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TA2EWELL CO. DIRECTORY.
Circuit Court.
Rojhert C Jackson, judge; H. BaneHar
.'??Jjpvlerk. Termsofcourt?1st Monday
uT&pril, 4tii Monday in August and 1st
Monday in December.
County Court.
^ J. II. Stuart, judge; T. E. George, clerk.
Terms of court?Tuesday after Sd Monday
in each month.
Officers.
Jno. T. Barns.Corn'th. Atty.
Jno. \V. Crockett.Sheriff.
James Bandy.Deputy Sheriff.
h. K. GiUespie,.Treasurer.
II. 1*. Brittain and
H. (i. McCall.Deputies.
14. S. W illiams.County Surveyor,
Address, Pounding Mill, Va.
P. II. Williams,.County Supt. Schools,
Address, Snappe, Va.
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal Church 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, Wednesday at 7:30.
P. M. Sabbath School at 9:80 A. M.
Meeting of Epworth League each Sun?
day at 3 p. in., the third Monday
night of each montn being devoted to
literary work.
A most cordial welcome is extended to all.
J. S. Funsen, Pastor.
^ Christtan Church.
Prenching 1st and 3rd Sundays at 7 p.
in. and 2nd and 4th Sundays at 11 a. m.
Prayer meeting Saturday nighty at 7
o'clock. Sunday school every Sunday at
9:80 a. m.
Philip Johnson, Pastor.
Lutheran Church.
Services at the Lutheran church at North
Tazewell every 1st and 3d Sunday at 11a.
m.
SECRET ORDERS.
CLINCH VALLEY
COM M AN DER Y. NO. 20,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Meets fourth Friday i" each month.
JAMES O'KEEFFE, E. C.
W. < ;. YOUNG, Kecoider.
o'keeffe ROYAL
akch chapter
NO. 26.
Meets second Monday in each
month.
O. (4. Kmcscuwii.j.er, h. p.
W. g. young,
Secretarv.
? TAZEWELL LODGE,
yRA^ NO. 62, A. F. & A. M.
/S$r\Meets the third Monday in each
month.
O. G. EMPSCHW1LLEU, W. M.
W. G. YOUNG, Sec'y.
TAZEWELL TABERNACLE, PII/JRIM
KNIGHTS.
Meets 4th Monday in each month.
.1AME8*0'KEEFFE, Chief.
W. G. YOUNG, Sec'y.
BLUEGRASS LODGE, NO. 142.I.O.O.F.
fei
Meets every Tuesday night. Ix>dge
room over Pobst & Wiugo's store.
A. S. HiGGiNBornam, N. G.
11. R. Donn, Sec'y.
J.y^CuAWFoi-.i), S. P. G.
TAZEWELL EN?
CAMPMENT, No. 17,
I. 0. 0. F., meets ev?
ery Wednesday night j
in hall of Bluegra=s
Lodge, No. 142.
W. I). B?ckner, C. P.
a. S. Higc!in both a m,
A. W. Landon, P. C. P. Scribe.
LAWYEILS.
AJ. & P. I>. MAY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Taze?
well, Va. Practice In the courts of Tazewell
county and in the Court of Appeals at Wytheville,
Va. Particular attention paid to the collection ol
claims.
BARNS A BARNS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Taze?
well, Va. Practice, in the courts of Taxewell
county. Court of Appeals at Wytheville and the
Federal courts at Abingdou. C.'J. Barns, John T.
Barns.
CHAPMAN ,v GILLESP1E, ATTORNEYS AT j
LAW, Tazewell. Va. Practice in all the courts
of Tazewell county and Court of Appeals at
' ? /tbeville. J. W. Chapman, A. P. Gillespie.
FDLTON & COULLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Tazewell, Va. Practice in the courts of Taze?
well county. S. M. B. Coaling will continue his
BraepCe in'all the courts of Buchanan countv. J.
[ Stilton. Wytheville, Va. S. M. B. Couling,
Tazewell, Va.
GREEVER & GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell
Va. l'rfti ..;c: n the courts of Tazewell and ad
.oinihg couniies. Office?Stras building. Edgar
L. Greever. Barns Gillespie.
GEO. W. ST. CLAIR, ATTORNEY AT LAW
Tazewell. Va. Practices in the courts of Taze
woll and adjoining counties and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Particula; at- I
tention paid to the collection o: claims. Ollice? j
btras building.
HC. ALDERSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Tazc
? well, Va. Will practice in the courts of Taze?
well county and the Court of Appeals at Wythe?
ville. Collecting a specialty.
VINCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Tazewell, Va. Will practice in the courts of
Tazewell and adjoining counties. Particular at?
tention paid to the collection of claims. Office in
3tras building.
WB. SPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich
i lands, Va. Practices in the courts of Taze?
well and adjoining counties. Prompt attention
paid to the collection of claims.
JH. STL'ART. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taz :w
i Va. Land titles in McDowell and Logan coun?
ties, West Virginia, a specialty. Office in Stras
ouilding.
HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYERS. Tazewell, Va.
Office in building near Court House. r. r.
Uenry. a. C Graham. B. W. Stras.
MRS. R. J. LEWIS,
Fashionable Milliner and Dress*
maker,
West Main Street, - Tazewell, Va.
A full line of Millinerv and Trimmings.
^-_^
'. C. BOWEN,
Attorney-at-Law,
TAZEWELL, "VIRGINIA.
Office west end of Courthouse yard.
I SUZE'S LOVE LETTER |
^ By ELLIS MARSTON. ?
jB** ?Copyright,IBM. ft
SWISH went the well-directed rain
against the second-floor windows of
! Mevrouw Ten Bruggeukate's house in
Haarlem, and Suze, looking- up. re?
ceived nn impromptu shower bath on
her pretty face. Pretty would Suze bo
accounted anywhere, and just then she
looked particularly so, as she laughed
back at Betji, who was looking down
at her from an open window.
Swish?this time the shower Was di?
rected ngui nst the first floor windows.
"You are well set to work, Suze," sUid
a voice behind her. "See how you
have drenched my hat."
"You should not go so near the win?
dows," Suze replied, without turning
her head.
"Why, I had a note to deliver to
Minn, the cook, so I had no choice.
Your mistress returns to-morrow and
bring Mynheer Cornelius with her for
one night only; and Mevrouw desires
Mina to prepare his favorite chicken
mayonnaise, without which the Ileer
hardly thinks life worth living."
Suzo turned round and confronted the
speaker, a good-looking- young fellow,
in a blue serge jacket, wide knieker
bockers of tho same material, and a
large gray felt hut.
"Oh. it's you, dan," she said, inno?
cently. "Dag, Jan.*'
"Dag, Suze. So you did not know me
ut first?"
Suze's color heightened ever so little,
but she did not reply, and sent the Ma?
ter against the ground door windows
with a will.
"I brought, you something," said Jan,
talcing a ten-rosebud from the little
basket he held; he added to It a spray of
maidenhair fern, and then with a pin
which he extracted out of Ids jacket,
pinned the flower to the front of Suzs's
dress.
"Now you look like n flower yourself,"
he said, with nr. unwonted poetic out?
burst.
Three days afterward the postman
left a letter for Suze. It was addressed
in a large round hand, and, after mi?
nutely Inspecting it, she put it away in
a little locked box, where she kept n
bag of dried roseleaves, her best ear?
rings and pocket handkerchiefs, her
Bible and prayer book, and the other
little odds and ends which mode up the
sum total of her treasures.
Suze and Betji occupied together a
long low room at the top of the house,
where two little wooden bedsteads
hung with the whitest of dimity awaited
them lifter the day's work was over.
At nine o'clock both the maidens were
in bed and Betji's regulnr breathing
speedily announced, that she was in the
land of dreams. Then S?zecautiously
lit a candle, and, stealing out of bed,
opened her rosewood box, and took
therefrom a letter, which she had not
yet opened. It was net long, bitt Suze
took a long time In reading it.
"Respected and Dear Suzo"?it began.
"The tulips are r.o-.v In full bloom, and the
roses arc coming on apace. The orchid:!
also are beginning to make- a show, ami
I think we shall have the finest flowers of
all this year. We exhibit at Tho Hague
next month, rind the Hoer says that if he
Is awarded first medal ho will raise my
wages. He has also given me a house
near Myn Brough, which, as you know, is
his country estate. It is small but commo?
dious, the door and v.indow frtimes ar.
deep red, and tho front of the house Is
stained yellow. The windows wfll look
well with lace curtains, suc-h as my moth?
er has lcld by. There is n sma'1 garden in
front where tfowers may be cultivated and
a larger one at the back, which Will grow
onions and cabbages. How much dost thou
think It will take to furnish the house?
And dost thou think wall paper of blue
or red will look best? The-se Questions
I should like answered. I hope the hon?
orable lady, thy mistress, is well.?Thy
friend and well wisher,
"JAN VREEDE."
Suze took a week to think over Jan's
letter, and during thut time she was
rather distrait, so that her mistress
had to call her to account. She brought
in the teawnter several times very
much off the boil, and used the same
duster three days running, a crime ut?
terly forbidden in Mevrouw Ten Brug
genkate's household.
Then one day when Mira, the cook,
was busy elsewhere, and B^tji had been
allowed out to tea with a friend, Suze
sat down in the kitchen and wrote her
letter.
"Respected Friend Jan: Tho honored
Mevrouw, my mistress, is in good health.
I am glad to hear that the tulips are bloom?
ing and that the roses are forward. It Is
also good news that tho orchids will make
so fine a show. Thy mother will rejoice
that the honored Heer approves of thc-e,
and intends to show hie approval as thou
hast said. It is my opinion, after think?
ing long on the subject, that rod paper
looks best with some rooms, and blue with
others. The lace curtains will go well
With the windows, and thy mothe-r I know
will be a clever and thrifty housewife.
I look to thee to assure her of my dutiful
respects. As to the expenses of furnish?
ing 1 know little, but can consult my moth?
er as thoti canst thine.
"It rejoices my heart to know that tulips
and roses may be cultivated in tho front
garden, and that onions and cabbages will
grow well at the back. Thy friend and
well wisher,
"SUZE KLOPS."
When Suze had finished her epistle,
Bhc asked leave of her mistress to go
and post it.
"Yes, child, and take these of mine
nt the same time," said Mevrouw, put?
ting half n dozen into the girl's hands.
She went to the post, and juBt as she
was dropping the letters in, nn ac?
quaintance from one of the neighboring
bouses came there on the same errand,
and in the interesting conversation that
ensued poor Suze did not notice that
her letter to Jnn fell on the ground,
and that a mischievous little breeze,
out for a holiday, seized it and whirled
it away round the corner of a street,
finally dropping it in a water butt
which stood in a backyard.
Week followed week and there came
no sign from Jan, nor did she ever see
him coming to the house with mes
sages and letters. At first she thought
it was because Jan was busy preparing
for the orchid show, but when that was
long past and still she neither saw nor
heard anything of him, Suze's heart be?
gan to ache at this apparent desertion
on the part of an old and tried friend.
"You are looking pale and ill, Suze,"
said Mevrouw Ten Brugger.katc to her
one day. "You had better pack up your
things and go home for a week."
In vain Suze protested that she was
perfectly well. Her mistress was reso?
lute, and in tho end the girl had to give
way nnd go.
"Well, child," said her mother, a
short, stout woman, with generous
waist and hips; "so thou hast been
getting ill up yonder. Ah! in towns it
is no wonder that folk arc never well.
My poor head aches always with the
noise whenever I go to Rotterdam, if
only for a few days, But out here,
where it is quiet always and the air is
pure, thou wilt soon be well again."
Suze looked mournfully out on the
landscape, and thought it had never
looked so dreary. For away, as far as
the eye could reach, spread grazing
meadows; on the canal a barge was
slowly wending its way, and the red
caps of the men on board made the
only bit of bright coloring in the land?
scape. A herd of black and white cows,
of which old Tiet Klops, Suze's father,
lad charce. errazed in the foreground:
ponard Willows grew everywhere, nnd
against the horizon the sails of wind?
mills whirled unceasingly. The girl
shrank nnd shivered a little.
"Heaven send thou hast not the
ague," exclaimed Vrouw Klops, hust?
ling to the cupboard and bringing out
an Infallible remedy for the malady,
"Ah theso cities! They are indeed nur?
series of all evils, both of mind and
body."
Old Biet Klops was away in Amster?
dam whither he had gone to buy somo
cows. Mynheer Cornelius, his master,
had large herds already, but he was
one of those men denounced in Scrip?
ture, who are ever ready to increase
their stock of possessions. Tief had
various errands in the city nnd did not
return until Suze had been nt homo
three days.
"Great news in Amsterdam" he said,
regarding his daughter narrowly as he
sat over Ids bread and cheese. "Jnn
Vreede is. they say, betrothed to Vrouw
Steene, the rich widow of the grocer.
I had not thought that Jan was on the
lookout' for money, but so It is. The
neer took first prize for orchids nt The
Hague, and Jan has now a higher sal?
ary, but if he marries Vrouw Steene,
he will likely give up his gardening and
take to the shop."
"Where art thou going, Suze?" for
she was vanishing through the open
door.
"I forgot to feed the liens," the girl
answered in a faint voice.
At this precise time Jan Vrecdo wn3
entering tho shop of Vrouw Steene,
with a long list of articles which the
cook had desired him to order on his.
way to the station. Jnn looked graver
than when Suzo had last seen him, nnd
his brown eyes had a puzzled expres?
sion, ns if he were trying to solve some
problem which was too hard for him.
Vrouw Stoene, a buxom widow, with
lively black eyes and a comely visage,
was soiTlng in her shop when he en?
tered, nnd her face lit up with a smile
ns she saw him, for Jan was always a
welcome caller, not only for his own
sake, but also because Mynheer Cor?
nelius was a good customer and never
crumbled other prices.
"Dag, Jnn," she said, and Jan, taking
off his hat, responded: "Dog, Vrouw
Steene, and how goes the world with
you ?"
"Well enough." answered the widow
with a sigh, "but the business is too
much for me. It needs a stronger hand
nnd head than mine to keep it going ns
it should, Mynheer Vreede,"
"Ah! ja" said Jan, absently. "See,
Anna has given me this list to bring
you, and will bo glad If you will send
tho things ns soon os possible, I am
on my way to Haarlem. Any messages
or commissions, Vrouw Steeno? You
have relatives there, I believe."
"Thanks," said the Vrouw, looking nt
him critically. "I will troubloyou with
a small basket to leave with my nunt
Janssen; I am always glnd to send her
a few things. Arc you going to call at
Mevrouw Ten Bruggeukate's house?"
"Ja, the Hcor has sent her some out
tings and I am to stay and see them
properly set."
"Ahl then you will have a long talk
with Suze. A nice maiden Is Suze."
"Jo," said Jun, Indifferently, "but I
have- not seen Suze for long."
"No," with an air of wonderment,'
"why, I thought that ? report did
say?"
"Report lies." s>aid Jnn, angrily.
"But, now," continued the widow, "it
says that the policeman Keppel loiters
much about the house, and that it is
surmised Suze is not Indifferent to
him."
The unwonted color flushed Jan's
face, but he made no answer, and with
a bow to Vrouw Steeno left the shop.
Jnn hurried on to the station, more
perturbed in spirits than ever he had
been in his life before. Suze false to
him?phe whom he had ever believed to
be the incarnation of truth and stead?
fastness.
When he reached the dwelling of
Mevrouw Ten Bruggenkntc, Jnn was in
as bad a temper as it was possible for
a very good natu red Dutchman to be.
Opposite the house he caught sight of
the policeman Keppel strolling along
and occasionally looking up at the
house, and Jon felt vastly inclined to
give him a taste of his strong fists.
But remembering the dignity of hi*
master, as also that the policeman was
a larger and more powerful man thun
himself, he prudently restrained ida
wrath and went up the steps.
Betji opened the door to him with a
smile and a blush. "Good morning.
iYan, it is long since you have been
here."
"Yes, I have been very busy. How is
your honorable mistress?"
"My honorable mistress is well, but
you do not inquire after old friends.
Jan."
"Ah, yourself. I can see that you are
well and rosy. How is Mina, the cook ?"
"Mina, the cook, is also well," an?
swered Betji, demurely, "but some one
else is not. Some one else has gone
away sick."
"Indeed," said Jan, "and who is
that?"
"Can you not g-uess, Jan! You use<l
not to be so thickheaded. Why, Suze,
of course. She has gone home ill."
Jan nearly dropped the basket in his
consternation.
"Indeed, I hod heard nothing of it, I
swear to you, Betji."
"No? Oh, I dare say not. You have
been too much occupied with tho rich
Widow Steene to remember old
friends."
"The Widow Steeno,"echoed Jan, con?
temptuously; then, ?with energy, "Betji,
dear Betji, tell me what it nil means."
"Why, you see, Jnn, you never came
here, and Suze got paler and thinner,
and paler and thinner till we all
thought she would go into a decline,
and so Mevrouw sent her off home,
thinking the change would benefit
her."
"Why," said the bewildered Jan, "I
thought I heard that Suze had taken
tip with the policeman Keppel."
"The policeman Keppel," cried Betji,
shrilly. "No. Mynheer Jan, the police?
man Keppel is courting me."
The sun was setting over Holland,
and canal and mere and broad mead?
ows were all tinged with his dying
glory. Old Biet Klops snt in Iiis arbor,
puffing at a long clay pipe, and occa?
sionally taking a pull at a jug of nlc
which stood on the bench beside him,
while at the open door of the house his
wife sat at her knitting. Suzo was out
at the back hanging red and blue pet?
ticoats to drj- on a line, when the gar?
den gate opened with a hasty click, and
a strong decided step came up the little
walk. "Good day, Vrouw Klops; where
is Suze?"
"Good day, Jan, it is long since thou
hast been to see us, for an old friend
and neighbor. Suze is out at the back;
I will go and caliber."
"Nay, I will go myself," said tha
young man; and not waiting for the
good dame, he strode out of the door,
and round to the back of the house. A
pale girl was standing pegging gar?
ments on to the line. Could this be his
blooming Suze?
With two strides Jan reached her,
and catching her waist from behind be?
fore she was aware of liim. imnJ-'->
a Hearty Kiss on both hcrciiceks. nun
u little scream Suzo drew nwny from
the bold intruder, but turning caught
sight of Jan's happy laughing face, and
throw her arms round his neck.
"What are you two doing so long out
there?" inquired Vrouw Klops, as sho
emerged from the 1:>ack door shortly
afterward.
".Mother," said Jan, lending up the
blushing fiuze, "we have only been
putting a tnngled ?kein straight."
A AVould-lle Quaker.
A gentleman who was traveling ro
cently near Cheater, Pa., came across
a farmer whom he took to be a Quaker,
and determined to please him by talk?
ing to him in the Quaker dialect. As
he told the story afterward, this is
how he succeeded: " 'How do thee do,
Mr? Is?that is?are thee meditating?'
If he was delighted, he controlled his
emotion admirably. All he did was to
gape and inquire: 'Hey?' 'The fields,
the birds, the flowers,' I pleasantly pur?
sued, 'arc enough to bring thou dreams
?I mean dreams to thou.' He was
looking at me now, and critically. I
felt thut my syntax had been very Id?
iotic Instead of idiomatic, so, wiping
the sweat from my brow and hat, I
eyed him calmly and observed: 'Those
cows, arc they thy'b?er?time's?that
Is, thou's durn It, I mean thine's?* It
was very unfortunate. He crawled
down from the fence, nibbled at a plug
of tobacco, and as he ambled away mut?
tered Indignantly: 'Go to Bedlam!
I'm a farmer, but, thank heaven, I'm
not a loonntte.' "?N. 0. Picayune.
An 1'ncxpeoteil Honor.
Respecting an amusing Irish story of
a dance at the Dubllu Mansion house, a
correspondent gives the real version,
told him by a gentleman who overheard
the conversation. Ball-room at Dublin,
and Capt. Lord Ranfurly leaning
against the wall near Lady Mayoress.
Lady Mayoress gets up and occosts
Lord Ranfurly as follows: "Now, Mr.
Liftinant, why aren't ye dancing at
me bull?" Lord Ranfurly: "I am not
Mr. Lieutenant." Lady Mayoress:
"Then it's Mister Captin ye are. Then
it's me darter Biddy there ye shall
daunce with; me darter's hot for a
dannce with a hofilccr." Lord Rnn
furly: "I am not Mr. Captain." Lady
Mayoress: "Th.cn who the dlvil are
ye?" Lord Ranfurly: "I am Capt.
Lord Ranfurly." Lady Mayoress:
"Capt. Lord Ranfurly? Begorra, I'll
daunce wi' 3*e meeself; cum on." And
the lady mayoress seized her unwilling
guest, and dragged him round the
room, which was easy for her to do, as
she weighed some 14 stone.?London
Telegraph.
Year's KiushioiiH In Preclou* Stone?.
Green stones are said to head the list
of fashionable jewels this season. Em
(raids have the lend, but the revival of
interest in gTeen stones has prominent?
ly brought forward the peridot, which
is real]y the Indian chrysolite, and Is a
clenr, deep leaf green in color, showing
almost yellow beside- thoeraerald/whlch
la bluish In tone.
PUERTO RICAN MUSIC.
Tint Ooira Is the National Instru?
ment and Ik a Queer One,
llut Popular.
Like all other Spanish-speaking peo?
ples, the Puerto Ricans arc fond of
musio. Every cafo has Its orchestra,
for a cafe could hardly do business
without one. Every main street dur?
ing the latter part of the day has its
little itinerant band of guitar and vio?
lin players, and the warm nights aro
mode pleasant to the strollers along
the streets by the sound of stringed in?
struments w hich floats from behind the
latticed, vine-clad screen of private resi?
dences.
Nearly all of the airs aro pitched In
a minor key, which, even when intend?
ed to be joyous, contains a plaint to
the Anglo-Saxon, fond of Sousa's ro?
bust music. To one who has traveled
In Spanish lauds the music of Puerto
Rico at first seems very familiar, but
the ear Is not long In discovering some?
thing novel in the accompaniment to
the melody.
It sounds at first like the rhythmical
shuffle of feet upon a sanded floor, and
one might suppose some expert clog
dancer was nimbly stepping to the
music made by the violins and guitars.
The motion is almost too quick, too
complicated, for this, however, and it
Is the deftness of fingers and not of
feet that produces It.
It comes from the only musical In?
strument native to the West Indies, the
"guira," which word Is pronounced
"hulr-r-ra" with a soft roll and twist
to the tongue only possible to the na?
tive. Tho guira is a gourd varying in
size In different Instruments. On the
inverse curve of the gourd are cut holes
like those In the back of a violin. On
the other side of the gourd opposite
the holes is a series of deep scratches.
The player balances the gourd in his
left hand, holding it lightly that none
of the resonance may be lost.
With the right hand he rapidly rubs
this roughened side of the gourd with
a two-tined steel fork. In the hands
of a novice this produces nothing but
a harsh, disagreeable noise. In the
hands of a native "guira" player a won?
derful rhythmic sound comes from
this dried vegetable shell, a sound
which, in Its place in the orchestra,
becomes music, and most certainly
gives splendid time and considerable
volume to the performance.
The player's hand moves with light?
ning rapidity. The steel fork at times
makes long sweeps the whole length
of the gourd and then again vibrates
with Incredible swiftness over but an
inch or two of Its surface. There seems
to be a perfect method in its plajing,
though no musical record is before the
plaj-er and It seems to be a matter
merely of his fancy and his ear as to
how his part shall harmonize with the
melod}' of the. stringed instruments.
The guira Is found In nil the West
Indies, but seems specially popular in
Puerto Rico. The players generally
make their own instruments and ap?
parently become attached to them, for
as poor as these strolling players are,
they will hardly part with their guiras,
even when offered ten times their real
value. They are distinctly a Puerto
Rlcan curio, and, strange as It may
seem, Puerto Rico is probably more
destitute of tourists' "loot" than any
foreign country known to the travel?
ing American. Tho tourist who can
secure a guira may congratulate him?
self, for It will be hard to get and is
the very thing which can be carried
nway from the island as a souvenir
which Is distinctly native and peculiar.
?Kansas City Star.
RECIPE FOR A HAPPY DAY.
A heart full of thankfulness,
A thimbleful of care;
A soul of simple hopefulness.
An early morning prayer.
A smile to greet the morning with,
A kind word at the key
To ope the door and greet tho day,
Whate'er It bring to thee.
A patient trust In Providence,
To sweeten all the way;
All these, combined with thoughtfulneaa.
Will make a happy day.
?Arthur Lewis Tubbs In Ram's Horn.
What does it do?
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It makes a better circu?
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it Prevents and it
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Ayer's Hair Vigor will
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It restores color to gray
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short time the gray color
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pears and the darker color
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Would you like a copy
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Lowell, Mass.
BEGGARS OF GOTHAM.
Vllltiinonn ImuoNtorN Who Accnain
lute Wealth hy Foollna- the
Charitable.
"Too ready an ear is bent to the ap?
peals of the beggars, panhandlers and
impostors In this town." This observa?
tion, from a special agent of a charit
uble Institution, made to a New York
representative of the Dispatch, led to
a brief talk on these professional pests,
who along with the "old clothes man,"
interfere considerably with the pleas?
ures of the pedcatriuns by projecting a
shadow into his mental musings. Ao
cording to this shudowcr of suspects,
several of the horrible examples of pov?
erty one frequently encounters here
own a tenement or two and have fair
sized bank accounts. This does not
look like an exaggeration when it can
be truthfully stated that some of the
beggars who haunted the shopping
quarter for 20 or 30 years averaged ten
dollars a day. When one beggar on
Sixth avenue was arrested he offered
the policeman $20 for his freedom and
?two a day thereafter for the privilege
of pursuing his calling under police
protection. One clever retuiler of hard
luck stories used to average $5 to $15
a night working the hotels. He owns a
comfortable little home over in Jersey.
One man who has been arrested many
times carries three signs under his
coat: "Please Help the Blind," "Am
Dcnf and Dumb," "Pleuse Help a Poor
Cripplo." The last is worn.at night,
when ho doubles his hand up under his
Bleeve, twists a leg and hobbles along
Broadway. He doesn't have snowballs
in winter. According to the special
agent one beggar discards his false leg
in daytime and works the shoppers.
At night he puts on his leg nnd a dress
suit and attends the theater or visits
the roof garden. He has been seen in
the swell cafes, and nothing is too good
for him. Several of the old experts in
this Hue have been driven of? the
stree-s by the police, but enough re?
main to keep the tender-hearted stran?
ger guessing. The deserving ones here
aro robbed of a large sum daily by the
tnen and women who have reduced beg?
ging to a fine nrt and who are aided and
abetted by the licensed tribe who sell
pencils, grind organs, play fiddles and
jnurder ballads in back yards.?Pitts?
burgh Dispatch.
ICELAND GEYSERS.
Tourists Have Injured Them hy
Throwing Stones Into Their
Craters.
Barren as the place really is, the
artist's cyo would revel in the beau?
tiful effects on the snowy jokulls, the
twilight softening shades of mauve,
greens nnd grays on the distant lava
peaks and the luminous midnight sky.
Tho intensity of the blue water of the
lake or ocean is superb, and the mighty
?waterfalls are grand. And the geyser
fields! All the warm tints, from cream
to russet, arc found in the mineral do
posit around the basin of the Orect
Geyser, Little Geyser, Strokkr (the
Churn), und the Little Strokkr, while
Blesi (the Blue One) is lined with ex?
quisite white, like porcelain, making it
a fitting vessel for the cooking of food,
and for furnishing boiling water for
tea and coffee. It was so smooth and
beautiful that I seemed to be mutilat?
ing something rare when I chipped off
pieces of its lining, but I knew they
would be valuuble souvenirs, and tho
uneasy, bubbling water would soon
amend the deficiency.
The mud pools on this plain are the
most dangerous, for the}' spout hot
mud diagonally out of the earth. Com?
ing upon them in one direction they
are not seen, and many a visitor has
gone home with a scalded foot. The
hydraulic display is now very fitful and
inconsiderate tourists have injured the
spouting fountains by loading stones
into them to see them cast out, so you
must take your tent with you and camp
on the plain to await the pleasure of
their majesties. Blesi will serve you
well while waiting. The Great Geyser
had not spouted for a week when we
were there, and such surliness indicated
a near activity. The water spouted un?
usually high when it finally appeared,
150 feet, and showed all the tints of
the rainbow, majestic at the same time
and mysterious. It played for 15 min?
utes, and then its beautiful cascades
subsided in a feathery mist, a refined
and graceful withdrawal. ? Interna?
tional.
An Easy Question.
Teacher?Why did the Normans and
fiaxons fight at Hastings?
Pupil?That's where they happened
k> meet, ma'am.?Puck.
THE CORN KERNEL.
Its Cheml.itry Cxpialnc-d In a liullc
tin issued by the IHIuoIn Ex?
periment Station.
Bulletin 53 of the Illinois Experi?
ment station treats of the chemistry of
the corn kernel. In part It says:
Bj- mechanical mean*, the corn kernel
has been separated into four different
parts. These may be designated (see
cut) as a, the coat, or hull, of the ker?
nel; b, the hard giulenous layer un?
derneath the hull much thicker at the
sides than at the crown; c. the chit, or
germ, and d. the starchy matter con?
stituting 1 he chief body of the kernel.
The germ is about 12 per cent, of the
kernel, but it contains neurly twice as
much mineral matter and three or four
times as much oil as nil of the rest of
the kernel. The germ is also rich in
protein, but the chief part of that con?
stituent is contained in the glutenous.
layer. The hulls and starchy portion
of the kernel consists largely of ear
CHEMISTItY OF A CORN KERNEL.
bohydrate bodies, the former contain?
ing a considerable amount in the form
of fibrous matter.
In the manufacture of starch or glu?
cose sugar from corn these different
parts are separated much more per?
fectly than it is possible to do by hand.
The by-products, hulls, "gluten," and
germs, separate or mixed, are 6o!d us
food stuffsunder such namesas "gluten
feed," "germ meal," etc
By chemical analysis the average
proximate composition of corn has
been found'to bo ns follows:
Carbohy
Ash. Protein. Fat. drate.i.
Percent.1.29 11.68 6.27 81.71
Different varieties of corn have been
found to vary greatly In composition
from the above. Flechig, a German in?
vestigator, found 13 different varieties
of corn grown under uniform condi?
tions to show the following variations
in compositions:
Carbohy
Ash. Protein. Fat drates.
Maximum .1.73 12.C3 6.22 84.0S
Minimum.1.23 ?.0O 5.03 80.68
DifTorenoo ....0.44 4.G3 1.20 8.40
The writer's investigations have
shown that, while large samples .of
corn of a single variety grown under
uniform conditions are markedly uni?
form in composition, single ears from
the same field show wide variations.
The variation in the proximate com?
position of 50 different ears of Burr's
white corn grown from the purest seed
and under very uniform/field conditions
was as follows:
Carbohy
Ash. Protein. Fat. dratc-x.
Maximum .1.74 13.88 6.02 85.70
Minimum.1.00 8.25 3.05 78.S2
Difference.0.05 5.53 2.07 6.57
THE FARMER'S LOT.
In the Main It Is n Prosperous and
a Happy One All Over the
United State?.
Because the farmer does not receive
every year for his crops and stock a
high price, he should not permit him?
self to grow indifferent and think farm?
ing a nonpaying business. Like any
other vocation farming has its ups and
downs. Some farmers, however, seem
to think that "hard times" are going to
be with us always. Not so. The am?
bitious, progressive, scientific farmer is
prospering to-day and has no time to
complain. Those who take a gloomy
view of everything, and see failure
where there Is success, can never hope
to improve their conditions by will-o'
the-wisp methods.
Above all, the farmer should be hope?
ful and not easily discouraged, which
Is in most cases unwarranted. Your
own efforts will do more toward satis?
fying the mortgage on your farm than
the political party with which you may
be allied.
Practical, scientific, well directed,
carefully studied work are the farmer's
weapons with which to combat adver?
sity and win the ubundant prizes na?
ture offers. A disgruntled, apathetic
farmer, who thinks those of his calling
absolutely lostand can never getout of
debt, is a curse to any community.
The condition of the farming class of
the United States to-day is,in themain,
prosperous. An occasional "howler" is
found in every section, but he would be
pessimistic In the Celestial city.?Ag?
ricultural Epitomist.
Food for Depleted Soil.
In order to maintain the fertility of
sell as much must be given to it as Is
taken from it. Hence the amount of
fertility or plant food required to grow
n crop of wheat or corn must be re?
placed by some restorative, such as
clover,' manure and fertilizer. Suc?
cessive demands on the soil without a
corresponding plant food suppl}' will
result In depletion. Most soils are poor
In nitrogen, which element is so essen?
tial In the growing of all crops of the
grass kingdom.?Amerloan Epitomist.
Children's Tbeolojry.
A little girl explained God's omni?
presence thus: "He was everywhere
without going there." A little boy, re?
flecting on the misdeeds of Satan, said
to his mother: "Ma, Sutun must be a
great trouble to God, mustn't he? I
don't see why he turned out so bad
when he hod no devil to put him up to
it!" Better, perhaps, is the remark of
a three-year-old, who said: "I want
God to take care of me nights; I can
take care of myself days."?Tempie
Magazine.
The Sensitive Harvest Fish.
Two harvest fishes taken in Grave
Bend bay recently have, now been kept
In the New Yrork aquarium for more
than a week. The aquarium has had'
other species of thi a fish, but none has
lived more +han two days. The har?
vest fish Is extremely nervous and diffi?
cult to keep alive In captivity. It is
not very large, but is deep-bodied and
thin, and has brilliant, pearly sides. Its
dorsal and anal tins which are unusual?
ly long, more nearly resemble thin
blades of petrl than they do the ordi?
nary rayed fins of fishes. The harvest
?sh swims with a peculiar springy or
dancing movement.?N. Y. Sun.
S. S. S. Cures
Sores and Ulcers
It Matters Not How Ob?
stinate, or What Other
Remedies Have Failed.
Obstinate sores and ulcers, which
refuse to heal under ordinary treat?
ment, soon become chronic and deep
seated, and lead to conditions most
serious. They are caused in different
ways, but in every case the blood is
involved, and no amount of local treat?
ment can have any effect. The poison
must be eliminated from the blood
before a cure can be had.
THROWN FROM A HORSE.
Mr. H. Kuhn, of Marlon, Kanaag, writes:
"About three vearsago my granddaugnter.Ber
tha Whltwood, was thrown from a norse, re?
ceiving a wound of the scalp. Though under
the treatment of physicians forseveral mouthe,
the wound remained about the same, qotll it
finally became very angry-looking, and broke
out into i running
sore. This soon spread
to other parts of the
scalp and ran down the
side of the neck.lncreas
Inpr In severity .and fear?
fully disfiguring her.
She was then placed u.;
der the care of the fac
Iulty of a well-known
hospital, but even the
treatment she received
, there failed to arrest the
'terrible sore. Beading
of the many cures of
blood troubles effected
by S. S. S., we decided to
try it. and it relieved her promptly. In a few
months she was entirely cured, and scarcely
a mark now remains where the disease held
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? A GUNSHOT WOUND.
Cftpt. J. H. McBrayer, the well-known dis
411er, of Lawroneeburg, Ivy., says:
"Some years ago i was shot la the left leg'
receiving what I considered only s slight
wound. It developed
Into a running sore and
gave me a great deal
of pain and lnoonven
fence. I was treated
by many doctors and
took a number of blood
remedies, but none did
me any good and did
not seem to check the
progress of the sore. I
had heard Swift's Spe
ciflo (S. 8. 8.) highly
recommended for the
blood, afid concluded to
gi^e It a trial, and the
result was very gratify?
ing. S. 8. 8. seemed to
get right at the trouble,
and forced the poison
out of my blood; soon
afterwards the sore healed up and was cured
sound and well. I am sure 3.8.8. Is by far
the be3t blood remedy made."
It matterg not how they are acquired
or what treatment has failed, S. S. S.
will cure the most obstinate, deep
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drives out every trace of impurity in
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THJ the clerk of the county court of
Tazewell county, in the State of
Virginia:
1, the undersigned J. E. Glenn, hereby
file with you this my application i\s> pro?
vided by statute to purchase one tract of
land containing 39 acres, more or less,
situated in said county, and being thei
same land sold by the Treasurer of said
county, on the 21 day of November, 1893, j
for delinquent taxes due thereon for the'
year of 1892, by and in the name of
Jonathan FJarman and bought at said sale
by the Auditor of Public Accounts of Vir?
ginia for said State and county, the said
land being assessed on the Commissioner's
book of the said county for the year 1S!>7,
in the name of M. J. Johnson as 30 acres.
And I hereby agree, as provided for by
law, to pay the amount for which said
real-estate was sold as aforesaid, together
with such additional sums as may or would
have accrued for taxes and levies with all
interest as provided by law, hail said real
I estate not been so sold and purchased by
' the Commonwealth.
Given under my hand this the 20 day
[ August, 1S98. J. E. Gleen.
VIRGINIA: Tazewell county, to-wit1
I, T. E. George, clerk of the county
court of said county, do hereby certify
that the furegoins application for" the pur
chase of real-estate by J. E. Glenn is a
true copy of an application on tile in my
office.
Given under my hand this the 5 day of
January, 1899.
T. E. George, Clerk.
VIRGINIA: In the clerks office of
county court of Tazewell county, Virginia,
on the 5 day of January, 1S99, an affidavit
having been made and tiled in the above
application that the defendants Jonathan
I human and M. J. Johnson are nonresi?
dents of the said State of Virginia, there?
fore the said Jonathan Harmon and M. J.
Johnson are required to appear within
four months after due publication of the
said application and do what may be nec
ceSBary to protect their interests in said
application. And it is ordered tnat a copy
of the said application be published once a
week for four successive weeks in the
Tazewell Republican, a weekly news?
paper, published in Tazewell County, Vir?
ginia, and that a copy be posted at the
front ilpor of the Courthouse of the said
county on the first day of the next term of
the county court.
A Copy: Teste:
T. E. Geobgk, Clerk.
1-5-99
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Is complete. All kind;
of work done neatly and promptly.
To the Clerk of the county court of
Tazewell county, in the State of
Virginia :
I, the undersigned J. E. Glenn, hereby
file with you this my application as pro?
vided by statute to purchase one tract of
land containing four acres, more or less,
situated in said county, on the west fork
of Big Creek, and being the same laut'
sold by the treasurer of the said county
on the 21 day of November, 1893, for de
lint;uent taxes due thereon for the year of
1892, by and in the name of Jacob Reedy,
and bought at said sale by the Auditor of
Public Accounts of Virginia for said State
and county, the said land being assesseiL
on the commissioner's book of the said
county for the year 1S98, in the name of
the said Jacob Reedy. And I hereby agree,
as provided for by law, to pay the amount
for which said veal-estate was sold as afore?
said together with such additional sum3 as
may or would have accrued for taxes and
levies with all interest as provided by law,
bad said real-estate not been so sold anil
purchased by the Commonwealth.
Given under my hand this the 2? day
of October, 1898. J. E. Glenn
VIRGINIA : Tazewell County to-wit:
I, T. E. George, clerk of the county
court of said county, do hereby certify
that the foregoing application for the pur?
chase of real-estate by J. E. Glenn is a
true copy of an application on file in my
office.
Given under mv hand this the 28th day
of November, 1898. T. E. George,
Clerk.
VIRGINIA: In the clerks office of
the countv court of Tazewell County, Vir?
ginia, on the 28 day of November, 189S,
ami affidavit having been made and filed
in the above application that the defend?
ant, Jacob Reedy, is a non-resident of
the said State of Virginia, therefore the
said Jacob Reedy is required to appear
within four months after due publication
of the said application and do what may
be necessary to protect his interest in
said application. And it is ordered that a
copy of the iiaiil application be published
once a week for four successive weeks in
the Tazewell Republican, a weekly news
paper, published in Tazewell County, Vir?
ginia, and that a copy be posted at the
front door of the court house of the said
county on the first day of the next term of
the county court.
A copy.
12-l-4t Teste: T. E. George, ClerK
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The valuable property-known as the
Tazewell Female Seminary is for sale. It
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ry.
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DEC. 18, 1898.
TRAINS LEAV^TAZEWELL
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