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TAZEWELL CO. DIRECTORY. Circuit Court. Robert C. Jackson, judge; H. J'aneHar roan, clerk. Terms of court?1st Monday in April, 4th Monday in August and 1st Monday in December. X County Court. J. H. Stuart, juc'ge; T. K. George, clerk. Terms of court?Tuesday after 3d Monday in each month. Officers. Jno. T. Barns,.Coni'th. Atty. Jno. W. Crockett.Sheriff. James Bandy,.Deputy Sherilf. R. K. Gillespie.Treasurer. H. P. Brittain and H. G. McCall.Deputies. R. S. WilliauiP,.County Surveyor, Address, Founding Mill, Va. P. H. Williams,.County Supt Schools, Address, Snapps, Va. THE CHURCHES. Methodist Episcopal Church South. Public worship of God on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at IIA M., on the 2nd and 4 th 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. m., the third Monday night of each montn being devoted to literary work. A most cordial welcome is extended to all. J. S. French, Pastor. Christian Church. jnreaching let and 3rd Sundays at 7 p. m. and 2nd and 4th Sundays at 11a.m. Prayer meeting Saturday night at. 7 o'clock. Sunday school every Sunday at 9:30 a. in. Pini.i i' JoussoN, Pastor. Rev. Mowbray'u Appointments. Preaching at Pleasant Hill Church 1st Sabbath in the month at 11 a. m. ; and at White Church the same day at 3 p. m. Preaching the Third Sabbath at White Church 11 a. in.; in the afternoon at 3 o.clock at Pleasant Hill Church. SECRET ORDERS. COM MAN DE RY. NO. 20, K NIG HIS TEMPLAR. Meets first Monday in each month. JAMES O'KEEFFE, E. C. V G. YOUNG, Recorder. O'KEEFFE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 26. Meets second Monday in each month. O. G. Empschwiller, H. P. W. G. YOUNG, Secretary. ? TAZEWELL LODGE, *fi\*> NU. (12, A. F. & A. M. /Sm^T\ Meets the third .Monday in each month. O. G. EMPSCHWILLKU, W. M. ?V. G. YOUNG, Sec'y. rAZEWELL TABERNACLE, PILGRIM KNIGHTS. Meets 4th Monday in each month. JAMES O'KEEFFE, Chief. ?V. G. YOUNG, Sec'y. BLUEGRASS LODGE, NO. 142,1.O.O.F. ?iyeJa every Tuesday night. Lodge room o ver Polst's store, i C. A. Stkki.i:, N. G. M..I. Han kins, V. G. C. C, Lono. Seoy._ ? /J'j TAZE WELL EN fy \ J\) V? CAMPMENT, No. 17, - I. 0. O. F., meets ev A < \ '. 'v \ 'erv Wednesday night cf<\^% No. 142. \V. 1). BOCKSEB, C. P. A. S. UlOGINBOTIIAM, A. W. Landon, P. C. P. Scribe. TAZKWELL LODGE NO. 100 K. OF P. Meets every Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall. R. M. Steblb, C. C. J. B. CKAWFOKD, K. of R. &. S. LAWVEKS. AJ.&9. D. MAY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Taze? well, Va. Practice In the courts of Tazewell county and in the Court of Appeals at Wvthevlllc, Va. Particular attention paid to the collection ol clalmiX. , CHAPMAN & GILLESPIE, ATTORNEYS aT LAW, Tazewell, Va. Practice in all the courts of Taxewell county and Court of Appeals at Wythevllle. J. W. chapman A. P. Gillespie. FCLTON & CO?LLING, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Tazewell, Va. Practice in the courts of Taze? well county. S. M. B. Couling will continue his Sractiee in all the courts of Buchanan county. J. Fulton, Wytheville, Va. S. M. B. Cotiling, Tazewell, Va. 6REKVER A GILLESPIE, LAWYERS, Tazewell V*. PrxL..ut; n the courts of Tazewell and ad olning counties. Office?Stras building. Edgar l. Greever. Barns Gillespie. 6EO. W. ST. CLAIR, ATTOKNE'i AT LAW Tazewell. Va. Practice* in tiic courts of Taze wall and adjoining counties and in the Supreme Court of Appeals at Wytheville. Partieula. at? tention paid to tha collection ot claims. Office? btras building HC. ALDERSO" /ATTORNEY AT LAW, Taze i well, Va. Will practice in the courts of Taze? well county and the Court of Appeals at Wytbe Tlllc. Collecting a specialty. VINCENT L. SEXTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Tazewell, Va. Will practice In the courts o< faxewell and adjoining counties. Particular at? tention paid to the collection of claims. Office in Stras building WB. SPRATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rich ? lands, Va. Practices in the courta of Taze? well and adjoining counties. Prompt attentiou paid to the collection of claims. I H. STUART, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ta- well, J i Va. Land titles in McDowell and Logan coun? ties. West Virginia, a specialty, office in Stras ouilding. HENRY & GRAHAM, LAWYKRS. Tazewell. Va. Office in building near Court House. R. R. Henry, ?. C. Graham. B. W. Stras. MRS. R.J.LEWIS, Fashionable Milliner and Dress j maker, vVe.-t M aiii Street, ? Tazewell, Va A f dl linenf Millinery n l Trimm tigs. 4' U^/i^-fe^H^-fer?-^-fe-lri^^-i^ I WHAT JACK LOST | LBy Florence B. Hallowed. ? JACK HAWLEY was a handsome young fellow, intelligent, manly and jjood-tempercd. Everyone liked him, and he had dozens of warm friends. But he had one serious fault, which often brought trouble, not only on him? self, but on others as well. He was i heedless to the last degree. "Somehow or other Jack always man? ages to forget every commission 1 give him." said his sister Kate one day. "He listens to nie, nods undcrstandingly, goes off whistling and?that's the last of it." v "He listens, but he doesn't pay atten lion," said Mrs. Hawley. "What you .-ay makes no impression upon him. He is irredeemably heedless." "Perhaps he is thinking all the time of how he can get to college," said little Fan. "lie wants to go to college awful? ly, mamma. He told me the other day that it was the dream of his life." "It seems hard that his dream cannot bo realized," and Mrs. llawley sighed. "But It is all I can do to meet our pres? ent expenses, and I dare not mortgage the form. I must keep a roof over our hcjads, at all events." Neither of the girls spoke in reply. Fan Was thinking of the long illness i from which she had only just recovered, 1 and mentally bemoaning the money j which had been spent iw medicines and in paying doctor's bills. Kate's thoughts ran in a different channel. From childhood she had had a passion for music, and her indulgent father had made many sacrifices to cul fiivu4e It. His best horse had been sold to pay her music bills at Mine. Hopper's , wolett svminary, and 40 acres of the farm had passed into a stranger's hands that she might attend a first-class con- ' servatory for three years. lie had ! planned to send h?r to Europe, too, for n year, at least; but Iiis death had ended nil thoughts of that. Kate had come home at 21 years of age a proficient musician, with a con? servatory diploma in the tray of her trunk, but she had not thought of turn? ing her skill into dollars and cents. .She had had enough to do in helping to nurse and amuse Fan and in attending to the housekeeping and dairy. But now Fan was getting well, and could amuse herself, and Mrs. Hawley had taken the household reins into her own hands again, leaving Kate at lib? erty to Vit at her dear old piano from morning to night if she sodesired. And she practiced a great deal. Jack declared that even in Ids dreams he heard the sound of that piano, and that if Kate would put half as much energy and perseverance into raising onions as she did into her parcticir.g they would won be in independent cir? cumstances. "My hands wouldn't be fit for the piano if I weeded onions." said Kate. "But what is the use of it all?" asked Jack. "It seems a reckless waste of time to me. If I had only half as much money to spend in going to college as you have spent in learning how to run scales I'd make something of myself. As it is. I suppose I'll have to be a farm? er to the end of the chapter." Jack didn't like farming. He wanted to be a lawyer, and thought he had a special talent for oratory. But the farm was small, and just paid expenses now. Wringing enough from it to pay for a course tit college was out of the ques? tion. But this morning a plan was shaping itself in Kate's mind by which her brother's darling ambition might be gratified. .She thought it all out and then eon !i:';> <! it to her mother. "If you only could, Kate," said Mrs. Hawley. "how pleased Jack would be! An;] 1 can spare you now as well as not, though of course Fan and I would miss you very much." "I'M try it, anyhow," said Kale. " 'Nothing venture, nothing have,'you know, and if I only succeed Jack won't again that my practicing is a reek less waste of time." And oft she ran to her own room, inging like a bird. She spent ten minutes in writing a postal card, und then ran downstairs and out to the gate to watch for a team oil the way to town. Jack was going in that afternoon, but for very particu? lar reasons she didn't want him to see that card. It was intrusted to Mr. riling, o near neighbor, who was the first to pass, and he was ?autioned to "be sure not to for? get to post it, for it was very im? portant." A week later Kate received seme cir? culars, and was busy ever them for an hour, filling out the answers to the printed questions. And then Mr. Bil? ling was asked to post a letter. One evi ning. a week subsequent, on his return from town. Mr. Billing brought her an answer to the all-im? portant missive. As soon as the letter was.in her hands, Kate made a sign to her mother to fol? low her. and then ran into the parlor to rend her epistle undisturbed. "Mother, mother, isn't this splen? did?" she cried, when Mrs. Hawley came i!:;o the parlor a few minutes Inter. "The agency writes me that a teacher of music is wanted in a school at Camden, Mo. The salary is $500 a year and a home. Isn't it good?" But perhaps you won't be able to jet it. Kale. Don't be too sanguine." Oh, 1 feel sure I'll get it; something seems to tell me I will." cried happy Kate. "My diploma makes me as com? petent an applicant as iihcy'll be likely to have. Won't dear .lack be surprised when I tell him to get ready for col? lege? I can let him have at least $400 of my salary. I shall need to spend so little, you know." "But are yon willing to go so far from name, daughter?" its; .-nice i wm be working in sucn :.(! eause. And I will be better in very way for having some regular, sys t malic employment, mother." "My dear, brave girl," and Mrs. Haw? ley folded her daughter in warm em i>i ace. "I am proud of you, Kate." "Don't be proud yet. Wait until Iget to teaching," said honest Kate. "I will write in} application at once, for every 3ay is precious, now that September Is so close at hand." Her anxiety to get the muil was re? doubled during the next week; but she tried not to show it, for fear Jack would 6iispcct the cause, and she wanted to give him a genuine surprise. But as day after day passed without bringing the reply to her application, she began to look pale and worried. "I can't understand why I don't get a letter," she said, over and over again, to her mother. "It seems so strange." "Probably the place was filled before your application arrived," said Mrs. Hawley. "Then they ought to apprise me of the fact," said Kate. "It is so late now that it would be useless for me to ap? ply to the agency again. The schools all over the eountrj' will begin in less titan two weeks. Poor Jack! I am glad we didn't tell him about it If it JUcjiah u lernoie disappointment to mo. what would it have been to him?" And at that very moment "poor Jack" j was carrying abenit with him in the cornfield the letter his sister wanted so j much. It had been given to him by Mr. j Pilling several days before, and he had J thrust it. carelessly into his coat pocket, i and straightaway forgotten all about it in the excitement of hearing bis neigh? bor tell of u luuky haul of black bass I which had been made In the river that morning. Kate wrote again to Camdcn, and on the day when an answer was due she > walked all the way to the village, a dis? tance of two miles, to get her mail her? self, feeling that in the present state of her mind she could not trust tlmt duty to even Mr. Pilling. She returned at dusk, looking so pale, languid and distressed thai her mother was really frightened. "What is the matter, Kate? Are you 111?" she cried. Kate made no answer, but silently drew from her pocket a crushed and tear-stained letter, and throw it on the table; then, throwing herself on the sofa, she covered her face with her hands and began to cry silently. Mrs. Hawley opened the letter and read it aloud. It ran as follows: "Miss Kate Hawley: "Tour note of Inquiry la at hand, and. In reply, I would state that I returned a favorable answer to your application three weeks ngo, and requested you to Inform ine If you would he ready to enter upon your duties September 4. After waiting ;i reasonable time to hear from you, and re? ceiving neither letter nor telegram, 1 sup? posed you did not desire the position, sc offered it to another lady, who Is now with ua. Regretting that my letter fulled ?c reach you, I remain. "Yours respectfully, "CHARLES 11A KT LA XD." "Don't cry; please don't cry, Kato." said Pan, down whose own cheeks the tears were streaming. "It wasn't yout fault, dear.",, "What's all this fuss about?" asked Jack, coming in with a milk pail in each bund. "What's gone wrong, Kate?" Kate felt too wretched to care to keep the secret any longer, and so sobbed out the whole story from beginning to end. "We can't understand how the letter was lost," she said, in conclusion. "Mr. Pilling is the only one outside the fam? ily who ever brings our mail, and he is always very careful of it." Jack's face turned suddenly white. He put his hand in his pocket, hesitated a moment, then drew it out again will; something in it. "Is that the letter?" he asked, hold? ing out the one Mr. Pilling had given him in the cornfield, three weeks ago. There was no need to ask questions. Jack's face told them all they wanted to know, and they let him leave the room without a word, and when he did not appear at supper time they did not re? mark upon his absence. Put when supper was over, and the lamps had been lighted in the sitting room, and still he did not. come in, Kate crept upstairs to his room, and, enter? ing softly, found him lying on the sola in the dark, his face hidden on his arms. "Jack, dear Jack!" she whispered, "never mind. Early next summer 1 will apply to the agency again, and I am sure to get a place then." For a moment Jack did not answer. Then suddenly he sat np and let his sis? ter see his white, haggard face. "I deserve it all," he said, in a low, tense voice. "It's a just punishment, but, oh, Kate, it is such a hard one! And even if you do get a place next year, and I go to college then, I can never forget, that I have lost a whole year!" He never did forget it. The year of waiting was a long and weary one, and stamped itself indelibly on his memory, but in it he learned to overcome his one great fault?he was cured forever of the heedlessness which had cost him so dear.?Golden Days. Pardoned Him Out. A financial agent of the Texas peni? tentiary had warmly opposed the elec? tion of Gov. Houston, but was particu? larly anxious to retain his own pleasant? ly lucrative position. Consequently the governor was soon in receipt of a peti? tion in which the man's years of faith? ful service and special qualifications for the place were set forth in glowing terms by himself. The governor sent for him and said: "It appears frcm this petition that you have been in thepeni tcnJiary eight years?" "I have," was fhe reply. "And during that time you have performed faithfully every duty that has come in your way. to the be.-4, of your ability?" "I have," answered the agent, his courage rising. "Then, sir," said the governor, with the air of one conferring a priceless favor, "I par? don you out!"?San Francisco Argo? naut. NOBLE DEED OF A NEWSBOY. Takes the I'nddlne from Hin CriilclJ to Relieve the DistrewN of a Home. A small act of kindness sometimes thrills the heart of the beholder, espe? cially if the act is performed without thought of observation and quite with? out the hope that it will be known and applauded. A correspondent of tht Companion, a physician of Minneapo? lis, has sent us?"not for publication,' he says, "but simply that you may know it"?the story of a very touching deed of humanity, which it surely will do nothing but good to tell of. In front of the Masouic temple, va Minneapolis, in which building the phy? sician has his office, a little cripple is aC* customcd to sell newspapers. He is a sufferer from infantile paralysis of a cerebral type, and also has a hairlip. He seems at a sad disadvantage in this eager and bustling world. The other day a horse attached to an ash-cart was standing on the street, opposite where the crippled boy stood on his crutch selling papers. Some? how, the boy discovered that the horse had a galled shoulder. As the doctor watched him from his window, the boy east about for some? thing with which to relieve the poor horse. Finding nothing else, he ripped off from the top of his crutch the cloth stuffed with felt which eased the crutch to his own armpit, and tied it with two strings to the horse's collar, so that it would cover the place where the collar bore upon the raw shoulder. "I had just time," the doctor says, "to see him finish the work and bobble away on his depleted crutch with a haste that made me think he feared the owner might catch him at it." Lyddite Not Widely Known. The new explosive, lyddite, which is figuring in the South African war, is a chemical known only to a few engi? neers. The secret was purchased by the English government from the inventor of melinite, with which it Is supposed to be nearly identical. It ir, crplcdc-d oy percc&sion. A Ship-Saving Cubic From Cape Hatteras to Sandy Hook an inventor proposes to stretch a wire cable off shore, anchored at intervals, so flint endangered craft, instead of drifting- upon the hcncl), may brin?- up against the rope and be held in safety. race Track touts. Smooth Swindlers Who Fleece the Uninitiated. An Instance of the Snecen at Their ConHtlcnee Game ?A Wall Street Man Taken In. One of the always Interesting fear tures of an Americun race track is the tout. He is interesting to the experi? enced race-goer, who is amused and astonished at the peculiar ability the tout has for separating a "sucker" from his money; lie is interesting to the un? initiated, who plays tke art of the "sucker," and who never realizes un? til the next day or bo tkat he has been "skinned." The tout has developed rap? idly since book-betting first became popular. In the olden time, the tout was usually a negro stable hand, who was sincere in trying to sell what hi: regarded as good information for a couple of dollars or 60. Then, when the real information was lacking, fake tips were offered, the little darkies relying' on their general appearance to bear out their claims of stable connections. The little darky was soon succeeded by the white boy, nnd as the white boy grew into a man, he continued his oc? cupation, continually changing his methods as the public became better informed as tothe doings of this fixture of the race track. Now the old ragged tout is a thing of the past. The touts of the day, or "hustlers," as they call themselves, are very careful of their appearance, and the better they can dress the more successfully they can operate. Many, too, do their work with? out ever going near the race track. The New York Telegraph telk the following story of how a pair of topnotchers se? cured a good-siaed bank roll frem a New York broker who was anxious to make a lot of money in a hurry: "Only lately two touts arrived In New York with $1,000, good credentials from far we?tern business people, and were supposed to have a stable at Sheepshead. They became acquainted in some manner with a Wall street man. lie was informed gradually that by being discreet he could 'jine out' with the two, and when they were ready to 'cut a watermelon' he should be informed. "Finally one day one of the schem? ers urrived at the broker's office in a hurry. He held a telegram asking him to 'come on at once' from his partner at Cincinnati. The money was to be bet in the western pool rooms to get the best price possible. He would take four hundred from the broker to show him how it was done. "The Wall street man begged to be allowed to bet a thousand, but the tout refused. "Next day he returned. The broker was excited as the tout pulled out a roll of 'centuries.' " Here's nine hundred,' he said. 'Our horse was second. We bet on him both ways, and you are five hundred win? ner on it, while we nre about even. We saved our money and that's all. Mr. Howard wired this from Cincinnati.' "The New Yorker could hardly eon tain himself. lie asked the tout to 'take half,' and his offer was indig? nantly refused. 'I like you, that's all, and want to see you win,' said the gen? erous tout. The broker was not satis? fied, for he wanted to bet more, a great deal of money, and 'win a pot.' The tout would call to-morrow and tell him their plans. The broker had all night to figure on the delights of winning money on the races. Two days later both touts called. They and the broker went in his private office, where they lold him the next day their horse was out to win, but he had better let their man bet whatever he wished. " 'We will give you a chance, but you will have to bet about five thousand, for we shall bet ten thousand and the price will get down to even with all that going on, and we shall be hurting ourselves by betting yours, which will help to cut the price.' "The broker agreed to bet the money, and more, and wanted to let two friends 'in.' "That night the friends gave the broker $2,000 each as a result of his enthusiasm. Next morning he drew his check for $5,000 and went with the two men to his bank, where he cashed it and the checks of his two freinds. The money was given to them and the broker was to call at the Savoy hotel, where they were stopping, that night at ten o'clock, with his two freinds, to receive his money and be a guest at n little wine dinner. An hour later two gentlemen hurriedly Bald their hill at. me DBToy, ana an early train carried them to Montreal, whence a steamer bore them to Europe to enjo}1 the fruits of their intelligence and industry. The broker gave his friends their monc}' back, and he never 'hollered,' and prob? ably never will. He cannot afford to. The two gentlemen who 'turned the trick' are known on race tracks from 'Frisco to Brighton Beach as 'Little Solly' and 'Pretty Willie.' A business man who juggles with fortunes in his own line w ill go to the track and allow himself to be duped by a pair of 'touts' who tell him a story which, if he would stop to think about, would never de? ceive him. At the track, however, he is in a different world, and as a rule the smarter he is in business the easier he is to influence."?St. Louis Globe-Dem? ocrat. FILIPINO IS GULLIBLE. Thi? I? Shown by Some Not Very Scaly Trick? of the Yan? kee Koldlera. The native Filipino has the reputa? tion of being the shrewdest among the Asiatic races. Like the Tarsee, he is known as the Yankee of the orient, says the Philadelphia Press. He lost no opportunity to trim up his occidental Yankee brother when? ever the opportunity presented itself, but the American Yankee, and particu? larly he of the Pennsylvania breed, usually gave him a Roland for his Oliver, When the Pennsylvania left San Fran? cisco on their way to the Bhilippines the Bed Cross society gave each one of them an aluminum badge the size and shape of an American quarter, bearing the name of his regiment, his company, nnd his company number. Shortly after their arrival in Manila the officers of some of the companies found these identification badges in the hands of the Filipino merchants, upon whom the Pennsylvaniaus had imposed them as quarter dollars in return for ar? ticles of barter. Another trick of the Yankee soldier was to take a new copper penny, mill the edges of it with a file, polish the coin till It shone like gold, and then pass it tipon the guileless and unsuspicious nn tives as a five-dollar gold piece. The gullibility of the native in this re? gard led some of the men to write home for samples of confederate scrip, which, when duly received, were put in circu? lation among the yellow packets as bona-fide American greenbacks, the na? tives willingly accepting them as stand? ard paper money of the Dm led Stales. Does Y08IP CK Ache? In constant pain when on~?i Jyour feet ? \ Is that dragging, pulling sensation with you from morn till night ? Why not put the medicine exactly on the disease ? Why inot apply the euro right to; 'the spot itself ? You can do it with Immediately after the ? Plaster is applied, you feel( Jits warming, soothing in ffluence. Its healing remedies quickly penetrate down deep into the inflamed tissues. Pain is quieted, soreness is re? lieved and strength imparted. No plaster was ever made like It. No plaster ever acted so quickly and thoroughly. No plaster ever had such complete control over all kinds of pain. Placed over the chest it is a powerful aid to Ayer's Cherry Pectoral; relieving congestion and drawing out all inflammation. VOR KALI BT ALt PRT'OfJISTS. J. C. AVF.n CO.. Lowell, M: CLOTH CARRIES PERFUME. Kovclty 'Mint One DresxniRJcer la Dividing Among Her Favorite Customers. A dressmaker, recently returned from Paris, brought a small but very valuable piece of red material, which she Is going to divide sparingly among her most favored customers, After awhile, says the Chicago Inter Dcean, It will be accessible to a larger jircle, as the material will ultimately be put upon the market. Just now the manufacturers have not been able to ;omplete the material in the way they Desire. Now the only color in which this material can be made is light red, of the hue that the farmer wears when he has rheumatism, or did wear until a diort time ago. Later it will be possi? ble to impart the merits of this inven? tion to other colors, although it would probably become just as popular in ihe present red monotony. For this (doth Ban retain in the most wonderful way the odors of perfume. It is expected to solve, in the best fashion, the prob? lem as to the best way in which to per? fume dresses. Many other expedients have been fried, such as small sachets sewed in the draperies, but none of them is so simple as this cloth, which is laid in the lining or otherwise concealed about he waists. It diffuses n delicate cdor, which is never exhausted, however long the time of a gown's use may be. Vari? ous scents may be given to the (doth, ind the number will be increased as the makers complete the details of the tvork. When the material goes on the m?r? tet there is little danger that this new ! nvention will ever become common, j riic price is prohibitive to any but j women who are willing to pay for what I they want, whatever it may cost. THE CREVALLES. Constantly Circling Fishes at the Aqaari&ni That the Children Call tlie ??Mcrry-Go-'Ronnds." Children looking at the crevalles in their tank at the aquarium call them Ihe merry-go-'round fishes, because they are constantly circling around in Iheir tank, following one another like the animals of the merry-go-'round. l'he crevalles are singularly nervous rod sensitive, and they are always on the r '. says the Xcw York Sun. These crevalles have now been in cap? tivity move than a year, which is pcr !>aps longer than any were ever kept be? fore; certainly longer than any have I.ecu kept in the aquarium, these being Ihe first to be carried through a winter, ivhieh was made possible by the exten? sion of the aquarium's warmed salt wa? ter supply, so that some others than tropical fishes could have the benefits jf it. The crevalle goes south in witt? er, where, in some waters, it is abun lent. It does not come north in num? bers every summer; its visits are ir 'egular, and sometimes there arc none tore worth mentioning for four or five rears: so that on the whole if is rather a rare fish in these waters. These speci? mens were taken in Cranvcscnd bay: Ibcy have doubled in size and weight since they were put into the tank. Besides being nervous and sensitive rod easily frightened Osh the crevalle is i fish of beauty with it? sides of solid, silvery pearl. UNCLE SAM SLOW. He T::fcen im Much Time Settling n Slxtccn-Ccnt Ulli as Others That .'i re I.?r?er. A grizzled veteran of two big wars ir.d several smaller Indian combats ivas relating stories of his experience while in the service of Uncle Sam. One jf them that will show your Uncle Sam? uel one of the real business men of the world is told by the veteran, as follows: "I went through the civil war, and rose from the volunteer ranks to a first lieutenancy, and was assigned to the regular army. In June. 1873, while at? tached to the quartermaster's depart? ment of my troop I disposed of some oil to private parties. In silling the oil I sold one gallon more than I had, and turned the money over to headquarters before I discovered my mistake. I then wrote the department at Washington Asking it to return the price of the oil, ;o that I might have my accounts straightened. As only 10 cents was in? volved I thought the matter would end by the return mail bringing back the imount of the claim. In that I was much mistaken, as I am still forced to answer documents that read: 'In reply to yours of June, 1S7V and so on and so forth, till T have in my possession a stack of documents weighing not less than 50 pounds, and still they come." GOOD CROP OF WHEAT. Sonic Thing's That Cnimot De Neglect <-ii If Profitable IloHultH Are Expected. One essential in growing a good croj. of wheat is to have the soil prepared iL good tilth. One advantage in plowing early 'a that a better opportunity is of : fered of getting the soil into a pi ope) ' condition for the seed. The under soil should be fairly well packed, and ihe surface, to the depth of four or fiVc inches, prepared in firre tilth. The disc and smoothing- harrows ure good implements to use in preparing the seed-bed. When conditions will admit, reason? ably early seeding is best, lint there is no advantage in sowing the seed un? til the soil is in a good tilth, and un? less there is sufficient moisture in the soil to induce a good germmatiou of the seed. Of course, wheat as well as many other kinds of grain will lie in the ground when the soil is dry with? out germinating, and yet when rains come to moisten up the ground the seed will germinate. hut there is risk of loss, and lying in the ground weak? ens to some extent the vitality of the seed. It is best, therefore, to defer the seed IngHinti] there is sufficient moisture. Another item that may make it desir? able to defer the seeding is the risk of injury from Hessian fly. Many good fanners consider that If the seeding can be put oft' until therejs one good frost the risk of injury from fly is greatly lessened. Another item in making a good crop is to use good seed. For nearly all crops seed should not only possess suf? ficient vitality to germinate readily un? der seasonably favorable conditions, but to send forth a vigorous, thrifty plant. Seed should be carefully selected, and only Ihe best be used. In sowing care should be taken to distribute the seed as evenly as possible over the surface. One advantage in using a drill is that the seed is not only distributed more evenly, but is covered at a more uni? form depth. Because wheat is low in price is the strongest reason why all reasonable care should be taken to secure a good yield. A good yield may return a small profit, even at a low price, while a light yield nnd low prices mean a positive loss. The quantity of seed depends some? what upon the time of sowing, the quality of the seed and the condition of the soil at the time of seeding. If sown in good season with the soil prepared in good tilth, five pecks to the acre will be plenty. This quantity should be Increased as the quality of the seed covers with late sowing and poor con? ditions of the soil. So with late sow? ing and unfavorable conditions seven pecks to the acre will not be too much. ?St. Louis Republic. KEEPING WATER PURE. How to Krou Surfnoe Water and Other Dcleterionn Substance* Out of the Farm Well. Where wells are dug on sloping ground there is always liability that surface water may find its way into the well and carry in deleterious mat? ter. In such cases it is wise to leave the soil removed from the well when it TO KEEP THE WATER PURE. \f, being dug in the form of a mound about the top, as suggested in the cut, and, to make matters still safer, to lay a tile drain around the upper side to an outlet on the lower side, laying the tile all the way about the proposed opening, before digging is begun. This will keep the well absolutely free from surface water, which, as suggested, isj in many cases, a positive source of dan? ger.?Orange Judd Farmer. THE HUNTING SEASON. HiiitN for Farmer* Who Know How to Use a Gan and Like shoot? ing In the Field. The reliable rules for shooting flying birds arc as follows: Hold a trifle low for a bird apparently flying straight away from the gun; held just above a bird rapidly rising without side motion; hold the same for a bird going straight away and close to the ground; hold above the head of birds rising and going to right and left; hold ahead of birds going straight to right and left; hold ahead and below birds going to right and left and lowering; hold dead on an incomer (and give it to him quickly; for every yard the closer the smaller the spread of shot); hold ahead of birds passing above you. Last, but not least, never check the even swing of the gun in a quartering shot. At a goose or duck passing overhead I prefer to first truly cover the mark, then advance the gun till only thetipof the bird's bill is visible, or. when rather high, till the muzzle leads its object by the proper distance, and then instant ly pull the trigger. When the gun has to lend the bird in this position, no hes? itancy should be indulged in after the mu'/le has passed ahead of the bill, foi the shooter cannot then see his game, and any sudden change of (light may prove disastrous. This is a shot at irh'ch most men fail by shooting be hlrtrl.?Fd. W. Sandys, in Outing. Stnrted Too Hla-h. In her book, "The Last of the Great Scouts," his sister relates this story of "Buffalo hill's" visit to a little,church he had helped to build at'North Platte: Iiis wife and sister were in the con? gregation, and this ought to have not only kept him awake, but it should have insured perfect decorum on his part. The opening hymn commenced with the words: "Oh, for ten thousand tongues to sing," etc. The organist, who pkvjfld "by ear," started the tune in too hj^h a key to be followed by the choir and congregation, and had to try again. A second attempt ended, like the first, in failure. "Oh. for ten thou? sand tongues to sing, my blest?" came the opening words for the third time, followed by a squeak from the organ nnd a relapse into painful silence. Will could contain himself no longer, nnd blurted out: "Start it at five thou? sand, and mebbe some of the rest of us can get in."_ Work of nn Eyelid. A scientist has calculated that the eyelids of the average man open nnd shut no fewer than 4,000,000 times in j ihe course of a single year of hl? ex- i Istence. Results Fatally in Nine Gases Out of Ten?A Curs Found at Last. This fearful disease often first appears as a mere scratch, a pimple, or lump in Athe breast, too small to attract any notice, until, in many cases, the deadly disease is fully developed. Cancer can not be cured by a surgical operation, because the disease is a virulent poison in the blood, circulating throughout the system, and although the sore or ulcer?known as the Cancer?may be cut away, the poison remains in the blood, and promptly breaks out afresh, with renewed violence. The wonderful success of S. S. S. in curing obstinate, deep-seated blood disease* which were considered incurable, induced a few de? spairing sufferers to try it for Cancer, after exhausting the skill of tue physicians without a cure. Much to their delight S. S. S. proved equal to the disease and promptly effected a cure. The glad news spread rapidly, and it was soon demonstrated beyond doubt that a cure had at la;;t been found for deadly Cancer. Evidence has accu? mulated which is incontrovertible, of which the following is a specimen : " Cancer is hereditary in our family, my father, a eistar and :m aunt having died from this dreadful di'joase. My feelings may be imagined when the hor? rible disease, made its appearance on my side. It was a malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in such a way as to caus'i great alarm. The disease seemed beyond the skill of the doctors, for their treatment did no good whatever, the Cancer growing worse ail the while Numerous remodios wero used for it but tie5 Cancer grew steadily worse, until it seemed that I was doomed to follow the others of the family, fori know how deadly Cancer is, especially when inherited. I was advised to try Swift's Specific (S. 3. 8.), which, from the first day, forced out the poison. I continued its use until I had taken eighteen bottles, when I was cured sound and well, and have had no symptoms of the dreadful affliction, though many years have elap.-eu. S. S. S. is the only curs for C.meer.-mks. S M. Idol. Winston, N. C. Our book on Cancer, containing other testimonials and valuable information, will bo sent free to any address by the Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia. 5trs. s. M. IDOL. iTf MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. HORSE-STALL FLOOR. Sensible Method of Const rnetlon Witioli Prevents Animals from Stnlnlnc Their Cowf*. Where mares are kept a tight floor in the stall is not especially inconven? ient, but with horses the case is other? wise. For thorn s;: !i a Hour as is shown in the accompanying illustration is best suited for keeping their coats from be? coming stained. The stable floor be FLOOR FOR HORSE STALLS, neath the flooring of the stall should slope a little so that the liquids that run through the openings in the stall flooring will be conveyed down behind the stall, where they may be absorbed it the litter. The pieces of which the stall floor is made may be five inches wide, laid one-half inch apart. They are shewn farther apart than this in the cut in order to make the matter plain. There should bo four cross bearings under the stall floor if two-inch stuff is to be used.?American Agriculturist. I.1ILL2T FOR SOILING. .V Crop Varnishing; Valuable Feed i'?r Dairy Cattle, Young stock, Sl?cci> mid Pool try. Millet, says a bulletin of the agricul? tural department just published, is fed principally as a bay and soiling crop. The forage rank- well with that of other grasses in the nutritive content, and its palatability is about that of the average for the coarser sorts. For digestibility, millet forage compares fa? vorably with that from other coarse grasses. Already widely grown as a bay crop, millets deserve more general use for soiling. They arc particularly valuable for feeding to dairy cattle, young stock and sheep*. There are many sections c!' the country where this crop can be made to supplement the pastures in such a way as to allow a material in? crease in the number of stock that can be kept on the farm. On account of the heavy yield of for? age and the good quality of the product, millets arc excellent grasses for use in the silo. Frequently a good crop of mil? let can be raised under conditions which would not admit of growing corn for en? silage, and in such instances it becomes of especial value. One of the best meth? ods of preserving this crop is by the use of ihe silo. Those who have tried this method have obtained excellent results. A line quality of ensilage may be made by using barnyard millet and a legu? minous crop like soy beans or clover. The seed-of the foxtail millets is widely used as food for fowls and birds, but is seldom fed to stock. It has, however, been used in feeding young stock, such as calves, with a fair degree of success. The seed is excellent food for laying hens.?Fanners' Voice. RESTLESS ANIMALS. There arc nearly 6,000 distinct pieces In a locomotive. New York consumption of cham? pagne during the past year was the greatest ever known. No more than one couple in 10,000 live to celebrate their diamond wedding ?the sixtieth anniversary. The screw of an Atlantic liner re? volves something like 630,000 times be tween Liverpool and New York. There are 500,600 goats in the United States, 25S.O00 in the West Indies (where goat mutton is extensively used), 15, 000 in England and 4,500,000 in Spain. It is said that a room may be quickly freed from the smell of tobacco smoke by placing in it a pail of water con? taining a handful of hay, which will absorb all the odor of the tobacco. A philosophical statistician calculates that in the year 2000 there will be 1,700, 000,000 people who speak English, and that the other European languages will be spoken by only 500,000,000 people. In England and America new words are constantly being made to fdl the needs of modern inventions. To give some idea of this tremendous growth of the language, the words and phrases under the letter A have increased in 50 years from 7,000 to nearly 60,000. About 4,000,000 of false teeth arc man? ufactured In the United States every year, and it has been calculated that the dentists in this country pack away about a ton of gold and three times that weight of silver and platinum into the teeth of their patients, the value of the metal being estimated at ?200,000. Dr. Edward Everett Hale conducted an open-air wedding near Boston. Mass., recently. The wedding party, to the number of 100, assembled in a wood tinder an immense oak tree, from a branch of w hich hung a marriage bell of field daisies. The wedding breakfast was afterwards served in picnic fashion on the ground. Criminality of Anlmil?, A writer in Forest and Stream says that the criminal tendency Is manifest? ed to a greater or les extent by all the lower animals, and . e has compiled a list of IS crimes which are commonly committed by birds, beasts or reptiles. The indictment includes murder, par? ricide, fratricide, suicide, theft, kid? naping, highway robbery, polygamy and drunkenness. _ A Monarch Indeed. j The emperor of China has some strange duties. One of these is the or? dering of the seasons. In China it is summer when the emperor says it is summer. All domestic arrangements are made to suit the season, as pro? claimed by the emperor, although they may not suit the individual at all. BBSSSBSSSBSBSSSI Sch lu!e in Effect MARCH 12, 1899. TRAINS LEAVE TAZEWELL EASTBOUND 5.00 p. m. daily, except Sunday. WESTBOUND 10.4!) it. m. daily, except Sunday. They Are Always Walking About In Tliolr Cages llecaase They Need Exercise. When you see the animals in the park | menageries pacing back and forth rest? lessly in their cages do not take it for granted that the creatures are unhappy or even discontented. It may be that the lion or the tiger or the polar bear that moves about with apparently ceaseless activity is onlj taking his daily exercise, without which he would pine and die soon. When the wild creatures are in. their native jungles they are kept pretty busy hunting food. Thus each day they walk many miles, perhaps. In their narrow cages in the parks they are plentifully sup? plied with food, but their brawny bodies still demand a great amount of exercise. Mile after mile is paced off daily by the uneasy creatures. Usually they move with a long, sw inging stride, but when meal time comes around then the step quickens until, when the keep? er appears with.' is baskets of meat, the tigers and lions and other animals leap against their bars and growl and whine and lash their tails. In fact, they act like great, hungry boys do after a long day's tramp if they find that sup? per is late. _ Peach Custaru. Pare and rub through a colander enough ripe juicy peaches to make one pint of pulp, add the beaten yolks of j three cegs, one cupful of cream or rich | milk, am' sweeten to taste, llake very | slowly, and cover with a merungue made of the three whites.?Home Muga | zinc. Tlf}KFT<3 S0LD TO I I o ALL PomTS OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS WIS^NSIN, MISSOURI KANSAS, NEBRASKA, COLORADO, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA3 TEXAS. WEST,, i-ORTH-WEST, SOUTH-WEST. FIRST CLASS, SF 'OND CLASS AND EMIGRAn TICKETS. ?THE BEST ROl.TE TO THE? North aivd East. Pullman Yeslibaled Coaches, Sleeping and Dining Cars. SEK THAT VOt K TICKKTS READ OVKK T1IK NORFOLK & WESON RAILROAO cheapest, best an' ? quickest line. Write for Kates, May*, Timc-Ttd-Va Descriptive Pamphlets to any Sh.tii-n Agent, or to W. B. BCVILL, AI.LKN llrl.L, M. F. Bau?*, Gcu"l PMS gt. Mv. 1'ili*. Agt.