixth Congress, the Chief Executive of the nation aftei March 3, 1901, will be a Republican, While the returns are not complete there is no question that a majority of the Statet have returned Republican delegations, The Democrats and Fusioniere have eithe: solid or majority delegations from nineteen States, as follows; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Lou? isiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Montana, Nevada and Colorado. The Republicans control the delegations from the remaining twen? ty-six States, and so the last hope of the Silver Democrats and their alies to elect a President through the House of Represen? tatives has vanished. Sol Smith Russell says that the actors who influenced him most were John, E. I Owens, William Warren and Joe Jeffer )n. Frank Hunter Potter, a nephew of the Episcopal Bishop of New York, is a grand opera tenor whose stage name is Signor Fillipe. Mark Twain's admirers, in this coun? try will be glad to know that he has more than accomplished what be set out to do by his lecturing tour. He has completely cleared off all his debts and has more than a little left. "As for humorous lecturing," he adds, "I hate it. It isn't becoming to one of my years." y VOLUME OF TRADE HAS BEEN LARGE. The October Record Was the Largest in the Country's History. EXPORTS BEYOND EXPECTATION. It Seems Impossible to Meet Any Mon? etary Trouble When They are Con? sidered?Steel Exports, Especially, are Phenomenal. New York, Nov. 11.?R. G. Dunn & Co's Weekly Review of Trade says: The country has snfely passed the trial of "ofi year" elections. Before this election everything except political uncertainties favored business. The volume of trade had been the greatest ever known in October. The re? cord on November thus far shows clear? ings 10.4 per cent, larger than last year and 9.3 per cent, larger than in 1892. The railroad earnings in October have been 5.25 larger than last year and S.? per cent, larger than in 1892. Foreign trade shows an increase of 20 per cent, in October ex? ports with 38 per cent, in experts frcm New York last week,while imports showed a gain of only 22 per cent, in October and credits against foreign bankets were piling up at an active rate. There was absolute? ly no anxiety about the currency, and the treasury is only too strong. When enor? mous exports of products are considered it Beems quite impossible for the country to meet with serious monetary trouble. GRAIN KXI'OKTS. Wheat declined nearly a cent, but re? covered all the loss, with Atlantic ex[>orts, flour included, of 3,338,500 bushele against 3,274,489 last year and Pacific ex? ports 1,016,961 against 1,092,362 last year. Western receipts 9,924,040 bushelf for the week against 7,255,r>14 last year, continue to render the holding back ol . stocks manifestly a failure. Corn has but slightly changed in price, with reports of 2,002,31 bushels, against 2,474,661 last year and an increase of more than a half in Western receipts. Cotton remains at the lowest price or record, with heavy receipts, and without i large milling demand. IRON AXI) STEEL. 1 Iron production November 1st was 228, J 935 tons weekly, against 215,635 Octobei 1st, and a decrease is seen of 35,241 tonf in stocks unsold outside the holdings oi 1 the. great steel companies, indicating ar actual consumption of 1,019,646 tone ir ' October, about 284 tons daily greater thai the largest ever shown iu any previouf j month on record. The export demand is beyond all dreamt 40,000 tons rails for Northern Europe, anc 100,000 tons plates, besides 4,500 tons bil lets from Pittsburg alone, with great quan tities of burs, rods, wire and other fin . ished products. ^ The works are generally filled with or< ders, including many from ocean and lake ship-yards, and many for cars, with sea? sonable demand for other products. The minor uietnls Et ill advance, largely with i the London demand; tin to 18.30 cents . and copper 12.6 per cent, bid for lake i with lead steady at 372J, in spite of heavy - Mexican arrivals. 1 THE WOOLEN TRADE. 3 j Wool sales for the past week were onlj [ 3,735,000 pounds, although three chie; j Eastern markets were secured by eonces k sione at all markets as last week, making , 18,234,900 pounds Hgainst 16,652,902 foi the same two weeks last year, and 12,289,' , 600 pounds for the same weeks in 1892. f Many holders are refusing to abate theii prices, though large manufacturers bid be I low current market prices, because of theii [ uncertainty in regard to the demand fot [ woolen goods, which has somewhat im , proved, and yet not greatly. It is grow , ing in the minds of holders of wool at the . East that the supply of foreign and domes , tic wool on hand is much greater than hae , heretofore been supposed. , Cotton goods are, on the whole, in bet , ter demand, although denims are slightly . lower, and little can be said of encourag , ing character as to the demand for staple . goods of domestic use. , Failures for the week were 211 in the . United States, againBt 291 last year and . 26 in Canada, against 24 last year. BRIDES DIVINELY TALL. Some iunos Have Been Led to the Hyme? neal Altar of Late. In one respect the brides of the year drawing to a close have aroused comment never before perhapB called forth in any one season. So far as physique has been 1 concerned, they are a group of goddesses, whose stature in eeveral instances empha? sized the fact that the bridegrooms, in the matter of inches, fell considerably short of Olympian proportions. Mies Catharine 1 Duer, the favorite of all her set, who inar ' ried Clarence Mackey last Spring, was a young Juno, who overtopped her husband by an inch or two. Mis. George Vander bilt, another June bride, is taller than her husband. The young Duchess of Marl? borough, by the way, had the better of the Duke in inches, as well as in millions. And now another Englishman, Harold Baring, who has just married Miss Marie Churchill, will also look up to his wife in more ways than one. So it has gone until people are beginning to raise their eye? brows and wonder where this inverse pro .portion is to end. A physician who was addressing a wom? an's club the other day had something to say on this subject. He declared une? quivocally that "girls are taller, stronger, better than they were twenty-five years ago." He said, with a quizzical smile, that his only fear is that we will produce a race of girls six feet tall, "with brothers only four feet six." He thinks that par? ents coddle their children too much, and said that there is more sickness caused by overdressing than by underdressing.?Chi? cago Chronicle. Toasting Sir Francis Drake. Plymouth, it appears, consumes 5,000, 000 gallons of water per diem. Yesterday it put itselfm possession of a standing re serve of 130 (lays' supply, after which it indulged in what is called the quaint an? nual ceremony of toasting thn memory of Sir Francis Drake, who in the coarse of his mayoralty gave the town its first regu? lar supply of the pure element. The cere? mony is performed in this way: The pious memory of Sir Francis is drunk in water at the head weir. But then the company drinks in wine to the sentiment, "May the descendents of him w ho brought es water never want for wine!" Which is not only a much more altruistic sentiment than is usually to be expected from a mayor and corporation, but also goes to show that I even 5,000,000 gallons of water per diem cannot prevent their appreciation of the other liquor.?"Pall .Mall Gazette/1 The fortune of a Croesus lies buried un? der the sands and rocks near Gunwalloe, in the Lizard district of Cornwall. In 1574 a Spanish ship, bearing a freight of $17,000,000 and many bars of gold to Lon? don for safe custody that could not I e found in Spain, was wrecked amid the sand and rocks some distance from the shore?a cruel, murderous-looking shore. This more than a fortune I.as been buried since. A part of the treasure was once se? cured by an enterprising Comishman (the Government claiming its toll), and more than one band of speculators has tried to rob the sea of its spoil and hfu been de? feated by the great Atlantic rollers and driven home out of pocket, but yet not without hope. There is some hope of making anothei search for this hidden wealth; but Cornishmen have been so bit? ten in many ventures that they may well button up their pockets.?J.ondon "Out? look." Wise and Otherwise. Always whistling.?"There's a man who is nearly always whistling, rain or shine." "Still he doesn't look as if he had an ex? traordinarily happy disposition; who is he?" "His name is Crimes; he is a loco? motive engineer."?Cleveland Leader. The Sun and Wind were discussing for the thousandth time the Man with the Cloak. "Just to think bow 1 blew my? self," said the Wind, and he would not open up." Ah," said the Sun; "but you did not siiow him as warm a time as I did."?Indianapolis Journal. De T.?"How startling are statistics; we drank seventy million gallons of whisky last year." Mrs. DeT.?"Speak for your? self, please; you know I nevt r touched a drop of it."?Harlem Life. Trouble ahead for him.?"They say Noddleson is very proud of his Cyrano de Cergerac nose." "Well, he won't be if he ever tries to stick it into my business again as lie did the other day when he spoiled a horse trade I was trying to engin? eer." PERSONAL NOTES. An impulsive young woman of Chicago asked Mr. Zangwill the other da}* what was his Christian name? "I haven't any," he replied, "I am a Jew.-' When James M. Barrie'S cricket elev? en won its recent game at Tunbridge Wells, Mine, de Xavarro, better known as Mary Anderson, was one of the on? lookers. Owing to the wound he received at I^Fort Fisher, Captain "Bob" Evans was retired from the navy's active list and was only restored after much pleading by a joint resolution of Congress, which ex? empted him forever from physical exami? nation as to disability. He is the only officer in the service who has been so honored. Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, who was almost the only man to escape from the Cumberland after her battle with the Mer rimac, ami who has just passed, by reason of age, over to the navy's retired list, will live in Washington with his family. "I have been in nearly every port in the world," he said recently, "and now I'm tired of traveling." There is living in Rochelle, III., an old woman, Mrs. Harriet Hyde Heath, who acted as a nurse to William Mc Kinley fifty-three years ago. She was a school teacher in Miles, O., and "boarded round" among her pupils' parents. While at the McKinleys' the mother of the future Pres? ident was taken ill and Mrs. Heath for several days took charge of the 2-year-old boy. HANDY GARDEN MARKER, It Insures the Setting- of Plants nt Regular Intermix In Green? house Denches. A convenient marker Is shown in Fig. 1 that will insure the setting of plants at regular intervals in green? house benches. For convenience of explanation let us suppose the green? house bench tobe 3</a feet wide and the interval between the plant? to be seven inches. Select a piece of pine 42 inches long, 3% inches wide and three-fourths of an inch thick. H?re a three-fourths of an .Inch hole 3?/a inches from each end of the board and C 6 A ? ? ? 6 ric.z. r/c.3. 0 f t O C B A A HANDY MARKER. others at each seven-inch mnrlc be? tween them (Fig. 2). Drive pegs three inches long into each of these six holes, add a handle and the tool is ready for use. To operate, lay the tool across the bed and press the pegs Into the soil, making holes 1, 2, 3, etc. (Fig. 3). Lift and turn the tool at right angles to the row of holes just made, puttingthe first peg into hole A and pressing, as before, making holes B, C, D, etc. Lift again, and with the first peg in hole B make row B B parallel to row A A, and so on. The writer has used this tool in transplanting thousands of lettuce plants and can testify to the neat? ness of the beds so laid off, as well as to the speed with which it can be used and th,e time saTed, thereby/-"^" When Waahlnff CjsJlco. Calicoes should be washed in clean water turned on the wrong side and dried in the shade. Blues and greens are strengthened by vinegar in the rins? ing or blueing water allowing one tablesp&onful of vinegar to every quart of water.?Si. Louis Republic. Thin Blood I 3> Where the blood loses its | $ intense red?grows thin and % * watery, as in anemia, there is * m a constant feeling of exhaus- $ $ tion, a lack of energy?vitality gj * and the spirits depressed. * 1 Scott's Emulsion 1 g of Cod-liver Oil with Hypo- % * phosphites of Lime and Soda ^ ? is peculiarly adapted to correct * % this condition. The cod-liver $ * oiL emulsified to an exquisite $ fli fineness, enters the blood direct * <{\ and feeds its every corpuscle, It ^ restoring the natural color and ^ >fl giving vitality to the whole * fl\ system. The hypophosphites w % reach the brain and nerve $ j? centres and add their strength ening and beneficial effect. y> $ If the roses have left your $ <jj cheeks, if you are growing 9 rt> thin and exhausted from over- \u $ work, or if age is beginning ? to tell, use SCOTT'S Emul- y $ sion. <fe Be sure you get SCOTT'S Emuision. <t> i All druggists; 50c. and $1.00. $ ^ SCOTT & B0WNE. Chemists, New York, ? Evervliody Says So. Cnscarets Candy Cathartic, the mo3t won? derful medical discovery of the age, pleas? ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively on kidueys, liver und bowels cleansing the entire syst.mi), dispel colds, cure headache, Jever, habitual constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, 90 cents. Sold and guaranteed to core by all druggists. I want your trade on Saddles and Harness and other goods kept in my line. Why? Because I have moved here to make this my home if you will give me a living, and think I am worthy to become a citi/en of your town and 1 county. If so, I trust you will give me your patronage, if 1 can sell you goods as cheap or cheaper than you can buy else? where. If not, 1 can't expect you to buy from me. Give me a trial ami see. It is my purpose to keep on hand an assort? ment of Saddles, Harness, Horse Collars, Collar Pads, Horse Blankets, hap liobes, ' Whips and Lashes, Spurs, l-eggins &c. In : fact, everything usually kepi in a first ! class shop. So if you want a good hand , made job of work I want to furnish ir. ami if you \\;mt factory work I want to furnish that also. Should] faii In have in stock what you want I ran furnish on vt ry short notice and at right prices, too. Thanking you Kindly who have patronized me so liberally since I've been here, I am Yours truly, W. L DRAPER. C. T. RA.TT0N, BLACKSMITH GENERAL^-REPAIRER TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA. (Yost's Old Stand) T am prepared to execute, at shorl ?*? notice and on reasonable terms, all classes of iron work?horse shoeing, all kinds of repairing, etc. There is also connecte?I with my estab? lishment a WOOD-WORKING Depart? ment, under the control of.I. B. Crawford, where he is prepared to do evervthing per? taining to that branch. J. B. CAUDILL, TAZEWELL, Y? f. W. MOORE & CO, Tazeivell, Va? Tin and Sheetiron Workers AND ROOF RS. t6TG UTTERING a specialty. All kinds of Repairing done. Prices reasonable and WORK GUARANTEED. * 11-12,9?. Job Work. .. The Republican Job Office Is complete. All kinds of work done neatly and promptly. Letter Heads, Note Heads, Envelopes, Bill Heads, Statements. Cards. Pamphlets, and Special Jobs. 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