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TAZEWELL GO. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.
Robert C. Jackson, judge; H. Bane Har
man, clerk. Termsof court?1st Monday
in April, -Hii Monday in August and 1st
Monday in December.
Comity Court.
J. H. Stuart, judge; T. K. George, dork.
Terms ofc >urt Tuesday after 3d Monday
in each month.
Officers.
Jno. T. Barns.ConPth. Atty.
Jno. W. Croekett.Sheriff.
James Bandj.Deputy Sheriff.
R. K. GiHespie.Treasurer. ;
II. P. Brittain and
H. (i. McCall.Deputies.
R. S. Williams.County Surveyor,
Address, Pounding Mill, Va.
P. 11. Williams.County Supt. Schools,
Address, Snapps, Va.
THE Cii?eOHES.
STRAS MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Divine Service?First and Third Sun
days of the month =>t i 1 a. m. andSp. m.
Holy Communion?First Sunday at 11
a. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at 9:30
? m.
A hearty welcome is extended to all.
Rev, W. D. Buckxer,
Rector.
Methodist Episcopal Choren south.
Public worship of God on the 1st and
3rd Sundays at 11 A. M.,on the 2nd and
4th at 7:30 P. M.
Meeting for prayer, Wednesdav at ~.')'K
P. M. Sabbath School at 9:30 P.M.
Meeting of Epwortb League each Mon?
day itight at 7:30.,-the third Monday
night of each month being devoted to
literary work.
A most cordial welcome is extended to all.
Isaac P. MASTIX, P;iStor.
Itoptist Church Services.
Sunday school every Sunday at a.
m; preaching 1st and'4th Sundaysat 11 a.
m.,and on 1st and 3d Sundays at 7:30 p.
in.; P.. Y. I'. U.every Monday a 7:30 p.
m.; prayer meeting every Thursday at 7:30
p. m.; Missionary Society 2d and Ith Sun?
days at 4 p. m. AH are invited to attend.
.Strangers welcome. W. C. Foster,
SECRET ORDERS.
COMMANDERY, NO. 20,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
XCLINCH VALLEY
Meets first Monday in each month.
JAMES O'KEEFFE, E. C.
W. G. YOUNG, Recorder.
O'KEEFFE LOYAL
ARCH CHAPTER
NO. 26.
Meet1- second Monday in each
month.
IL W. O'KEEFFE, II. P.
W. G. YOUNG,
Secretary.
TAREWELL LODGE,
No. G2, A. F. & A. M.
Meets the third Monday in each
' month.
H. W. O'KEEFFE, W. M.
W. G. YOUNG, Sec'y.
BLUEGEASS LODGE, No. 142, l.O.O.F.
Meets every Tuesday night. Lodge
room over Pobst & Wingo s store.
A. S. HlGGIXBOTUAM, N. G.
II. K. Dodd, Sec'y.
J. P?. Ceawfoed, S. P. (i.
TAZEWELL EN?
CAMPMENT, No. 17,
I. O. O. F., meets ev?
ery Wednesday night
in hall of Rluegrass
Lodge, No. 142.
W. D. BuCKNER?C. P.
A. S. HlGGIXBOTUAM,
A. W. Landox, P. C. P. Scribe
LAWYERS.
AJ. as. i). MAY, ATTORNEYS at LAW, Taxe
well. Va. Practice in the courts of Tazewell
couuty anil in the Coon of Appeals at Wytheville,
Va. funicular attention paid to the collection ol
claims
BARNS Ss BARNS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Taze
well, Va. Practice in the courts of Tuxewell
county, Court of Appeals at Wytheville and the
federal courts at Abingdon. t'.'J. Burns, John T.
Barns.
CHAPMAN & GILLESP1E, ATTORNEYS AT
LAW, Tazewell, Va. Practice in nil the courts
of Tazewell county and Court of Appeals al
Wytheville. J. W". Uiapmuu A. P. Gillespie.
frjLTON <fc COULLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Taax-uell, Va. Practice in the courts of Tuze
?well eonnty. S. M. B. Coaling will continue his
practice in all the courts of Buchanan county. .1.
H Fulton. Wytheville, Va. S. M. B. fouling,
Tazewell, Va.
GRKEVKlt a GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell,
Va. Pra? ..? >- n the courts of Tftzeweil and ad
oining counties. Office?Stnu building;. Edgar
L. Greever i'.ur;i> Gillespie.
J1JKO. W. ST ( LAI!:. ATTORNEY AT LAW
WTazewcll,Va. Practices ia the courts of laze
*vgl) and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Particular at?
tention paid to the collection o: claims. Office?
iiras building.
HC. ALDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze
? well, Va. u ill practice in the courts of Taze?
well county and the Court of Appeals ut Wythe?
ville. CouectiDg a specialty.
VINCENT I.. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tazeueil. Va. Will practice in the courts oi
Tazewell and adjoining counties. Particular at?
tention paid to the collection of cluims. Office in
itras building.
WR SPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rieh
? lands. Va. Practices in the courts of Taze
ivell and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
paid to the collection of claims.
i H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Tazcw
JtVu. Land titles in McDowelland Logan coun?
ties. West Virginia, a special!v. Oilice in Siros
ouilding.
HENRY A GRAHAM, LAWYERS. Tazewell, Vo.
Office in building near (,'oiirt House. R. R.
Henry. S. C. Graham. B. W. Stras.
I have for sale three
Poland-China boar pigs;
farrowed Oct. 29, '96.
These pigs are thorough?
bred, and pedigree fur?
nished with each sale.
Write for prices.
A . JT- MAY, JR?
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/^X Tire ?tb of August T embarked
\J on board the ship '"Karl of Eldon,"
of London, 600 tons, Cnpt. Theaker, at
Bombay, with a view of returning to
my native land on furlough. She waa
one of the finest and strongest ships in
the trade, and any insurance might have
been had on the chances of her success?
fully resisting' the winds and wares.
She was laden with cotton. The num?
ber of individuals on board were in?
cluding three ladies and an infant and
the captain and hl3 crew. It unfortu?
nately happened that the cotton had
been brought on board in a damp state,
not being dried at the warehouse pre?
viously to being put on board, and it
seems not unlikely that the fire damp
may have been generated within. In the
same manner as in a haystack when it
has been stacked damp.
On the 26th of September, after a
scries of bnfiling winds and calms, and
heavy rain with squalls of wind, wcgot
into seven degrees 27 minutes south
latitude; and the trade wind appeared
to have fairly caught hold of our sails.
We began now to anticipate our arrival
at the Cape. On the morning of the
27th I rose early (about half past five) '
und went on deck. I found one of my
fellow passengers there, and wc per?
ceived a steam apparently arising from
the forc'hatehways. I mentioned at the
time to TT- that. I thought it might
be caused by fire damp. and. if not im- I
mediately cheeked, might become fire.
The captain came on deck, and I asked
him what it was; he answered steam,
and that it was common enough in cot
ton-loaded ships when the hatches were
opened. I said nothing, but the smoke
becoming more dense and beginning to
assume a different color. I began to j
think that all was not right, and also
that he had some idea of the kind, BS I
saw the carpenter cutting holes in the
deck just above the place whence the
smoke appeared to come.
I went down to dress, and about half
past six the captain knocked at my door
r.nd told me that part of the cotton was
en fire, and he wished to see all the gen?
tlemen passengers on deck. \Vc accord?
ingly assembled, and he then stated the
case to be this: That some part of the
cargo appeared to have, spontaneously j
ignited, and that he purposed removing j
the bales until they shonld discover the j
ignited ones and have them thrown j
overboard, as well as those which ap?
peared to be in the same damaged con?
dition: and that it being necessary, in
his opinion, to do this, he deemed it his
duty to lay the case before us. We of j
course submitted everything to his
! judgment, and he ordered the hands to, |
j breakfast ns quickly as possible, and to ,
! work to discover the source of the fire, j
After breakfast he said there did not
appear to be any Immediate danger. |
However, about eight o'clock the j
smoke became much thicker and began |
to roll through the after hatchway, !
the draught having been admitted for- I
ward in order to enable the men to
work. Several bales were removed, but
the heat began to be intolerable below,
and!the smoke rolled out in suiTocating
volumes; and before nine o'clock we dis?
covered thai part of the deck had caught
fire, which obliged' the men to discon?
tinue their labors. The captain then
ordered the hatches to be battened
down, with a view to keep the fire from
bursting out. and to hoist out al! the
boats and stock them in case of ne?
cessity. This was done, and about half
past one the three ladies, two sick pas?
sengers, an infant and a female servant
were put in the longboat, with 210 gal?
lons of water. 20 gallons of brandy and
biscuit for a month's consumption, to?
gether with such pots of jam antPpre
served meats as we could get at. and the
day's provision of fresh and salted meat.
It was now about two o'clock; the
hatches were then opened ar.d all hands
set to work to endeavor 1o extinguish
the fire. The main hatchway being
lifted and a tarpaulin removed, there
was a sail underneath which was so
hot that the men could hardly remove
it. When they did the heat and smoke
cams up worse than ever, and it being
now known from inspection that the
firo was underneath that- part, orders
were given to hoist out the uppermost
bales In order to get at those that were
burning underneath. But when the
men laid hold of the lashings to intro?
duce a crane-hook they were found to
have been burned through beneath and
came away in their hands. The case
now appeared bad indeed. However, we
cut a bale open and tried to remove it
by handfuls, but the smoke and heat
became so overpowering that no man
could stand over it, and water in the j
quantities we dared to use it only !
seemed to increase it, for had the cap?
tain ventured to pump water into the
ship sufficient to extinguish the fire
the bales would have swelled so much
as to burst open the deck.
Under these circumstances, perceiv?
ing the case to be utterly hopeless, the
captain called us together on the poop
and asked if anyone could propose any
expedient likely to avail in extinguish?
ing the fire and saving the ship. As in
that case, said he, we will stick by her
while a hope remains. It was unani?
mously agreed1 that all had been done
that could be done; the men had been
most arduous in their exertions, but
one and all seemed positively decided
that the case was hopeless. The heat
was increasing so much that it became
?angerous to leave the poop; the cap?
tain therefore requested the gentlemen
to get into the boats; next he embarked
his men, and at three o'clock he himself
left the ship, the last man who did so,
just as the flames were bursting
through the quarter deck. We then put
off the two boats, towing the longboat.
The progress of the ship had been pre?
viously stooped by backing her yards,
end when we were about a mile from
her she was in one blaze and her masts
began to fail in. Between eight and
nine o'clock all her masts had fallen
in and she had burned to the water's
edge; suddenly there wasa bright flash,
followed by a dull and heavy explosion,
the lire having reached the powder. For
a few seconds the splinters and flaming
fragments glittered in the air and then
all was darkness, for the waters had
Closed over the "Karl of Eldon."
Sad was the prospect now before us!
There were in the longboat the captain
and 20 persons, including an infant four
months old; the size of the boat 23 feet
long by 7','a broad; inj each of the others
ten individuals, including the officer in
charge. Oue of the boats had some bags
of biscuit, but the chief provision was in
the long boat. We were, by rough calcu?
lation about 1,000 miles from Rodriguc
and 450 from Diego Garcias, the largest
of the Chogos islands; but to get there
we must pass through the equally lati?
tudes wo had just left, and be subject
to variable winds and heavy weather or
calms, neither of which wc were pre?
pared to resist. Seeing, then, that our
stock of food was sufficient, we deter?
mined on trying for Rodriguc, and, hav
iuir humbb',committcd otrcsshres to U>?
gunmuve or mat Providence In whom
nlonc we had hope, we accomplished rig?
ging the boats, end got under snil. On
the third day of our boat navigation the
weather began to threaten a change,
but as we were in the trade we did not
apprehend foul or contrary winds. In
the course of the night it blew fresh
with rain; we were totally without
shelter, and the sea dashing its spray
over us drenched us and spoiled pome
of our biscuit. The weather grew worse,
and one of our small boats. In which
were. Mr. Simpson, the second mate,
with nine others, was *?pllt by the sea.
She came alongside, und wo put the car?
penter Into her, "who made what repairs
ho couid, but with little hope that- they
would answer, We then proceeded to
fasten a spraycloth of canvas along our
weather gunwale, having lashed a bam?
boo four feet up tli?> most and Uxed it on
the intersection of two Btancheons, at
the same height above the stern; the
spraycloth was firmly lashed along so
as to form a kind of penthouse roof.
Toward evening it blew hard, and, not
thinking the other damaged bout safe,
we took in the crew and abandoned her.
We were now 30 persons, stowep) na
thick as we could lx>, and obliged to
throw over nil superfluities, and we
had not more than eight inches of clear
gunwale out of the water. Wot, gloomy
and miserable, the night passed away;
at last the day broke, and though the
weather was still very bad. I again
felt hope, which had never entirely for?
saken me, that we would still weather
the storm. During the last night tho
sea hud broken rludit over us more than
once: one sea enme roaring down, and
"while I held my breath with horror It
broke right over mir stern, wet the poor
ladies to their throats and carried
away the steersman's hat. The captain
then erlcd out In a tone calculated to
Inspire us with confidence: "That's
nothing! it's all right; bale away, my
boys!" ITo. never expected us to live
out the night, but harassed as ho. was j
both in mind and body he gallantly
stood up, and never, by word or deed,
betrayed a feeling that might tend to
fink our hopes. De stood on the bench
that livelong nip;ht. nor did he ever at?
tempt to sleep for nearly 49 hours.
Later the weather began to moderate,
ant] we enjoj'cd a comparative degree of
comfort. We had three small meals of
biscuit and some little jam, etc., and
three half pints of water per day. with
brandy if we liked It. The men had one
gill of spirits allowed them daily. Thus
wo had enough for necessity, and I in?
cline to attribute) to our having no more
the good state of bodily health we en?
joyed. The ladies were most deserving
compassion and praise, and never ut?
tered one single word like repining or
complaint.
On the eleventh evening wc began to
look out for Rodrigue; the- captain told
us not to be too sanguine, ns his compass
was not to l>e depended on after the
rough treatment it had met with. The
night fell, and T went forward to sleep.
About dawn I was awakened by the cry
that land was ahead. 1 looked and saw
nothing through t lie mist. An instant
after I informed the captain that I could
see no land every person in that boat,
was awake. Every eye was strained in
the direction the captain indicated.
Some thought they could see land;
others had their visions blurred by
phantom ships, and finally the tears
from their overexerted eyes shut out
their vision to such an extent that their
Imagination ceased to not.
"Where is it?" "What is it?" "I can't
sec anything." and dozens of similar
questions were asked in as many sec?
onds.
Daylight was now asserting Itself a
little more, and the captain had the boat
brought to, and she drifted about for
an hour. Rodrigue appeared right
ahead, distant about six miles, and by
eight o'clock we were all safely landed.
A fisherman who came off to show us
the way through the reefs received us
In his house and proceeded to feed v.3,
und. In the meantime, sent to tell the
people of the island of our arrival. Two
pf them came down immediately, and,
having heard our story, said that we had
been most miraculously preserved.
Every arrangement was made for our
comfort, and during the period of our
stay at Rodrigue we were treated with
such invariable kindness and attention
as demands from us the fullest expres?
sion of our pratitudo toward those to
whom we arc under so many obliga?
tions, without forgetting our para?
mount obligations to that Power by
whom we were preserved through all
the dangers that had surrounded us.?
N. V. Ledger.
ENGLISHMAN ON BASECALL.
Uamo Seemed ? Dastardly Attaeb on
the Dataman.
The game throughout seems to be a
dastardly assault with intent cn the
batsman, who, armed with a police?
man's slick, or waddy, or club, or what?
ever it is called, sets himself up, within
a defined area, which looks like the ace
of diamonds, to be. cock-shied at by a
long, strong man who can project a ball
with unexampled violence, at the same
time imparting to the missile a dispo?
sition to dodge and curve and twist,
and ultimately land on the batsman's
short ribs by false pretenses. However, I
the batsmen seem to have inured them- j
selves to these brutal attacks, and they j
await the onslaught with commendable
fortitude. A ball that to the uniniti-I
ated spectator looks like carrying away
large portions of the striker's anatomy '
is nearly always deftly and unexpect- j
edly smitten below the vest and wiped
right out.
Another feature of the game, which
lends excitement to the whole under?
taking, is the wild scramble for bases.
When the runner starts out to cover
his 90 feet his chief anxiety Is to land
on the next pad before the ball, which
is invariably heading in the snmc di?
rection at top speed, as the boys don't
stop to blow on it when it comes In
bot. These contending elements give
vivacity and spirit to the game, which
is never at greater pitch than when a
runner finishes a brilliant-run by plung?
ing forward and finishing the rush by
sliding gracefully in on his car or nose.
Then, too, the ubiquity of the fielders
is an amazing thing. Indeed, the man?
ner in which the scientific fielder man?
ages to be here, there and over "be
yant" at one and the same time is the
most remarkable thing In contempo?
raneous history. I was glad to notice
the enthusiastic plaudits which rent
the air when a genius succeeded in
chasing an escaped ball 100 yards or so,
falling over it twice, finishing the run
on his hands and catching the recal?
citrant globe with his feet, or a per?
formance to that effect.
Baseball Is a spirited affair; It is
alive from start-to finish, like football;
it does not give one time to grow old;
it does not wear on the spectator like
a lingering illness, as cricket is apt to do
when two stonewallers arc In. If a
man should perchance go to sleep he
does so at the risk of his life, nnd In
case of death there is every prospect
of the Insurance company refusing to
hand over the monej-, on the plea of
contributory negligence.
These are my first crude impressions
of the game. Maybe time will play the
part of disillusicnizer and rob me of my
present realistic attitude toward the
snort. Later on I exDeet to find ar
tistic subtleties, fascinating nuisances,
exhilarating delights surrounding the
game, but that time will come when
the professional ceases from professing
and the curver curves no more.?Boston
Transcripts
HOW CONTAGION SPREADS.
a ?; Cnrw nml Hotel Ilodroom?
Fruitful Sonreea.
It i3 a mistake to suppose that the
microbes of contagious diseases sail
through the atmosphere like thistle?
down on a summer breeze; they are
great colonizers and onitbreed the En?
glish sparrows, but they are birds of
short flight and rarely cross a river or
penetrate a screen of clustering foliage.
The contagion of such diseases as
yellow fever, Influenza and smallpox
is communicated either directly by the
breath or touch of Infected individuals
or ind irectly by Infected clothing or the
atmosphere of stuffy rooms, cabins or
street cars that have been occupied by
persons In a far-developed stage of the
disorder.
Standing in a market crowd persons
of deficient disease-resisting abilities
may inhale the contagion in the open
air; but in walking rapidly along a
sidewalk or public promenade the risk
is very small. In influenxa (grippe)
epidemics public schools often become
veritable hotbeds of contagion.
At country resorts they may happen
to meet refugees from the centers of
contagion, and for similar reason fam?
ily flights to the highlands arc apt to
defeat their purpose. In warm weather
ua elevation of anything less than
4,000 feet can oiler no guaranty of sal?
vation, and crowds of idlers, congre?
gating on the veranda of a country ho?
tel, will gossip to compensate the lack
of better pastimes, at the risk of ex?
changing assortments of microbes as
well as of anecdotes.
Railway cars, too, often become peri?
patetic hatcheries of contagions disor?
ders. The air is liable to be rcinfected
at every station. In spite of all pre?
cautions the carpets get defiled with
the sputa of consumptives. The cush?
ions, curtains and pillows are impreg?
nated with the contagion of half a
dozen different fevers.
In ill-ventilated bedrooms the case
may be even worse. Reaching a hotel
late at night travelers may resign
themselves to the inevitable when the
clerk assures them that he has given
them the best of the vacant dormitories,
and trying to let in the cool night wind
they are apt to discover that their only
window opens upon a dead wall, close
enough to be touched with an um?
brella. Fatigue makes them drowse
uway in a temperature of perhaps 00
degrees Fahrenheit; and In that sleep
of exhaustion what microbes may come?
?Felix L. Oswald, in Chautnuquan.
A PRETTY HOME.
It la Something That Every Wumiiti
Wnnts.
The deftness of woman's fingers en?
ables her 'to turn and twist the things
that nre old into decorations that arc
new and lovely in effect. She can select
harmonious colors when she buys inex?
pensive furnishings, and so tone the as?
pect of her home that rest and ease may
welcome every new visitor; she may be?
come, so essential to the happiness of
each child in the home that its first in?
quiry when returning from play or
from school will be "is mother home?"
She may live her young years over
again with the loving childhood about
her, if she will share the joys and sor?
rows of her boys and girls. To every
woman a home is essential, whether it
may be her own or .somebody elsc'a.'
But wherever she lives it is light that
hhe should bring the heart into her
life. Love begets love, and wherever
it Is present the joys of daily life coun?
terbalance the ills.
How to make a home? Why, let the.
two who build it be of one mind?that
It is to be the happiest spot in the'
whole earth. Include in your desire not
only the purpose to make yourselves
happy, but to brighten the lives of
t very-body else. And be sure to keep
your windows open to the sunlight.
Ho many limes the best rooms in our
homes are treated as If they were too
good for everyday life. And their chill
and discomfort when experienced by an
unexpected guest make her dream of
"cellar-damp and creeping things."
Let life in-thehomehefree and easy and
yet orderly. But do not despair if the
Bticks of wood piled for use in the par-. |
lor fireplace are not perfectly straight
and just the right length. And do not
feel it a duty to brush the carpet each
time a neighbor calls to see you, else
you will become the victim to a dust?
pan and brush!?X. Y. Ledger.
Where lie Worked.
Tho prisoner was making his appear
ar.ee before the magistrate for the hun?
dredth time.
"Well," said the magistrate, "you
here again?"
"Yes, your worship," responded the
prisoner. ?
"What's the charge?"
"Vagrancy?same as before, your
j worship."
"It seems to me you are here about
half your time."
"Fiather more than less, your wor?
ship."
"Well, what do you do it for? Why
don't you work?"
"I do, your worship, more than half
my time."
"Ah. now," said the magistrate, sur?
prised, "if you can tell me where you
have ever worked I'll let you off."
'In prison, your worship," smiled
the prisoner, and the court kept its
word.?The Riva!.
Good Jellr.
Lemon and orange jelly nre pretty
and toothsome served together. Al?
though some cooks make these dishes
so stiff with gelatine that they are
leathery, it is usually considered really
nicer to see a quivering, unformed mass
of jelly rather than n molded form In
any device, if the latter calls for that
unappetizing thickness of the materi
?ujs employed.?X. Y. Post. _
Strong Champion
A Mother Whose Child Was
Saved from Suffering
Had Jnflammatory Rheumatism
and Screamed with Pain.
" One of my children was helpless with
inflammatory rheumatism and rheumatic
fever. He had been in a bad condition
for five- weeks, and Bcrcamed nearly ali
the time with pain. Medicine seemed to
do him no good. One evening my hus?
band suggested that a good blood purifier
was what Was needed. He purchased a
bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla and began
giving It to him. From that time he im?
proved rapidly and soon he was able to
attend school and could walk quite a dis?
tance. He has never since had an attack
of this kind. I have given Hood's to other
members of my family, and find it ensures
good health. I am a strong champion of
Hood's Sarsaparilla." Mrs. C. 8.
Flktchek, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the best?in fact the Onu True Blood Purifier.
M A* r^;|j are purely vegetable, ro
liOOCl S KlHS 11^, beucficlak 20c.
GltflJiG hw ? show. ?
BT FRANK H. SWEET.
f \ LD Farmer Brownlee was moving
\J slowly across Iiis big onion field,
lie was on bis handfl and knees, and his
head was bent low so that his near
alghtedeyes could distinguish the weeds
among the tiny, upright onion points.
Now and then he raised himself wearily,
LTls back was too old and rheumatic for
such work, and he wished that one of
his boys had chosen tobe n farmer in?
stead of a business or professional man.
When at home they had taken all such
work ns this from him, but now the last
one of them was packing his trunk for
the cltj*, and hereafter he must do his
own chores and onion weeding. Well,
he would not complain; the boys had
bettered themselves, and that was what
he most desired.
When ho reached tho end of the row
he straightened his shoulders with a
sigh of relief. Then a look of surprised
Inquiry came Into his face, lie thought
he knew every boy in the neighborhood;
but there, from the topmost rail of his
zigzag fence, a ragged, unknown boy of
12 or 13 was regarding him earnestly.
As he looked up the boy grinned concll
latingly.
"What Is thorn things you're so care?
ful 'bout tendin', mister?" he asked.
Farmer Brownlce's face darkened.
The idea that anyone could be so ig?
norant as not to recognize growing on?
ions never entered his head.
"Xone of your sass, boy," be said,
angrily; "an'just suppose you git down
off that fence. Fust you know there'll
be a rail broke, or suthin'."
The boy s.prangnimbly to the ground;
but It was on the inside of the fence and
not on the outside, as the old man had
Intimated.
"I'd like awfully well to know what
they be, mister," he said, ns he bemt
down to examine the green, nccdle-liko
points. "I've been watchin' you a long
time, an' 'sposc likely they're some ex?
tra fine posies, you're so careful of 'em.
But 6ay, if you don't mind. I'd like to
try a row of 'em across. I b'lleve I can
do It."
The look of anger on Farmer Brown
lce'3 face became one of astonishment.
A boy anxious to weed onions! nnd not
know what they were. Two phenome?
na that made him almost speechless..
Llis boys had always been willing to do
the work for him, but he could notTC
member that cither of them had ever
seemed anxious for the job.
"Xot?know?onions! Well, that
beats me!" Then a quizzical look came
Into his face* I d'know's I mind you
goln' across nnd back. I'll sit under
this tree an' sort o' keep an oversight,
You must be careful an' not pull up
any onions. An' say," as the boy
dropped on his knees astride one of
the rows, "you haven't told me your
namo j?et, nor where you come from."
"Boy Cooper; un' I'm one of the
fresh-air boys over at that farmhouso
t'other side the hill."
"Urn! yes; I b'lieve I did hear Sol
Perkins speak of takln' some street
boys for a week. Crazy idee, I thought
It."
For some minutes he watched the boy
dubiously; then the uncertainty left
his face and he leaned back comfortably
against the tree. i
"Mighty spry with his fingers, an'
careful as one of my own boys," he
thought, approvingly. "Do the work
twice as fast as I can, If he Is a greeny.
Cm! makin' of another good farmer
lost in him, I s'pose." Here his eyes
closed, and they had not opened when
the boy came back on his second row.
A sharp scrutiny, and then Bob turned
to the third row and again wended his
way slowly across the field. As he rr.se
from the sixth row he heard the sharp
clang of a bell. Going: to the old man,
he touched him lightly on the shoulder..
"I gucis likely that's your dinrcr
bell, mister," he said.
"Dinner bell? Sho! sho! Tain't
nine o'clock yet. I only- jest she* my
eyes a minute." Tie glanced up at the
sun, then down at the newly-weeded
onions and his face lengthened into in?
credulous astonishment. "Von don't
mean you've weeded six rows! Why,
that's much as my obstinate old back'll
let me do in a whole day." Again the
d.inner bell sounded. "Yes, that's for
me, sure enough. Won't you come in
an' eat with me?"
"No; Mis' Perkins'll wonder where
I've gone. But if you don't mind I'll
come back soon's I've cat. I'd like to
try them onions again."
".Mind! I should think not. I'm al?
ways glad to run across such help."
It was nearly half a mile to Solomon
Perkins', but when the old man re?
turned to his onion field he found Bob
already there and well down in his sev?
enth row.
The}- worked until dark; then the old
man took out his pocketbook. Bob
&hook his head and grinned. "I don't
want no iuoncy, mister; but if you'll
Jet me come again to-morrow I'll be
much obliged."
"Come all you want to. There's
plenty of work, an' we can settle when
ive're through. But it seems sort of'
hard for you to come down here on a
vacation an' then work all the time."
"Oh, that's all right; I like farm
in';" and with a quick spring he was
over the fence and running across the
field. ,
It took three days to weed the
f.nions. nnd when they were finished
the old man again took out his pockct
hook. but again Bob shook his head.
The old man looked perplexed.
"Come, come, boy take the money."
ne urged. "I don't want nobody to
work for tne for r.othin'. You've
aimed it, every cent."
Hob shufilcd his feet nnd looked nt
the old man sideways. "I didn't come
for no money," he said; "but there's
something else. Baa?has my work
suited?"
"Yes; good work's I ever bad. I'd
like to hire you for a year."
The boy's eyes sparkled.
"An' would you be willin* to hire a
man, too?" he asked, eagerly; "one
who could work lots better than me?"
"No, I haven't work for two hands."
The eager countenance fell.
"I thought maybe you would," and
Bob began to climb over the fence de?
jectedly. "We wouldn't ask much
wages, an' we'd work like anything."
"Is he some of your folks?"
".My dad."
"U'm! Well, there'll be no trouble
about work, I guess. Good1 hands are
scarce, an' your father could git plenty
to do In the neighborhood. Perkins
hires help, nn' so does Brown an'
Thompson. I've got nn old house that
I'll rent to }-ou cheap, an' you can move
in any time you like an* go to work.
I'll keep you stiddy?an' be mighty glad
to git rid of onion weedin'," grimly.
But Bob's face did not brighten ns he
expected.
"I don't b'lleve dad would come, 'cept
!hc was sure of gettin' work," he said.
"We went out in' the country last
Summer an' trigd, \q\& pf farms, Jbufc
nobody would hire him. Dad said he
wouldn't try again." Then, in answer
to a look of incredulty, he added, with
a sudden flush coming into his face:
"You see, it's just this way. Dad's the
best man in the world, an' he's a splen?
did worker; but ho's that easy like an'
pleasant he won't say no to nobody.
He didn't drink any 'fore mother died,
an' he often goes weeks without it now
I?he did when I was sick last summer.
Him an' me is all there is, an' some?
times henries to give it up on my
'count; but most folks like him, an'
there's ten whisky shops in sight of our
door. 'Tain't easy for a man to go past
all of 'em. Dad says he just can't do it.
If wc lived way oil' in the country there
might be some show."
"If he only drinks now an' ng'in,"
eald the old man, reflectively, "it seems
sort of strange that he can't git work'
nowhere. I know a. good many- hired
men who drink a little."
Bob flushed and looked embarrassed.
"You see, he?he can't stop when he
once gets started," he explained; "he's
so .awful easy an'?an' good-natured."
"Urn! Drunk most of the time eh?"
Bob remained silent, but shuffled his
feet uneasily along the rails.
"No, I don't want him," said the
old man, decidedly; "I ain't reformin'
drunkards."
"He ain't no drunkard!" cried Bob.
fiercely. "He's easy; an' we've lived al?
ways among rumshops. He smells
whisky just as soon as he stepson the
street, an' there's plenty of men to give
him a drink. He can't stop, but I tell
you he ain't no drunkard. He ain't! he
ain't! he ain't! I guess I know, for I'm
'most always with him. I sit up with
him nights,an'I follerhim when he goes
out. I wouldn't be here now, only he.
went off with a lot of men for two
weeks, an' I couldn't go 'long. I
thought maybe there'd be a chance for
us out here; an' I worked for you just
as hard as ever I could, an' hope'd you'd
be wlllin' to help me. give him a.show.
He ain't no drunkard, an' he don't use
no swear talk, an' he don't light. He
never struck me in all my life?not once.
Even if he does drink he's a good man.
an' be aiu't no drunkard?no, not if
nobody in nil the world will hire him."
Farmer Brownlee's face had lost its
severity during this explosion. Now lie
laid his hand detaining!}' upon the boy's
arm.
"Xo, I don't be?eve your pa is all
bad," he said, gravely; "an' maybe I
said more than I meant. I'll think It
over to-night, an' you come round
ngaln in the mornln'. I once had a
brother who must a-been some like
your pa; but that's a long time ago.
Well, good-night."
Bob watched him until he was lost In
the shadows, then he slipped down from
the fence, and went across toward the
Perkins farmhouse.
In the morning lie was back again"
long before Farmer Brownlee was astir.
When the old man appeared he was ex?
amining the beets and carrots.
"Il'm! more weedin' for you,"
chuckled the old man. as he approached.
"Well, about your pa. now'd you like
to farm it a little for yourselves?"
Bob looked at him wonderingly.
"How can we?" he asked; "we ain't
got no land."
"I'll fix that. I can't hire you an'
your pa both, but I've lots of idle land.
I can let you have that house an' about
?10 acres round it for almost ncthin';
an' you can work the rent out. I'll hire
you all the time, or both you an'your
pa part of the time, an' you'll beab'e to
git consider'ble work among the neigh?
bors. Spare days you can work your
own land. If you're careful, as 1 b'fieve
you will be. you can lay up money. An'
as for your pa, there ain't a liquor shop
in nine miles. Does that suit?"
Bob did not answer; but the look on
his face made the old man's eyes twin?
kle, then suddenly grow misty.
"U'm!" he said, as he turned away,
abruptly, "s'pose we go over an' look
nt the house; then you can go to the
Perkinses an' tell 'em you're goin' to
stay with me after this. When it's
time for your pa to git back you can go
to the city an* bring him down.?X. Y.
Independent.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
?At Tangent, Ore., a steam plow has
been devised which the inventor thinks
will plow 15 acres a day.
?Though for 50 years a lumberman
and much of the time in the deer coun?
try, a Machlas, Me., man never shot a
ileer until this season.
?Mrs. J. F. Hostetter, of Suffolk, Va.,
was surprised recently to find a night
blooming eereus flower wide open at
10:o0 o'clock in the monung.
?After letting a cut finger go un
earcd for for a couple of days, a Calais,
Yt., man had to have it amputated, and
then fell a victim to tetanus.
?It is told of a woman who lives mid?
way between Machias and Whitneyvillc,
Me., places four miles apart, that she
has not visited Machias for 10 years, or
Whitneyvillc for 13 years.
?Pheasants, which hunters have pro?
tected in recent years since a blizzard
almost exterminated them, have been
more plentiful this season in the Cum?
berland region of Maryland than ever
before.
?Officers found a speak-easy in the
top story of a building at Durham, X.
C, and discovered that the patrons did
not climb to it, but had their liquor let
down by means of strings to them on
the ground floor.
?One of the athletic young women
of San Jose, Cal., when a footpad
grabbed her the other evening, struck
liim a fist blow in the eye that took nil
the enterprise out of him and enabled
her to make her escape.
?The burial of n. colored veteran's
body in the special G. A. B. plot at
Hiawatha, Kan., so incensed the widow
of a white commander of the post that
she had her husband's body disintered
and rcburied in a private plot.
?After cleaning his waistcoat with
gasoline, n railroad brakeman of But
: land, Vt., struck a match to light his
i pipe, and the corduroy garment caught
fire. The conductor smothered the
flames by throwing a coat about the
brakeman.
?In a Maine community where apples
have been scarce this season and where
normnlly the apple is the stapilc re?
freshment at card parties raw carrots
were served at a whist party the other
bight and were pronounced most de?
lectable.
They Settled It Ontsiae.
At a certain county court some time
ago a case of the disputed ownership of
a donkey was called on, when the
learned judge suggested, in a friendly
way, that the suitors?two costcrmon
gers?had better "settle the matter out?
side." Tho judge's kindly meaning j
was apparently misunderstood, for in:
the course of half an hour or so, during
which the court was emptied of its
usual audience, the plaintiff appeared,
with two black eyes and a flattened
nose, to announce triumphantly thatj
he had knocked out the other party, and;
to demandihis lordship's judgment In:
his favor. As the other side consented
to this course, judgment wns given ac-.
cordingly, and the case will, no doubt,
be cited in future as one of the latest
instances of "Judicial Combat," or the.
"Ordeal of Battle."?Tit-Bits. _!
TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Exports of Products Continue Surpris
ingly Heavy Despite Raise in Price.
New York, Feb. 4.?Ii G. Dun & Com?
pany's weekly review of trade says:
Actual pavements through Clearing houses
in January made a remarkable showing,
being much larger than in any previous
mouth, :>6.3 per cent, larger than the
same month last year and 7.G larger than
in 185)2. The failures in January were
smaller than in any previous year of which
there is record and were probably smaller
than in any other January since 1881.
The statement by branches of business
given this week shows a surprising gain
in most departments of manufacture and
trade. .Meanwhile the money market is
as con Iii tent as ever; gold does not come
from Europe in large amount only be?
cause bankers lind it worth while to lend
American money abroad, and the com?
mercial balances are heavily in favor of
the United state?, heretofore.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the
week has been the decline in wheat.
With exports of 3,094,517 bushels, against
1,770,0-Hi last year, Hour included, from
Atlantic ports, and 77G.8-10 from Pacific
ports, against 844,343 bushels last year,
the temper of the market has been weaker.
The report of the Agricultural Department
has had some influence, although its
figures are not generally credited as
reliable.
The wheat market has turned largely
upon the operations of Chicago specula?
tors, but the fact remains that the price
depends largely upon foreign needs and
upon the comparative scarcity of American
supply. The outgo of corn continues
heavy, 3,798,786 bushels against 3,343,400
for the same week last year, and the excess
over last year, when exports were much
the greatest ever known, indicates a very
heavy foreign demand.
The spot prices of cotton remains un?
changed, but the fact that receipts con?
tinue larger than duiing the same week of
181)5, after the heaviest crop ever known,
checks speculative operations for an ad?
vance.
The iron and steel manufacture i.~
steadily gaining in consumption of pig
iron, although the production of the ma?
terial is still in excess of immediate de?
mands, but not enough to cause a decline
in pit ices at Pittsburg or Chicago. Even
the Southern producers are able to get a
fair price at Chicago and at the East, and
anthracite pig i>' unchanged.
The demand for fiuiehed products has
been very heavy, and includes for struc?
tural works 5000 tons for the State Capi?
tol building in Pennsylvania, 4?U? tons
for the court house at Denver, 3000 tons
for (he elevated railways at Chicago, and
numerous small buildings in various parts
of the country. The demand for car
building has been very heavy, both at the
Bast and West, and the plate demand
greatly increased at the East on account
of orders from shipyards. For plates the
demand from tinplate works has been very
active. The prospect of a combination of
wire manufacturers has stimulated the
demand and raised the price of wire rods.
Of Connellsviile coke, 15,009 ovens are
iu blast, with an output of 155,000 tons
weekly, and the quoted price is 81.50 for
furnace. Tin is quiet and steady at 13.S5
cents, with a visible supply, February 1,
of 31,1-0 tons, against 32,332a year ago.
Exports of copper in January were about ?
10,225 tons, against 9066 List year, and
the price is held at 11 cents for lake.
There is a better demand for cotton
goods since the general stoppage of works
at the East, but there is no indication as
yet of material gain as respects unsold ;
stocks on hand. In woolen goods the de?
mand is altogether more satisfactory, an
advance of about 20 per cent, being paid ,
on most grades of woolens and worsteds, ,
and nearly all the mills are active. The :
sales of wool at the three chief markets '
were 6,361,400 pounds, of which 3,973,000 1
were domestic, against 13,563,700 last ,
year, of which 8,493,4000 were domestic.
Failures for the week were 235 in the
United states, against 311 last year, and
39 in Canada, against G3 last year.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Shame seldom comes to a man unless
he invites it.
The airs of some people are of the cy?
clone pattern.
It's an ill win A that escapes and leaves
a flabby tire.
Irregular honesty is harder to manage
than regular dishonesty.
Marriage is a lottery in which the prize
winners draw alimony.
The doctor's bill is about the hardest
dose the patient has to swallow.
The stepping stone in front of a saloon
leads to success?for the owner.
The political machine can only be
started by dropping dollars in the slot.
An old maid says she loves cats because
they are almost as treacherous as men.
It is often a hard matter to convince a
brass band that it isn't the entire process?
ion.
A writer says that brains will tell.
Sometimes they do, and sometimes it is
brains that keeps a man from telling.
Some men tell their wives everything
that happens, and there are others who
tell them a great many things that don't
happen.
The woman who is continually lecturing
her husband either considers him a fool
or else she has forgotten that a word to
the wise is sullicient.?Chicago "News."
Mary Ellen Hogers is suing Volney
Rogers for divorce at Ravenna, O., on the
ground that havinglived with her for forty
years he never took her anywhere, not
even to church. One hundred and seven
witnesses have been summoned to appear
in the case. All the women will probably
a?ree that Mr. Hogers was a real mean
man.
The last instance of boiling to death
occurred in Persia in 1S90. The victim
was found guilty of stealing State reve?
nues. He was placed in a caldron of cold
water which was slowly heated to the boil?
ing point. In this country such offenders
generally become bookkeepers in a peni?
tentiary for a few years after being gently
"roasted" by the newspapers.
Prevent
Pneumonia
Prevention is always better than
cure, even when cure is possible.
But so many times pneumonia is not
cured that prevention becomes tho
natural act of that instinct of self
preservatioii which is " the first law
of nature." Pneumonia can be pre?
vented and is often cured by the use
of Averts Cherry Pectoral.
"Some years ago I had a severe did and
was threatened with pneumonia. I could
neither eat nor sleep, ar.d was in a wretched
condition. I procured a bottle of Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral and took it according to tho
directions, and at the end of fifteen dayswas
as well and sound as before the attack. I
have recommended it in many cases of pneu?
monia since, and have never known it to fail
in effecting a cure."
JOHN HENRY, St. Joseph, La.
"I was attacked with a cold that settled
on my lungs, and defied the skill of my phy?
sicians so that they considered me incurable.
At last I began to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
and was entirely cured after having taken
two bottles."
FRANCISCO A. SEVERIANO,
Taunton, Mass.
C&epry Pectoral
is put up in half-size bottles at half
price?50 cents.
COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE.
Geo. Buston, J. G. Buston and H. L.
Buston, merchants and partners in trade
ander the firm name and style of Huston
& Sons; Geo. W. Yost, A. ii. W. Walton,
trustee; J. S. Moss and J. A. Greever,
merchants and partners in trade under the
firm name and styie of .Moss iV Oiteerer; B.
W. Stras, J. B. Ilankins,Thomas Hankms
and 15. H. Baylor, late merchants and
partners in trade under the firm name ami
Style of J. Ii. Ilankins & Co.; R. it. Henry
and S. C. Graham, law partners as Henry
& Graham; J. W. Chapman and Jo I^ane
Stem, trustees for the Columbian Building
ec Loan Association, of Richmond, \'a.;
Columbian Building & Loan Association,
of Riebmond, Va.; Mary E. Warden, Jo?
seph Warden, her husband; Robert L.
Yost, W. W. Yost, John C. Yost and
Elizabeth Yost. ^
Take notice: That on the 25th day of
February, 1898, at the law oilice of 11. 0.
Alderson, Tazeweli, Ya., I shall proceed to
execute a decree of the Circuit Court of
Tazewcll. county, entered at the December
term. 1897, in the case of Boston it Sons
against Geo. W. Yost et als, requiring me
to take further proof and report any mat?
ter required by aiw party to this suit.
W. H. Aldebsox,
Y. L Sexton 1 Commissioner.
iL C. Alderson f p'q' J-:3-4t
Belfast Mills. Va., Dee. S, 1S97.
Messrs. Higginbotham & Kirby,
Cedar Blulf, Va.
Gentlemen:
I wish to say that I have been having
my wheat ground at your mill for the last
year or more and have found your iiour
derfectly satisfactory. I can truthfully say
that it is the best flour 1 can'get; my deal?
ings with you have been very pleasant and
satisfactory. Yours truly,
L. R. Worn.
SEMIHARY FOR SALE.
The valuable property known as the
Tazewell Female Seminary is v for sale. It
is a new and large building and located on
one of the principal Streets of the town. It
can be used for school or other purposes.
For terms apply to
GEO. W. ST. CLAIR,
L.27-tf. Tazewcll, Va.
Notice.
All persons, whomsoever, are hereby no?
tified and warned not to ride, haul or wait
across or otherwise trespass on my prem?
ises, especially those leased to John and
Cosby Bowman; for the law against all
such will be rigidly enforced.
Wm. G, W. I.\e<;er.
July 31, 181)7.
Justice's blank:; of all kinds for sale at
this oilice.
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dec 5th, 1897.
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