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A GREAT PHYSICIAN.
/II um unity's Debt to Dr. Kooh, the
Boriln. Scientist.
liven IT His Tuborealnsls I.vmpti Should
Vrovn n Knlluro lie Would Still I.Ivo
iit? One of the tiroatest ISonc
fuotors of Muuktiid.
Some years ago, writes Poultnoy Big
nalow in ilarpor's Weekly,*wliile making
an inspection of the farms in the neigh?
borhood of llcrlin, to which all tho sow
; ago of that city is conveyed, I was much
j(Struck l>y tit'1 remark of one of our party,
a man of about forty years, vigorous
physique, sharp, clear eyes, and using
Tory few but very strong words.
**In my opinion,*1 said he, "our city is,
humanly speaking, beyond tho reaoh of
epidemic."
This oracular expression roado littlo I
; impression on mo at the time, for though
I had been introduced to the speaker,
jliis name, not an unusual one, bad eon
i vejed littlo beyond one syllable, and I
fancied that he was seeking to impress
' two Frenchmen present who had been
,commissioned by tho city of Paris to re
j port on tho Herl in sewage system.
That night, however, I repeated the
'. langnago of Dr. Koch, for that was tho
1 oracular spokesman, to my host, a mem
! bor of tho Gorman Parliament, and his
.answer was: "If Dr. Kooti said that,
I you may depend upon It absolutely. It
j is a wonderful discovery." This is not
.-tho place to enter upon an account ol j
1 Dr. Koch's contributions to tho sanitary
j conditions referred to, boyond remark
ling that It illustrates the thoroughly
(practical character of this great doctor's
j mind.
Dr. Koch is one of tho youngest
iamong Germany's great men. Moltkc
! was cixty-six before tho world rccog
jiilaoil bis genius on tho field of K?nig
[?graotn. Koch at forty had made a ro
[?port upon cholera in India and Egypl
? i'lat proclaimed his discovory (lS8:i) ol
|<T o "cohiina" or cholera bacillus, a serv?
ile* to humanity which at onco placed
PltOF. KOCH AN 11 HIS AIITOOIIAPM.
his namo on an ominenco with those of
Pasteur,- Lister and Dr. Bigolow, of |
Hosten.
His grateful country presented him
with 100,0011 . .ii-ks. about ?35,000, and \
,soon after . iced him at the head of the
jBoflin lustituto of Hygiene. One or J
'Dr. Koch's practical services in this ca- I
?parity was to organize in the capital a
so-called hygienic museum on principles j
that, would have delighted good old I
Benjamin Franklin. Hero ore gathered
?together all tho useful appliances that
?conduce to health?models of sowers;
-methods of ventilating houses, particu?
larly schools and hospitals; plans of dis?
posing of oity sewage by spreading it
.upon arable land; the best patterns of
shoos to wear, and oven the squares of
woollen cloth which many of the Ger?
man troops fold about their foot instead
of stockings. Hours can bo spent in I)c
Koch's museum, learning at every step
tho means of living better as well as
moro economically, a standing proof
-that Gormans are no loss practical than
theoretic in their love of science.
? Bismarck is quoted by his Boswell
Busch as saying: "But for mo three great
wars would have, not boon fought, 80,000
men would have not been killed, or thoir
parents, brothers, sis tors and widows
"iavo put on mourning, and yot that is
?what I have done, with God's help." If
Bismarck, for doing this, still finds ad?
mirers of Iiis career p.? "War Minister,"
what affection will not be given to ono 1
who preserves not B0,000 lives in otto
lifetime, but 800,000 perhaps ever ,- year!
Tho importuncoof Dr. Koch's discov?
eries to his counfryraon alone may bo
measured by reialling that in forty
years Prussia alono losl 15411,05a lives by
cholera. The average ntimbor of deaths
Iby consumption every year in Prussia
represents 01,850. In the German Em
j?ll'? the average number of deaths every
jear from "tuberculosis of the lungs'1
4s 100,000 people. In Deri in, during tho
ten years from 1S7S to 1887, there died
.from consumption alone 80,832 people,
Berlin and Now York being about equal
in population. These figures aro elo?
quent testimony to tho importance of
T)r. Koch's discovery, particularly so as
tho ravages of this disoaso are in many
other countries greater still than in
-Gormany.
KngWHh I. nie"* in llusluoss.
The army of society business women
in England increases constantly. Lady
jBrooke has lately opened a she]) whoro
'needlework and line undsrwoar is sold.
S?ho employs, it is said, a iargn numbor
of girls, skilled workwomen, to whom
*ho pays 5 shillings per week. Prob?
ably tuo first lady laundress is Lady
"Wimborno. who haa established u very
successful laundry on her husband's cs
tato in Dorsetshire. 8ho has seourod
?overal largo contracts for hotel wash?
ing, and bor business energy and meth?
ods aro said to command thorospect and
admiration of ail ognizant of thorn.
Although started to furnish occupation
lor poor girls in a neighboring town,
tho enterprise has boon oonduotod with
such skill as to havo been self-support?
ing from tho first, and is now yiolding
its founder a profitable income.
1 HOLLAND'S QUEEN REGENT.
Emma, Widow or tile I/tlo Kli>s Wllllnm
of Uio Nolliiir iihiIh.
Tho Queen Regent of Holland is a
young ?vornan still, although tho widow
of an old man, and sho is likely to livo
many years after her little daughter,
now ten years of ago, shall have
come Into full possession of her royal in?
heritance. Queen Ehmen waSborn In is.'i8,
at Arolsen, the capital of her father's
miniature state, Waideck. She. as
well as her two sisters and brol her, was
brought "up rollgtoiisly and plainly, and
sho had receivod fow offers of marriago
before that of William III. was laid be?
fore her. Tho oiler oT a crown was da/.
sling, but there was much In the con?
ditions attending it t<> repel a young
girl. The King was nearly three times
borage. Everybody know that he ami
Queen Sophia, a princess of the VVurtom
bcrg family, had lived a wretched exis?
tence, and that the blamo of this tin
happiness did not rest with tho
Qu'<en. When tho Princess Emma
plighted her troth to William 111.
sho accepted a lifo without gay
ety, and sho knew that, as a German,
sho would he unpopular with her future
subjects. Sho faced tho situation brave?
ly, and resolved to win her husband's
and her new people's lovo. In the hey?
day of her young womanhood sho
led a lifo of seclusion. Her hus?
band was bypoohondriacal and irritable;
6ho devoted herself to enlivening and
soothing his mind. Her gentleness, her
tact, won their reward in gaining bis
affection and trust. Her influence over
him grew every day and her subjects
learned to admire her. Tho Queen
l: : '/A, , )
k>Xhh 4f ? ? ; ,????./
QUF.F.N BEOEXT KMMA OP Ilor.I.A N D.
watches over tho bringing up of her
child with unceasing vigilance and hor
maternal zeal lias deepened tho esteem
folt for her by her subjects. It is curious
that tho little Queen Wilhelmina has
not as yet been taught German. Tho
child rises at seven o'clock and goes to
her mother's rooms. At eight o'clock
tho royal family breakfasts. The little
Queen studiestill olevon o'clock, then
her mother lakes her and reads to her,
with explanations,a chapter of the lllblo,
after which the child plays. In the after?
noon after lunch come moro lessons and
play. Driving hor carriage, to which
six ponies are harncssi d two abreast, >>r
?sailing in her boat on tho lake aro her
favorite recreations.
THE LAUGHING JACKASS.
A Ludlcron* Itlrd 'Hint Feeds on AM
Iv'iiUs iif II. pt .Ira.
Tho first timo tho writer made tho '
acquaintance of the laughing jackass
was in the bird market of Sydney, Ans- I
tralia, where one was offered for salo
confined in a htifje wicker cage; but tho
sarcastic notes of this ludicrous bird
wete often beard afterward in its wild
state, singing through tho jungle. It
is one of tho most curious creatures the
traveler meets in his wand? rings. Mis
oblovous. sly, droll, and without a par?
ticle of shyness, what a bird it is! Its
plumage is white and black, presenting
very little tail, hut it is provided wi>ha
^?
?'.
?i i ;
mW
Tilt: I.AlTliHIN? JACKASS.
large, gawky head, well-rounded body,
and is about tho si/.o of our domestic
pigeon. Tho eyes aro very largo, and
gar.o boldly ut tho observer as if to
pieroo him through and through. This
bird laughs almost exactly likon human
being, says M. M. Rallen in tho Detroit
News, with a.sortof bird malice added,
and, though his notes are harsh, his
merriment is extremely ludicrous and
even contagions. One not only laughs
at but with him. His rattling articula?
tion forms a tumult of laughter. Ho is
as intelligent as a mino bird or a parrot
and can bo taught to articulate words
liko them, and we are sorry to say,
takes most aptly to profane language.
Tho laughing jackass is of tho king?
fisher family of birds, but derives its
food supply mostly from small snakes.
These ho seizes just back of the head,
and flying high in air drops them upon
stony ground, which breaks tho del lea to
spine, aftor which ho quietly devours
them piece-meal, and as ho thus per?
forms what is considered an Important
sorvico ho enjoys entire immunity from
trap aud gun in Australia.
Splendid Ailvlew.
Ethelbert?Will you grantmoono last
fond embrace bofore wo part forever?
Winifred?Cort'nly. If 1 were you I'd
fondly embrace the opportunity to got
out boforo popa comes down.?Judgo.
LETTER-CARRIERS.
Something1 About tho Pcculbr Do
volopmout of Thoir Logs.
Tho Sh ipes of Calven nml TUclr Several
Mouiilut-it?Tho Htiiii-Cllmiior nnil
tho ??pi h" Walker?Tlin lltll
<:i lulior'H Ouoor O.iir.
OW many miles,
ttska the Phlla
dolphin Record,
do tho pray clad
carriers of Undo
Sam's postal
army in this city
walk together in
a day? It is a
question which
many a person
y\ \ f^V-A has thought of,
" 3 out very f o w
I 'ft IfcSo / have made tho
veriest guess.
A little figuring ?
on the problem produces astounding re?
sults. The number of miles each car?
rier walks in a day is something quite !
remarkable. Add these miles all to- I
gether, and the figures are simply as?
tonishing. The r-arriers of London walk ;
^enough in a day's regular routine to go ?
tw ice around the globe; that is, the pc- :
V?cstrlantsm amounts to 4S,:;;>0 miles. |
In Philadelphia, however, tho carriers
wal'c enough logothor in a day to go id
most around the globe once. The dis?
tance paced by them is a little over |
21,000 miles. Despite this frightful ex?
penditure of physical exertion tlioy
plod on. cheerful, happy and courteous. \
lint this steady exercise, day in and day
out, dovolops the muscles of the leg in
many queer ways. Letter-carriers are
divided into three classes?the stair
climbers, tho hill-climbors and the flat
wnlkers?and each class can boast of a
different style of muscular development
in his lower extremity.
Now, for instance, take the lower leg
of the man who elintbs up hundreds of
flights of stairs
in a day. Tho
muscles are not
much o n t It o
bttige, and look
puny-like. 15U c
they are all
there, and are as
bard as Iron.
The reason given
by students of
anatomy for this
pecu liarity Is
that the con?
stant lift, lift,
lift of tho stair- STAIR-CMM?EU.
climber's leg has a tendency to stretch ?
tho muscles, and they lio close to ono
another, like a bunch of whip-cords.
After a stair-climber has become ac?
customed to bis route he would not
willingly change it for any other, so
easy is the work for htm,
Folks in Cincinnati can decide wheth
er a lady lives in the valley or up on
tho hillside when rainy weather neces
; sitates an elevation of tho skirts and
t discloses the shape of her limbs.
\ Olli? would gather from a glance at tho
J picture of tlie hill-climbers calf that tho
poor man was
Suffering from a
very aggressive
tumor, but in re?
ality the muscles
have conformed
themselves to tho
shape best, adapt?
ed to elimhing
the hills about
Manayunk. Dig?
ging tho toes i
into tho ground
?n order to gain !
a foothold calls
Into play certain I
a iiim^cmmhei?. m?selos,and con?
stant using of these muscles causes
them to develop In a big bunch on tho
side of tho leg. This does not make a
very ornamental accessory to tho letter
carrier's anatomy, but they all say "it's
very useful."
If knee-breech os ever come into vogue
the flat-walkers will ha apt to desort tho
Government in a
body, for they
can easily travel
on their shape
Plodding along
the level year in
and year o u t
gives an admira?
ble shape and de?
velops the mus?
cles in a uniform
manner. Anoth
e r peculiarity
ab,.u;, letter-car?
riers is that thoso
who are accus?
tomed to making
th reo trips a day kick vigorously when
compelled to go on a rour-trip route.
There is no more work, as Hie hours uro
just the same, bet when the muscles nro
to a three-trip route it's a killing
job to conform them lea four-trip ono.
Tho muscles during the transformation
pain like a do/.en full-grown cases of
toothache._
?? rir-t I. uly " <> Cioimln.
Lady Stanley of Preston, wife of tho
present.Governor-General, was MissCon
stance Vllllora,
tddest daughter
of Goorgo.fourth
Karl of Claren?
don. Sho mar?
ried Karon Frod
e r i c I; Arthur
Stanleys? who in
_- ? ; l-SSO was raised
^if^^S^s -. to the peerage,
r%*r ftml ln IS8S "?
jflffiS'-'b^'-K' bocauio Govorn
si ,'v: W o r-G e n e r a 1 of
ft K
I. ADV
Canada.
Lady Stanley
ITANI.KY. ,g );lU am, ?is.
I tingue looking, with a kind, benevolent
i face, beautiful softhrown wavy hair und
blue even. Her expression is gen tin and
attractive. About a year and a half ago
her oldest eon, lien. Fdward Stanley,
married the Lady Alico Montague,
youngest daughter of the lato Duke of
Manchester. Lady Stanley ia tho do
voted mother ol seven sons and ono
daughter. All of her Bxcellonoy'e ram
I lly are extremely fond of outdoor sporu?.
PLEASANT RECREATION.
Visitor* nt a. Preaeb Watering Place
Wutohlug Ftahorwouaeo.
At lliarrltz, a fa vor i to French bath
log place on t he buy of Biscay, the prin?
cipal morning recreation for visitors is
watching the groups of flsborwomon
waiting for tho return of the Loats on
the Bands below. Some wa re moving
about; some half lying or sitting on tho
rocks ami Bands; iuost of them knitting,
their brown lingers niovingdcftty, while
their eyes now and thon wero eagerly
strained seaward, watohing for the lir.st
speck of the boats' beads to appear.
Th?y were very hundsOmo women in a
Btrong, muscular way. Their bare foot
and ankles, bronzed and roughened as
they wore, would have served a sculptor
A HIAimiTZ FISIIKUWOMAN.
admirably, and tho llthencssof limb,
strong w; ists and shoulders, and free
play of the arms showed how little trace
of physical weakness they or their ances?
try knew. Tlx? women, young and old.
I wore drcsssd in short, dark skirts and
? loose, short-sleeved blouses. On thoil
beads they wore the usual gay bandanas,
i Now and then a brown old face looked
out from tho handkerchief knotted
under tho chin, but chiefly tho hit ol
; colored linen was wound about tho back
:of the head, and frequently fastened by
[ long brass or silver pins.
JOAN ON HORSEBACK.
Tlio French Ilt-rolno'H Stntuo Recent!;
UiiT.illml in Piill'idelphla.
The bronze equestrian statue of Joan
of Arc, presented to the city of Phila?
delphia by the Fnirmount Park Art As?
sociation, is located in an angle of the
broad driving path that leads from the
river drivo in Past Park to tho (Jirard J
avenue bridge. It stands against a I
high bluff that was cut away to securoa I
favorable site.
It is the latest work of the French1
, sculptor. M. Kroiniot. It stands on a
granite pedestal. Tho figure is heroic, '
the features tiro stern and the brow is |
knit as if with anxiety. It is armed
' cap-a-pie, and bears in one hand a lanco
and oriflnmme. It was originally in?
tended to take the place of thostatuo of
; Juan of Arc now standing in Purls,
i which was to have been sold to the
Fair mount Park Art Association for tho
i mere cost of Casting tho new ono in
bronze. When tho latter was completed, !
however, the French Director of Pine
! Arts decided that, as the original btatue
had been dedicated with numerous
formal ceremonies, it would bo better ?
not to remove it, and accordingly the
present statue passed into the hands ol
the Art Association for about83,500, tbo \
cost of casting it in bronze. A dupli?
cate baa been etected in Nantes, the
ho.no of the sculptor.
A llminc-liu liltni: I'.sh.
In Lake N'yassa, in tho interior Ol
"Darkest Africa," there is a kind of
black fish which every year builds what
tho natives term a house. In the mud i
at tho bottom of the lake it makes a
hole some two or three foot broadj heap- j
ir.g up the mild removed front tho hole
so as to form a little wall around it.
The depth of the holo and the height ol j
the wall measured together make a
basin from 15 to 20 inches deep. In
this lake within a lake this queer littlo
fish erects a mud house, the average
sized specimen measuring 14 inches
aoross tho bottom, rapidly coming to a
point in the shape of a broad cone. A
hole four inches in diameter, always on
tho south side, serves us nn opening for
egress and ingress. A dried specimen
of this queer domicile preserved in the
Loyal Musoum at llerlin has two doors,
and a partition separating it into twe
rooms.
Tiie c?.'v Trre.
Tin- cow tree, tho sap of which close
ly resembles milk, is a native of South
and Central America. It Is a species ol
evergreen, and grows only in mount air
regions. A hole bored in the wood, ot
even a wound made in the bark of tlih
remarkable in c. ; ?. almost liiimedlsitol.t
tilled with kiotoal-liko fluid Alexai
der von Humboldt wan the l'.r-.t t .iveh
lod^soriiio this tree and I.tin:; >'- :'> tl.
notice of Lu o .? tins.
Buchanan
NO PLACE lu. the .-flora
suporlor advantag- to those
seeking Manufacl Iii SUob
than Buchanan. It has all tho conditions for Successful Mi ring.
Cheap fnol, cheap and most cxcollont Irons, abundant timber ti ? teach,
and oilier raw material at hand. Pipo works, paper mills, I I and
other wood-working establishments, boot and shoe faotorlcs, i ? 11 id stool
rolling mills, stove foundries, woolen and cotton mills, lua?hiii . will
lind this tin best locution in. the South.
Tho facilities for shipment of products arc unsurpassed.
It is on two lines of railroads, tho Chesapeake and Ohio an ' r'olk
and Western, is. V. R. 11.) and tho building Of two othors, tho 15 ... - and
Oiiio and Virginia Western seems well assured. It has oonipotinj; coal! is
within easy distance of the Now River and Flat Top Cokes ; is at-tin 0way
to tho magnilloent deposits of iron ores of the Upper James; I one
for the Roanoke furnace is mined hero: it haB giass sand, and s;.' I dien
brick ant! foundry purposes at its very door; in a word, in an id ' fac?
ti! ring site.
A love) tract of four hundred tores of land, lying on both Bhh e; ail
roads, ami on tho J allies III vor as well, with just fall enough (tvi nty-five
feet) to give good drainage, has been reserved for manufaoturi | trposcs.
Not only arc selected sites from this reservation offered free t .siblo
parties h eating manufacturing establishments at Buchanan, bi 1
THAL I.AND COMPANY OF BUCHANAN is desirous of In void
establishments as give promise of success. It is especially an.vl ?
New England skill, and tho minor industries that havn been so
New England.
Address,
JOS. '). WEEKS,
VL*e-I'rcsldent ( nt.n1 Land Company
of ihtcha:ian
'tl ? Ii v \ \ ?; \ HIOIXI i
1 h
m [iiac unrisimas is neari
Have you an overcoat and a new
clothes?
Isn't your c?*avat, collars and cuffs
worn out ?
ut
Do you want to make a fine appea oe
during the holidays? Call on
? ? "% n 'v*nf>? H Ik. Borna B? B Bona t$b?*s ^asP" ? y
The Jefferson Street Clothiers and Gents'
Furnisher.s
A 1
; poses.
Of Salem, "The Queen City of the South?
west."
Tho Salem Improvement Company,
the most successful organization of its j n,
kintl in Virginia, had Its first saloof Iqli
December 11, I881K Since that tlmo tht
growth of Salem has been marvelous
About. 400 houses have been built; SI,
000,000 spent in buildings and improve?
ment's; the population nearly doubled,
. and tho business of tho postoilloe and
j telegraph olfico Increased 500 per cent.
; The iron furnace about to go into bias
the factories in operation and a ttially
I scoured will employ sever I thousand
hands and Insure the Ac dinar of the
I present population of 4,000 in another
! ^ Negotiations arc nearly closed for ad?
ditional plants ? employ several thou
l sand hands, an . tho hirtd companies,
j with an aggregate capital stock of ?4,
000,000, have voted liberal sums for new
Industrie i. A cotton factory and a
1 woolen mill (nearly completed) that will
manufacture Its goods Into clothing.
I will omploy a large number of females.
The early extension of the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Roanoke and Southern
to Salem will make it an Important rail?
way center, and hast? n its growth into
a large iron, steel and general manufao- '
luring and commercial city. Salem and j
Roanoke, now rapidly growing together,
ore destined to ho tho great industrial ;
center of Virginia.
S?len? is the most attractive town ...
Virginia; and it may well bo proud of 1
its sin passingly beautiful location, its j
healthful climate, its refined society, its j
fine churches, its excellent schools, and j
of Roanoke College, one of the leading
institutions in Virginia. Attractive as
a place of residence, it now offers urt- j
usual advantages for manufacturing and
general business. No other town in
Virginia has ever equalled Salem's
record id progress for the last twelve
months. The stage of experiment is j
passed, and Salem is now firmly cstab- j
lisbed on a solid Industrial basis.
This property ndjoi ns i he old town and
is surrounded by the lands of other
strong cotnpanh s. Being insidq prop?
erty, it will continue to increase in j
value. The Norftdk and Western and ;
the Dummy Line to Roanoke run
through it and have their passi ngcr i
stations on it. The streets have been j
graded and the town system of water j
works extended through it. On College
avenue, which has been well graded and
macadaraizi d at u cost of ?0,000, only
brick or stone buildings may be erected.
On it. the Hotel Salem, costing SOS,- j
000, exclusive of Coo land or furniture,
is under roof, the Improvement Com
pany's hank anil office building?50 by
80 feet, three stories?is nearly ready
for occupancy, and a number of large
business houses are in course of en c
tion. This avenue is sure to become |
one of the linest business thoroughfares
in Virgin!*.
Max [Meadows, Wytlie County,
Virginia.
.1 Pur
of Roa
west of
'orfect Site For Indti -
Seventy-two miles w
Va., tweniy-iight iiiih
Rad ford, Va.. and seventy niilo miles
east of Bristol, Tonil;, on tie line of the
Norfolk and Western railroad?a trunk
line from New York to New Orleans.
It Is only fifteen miles west ..i Pulaski,
tho point at which thcNorllil ur linacon
ii' ol ion leaves the main line i .connect
with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad. With the completion of this
and the. Iron ton extension to tho Ohio
river, both Under active c nit Irttclion, a
great Bkk Trunk Link from Chicago to
tl.e Soufi? Atlantic Skaroard will be
opened, giving ample facilities for
reaching the largest and rapidly widen?
ing markets.
Max Meadows is only forty miles in
an air line from the great Povaiiontas
Flat Toe Coal Fif.i.ds, although the
present distance by rail is 103 miles.
It is surrounded by iron ore properties,
and there Is no point in Virginia that
has cheaper and more regular supplies
of coal, cokk, and ikon okk.
Although in the great Va!b y of. Vir?
ginia, the altitude of Max Meadows is
2,015 kkbt atiovk tidkwatkh. The
climate is perfect, the scenery superb,
and the district has been noted for
years for the richness and fertility of
its soil, and the oxceilcnoo of its fink
JAMES DEVON,
(Successor to E. Walsak.)
Dyeing and Scouring establishment
li)4 Campbell street, Third avenue s. w.
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.
Everything
host manner
establish->.er>
dyed and cleaned in the
Not excelled by any
in i lie CMHItrv *.f
O.I.D exchanges for sale at TlDX TlMKfl
ofiioo; 2(1 cents per 100.
cattle and sheep
One of the largest and most thor?
oughly equipped iilast fuknacks in the
South is rapidly approaching comple?
tion; a rolling mili, and uoitSR shoe
factory is under contract, ami favorable
negotiations for other industries are
pending. By recent developments a
strong red short iron ore is now avail?
able at this point at low cost. Every
possible variety of iron, either red
short, neutral, or cold short can bo
produced at will.
A proper admixture of ores will givo
a CIIKAl' ikon that cannot be excelled in
any portion of the world for SM a i.i. cast
inu8, and especially siiklp iiakdwarr,
being as flui II as vittcr, and tknacious
and 8Tito.no by reason of the copper.in
the red short ore. There are a number
of charcoal ku knacks in the vicinity
giving chilling and malleable irons. To
responsible parties disposed towards tho
establishment of indcpcndi nt or
branches of any industrial works in
iron, btkkl, wood-workino, cotton,
wooi.kn, or in oknkrai, links, admiii
ablic BITKS will bk (iivkn, fronting on
both railroad and water, and hearty co?
operation assured.
Peed Creek, one of tho boldest streams
in Southwest Virginia, flows through
the town, furnishing ample water sup?
plies for drinking, manufacturing aud
drainage purposes.
Extensive watisr works are now be?
ing constructed; a labor modkkn
iiotkl will be opened in December; tho
strei ts are being graded and macadam?
ized, and an elkctric plant will bo
established at tin early day. Betweoh
40 and .">n buildings have been erected
during the lust few months, and a large
number aro now under contract and
construction.
The company is particularly desirous
of having located ji first-class ma-,
chink brick' yard. Aside from a very
heavy local demand, it is a good ship?
ping point for outside plact'S.
A e.ireful personal examination will
convince any impartial observer that
there is no point, not merely in the
South, but in any part of tiik country
that offers groan r business Indue -mentis
in a legitimate way. No boom is looked
for. but simply ? steady and proiltable
) development. Corr spondence solicited,
i President, CLARENCE M. CLARK,
I Philadelphia, Pa.: vice-presidents ED
i MI ND 0. PECIIIN, Roanoke. Va.;
manager. 11. C. BAKER, Max Meadows,
Va.