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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
,sEsrARH.AHLE RETURNS.
A southern Railroad that Beats the
S. Record.

M
The repcrt of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company for 1890 tells tale OF
consolidation, development, and progress
that is probably without q parallel IN
fiais country. An increase in ten years OF
100 pes cent In mileage. 200 per cent IN
gross earnings, 800 per cent in tonnage
handled, and almost 100 per cent IN TIC
number OF passengers carried y sufficient
iustiEcat ion for the policy TO which these
rasriss are due. But more imp .ltt
than arsything else lis the ctor of tue
country wlielf is being 10 successful sdcrs
sxeioped by the road The poeahentss
coal field In The New River alley sofl
Virginia has now definitely aken its place
as one OF the most stant In tle Il ila.s
led States. Last yeas there We re assea
gop "a nsunp tion asld ship at almost two
and i hah million tons af con asid; co VS.,
30 per cent of il hich passed oye t.ie:
NcrSolx aud Western Railroad Ten.
ven III ago there Gas no coal traffic on stis
silseasi, ard The ANS on aat lop
Noun fail, Eere cons eted To- be nm w0 TX
Si,ie oi, aegean II oi pasi tioH hui
HE Norfolk End gestessl sai sroad = oat-
;,s has ed lllese ties allc
II now rea tlle i1eIsesi as be sou l.a 4
.ggeous spssics ef its sst css
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THE HEisEsY TRIAL.
The Rev. Thomas Dixon Says 1t is a Reno
of savagcry ana 1sarbarism.
-N. y. SUM

4 r.
In his review OF current events before
his sermon Yesterday morning the Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., of the Iwenty-tllifa
Street Baptist Church, said: Beneath
all the cry against Prof. Briggs and Heber
Newton and others, knowing ones can read
between the lines disappointcdsambitions,
narrow jcalousies,9 enyyangs, and bitter
personalities. If is useless for men TO.
deny this. It is SO patent that deniaI .,E
absurd. 8 TheswoHd does not regard the
cant phraseology of ecclesiastlclsm. On
such questions the world calls spade
shade. Such exhibitions strike ut the
very heart of faith They are stumbling
blocks over which thousands fall end
abandon their faith. Such exhibitions
arc ever d disgrace to the Church OF Jesus
Christ. 'Phey set back thescaase OF truth
sometimes for generations, sometimes Tor
centuries. :
.sT'ne .heresy trial is a record OF harbar-
ism. Il relic, Of savagery 1t belongs TO
tbe crIdeness and ignorance and super
st;fior OF barbaric times. It smells OF
roasting flesh. Is it not time to banish
this relic Of superstition and barbarisms !.
Can it give any force TO the cause ss OF
Christian life to-day? Should not every
true Christian seek with might and main
TO wine out this stain from the history OF
the Church? Have we not enough dark
pages in human history made by those
who profess the name OF Jesus Christ!
Shall we separate still further the Chris
tianity of Christ from historic ChristisnI-
zty? Should we not rather seek to make
these two things one and the same, TO nil.
the actual Church of Christ with the true
spirit Of Him who died on Calvary! NO
man can enter into the trial of 4 heretic
and take Jesus Christ with him.
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WILL srk H h II
The H. 81. a al irasssi Is, ~
| tn Isls the Dssefo pnnesa ~ ssstsl ress
and will Enild q Branch
~ Big Stone Gap.
!. tJehlison cts PRESS. ]

SitS = tSrc.f
The Fact Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railway Company, have neyer
shown disposition TO develop the coans-l
try through which their lines ran. COM.
mensusate With their ability so to do, aud
the news that they will enter the Roam
Mountain Iron District is donbIy gratifs-
ing. It is true, however. that in the past
three months a. branch has been cons
structed known as the johnson City and
Carolina, which is Intended to develop
the hematite properties of the Embreyille
neighborhood and a great many lines
have ilttlirough the Alabama mineral
regions. This issbut thc beginning.
The building Of the proposed branch to
Allentown and thence into the heart OF
the Roam Mountain magnetic deposits
means great deal for Johnson City and
all upper East Tennessee OF course our
near neighbor. South Watauga, will be
most directly benefited, as the branch will
terminate there, but anything that goes
to the development of this section helps
Johnson City, and increases the business
of the merchants and manufacturers.
The plans of the East Tennessee railroad,
If fully carried out, means tie continual
employment OF several thousand miners
i'll q radius OF % miles. besides the proh-'
able employment Of thousands OF furnace
and rollingmill men.
It's not given out but il Is understood
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

ysJo William McGeorge, .Ir Percy ilcGeorge, 1rns-
L tee. the. Virgiria Goal & iron Company, Catha-
riIie B. Jones, widow ofaym. d. 3ones, deceased, j.
q CHANGE Executor OF Vim. D. Jones, deceased, and
5ohn 81. Jones. Benjamin D. jones' Nancy =. Allen.
Mary j. James, ". J.carrnack, r. Jones, John Jones
and Eula Jones the last threeot whom are iafantsl
dersecs Of the said Yni D. Jones' you viii take no
tce thai. ca the 18th day of May, lssl the Commits
tiontfs. to.wit James 81. Flanary, c. W. Evans:
Joshlra Mullins W. W.rayor and J. J Kelly, Jr, will
meet togetar on thetract of land Of which you are
tenants OF the freehold aud owners, situated IN Wise
county Virginia, at and near the mouth OF Callahan
cTec,: 70 assess just compensation to he paid to you
for such par. Of said tract OF land as is proposed 10 be
taken by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com
pary for its Purposes wt for depot, yards AMI side
tracks Ftryrespectfully.
louisville 4. NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY
Anr,i2a, 1851. by T. Duncan, Atty
39-4t &
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sa4r;fET assSa Isssssss
several persoss As5sekted ssse shoot 3
Rercss the River are Cap tursa sssts
fsnayict ind b,sE Break Jaiis


For sons time past pistol shots have
been frequently heard ataigh just across q
tho river. The police resolved g bseak up
HE practice and have several times chased
inc offenders who, having the start, made
good their escape.
But q Few nights ago plan was form sl
ed 10 capture them. a detachment 81
police consisting Of Messrs, Henry Nc
I,oweil, r.. r. Irvine, Jno. ". Fox, =. :,
Maury and @. II. Bergman went around,
By the s.. Al. so. road some distance up
the Cap and concealed themselves in the
bushes, while Captain Ballitt, with two 20 Or
d three others remained on this side. Soon
several shots were heard. The police
came up with three men, one Of whom had
pistol which had evidently been dis
charged. They arrested the three; but
while parIeyiag over the matter, consider
iEg the question whether two of the men
should not Be released, The man who had
fred the shot broke away and made rush
for the river bank. Irvine and Mcdowell
followed in hotpursais. Just as the bank
was reached, the escaping man was also
reached, and Mr. Irvine threw his arms
around him. Both went down the precl-
pice together, through bushes, over rocks
and both were badly bruised. Irvine,
however, aided by Mcdowell, who by this
4;rnn had riser, from his fall. rot the man
and locked him up.
The other two also made break Tor
liberty, bat when shot was accidentally
fred BY Mr.. Bergman, they stopped.
There being no evidence against them,
they were released.
The next day two colored men we're
bathing in the river when man passed
along and fred ut or near them with re.
yolyer. The police headed by Mcdowell
hurried across and made chase, and before
the offender had gotten very tar Dir. hil-
bourn, who happened to be near him'
brought him to bay. He was captured
deprived of pistol and ugly looking
knife and locked up. This made the third
man who was nov in Jail. The two were
tried, one was fined $4,000 and cost, and
tbe other sentenced to term i'll prison
and fine in addition.
But Tuesday night the entire party
broke Jail and escaped. The city baoiy
needs stronger prison. 1t is useless Tor
the police to risk their lives to capture
offenders if they are to escape as soon as
it becomes dark. Several culprits nave
In this way avoided the penalty tor their
offenseS.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
LEGAL NOTICE.


TO N. S. KEMNNREn:
You will please take notice that on the 30tl day OF
June 1891, that Joshua Mullins, j. u. fannry, J.zJ.
Kelly, jr., wv. Taylor and c. VI. Evans, commits
sioners duly appointed fer thepnrposetany q
whom may actl will mcet together on the tract Of
land OF which you are tenant OF the freehold and
owner, situated in Big Stone Gap, in Wise county,
Va, to assess just compensation TO be paid 10 you
for such part Of said tract of land is proposed TO
be taken by the Louisville T. Nashville Railroad Com
pany for its purposes and for damages to the residue
of said tract. The land here PROPOSED to be taken is
strip u land extending from the tract OF land for
merly owned by j. N. Fianary, the tract of land
claimed by the Virginia Goa! aud Iron Company and
is Tor Right of Way, and is the same strip Of land
now occupied by said company by Its railroad
LOUISVILLE d NASHVILLE r. r. CO.,
Nav %. 1891. BY e. L. DUNCAN. Attorney.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Rail Road Rurnor.
bristol News. j

a small-sized rumor has been ahoat for some
time that the Norfolk and Western would
purchase or lease the South Atlantic and Ohio
road, but how true is has not been ascertain
ed If this deal should he made the Norfolk
and Western will run great deal of its travel
and traffic over this route via the Louisville
4 Nashville instead Of the East Tennessee,
which now runs its traffic via Paint Rock and
AsLeyille. The road between here and Nor
ristown would in this event be quite useless
except for local travel. Developments will
conc later.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Legal Notice.

l. L. Turner Maury, Special Commissioner in the
three eqnity cases OF n. B. Woed & Co, VS. Rush
Bros, Jacob H. Franklin 81 Sons. VS.. Ensa Eros and
II J. Mann; aud l.. c. Younger vs.. Rasbs Bros. anu
n T. Mann, pending IN the Circlit Court Of Wise cou
20 decree rendered in said al the
2lsf dag Of April 1884, the April term. will, on the
Jst day Of June 1891, between the hours OF ~ A. D.
and lg noon, at the store house in Big Stone Gap,
VA, on Wyaniotte avenues formerly occupied by.
Rush Bros. nov occupied bs Horton tros.s proceed
10 sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for
cash. so ric of the goods wares and merchandise
and other property attached IN said eusas as may be
Isccessary to- Che debts. intarest and costs recoY
cred III, I'LL Of said cases against said Rash SFos
and I. j. Mann. ss
TUNES sfAeaY Col,irs siolier.
IN tis Clerk s Office Of the Circuit Court q the
{Saauts of " ises
al. b ssapd Il Co, r o.siii6s
against 4
RUSH Bros, Defendant
JACOB III. frankln q sans, plainifGs,
Rush Isros., and n, n. s. Mann, Desr'd,s
and &C. G. SopnEeg, pplsintitsi
sys.sss as
Rush Bros md e. +, aiap,is i,cf,i
Hi ilpps. Clerk rs the snI Court 20 cer;itl
TINT iha ypNd req rad the 9sst,lisa.anar
AVS fs decree gepJsges IN said tires ratlses GU
2a ssss & daily 'iyep
iiaSeg my as Clerk Of te s9aa Court 2ass
Ieais lss', a'sri .si.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

The Hon. w. J. Coombs, member elect TO
Congress, from Brooklyn, is visiting in the
city. Mr.. Coombs was successful in his con-
test last November by Is votes, but that meant
a great deal, as by it he overcame normal
Republican majority of 200. Heis President
of the Commonwealth Club, and Vice Presi-
dent of the Reform Club of New York City,
which champions the cause of free trade, civil
service reform and purity in politics: lie is
the senior member Of the large exporting firm
which does business all over the world, China,
the diamond fields of Africa, Australia, South
America and where not. Mr.. Coombs is much
interested in our Goals, ores, woods: and other
natural products, and has recently been on q
few days jaunt to Harlan G. H., and Harlan
County, whore he has some holdings.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Sale of Stock

OF yIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND CAROLINA STEEL AM
IRON COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given that |, the undersigned
Special Commissioner, will, pursuant TO Decree en-
tered on April 2 1891, in the chanccry cause Of the
Rankof Big Stone Gap vsJ. c. Charcc executor OF
the last will OF Wn.D Jones, deceased, and Others,
pentiug in.he Circuit Court Of Wise county, VA, on
The 30ii day OF May, 1891, betweenthe hours of IL
and llacloc,a M. III the front door OK the Bank of
Big Stone tsp in thetewn of Big Stone Gap, Vs., at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash in
hand sell SO much Of one hupdred SHARES oil the capt.
tal stock OF the Virginia, PepBessee and Carolina
Steel and Iron Company, may be necessary TO sat
isy the said plaintiffs debt interest and costs, said
debt being s4,ooooa, with interest from November
1G, 1880. -
Special Commissioner.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

IN the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court of the
County Of Wise:
Bank OF Big Stone Gap, Plaintiff,
against In Chancery.s
&c. Chance, Exec, d, DEFENDANT b
L. T. Lipps,. Clerk OF the said Court, do certify
that the bond required of the Special Commissioner
BY the Decree rendered in said cause OF the 10th day
of April, 1891, has heenauly given. III
Given under my hard ID Clerk OF the said Court,
this the 2lst day OF May, lSal. ~
Testee J. E, LIpPS. Clerk.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Elevators OF
Hoistin Machines
FOR 1S'
Stores, Warehouses and Factories,
made and shipped ready 10 put up. Write to
THE CARDWELL MACHINE Co.
Richmond, Virginia.
WHY SEND AWAY

For your Job Printing when it. j.
can be done at home. The "PosT
will guarantee to do work equal to
the best.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
,rrrrronrcr rUrpcu

Rev J.o StraIey, Pastor. Services FIRST Sunday c
every month, at sr.M.
East Big Stone Gap First Sunday at II AN.
Turkey Cove, Fourth Sunday, at II A. NJ
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Come Via Mercbants and Minors
From Boston Steamship Line, via Norto!E, Penn
and ( sylvapia X. r., via Norfolk, on Wash
New England, ngton, or Harrisburg; Baltimore %
e - S.t0hio il. R,,sva Shenandoah JUNCTION ton
From X Y.,fve0ome via Gid. Dominion Steamship
. -" \. j. Line, Viz; Norfolk, Pennsylvania H.
s Penn I r., via Norfolk. Washington, or
g Del Harrisburg; Baltimore 81 Ohio X. H.
- Md. via Shenandoah junction.
From the Como via Pittsburgh, or via Chat
West ttanocga or via Columbus and Ashland
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
.nArrrsr CHURCH.

Rev. 4 Jz4s,AcManaway, Pastor. Services every
Snnday{ II II a. H. sud 8 p. NJ. Young mems prayer
ineetinesat 4. NJ. every Sanday. Prayer meeting
every "Wednesday at r NJ
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

For al in1Ormatlon, maps, reIefcAce
books, pamphlets etc. descriptive oil The
wonderful mineraigand agricultural 'res
sources ofEthe States Of Virginia ard
West Virginia, apply to. Agents Of the
Norfolk g. Western rstlrond $50 Wa sll-
inston, ts,asBoston; 303 Broadway,
New York; ,433 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Washington, D. c.; 81 East, State Street,
Columbus, Ohio, or General Office,
Roanoke, Va.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29


~. f,af Ii. the sirtiersigBcd,:
sr 10 feeree en-
49, of Jesi
y si,, pfiicfr pending IN
,r a. va. on the 9Th day
AZ I;e hours Of 10 ami u clock
= ~ rubiicctio, 10 the high
ssi loss ID Bis Stone Gan, a., viz: lots
os and l2 Block as degi gnaied On q map Y,
marked. Con,pay Plat O.; y ol
recor, n, the Gerks aIte OF Wise County, together
with te tousc and other improvements thereon. upon
the following serms For one fourth cash a q, .ls
residue 10 be paid 10 equal IN o - anu
is With interest. from date OF eae, for which
efcrress pay n,entsfhe purchaser viii be required 70
exccu;c notes with good security J. r BrffsTT in.
ssis's ts'ssN 20 Special Commissioner
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Mr.. Oric Turner, of the O. S. Marine Rev
enue service, is in the city.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Mr.. and Mrs. p. B. Winston spent several
days here during the week, leaving Wednes-
day for Mr.. Winston's old home i'll Hanover.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
sTOCKHoL,}ERs MEETING,.
AYP.;.AnuIaN D.iNK.


APPsi 4asrnIaS BANK.
The an;,ai meeting OF Stockholders of1thc Appaa-
chan BanE-adjourned fsola hay 81, leol+-will be
held at the office Of said Sank. in Big Stoneap Va,
at D. M. on Monday, May 2S 1891, at which meet
Ing any and vi. business. may be transacted which
could have been legally Transacted at the regnar an
nual meeting. At.est -. =
~. a. aigisoyselis Presll':.
&C. H. BsRaY s,,S, Cashier. ~. ~ - 81
ticc. VI 81 i
To T. j. Nottingham, Conway H. Sands, Conway g.,
Sands S{1rusee FOR: VIVA "a. Iit!e,- Js., I'd. ID.
Fo,skes and John 4. Curtis,l lisiie, Jr.,
4 Eft j. Fowlkes. John A. Curtis, a. e. Dckinson,.
j, AZ, Igptehinson and j. b. L. Eli 1.
rsasl. S6sicf.,. 5s.s..Fa
That on sieErrst say 81 ils lanh tern, o. Mise
County Court, Vi be held on.fhss sar 1881 the Big
Stone Gan Wasar. COMPANY win moyr the Court 70
apppift iye disntefestei freehoders, lly three OF
whom may act, thaIrlose OF lust
compensation such part OF the tract OF land lying
In Mise CONT near town OF Zig Stone
Gap, leei i0ssH az. s iIlte ipfng
The lands Of the Conn
paily, the sDfth appalachian s4na Com plny aud
otlsss,qf wsiisl you The tefnls Of The fisshals,
as s Tor the ct said con-
and ss damage, i any 7ha @ saaia
tract. Is
rig STONE 81. r IVA TER 9siiss NJ,
( ia22-at BY BuLIaTrE Aci3owELE. Attorness
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Judge C. II. Duncan, Attorney for the L. &
N. R. R., has been here several days on legal
business.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

julia I. Day1s and cGera. -
/, ]. T. Lipps, Clark Of the said Court do certify
that the bond required Of the Special Commissioner
6f Apfil, 1881, has heen duly given. Given under
my lindrs Clerk ofahe said Court, this 2lst Day Oh
Tav. 1851. = Teste J. T.. LiPPS. Clerk.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Mr.. j. b. Dowden, of the Crate & Mantel
Company, has returned from business trip to
PHILADELPHIA.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29
Personal.


Capt. DAWN and his two daughters Mrs.
Thos. Walker and Miss DAWN returned from
Louisville last week and passed through the
Gap en- route for Bristol and Roanoke.
Mr.. f. NJ. Hardin has returned from visit
of several weeks to Kentucky
Messrs. r. S. and II. C. Broadhead have
been in the city for the past week.
Among the arrivals at the Intermont are c.
B. Gilly, Miss Rosa Gilly, Miss Lizzie Wells
| and Miss Maggie Flanary.
Gen. A. L. -Pridenore has been in tic city a
day or two.
Mr.. j. b. Dowden, Of the Crate & Mantel
Company, has returned from business trip to
Philadelphia.
Judge C. T. Duncan, Attorney for the L. &
N. R. R., has been here several days on legal
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. B. Winston spent several
days here during the week, leaving Wednes-
day for Mr.. Winston's old home i'll Hanover.
Mr.. Oric Turner, of the q. S. Marine Rev
enue service, is in the city.
X x
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Among the arrivals at the Intermont are G.
B. Gilly, Miss Rosa Gilly, Miss Lizzie Wells
and Miss Maggie Flanary.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Gen. A. L. -Pridemore has been in tic city
day or two.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

Messrs. r. S. and RI. c. Broadhead have
been in the city for the past week.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

j. +. BULLlTT, JE.,
Special Commissioner.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-11-06

lie was evidently bent on suicide.
lie had waded into the edge of the
water at Goat Island and stopped as
if deiberating whether he should
make the final fatal plunge. lIalf-a-
dozen tourists saw him and began to
yell.
"Come ont of that"
"You'll be drowned"
"Savc him, some one"
"Don't let him."
"Police! Police!'
lie paid no attention for a few
minutes. Then lie seemed TO think
better of his purpose and stepped
carefully back to the shore.
"NEhat were YOU going 10 do?"
cried several.
"Gentlemen," he answered with
dignity, 81 was merely testing these
newly patented, ncver-wet-through
goloshes of which am the inventor
and sole agent. 1t stands TO reason,
gentlemen, that goloshes which all the
waters of Niagara could not wet
through must be- but the crowd
had vanished. -[Buflalo Express.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-11-06
The Worlds Gold.

The Bank Of England, which is tho
great depository of bullion in the
realm, holds at ordinary times in its
vaults sl25, 900, 900.
The Bank of Germany holds $780,
00). coo of bullion in gold and silver.
The Bank of France usually holds
S475 900, 600.
The United States holds in the
Treasury and in the various national
banks somewhere about 100000, 600
in gold and silver
The increase wealth Of the various
nations is somewhat remarkable. Dur-
ing the last ten years the Bank Of
France has moro than doubled its re-
serves. The Bank of Germany in 1891
held about $l4O,0)o,o 900; in 1889 it
held $3.50, ,000,0 ,0o0.
In June, 1873, the amount of gold
coin and bullion in the Unitedj States
I!ss... sss ass,, 80 x" .ao; ~
1889 it had risen tOoyer $500, 900, ,UOV.
In the various national banks it stood
at 81 ,0o0, 900; It bas risen TO $50, 900, :
600. In silver there is 4 still more
remarkable increase.
Ii will be Observed lhat among tie
above, England stands the lowest on
the list. This can be accounted for
in two ways. There being no issue
of notes under the value Of S2j, il
necessitates an immense quantity Of
gold being kept in circulation. Sec
ondly, the commerce of Great Britain
with o.her countries being SO cuor-
nous, and IFS lending powers so great,
a perpetual drain is Che inevitable re-
suit. Russia, Italy and Spain have
little or no financial influence. They
are constant borrowers from more
wealthy nations, but lenders. never.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-11-06
Daniel Mehster,s unlieked Hand.

A story of Daniel Webster, told by
himself, long years ago, comes TO tho
Times at only second hand from the
lady who heard him tell,it.
Webster. as a boy in the rude viii
lagc school at Salisbury (now
Franklim, n. H., where he lived in
boyhood, was not free from the small
pranks and mischiefs in which boys
of a dozen years are (or' used to be)
apt 10 indulge even in school hours.
1t was a whipping punishment then
for almost everything, and the master,
hard disciplinarian, had called Dan
iel up to his chair.
sI used to have, ! am sorry to say
it," said the statesman, ''as a school
boy. very dirty hands. On being
called up TO be 'ferulcd,' the custom
ary form of punishment then, COW
crtly and hastily licked one hand, to
make it moro prcsentable, and hur-
riedly wiped it ON my sleeve, after
getting up from my seat.
s.Hold out your hand,'" was the
command-and out went the hand ]
had tried te lick.
"'Dan,' exclaimed the master, in q
reproying tone, looking at the dirty
little paw, If you can show me
lirtier hand than that in all this
school I'll let you off.
e1mmediately,' added Webster, al
thrust out the other hand. The
schoolmaster was stumped. But he
was as good as his word; he let mt
of. ~ Hartford Times,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-11-06

Sometimes it is contempt that
breeds familiarity.