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Empress Of China Will Fight
Europe.

Shanghai, June 5th,-It is report
ed hsre that Chinese troops are op-
Grating to prevent further foreign
forces going to Pekin. 1t is further
said that the Viceroy has ordered
these troops to oppose the landing
of more marines from foreign war
ships.
The reports are strengthened bv
the news that Chinese mobs have
burned the railway station at Hoang
Sung, and destroyed the bridge
which interrupts communication be-.
tween Pekin and Tien Tsin. Two
Belgian engineers have been killed
near Tien Tsin. An attack on tba,
place by the Boxers" il r+ported
imminent.
The China Gazette. considered tb.
highest authority in the emp,re. sav
the Empress has ordered her GOV
ermeDt to face all Euiope ratbe
than interfere with the "Box.rs
The station at Wangi Pang has bier
urne d ty mob.
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For Sale.

Valuable property, situate in the
corporate limits of Taze we'll, Virgi-
MIA, consisting of about 10 acres o
land, IA good 2 story house, consist
ing OF 8 ro, ms and out buildings, a
good stable and tenement dwelling
also on the land. Good orchard,
shade trees and two good springs,
Anyone wanting home in the towr
OF Tazewell cannot do better thar
purchase this property.
Terms, very reasonable. For fuI
ther Information apply to
V. l.. SEXTON,
| Tazewell, Va
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OUT HIM BADLY.
a iazewell Citizen Outs a Ool-
ored Man.-Preliminary
Trial on Monday.

Ihere were number of ''s 'raps"
last Friday of more or less serious
ness all OF them taking place in or
near "Shake Rag" between town
and the depot, and in the vicinity
of the show grounds. The most Sc
Nous OF these was an affair, which
took ace late In the afternoon, in
Alex. johnson shop, between Mr.
Shlel Is Harmal. well knows citi-
zen of North Tazewell and a color, 4
man by the name of Jim Bill. Tn.
coiored man was cut in three places,
once in the breast. once on the chin
near the throat, aud once in Fla.
abdomen. This last cut was tbs.
most serious. 1t was thought at
one time that the man could no,
live. Drs. Shoemaker and Crockstt
& Stellar were summonsed and ,ar.
formed al operation, and at this
writing it is thought that he Will yss
wall. The preliminary trial occnrr.
ed on Monday before Esquire Ban.
cy, aud the evidence efor. the
court showed that Harmap ws.
struck several times before Harma,
did the cutting The trial WIS con
timed nutil the 18th, TO await IN.
results OF 'hs INJURIES, aud Harms,
was admitted to bail in the sum 9,
$4,000
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Pounding Mil.


Cherries and Strawberries are
ripe.
Miss Ellie Williams, who came
up from Richlands Monday to Wis.
it relatives, returned home today.
Miss Evelena Pearl Mcclure, of
Cedar Bluff, is spending a week
with her sister, Mrs. w. B. Steele.
"Uncle I Jimmie" Hoback, who
has been teaching music for the
past three months at the home of
MIR. Tom bes:er, near Belfast, re.
turned to his home here Monday.
There will be an ice cream and
straw berry supper on church lawn
on Saturday night Of next week.
Proceeds will 60 to buy a church
organ. Everybody invited. Boys
come and bring your girl.
Mrs. link and little daughter
Mona, of Radford, spent a couple
of days here last week with her
son, Mr.. II. W. link, agent of the
N. ~ W. at this place.
Vegistation is suffering greatly
for rain.
Charlie Griffith, twelve) years
old, caught three pcf ID bass,
which mearured 10 inchg
Nj MI n. l.. isdacLsod II aed Miss Hat
tie Griffith drove to Tazewell Fri
day to see the show. Toby Sparks
Fudge Myers and few others
also attended.
Mrs. Geo. Maxwell and the baby,
of Cedar Bluff, spent part Of last
week with her sister.in law, Mrs
II. M. Sparks.
Mrs. Steeleman and Mrs. Faulk,
ner returned Sunday from Blue.
field and Oakvale, respectively
where they have been visiting
their parents.
Rev. Philip Johnson filed his
usual appointment here SATURDAY.
night and Sunday and baptised a
young lady at o a. III. Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald, of Ken.
lucky, of the Christian Churcl
preached here Thursday and Fri
day nights of last week. He il
Quilted a scholarly young man
His sermon was deep, full Of Bible
and without contention.
Mr.. w. l.. G. Burke and Mrs
Rhoda Johnson, daughter of Wn
Yost, were married today
Ely Murphy, joined her husband
at Toms Greek, where they hav,
gone to housekeeping. Mr.. SmitI
Murphy is agent ct TOMS Creek.
Jure 6.
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Emory SS Henry Commencement.
For those who may be. SO fortu.
nate as to attend the com mmencement
exercises of Emory and Henry
College, we give below programme
of the exercises:
June 9th. 8 p. M.-Declaimers
Contest.
June 10th. IL A. M.-Baccalaurate
Sermon by j. j. Tigert, d. D., L. L,
D., Of Nashville, Tenn.
z p. M.-Annual Sermon before
Y. M. @. A. by Rev. J. @. Orr, of
Knoxville, Tenn.
June 18th. IL A. M.-Robertson
Prize Oratorical Contest and Liter
ary Address by Hon. A. j. Monta.
tague, OF Richmond, Va.
7P. M.-Meeting of Trustees and
Hermesian Anniversary.
June 18th. IL A. M.-Graduating
Exercises and Alumni Address by
K. Il. Hoss, ID. D., L. l.. D., of Nash.
vile, Tenn.
7P. M.-Cslliopean Anniversary
and Lecture by Hon. John Temple
Graves.
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Tresspass Notice

All parties are hereby notified not
to tresspass on the lands or dam Of
the undersigned by hunting, fishing
or In any other manner. The law
will certainly be enforced against
such.
G. W. Greever.
Samuel Gillenwaters.
j. O. Bailey.
II. f. Peery.
j. Ed. Peery.
M. L. Peery.
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Tresspass Notice.

Ali persons are hereby notified not
TO trespas> rp"n t lands in posses
s;o:i of uie undersigned. lying in thu
.,wn ;r iun, in raz, well county
.i,.r y" r. In. dri ire, wall ~
tn'r"V 80 IN IA 81 annr:, and
" T." ''', >, - T. IA will b.
pru~,,n ~.
JS". l. sMEEoN,
ilI,S. INo. 4. CAMERON.
May 3rd, 1900.
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We will send the NEWS the rest
of the year to new subscribers far
90 cents cash.
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The Ultra-Conservatives Urge
The Dowager Empress to
Allow the Outflow Organiza-
ton to Continue it's Foul and
Murderous Work.

Shanghi, June A number of des-
peradoes, disguised as passengers. have
pirated the British Yang-Tse steamer
hutwo. They committed wholesale
r"oberries, terrorizing the passengers,
who were quite unable to offer resist
ance The thieves escaped with their
booty.
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For Sale-A Bargain

On of the handsomest soda foun.
tains in the State at less than one
shlrd cost. Warranted by manufac
turers. Address,
SODA WATER,
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R.C. CHAP MAN

READ OUR ADS. FOR THE FADs. 4
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TAKE
CHAPMAN'S
Hot
Weather
Prescription"
Weather


Cool clothing-and you may
laugh at "Uncle Sol'' and enjoy
health and comfort. Our stocks
of cool clothing for hot days in
clude all that can be called new
and winning for men and wo'
men.
AT 48C. a Of Rsa. niG ia", iins
cy colored, soft bosom, madras
cloth shirts, attached collars.
This grade is often sold at 75c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-01-11
UNIQUE CLOCK FACE.

colored black so as to distinguish ii. A
distance is made between the hour and
minute hands by having the hour hand
in such position that it will pass di-
rectly over the numerals on the face of
the clock, and the minute hand so
placed that it will cover a path further
toward the center of the dial, and,
therefore, although being on the same
level, the hands do not conflict.
The magical part of the clock is the
power which causes these hands to
move around the face Of the dial, so as
TO always tell the proper time. The feat
is accomplished by having the two imi-
tatious of hands lined with soft iron.
Underneath the dial and lying on the
floor of the window are the works of a
clock, with very long, ordinary hands
attached in the usual manner. TO the
ends OF these hands the jeweler has
joined two small magnets, so that they
will attract the soft iron on the backs
Of the induces, and then over all this he
mas placed a pasteboard dial.
After arranging the hands under the
proper numerals and placing the induces
over their proper hands, he has wound
the clock and set it going. Thus the
magnets are moved with the hands of
the clock, so that they are almost in
contact with the cardboard dial. As
they move around they carry the induces
with them.
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THE PARTING SALUTE.
How They Say Good-By In Europe,
Asia, the Islands of the Pacific
and other Places.

The Turk will solemnly cross his
hands upon his breast and make pro-
found obeisance when he bids you fare
well.
The genial Jap will take his slipper off
as you depart and say with a smile;
you are going to leave my despicable
house in your honorable journeying-
l regard thee!"
In the Philippines the parting bene-
diction is bestowed in the form Of rub
bling ones friends face with ones hand.
The German "lebe wohl" is not par
ticularly sympathetic in its sound, but
il is less embarrassing to those 1t speeds
than the Hipdu's performance, who,
when you go from him, fails in the dust
at your feet.
The FIJI Islanders cross two red
feathers. The natives of New Guinea
exchange chocolate. The Burmese bend
low and say: lib, Hib."
The "Auf wiedersehen" of the Aus
TRANS is the most feeling expression
of farewell.
The Cuban would consider his good
by anything but cordial one unless he
was given a good cigar. The South Sea
Islanders rattle each others whale
teeth necklace.
The Sioux and Blacllfeet will, at part
ing, dig their spears in the earth as a
sign of confidence and mutual esteem.
This is the origin of the term, Bury
ing the tomahawk."
In the islands in the straits of the
Sound the natives, at your going, will
stoop down and clasp your foot.
The Russian form of parting saiuta-
ton is brief, consisting of the single
word, "praschai,' said to sound like
sneeze. The Otaheite Islander will
twist the end of the departing guests
robe and then solemnly shake his own
hands three times.
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been prohibited. A very few excep-
tons have been made in favor OF small
steam launches run under special
charter granted by provincial govern
ors, who, for this unexampled liberal
ity, would pocket large share of the
profits. All this will be changed by
the opening of the inland waters to
steamers.
Then, as in Japan, within genera
ton the clumsy old junks will disap-
pear, and be replaced by steamers of all
sizes and sailboats of modern pat
tern. Along the coast and on the
large rivers junks are used in great
numbers. They are built of thick pine
planks, with high stem.
Their tackle is of the rudest, involv-
ing great waste of strength in friction;
thus requiring double the number of
sailors. The sails are generally made
of bamboo and cane leaves, though
canvas is now occasionally seen. The
ordinary sea-going junk IS of about
100 to 200 tonnage; though they make
them as large as 1000 tons. II is hard
ly necessary TO add that these crude
vessels are about equal in sailing ca
pacity to Noah's famous ark, which
was not intended to do anything but
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except Holland. The Grand canal in the
north, and some others, were made for
navigation; but the plains of central
and south China are covered, when
ever possible, with small shallow cam
ais for irrigation. The water is pumped
from these by treadmill pumps upon
the rice fields, which must be kept COW
cred with water all the time. But these
canals are also used for transporta-
ton, little fat-bottomed rowboats be-
ing seen everywhere nfon them, car.
rying freight and passengers.
That which impresses the foreigner
most in all this is how utterly obliv-
ious the native methods are to time.
Two miles an hour is a fair average
rate upon these canals, and ~ miles is
medium slow; three miles an hour is
swift dispatch, with strong, fair wind
and light cargo. When we are in
hurry we walk. Launches of light
draught are sure to take the place of
these wretched RATS for passenger traf-
fic in the near future. These well-wa-
tered plains are all very densely popu-
lated, and a swift passenger service
would be well patronized.
WILLIAM N. BREWSTER.
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WERE REAL PERSONS.
Mother Goose md Mary who Had tho
Little Lamb Both Lived in
Massachusetts.

Many suppose Mother Goose" to be
an imaginary parsonage, but she was
real woman, and her maiden name
was Elizabeth Foster. She was born in
1865, married Isaac Goose in 1903, a few
years later became q member of the
Old South church of Boston, and died
in 1857, at the age of 90 years. Her
songs were originally sung to her
grandchildren. They were first pub
lished in 1716, by her son-inlaw, Thorn
as Fleet, of Boston.
The MARY" that had little lamb
was Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, a Massa-
chuSetts girl; the lamb was one Of
twins forsaken by an unnatural mother.
Mary took it home and cared for it
herself. They became fast friends, and
when Mary started to school her pet
missed her very much. So one morn
ing it followed her, At school she
tucked it under her desk and covered
it with her shawl, but when she went
out to her spelling class the lamb
trotted after her. The children laughed
wildly, and the teacher had the lamb
taken from the room. On that morn
ing young student named Rawlston
was a visitor at the school. The incl
dent awakened his poetic genius and
a few days later he handed Mary the
first three verses Of the poem. He died
soon after, ignorant of the immortal
ity OF his verses.
The lamb lived many years, and met
death by the horns of an angry COW.
Mary's mother spun the wool to yarn
from which she knit her daughter
pair of stockings. Years passed and
the stockings became yellow with age.
Finally Mary raveled them out, cut the
yarn into bits, nuifed it out, sewed il
to cards, and after writing on them YER
flying the genuineness of the yarn, sold
them to secure money to help save the
Old South church at Boston. Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
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TRUE GREATNESS.
How 1t Is Distfn guished from Learn
ing in Men Who Achieve
Emincnce.
life.

1t is a common error to confound
learning with greatness. The fact that
a medical student of this day knows
more of the science of medicine than
DR.. Abernethy did does not prove he is
a greater man. The fact that the aver
age sophomore in one of our colleges
knows more of the laws of nature, of
chemistry, the sciences and of Ian
guages than Socrates knew does not
prove that the former is the greater
man. The fact that the ordinary naval
cadet could take torpedo boat and
sink Lord Nelson and the Victory in a
few minutes does not prove that the
latter is greater naval commander.
John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress"
has been read by more people, and will
in years to come be read by more peo-
pie, than any book written by the most
learned man of his own or subsequent
times, and yet Bunyan was a tinker
by trade and was as ignorant of the
rules of grammar as he was of the BIZ
nomial theorem. No one can dispute
the genius of Bunyan. Greater inven-
tons and discoveries have been made
in our time than were ever made by
Jenner or Watts, or Sir Isaac Newton.
But it is likely the credit of not one of
the great modern inventions can be
ascribed to any one man. Morse alone
did not invent the magnetic telegraph;
Bell did not alone conceive the idea of
the telephone, nor was the typesetting
machine the exclusive work of one man.
There was among Me great men of
the past an Individuality which distin-
guishes few living men. The average
ability of physicians was as great, per-
haps, in Abernethy's time as it is now.
And yet he stood high above them, and
almost without rival. The average
ability of the United States senator was,
perhaps, as great or greater in the last
generation than it is to-day. And yet
the three great senators. Calhoun, Web
ster and Clay, stood high above the rest,
and if they were in the senate to-day
their prominence would probably be
as undisputed. 1t may be that there
are many men now living in the United
States who may justly be termed great
men, but there are few in any of the
walks of life so great that their position
is entirely undisputed. -Baltimor Sun.
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oUEER.L LOOKING ANIMAL.
II Is known to NaturuIists ms Glyps
todon, and Belongs to the ARM
adfIIo Family.

All young students of natural history
are familiar with the armadillo, the
curious little animal which is found in
Central and South American countries,
but no doubt very few of them know
that once upon a time there existed
gigantic armadillo as large as a rhi-
noceros. A famous entomologist tells
how one day he saw small armadillo
running around his garden with three
little monkeys perched on his back, but
had he seen great armadillo, large
enough to carry three or more men,
tearing across his premises he would
have been more astonished than
amused.
This gigantic armadillo is known to
naturalists as the glyptodon, and fossils
and remains have been found in the
bone caves of Brazil Paraguay and Uru-
quay. Traces have also been found in
the Pleistocene deposits in these coun-
tries. The young naturalist may think
that Pleistocene is rather formidable
word, but when it is explained that it
only means the period just preceding
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MAGICAL TIMEPIECE.
Machinery Exhibited by n New
York JcweIer.

In the window of his establishment a
jeweler has placed clock face which
tells the hour of the day, says the New
York Herald The hands appear to be
connected in no manner with the works
or any part of the clock, and yet they
move around the face so as to always be
In the proper place to tell the time. A
look at this clock conveys to the OBJ
server the idea that there are only a dial
and two induces made of aluminium
The minute hand is left the natural col
or of aluminium, but the hour hand is
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float; and the original pattern, from
which all have since been made, must
have been designed in the dim remote
past, nearer 10 the times of that an
cient shipbuilder than to the present.
These tubs" can sail with the wind,
if they have plenty of it, and not too
much. If the wind is high, or contrary,
they must put in to some sheltered
nook and wait for favorable weather,
which may take day or month, or
even longer. 1t is not to be marveled at,
then, that there are no passenger junks
running from Hinghua by the sea to
the provincial capital, Foochow, only
20 miles north. 1t takes As hours to
travel it by land, taking the ferry the
second night, but that is much faster
than these boats are likely to make it,
A small steamer would make the trip
in one night; but the government has
persistently refused to allow foreign
built vessels to run.
Then these junks are the prev of
pirates that infest this coast. They
have their haunts on the islands and
inlets of this rough coast. In little
boats, that can be propelled by rowing,
they swarm out upon some large junk
that is becalmed. They throw fire-balls.
they are armed with muzzle-loading
shotguns and knives and spears. The
crew Is slaughtered, or surrenders and is
bound, all the cargo taken, and the boat
set adrift. This is often done in broad
day light. The local magistrate gets his
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TIME NOT VALUABLE,
Chinese Do Not Seem to Care Much
for Rapid Transit.
They Travel ContentedIy I'm Junks
Making Two or Three Miles
per HOur-Stea boats Few
and Far Between.
Especial Hinghua (China) letter.

Especial Hinghua (China) letter.
The statesmen of the powers are
planning the opening of China to the
commerce of the world. The news
papers are discussing it. The Chi
nese people are expecting it, and the
mandarins dreading it. But not many
people in America have any adequate
idea of what such an opening will in
volve, either to the outside world or to
the middle kingdom itself. How much
China is shut off from communication
with the rest of the world can only be
realized by knowing her means and
methods of transportation. The ma
tive methods, which are the only kind
that have been permitted in the in
terror, beyond the treaty ports" and
few exceptions in north China, are
about as crude and laborious as hu-
man stupidity could devise. The
cheapest is, of course, transportation
by water.
But hitherto all this has been done in
boats or junks of the rudest pattern,
propelled by rowing, towing or sailing.
On what are known as native waters"
being all the sea-coast, rivers ana can
ais not opened to foreign commene by
special treaty with the powers, steam
vessels, both small and large, have
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TyroIese Counting.

When young Tyrolese goes counting
in earnest he carries with him bottle
of wine, of which he pours out glass
and presents it to the object of his af-
lection. If she accepts it, the whole
affair is settled. Very often the girl
has not yet made up her mind, and then
she will take refuge in excuses, so as
not to drink the wine, and yet not re-
fuse il point blank, for that is consid-
cred gross insult, proving that she has
been merely trifiing with the affections
Of her lover. She will, for instance,
maintain that the wine looks sour" or
that wine disagrees with her. In fact,
she makes use of any subterfuge that
presents itself at the moment Shy low
ers. 10th to make sure of their case be-
forehand, find it very happy inspira-
ton. Not a word need be spoken, and
the girl is spared the painful No" OF
civuization.-Cincinn Enquirer.
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SIX SMITHS IN CONGRESS.
eshcr Names That Are Duplicated on
:he Roll Of the House of Rep
resentatives.

There are six Smiths in the house Of
representatives-three from Michigan
and one each from Kentucky Maryland
and Illinois. There are three Wilson's
one each from Idaho, New York and
South Carolina. Two members Of the
Williams family come from Illinois and
one from Mississippi, and they are all
democrats. There is a Wheeler fron
Alabama and one from Kentucky; one
Thomas from North Carolina and an
other from Iowa; three Aliens, from
Maine, Kentucky and Mississippi; two
Baileys, from Texas and Kansas; two
Clarks, from Missouri and New Hamp-
shire; two Claytons, from New York
and Alabama, and they are brothers;
two Cochrans, from Missouri and New
York; two Coopers, from Wisconsin and
Texas; Crump and a Crumpacker;
two Davenports, both from Pennsylva-
mia; Fitzgerald from Massachusetts
and another from New York; a Gardi-
ner from New Jersey and from Michi-
gan; a Green from Pennsylvania and
another from Massachusetts. There are
three Henrys-Patrick Henry, from
Mississippi; Robert L., from Texas, and
f. Stevens from Connecticut. The
Jones family has two representatives.
from Virginia and Washington. There
is a Little and a Littlefield, a Meyers
from Louisiana and Meters from Indi-
ana; one Moody FROM Oregon and an
other from Massachusetts,; one Norton
from South Carolina and another from
Ohio; Rhea from Kentucky and from
Virginia; a Robb from Missouri and
Robbins from Alabama. There is Rob-
erts from Massachusetts, as well as
from Utah; Robinson from Maine and
Nebraska; a Ryan from Pennsylvania
and from New York; a Stevens from
Texas who spells his name with ''pb,"
and one from Minnesota who spells IL
with a ''v." There are three Stewards
from Wisconsin, New Jersey and New
York-which indicates the poverty of
our nomenclature.