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PiiiODMORPiiTiSi CA' VERY ' SERIOUS MATTER; -- KothixLtc Remains I Bat Sapltnsrs ■ and ..the Day , May ;. Come . When . Fuel • - .' ■•...',- ■ ■"'■-: ...'i .."i- ':'-'-■■ ■ "■■ \VFlii Be SodlT XeededrWhcM '-; "■■ ' - • ,"--'. -;":^ Crop .-Unsatisfactory.' ;. - : V' '" ' ' '-' '- .^ _COMORN. •; KIXG^ GEORGE • OOUNTT^ VA., January di.— (Special.)— The forests ,>f this county arc so rapidly succumbing SioUhe - tlmb'erman's" aite that ■ bur people J? Day 4 be rcbnlrbritcd w by J/Ebrricthirig^ of -(a v :J:*f uea i f&mincY.i before t many ' more ;• winters Nearly' every) body of iwooda ; I jetween] tht ; Potomac : : and i. Rappaharino'ck"" I rtvers i had \ been gleaiied? arid "' regleaned ; of 5 fiaarketabie wood « and < timber Tbeforet the |Bum^e^ ; bfjlßo(v;ana;itnqoked asUf-the men ;; -would n bave s- toft flnd & other I fields ; in ■ which • to\ operate," 1 or: else •go • out of the; business: ;»But new *• methods -were : Introduced.: ." Steam - saw» ; mills* superseded ' hewing-axe ? and; cro**^ 'and' very /sopn^ the^huge oldifor- trees vjthiat'v- could ; ; nbtr-"be:i"worked"* "•Jay'i .the old { methods "were being, converted ; Jnto"rallroad ticß"arid : cordvwoqd- by r steam rPbwcT.viri;"; '•■ ■■;'>,'■:.*, ;:- ■■• •- :' : ':"-: :g Since: early *In • the * summer /of • 1900, the ■: 6leain- r ßa'w,» mill whistle > has- resounded ; In^allj." dlr^ctibris." frqmj", river to " river. T.There^ are ■ but' f ew 'farms ;in" thig : section |Tfhlch haye ' nqti furnished ?a . site for : ono ; cf : these mills > - ; and'iri some neighborhoods : ev'ery.y •'patch' V'■. ot<:. trees .-, has ; cut • Co wu^and '■ sawed \ into?tles v arid wood" to : be ; ehippediaway.-. 1 ;. ; ■: :-,c. '. >:- -", .'•.-. ■■ .-y- :'' NOTHIXG I REMAINS BDTf SAPLINGS, i ", 0f ;..; trees— ugly. ; crooked, J ;■ coarly.ii wind-shaken e. trees— tuat have ' for ni'any; years' been passed^ 'and', left ! uriflitfor i*?y/'P^P?. se; ' whatever,;' have^been ~. "dis- I rectefl": and* converted^ lnto: "soriiething i tofselVV & nd' some neighborhoods,;, hitber ; to little else .thai dense} forests,^wltlr only 1 bere^ an d« there." an j ''opening,*', 'are , now. - almost as 'destit«teVof j old - standing; trees ; aa*if •" a 'great . fire -had j swept over 'them ■ and' felled everything" standing in, its : ".>vay. ; ' ;- ..-.,-. ■'" ,: '- ' ;'•. ■;f~■• : . .1 c ■^.' •■<■■■ 'Many, of the patches- of Oakland, .pine ;.origitially..'reservedsfor,- firewood .-are, now '■-■• Jurnifihlng i material £ for ; saw ' mills, _ arid I«L large > percentage of , the- fuel ', being fused: . hero • this uwiijter, consists ;of the " laps -and . .Umbs> cut** from;; trees'^untilized^by; ihe : caw ' mills.; ♦Some" few .of,; tho \ land : owners i h'ayo \ "saved;-; wood, but ; as; a.;riilo >[ nothing I remains here iio w -.but' young; ; small | green pine - trees - (saplings) , to : be % used *as .f uel : ;.the;comingf winters." ,' .. - «-; .; ' "•, . - " • r j Not 'only." has, nearly- all:, of {"the gqqd oak and : pine -been ■ sawed 1 vp r and «market- a yast'. quantity;' of .the '■ chestnut % limber:- has;;. been-, convened*- Into, railroad "- lies jarid;- shipped^Nbrth^ so ;". that',! barbed ; wire must 1 take the place "of Ich'estnut 'rails iforj fencing purposes.* The good;old;chest -.Toixt rail -fences must soon be a; thiriglof ■■ ,■'.-" ■■' '• r- -. :' -i ■•■ ■:]': . ' • ;. ",TKE .WHEAT UNSATISFACTORY.. ; . ■'- :■" The condltiori;bf tho wheat crop;is not Just'nowias it- was :&ev eral weeks ago. ; The ''stand", is uriusu- good, and up "to.'the'l'st- of • the; pres /«nt month :. was ■• all}, that ;, could .be desired, •:•: 'l>utf, '&\ .'continuation >"of .*. hard r* freezes, . [ Jri t^.toe ."absence ■of Enow, » has proved » detri-. Tinerital" to^.theycrop; Some Jof ithe^' best v. farmera ','. here ■ contend that a; plenty ,'; "of *now/ is quite essential to : a, gobd • wheat : ; crop, and declare . that ' if the : weather :;l: ;l cbritinues i very. cold, ; without • snow, 'until the; 2oth 'of ; February, the ; yield "of ' wheat / vlll, be considerably reduced. : J Notwithstanding the.fact .that all classes :. are .''•: -by. 1 ' good 'yields of . grain, ; the; farmer J who : , lias Va.-.. crop of wheat- is I: about .the' only individual, hereabouts who. ,- Isj ''hankering", after ; a . deep snow ; just L-'now.''':"L -'now.''' : " --'■•- '-'■■■".r - •\\ _■_ ' "■'• ;; : .; -■ ■■. •.. -- fine -old violin.' : . .The , DiEpatch's ■ "Coraorn- man; was ; several' days* ago ;shown , a r genuine Jaco ■■•--bus: Stainer, \iolln; , which :;was made in ■ (the ; year; 1671. '.The old instrument is in ;*a\flne' stale of- preservation, and : its torib iScarif hardly be*- surpasse^. . \lts ■ material, shape, • etc., indicate that .' tt v was: In; lts day- and "gineratiori," first class in, every detail. . '. ■'.-': •■;.-" ■ ~ ,: Several ; - King " George farmers . have ; a - pood , d«ial ; of corn -still' in' the- field, un .; Bbucked, and the;' birds, and varmints ; •:• iro^d them are", faring pretty ."well. VVrieri yi labor* was" scarce .and. disposed \to '.be in >. flapendent ; last fall," some ; of our farmers i *6BOlved-to be independent, too", by • adopt /;:!lnjr the 'modem T'.'corn-husiver'' and- steam' ;; bower, but . It .; appears that I the great febbr-saying : machinery ;did ' not ; "pan ! out" Satisfactorily,; InVsome canea. Just'why, ■:.-h«*" ; -not been. explained- .Little is'; known ; Xo. "'. the subject bej r bnd -ne i fact that un yhucked corn. remains mtnev field. ; : : " BA\V: MILL AT'HAMPSTEAD. : .-• •'•.; 3lr.'.~; William P.* Stephens several days ;; •jco "moved his" sawm ill plant- from _ the ;lgo: neighborhood;; near -here,, to -a; body ; . k -woods! near Hampsteaja, _ where f;he is ':■ »perating<^^ two -saw; mills, -inaklng railroad etc.- * ' -■»'.-<". ;■ Ur.t; John J. Grlgsby, ■ one of : King Beorge's prosperous. merchants, has'com : Dieted /his commodious: residence at •"White - Hall." | near . ilachodoc . Creek, v in ■'■ the' lower.; part. of tlie county. ' : , :? i;'. Ther c .have been hall : a-. dozen "■ or ;more S liifferent drivers on .* the mail ;' route - from Predcricksburg :by this" place -- to ' King . v ». -- - -Established in 1863! ' ,-. i '-".:"-- i ■' "' . ■ ' * -^ • - - ..■■■','.■■.. . ... -... . >.•'- PIANOS.^ Forja first-class :Piano ; in'» eyeiy particular, that will served you satisfactorily for alife time, get the genuine, >, J % CHASE BROS. CHASE-HACKLEy -: ' ;PIANO-CO^; j ,• ' : :S\{ ; , : ;" : 603 E. BRQap St. ■ W. S. CONSTABLE & CO., I Successors to Constable Brothers, | 903 EAST MAIN STREET^ \ ■■:;■■ "■; -..■.-;„. ■• ■ ■■..■ -.- .-. :. "■■■■■* ..■-•-■■■: • s ■ :• ■ .• r ' ■..■■.■■■.:.,■.■ ,*j- ■..-..■■• ■■■:. ■■. " ; p .i .. ■> ■ ■■-•■ | .The new firm .will continue the manufacture of Shirts to|| order>wdth the old Help, Mr. J: L. Gurry /.cutter; and will dis-'; i playv the I handsomest line of ForeiratShirtirigseversh^wrririy thcSomh. - ■■■■■, -I Haberdashery^will be new and progressive for men andq women. " ' •"''/., :'! ment of Mcn r s Underwear that can be bought for about half ( Art : -iA:ssqGiationJ tells young women >v\^pto :do to: :aybid ; pain and suffering^ ■ female: troubles. . * ' ,-" • " Dear JSteis. Piif kham :— I can conscientiously recrirrmsndXydia EJ" jpinlcham's ':-Tegretable Compound to, those of my sisters"s^erm^"mtli^ female weakness and the^troubles wliich so often be^U%)meruS>lisuf-; feredt forimpnths /vvdth ge^ hard ,wdrk;to keep up: I had ■■i&ootmg.pains,'"and r In^my^distressjl Tyas advised- tosuse;Xydia E. I^inlihi^s^effetAoio- Compound, and it was a rgd letter day tome wnetf;l.:&o^".thjß.tot':dv3ej ; for i at Jjliat ; time my restoration :{began. In six weel^H^as - a fchanH 'd womani- perfectly well in every respect/ I^ felt so elated'and:^ I want all women who suffer to get well as I did/'^MissiGumA : ;GANNdkj; 859; Jones Sti; -Detroit,;^lich. v Secretary r :A& "-:■;■;. It is x;learly shown in tliis youriff lady's Ictterlp^t -tydiaiE. Pinkbam's Vegretable Compound will certainly cure tbevsuf f erings ; of .women; and when :ono considers^ that. :HissV.|>aimy>ii ? s-Uetter,'is' only one o^ tbe countless >hundrecls;^wliich .' ; : \re'i<are^'continually.' J, ' V^\- T publishing in the oewspapefaiof.>this'.c6uiitry f^ - ' rjw^ the great virtue of '[ Mrs.. 1 Pinkhain's^medicine . ','. . ■;,, ;: . JdßßiiiStoEßßSftfl be admitted' by. all; and if or the. absolute . . .-..''^fSSBBJW|EMWt^CI cure of all -kinds : of; female] ills; ub; ..substitute : ; . • '■ , can possibly, take its place. : .Women should bear •'"■■ : ' '. i ssi& «S^^- this important fact in mind when they go into ■ ' I^^ V-^^y a drug- store^and be sure not to accept anything.; f^^*^w l^B* ffijr that ; isclaimed to be " justas pood "r as Xyctia 1 -^el '■ - "-"'-mr'^ E.,Pinkham*s yeffetable^Compou^d, for. • _ '-^H -*^* > J^^ -^ n P other. medicine for' female;ills^has'-'siade' : EO' - . •■AX *^^*>f ■ many actual cures. ' .-' r " i jfeiSr s *--^( How Anotheiv Yoting Sufferer : ;:-'j«Hr^.-;-:; :-' j «Hr^ .-;- : • \_ . '■ •■ Was;Cure<d., /- c '■;■ iSSr^^ '«-."'* : - "Dear Mrs. IPrKiniiii:"— l must JrK*^;. -' ' ■ - -.v,-'- l !*^jrk 'write, and tell you what;ypur-Tegetabl6 i-"' s Vr^K^- -jj^f^ ■ :^??P OU )^: -^s.dpn^for/mß;>^sufferedj : " . • .'•' ' . .. . ;terriply;ev^ry?m^oi^^a^"tm struation, and yfais not able -to- wotll. >Yoi^-medicin^?liasrcureydii^^ff my^tKrtiWeX I'felt reheye'd'afteE'feldng^dne.bottle^^ icine as good ;as i yours , for female ' :—: — Miss,' Eprrji (Cross, -169 • Water Street^ Haverhill, Mass ? ■ ' ; K ; ■ • 6"'vC^"\^ ' ■ ::^ -■.; ; : ._.,... ■ .-. r . .;■■■,;;■..-•:-,^ ;■.■':/.;. -■; ■::.:;•.:;:"■.'.;■•'■' r" ■ i/;'.-;'.^;'" Remember, Mrs. Pinkham's advice is free, and all sick wpmen_ are foolisb^if they do not ask for it. > Ifo ■ other :perso^;has;such^ vast experience, and has helped so many women. to-day.. $ EH. fl ft fl FORFEIT -If *« cannot forih-irith produce the orlginal,ietter3 and eignktTjxei of A^ll E S 1 3 1 S *boTo testimonials, -which Trill prove their absolute genuineness -'- ■.-■■ • :'.-V: '.-V* .'. v -"- > -'-' VUUWW 10-dia E. PinkUaiu Medicine JCo.^ tynnV.MM*.^ George Courthouse in the past eighteen _. months. •...-,: : -.. : .-., v. : -•-'.■■ ;•;;■ ...".' •'- V;-V . "Grip" Is- very .-.prevalent in some sec-, tions of Kirg- George, and is of quite i a stubborn fonn.^This fashionable; malady,": added; to an epidemic of wnooping-cough,-. severe -.'.■ colds" (some folks; still have Vcolds," .regardless Jof the fogyisiri; while "srip" is about); measles, etc., has kept; our; doctors exceedingly busy for a' week past. ---: J ■' - ' At" some points , along the Potomac fish ermen; are'putting their nets, <boats, etc.;; in order, in the hope that tnc weather will admit of catching some winter; fish early in February. - before -the market -. ; prices are affected. by a glut of spring fish. - v : A contract. has. been awarded for build ing a bridge across Dogue Run, .near. Hop Yard, . in . this county— a public need that;haa been "neglected i^r a good many, years. r " ■' ; '.. : '■:.-"'. -.\: : " '■' ' '.':'''',:' y-,^'- Owing to >unfavorableV weather., since Christmas. ." no faim • work ;of any ; kind has been done hero <as yet. The^ground has been alternately too wet or toohard frozen to admit -of; grubbing, -fencing, or, ■ any..' of the work usually done in Jan uary.^' •: . ■■'• ■••• '■ ■■■■-■" ■ ■ .■" ■ ■'■ ■ ■ ■- • ':.- ■ MUCH CORD-WOOD ON HAND. .;, -At almost every landing on the Potomac llgPffiyy!^^ river,; in this county,: may; be; seen great ranks - and: heaps ;\ of £ ~ r .. cord-wood V-to .be shipped, to; Washington' arid- other.' cities.: Much of this flne-woodr.wastto-hayebeen shipped this- month,". while'.the^ fuel- fam ine: i s- at its- height, rand. Awhile. '; prices rangti high, .but vunceremo niously .' closed" andi left'-; it "temporarily •- on the hands ~o£ oar '■' local iaea]ers,;iwho,7-by the .way,- refused , ; fancy; prices ;■ in - Nqverii ber, and ; Decenioer.:";lt>:is : ..the":opiniori /; ;of many i that j a ■ good s deal* of vthe ?. wood I held . here ; for - prices :rwill:;;:: r will :;;: be ;,"sold iin March, .when navigation 'reopens; ;f or j ?1.50 to ■ $2.00 less r per H'cord.v than -wa s . offered for it; before Christmas.../. ;.'■.-; ;:>:'-;;>...* A. GLIMPSE WnELSON. Industrial 3fotes ; _ b£ lhterest- ; --Extfsn-i f sion of Railroad and Telegraph. ■•-AFTON, VA.," -i:' January 3 24,— (Special.)-: Persons ' connected, v .with S- the r". South',. em- -7. Farm - Agency; ', of -. ,yirginla::,have ibeeiv/ writing •'.. her,e :-- j with ■--■: a-uview.vJ; of purchasing) lands, vtand-'- there" is j in, pros pect ;quitei a'--boom ■> as "the-' spring; opens for ■small .- farms r. for fruit-' arid '^berry. growing.- No : more- , ! favorable .v.- region exists itha'n ' this g parti of s Piedmont ?c,Vir^ ginia for. the rotative,.:crops";?of^straw berries,;'blackberries; rrhuckleberrics;:: and grapes. They •; each ;■ grow,.-; equally;, well ■ and > give a variety.^ fqr..shipm^nt.r- There is : also V : a grov/lngVdemand s for cottages," anywhere in ' the • valleys- ad jacent Ito the railroad . at Aito'n for 'the .'families -.of business-men, and. summer V excursionists of -' limited ; means. ? >;:^:"':: : i i .'': v\-v-:;'v \-v-:;' *' : h'J\~:- It v is : rumored that , a ,. barrel : factory, will soon be started at" Afton. 1 '" ' v ."'">',-; ' -There is italk* of.-: establishing -commu nication by telegraph '.between*the/cpurti housed and> the : railways at } Oak, Ridge. ;•" A northern sjTidicate"' of. vj capitalists has bought the tract '■ of ■; timber, and - min'e-. ral :land V over; 10,000 5 acres iin tho" western ? part- of rNelsonV; cbunty,*!f and ; will; at • once .begin ' to"; develop <and .to -s mi-; prove > j the ' property."; 'iThe V- improvements will include, first/i a •:railroa.d-^-lorig > talked : of— from -v-thei"; Chesapeake ; i arid v Ohio ; ; at some point : - nearv"' or) at;*~*Af ton;":'andidpwn through^ the" f ertHe^Rpckfish^yalley. . ; This ; i would'; contribute'' not - only?,", to bwn : cbmfort' r andi conyerifence;- butlwould also '"increase '- the /value- of-; lands | in \ every, others section^ ■ H^'^^'y^^c^Z'^ y'%jis%s&i I; ' '■ h-: ■ !«■ I#exln^on^Perabnalß. - -'';;^*ji : "-.- «•';■ '■ ■..LExiNGTON/ VAV^c" January x 24.^-'(Spe-^ cial.)— Miss i Janet ; Allan;," daughter? of ■ i'the 1 " late-" Colonel 'William^ -Allan,'vi : "ofi,l*Mc-.; Donogh, .Md:, : tis ;;> visiting^ relativesVin" 1 BaltimpreV"and ? will -be.v absent^f rom.3 Lvx^ ' ingtori X: for ir some I ' time ffl durin&;>the ?;: re-.' ; mainder ■■ : of ith<e Swinter.i: season.? ,-■-.-,--, -„ ; X-Mlsses i-lklary.'.:! and A.Sue r ?: Davidson^the ■ fatter ?.theSpresiaent?.otathefVMary.<Custis t =Lie»t ? Chapter^ of &the of Vithe; Confederacy -of. -I.'exiriston.'U'ieftlv'W'edhes-.,- dav^ f or? Washington .r< city;^\vhere ihs theyi ; expect * c to jf spend -,spme i-tSme/ -' ' M* Miss ? May :Hume.iof Chapel l Hill; ;N;v C.; \ 'sister.»'of^Mrs. ! ?iTir.*?jß?;iy/=?\ 7 ;ance. I g\vife j ;Ofi iDr. Reynolds r-.Vance;ti,with v-herf ; friend; v-Miss •- Sara ? ? Dunnington.v; of.'; Char-"5 iirittes\ille.^-.Va.7i- is ■; S.Mrs; Wahce;?at:ithe;iunlversity.lh'ere.; ( _; :, ;-.V":" SS Mr.^-I. " Weinberg *-: spent & the -^ past . f days 5 y Jsitlns* rel atl\-*s In | Bal tlmore t and ' Maryland.^ • " - ■ '.. '"j, " ■ . .LeContP" Stevens;! wifer : of T j ! f essor S Stevenß;£ of and f Lee 5 sUhtveraity^iwhbphaslsbeensCvislting-gheri fslster.^Mrs^f James sAiSHarrlson.'ghas;- r^| iturned 'itosherghonie4here, Rafter = ; an ; ab^~ : sencelbfr several) weeks, I'-%^ S'Miss'-rtMainlegiShowalter.^daughter^.ofr r Mr a W' M^ShowalteriJofrEastsL^xingtoh' lAVashington a city:? on sjten^days'ctvisimoj sher ibrother,^ Mr.'l OXFoTtm Showal ter. > 4 HMr'^'Paul* M. 'Periick,\i.was^durinß^:thei |^rfeßs*W^Nnchpls.m^f#o|fCoTonel| fEa^araaW^Nichols.l&ior^the^yir«inia] lmil&llnßtttute. t*iß&Tt»l«njrlMta»p4aMt *iB&Tt»l«njrlMta»p4aM ■fcirSmifcs«lArtart?:*WßtF !r ea«a!:"*l»f«W»g Indian .T«rrttorr;^Jtft&Thai«d»j'«jfa*»j ncll 6io3JVlliSillU fQPßflll^ U3 16 W3V • (Written for the Dispatch.). . kcojp^^H^^^'-^iF^^^^^S^Wi ■^AWl^^OT.'fJanua'ryriT.^lVani/B^d^^ in 5 theichie'f ►^American s gateway^ to^lHej ■ cbntinent^of "-Eurbpe^This § city^^situat^i 't&?Bixty Smiles ?li^d?brrith^Vdeep^riyer| '' Scheldt; ■' is. ; connected^; by £canaif:arid~rail' iwlth^eyery.-?iJartv:qt ; iGermany;i*Fraiice;| :HbUand;land)Belgiu^;'';and?oUr;Amerjc^^^^ !'lm^deraViwe?raakto"g./itia-ibasis^p^£U»elp_.. fcbmmercial H campaigns^ Six^greatf-llhes] of % cbrinectf i t ■ .- with \ New^ York \ ; and"cthlerilAmeflcarivports^ arid -itiis tthej ! headquartefs^f A the*R!ed?Star^>Ltae^one; •bf : th"e^hief arterieslbfiqur great*ship^ing : ; : trusts "Vraeat'VbyJitheiten^bu :^is^andfc^ttbn''bH^«it h ?^^! tt^j.of'b^^.4 are^unloaded f: here^tqP: be •; Werit^ to?' other, i'cdTintrles'v of :- f Eurppe:';^,Cargpes i ! of r^bur^ [lumber; trivel'thrbugh^thftjcanals^far.- into; khe 1 ; interior;.* arid 1 : tanki i; steamers^^filled; fwith^Amertcan^cbal^oirTcome^in^such friumb^sSthat^spjecial^dTOkß^haye^be^ rßetrasidetforHhem!knqwn^asj ;^ > America. ",'/-• -■. -■ ' ■ : - - ' - -• _ A :- MIIiLrONAIRE iCTTXt OF THE * MID^ ■ "••■••',--• 'DLEyAGES.' ''• ; /'.' /-S rapidly-: j^owm'g£andfitr isj reaching;ithe [ positiqrii it ;had -duringv tlie ; middle j ages !a3 the -"richest. coirimerciarcity- of EuropeVr.lt :- had 7, then Vnot-. half yas- mstriy >; people 2 as now; i but'- it's 'trade ths^ 'wbnderi of tthe into": the '1 city! ' liringing t Sin^ arid .{carrying out ;gobds;i Five : hundred- shipsY sailed. (up :t^lSch^ldt."eyery.7day,^-ana: t^lSch^ldt."eyery.7day,^-ana; f -it:Us^said • that ; : 2,'500| yessels /were -. Pf ten"; at 'anchor there "at one time. /■ - xS THis/was^sh'brtly; after '.the .-discovery .4 of AmeribalKßef ore'; that L'timejr the^Mediter^ ;ranean' : citiesfs'uch '..'as ; yenice";'andj'Gerioa jfledf.int'th'e'/commerce 'of .Hhe'.^ world; ' but I • Cblumbiisf turned JtKe^tide i another " The , route 'j to 'Asia '; about •*; the ;; Cape rj. of Gbbd^Hopb twas •'discbyere'd, 1 aiid{th'e"cities" of i the* Atlantic;-' began:! to ibbbm^--L>isbon ! was foria T t the ■•- riiost .''thriving ; of ptlie.m ; j aridjv the^Portuguese i'i sliips LVcilled'r; there [ andvtheri /camerqn 'to. Antwerp.V-Irideed, Antwerp^;.ha'd'.: then; as" \muchl} trade as 'jj-itondqn,^ .England S.annuallyAt buying abToutC' $2.o6o,OOO^worth.': P.f - Antwerp^ goqds^ 1 Atvfhat ;' time ;rribhey,'. was .^ worth ten j times •whatsit i- is.-nqwv'andr *n ■ cbriiparlson.^the " trade ■ ." - was •;( 7 , greater. '?. .J; Antwerp i bought . spices-'and' -sugar of .the^Pqrtuguese -to, the ainqunti 'of -almbst^:s4',ooo,(X)o; a; year/anoUits silk^:::'arid irgbldiv wares ' : ;.' from; :, Italy,.': were :"wprthT.l^ceras|much\' I :^f^u.'-/ r :;.v' ';■;'•■'.,{>• it,. t TTierfe "wereVtheh-I',ooo f qrelgn^bonimerr; • cialJ'-firms 1 /, doing.- 1 -b.usinesss?^in arid';: among "them "jwe're \the "-: Fugger.s "> of Augsburg," who = > were -the "?Pierpbrit/'Mpr^ Jgaris ofithe-rslxteen^ceritur'yl^.The gers ? wer e t f ariibusj as \ bankers | kund-^b"us.i ness-me'ni!"and !; f or,';. their ;.wejilt'h^bne^jb.J : them' ? dying lat< : "Aritwerp ■'; and}' igayiiig^a fbrtunb^of K^.OOOiOOO, .Vari"reWrmoti*s?,;stam • for 1 - that* tiincV ■.•'''"• ■ J ''-^v:^'-- iv- 1 - i-^Vfr- '.? :;-Tlffi ;:SPANIARD3 ■ RUINEDfMT.'.'.,; "i "Such"-' '•was'-t; the"- condition '■> of ."Antwerp when: :-.th'e'y Spaniards l. tried ** to Vruie^the Netherlands: .i-Theyf;- ruined {jvthe'.rcquntry 'as(th%y^have;fuiried;eyerythln"glthey>hay •putrtheir'i:h > a'nds{;bn: ! f-|-ttUe"ss;>than];a^ejQ> eratiori^the- population ■ felli off. :mb"rel;than 50:;per-:.cent.;i- and StiieV ( business \ and:>p^b ple 4 steadily.; dwindled : until e in>l79o > the • city; -had/. 0n1y, .40,000^ sbuls^^Vy^J; :^^,i 'L;j . < ijater f oii-J Nappleon^Bonap" arte ; saw*; the ' fitriessibf -Antwerp , for" a. great^cbirimercial portJv He '-ybuilt^ dock's Vat L afcpst ■ ot • some; tttngC.like'-SlO/OOO.^-andrwasifas ing!:: the ' city.' : the . commercial f capital > oi northern ,- when. it">: get ■: anpther black) eye ■;. through -the • reybl'u+ibna '...whicli : folibwed his \ death.^A 'generation . or i sc ■ laterV.-.BelgiumV'j haying : '•--'separated §:frqni .Hpilarid; /Antwerp; again.vbeiga'n Üb; grow, . and v itiis 5 now ;?, bigger 1 : than" it*- has*- eyei ;Decn?befPre.^V '■'■:■.'. r '"JV > ..V.--V's i :-v>.^ %:'/ r -> Ji :' ' •Thei:A'ntwerp.-.bf.;UbtCa.y,.. is; one;- of the busiest; places; 'of ■•contiiientaJ ; • SuropeJVit' boom's^ like' the : fast-growing ' cities" ;'of : the> United}' States] -Its new.'streets^are^llned with^buildirigsiwhich"^ NewTr York;: ;and i it '[ has ''docks "fwWch f siirj; "p'assrariy thing qirr r Atlaritib fcqast;;;,Tne-. riv§r ": Scheldt.i his' .been .'.walled Virii^ari'd; deep.ened; : sq\tnat"' ati high Uide' the biggest' ocean - steamers i'sail*. right-; to I the;, edge: of vthe "icity ' and^; anchor"/ there.'^'All; 1 along : the x ;river -iron and; glas's'sheds - haye[ been; erected ' [for '* storing; -goods;- and transfer---. I > ring them 'f rbm" : the, ships'; to : the"'railroads; ■ Four;' lines :f of ;■ rail way :t.: t. tracks' f"riih> out 'side^thesevsheds,: and nextltq j the'V. river. - ar'Sy pn'g, lines Jqf .shy'draulic^craries j which ' lift 4 the goods '•'from 5 - the 'ships jtb 1 the cars.>: On fthe .' average '■ 2,soO;lcars ; leave"; the -'city" ; feyeTy .';day.' ißoth'^ cranes; 1 and^jcars^ are .wqrkedv l by ■• a*. T subterraneari;' J ; acqueduct* ; ■; ■ operated - byj engines: ; A'; ?-'•.'•: ;': '■: * : i" , ■ ■';, -Jr : -".\ • vr • Above ';•: the ;-'.warehquse }.• sheds ■,; are : -.- long; promenades • paved i-'wi tH % 'asphalt,*; so "t wide . - .; that "Ztwo "v twbrlior se % wagon "'-. loads;: of ,; hay, ; could 3be i driven-, side Aby.;*sidel, upbn|?thein.;" ; iThese:'prbfn"enadeV: look. out jbyer.'thei river. : arid-theygreerivfieldsbn'theiopppsite!side; - :'they^fbrm;.-th%''fayorite^.waikVpftth'el-A^ rwerpeif sj Siinda ys : i and r evenings". J; At-} such j | times • 'women >' and .Vgirls :/ arid ; . capped ? arid ? hatted (men;; and^bqys' jmayibo"; seeri^h'ere'i strolling ;:'albngvb"r;leaning"?.oyeri I tfiel rail irigs : enjoying jfhe 5 cool ;:breezes'> of j -: the'^Scheldt-^Sbine-'of : ; ther;boysywearj "• r ;eyeri.- the ilittle^ones: :bf:.theibetter, classes^hAve:th2ir.aeg3:bare ; : from; the ;tops ; of their' shoes •tqithej.knees/; ; ;-;■/ The/Scheldt; is ; ■ t about t; a : > f urlong;i.wide^ ■•: ; Itv is '■ over, twenty-five -.feet '(. deepi j-.ari'dK it : '. ■ teains;:,with ' shipping:'..* ; A'^. 1 North '^Ger-' man Lloyd. steariier^caniefpufflrig in .while; I ' I\."was :bm the,- promenade i.t.his:;afternbqri;l : :while;a*Re^-.Star^line^from^Ne^^Yp?lcvl - 'which i^ha'di-' just, beeh-'.vdischarged.v^was; ■ ; 'startipg;Tbut;^\;'-;:.v.;;u^. : u ; i^:-?'v^^«;:- ;'; 'W V V WHERE ; "AMERICAN;GOOpS: ARE |<. . ; %*■*:■:■& :j' : i9'. ■,:■ :>handled: : ' ; : n : ,^y l > : { I- : wish %l . could v show V. you , ;'; /which V these "Belgians j"haye_^builtH?for; • ;han^lirig;iqur''{iriip.orts. r ; Theyf; are 'tamong; • • the! .' fihestTbf 4 Europe;^.';:' The. i ones Iwhich . ;• < iNapqlepn^cbnslTUCted^are^ : : : : . They]': ate ;ttwbrJn : ? -!number,-v ;one^hplding 'mTi^x^^iov^cß^McoAii^Ci Feyr '^People j Know,' Ho w ?,ITiieliil ilt ita\ iif£ Preserving: ".* Health 7 ! and i^Beautx f ■i' 4 NeafiyJ everybody 'knows v that : isT^e ; skf est ■ '] 4nd VinqstVefflc{ent?dlsinf ■ '; . ant '.ana '■■ 'purifier' in .rnature.^'ulsf^^reaUza. its .value -.when itaken . intoHhe- human; sya-" ;tem.''for/the same, cleanairig: purpose. ,-; |:- : ? '-Gharcoal^is ? t a":remedy3that;vthe"-ino^9" 'you'itake 'of /it l the Jbetter ;? it'ls v mot :a ? drug'J iat v an^%tisi]^y?al}sorbs^theT^.ses'Mid: • Impurities talwaiysJ present* In - T the ; stbmacK- : <"and ; ->intesUne'Bvandvc^ieß^thi|m^^^ the. system. ;' ~-;'.; "; T \/ '!,, JiriCha'rcpalif: sweetens |$the £ breath V- «-'fter.; sm'okinir^drlnking^or/aiteffeati^ ranh r iotoei-;6d6f'o'us ; i ye&etaTbles. '" ;1 . /'; ; it> Charcoal Jeffeotually.-cleara tmproyes! i the? complexion, '<it s the'l teeth f and \ • t urther i acfe* as ?at natural • and eminently J ■safe cathartic: " -: : - v"^\-;v "^\-; ' _ UTOt^iri*th"e''Bt6mabhVan'd.':b'owls';vlt|d^ ' f ects»tbV? 'moutffrandyth^bat^fromVth'e^poiaf^ r.b'h"-hf 'catarrh. -■'-■-, ' /-''." " "- \-y- "'■'"' : - W^All'^Vlfuggists j sell|charcbal^lnsone? forms = : w7?anb\r i er^^butfp'rpbably J ?^e^Jbertfc^r^ S'cpal | 'arid % the?^most l 'i : Ab"sbVb'ent^ > tozeng^s.;"^they^ar.e" fconiposedWof * tt^fine^^wdejed^VVnibwi ?ch"aycbal?fand^bthef?harn\lesi|antiselp^ in the form* ;?bfTlar^/^pleMaiit^.tMtlris^lOTraifea,T ! toV hcharcbal^beins') mixed [with honey. !i^he y daily^se;^ jlteiliiin^aTmucn'jlmßroYe'djcjm fgerieral'ih^jtnvf b"ett«3con7pl«ioh;iiiweet^j 'ler'jbireathTaridi pjura'rXbloo^rLiind^tlie^beau^ llt^i'oiTltiiß^th'af.-n^p^siibJ.iJhiiTO fßiiltll&6W^eSic6ntlhuedluß^b^t|pnp^ te^aryrßT^t\benent-- -:.f ;'..;. :;i^^ iflA^Buffalb f^by^c!an^jn|spe^nff^of|t^ej bencsits of charcoal, saysi "I advise \ st^t'sfAbsortent %™ t ? : ?K«ltO^y|pa^ itiS^toj.B\ffer|ppV^mTßMf^^o^cJhJa^il |bb^^wl»||^d^jb\cleairithe ! i complexiontaiidi Ipurity^Se^rJMttii^m^^ laisolbeH^ve' th» \ Uv« : !■ ;greatly;^«eflteSJ by ' the daily" -use -of them ; they , cost' but and although In itni •*«»•• a;patent prep^ firitlon;:y«tll;b^wa;r;wt,inc^.an4^bW( about SO r'ahtps : and { the other. } perhaps. ; fhiafethat-fnumher- , .' gll^tb^klmVfseveraUnpufs^d .drive, abojut; itKef new^ -dpck's^X kwent'by^niiles" ot|irpn| fwarehpuses'i aid!: JB%Js^fiHedgwiith^all| thscket .of -masts and at others"! could fhard^4.Bee : ::thfbuglilthc ; 'n^t*br^ofirts« rgifig^Tlie" lidbcks j ana^canais SwenP ' fllle*. : ibarl^3 i^J3ig^AJl^a|npiiß> \ Tt^el?grea.t£~ stea&ers,' 1*;1 *; aii^ %caj^^W^ZW*^ ingltliis^way ;and tffiat Jcarr^ir^ittieigoods^ out'and in- I* could not" get the exact ; ib^ '' areTmprei thanlli WfacresJiThejßass^intDuv r^'ttenayMSlbM&tiass2»ca«^andltfi6] ißassiH'fliefebye'fhaslSMiacresryl^ i and.? nSde ;< ibirie ? phjptogr apba J aSputJ"jt6eft rßasß^?^l^le^S;fvwb«rfcTpurl*pe'.^letnnXiS: I landeid^ Barrels Smarked\>VStahdardKfOils ■LCo^pMyJ^Vere''p^edth^h! ; pn';tte.;bta •'and^aCTOft^-^hef&w^^ tbrlc^eleyAtbr,^which » beirig^ fiUedj. fwith'vtlie* wheat '■' from 'i bur" great : North-^ west. pll^vlsited^ thes.Red|\Star; ■• quay, ith'ere ;rareV:l^rehbTisesy^edTd^th)'Am«^ Ucm^wpoH^PUlP^ s ?!*^^^^ o.^^™0 .^^™? 1 ??^???^ Vi saw r i- 'Ch'icago'A'm^'ts^'in^wiaS^boie's; fmftrkedgP&ladJ^r^p^e^^^lS^ra ißbrt?ofyYai^e^snbUbns;*:ml>ar;iou's ; kg?s:^.Tirptsteain'ersXwefe\unl^ .gbes.^ 'of i?.cbrn,^qii| ."csf&i&j^aiid Agricultural" '" taachlneryy r and t a* teamVof /Bejlgian^hbrs^*: Iwas liJ dra gging4?awa.y^f abbutii;sixiftbnsA.of' ; ; Minneapqlis Sflouri atjone^ lo'ad.^-IJdidXjnot; "cqunt'it3i'e!bags.^b'utrttieVeimu*st'.^ hundreds' of them. < LITTLE .ELKPHANTS..INfHQRSEHrnB:I j-r'-'And-jiist hereSlCwant .' to;speak»about the ; Belgiaii'ihorsesi- used Ka.boutii the ;iwharyes.'r i IJiey, ; areilittle l elephants';: irif " hbrsehldes,-; andr they" I '.^itl bigger ?.lqads-T.than -, ; V^en i ;the':jhorses?qf" : LiyerpqoKbr^Havre.'j :-I#haye T. never- i'ieeh 1 ;? anything.' :like r them. >. fewpiof f'them : pull J aMoad 5 of -.eight ;or' ten i •tq'ris "with ieise^ and! -single' .• horses ~ drag , ' flye>>T tbns??..The s'wa gohs '» used i-about'i the : j dock's ;weighr abqut -a ton ; and: a<half : eachji aiid^when -;'you^ loaar-rbneVpf -v them Jwith.j sixtyibigitbags '■ of -:'sulphur;oV; several "b tin- , ; : dred^bags',.bf.<:wheat-'you:ihayeT?a:iload: which- ah 'Am^ricanrteam' could^npt budge,? ip'u t' '.which .-Belgian 'fdraf t .;hbrses; pull along like:so manyvfeathersJ:*"^ *O : ■ '■'■■■ V-** 1 ?-^ 3 r.i>achLjwagbn S has s a :i tongue," | aiid ?»whe.n ; bne?horse.-'is'.used^itis~ : :hltched'.upjonsonei sid;eToffthe^.torigue-instead>bfichariglrig fo fshafts^f'li have. seerir-s^ngle|hprses; pullingj • three" vbr-'f buttons Jahd Uhe ;\tragbh/*pr,Val-3 •tdg'ether>about>fiye:tbnsMbyer.ithese^Bel ;giari;,b^ock/paye^ents.^.This^isidohe?rWith-: puti trouble, , and ; ;yqu;iWill.' concede Jit; is f^ ■big'> load ."f pr-vpne jhbrse. "'-The; best^horsesl of ithis? kind rlweighvabbutithree?^ thousand? ■ pbunds," arid 'each" is' expected'to^pull* f rbm ?• three' v to ■', five -tons: iThb •'horses.-i areji'wellj •cared'ffor.7 and r;b.ririg*;goonvprtcea*i? s .-.i .*/"■; "\ •ti ■•:llwbntvfrpm:':thelßedi.Star|dpbks>to\tha ! 1 lun^erj yards.t /They r cqver^acres^arid-;cqn-i :fe in /eriormqVsVpiles-bf /Ameripnn"pine~and . bther r Jwbods^Ships':were;loadJn'g.'arid';urir '< loading ;;a r t-itTie''dpcksr;- i andi"it':.se'emed; : ito: meithatvthe"glasg-t-'oofed^areh"ouses'-held^ *enousrliipf;*ourr-lumbcr4.tp^fl'ppr ; (jthe.half-of'. :Bip,l^urar;:.Th.erbbar<isiareibrbuphtrchiefly t | from', the iSbu'themjStatesiana 'shipped ; .rail>aTidjcaoals:,tb.other.,par.ts of. the. coun^ ; try:-, {Muchy of ,, -the'; lumber ? used Kin &Aj^ w,erD%ls ;cafrie<!i. about Tbn}these: big .wag-. ;bns/.vlV watched Jsqnie-:men : 'lpad}ng;;one'?pf | - th'fimV* Each .■; had '• a V,leather4 p«» d r'jou\ His • ;«TjmilderAubbn"..Wh'lnh''Jhe?,'carrledJat-dje/»st!; «TjmilderAubbn"..Wh'lnh''Jhe?,'carrledJat-dje/»st! : : hslf^ajdozehi:-boards'fat'^on'e^.time,* ; -hah.a-; : line «thej lnmber^mbre 'rapidly^ than; is done _ ;| ; 'tn YArr>prfrd.f ■-.•"'.' - : : -I- ■'■'%'::'' ','; ..• ? -^'''v' t 'J -■■.:. 1 ---' I -s , Q-gEER^M-METtTCAN^mPORTS. t^f •■''iviha.ve.lmadejsojneiinqufriesi-roriccrn'nSi %mte<mpbrts'to:Be'li^nra.^but:;flhdHt:>iinl- r cnlfe:'tbi' learn '» jiisti whar: ; »tfi<»y^arei*3'Tiicn.: . of- them ' rqnip'i tfirbueh ".Enpiand .^and ; Gfer ; pie's: we i'serd-: too ther "ccnmtHes.j|ai)»l^alsb> : a ' ffrpat '&?<> V'of 'crushefl» ; rorni"~cnrTj- "oil. = rtfid»: :Tiotipns.V»iThp afrerits.pfjthe-SwiftiPackinc,' •CoTTiwanvV^ t^tl 'trifs.that ithey' s^ll,- canned ? meats 'bf.*alH;kiTi^3;i;and>;?l«o:r)OTiesian^;. |ftq^^h%lt^{R%jbpne?4a,re»^tt^M|tbjt^eiS •.in? n vV'an'fi?* R\ipß'a v^ for; . hiiH6".<"-:; tpb>h- . hinish^hnhdles.''nTifl?'o<'hfn-*f!"ohL<'JiiTies.tnnd. Jel;<'TnC!K^s''^a"">r' r^at^flPftl*'6^ ;^^'Ji3frf." 1 ; wh'ch : is Vnriirh -MtV;? 'our- Hn pfl < ne.f f yj; a ri'l • t«r^«spfit; : q\ser^ni-hjirxfi-s.' -j Ajn^'fV'.T'l' <?.ST Tl 'rL^d »' meats s used - except If or., picnic . :.pork.harris;are'.partiofNthe^rlegxilar>;Bel-ri giahjdie t. C Mitch -; of -;.the ; goods^which \ come ■ jto -'•Antwerp •is trari's"shiirpe"d : : tolbtheri coun^ ; tries. .^ It ■) goes into «the J < government .* ware- \ '■ houses;vand [< then'-^passes .-' on •■to -: its/desti- ■ riation-.withPut-payingltariff duties.'*.^.". " G-HENT/ANI) ITS AMERICAN^COT'IJpiir.- I ,-}■ y'Ji^yast^deal ] of -American icptton'i cdmes to spinning j' mills^i of ■ Ghent J and f pther'i factories.^; GhentJ is I thej Manchester' of JBelgiiimr.^lt is situated; on. . the?Schodt,*on : : the..way. to .Osterid, r : a.' short ; distance' froini' -Ahtwerp^and/an .'hourj and^ 'a^;half -by. .rail ; . from^Brusselsr!r>r^{rv;<; v^"^ : p Gheritilia^ *160,0p0/infiabitaritsr; r and?it J ls j upward .lOf^six^Vmilesv'inli'circumference.^a 1 | ■ large' p'aft ibfjitrbeing '■ takenlupilhlbleach-.: "ingi"; 'grounds: ::-{ Several"?; small « rivers '>: flow; t^r;pug^7;th - e"Jcit^yahdj-;_thereTvar§^fid.g > eB.: < everywhere. 7.7 '. .There^isi aiwide : canal ;which -. Sconnectslitiwith? the" Scheldt'and* another, .whichScoqnects:;'it •wlth?UheSljei;ii i iver.' J • Maiiyiof .the: quildingsiareiOld;j and; with; ; its?i"canals,' :ltha ;;tqwnVi s } exceedingly;..pic- \ .-''turlesque.'i:'-- v _C ; :'■'■-; '••'•>• - ; ''i^m'^.^-K;'.... ■■■■ ■■■:] —"Ghent ! ' is 3 •a-ibusiness^.ci.ty.vltsViPePple 1:'1 :' j have { always^been ; noted | as iweayersf.tand;. ■inVTthe v Mi"ddl6.; Ages' 'their, l cloths-; were, fa-'.' ;tdous:fallWbVj6r^Eu'£ope.'.'>Th>reoare^now r ; abbut •: 500,000 ■ spindles \ in itlie.'' city.; .itself , . and.', as>many>mpre:in'/the\ country^ about:; i OuKAnierican'' cotton - cbmes-jhere in -.bales, 1 [ arid) -is : : - spuriv and - .woven 'i in to :'. cloths i, for j " export,'? a;.yast't amount : of : it going! to Belf ; gian " Congo. -.S-cv-J^-f-v !./-:->' ; - : '■V'/':'- '.-v r ? : Glient "is : also^nbtefl ; f orbits ; :linens: i; It .; •has«onesiof :the>:largest.linen'millS;Of".the! -wprld,"-/; employing' about ','3,ooo Mhands.* ~<lt; : is Vthe "■! center^;.qf a,';rich^farmihg->region,; ; arid •;. InS . the -: country " nearby/ some r. of :. the : = beautiful'laices fbr;which-Belgium'is 'noted; ■are:?made.^?Af great 'part ■; of;: theVUace<f is \ 'doing . ;.work , ;wlthr numerous ;ri'eedles^ : on Kcush-. " ionsJ;' :>,"'•{' '."•'■ .'■>. V"; -I:.-"'- 1^ ;» •• ~ : '.^ •+- v t?* z :i:?--ll\ \ ':■■-:] r^^'3' ! '^?JUPASiMIKRORS: :VJ^ W i^ ; ; ;: iWe >) have " ai ; . consul-general •; at^ : An twerp. \ j: called ; upbn - him; at 1 11 - brclbck i this ! morn- •• ! ing.farid VI : have snoto t doubt ;• that'; he » knew i justjhow>l 'looked" beforerlTsrot, inside ,his; dobr,^.arid4tnlsV,without^'peepings.qutv of ; ; the N ■^ndow:vU;hay c i of . th'eVbrass ; speep>hbreslwhich Cthei'T^ench'f have : in ? the , -front'/dbbrs'' of r,their/i apartmentslsb f that \ • seeri^siKe « up.- the' person Cwho ; khbcks ;, cr&g ; fore'rbpenihg :the-"dbor.<v,The\Belgianis, I j ; in^ cluaing; the': American' consul;':, have can; ar-I Vangenientf- which*- keeps ;pace i with i that t of ' " thev^r'erich. V and igpes pthem '4 one,':better.^ ; i,t : iis"r e£ combination | of J little ( mirrors:; fas-j 'tene'd^on^an^ironSarm^ortbracket^toJithe^ •>wall '^iist^outside l ; the window,^ so | that \ the , ■person 'iwitHitifcari?seeian : : thatfgbes • o'niup • or':dpwnV,the j street:C\Hlrnself,sunseen;-7he.j {can\recognize '.the >passerby.,and :; can; spot; ; jhis l ,{dwell-;! itig.'wOur.Cfiohsul-generaljs* a.t 'L.*A'n.t^rerp;vas ; j ? tie'.\s!tS x Ainu"th*e?larger: easy : :>j chair^by >• hiajj window -Mdqking^out % on 'Uhe'^'Btreet^'s has : j ': three?: such^mlrrbrs I coyerihgeboth-^dire'e^' Uions^and? also- the;street v immediatelyibe^: j loy?* and ?the front ; dppc^l'lvwp.uld fiiot'.pre- ; ? t_end?tolin"sinuate : \thatxa <: "great*man.*lik»; ! tiim'Jwastes *.h3s !; biislness Jhours iin ?.watch-| :ingith;e^fair^passerby;.t,but^vis;dQubt7;nqtl, i he;thusv'spbts?tih'e^strarided: 7 Americans an'd j ' 'giyes^directibrisAto^WsiclerkiJtbVtelllfobi;' : uoxious icallersS; hecis;inbt* in^lSuch't:' Judas ', .'.mirrorsj } are •:• common Z |in i^the .^NeCber-1: i lands.' , < ■ " - 'i--"i : 'r> -:-;iv -. - ; - r ' • ppDj^rmNQai l iN.rßßLGrcnvti;- ; i^ J:^l^STcpunt^/;howeyer,jhas;manyrqueer J _ ■ tnfegs~.7S,The fj horses;*^fo'rijin^tarice,':iwear.: Jstraw?hatsCirirthe : summer;;Xwhile'th"^e\wp^; i,men-iS'Bp&'baxeheaded7s >^^e-!S*qrsesjgco'Bt| rmaney (^«and^the!r4 heads itn'eedS- protection^ >Th^ei^w.pmenfaxje?cheape>,^and^the;menjtells (me!',theyj "cani be \ had I f or;thel asking.^i^ ''.■.-' I^Tfii.s" is"-: a/if co.un try g of jiunif orm's.fcThere] * are sfmen i everywhere^wearing7gbldrlaced j v coats-arid;- gold-braidedj caps.^Every .rotne^ -'servaritrltas L a'icap;and ibrass'JbtJttbns.^This j I Is a sb'scwith"*<the X street-car.Ccbh'ductbFs:! the" I railroad. 1 ?? men Sand S thejs seryantsft of 'h the] r sVores.%ThereiaretsbldiersSbr^offlcersConJ Fpvefy,srreet",cbrnei^dres.sedfup,Vtb^he:nfne/7 •Th'erejarysvei^Jtewjbeggars.ifortbeggingS sis the i'law.* bu t% the § peopled are | tpbof^ariajfltg Is Sfpnly^the rplßcials. s ?:theirJ ; BOrcalledJ aervants,^wh" o\ are - as * spick B arid J > fßpansaa.?the.2rMlMppleMS.wh'fcliVßp.bt''tth'e' ! ' summer fields- ' , git iis f.-pdd $tp i see*wbm.eß * Bcmbbine*. thel f siTee^s ; assouriwomen fscrubj thelr^ kltcnena.^ 'Th'a'^is X what 'i they 'i"do v.here^Eyery3 niant iTriustb'keepi hfs I own % Bidewnlkriclean|§ahcli 4»ti;isl;ht?^fe^br^hlred;?girliwhbiaoeßAitJ! iThe'.seryiantjßets'down on her.* knees 7 and', iWis'sh^eß-thejpayement; ...rd'ig^ \WSit ;'>feiodd|tpTßeeia ;-bnslness; struts ijtn/-thereyerj!nff?A*AlT^^the?ißtoTei>«rtn"^b%Bl I ?rplHun> p;«a; : ;do i ßm.\ : WTi*n th c: ; stbr.e I closes \ lrth'etfßh"utt.i i rsf'are:/drcißi^d7.aiifl'it!JS: { I wn6l'»'; :. Ori«.6f th*;oW»«t thfn«s.«-t»owev*r. 1 f» the : «p.iT«rt©ny^>rorfc-!ni^ a : flp«r ;:-iBiitt; havj.;orl*lMt«|4>Ji«f»-- for' : thev:««^Uare i worjr«« • harfljr than, any (sometime*, th-yj.do; all; thel/pullingrahemji selves.'-? Every; man ' who ; runs -a^push' cart ; 'hasaf dbgi Co^help hlrniTand! thesmilk .cart; ;is jalways.jpuned Iby ' pneiorj more 1 lt: : i is£ wonderful i.what? tbeidogsjpuU' and } hpw^ i;welirsthey-,wprkisilfitested|one;'at,i ;welirsthey-,wprkisilfitested|one ; 'at,a l ?dog',; market 'ln >Brussel«i:'iThe j owner;! wanted | to* sell ; him' to ■ me : f or 1 40; firancsit or :■ $8 ; : and : ; upon i my2a skinjc (?a % trials ne .^loaded « 1:500 ; ppunds^upbn^the^wagbn';sandtf-the«dpg.; ■ draggedi.it^ through vUhe'i cobbled i streets ■ ;withput r ;bverexertiori.h'HeHold:ine; it could < (pull-aoton;Vand|that';sSiyfasSdirt?cheap."i :Atr>thisSsameAmarketf>l|sa.W£s.draft- v dog3 selling I for | $20,; and ? bther/f ah-lyj good tones I '(b"r'ought*all ; the jway; from :s2< up.i The rßel-.: ; gian \ dogs Tare '« usually i faU'^Theyfare % too, jvaluableltb stanre;iarid-tbey;are bfteri.fed. • when ; thehr.; mistresses- go: hungry /ri-»g-'^; ; il "tyX-t. f. ">* -;fpir . EBANK.tG.' f; OARPENTKR.';: , slEblNGlrlMEllNlY^ Par ; m:e¥s,^Preifiarlhsr'^ior "v M-iOPolltlca ; : "J;*i Brisk— Personal? aiiid • Indnii.trlnKf ;'~ ?~ vrORKTOTyT^, ;\\'^7^ January^ M.^-(Sp«^' ciai.)-^-Rurai ivyirginians^are^ just. 1 ? begin-;' I irigS to ;• realize^ that \ .a"^ew^T«uu-laj indeed] 'to vthe sons -of £ men \ipl begin ipf eparationß* f br.'see'dlng; time^;fAnd ■^thus. } inyobedlence': to^:her,Ccbmmands", ! f, the ;ifaxmers^particu-i JariyiUbose.^ 'tock^aye : 'getfing/a'hustle;pnjthOTsel^ and %. rep'airirigs f ences/n hauling | out\ barn*; ■ yard J debris .cutting j down* thej corn-stalks^ pf£fonrier/ crops' andi-hbldUngltheinselyes; In|readiriesilf or- the-; a3V4'j^ck;frpst"rfelease3ihJ^mortgagre:on .turists'J attention "Is Jthes English: and Jgalr^: 'den *pea;;^jvhich^ Is .'.planted s-.Mywhere I be- 1 '• tween E the Uast ' of January7'an;d tthe" middle : : 6f:>Ma*ch;lvlt;is^'onde^tililindeed, ! >.what; anSescessiye^ >ainount -^of ' ;) cold Tithis • : little^ yegetable-jwili: bear;; asf it i Is. riot- 1 aii< tafre-v •queritJ sight itb'i. see,- them-r'blowii i.bfi! "eyeriT with^ the ground! 'after^being ,■ in ; : sleeL%Undauntid * by plant iral^" , lies Stand £atvHhe'£ first r- warm f" s*un vrays.i peepsfabovef the . BoilPas?nbnci»lantly^ as if> ripthing;hadnhapperied.} The'crbp 'ripens; 'abbut7_the^ifiiddle fof jMayvandXls * shipped • ; to' : Bal'timbreV and fthe .nbrtlierh-imarkets lix : ■large^quS-*itles^Thep:r,qp>Ws > will ibe 1 short, ; judging^ from i i the i amount, of j seed i that ;has; been;- put';? out-j thus ; far, '. arid -rnumbers f of ;thV; truckers ] wh*o r .'would grbwii the V, peas.V will ■:=: = bej"'cqmpelled * to 7 do wl thpu t ?them, t owing ; ; tq^ theirJ inability to procure •<seed^.''^':.; ; ',' :A^/'?;'. ; ; :; '■.-i.*_ :.-■: '■'-. '-.', ■■; :; ;^ . . J £ THEVPOLITICAI. V FIEIiD;;; ■: a .';;"*>,, '& '.The;pblit!cal*ifleld, ; ..as: well'aslthe^agri 'bulturali one,* isjalsb* j'a^J subject f pf f, much j gossipi arid jcqnjecture-amprig- the ifarmers.^ The"i office^;. Vof ■-". *cbrambnwfalth]s-^ttorney' L appears tbjbe' f eceiying^more- than -a v pass ' ing -interest^arid^ isV- witchea^byValT : Tbf ;Ybr.k's^citizens ' in ) a^yery^clpßejand 'critlr ■ calfjway^: ; There;' aro ;twb h pf bminent^apr* ;pHCants-;:fbrl;the^ppsitibrt,; pHCants-;:fbrl;the^ppsitibrt,' r! 'thb^ judge^bf the lcbunty cburt*arid a ; young at-:* ■tbrney,fVresidenti ; qf^ltheA.town.; ' ;Many_ arid:*jmahy. a.'tete-'atetef^ is"' being;;, held' along ,' theVi hfehways.' Vr^' One ;."; gentle-, man" ■ ''. states': ■;' that v- he f *\ cannot , 3 haul a buttonfholcd.j.:: Ituls7:alsq ; :stated; ■"that ,V ■ thi^d ?• candT'dja .te^may^ appear,,/, as': a f dark; Mora^l^dpapJ^^^tb^l^sJpon^Jea.virig theHwo rasplraritsrnaught^rbut: painful I ref : 'coliectibns ibf j.thej first ; fight; tor; office: un^, 'derf.theK'newJconstitutlbh:-^ > ■■';'.:- -'>.',■ iT* -~x' " ■ iSAXiE OF /SAMfBENTtSPROPERTT.; j B^®sJp^ch^'s^bftthefpYVp^i^'iOf v^e\fete^! Sam vjßerit,\cqnsistlngJ of ia \ ilargVrcommorf; dibus ;hoteiy and Vstore, : ;by) Mr., George ;El . Bryan.'? is Xcbrisldered \as -quite ';iah' ; omen"; j f or f good ito .the i old r ? town •< of ' Yorkl ; ■ Mr. - Bryan iwiir thoroughly; remodel \. the- stnic-;: : tuxe ■ l ;eciuip; jti with; all f'modernii imprbve riients.v arid,: make" ■" it;: a; thpr.pughly^.'upH'tojr dateVresbrf.^;.HejhbpesHq/c^terilafgelyJtb thelsu'irimer*- tourist ■'. trade," r arid [expects the : : r (of J this si vicinity 'to, make -.thelnew \ house) a ; delightful ;> winter" sanitarium.'-; f rlends}spf 1 Mr^t Bryan*bespeak j; f or> hlriij much * successj In his^riewAyentur^r^nd]openTup)for/the;bld town (a- ri&wy^rieY of ; biisin'eas. -peculiarly 1 'adopted|^s'J^iM?^li^*'^^ : yTiief.exceemngly]?low> tides "'off. the ; past ffew'-daysih'ajvei exposed" a; large-number; of ; yery^profitable>oyst'er,i.rock3tand|bottonw I ; ijT^York ;| riyer^ wnich^^^wereT^cbmpajativelsv : r unk"n6wn '£ ThesVv bottoms ; are; * conflned^principally ;toith'e iGibucesterslde' of j the {riv,er,f arid ; InWery '{ shallbwv.water^ ; |ebblng;d^i"on>lowrtidey;lr.^i/-^:''t ;^ =7 i 1 Messrs. 'jr.W.'\Rb^ers7&-i Son jWill" rebuild ' : the j'atoie i property, ■;' formerly i'bccupied| by; ; ■ them^'an'dA'mak'o.'i it '^aV~mbdertf;' business house.; ■;_ •;. .'.^v.; . --♦. >.<• *.; • '^LThe \Terk \lumber, cpmpanyjCwho : bought 5 "thQ?:plant| pf f the! CplUnstWhlspeir* syndic i ;cate.vla^t : ffaU,VhayeVabbut?completed = the ■ extensiye.lfepairaiwhich^'costS thpusarids TOCpGRB^|BXPE»«|^ ■ .? ■■ ■ . i,^.;^ ; ■ N ot'i the ;. Re«*»ii; --i; . vO '■••,..■ Vr]lt;teV r ]lt;te) t nbts.be»use]Pyr^_fdVPflolCpre;.is. so£expenslye»thatVm^nyXp^ •t6b^^eatvaf{tax;'bn-:'tfielr^'creduU^to*be-:J : Ileve -.■:, thai', -the v'pttbllshed J .'letters^bearing. te^i^ny4tbV;^>;^rltSofJ*jtblsi?remedy; are Ifeenuine^an'd l s bo^j fidej^'ejspeclaljy^ to . :thbsotTChb|haveTr^^^?theYraffeHng~ln^ cldentTto f pilesi is^ltiJncrelaiDleTthat "brie I? who fj^s% been 3 afillcted : i tw«enty-five; i^^ttl^^yearsl^^lthe^worst if/innsi :df":protrtdi?iir-a&fc';^^ "cured 'by^ttetappU^tiontofjalsitopTleiremr: 4^ • Uienii tbatjtheiqnlyirellef iiaijto a surgical j operation. . •- "'■ , :.,v ' ""3KP kiTpiafls frightfully^ viewed i^witb | dread J b'yj all ![those> afflicted,^ as f lt | means at| the ! least fa> ? great"s shock T.toJthej nervous |sysr' ;tem£KwitK* more % than % a.% possibility^ of utter) cqlla'p^el and I death ; 5 Ini-the^ma jbrf ty^ of <cas&i,%too7^ there^ la - a ..return sof| the j :Cbmp!alnt/*lbTrihgr4tb7 the • CactOthatk'th*;] cause >is mots removed. - . "-".ajs> ♦~ThV Proprietor of the Fyram*- £?lle, ICurel agree J tb7 forfeit \bne "r. thousand i dol^ i ; lars"? to I any;' bhej who 5 wll I fshow.^ a | single, ■ publishedjtestimbnlal S tb-:be^ot^genuhie" imdst'l'gratJtfyte^.^biamwßh^.as^theaeljje^j [.ter^areiTJwitten^^lely^butlof^gr^tn^^ aj^-:{with''-tte^ope?t^t^teos©';-^b»3'«rii 1 %Mcttd?a>*4the^w^ert§lav«r|bw*m«y"! HearnFthatf relief | I3|a^band^at^»^c«m^ P^tlyelyS^flti^eipMs«?>?w^ Cure"- iafi f or? sale^by.drurilFts'iit! tttjtf > cents :^irf^W?lUamf^lJlchten^te^«^ei^6t^ 'the'^ iargesti- prlnti^T^ous*? * In -c'-Caxiton?, Ohfo;ißays:^"lt" Is ; : .wUh:the!; utmost Jplea^ sure, and satisfaction that 1 ean.j'iayglj bclfove I am' cured Qf'lprptrudlns^fti^U |bleedl^l!plleA^afterlsulffcz^ n |mttr«|t&u>l Ntwejntyrfivelyei^^ uot «uffcr«S In th« !««« for.*»«» * ywr. and!, u^d only t»rw.-4ftj-o«ntkox*» otPyrmmiarPlli-Oiri;- V^' TI adrtoe ;mrr:|i(m' 'aaffbrtlc with this dfonwatn* and patafpl twrnstntnt ;t» glv«X tbl.- remedy 'attkk :ismjjK«fsg of dollars.- and.th«r;B«"r nara A-iniM^ feilS§j&S EL- ;.GbfflKan|lia«l.Wia.»ir«^:p - finally^ from' the" recent \sev«f» ■«bclde«t^i^ herTankle land] I»l«ffatir^ableitirj»eTmit^^ r pico^irwe*r^q ; ujM^foflfrle^dil^telto^ Ing"' the'iweek. £■£??. • : 'j'^ '*> 7rS'^^--'l^- : C| Mf3 Ernest ? Jones; andlhl* ijrtf^i'^ljWtt-^ part"'of;the".week:orilimportantilwta««j|tt^ m air>* John! S." jD«nen«yni« { Isl Wckjfjmhfcg ff rora/a?l^pl tq|Kamptq^^ tb~ be .present iatlthej nuptial.- .cmmmf^atM Miss-, , Delia" 1 Winder and Sir. BkkuA^ •Brushwood.'' . : ! . , -rrf'tllL^'i '^Captain»Fra^sß^ger»^>fiWeft.^c*tt^ was :herelThuTSi!ay;on a visit. in r caon«^^ tion I with*- hisl extensive Tbyster j basnjnte^pl vv t > HonS£ Sidney "s Smltl£^f'p^rilllMß*b«dp^ was; also a here i.-.TJ|iurs<iay . fi!Un«^iik^l^(W;.-|g "erigagement: *.- ' ■ '-'Ssi&ssik HTU- LVlHenley, ■ Esq."; of wmiamlWDMV(? MrS Turner;:|or AToano. | and | OiniM^wp ; KhTg>Sa^^foCTed,=*auito^a|^ • huntingi partyFat l Grbve^BUton3v4_u«iß«|| the-mlddle^bf, the" week. A number 6fT«b»f| bits and birds.were bagged. ~?]&J&£ BIG STONE GAP^NOTESptI Pneumonia ,-., and ' • M«iile« | wrtij),^ Personal ' and ' Soelal BIG STONE. GAP, VA-^UMMSKgM^*; ■mstoi;^wG«(»^ny:''aKed; ; ffv'«csß^|^ Mayor J. J. Kelly, of Wise.' died' of^J«*^ monialfeyerV 'The Jyou^ngp^ig favorite- :*:With : ; a. larg» dxdU^^Mm^m. %c" t wa^rQu^te^an^atWete^Mdil^yedj^^ summer. !/ , / r^"""." ■'P.The' : 'deam i of<.thisiy^nifimaa]'ronpiwfii^* "dc«e:'upbn3three:otAerJfataUtle|^fro^ : sariieTdiseas€?rand^the \t actl that/; there ' *£»|j a" : numberi"bf ; .pth^i^'^o^itt^»^«iTWS^ at Wise^ l have i ? caused ;sqmai ißpprehenattpjg as to ; theVnatu? eTbf '^^ ; malaiaj^^iifr^|; ported 5 t^t|the^lbortJ;pb^(^^te^B^t^ claim" to know ?Cwhat y compUcatfons^ara^g : present ;.;" /with v !the" v -f even. :;£ '?The3^a>»|g studying^ ''the^diseasei andrcsUto^mJtheJr^ brother^ practitioners:! f or cbnlraltetipnixi;^ ;, ; Theretseeirislto^be : ahTeptde^C;ot^nwi^|| sles^insthislatbwri.3J Dozens J: of |chndr^m^ have^the"disease,"«bmeUmei^th^eTbifffoui*si are recovering^dino|d^e s te^ouj^rt§utt».s| have followed so far. ----- « • "/"^ " The .^angeablei,<weather '^of $ tl*^a«kg 1 'ife-w-i-' weeks : /numeTOUj9^coldj»J4 arabrigr :the ; people ; here^ r i Scarcely' \ aSrlooMfi has '-entirely escaped. - "" - " "' •' '" - ' '- -:r: r HEBE >NT> .THERE. .-. :■....;.; '''•VMr^ / '.W.''?H^'''rHyUon; : :-stenppal^f^fc^ ; .thel firm \ of sßullftt,^Keily.TanafHiati^Waa-gs ßullf tt,^ Keily.Tana fHiati^Waa-g : called '; homeiUo^.Wisei.Thursday;|p^||tole^ • 'gram/vVn'JacjcpuntHpfjttte'J'dai^ro ness of his 'mother.' * > . Mr." E.^Ll : 'Harper/;presldentfbf ithe-BIgJ 1 ; S tone Gap*; Irori\Company.^ is [sick rat||thaj home *bf ■' his Ssbiv E. j ll" Harper,' '?Jr^|oS| 'InLbod'en * Hill. t; MrS Harper] has \ beefi|her<»| - but a'feT^ays/^HeC^J^turnito^^ew^;: -- York -as : soon- 1 as ' his ' health 1 will \ permit^ . Revv Jqhnrl^^Webf^l^li^hpjiWas^ati one ; ; tlme> pas tor "S of . Trinity Mettodlstg I :church '/ at ;s this "rvp^cej s _\now :i prraidentf rt| I th¥' ; Kentucky i W«sleyan:College r 7a^^nter| Chester," I Ky.;! will' Mectnre ! J aty^theS3n.tt»f i ; school^ hall^tb-nightv- on - Hbine.'-' 3 Mr. r^Weber , Is a", popularJ laetnrac^ ; andti3 : ; gladly;- received vand^apprec^ted| l wherever he" goes. ..'-'; • >•;. -"C " Mt: • C ;; J > B?- S temp,- formerly,: a : member,- of i ';, the;faculty?bf:the^;v^ghil^ ; : stltute^;ncwVpracticin"g^aw;;>at"tb|rVp / hasibeeri^chqseh^tojdelj^lthflja^dreaai j ; before':^the^".Big|Stqnal Gap 'school, ; InlMay.*| Mr. > Slempli .who \ is a • son \OZ Congr«a«m«ar , ; Cc^cnel?CampbbiliS^p^ls!aiypun^^ .- of ' push" arid energy/ 1 a^member of {thai !*•*§ W: fi^^offvlr^e|and'|Slempsi^H9^l ; T*ta^ i" IrvinaibelrigithVfsenioripartner^l^i®^ r ;: ReVr. John ',\ bod well-; hu'ib««n|traßiiftß^| : cd frornlthe^Kentuc^lcoriferencMtofdtlli*^ t 1 Metobdist^EpiscjbpanrchwclCMfj^t^ttfcj c ( they Holstbri % Conf erencol? to ■-'sapplyjf Him , : pi^plt"ofi» , was left' unoccupied .> by^ the ; affliction '% tnt:-. ;- IRev.^H-'i SJ : f. Ha^tbn, £; lwho;« tofnowjit|th« r -hospital.'^ aif.^ Dbdwell j served fafcJuiraa'jin/ ■i \ the ererici; r fbr^!"nimb«r|«l "I ■VeaTS^;b^t?f6x^'tteitasii<^r««t&^l^a»ri.'! \. ,i comes -of al lorig'unerbf l Methodia(ta»^lblii» /i ..WesiW.TreWved^lntbJ^th^ grandfather, uwho? prea^ched^ aiity^ntna. t years^^Hls'i'fathcr' plrea«hedß|fort^«sijhft; : ; years. vand ;hel htoiwlf|h^ib«enupreaaiingr: j ten Syears^ He Is I an"| Englishman^ So*; i born and bred ' in the" United \ 3tatesii^^^ • ; ; The editorial :Vnl^rogbnl^i<^<Jyia|t»^ sch6or';lh|£Ke>D^at^;Tbf/Jittaait|l4tlv^ "calls it tip mind -i the^f act S that ith«^'scl&aifg aujAorlttMlh'CTelhaalCa^at'j^ty^ffl^^ ren? to V! the'fcentral | school 1 te'l'tlwr* tanpeg-J ' Isolated r schools^tuLy« ibeen rcloWd£andj'all.& ■cliildren'i'are/sent?^ I'.^j^h'^uwd'jjriilb^^^ ! Is/ the? lltlla?. train s 'drai war jbyj theVdmnißdrj^ 'englne,f wbjoch lhaa J tracks| trojdj-ap^ 1 «od £ "of ;the t towriy» !• the fothelrV^'riia ; jrewtjtff'^l^ the rexperiment ar« good- It Is ; cheaper^ causes!* moft'^teif olsuK|; atten'c»aai% [chHdrenitblcenj^lpouit^ 'would ?| greatly; ?f simplify 3 mailf«r^riuid^ . ; I*. r - J.^W^Keliy na*^tra^ens*P*p>| ! larKosßtockj'orj''drti«s I *and £inedicin«^.f igtof I Ms i jnewTstore-rOozh £wWch£was i-2 fbrmirj^A focrapl^t|by4^«rf^OT^K«i«i|iffli^l^;|. 'Man^actoringfCtra^^ "room" bail the ; most ? moden^llxtiurie«|tioglM^; [fquni B fgßotli'?AdesX^^ ; llnia^wltlii h^a»qmi3ca^il^fahje^tßfK mahogany. Find Ji»tt_nter#l|wltl* § topa*! an^il nßide4foC/sbl!dJgla^li^n|tJitt|^pl«|lTOlj^Ws lease*" . - • . .^i**^ f Naabv«le»|iind |iU»o^[oi» ; |tta §*i»*ln«ii*| ?Sbttthw«rteri^\ba^^ I'thliTltimnSliM&l^ ffdrty^lintfboiSai^^^^^fet^S nesday afternoon -to: honor of <aar guest. •:; Mis* Armstrong. of N»w : J«rs«y. r<Man7 .;-. of the tad tea of the town war* sresest la^freiirtlifiifeaidlttm^l^fJ!*!^ Edmonda wea 3rt yriae tiearta btn< l;the^»ame^a«»^J«"«Tv^,«eA»v^«wi|^ ; prize, i and i Ml»<*»l!ftlthM;Bft^&i&»3 ; aides the;o«oal prtae« t »rea«Dt«l ««,ac<ii ;o«»«lQnafe eaebi^giHi* *! rottta* if ; mai mementi of tk« oeca«lon. Aft*r Oi'pai;