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collections have been r.lc-e rCn,e.oUs.
Demand for iron and stcc. IS heavy AID
nearly ali lines share ir: this strength
Pig lion IS active at all markets. ard g
cents Der ton p-crnit:En is freely rl;!S Sos
lmE!ediate delivery. Steel billet; also nra
ready sale at SIS per tc.l at p:ttsb,.-g.
Tho rcii situation is ere o. spsr.al
strength.
Print cloths have lost one-ei;:i,sh cent,
while raw cotton has .c.t:nsd tis-e-stx-
1eanths cent. In woo;sa GooGs :.io
scarcity OF mems ovsrcoatiass has ae~n
marked. and demand il this Ii,,a is s1ti-e.
The features have osea sl.. tncrsAssd
strength in such cereals az corn ast! oats.
some slight tfrnlucss II lar5. az9 q seSsc@-
able advance in butter AID eggs. sd
other dairy products. Wheat. ard also
-four have weakened.
Failures in the United States ia as
against 227 in this week a yea. aro.
Canadian failures number 80. as against
% in this week 4 gear ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

with our oi& friends. Tate Irvine ana
Joshua Z. Bullitt, who came to Big
Stone Gap about the same time ihr-
Mcdowell located here.
The law firm OF Built & mcdowell
was soon established. and ran success
fully UP to the time OF ats dissolution IN
the year Of 1895, when the firm dissolved.
and Mr.. Mcdowell formed a partnership
with Judge Z. NJ. Fulton, OF this place,
and is now tie junior partner OF the
well-known law firm OF Fulton e Llc-
Dowell, conceded to be Ole OF the strong
est Law firms in Southwest Virginia
The writer is well acquainted with hr.
Mcdowell as q man and as O lawyer.
AS man, like the Chevaller Kayard,
he is without fear and without reproach.
such singlensss of heart and brought
to It's practice such untiring zeal that
AS a lawyer. he loved the science with
his course has been an inspiration TO
his associates at the bar. NO one pos
sesses q higher zeal OF the ethics or
the profession or more jealous regard
for their observance.
He is a man of clear brain, strong red-
son and unusual powers or analysis,
and has combined with these a keen IN
tuitive sense of justice and right
BY the appointment OF Mr.. McOoWeii
to the Federal judgeship the Wise eoun-
ty bar will lose an honore6 member,
but the bench to which he Will ascend
will be much adorned.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

In ye olden time taverns played most
important part in the life, the prosperity
and pleasures Of a community, whether
in town or in the country. In those good
old placid days, ere the pulling
steam engine entered into conpc-
titiop with the stage-coach and
tn, steamboat and the quichened
civilization 1t introduced had pushed
aside these slow-creeping conVeyances
and driven these hostelrleS out OF pusl-
ness, and fiIally out Of existence, by DC
stroying their patronage and influence,
the tavern was usually a most char1tllla
institution in every neighoorhood. me
landlord swayed his little Kingdom with
the power of a despot and the sceptre OF
the spiGot and the ladle though he often
smiled upon his subjects, especially those
who bowed to his dominion, loved his
ga ST roronic delcacies. or were bibulouS
in their tastes The notwithstanding and
.ml,sement-loying folk crowded to his
bosnitnhle doors, where all would be
served "for a consideration" small or
large, to suit the length of each custo-
mer's purse-StringS.
THE OLD TAVERN.
The TAVERN was the centre of the lie
and enjoyment of the community, and the
place where all gathered to learn the
latest news and the current gossip among
the neighbors. Such a hosiery was the
,..OId Farmers Tavern of Manchester,
The ..Old Tavern" as a tavern, has long
since passed away. and its large and.
commodious dininS-roon and ballroom
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
MAGIC INFLUENCE OF
YE OLDEN-TIME WELL
SAYS That He Who Drinks its
Waters is Sure to Return,
written for The Sunday Times.)

and its hospitable and comfortable cham
bers and quarters have been changed into
several small tenement stores, with dwell
ings above This old building is situated
on Hull Street between Eleventh and
Twelfth, and when it was in its palnliest
days. it, together with the stable, out
buildings, courtyard, and grounds. occu-
pied the whole square. Many were the
Festivities that graced, those old halls.
There were the balls, the meets" of the
local racing contingent, the muster OF the
Chesterfield Dragons and the convivial
meetings of the wits of the day.
But all that connects the present with
the happy and glorious past is the old
well yard from which the weary way
farer and the thirsty teams were refresh
ed and from which flowed the cool ana
pure water that slaked the iRcrGinate
thirst of those choice 81 irlts who had
sat too late owe, the landlords wine
cup.
SURE TO COME BACK.
This ancient we'll is still there to-day
and an interesting tradition, almost Il
sl,per stition being associated with it. 1t
is said. and is very widely credited. that
whatsoever drank of its waters. though
they might leave Manchester, would be
sure to return. Many drank and men
noted that they invariably returned, and
the idea grew upon the credulous that
this coincidence sprang from some magic
effect of the water. Even now You are
asked, if You speak of leaving the city:
Have you drank from the Old Tavern
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Both Turned So rcaris5.

peculiar accident 20 ~ aatorassss
occurred on Eastern parkway wien .hs
boulevard was crowded with fashionable
turEouts. The automobile we, gai22s IRON,
bedford Avenue toward Prospect T-r.-s..
ard was crossing the trolley ..Hriss ~
Franklin Avenue, whec t>:t.l e,1ies eross
and TIC occupants woe tt::cwa o:ls.
a styIishIy-trtssed Young wes:1srS Wa
was one Of the occupants, tt:rna,i . ccse-
p.ete sGmersault. ana. 10 tho nl-p.lse II
Il hundred sps ctators. !ari.c. on nnr sass
in the roadway. Her escort lanseS; - n
upright position beside hs-. apoa-scssg
unhurt. thouS;. IL q less graceful u,anns..
To Bscycie Policeman Henri: KGcisa.rs,
who went to the assistance % .tn ~uso-
mobilists. the young WOMAN .ssssfSsd
tina. an ambulance surgeon OF u coeca,sr
might have been needed BUT fer u. ca1t
that they wer- professional acrooi,a- Ihs
couple gave their names AZ Mcnis aas
Mabel EinglaIder and tina chacGeI- sasd
he was L. e. Gtrtz. II was two hours hes
fore repairs to tho automobile we-s COM
nleted. BY tt1t time the occupants naG
decided that they did pct care 20 view
tho oceaM-Ereokfyn Eagle
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very decidedly Of those whose utterances
must be classed as literature and TO
whom must be accorded respectful hear,
ing. We have read his latest collection
cf poems with attention and with some
pleasure; and we are glad to be able to
give him hearty praise Tor his work.
Especially do we commend the healthy
spirit of nearly all that he says, afford
ing a pleasing contrast with some of his
other -1tterances There is in his book
a. spirit of hope and faith that is good
to see a strong humanity that looks be-
You'd the appearance and hnds an end
for struggle-an end that does not depend
upon mere achievement, but makes the
struggle itself of worth
Throughout the book there is high as
piration, noble thought; but these do not
always find adequate expression, nor are
they in themselves always original. Others
have said She same things before, and
have said them better; yet we are glad
to hear them again, even in fainter sound.
since they are things that are Well to be
said. Here is a specimen OF Mr.. Mark
hams thought: anL. style, taken from the
poem entitled 1.-THE World-Purpose:"
His feet are heard in the historic march
Under the whirlwind under, the starry
arch.
Forever the Great Purpose presses on,
From darkness unto DARKNESS, dawn TO
dawn,
Resolved to lay The rafter and the beam
OF Justice-the imperishable Dream.
We cannot call this fine poetry: anc
yet it is so much better than most OF
the production of to-day that we would
forgive those who declared it of highest
type. The best of the poems is that
which gives the book its title, rom which
we quote the opening lines:
When the Norn-Mothcr saw the Whiri-
WIND 4IoUr,
Greatening and darkening as it hurried
on,
She bent the strenuous Heavens and came
down
To make a man to meet the mortal need.
Mr.. Markham is always strenuous, al
ways earnest; an9, these are excellent
qualities. We need such men as he.
y. y. *.
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Cook Chat.
Loyesight.


When do I see thee most. beloved one?
When in the light the spirits of mine
eyes
Before thy face, their altar. solemnise
The Worship of that Love through thee
made known?
Or when, in the dusk hours 1--WE two aloae)
Closs-kissd, and eloquent of still replies
They Thy twilight-hidden GlirnInerins
visage lies,
And my soul only sees thy soul It's own?
O love, my love! If no more should see
Thyself, nor on the earth the shadow Of
thee,
Nor image OF thine eyes in any spring
How then should sound upon LIE
darkening slope
The ground-whlle OF the perisi'd leaves
of Hope.
The wind Of Deaths imperishable wing:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti. From "a Year
Book of Famous Lyrics" Reprinted
by request.
Lord Rosebery in a toast at The banquet
of the Alfred AIiilenary Celebration. plead
ed ignorance of his high subject. sur
maintair that there were others who. like
himself, believed in the burnt cakes and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

Well? If SO, you will surely come back"
This tradition has been connected With
this ancient fountain for many years,
possibly from the beginning of the cish-
teenth century, and, while treated Jocu-
larry by some, is seriously considered Of
inc more superstitious. One can pic
ture III imaginations view one Of our
early ancestors visiting some of the neigh
boring Indian tribes, who then lived al
most in our midst, and obtaining from
them Il pebble, powder or other tails
man, that If placed in the old well would,
according to the uperstitions-which were
so rife in those days-cast Such a magic
influence over the drinker as to make
him desire to return again to the cool
and refreshing drink. No doubt some
such superstition as this gave rise TO the
tradition.
UNDISCOVERED ROCKS.
Though the old well is still in use,
nothing is now left to mark its anti
guilty, save the CID moss-cCv cred stones
that form its sides, and a stone at its
side so cut as 10 receive the water from,
the bucket and carry it to the brink.
May it ctil have the power ard int.u-
ence of bringing back those who are capa-
bic and willing to advance the progress
and interests Of Manchester!
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

GEORGE WASHINGTON. BY Norman
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MORE ANIMALS. Oliver HertorG,
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
LITERARY IDENTIFICATION,

In a late number of ''The Book Buyer"
there is a capital article entitled Think
ing in japanese The primary object or
:hc writer is to show the difficulties which
beset foreigner in learning tho language
OF the Land Of the Chrysantnemum, but
there is in it a mint of the thorouShnasS
full mastery of a language. The stu
dents of the Japanese tongue found 1t
necessary to think In JaPanese-and they
found it as difficult as necessary.
Though not in it's thought, the article
suggested to us Al analogy. II also. in
pursuing the train of thought thus start
cd. calls to. our mind tho actor described
IN Great Expectations" OF whom his adj
mirer told that when he played Othello.
he blaclled himself all over and added
that that was feeling part" We quote
from memory, and may not be exact in
our words, but the idea we well reircm-
Der.
Now. it has seemed TO US that of late
years many writer's Of fiction have
thought it necessary to BLACK themselves
all over but it is only of late that they
have been Impressed with the artistic
necessity OF thinking in japanese" We
speak in parallels, but their meaning will
not be hidden from the reader of con-
temporary novels. fhe art Ct atery-
telling seems TO be in process of Tesolu-
ton into absolute Identification of the
writer with his characters; he is no long
or content to stand outside Of them and
View them; ne must enter into their psy-
Geological existence and make it his own.
So far though there is toe bread arpli-
GATOR OF a deranslble theory: there is lit
tie to cause complaint, but unfortunately
the majority of writer's of late novels
have reversed the theory and seem to
believe that true art requires that they
should impress their own individuality of
thought upon their characters. They
do not identify themselves with their
with themselves. In short instead OF
'sblacking themselves all over to play
Othello, they play Othello with a white
face. The consequence Of this method
of Identification OF the author with his
personages is a narrowness of conception
and execution which makes each novel
centre in. and consist of little else than,
the thought of one parsonage. OF this
school of novelists is Mr.. George Moore;
nor does he stand alone.
AS for thinking in japanese" that is
an evil of later growth, but which threat
ems permauency. 1t Is principally mani
fected in stories dealing with rural life.
though it not infrequently appears in
tales of the lowest classes in the towns.
The author, in his desire to give a SYM
pathetic representation of the life he is
depicting, seems. to think it necessary so
TO saturate himself with the method OF
thought peculiar to those of whom he
writes that he forces himself, as the mar
rator, to think in their style. Instead
of preserving in sharp definition the line
between himself as the commentator
and his characters as the actors, he
II ergcs his personality into theirs, so that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
GIVES GREAT SATISFACTION.
The Appointment of Henry Cisy Mcdowell
Pfeases the People.
(SpecIal DIspatch to nae Tlmes.)

= tSpeclnl Ulspatch 70 lne 1Imes.J
WISE. VA. Nov. 15.-The appointment
of Henry Clay Mcdowell. of Big Stone
Gap, 70 succeed the late Judge John
Paul as United States District Judge FOR
the Western District of Virginia, has re-
ceived the heartiest appreciation by the
people in this part OF the district Ind
Wise county feels herself honored by
the appointment.
Mr.. Mcdowell is a grandson OF the
late Henry Clay. and was reared on the
"Old Clay Homestead. near Lexington,
Ky He came to this county about the
year 1857 in the beginning OF the boon!
days in Wise county. and entered into
the field of an active and lucrative prac-
tice of his profession as lawyer, along
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

can be relished in measurable degree by
all. Sometimes, though rarely, the hum3r
ceas.s to be quiet; and then it is inef-
fective, at least to our taste. Thus, We
do not like Lefty who talks slang and
it rather too much of an IDIOT; she CRATES
on us when she asks: What IS she gass-
ing about?'' This sort of thing is not fun
ny; but happily there is much humor Of
a better sort in the book. Some OF the
complications between the English hero
inc ana her German acquaintances are q
little overdone Ind sometimes, as in tno
matter OF the poem which she is supposed
to have written. of questionable taste;
but this incident is among those in which
Lefty is concerned, and we cannot help
a feeling that this young lady were bet
ter elided from the story. Yet we have on
the whole very little fault to find, and we
have decided praise to bestow. The pos
sibility of the author being, as has been
surmised, "a lady of quality" will. Of
course, have It's effect upon the sales OF
'The Benefactress,'' as it did upon those
of that books predecessor: but the book
has in itself sufficient merit to dispense
with such adventurous aid ana yet find a
welcome at the hands of those who enjoy
cleverness and pleasant humor.
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BUSINESS GOOD.
Favorable Features Largely in the Ascend
tBy Associated Pross.}


NEW YORK. Nov. 15.-B-oadstreets to-
morrow viii say:
FAY orable features are still largely In
the ascendant and the current OF business
is running fun the country over. Corn
paints of insufficient transportation
facilities have become more marked.
Seasonabie weather conditions. north and
west, have expanded retail trade aad en-
larred orders from jebiers! IN Wea Their con-
ditions at the South shavesnot been entirely
favorable. and complaints of stowncss OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17
Ancient Mustachcs.

Men with enormous mustaches really
have nothing to be proud Of Rather
are they to be pitied. Those of higl
rank among the Gauls and Britons, ac-
cording t. Caesar and Dioderous. shaved
the chin. but wore immense forests of
tagged fsir on the upper lip. The mus
iaches Of the inhabitants Of Cornwall
and the Scilly Isles hung down upon
their breasts like wings.--Ncw York
Pr ess.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

LINCOLN AND OTHER POEMS. BY
Edwin Markham. Mcclure. Phillips <
Company, New York.
Mr.. Markham is not great poet: but
he is strong earnest, and vir1le, and he
is perhaps the best poet that America
can boast in the present day. He is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

SISTER TERESA. BY George Moore.
j. g. Lipp.ncott Company. Philadelphia.
Mr. Moore has not given us the sequel
to his novel called Evelyn 1nnes." That
book, it will be remembered, broke short
off rather than ended, and notWlthStand-
ing the fact that to start somewhere and
end anywhere is the favorite method OF
Mr. Moore's school, the novel showed in
itself a portent of a coming sequel. rms
we now have; and, if the sequel Is no
more satisfactory in its ending than Vas
the book which formed its basis, We must
not complain; for such is art, according
to Mr. Moore.
But we may legitimatcly complain that
Mr. Moore, having written nearly AGO pages
of de ALL has really tod us nothing DEFINITE
about his chief character. He has given
us the most remarkable account Of men
tai processes that we have ever seen IN
a novel; yet withal he has given us no
knowledge Of the woman whose thoughts
he thus lays open to our gaze. lie mas
given us a study of mentality which,
though it is in some ways SO unpleasant
and at times disgusting that it rcpels. is
nevertheless wonderful in its minute
ness; but he has given US no true picture
of the woman herself; of her actually,
of her inner personality. Reading the
book. we feel that we have been shown
every feeling OF the woman's soul; after
reading, if we try TO formulate con-
ception Of her we discover that we 90
not in the least know her. we kncV
that she is by nature sensual; we kno"
that she fights against her sensuaiity; but
we do not know why she fights. And
this is the important thing, without
knowledge concerning which all else must
remain vague and formiess. So we ma
that all Mr. Moore's sl1ilful analysis LEADS
uowhither and we are compelled to con-
clude that the analysis exists in seeming
rather than in reality. For 1t leads 10
no true result.
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THE RENEFACTRESS BY the author
LI..- Gel man Ga Ijen

THE RENEFACTRESS BY the author
Of elizabeth and Her German Garden.
The Macmillan Company, New York.
1.-THE Bencfactress'' is capital book.
It drags a little at times. to our sense
but it is full of excellent hurnor' ana the
characters are well drawn While The
thread of story is of interest We do not
care to detail the plot, or rather plan, of
the book, since to do SO is often to DIS
count the interest of the reader; but the
author hos hit upon an idea which ena-
bles her to display to the full the quail
ties which made success OF "Ellzabetn
and Her German Garden" The best Of
these qualities is quiet and effective
humor which perhaps appeals more 10
the fair than to the unfair sex. but when
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

WOMAN IN THE GOLDEN AGES. Py
Amelia Gere Mason. The Century Com
pany, New York.
Mrs. Amelia Gere Mason. author Of
Women Of the French Salons has
given us a new group OF papers. concern
ing some of the most notable Of her SEX.
In Woman in the Golden Ages" Mrs.
Mason writes pleasantly about many wo-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-17

MORE ANIMALS. Oliver HerforG.
Scribner's Sons, New York. Price, 81.
Bell Book and Stationery Company.
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Books Receiyed.

GEORGE WASHINGTON. BY Norman
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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-27
MINES and MINING; -t%$~ IN THE NORTHWEST

We have a carload of ore on the dump
and some Of it is the same as have with
me only there are pieces that weigh ooo
pounds Henry Bratnober and Patrick
Clark visited the property and after ex-
aiming it each made us an offer, but
neither OF the offers suited.
about mile and a half north or the
Ophir we have some some claims the
surface rock OF which assays $500 IN
gold and high percentage of silver. ana
although enough work has been done on
them to demonstrate that they can De
developed into mines they have not been
opened up as We'll as the Ophir ground.
The veins there are the truest assures
have ever see Why, in the conglom-
crate part of the Olhir vein l have found
pieces of pure copper as large as my
thumb. l know what good thing is
when l see it. l blazed the trail into the
Rossland di trict of British Columbia,
spent several years in the mines around
PhiipSburg and have seen all sorts of
prog SIT ons in mining. but none of them
compare with our property in Powell
county.