The Big Stone Gap post. [volume], December 22, 1892, Image 4

About The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928

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Th? FWttpoets SHU Kuconmglnjr for]the
Boller Work?.
It will be remembered that sr?me mcnlha
ftgo all necessary slept were taken and
arrangement* made To,- ;ho. removal of a
large boiler works from Baltimore to this
place. At. the time the wo?!, of removal
would have commenced tl?e management
of the factory was enjoined by several of
the stockholders of tiio company, since
which time the niattcr|bas been in liti?
gation. The Post is informed that the
auit has been decided against the enjoin?
ing stockholders and the prospects are
now favorable lor lite enterprise being
taken up again and the removal of the
plant to this place.
? '?? '. -?
A Sowing Machine Factory.
The attention of the Post has been call?
ed to a letter if room a sewing machine
manufacturer to a business man of this
place, in which he states that if favorable
advantages are presented a $.">P,000 plant
will be located here. a factory of the kind
would certainly prove a success here if at
any point in the United StufesJ With the
fine grade of iron made by the Appalach?
ian Steel and Iron Co., and the great va?
riety of line woods of different kinds to be
had here, the factory would have ad?
vantages not possessed possibly by and
similar concern in the United States. In
connection with the sewing machine fac?
tory n light foundry inisiuess would be
carried on.
UAPPiJMNtJS.
SAT til OA Y] lint.
A stranger walked into Joseph Man
dcl's pawn shop in Louisville, Ky., point?
ed a pistol at ihe. propictor, picked up
$1,000 worth of diamonds, stepped out,
boarded a street e.ir and made ins escape.
Irwin Roberts, who, it is alledgod,
wardered Mr. Cross white, an- aged and
respected citizen of Johnson couiity,Tenn.,
while being taken by ofUeers tlirough
Shady Valley eu route to the Johnson
county jail, WiiS taken from the guards
and hanged to the limb of a tree and his
buddy riddled with bullets.
At Clarksville. Teuu., while climbing a
fence with a kuit'e in her hand, Minnie,
the little (laughter of S. 1>. Tucker, 'osl
her balance and fell <?n the sharp point ol
file open knife, which her weight drove
iuto her body. The blade penetrated to
the heart, killing her instantly.
Hart Boss well, of bex^ngloii, Ky., tiie
breeder of Saucy Hanks, shipped io l\\Ur
C. Kellogg iV. Co., New York, thirteen
head of trotters, all related to Nancy
Hanks, three ol fhctn being half-ststei>
to that famous mare, and sired by Robert
McGcorgc, 2U7;:Haml.?lctonian Uambrino.
3:12*4, and Onward. -J:-'.V . respectively.
Theso young horses are tu bo sold in New
York (his week.
A rnuur is current in Richmond today
that investigation shows the late Geo. N.
Woodbridge, who suicided here several
days ago, to have beet short in hi* accounts
as trustee for his sis;cr-in-law, M \i. Rich?
ards, to the amount of ^IS.?'wO, and also
for several thousand dollars as trustee for
a widow. The matter is now being
thoroughly investigated. The intelligence
was a great shock to the friends of the
deceased, who hope that a different state
of affair will be revealed. It is also said
that he was indebted to one of the banks
other than the one of which he was cash?
ier, to the amount ol several thousand
dollars.
Tho Rrouklyn tabernacle, Itev. T. De
Witt Talmage, pastor, has been seized by
tho sheriiT, to satisfy :> julgemeut of
$1,104 obtained against the church by Al?
fred It. Long, a decorator, for work done
iu the construction of the tabernacle:
Marion L. Ross, the proprietor of the
4tLa!?t Chance" saloon, at Chattanooga
was murdered, by an unknown party, in
his bar at 11 o'clock to-night. Parties
near the place of the murder heard three
pistol shots and saw the murderer make
his escape, but did not rcoghize him.
?lood hounds were put on his trail.
K.J.Armstrong, the tax collector of
Butler county, Alabama, wits robbed and
murdered at Panther Creek this morning,
his body being riddled with bullets. The
town is iu a fever of excitement. An
armed posec of thirty men has gone to
the scene and dogs have boon placed on
the trail. Armstrong was out collecting
taxes.and had bet wee $3(10 and $700 in
his possession. He was a great favorite
and held in high esteem.
Greenville, Tenn., reports the following
prices on tobacco sold in tho warehouse
there to-day: "The prices on tobacco this
week have been higher than at auy time
previous this season. The sale has been
very large. Bright tobacco and fine
^wrappers arc high and still advancing.
{Fancy tobacco sohl for $.'>? and $67 per
#00 pounds, while two packages of fancy
.tobacco sold for the net sum of $308."
"Tho writer knew Greenville several years
#g#iyhen it was considered one among
<Mie dead town of the State of Tennessee,
?comparatively little business was done
vlhere, and 'the town was made up of that
.class eomuuKt-y called '-old foggies.",
'Tobacco culture waa iwtroduced among;
? tho poople; warehouses were established
at Grccuville, also tobacco, cigar and
cigarette factories put in, and to-day
Greenville is one of the live, pushing
.and prosperous towns of the State; all
brought about by the tobacco interests.
monoa.y, Hirn.
?SWers tue at Johnson City Teun..
4o-day looking for Oscar Lee, aged seven?
teen, who waylaid md robbed the mail*
carrier totweeu Bristol and Smith's X
Roads. It is paid be got a large amount
Of money out of the registered, mail. Ho
seen at Johnson City, but H said to
gone to Texas.
bl"M?AV, Itfth.
/Vll the day long the Hie of James 0.
jBlafct* ^as-hung trembling iu the balance.
?For more an hour in the forenoon
j*ope was ahatulo/jed and the end of thai
-great Statesman momentarily ex
Ail uitemplH to cpneyal Mr,
X$crio"s illness ajujdf re&l^'cnble
&rv#'n aside, and the family andJ
y>rici^# Admitted that he wa-? dying of j
The Intermont.
Big Stone Gap, Va.
W. C. Harrington, Prop'tr.
Thoroughly Equipped with aii
Modern Improvements and
Conveniences.
Electric Light and Call-bell in Every Mm.
Bill of Fare Excelled by Nene.
Large and Convenient Sam-ple-roonV.
Special Attention to Ttayeljug Salcameu.
Heated Throughout by Steam.
Polite Servants. - - Ra?e4?2,5?,
l t. taylor'S
Bo?rdino House,
Pearl St., Big Stone Gap. Va.
Tab e Supplied with Best tho Mar?
ket Affords.
E.vtks :?$1.00 per day, #.00 per wecfcfSlS.CO per
mouth,
central hotel.
W. H. HORTON, Prop'r.
Clean and Well Furnished
Rooms, Good Table and
Polite Attention.
8pecial Rates to Druin.niers ami Regular Boarders.
Porters Meet All Trains.
The-HAMILTON,
DIUSTOX, VA., AND TJ?JNN.
(Near Depot./
W. P. HAMILTON & SON, Prop*
WAT KS, #2.00 rKU DAY.
l. r. perry,
STONE-CUTTER AND BUILDER.
All kinds cf work in
STONE, BRICK, and PLASTERING.
GRANOLITHIC WALKS, &c.
Big Stone Gap, or Gate City, Va,
w. t. I h. p. hudg08.
Big Stone Gap, va.
ALL KINDS OK
ROOFING, GUTTERING,
AND SHEET-1RUN WORK
Doisein tlrst-class style^ahd at low prices. Contract*
from a distance wdlciteu; KMimat-rs promptly givei
on nil work in this line. Shop between Wyandotu
and Pearl.
c. i i Cr h. mmm,
Big Stone Gap,
Virginia.
Correspondence
Solioiteil?
FRESH STEAK, ROAST, PORK,
Sausage and Other Meats
Alwavs on Hand at
W.C.Thompson's JWeat Market,
East Fifth Street, fn Collier Building.
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES TO CUSTOMERS.
Col. J. B. ADAMS'
CITY JOB CMFl^IOiS,
Shawnee Avenue, near the Bridge.
All Kinds of Job Printing
Neatly, Cheaply and
Promptly Done.
Ciill and see Samples and get Prices.
STEWART KANEJ,
-PROPRIETOR
Big Stone Gap Barber Shop.
STR1CTTY FIRST-CLASS WORK,
Fine Stock of Choice Cigars,
j JESSE SUMMERS,
?the?
EAST 5th St, s&kbe-r.
Ctean Towels, Keen Razors and
Sharp Scissors.
Everything neat, nice and clean. Work done to
order. Polite attention.
i. e. HORTON & co.,
"Wyandotte Avenue,
Big stono Gap, Virginia,
Also a full line of all Unite of C?l.* NTH Y
PRODUCE kept *u hand afc all times, such as
Nice Fresh Butter,
Eggs, Chickens,
Turkeys,
We nave an a*ttMtjBO#ionjt by, which wj ?
it. ??Jtply. of tb<?. a&?Vehajtuea arfide,* e%h j
THE CASH BARGAIN STORE
Wyandotle.Avenue, near East Fifth Street, Bis Stone Gap, Virginia.
THE GREATEST BARGAINS ON EARTH!
Owing to the fact that I sell strictly for cash, and that my
trade has increased fully lOO per cent in the last sixty days,
and, having permanently located at Big Stone Gap, in orderto
attract the attention of the public and further Increase my
trade, i am now offering every article in my immense stock at
the small profit of TEN PER CENT over actual cost. I can
supply all your wants in the way of
MEN'S, BOYS' ?ND YOUTHS' CLOTHING,
LADIES' AND GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
Dnj goods, Notions, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Faney Goods.
LADIES' CLOAKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY, fa
All :!;?; above departments arc fall ! complete in every respect. Below I quote prices on a number of
articles, wliicli (ire "clinchers," and v :!! convince you that you can save money by trailing with mo :
Dry Goods and Notion Department
In tlii*. department 1 have the most tremendous
iine ever seen i:i this part of the Mate. Read torn* of
my prices : Good Calico from 4 cents up ; Goon*
Worsted, such as ;-.p1Ik elsewhere for 121 going at (!
cuts per .yard : Double-width 1'Jaii?Vpriceelsewlier?
20 cent*, only lo cents per y?rd : Good Domestic,
bleached and unbleached, from I cents up : Frnlt of
t]>:' Loom Domestic, the best brand made, sold else?
where for 32 cent.-', going nt 8 cents per yard. A Cue
selection of tine Casbimcrea, M?bair, French Flan?
nels, Tricn, Ladies' Cloth Waterproofs at ustouishinp
iowprices. 47? Irish Linen Towels from C eti up. v
complete assortment of line Irish Litten Table Covers.
N:i;)k::is, Lace Curt a in.?, Xewbys, Toboggan Capt?.
Bedford Cord, Suspenders, Hosiery .'?f all description .
''.;od Spool Cotton', .'* for ."> cents ; Clark's 0. >*.'!'.,
the best made, only * cents; Best Button-hole 'I'ui-i.
"2 for C> cents: Needles and Pins, 1 cent a paper; ?n\
VVool Half Hove. 10 cents and up, and all other goods
in this department in proportion.
Boot and Shoe Department.
I have '2'!?) different styles of Hoots and Shoes, from
a low [Trade of machine work to the Finest Hand?
made goods. I cm tit any and everybody arid guar
nntee satisfaction.
Hat and Cap Department.
110 diffcrcnl styles of Hats, ranging from medium
[trade lo the Sliest imported made. Men's Wool Ilatf
from *i-r' cents up. /11 other prices Id this department
range accordingly.
Watch and Jewelry Department.
I have n bnud-ome and large assortment of \7afi li?
es, Jewelry, Ac, all going at rock-bottom prices.
Clothing Department.
I can beat tbo vor.ld in Clothing. I have pnrchaseil,
in New York, nt the bankrupt sale of one of the larg?
est manufacturing concerns of that city, a trcmend
ous stock of jfeu's, Youths' and Boys' Suits, Pants
and Overcoats, which 1 will sell Fifty Per Cent ?iwcr
tlian my comp-, titors can buy them. I quote some of.
my price's : Men's Suits, from >4.00 up. Custom
made Suits?sack, straight.cut and cutaways?in
cassioiereaj diagonals, Scotch tweeds, Berlin twills,
clay worsteds. Ac, which sell elsewhere at from
*30.00 to ?*?.00, i dm selling al half price. Boys'
Wool Suits from $115 up. 555 Pairs of i'ants. rang?
ing from medium grade to the best custom-made, at
the v,-ry lowest figures. .''75 Men's. Youths' and
Boys' Overcoats, ail going at a.-toni !,in~ low prices.
Gents' Furnishing Department.
r have.- the most elegant stock of Gents' Furnishing
Good? in Southwest Virginia. .Men's Flauel Under?
shirts from '22 cents up : Met "s Good Cot ton-flannel
Drawer!* fr<:m 2*1 cents up, and all other goods in tl '.s
department ranging in saun proportion.
Cloak Department.
My store is headquarters for Ladies' Misses' and
Children's Cloaks. I have in stock Cs.1 I..: .i >>*, Cbil
dreii's and Misses' Clonks: also a handsome Hue of
ladles', Misses' and Children's Fnr Muffs, Cap. s.
Collars, Hows, Ac. The latest styles, the litltfst final?
ity, the lowest pricrs.
Trunks and Valises.
Trunks and VjiHsesof all kinds ami sizes. Also a
big slock of Stationery. Good Writing Paper, 24
sheets for 5 cents. Thousands of other articles too
numerous to mention.
The reason 1 sell so cheap is because I buy f<?r spot cas'i. 1 believe in Quick Sales and sliorl profi't?. My
stock is large, the styles are elegant and. my prices low. Come one. come all : both great and small! Call
711 rae and examine:'mjr goods and I will treat'y?m. courteous; whether you purchase or not. Customers
:tn:ing from a distance purchesing to the aniount of *f]5 v.iil receive a handsome present. Look out for
the large sign of
JIL
VVyanciotte Avenue, near East Fifth Street, Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Organized and Chartered 1832.
Half a Century in Active Operation. Insures against Fire and Ligntning.
ASSETS, $650,000. - - SURPLUS, $365,000.
INSURANCE COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VA,
?Half a Centuty in Active Operation,
The Company issues a Short and Comprehensive Policy, Free of Telly llehlrict
ions,and Liberal,iu its Terms and Conditions. All descriptions of Property, in
Country or Town, Private or Public, Ins tu en at Fair Kates and on Easy Terms.
Wm. H. MCCARTHY, Sec Wm. H. PALMER, Pres't.
-FOR HATES APPLY TO
Gus. W. Lovell, Gen'l Ag't, Big Stone Gap, Va.
Remarkable Sales and WonderfJl Results!
Oner 300 Dairis Sewing Macliines Sold in Ninelij Days
Id tie Counties of ?/lse and tee.
This is a wonderful record to be attained in so shorl n time, but there are reasons for all results. The
reason for ike sale of Ibis large number of DAVIS" SEWIXG MA CD IX HS in so short a time by
W. E. BLANTON, BIG STONE GAP, VA.,
is the fact that the people recognize and declare tue DAVIS as the best, most substantial and perfect
sewing Machine ever invented. In this territory many ladies have tried nnmcrom- other makes of ma
chines, with which they were well pleased until tie y saw the superior quality of work done on the DAVIS.
On trying ibis wonderful, light-running and handsome machine, its many points of superiority overall
others w. re fc'0 noticeable that they were no longer sat sfled with any other machine, and ut once placed an
>rdei for a DAVIS*'. The result is that I have taken in, as part payment on DAV'S SEWING MA
CHI S'?S, over 150 machim s of other makes?many of them couiparaiiv- ly new.
j'.snrujbet* the DAVIS has oi.ly Six Working Pieces, aud is the must simple, compact, durable and
perfect machine ever made. Every part is made of the very best material and is thoroughly guaranteed,
r<y the Davis Sewing Machine Company as well as by myself, for five years from date of purchase.
Tbo Davia Sewing Machine ofTiccnt Knowilie, Tcjin., after having worked ih?' territory for three years,
luring the fourth year sold over 1,500 Machines, w hich goes to show that the more the people ljnow of
the DAVIS the better they like it.
1 am now receiving numerous orders for machines from parlies who heretofore refused to buy the
DAVIS, but on seeing the superior and satisfactory work it is doing for their neighbors, now send mo
voluntary orders.
Having formed so many pleasant acquaintances since locating ot BIg"*3tone Guy, and having met with
such phenomiual success in my business, I have determined to permanently continue at tbjs place, and shall
!:?<? ev ery honorable effort In my power to place a DAVIS SJSWJXG MACUIXE in every household in
the surrounding country where a first-class machine is wanted. 1 have supplied nearly every family in
Big Stole.- Gap with a Davis machine.
1 keep iu stock a full supply of Davis Sewing Machine Repairs, Needles, Oils, ic. You will always find
me at my oltic, In building formerly occupied by the Gem Saloou, ready and anxious to show you a DAVIS,
whether vott buy or not. Very Respectfully,
W. H. BLANTON,
#RE?L ESTHTE.
Office Clinton Ave. and E. Fifth Street.
BIG STOWE GAP, "VA
1 have for pale T7oal, Iron und Timbcrlands in Wise, Dickenson and Pucbaunn
counties, Virginia, and portious of Eastern Kentucky. I have some of tEe
U<g>^t Coal ]R^O?*o;rtios
for sale iu Virginia, adjacent to the railroad, which I can offer in small or large
hotiitdat ie3. The properties are well located for presept developpteui? and the
quality and quantity of the coal attested by well known mincrologists.
I also have the largest amount of the Dest BUSINESS and RESIDENT PROP?
ERTY in JUG STONE GAP, both improved and unimproved. Parties desiring
eilBcr to purchase or sell property here should consult me.
All 'Communications Answered and full information cheerfully given.
Address. W. E. HARRIS,
P. 0. Box 258. BIG STONE GAP, VA.
AND
Hastings of All Kinds
Wefjliyourordersatthe LowestCost. We make a specialty of
'31'? ;
m TKE ELECTRICAL WORLD.
--Air brakes cn electrif street corf
arc to be introduced on Pittsburgh
roads.
?It is slated on excellent authority
that over onc-rfoartli of the street rail?
roads now operating in the United
States trse electricity for motive power, i
?A conipany has secured a charter |
from the legislature of Ontario giving |
it permission to eon;- :* :ct an electn"c i
road the entire length of the Niagara
river.
?During a thunderstorm at MeMinn
ville, Ore., the electric !:ght wires were
struck, and the shock was carried along1
to a station a mile avVay, deranging tho
plant and plunging the city into dark- j
ness.
?The national powder mill at St.
Hedardcn-Jallc, in France, has recently
teen lighted by ineadesccut lamps, and
i.; believed to tc the first mill of it3 j
kind on the confront to use electric i
lghting. *
?The collection of electrical aopara
tus on exhibition at Fra?kf?rt-oa-tfic?
Main has beer, insured against fire and
damages by explosion to the extent of
3,500,000 marlre. The risk has been
undertaken by twent;--three of the
principal German insurance offices.
?An odd kind of headgear has been
adopted for the use of tho Italian garri?
son artillery. This is neither more nor j
less than a '?telephonic bonnet,'! which ;
is worn by the gun detachment com- ?
manders. so that the}r may be fn con?
stant communication with tho oCccr
commanding- the battery or fort.
?An ingenious apparatus has been
introduced to pre ren t the wheels of
electric and other street cars from slip
ping. It consists of a revolving brush
connected with the forward axle by a
belt As the axle revolves it sets tho
brushes in motion, clearing' a path for
the wheels. There is also operated in
connection with the device a box which
allows the escape of a sufficient amount
of sand or salt without the slightest
waste.
j ?Of all the Eflrop'-an countries Swe
den has proportionately to its popula?
tion the most extensive telephone sys?
tem. For the further perfection of tho
service the General- Telephone Co., in
Stockholm, now offers to put apparatus
in subscribers' lion es for ?2.7.) per 3-ear
each. ITie tariff'foT each call will bo
2>? cents extra. The lowness of tho
price is the resr.lt of competition be?
tween the government telephone sys
! tem and the General Telephone Co.
j ?London was slow to accept the elec?
tric light, but is now making up for
lost time. At the general meeting of
the Metropolitan Co. the chairman re?
ported that vviihin a year the number
? of the lamps supplied by them bad in
! creased from 0.000 to (>0.?00. As to their
system of underground mains, ho said
that the length ?>; the con Uiit at pres?
ent laid was.forty mites, a ? I into these
conduits there had been laUl ninety
i miles of mains ail not on Janitor
I leakage bad occurred,
i ?A startling electrical display oc
j curred in front of a store <>:: Pearl
j street, Albany. X. V. A boy caught
hold of the iron hoisting bar of tho
awning and tried to raise himself up in
order to look into the window. There
is an electric Light iu front, aud theiron
frame of the awriin*? became connected
with it. In an instant Sashes of electric?
ity flew out of the boy's feet wil e, deto?
nations like a pack of e 'ackers! lie was
1 completely charged with the (hint, and
I could not let go his hold. A by stand re
'? caught hold of him ami palled him
away, but in doing so received a shock
himself and was knock"! into
the street. The boy was dazed and
stunned, but was soon restored, and
walked to his home apparently un?
injured. The voltage which passed
1 through him was about 2,500.
THE BASHFUL MAN.
_
I Ho Renders Himself and T'sosn A!>?:c.t
Him Very Uncomfortable.
Everybody laughs at a bashful man.
! Nobody seems to realize that bashful
I ness is a misfortune, and no more to bo
criticised than a bald head, or a bad
cough, or a squint 03*0. A man can net
help being bashful. Nothing will cure
him of it but time, and the constant
I friction of society, and in some ensej
i uotl;in<j will effect a radical cure.
A bashful man is forever, in the wn.v
! of somebody. He can not walk t;.e
j street without running against ever /
fifth person he meets. lie will be so
anxious to get out of the way that :io
will dodge the same wny the other man
is dodging, end the result will be a col?
lision. He will tread on the dress of
every lady who ventures into his im- \
mediate vicinity; and if he can manage
to cross a room without turning up mo.st
of the rugs, and tripping over an otto?
man, .or a hassock, he may consider
himself fortunate. The tidies will
leave the chair-backs to cling to his
back; and then, when somebody supj
presses a giggle, lie will feel as hot a> a
burned potato, and regret that he was '
ever born, He has the unhappy faculty
of sitting down on pet kittens, reposing
in feline placidity on chair cushions, and
he steps on dogs' tails, and upsets card?
rcceivers.and drops photograph albums,
and breaks Sevres knickknacks,and gets
into a mesa general!;/.
When some lady friend asks him to
button her glove, or put her shawl
; over her shoulders, he will
I flush to the roots of his hair, and seize
J the glove in such frantic haste that the
button-hole will pull out, and the but?
ton tear off; and the lady, though she
says it is not .of ''the slightest conse?
quence," will be mad enough to box hii
ears soundly. And he will wish tho
earth would open and swallow him up
bodily. ,
At dinner, though a man of the very
best intentions, he will invariably spill
J the gravy, and deluge his potatoes with
pudding-sauce, and drop his knife in '
some lady's lap among her silk flounces;
and he is liable to poeket his napkin, |
and produce it in the drawing-room in j
the placeof a hardkerchief.
Nothing so completely upsets him as
to be obliged to introduce somebody to
somebody else. He will call the lady
Miss Captain Iirown, ;and the gentle?
man air. Maria Smith, and then discov?
ering his mistake he will reverse the 1
order of tilings, and beg to be allowed I
to present Miss Maria Brown to Mr.
Captain Smith.
"The 'bashful' inan is at an utter Joss to
know what to do with his hands an$
feet They are continually in his wayj
and their proper disposal is a perpetual
puzzle to him. He will set and com?
pare his two thumbs, and put his two
forefingers together?as if not quite
sure that they are mates; and his feet
are open to the saine careful scrutiny.
Ho is laughed at as wo said, by every?
body, and he knows it and is misera?
ble. But after all, in this age of cheek
(pardon the slang? it is refreshing to
meet occasionally a bashful man.?Kalo
j Thorn, in N. Y. Weekly.
_ ?;?, ? -
I.^The Avers boom for G; Vernqr fs vcaMy
OB a boom and his supporters are euer? \
' gcticaiW i u 'hing bis cbims,?The tinr-i
THE CONDUCTOR "CAVED."
Ho 3Xet With ? Character That VTa*
Too Many for Htm.
On a West Madison, street car the
other day was a woman. She hoarded
it at Ashland avenue, and a very doter
minded-lookirg party she was. too. She
I was bier and forty, and her black eyCr.
: and thin, straight lip.s gave ber face a
character which didn't ayvaken any de
i sire even in the most sportive youth on
the car to attempt; to have any fun with
j the lady.
I She boarded the enr rather ieisnrely,
j gazed with considerable suspicion at
! the conductor, who pulled the bell as
j soon as she was. on the step, and while
yet standing on the platform dived
j down into a eoncenivo1 pocketaiid fished
! out a dime. She held it out to the con
! ductor, lie reached for it, but somehow
j the woman dropped the dime too soon,
I and it bounced of? the platform and
! jingled down into the cable-slot of tho
! up-town track.
' "All your awkwardness, stupid,"
snapped out the female. "Your fingers
are nil thnrhbs Vor? deserve toi lose
ten cents for your barelessuesis.*1 "I'm
sorry, manual.'* replied the conductor
meekly, "but I didn't touch the coin.
You dropped it before I could react? it'*
1 VWhat's that? Doh*t yon dare give
1 ms any of your impudehe \ young man,
You ring up that fare at once, and give
j me my chnnge."
'Twill have to hare another fare,
madam, or you will have to get off the
car."
"What! Well, of ail tho impertinent
sassy, lying'little snipes I ever met if
you ain't the worst.! Rob rac of my
i money, will you? Put mo off tho car?
.Say, young man, you hand over that
nickel and ring up that fair or I'll see
who'll go rdf the car.. Tut me off the
car! I'll call a policeman and have you
up for robbery and insult and srlanderj
I will; ami I'll report you to the direc?
tors of the eera, a .y as scon as I get
back home. You uupud mtphppyi you.
I If my husband wasn't dead and in his
grave I'd have you hammered till you
! wouldn't try to get on a car
: for a month. You wouldn't try to rob
me if you didn't know I was a poor
lone widow whose children have
all moved out west and who has no one
to protect her from imp luer.t sassy
loafers who think because thoy vvcar
brass buttons they can curse and swear
at every woman who tries to-"
Tears were about to break in on the
tirade and the conductor, who had
turned several sncccding shades of rod,
unal.de to get a word in edgcw ^e in his
own defense, quickly ha mied the wom?
an a nickel and ma le a. rush to the
front platform. As he did she signaled
to be lot off and starte:! back uptown
with triumph in her eyes and the air of
a woman who had ridden past her
street and didn't care.?Chicago Times.
CRUSHED THE CONDUCTOR.
HeTrietl to 5-'riir!if??n tho Flwhernmn, Mut
AVas Laughed at for [fix r.;!r:n.
Three fishermen c<>t on the train at
Cedar Lake anil started south for a
night ride home. They had a long
string of bass with which to prove their
stories when they should come to tell
ihem, and enough of good humor to in?
dicate that, whether or not they were
in good spirits, good spirits were cer
tainly in them. The conductor eame
along?one o? those proud conductors
who think they own the rolling stock
and hold a reversionary interest in the
passengers; one of these haughty men ;
ivho escape nil the unpleasant things
of life by frightening people into obei?
sances. He looked at the iirst fisher?
man's ticket gazed at it severely and
glared Into tho undaunted eye of the
passenger. Here was a "scalp."
"How much did you pay for that i
ticket?" he demanded loud enough for
all the people in the ear to h ar. They
heard, and looked around at the crimi?
nal.
"Not a blank cent." said the fisher?
man, stoutly. "I am a friend of the
fellow who robbed the ticket office at
Louisville and he gave it to me. Tiny
said I couldn't catch lass up here with?
out minnows." He turn.'d over his
string to call attention to it and went
rm without an instant's hesitatkm. The
conductor had started "out to bluff Him.
He would make merry with the con
:luetor. "Said I hail to have ednnows.
Uut I just caught a l >t of fKO'js.-Javgo;
fat fellows, yon kp.o v -,md took their j
hind legs, and''?a moment's pause as
lie looked innocently tip injn tho con?
ductor's face?"did you ever use cay- j
snne pepper?"
"No."
' "No? Well, don't Sneeze yourself j
to death sure as thunder if you do." |
And he turne 1 from Iiis most irreverent
iapse and settled himself to.sl.eep while i
all the passengers joined in a 1 ngh at
the crushed conductor; ; ?teago Her- ;
aid. '
? HAPPY THOUGHT.
IIo\y Mr. J*cn5 StttrTi '???I -> Little, <Jx;:?m- j
mafb-tl in" taultv.
Hardware dealer (to new b >ok?keeper
who is on tri all ? Mr Pen;, I have just
sold the last tailor's gopss vye have in j
stock?teiegrarm to Iron Co. for a '
lozen imm. (i ately. and let's .see how
quickly you can bustle them through,
now.
i The new book-keeper, (innocently),
i ?Yes, sir, I'll send the telegram at
once.
1 He takes up a block of telegraph j
blanks and wr.t?s:
: "Iron tt Co.. New York. ?Freight us
immediately twelve tailor?
1 And here he stops.
He chews h-'s pencil, twirls his watch
3hain, unbuttons his vest curls his '
mustache, hunts -or a dictionary, aud
mites stich vrpr is as tiic.e on a scrap of
waste paper:
12 tailor-geese
12 ta?or s ^.-.^e
, 12 tailor-goos s*
12 tailors" goose
12 tai? '
Now he begins to air.p h;s forehead, and
look at his wat.;!??when ad ??' i sud- j
den he srn 1-s r. !.?:*.- -da rd > a le, and
loses no time in tavihg a clean! blank, f
and writing some ivorils which seem to ?
please him greatly.
About no hour later the or ier clerk j
of Iron & Co.XewYnrk. liics the fol
lowing order-t?!ograni:
"Iron & Co.. New York.? Freight
08 immediately one tudor s goose and
ejaven others. ? I
f4eat| & Sonad!
_. -Puck.
nuiciNif In th? fUy.
"Yes. in '. ?? 1." said little Amy's aunt,
"you shaii come to the com ay and see
us milk the cows."'
"What s that au.iti*?'
"Why. that's how we get milk for j
our coffee at break fast*'
'?On!" said A ev. km v'n?\y. "we do \
It 'v'th a e:- '.ishin^ton
?*tj.-.i. i. ' ?
The I ody of the late Senator Gil auu,
ofhouisaua, arrived ut Lexington, Kv., at
six o'clock Sunday afttt&o.<i^ 'lie dele
.^iLtjonanmunfcii bv cun ;,e^ to be ntos
"THE SCZU7ZD GARDEN."
; lad* ?*nr??c*B t>r-s: i-aeclon of a 5Ianns*cvfpt
,* f ?* '.y ?t>r Ijfastmnd?
The late :?? ? ?;;-!iar?l Burton, trans
j iator of ''Tli j AmhHiii^igrh^'' wasor.o
j of tin; most p.-obmnd oriental schob
of bis time, i^ro^'yoawimmediately
'preceding fcis ?eatli wore spent in trat
liktingrfrbttj this Arabic another book,
"A Scented Garden." which be had al
most c?nn;: -a. He left hardly i
property: hut this wo/k be felt won
provide an/plj fcr his wife, ami in that
j expectation he died. The manuscript
Upon which be had lavished so much
care and labor and which b?J had ex?
pected would be a njonuraent to hi
genius, never reached the printer's
hands. It was burned by ins wife, w I
tells the story in a letter to a London
. paper:
1 "When I locked myself up in his
rooms and sorted and examined the
j manuscript I read this one. No prom
' isehai been exacted from me, because
. the end had been so unforeseen, and 1
remained for three days in :i state of
perfect torture as to what I ought to da
about it. During; that time I rcech
an offer from a man of six thousi
guineas for it.
'41 sat down on the floor before the
tire at dark to cbnsnlt my own hcai
I my own head. How I wanted a brother!
My heart told me that sin is the only
rolling stone that ?rathers moss; th
i what a gentleman, a scholar, a man of
the world may write when living he
would see very differently to what the
poor soul would see standing naked b<
fore its God; with its good or evil dee
alone to answer for, and their con?
sequences visible to it for the first mo?
ment, rolling- on to the end of time.
"What wo? Id l-.e care for the applause
of one thousaudflye hundred men now
for the wh >le world's praise?and God
offended? My heart said: 'You can
have six thousand guineas; your bus
band worked ft r you, kept you in n
happy homo, with honor and respect
for thirty years flow are you going to
reward him? That your wretched bodj
may be fed and clothed and warmed Fo
a few miserable months or yours will
you let that soul which is part of your
soul be left out in cold and darkness
till the end or' time, tul ail those sins
which may have been committed en ac?
count of reading those writing have
been expiat "1, or passed away perhaps
forever. Why, it would be just paral?
lel with the original thirty pieces of
silver!'
"I fetched the roai nseript and laid it
on the ground leforc me. Two large
volumes' worth tili my thoughts
were, 'Was it ; sacrilege?' It was hi
magnum opus his last work, that he
was so proud of, that was to bavc been
finished on the awful morrow?that
never came. Will ho rise up in hi
grave and curse me or i less me? And
then I said: Xor. only not for six t.l
sand guineas, but not for six mill i
guineas will 1 risk iu' Sorrow ful!
reverently, ami in fear and trembling i
burnt sheet a ter sheet until the v '.
of the rolurae was consumed. Ii i i
belief that by this net. if my husban
soul were weighted down, the cord
were cut and it v -a 3 left free to soar I 1
its native heaven."
When the literary world of London
knewrjtyha.t Lady Burton had d
dignation r?u high. Here was worl
upon which one of the ablest men of hi
time had spent years destroyed in an
instantr?ar.nihil?t ;d utterly. Itoberl
Buchanan voiced the prevailing opini
in his reply' to Lady ?urton's letter.
"Lady Burton," said Mr. iluehanai
"feared that tha wo;*k. if publish d,
would eat7.se in. al< nl * I le mischief at
corruption; her natur ? rcyoHi ?i again
it, and iu acting |is sbo did she f.'lt her?
self a savior of society. The desl
lion of th; manuscrip!; was r:i
dilism, pure and simple, wheth
perpetrated by a Torquem i
or n .lohi ;.v, lij a fana tie or
gentle enthusiast by a pure, hi
sou led woinon or the public hangtu
Excess of love in such a matter ;
perilous as excess of hate. I put a i?i
here all questions of the nature
book; doubt e ?. ? it was horrible eno
from the ordinary point of view.
Richard Hurl >n, It. is well kn?-.v. 1,
a man absolutely indifferent, inte
ually speaking, tq ordinary standar
morality. He was n scholar an
pagan, humanist and a scientist,
chiefly in his fearless am] moral
consisted his claim to rank as on
the most original men of his g n
tion."?Chicago Times.
A 3RJLLIANT SCHEME
How n Writer Set to Work to Make I
tort nne.
"That's a good story," said the u<
paper man's friend as he finished r.
injr the tale. "Von can sell that
"Well. I don't know about that,*'
the newspaper man d mbtifully. "It '
the merity of brevity, of course, I
papers are not running much to th
style of story now,'!
"I see V:h e\ cry day."
'.'?That may be. too; but it's j: -
that this will be accepted."
-'I'll bet you a dollar if, will be
^?Bakc yon!"* shouted tlifij new ?
man so suddenly that it made i''
start.
The friend reached down in.his
and pulled out a silver dollar, an
put it np he said: .
j "Look here, old man, what's
game?"
'?Playing a sure thing."^was the v
ply. "I'll get three cr four dollars
that if I sell it and one dollar it" t d
I've got three bets on three diffci
stories now, and if my riendsou!.
Out I'll make an everlasting for tu
with my pen."?Chi . ago Tribune.
lit* Vf'ouMu't [tun <ltr?y.
**Mister," said the boy on the ?
stone, as a very sorrowful looking
mal was driven up. "Po you wanl
to hold yer boss?" "X-no." was :
slowly spoken reply, "I don't thin ;
Yon might stand around in the
borhood, though, an' if you see
signs of his faiiiu' down you cat)
him up till I sell him to some of
city people."? Washing ton Post
?A sensible man iu Walla '?
Wash., say that h? sees no prosp.
solving the pr d/en, of practical
navigation with out the use of
He proposes that a light bamboo e.
be built and to this be attached '
geese or ducks which haVe teen;.
Htisly trained fo :Jy in ufiy directJ- u ?
dicateu. lie estimates that these
be able to carry the ear and a 1
weighing 15? pounds. Ho eara.s ??
right to be called a sensible tnu
hrging that some one else try the v
jK?riment, .After one bp-..made nu
of himself by being carried half a m
or *o heavenward by such a team, s
the Detroit Free Inresa, he would 1
apt to wish l.e could make a g? -
of hinjiveir ui.d ;.w rcuch the grouutl
wfe'.y.
$&.vaunt inUruoklvu secured a
bc? ipi fltU)(?a tor ihn loss ?f ? |5- ^
biusMc u;t, 1. u Ut ti4e adddle oi'tbe -'?<
MMl his leant ?tat ^'^u.^eo^tiicd wdi.^