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Circuit Court. Robert C. Jackson^judge; H. BaneHar man, derk. Teruis of court?1st Monday IS Apnl" "!t!: Monday in August ami 1st Monday in December. County Court. J. H. Stuart, judge; T. E. George, clerk. Terms of court?Tuesday after 3d Monday in each month. Officers. Jno.T. Barns.Com'th. Atty. Jno. \V. Crockett.Sheriff. .lames Dandy,.Deputy Sheriff R. K. Gillespie.Treasurer. 11. P. Brittain aud H. <;. McCall.Deputies. Ii. S. Willi.mis.County Surveyor, Address, Pounding Mill, \ a. P. H. Williams.County Supt. Schools, Address, Snapps, Va. the mmm. STRAS MEMORIAL EPISCOPAL Cill I1CI1. Divine Service -Firsl and Third Sun days of the month at 11 a. in. andSp. m. Holy Communion?First Sunday at 11 a. m. Sunday school every Sunday at 9:30 j p m. A hearty welcome is extended to all. Ki;v. W. D. BuCKNER, Rector. Methodist Episcopal Church Sentit. Public worship ? God on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 A. >!.. on the 2nd and 4th at 7:3 i I'. M. Meeting for praver, Wednesdav at ":?'!<?. P. M. Sabbath School a: 9:30 P. m. Meeting of Epworth 1 eague each Mon? day night at 7:30., the third Monday night of eaeh month being devoted to' literary work. A mostcordial welcome is extended to all. Isaac P. martin, Pastor. Baptist Church Services". Sunday school every Sunday at 9:30 a. m; preaching Is! ami -itii Sundaysat 11 a. m.,and on ist an.', 3d Sundays a; 7:30 p. m.; B. Y. 1'. I'. every Monday a 7:30 p. m.; prayer meeting every rhursday at 7:30 p. in.; Missionary Society 2d and 4th Sun? days at -1 p. m. " Ail are invite ! to attend. Strangers welcome. W. 0. Foster, Pastor. JHUbH5. XCLINCH VALLEY COMMANDERY, No. 20, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Meets first Mondav in each month. JAMES O'KEEFFE, 10. C. W. (i. YOUNG, Recoider. O'KEEFFE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 20. ? i/y^in I Meet? second Monday in each niontn. 11- W. < I'KliEFFE, H. P. W. G.'YOUNG, Secretarv. Meets every Tuesday night Lodge room over Pobst ? Wingo's store. A. S. UlGGIXBOTIIAM, n. G. II. R. Dodd, Sec'y. J. D. Crawford, S. 1'. G. TAZEWELL EN 9 I AM I'M i :NT, No. 17. i. 0. O. F., meets ev? ery Wednesday night in hall of Bluegrass Lodge, No. i n.'. W. D. Bl'CKNER, C. P. A. S. 11 [GGIXBOTUAM, A. W. Lamm?;.. 1*. C. I'. Scribe. LAWYERS. AJ. &{?. i). MAY. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Taze? weU. Va. -Practice in the courts <>f TazeweU county inn! in the Court <?: Ippi .Nat WythevUle. Va. Particular attention paid to the collection ot claims. BARN'S & BARNS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Tazc? well. Va. Practice in the courts of Taxewell county. Court of Ap|>eals at VVytheville aud the Federal courts at ALiin^Uou. C. J. Haras, John T. Burn-. CHAPMAN a GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, TazeweU, Va. Practice in nil the courts of Tazcwell count; and < tourt ??! Appeali :it Wythevllle. J. W. Chaj man, A. P. GUlespie. FULTON* COULLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, TazeweU, V;,. I dee in the courts of Taze? weU county, s. M. B. Conling will continue bis practice in all the courts <?; Buchanan county. .1. II Knit..::. Wythev lie, Va. M. i!. Couling, Tazcwell, Va. GREEVER a GILLESPIE, LAWYERS;, TazeweU Va. Pra<.. ii the courts of TazeweU and ?d oining cou:n:o<. "' v--?ir..< huilJing. Edgar L. Greever, Bai as GUlespie. GEO. W. ST CLAIR, ATTORNEI AT LAW TazeweU. Vit. I'rs cs i-: the courts of Taxe woll and adjoining conntl ?>. and in the Suprerae Court of Appeals .:? WythevUle. Partlcula. at? tention paid i" collection oi claims, Office? ttros braiding. HC. ALDERSOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW.Tazc i well. Va. W :i; prai ticc in ine courts of Tazc? well county and the Court of Appeals at Wythe rillc. Collecting a sj ?.? laity. VINCENT i.. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TazeweU, Va Will practi e In the courts ol razewcll ain! adjoining counties. Prrticular at? tention paid to the collection of claims. Ornce in Stras building. WB. SPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ricij ? lands, Va. Practices in the courts of Taze? weU and adjoining counties. Prompt attention paid to the collection of claims. JH. STUART, ATTORNEY \T LAW, Tazew iVa. Land titles in M iDowi Hand Logan conn ties. West Virginia, a specialty. Office in Stras Duilding. HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS.TazeweU, Va. Office in building near Court n<iui-e. K. R. Henry, a.Graham. B. W. Sims. tare well 1.' ?dge, no. 62, a. f: &a.m. v Meets the third .Monday in each 'month. 11. W. o'keeffe, w. M. W. (i. young, Sec y. BLUEGRASS LODGE, No. L42.I.O.O.F. Notice! I have for sale three Poland-China boar pigs; farrowed Oct. 20, 'DC. These pigs are thorough? bred, and pedigree fur? nished with gach sale. Write lor prices. ^N . MAY, Jl-i.. f**ZU: W t-- 1 1 , 11 . TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK. All Industries Seem to Bo Gaining in Strength Despite War Rumors. DEMAND ALSO INCREASING. Wheat Exports Continue as Though There Were No Limit to the Sup? ply?Weekly Output of Pig Iron Shows Decided Gain. New York.?K. G. Dim & Co. says: It is most gratifying that no industry or branch of business shows any restrict ion or hindrance, but some have "been tapidly gaining for the past week and month. The railways are gaining even while spec ulators are selling their stocks and the de? mand for products of all the great indus? tries is increasing. More gold is coming from Europe than is needed, $10,868,000 having been ordered during the past week, and money markets are nowhere alarmed or stringent, though reasonably more cautious. The country rests assured that its in? dustries, almost all of its business, the foreign demand for its products, especially all its resources, are beyond the reach of any foreign power, and that its honor and foreign interests are in safe hands. The greatest of all industries is sending grain i n w ard as if there were no limit to the supjily. Wheat exports have been 4,171,497 bushels, flour included, against l,26S,171 last year from Atlantic ami Pa? cific ports and for two weeks 7,4G2,730 bushels against 3,010,540 last year. Ex ports of corn, in spite of smaller yield, have been 7,706,094 bushels in two weeks against 9,336,699 last year, when they far surpassed ad records. Wheat declined 2} cents, but com did not change dining the week. Cotton declined an eighth, sales of fer tilizers indicating less reduction of average this year than was expected. Exports ol printed products in February were ?01, 613,091 in value, with increase over last year about ?"'() percent, in breadstufls, 25 per cent, in cotton ami 2? per cent, in the aggregate. The weekly output of pig iron was 22S, 338 tons February 1. but 2:!4,4:;o March 1, and the increase of unsold slocks in Feb? ruary was only 5S?2 tons weekly, leaving 225,532 tohs weekly for export or con? sumption, against 2LS,4">7 in January and 215,249 in November, 1895, the month ol greatest consumption before this year. Tor four months production has gained a little, but consumption still more, and if preparations for war last only a few weeks they will add much to the demand. i Ither consumption, fur railroad cars, ol I which two roads have ordered 2300, for vessels on the lakes and elevators and oil pipe lines, for agricultural implement works und for sheets, is beyond precedent, and structural ma! rail works are ciowded with orders, though now receiving few. Iron bar works are depressing prices be ! cause some are not fully employed, while the steel bar mills at Milwaukee have to [nit on three eight-hour turns daily to keep with orders. Prices are very strong ex cept for wire nails, winch dropped because the great wire combination fill through, though a smaller agreement is now cx pected and in some Western despatches is s lid to have been formed. The minor metals are generally strong? er in demand, a sale of 4,000,000 pounds of copper being reported at 12 cents, though the usual .quotation is 11.87, end the product last year was 305,021 tons, against 219,960 consumed in the country. Tin is strong, at 14.25,and spelter at 4.2. but iead i.s weaker, at '.)~7\, and tinplates at ?2.S5 for the best, against $4 for foreign. Sales of wool for the week have been the smallest since the week of greatest alarm, in August, 1890, but not because any mills have stopped work. Cancellations are fre? quent and jobbers have evidently failed to sell as much as tficy expected at the ad? vance1, prices asked, but even those would not be possible had wool cost the millers current market prices. Little wool can be moved, with a new i clip near and heavy stocks still in mills, I without further reduction. Goods are now lower in ?jiialities less well-known, though unchanged on standard grades. Cotton goods have a large distribution and prices are generally steady, though in outside dealings print cloths are a shade lower. Prints are in demand. Failures for the week have been 216 in the United States, a'_M'i;s[ 2?? last year, and 30 in Canada, against 01 last year. Bradstreet's says: Continued activity in nearly all lines of distributive trade, but more | articularly at the larger cities of the West, South and the far Northwest, con? tinues to be the most favorable feature coming under notice. That the demand for dry goods, groceries, hardware, iron and steel and its various forms and build? ing material is relatively most active at the West seems evident from the slight tone of disappointment in reports from leading K tstern markets, where business is reported moving less rapidly than at the interior. Other favorable features include the heavier foreign demand for wheat and flour, as indicated by increased exports over last week and last year, and bank dealings heavily exceeding corresponding p.-j i...;.- of previous years, though smaller than in recent weeks. Less favorable fea? tures are few, numbering chiefly a weaker tone in prices of a few staples hitherto marked by extreme firmness, but chiefly perceptible in quotations for some makes of coarse cotton goods, print cloths, raw : wool, the demand for which is reported slower than at any previous time this year, wheat, which has been affected by war ru? mors and the growth cf the impression that the world's wheat supplies at present prices will sutlice, coffee and sugar. The volume of busine s in the iron and steel ttade is reported very large, with relatively best reports coming from the West. Pig iron production shows a fur? ther gain and stocks show a slight in? crease. Large sales of copper are a feature, and prices are reported higher for the week, as are also the quotations for Indian corn and wheat flour. The industrial situation seems Ilk ely to be improved by the ending of the New England cotton mill strikes. Business is generally active at the West. S uthern end Southwestern buyers are more active at St. Louis. Kansas City packing houses report demand one-third larger than last year. A perceptible im provementih distribution is noted at Chi? cago in many lines of trade. An order for 10,000 tons of steel rails is a feature of the week's business at that city. Trade is of satisfactory volume at the Northwest. Export business in flour and wheat from the Pacific Coast shows a considerable gain. Boat building is active on Alaskan j account. A good business is doing at the South. Business failures in the United States this Week number 247, against 232 last week. 227 in the corresponding week of 1897, 282 in 1896, 262 in 1895 and 231 in 1894. A REVOLUTION IN GUNS. French and German Armies Rc Armed. Some little time ago?we think in July, 1897?the German Emperor invited the military attaches to breakfast, and after t.ierepasl told them it was no use keeping it a secret any longer, but the German army had had its artillery changed with? out anything being known about it, says the London Chronicle. No fewer than live army corps had up till then been armed with the new gun, a quick-firing weapon made by Krupp, and by the mid? dle of the present, year all the field guns will have been replaced by quick-firing guns capable of throwing ten to twelve shells a minute and with higher destructive power in their shells. How weil these.'ret was kept may be understood from the fact that Krupp employs 16,000 workmen and that several powers try to spend huge sums in Germany to obtain military and navttl intelligence. Upon the Kaiser's revelation the French military attache at once took train for Paris, and found bis government not un? prepared to deal promptly with the <|ites tion. In fact, a model had been deter? mined upon seme time before, and orders were immediately placed, not only with the government factories, but with a num? ber of private firms. Only the question of cost had prevented the French War Office from being beforehand with the Germans, and the reason for this hesitation will be grasped when it is stated that the extra ex- j penditure involved within a very brief pe riod ten millions sterling. The secret has been kept by the French nearly as well as the Germans kept theirs, but Jt is now known to several European governments. The weapon now in course of rapid manufacture is a quick-firing gun, capable of firing at least ten shots n minute. It hasa calibre of seventy-five millimetres (3 in.,) the calibre of the French field gun being U0 mm. (3$ in.,) ami of the horse ar? tillery gun SO mm. The weapon is very similar to the latest pattern of the Norden felt cannon. Its weight, (iited with auto? matic hydraulic or glycerine brakes to cluck recoil, and with steel shields to re? duce the risk from infantry fire, is some? what creator than that of the 00 mm. field gun, but the range and the burstingpower of the shtll is lilted with a perfect percus? sion fuse, the accuracy of which has been tested in the most thorough fashion. As many as "?000 of those quick-firing iruns for the French artillery are being provided at a cost, including 1000 rounds ofnmmunitiou for each, of 2000 per gun. Up tiil January 1 this year SO') guns were CO npleted, with their due proportion of projectiles. There will be enough guns in being before the end of the current year lo arm all the '"corps" artillery, and the whole of the artillery will be rearmed be? fore the end of 1S99. The French have satisfied themselves that, for effect, two of tin sc guns are equal to a whole six-gun battery of field guns, j with a margin to spare. Nevertheless, the superior council of war bus decided that each battery shall, as heretofore, consistof! six pieces. Thus the effective power of the | French artillery will be at least tripled by the adoption of the quick-firing guns. In view of this decision it has been resolved that each gun shall have not one, but two, ammunition wagons, which will not re? main in the rear, as in tne case jf the field batteries, but will come up wit'i the guns into action. This involves the increase of j thirty-six horses for each battery. It must be remembered, first, thai the problem of supply ammunition in the held is made immensely more difficult by Ibis new departure; and, secondly, that neither France nor Germany has adopted machine ..?mis as we have done. These two facts enter materially into the question of the change from held guns to quick-firing guns. A GLANCE ABROAD. Lasl year the marriages in Scotland ex? ceeded those if the previous year by 2000, while the excess over those for lSS? was 0O00. Seventy workmen have been tunneling for the Sungfrau Railway in Switzerland all Winter. About 250 yards of the Eiger Tunnel is completed. Among the o.OOO.OOO inhabitants of! Switzerland there are 125,000 Germans. Among tl e 02,000,000 inhabitants of Ger? many there are 40,000 Swiss. The corosumption of horseflesh as hu? man food has slightly decreased during the year in Paris, being 4472 tons. This was derived from 20.S7S horses, 53 mules and 232 donkeys. Birmingham's new meat market, which was opened by the Lord Mayor on Octo? ber 27, is saiil to be one of the finest buildings of the kind in Europe. It has been built and fitted up at a cost of S?90, 000. Moscow has a hospital large enough to hold 7000 persons. It was founded in 1764, and at present takf s in children : t the rate, of forty a day, or about 15,000 a year. There arc twenty-six physicians and about 000 nurses. The Chinaman, it is said, can write all day, work all day, stand in one position all day, weave, beat gold, carve ivory, do infinitely tedious jobs and discover no more weariness and irritation than if he were a machine. Scotland is so frequently and persist? ently spoken of as being a*'puir" country I that many people rashly consider it to be deficient in wealth. That the reverse is the case is evidenced by the fact that the wealth of its inhabitants who die in one single year is officially returned at over ?21,000,000. The Prince of Wales has written to the I vicar of Stratford-on-Avon wishing success : to his efforts to restore the church wherein ' lie the remains of the national poet, Wil j liam Shakespeare, and subscribing twenty guineas to the fund. 0<>0<>0-0<K>?<>000<H>CK>0<>00^ IA Hair-Breadth EscapeJ g BT CHARLES HER VET. ^ CKXKX><K>0<KK><><^^ IX 1S70, a month or two before the outbreak of the Franco-German war, one of the most promising- cadets, or, us they are commonly styled, "pupils," of The military college of St. Cyr was Gaston de Langeais. He was the last representative of an ancient family in Brittany, whose traditional obstinacy and impatience of control he had in? herited to an extent which rendered him more popular with his comrades than with the autlhorities. Not that he was especially remarka? ble for turbulence or insubordination, or that his infractions of rules were more frequent than those of the major? ity of his fellows. On One point alone he was intractable, and'exercised all his ingenuity in repeated attempts to escape a regulation which was inexpres? sibly repugnant to him. Gifted by nature with an abundance of luxuriant? ly-curling hair, of which be was inordi? nately vain, the prescribed necessity of having It cropped short was a perpetual grievance to him, and he looked anxious? ly forward to his second year at St. Cyr,, and his consequent emancipation from the too close scrutiny to which he had hitherto been periodically sub? jected. "In two months." he said, esultingly, to one of his Intimates, "my time (here will be up. and once named officer I shall be free as air, and no longer ashamed to show myself to my Cousin Louise. For you see," he added, lifting his cap, and displaying a thick growth of short curls carefully flattened down, "I have still some hair left." Castles in the air, (however, are apt to collapse; and Gaston's visionary proj? ects were, to sny the least, premature. A few mornings later, at the usual hour of parade,, the corps of youngsters wore unexpectedly summoned to un? dergo the inspection of the infantry lieutenant, Bouchard, a lynx-eyed mar tient, by no mcms favorably disposed toward pupils destined for cavalry regi? ments, whom he contemptuously des? ignated as "coxcombs." De Langeais, as the recognized leader of the band, was particularly obnoxious to him, and his keen eyes twinkled maliciously as he stopped short before the young man and examined him curiously. "Tah-c off your cap," he said. Gasten obeyed with an inward shiver of apprehension. "I thought a3 much!" growled the lieutenant. "If that superfluous hair has not disappeared by this time to? morrow you will pass the next four days in the 'sallc de police.'" "You arc in for it now," whispered his sympathizing comrade, when the terrible Bouchard had passed on. "Xot a bit of it," replied de Lan? geais. "Why, wthat on earth can you do?" "I don't exactly know; but I intend to put off the evil day as long as I possibly can." Next morning, with the aid of n couple of brushes well soaked in water, he succeeded in leveling the rebellious locks so as to deceive even a practiced eye and appeared cn parade with his wonted jaunty air, although not a little nervous as to the result of his coming ordeal. Presently the lieutenant ar? rived with an ominously slow step. and. pausing as before, exactly in front of Gaston, repeated the order of the pre? vious day. "Take oil your cap!" For a moment Bouchard seemed puz? zled by the apparently smooth surface of the "pupil's" head; but, bent cn as? certaining the real state of the case, he unceremoniously lifted a portion of the flattened hair with his forefinger, thereby disclosing a substratum of tiny ! curls. Then, turning to the adjutant who accompanied him, he briefly con? signed the offender for four days to the "salle de police," ,gncl continued his round of inspection with a self-satis? fied grin. During the last day of his enforced seclusion Gaston practically employed i his leisure in decorating Ibis knee, by a judicious mixture of blue and green paint, and with a tolerably exact imita? tion of a bruise, which he showed to the regimental doetor. pretending that the contusion had been caused by bis com? ing in contact with a post, in the riding school. Whether he implicitly believed the statement or not, the good-natured medico put him on the sick list, and thus 24 hours were gained. His reap? pearance on parade, however, became at length a matter of necessity: and this time his continued disobedience entailed on him a week's further con? finement, at the expiration of which he was again consigned to durance vile for an entire fortnight. "This will never do," thought de Lan? geais. "The earthenware pot must, in the long run, bo smarted by the iron one, and I shall have to give in at last. 1 had better try old Grison once more." Whereupon, having previously, by way of precaution, added a few artistic touches to the pictorial embellishment of his knee, he limped in to the consult ing room of Dr. Grison, who was fortunate? ly too much engaged with other pa? tients to bestow mere than a very cur scry glance ut the bruise; and. not knowing precisely what to make of the case, gave the newcomer an order cf admission to the infirmary, then under tho charge cf half a dozen sisters of charity, presided over by n lady superi? or. Gaston had hardly exchanged his or? dinary attire for tlhe regulation loos^, prey coat and cotton night-cap when Pitrot, the barber of the establishment, was announced, bearing an enormous pair of scissors and a laconic note, which ran as follows: "The pupil 'le Lang-eals' hair Is to be cut eft Immediately. EOUCHATID." The poor coiffeur, unwillingtoloseso excellent a customer for pomados and Your friends may smile But that tired feeling Means danger. It Indicates impoverished And impure blood. This condition may Lead to serious illness. It should be promptly Overcome by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, Which purifies and Enriches the blood, Strengthens the nerves, Tones the stomach, Creates an appetite, And builds up, Energizes and vitalizes The whole system. Be sure to get Only Hood's. other capillary unguents, and yet com? pelled lo obey the imperative mandate, was in despair. "Would it not be possible, monsieur," he suggested, "to obtain from the lady superior a certificate that the effect of the operation might be injurious to an invalid?" Gaston could not help smiling at the j idea. "I don't quite sec," he said, "what a cropped head has to do with a bruise on the knee; bnt there can be no harm in ; trying." . As good luck would have it, Sister An geliquo, in whose memory perhaps still lingered the fondly cherished recollec? tion of some romantic episode of her youthful days, listened with interest to the handsome Breton, while he related to her his hopes and fears, and his at? tachment to his cousin Louise. Being naturally kindhearted ar.d sympathetic, [ she agreed without much persuasion to his rather incongruous request; so j that Pere Fitrot, relieved from his dis? agreeable responsibility, went on his way rejoicing. A quarter of an boor later (he lieuten? ant burst into the infirmary in a par? oxysm of fury. "So, youngster," he cried, "It seems you are bent on braving me! Well, we shall see! You cannot stay shamming Here for ever; and mark my words? j when you do come out. Til have that bead of vours as smooth as a billiard ball!" With this parking threat, he bounced out of the room, and next day every one of the future cavalry officers?the pris? oner alone excepted?underwent the I summary operation of "cropping" at ; the hands of the barber Fitrot. Meanwhile, Gaston's position was by no means an enviable one. Through the ! grated windows of the infirmary he could see his comrades mounting their horses in the courtyard and caracoling gaily as they passed; and on Sunday? most painful trial of all?could hear with apangof envy the joyous shouts of his more fortunate colleagues, emanci? pated for a few hours from duty, and on their way lo catch the first train to Tar Is. The cay of deliverance, however, was at hand. Early on the 14th of July?a j date never to be forgotten by do Lan ? geais?the occupants of the infirmary were suddenly startled by n tremendous uproar immediately under their win? dows, and, on looking out, imagined for a moment that pandemonium had broken loose. Such a spectacle had assuredly never been witnessed at St. Cyr. The entire quadrangle was thronged by an ex? cited multitude, rushing to and fro in tumultuous disorder, flinging their caps high In the air, and bursting every now and then into a loud and prolonged hur? rah! Was it a revolt, marveled the sisters and their patients, or what could It possibly mean? A few minutes sufficed to explain the mystery. A hast}' step was heard out? side the dcor, immediately followed by the entrance into the sick room of an ad? jutant, bearing in his hand an official document, the contents of which, re? cited by him In a sonorous voice, were greeted with an enthusiasm bordering on frenzy. "War is declared with Prussia. T!y im? perial decree, the seniors are henceforth sub-lieutenants." Before the sisters, deafened by the clamor, had recovered from their stupe? faction, they found themselves alone in the infirmary, the invalids, one and all, having mustered strength enough to throw aside their wraps, and make the best of their way downstairs. Gaston. whose instantaneous cure Sister Angelique afterwards described as little short of miraculous, was the first to rejoin his comrades; ar.d, des? crying his persecutor, Boudhard, standing apart from the rest, and ap? parently in no very good humor, went up to him with outstretched hand and a frank, cheery smile: "Well, lieutenant." he said, "you won't have mc cropped now!" "So it seems." grimly replied the other, returning somewhat reluctantly the proffered grasp. "You have more luck than yon deserve; for, depend upon it. I should have shewn you no mercy!" Each of the seniors entitled to pro? motion having notified to the adjutant on duty the regiment to which he was desirous of being attached., the prepara? tions for departure were speedily com? pleted. At an early hour in the after? noon the band of exulting youngsters started for Paris, latent on making the most of the three days allowed them before joining their respective corps. Gaston's regiment being stationed at Lille, he bad ample leisure, after-par? taking of a farewell repast at Brebant's with his old companions, to carry intC execution a long-cherished project of paying a flying visit to his cousin Louise at Trouville; ar.d, repairing on the third day to headquarters, reported himself to the colonel of the Forty-sec? ond dragoons, who received him most cordially. "You are dispensed from &ut>\" said his chief, "until you have get your kit in order. Young man, you have arrived in the very nick of time, for before the week is out. we shall be on cur way to the front." On his first appearance at mess d(e Langeais discovered, to his astonish? ment that every one cf his new com? panions, without exception, was closely cropped. "A very necessary precau? tion." said the president, "in war time; the less ir.cumbrance we carry about us the better. A long beard and as little hair ns possible: no comb nr razor wanted; nothing but a simple 'brush up.'" "Xot to mention." chimed in nn old campaigner cf proverbial baldness, "that a heavy helmet plays the very deuce with oneVhair." Gaston listened wi>*h due respect to these well-meant exhortations, but without the slightest intention of be .ng influenced by them; and, on the ar? rival of his division r.t Metz some day* 'nter. bad already, more than once, de? clined to avail himself of the services of the regimental barber. Nevertheless, he instinctively felt that a continued refusal to conform to t.'ie general custom must inevitably en? danger his popularity, and that the only way to atone for this obnoxious singu? larity was to distinguish himself by some exploit which might obtain for him an honorable mention in tbc order of the da}'. An opportunity soon came. On the ISth of August his regiment, posted near SL Privat, behind nn avenue of poplars bordering the road to Saar bruck, had been exposed for several hours to a galling fire of the German ar? tillery, and had suffered severely from an incessant storm of shells, which were beginning to set the trees on fire. The position of tbc French corps be? came untenable, and the colonel, decid? ing that the enemy's guns must at any cost be silenced, ordered a small detach? ment of dragoons commanded by de Lar.geais to charge, anxl cut Iheui off from the main body. The Germans, taken by surprise, and imagining they I were about to be attacked by the en | tire regiment, ceased firing and hastily I retreated, leaving one of their guns on j the field, which Gaston, at the head of 15 men, bore down, upon, and, sabcfinjr tiic gunners, carrlell it triumphantly into the French lines. "Bravo," cried the colonel, warmly, grasping the young sub-lieutenant's hand; "you have deserved the cross for this, nnd I will take cure that you ! get. it!" Stimulated by this first success, and j eager to justify, by some further act of : daring, the good opinion of his chief, dc Langeais neglected no opportunity of proving himself worthy of It. Dis? patched on a forage expedition, and attacked by an outpost of infantry, he completely routed thorn, and brought ten prisoners into the camp; and a few days later held his ground for half an hour, unsupported, save by his own men, against an entire corps of the enemy. His gallantry did not pass unrewarded. Not only was the cross of the Legion of TTonor con? ferred on him, but Iiis name was three times mentioned for exceptional bravery in the order of the day, and hia speedy promotion to the rank of lieu? tenant was generally regarded as a cer? tainty. At this juncture the unexpected cap? itulation of Metz was a severe blow to him, and. unwilling to accept compara? tive liberty on parole, he conceived a project, which, although extremely haz? ardous, might possibly enable him to join the army of the Loire. Ilia design being approved of by the general com? manding under Hazainc, who intrusted him with a letter to his colleague, An? rolle do Faladii.cs, informing him that the army of Prince Frederick Charles would shortly march toward the Loire, Gaston exchanged his uniform for a blouse, and a peasant's straw hat, and, carrying a basket of eggs, pursued his way coolly in the direction of the en? emy's lines. "It Is a terrible risk," he thought, "but better be shot at once than rot in a German prison." Challenged by the first sentinel he met, and arrested on suspicion, he was taken before the colonel of the regi? ment, who. surrounded by his officers in council, scrutinized the prisoner at? tentively. "Where do you come from?" he in? quired in tolerable French. "From Landonchamps, on my way with these eggs to Grigy," was the young man's reply. "Arc you aware that you run the risk of being treated as a spy?" pur? sued bis interrogator. "Necessity has no choice," retorted de Langeais, with a perfectly indiffer? ent air. During this brief colloquy the officers glanced curiously at the stalwart indi? vidual before them, whose appearance and manner contrasted so strangely with the homely dress he wore: and were almost unanimously of the colonel's openly expressed opinion, that he was no peasant, but an officer in dis? guise, and consequently a spy. A pause boding no good to the accused en? sued, and in another moment his fate would have been sealed, when a gray haired major, who had been intently gazing at de Langeais, suddenly arose from his seat. "Stay!" he exclaimed, "with all sub? mission. I think you arc mistaken. This man, whoever he may be. is no officer. All these we have taken prisoners have been close cropped, and no one ever heard of a French soldier on active service with such a head of hair as that!" "True?the major is right," assented several of those present. "It may be so," said the colonel, only half convinced, "and in that case he is entitled to the benefit of the doubt. Give him a pass, and let him go and be hanged somewhere else." "A narrow escape!" muttered Gaston to himself as he left the camp. "I won? der what Bouchard would say if he knew of it." A week later our hero reached his destination and delivered his credentials to the general in com? mand, by whom the grade of lieu tenant was immediately conferred oa him. At the conclusion of the cam? paign he was promoted to the cap? taincy, and in 1871. after the final rout cf the Commune, married his cousin Louise. In the following year, while on leave in Paris, he came across his old enemy, Bouchard, on the Boulevard des Italiens. "How goes it with you?" asked the latter, as they sipped their absinthe together. "Admirably," replied Gaston. "Here am T, a captain at ?.2. chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and the husband of a charming wife; and all this?no thanks to you, by the way. Bouchard?because T saved my hair."?N. V. Ledger. THE HORSE TRAINERS' LIFE. It la Full of Responsibilities nnd Anxieties. According to a sporting authority, the life of a horse trainer is about as little to be envied as that of any mortal. In the excitement consequent to a big race the jockey is the hero of the hour, and never a thought is bestowed on the trainer, to whose fostering care both horse and jockey owe the burst of en? thusiasm that invariably proclaims vic? tory. The jockey has the bays, the trainer none. The responsibility and anxiety felt by the jockey when Hie rides a Derby-winning favorite is but a drop in the ocean compared with that which weighs on the mind of a horse's trainer. The jockey's troubles are over within the space of a few fleeting moments, I but the trainer who has a crack in his charge knows no peace of miud for months. Sleepless nights are frequent? ly his portion, no never can tell from one to another what may happen. Be the horse over so sound, he cannot tell when an accident May destroy all hops of success, and bitter must be his ex? perience when he sees victory slipping from his grasp. If the horse be a deli? cate one, with a slight suspicion of be? ing not quite right in his wind, or un? certain on his legs, and the winter be a hard o.ne, the trainer has a weary and unhappy time cf it. and it must be with a feeling of intense relief that he de? livers the horse fit and well on the eventful day of the big race. A Slap at Bryanism. Urooklyn Eiigle ] Bryan, Bryanism and Socialism will not quickly recover from the effects of the de? cision delivered by the United States Su? preme Court in the Nebraska maximum freight rate case. It is a decision the im? portance of which cannot well he overesti? mated in the sense that it cuts the ground from the feet of the roaring lunatics who are inveighing against property rights and trying to establish a hobo civilization. Dissolution Notice. Notice is hereby given that the partner? ship heretofore existing under the firm name and style of Thompson. Hopkins it Co. has been dissolved by mutual consent. Persons who are indebted to the said firm are requested to come forward and promptly settle their indebtedness. Kespectfully, W. T. Tiiomi'sox, G. O. Thompson, .1. T. Hopkins. Thompson's Valley, Tazewell Co., \}&. This modern malady has become dreaded not more for its direct fa? tality than for the weakness of body and mind it leaves behind it. Prolonged debility, permanent pros? tration, melancholy and suicide fol? low La Grippe. For this disease there is no remedy superior to Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. "The best remedy for la grippe that I know of is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral." Rev. JOHN K. CHASE, South Hampton, N. H. "My wife and five children were taken down with hi grippe, while the disease was.--;) widely prevalent. I dosed them with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and before usiiifr quit" two bottles my family was restored to health. I know of several obstinate cases of the same complaint which were also cured by thi3 remedy." J. PARJDNTER, Paulette, Miss. 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Sch tute in Effect DEC 5th, 1897. TRAINS LEAVE TAZEWELL EASTBOUND 4.47 p. m. daily and 3.2U p. m. daily ex? cept Sunday. WESTBOUND 11.25 a. m. daily and 8.40 a. m. daily ex? cept Sunday. Tink'FT^ SOLD TO I \~s I \I I ALL POINTS OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS WISCONSIN, MISSOURI KANSAS, NEBRASKA, COLORADO, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA TEXAS. WEST, HOOT-WEST, SOUTH-WEST. FIRST CLASS. SF -OND CLASS AND EMIGRAn TICKETS. ?THE BEST ROLTE TO THE? North aivd East. Pullman YcstibiilGd tones, Sleeping and Dining Cars. sick rnAT vorn tickets head oveb the norfolk & weson railroad CHEAPEST, BEST AN:. QUICKEST LINE. Write Lr Hates, Maps, Time-Tab'.es Descriptive Pamphlets to any Station Agent, or to W. U. BEVriX, ALLEN HuIX, M. F. BP.ACC, Gen'l Pa? ?t. Div. Pass. Agt jgjgglg** DIRECT FROM Mi T**?* Which Saves yoi The Commission House, Ths V/koksi ROSENB?KGER & CO. 202-2' _ _ Our Greet Bargains Affi 5s?3 QEEjEZI 5*? 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Walton, lato mer? chants and partners in trade under the tirm name and style of Doak & Co., J. S. (iillenpie and A. P. Gillespie, partners asJ.S. &A. P. Gillespie, S. 1).-May, ? Rank of Clinch Valley, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, and George Huston, J. G. Hus? ton and Harry Buston, merchants and partners in trade under the firm name of Huston & Sons, defendants. The object of this suit is to enforce the lien retained in favor of complainant in the deed from C. Shelburne and wife to GeorgietteClark, conveying a certain house and lot in the town of Tazewell known as The Tazewell Female Seminary, ami to sell said property to satisfy said lien. And it Appearing from affidavit on file in said of? fice that C. Shelburne is a non-resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect his interest in this suit, and that copies hereof be posted as pre? scribed, by law. A copy. Teste: II. Bane Barman, Clerk. Chapman ci Gillespie, p. q. 2-24-4t . "TT IRGINIA: [u the clerk's office of the V circuit court for Tazewell county, February 10, 1898. .John H. Young, guardian of Jennie Young and Lillie Young, complainant, vs. In chancery. James Young, Jo Bernard Young, Kansas Win go (wife of A. F. Wingo) Jennie Young and Lillie Young, the last twiof whom are infants, defendants. The object of this suit is to confirm the : sale of the interests of lennie Young ami I lillie Young in a certain tract of land lying j in Ward's Cove in Tazewell county, which ! said interest was inherited by them from ' their father, Charles Young, dec'd. And it appealing from affidavit on lile in said i office that James Young anil Jo Bernard Young are non-residents of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that thev appear here within fifteen days after due publica? tion of this order and do what Is necessary I to protect their interest in this suit, and that copies hereof be posted its prescribed by law. A copy. Teste: II. BaneHarvan, Clerk. Chapman & Gillespie, p. q. 2-24-4t VIRGINIA: In the clerk'soffice of the circuit court for Tazewell county, March 2, 1898. M. M. Leedy, assignee of H. N. Leedy, complainant, vs. ; In chancery. John W. Crockett, sheriff of Tazewell county, and as such, administrator of John SI. Leedy, deceased; John Leedy, Francis Dillow, IL N. I-eedy, C. G. Leedy, Margaret Cowan, William Leedy, Shannon Leedy, Charles Leedy and Rhoda Leedy, defendants. The object of this suit is to recover of ? John M. Leedy's Estate the sum of $!>S.70 1 with interest from November l?tb, 1890. Also the sum of $6.73 with interest from June i lib, lb'.)7, and to subject the land in the bill mentioned to the payment of same, being 120 acres of land situated on the head waters of Clinch River.iTazewell county, Virginia. Said John M. Leedy having died seized of a two-thirds undi? vided interest therein. And it appearing from affidavit filed, that IL N. Leedy and Shanon Leedy, ate non-residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia, it is ordered that they appear here within fifteen days after due publica? tion of this order and do what is necessary to protect thefr interests in this suit, and that copies hereof be published and posted as prescribed by law. A copy. Teste : II. Hani; Harman, Clerk. II. C. Alderson, p. q. 3-3-4t Belfast Mills. Ya., Dec. S, 1S97. Messrs. Higginbotbam & Kirby, Cedar Bluff, Ya. Gentlemen: 1 wish to say that I have been having my wheat ground at your mill for the last ye.tr or more and have found your Hour derfectl) satisfactory. 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