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The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

STATE ny y,nGIxi,-i;u'Nrr oy MISE, ~.
|, WIN. II. Nichols, president u! the above named
bank, do >sennly that the above statement is
true to the best Of my knowi'4ige aud belief.
VA. II. NICHOLS. President.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before this eo:h day OF
October, 1880. W. A. McELwEg.
Notary pnhl!s. Wise County, Virginia.
= Corr.ct-Atiest:
J. +. BpiLrIT. JR..
u. e. MclinwELt- in. directors.
w. T. t;dnp,or,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
New Building.

Mr.w +. Harris has let the contract for the fouia-
ton and stoncwork OF his house. on Poplar Hill,
To McsSrs. Parr Il Bargcly. aud work will he COM
mciIcrd ut once.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
One of the Right Kind.
fRr;st,t Enu..

w $ Palmer, who never tires of speaking Of tie
greatness Of the Southwest aud Of Zig Stone Gap in
particular, is in the city. He is one ot the iiycc,
rcal estate men We know. Why don't he settle in
I,r;.tol7
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
STOLEN 3
$I25.OO Reward.

Stolen from The stable Of g. u cockrcll near CAM
lprla, Gap, Tenn, ore brown horse male. l. years
old 49, or Is hand, high, blind III right eye knot M
right side Of jaw bone, rather oi pony order.
will pay So for delivery Of the mule here or so
ior:nformaon that will lead 10 IL recovery or VIII
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for the apprehension OF the thef-Sle" for both ihiet
and mule. Address. q. i. Cor..rii,
Cumberland Gap. Tom.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

Try the posr's netc job 66ics. II turns
out etery rariety Of job icork on short
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
REPORT

OF the condition of the BAyK OF Bic STONE
Gar, at Big Stone Gap. in tie State Of
Virginia, ut the close of business, Octo-
Der 2nd, 1890.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
". KEELING.

After a housekeeper fully realizes TIM
worth of turpentine in the household.
she is never willing to be without supply
of it. 1t gives quick relief to burns it is
an excellent application for corns: it is
good for rheumatism and sore throats.
Then it is a sure preventive against
moths !; by just dropping trifie in the
drawers, chests and cupboards, it will
render the garments secure from injury
during the summer. 1t will keep ants
and bugs from closets and store rooms
BY putting few drops in the corners
and upon the shelves; it is sure de-
Struction to bed bugs. and will effectual-
~ drive them away from their haunts if
thoroughly applied to all the joints to
the bedstead, and injuries neither furni-
ture nor clothing. A spoonful of it
used to a pail of warm water is excellent
for cleaning paint.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06

night keep watch on its desolate battlements.
The city lay behind us. 1t had never dared
to stretch itself much beyond the old gates,
and the few people who did live outside were
spoken of as very far off-sort of Bedouins
of fowerland, camping temporarily on the
green. As we went on the moon lighted up
the white headstones of a little cemetery on
the left side of the road 1t was the Protes-
tant cemetery, remarkable only for its ugli-
ness and the number of its inscriptions tell
ing the same sad story of strangers in
strange laud-persons brought here in quest
of health, only to die far away from home.
There are two other cemeteries. The mill
tary cemetery is a shady, grassy place well
tended. peaceful, and even pleasant. A
handsome monument to all the soldiers and
officers who fell during the long, hard, har-
RAISING Seminole war stands on one side, and
near it are three low massive pyramids, COW
ering the remains of Major Dade and 10Y SOL
diers massacred by Osceola's band. There is
also another little graveyard-the Huguenot.
1t looks venerable, but only dates back about
q hundred years. Where the old Dons of
two or three centuries ago buried their dead
is mystery. Perhaps they sent them back
home Chinese fashion. The little cemetery
is crowded with graves, mounds OF sand over
which the grass will not grow, and heavy
coquina tombs, whose inscriptions have
crumbled away. The names on the low
crosses, generally Spanish, American, Corsi-
can, and Greek, bear testimony to the for
eign ancestry of the majority of the popula-
ton. After lingering awhile to read in the
moonlight the curious inscriptions We con-
tined our walk. The shell road having come
to an end we strolled ON, now on little grass
patches, now in the deep sand, passing a
ruined stone wall, then leisurely by all that
is left of a once pleasant home, destroyed,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06

superior officer, escaped, Joined the enemy,
and thereafter rained series of bloody re-
yenges upon his prosecutors. He was aftert
wards caught by the Spanish-it is thought
because he had Joined Bowles in his dreadful
instigation of the Indians against the Spanish
colonists-and incarcerated in this old for
for five years.
| almost sicken at the memories that clus-
ter about the old fort. and turn again TO the
town. Its general outline is a parallelogram,
mile long by a quarter of q mile wide. Its
streets intersect each other at right angles
and run north and south and east and west,
with slight variations. The sea wall, which
extends mile from the water batteries of
the fort to the basin in front of the barracks.
which last is the extreme southern end of
the town, is slightly concaye to the sea- 1t
is built of coquina, quarried in the island OPP
posite, and of which the houses are almost
all built The top is faced with granite,
brought from the north at an immense ex-
pense to the government. This is of course.
no part of the ancient Spanish wall, which
once surrounded the city, but was built by
the United States government to defend the
town from the incursons of the sea. 1t was
eight years in building, and was finished in
1916. The top of it is about four feet wide,
forms pleasant promenade for the citizens
and visitors, and during the season" it is
quite gay with numbers enjoying the reAec-
ton of the gorgeous sunsets deepened and
intensified in the dimpling water. In the
center OF the town and open to the water is
the plaza, a half acre of grass plot, with a
few trees, a stand for the band, and the plain
monument in the center erected to commem-
crate the adoption of the Spanish liberal
constitution. Around the plaza are the pub
lie buildings. The ancient government
house on the west side, which was once sur
rounded by handsome balustrade and tur-
rets, but now shorn of its ornaments, is sim
ply large, ugly, yellow pile, used for court
house and officers. In the rear Of this is the
convent Of st. Mary's. a lately erected and
rather imposing building, with an image of
the virgin in front blessing the passers-by.
But it Is time for me to 60, though fain
would Iinger longer in this little dead alive
Spanish town" with its fort and gateway
and Moorish believers, its narrow, crooked
streets and dark-browed people with their
great Spanish coal black eyes. But in this
beautiful weather one seems to desire to
float forever in the calm current of life here
the incident. dreamy stiffness that charac-
terizes life in cid Spain.
W. KEELING.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
Beware OF q Damp or Cold Bed.

If trustworthy statistics could be had
Of the number of persons who die every
year or become permanently disabled
from sleeping in damp or cold beds. they
would probably be astonishing and ap-
palling. 1t is peril that constantly
besets travelling men. and if they are
wise they will invariably insist on hav-
ing their beds aired and dried, even at
the risk of causing much trouble to their
landlords.
But the peril resides in the home, and
the cold "spare-room has slain its thou
sands of hapless guests and will 60 ON
with its slaughter till people learn wis
dom, says Good Housekeeping. Not
only the guest, but the family often suf-
fer the penalty of sleeping in cold rooms
and chilling the blood with cold and
damp bed-clothing.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06

DIR. Alexander Zoroastrof recommends
tomilitary men, sportsmen, etc. a grease
for boots which is said to completely
prevent sore feet and whole train Of
familiar Affections The ointment is
made of four parts of lard, four parts
of olive oil and one part Of caoutchouc
raw rubber which are melted together
on slow fire. Having moistened the
sole of the boot with water, the inventor
warns the boot in stove or before fire,
and then smears it over with the COM
pound. The boot is said to become soft,
pliable, shining, waterproof, and even
more durable
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
A Nation Of Pigmies.

After China, with its hundreds Of
thousands OF great brown coolies and its
slim ones, who will walk all day up hill
under burdens that would break down
an European athlete on the level, the
Anramites strike you as nation of pig
mics.
Their average height must be under
five feet, they are narrow chested, and
thin legged, their mouths are always
stained a SOLDERING, filthy red with the
areca nut and lime that they chew I'M
ceasingly, and they are stupid beyond
the power of words to tell. Whether it
is the fault Of their conquerors or not l
cannot tell, but they appear to be peo-
Die destitute of the sense of sek-respect.
writes correspondent Of the Washing
ton Star At any rate the French treat
them as if they had none. The first time
went into dejuner at the hotel at
Haiphong one of the boys" had left a
dirty plate on the little table to which
the host showed me.
Quest ce que tn fails. toi?" demanded
the latter, pointing to the plate, and
smack! box on the ears followed that
you could have heard fifty yards of.
And this in the middle of a crowded
dining-room- You would no more think
Of striking a Chinese servant like that
than Of tweaking policeman's nose on
Broadway. Before a Frenchman an
Annamite appears to have NO rights.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
MRS. BEECHER ar HONE.
Her Pleasa.t Home Full Of Hemsntoss .
Her DlfHinRuished Huahand

Her P1easa1t Home Full Of Hem0ntOeS q
Her Distinguished Husband.
The windows If the second fiocr of thu
Water View flats, overlooking the East
river and the harhor from Columbia
Heights, Brooklyn, are filed with bios.
soming chrysanthemums and geraniums
Two or three canaries and red-winged
singing bird hang in the sunshine owe,
the greenery. 1t is here that Mrs.
Henry Ward Beecher has established
herself, in . cosy suite of apartment.
since her return to the city. She has
never been away from Brooklyn really,
for during her summer residence al
Stamford she returned invariably on
Saturday night, remaining until Mon.
day, to be present at the Plymouth meet.
ings when the church was open. Brook
lyn is her home, and must always be SO,
she says. and though her children would
prefer that she should live with them,
she has gone to housekeeping, in order
that the Plymouth people-she still pre-.
sides over the ladies' meeting and sew
ing circle-can feel entirely at liberty to
call on her at any time they wish. Mrs.
Beechers rooms are full of mementoes
of Mr.. Beecher. A picture of him as
young man hangs between the windows
Of the reception parlor with a cross be.
meath it, and another of more recent
date is over the mantle. Smaller like
nesses are scattered about and stand
upon her writing desk. A casket, of
walnut, with hinges, clasps, inscription
and the Beecher crest, He lives twice
who lives well, in antique silver, con-
contains what Mr.. Beecher agreed to &C.
cept as an heirloom for his children,
instead of that public official reception
by the board of alderman after his re-
turn from England, which Mr.. Beecher
declined. The invitation is embossed
in colored letters on heavy parchment
and is as artistically done as the manner
of the original offer was bungled. A
large album with fly leaves of white
MORE silk contains the resolutions of
coincidence of the city council on the
death Of Mr.. Beecher, and reached Mrs.
Beecher by the hands of Mayor Whit
ney. In memoriam, with a crown
studded with stars, begins the volume,
and After Darkness Light, upon a
cross twined with passion flowers, ends
it, the entire work being done with pen
and ink in very delicate colorings. The
name of Mr.. Beecher where it occurs is
wreathed with lilies.
Mrs. Beecher is in good health and has
a beautifully serene face under her lace
cap and smooth, snowy hair. She is in
terested in everything in the city with
which Mr.. Beecher was connected, and
saw her no long time since making the
tour of one of Brooklyn's big stores. at
the laying of whose cornerstone Mr..
Beecher made an address on the day be-
fore its final opening.
She is inclined to laugh just a little at
the newspaper statement that she is do
ing great deal of literary work.
"Iwrite for the Domestic Monthly and
for an English magazine, just as have
always done, and that is all. she says
They want me to try some weekly let
tiers for newspapers, but have rot be-
gun yet. used to write to please my
husband. but 1 have very little idea how
much shall do now
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
A Nation of Guessers.

F.W. Stevens, of New York, will make a
trip to Europe soon at the expense Of Mr..
Pulitzer. Stevens captured the prize offered
by the protector of Nellie Bly's trip to the
person who came nearest to computing the
actual time occupied in that energetic Young
woman's circuit of the globe. He guessed
y days, hours, IL minutes and II rs sec
onds, while the official time given by the
judges OF the contest was y days. hours,
11Iminutes and L ! seconds. leaving Mr.. Ste
vens Just two-fifths of . second out of the
way. This is certainly good guessing. and it
must be particularly distressing to Thomas
HaltOn, who is beaten only one fifth of .
second by the successful Stevens. Halton
made his guess Of p days. 6 hours, IL min
utes and Il 2-5 seconds while Nellie was on
the Pacific Ocean, while the winner deferred
his calculation until after the globe-trotter
had surmounted the difficulties which she
met in the snow-bound Sierras- 1t is credit
able to the American guessing cap to record
that more than 80 of the competitors who
strove for the Worlds prize came within Is
seconds of the time. One man out in De
troit sent in his guess in phonograph. The
total number Of guesses was 927 43S
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06

trance tells d. that 1t was finished IN 1756
durina the reign Of Ferdinand VI But it
does not tall rs what other history very well
does. that it was built BY the forced labors OF
Anaiachian Indians and convicts brought
from Mexico. The fort remains now as it
was century ago, with the exception Of the
water batteries, which were reconstructed by
the United States in 1912. 1t was built upon
the plan of Vauban, quadrangle with bas-
TONED angles casemated and bomb proof
The material is coquina, crumbling stone
that resists acannonading better than granite.
II covers over an acre, the interior court con-
tanning one thousand two hundred and
fortv-seven square yards, and the classmates
having an average inside length of thirty
three feet. All of them have arched ceilings
and open into the court, except those on the
west or land side The fort has never been
taken, though it has been twice besieged, but
time is doing what artillery could not do.
Huge assures in the masonry can be seen,
particularly in the western side, and the
place has been declared by military authori-
ties no longer fit for defensive service. In
the open fat beyond is said to have occurred
the massacre of the three hundred Hugue-
nots, after their surrender.
Inside the fort one may peep into
gloomy classmates, the antique chapel, the
tower, the barbican, and perhaps some
"oldest inhabitant" will tell of Osceola, Of
Coacoochee, who were prisoners here; and
perhaps he may add something about the
skeletons that were found chained to the
walls of the very dungeon in whose cold
blackness one is then and there shivering.
He might also tell of a white prisoner who
once dragged out a weary five years in these
dungeons and who was man remarkable
for having probably tasted the sweets of re-
venge in as full measure as ever fell to human
lot He was famous partisan scout in the
early part of the first American revolution,
but haying been whipped for disrespect to
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
FASHIONS FRILLS.
COMMON SENSE AND CANITY IN
CONTRAST

Modes for Young Girls-Good Advice to
Mothers-The Latest Folly I'm Reception
Bed Gowns--A French Custom In Dress
making.
Especial New York Letterl
Every wise mother will dress her chill
dren in the prevailing fashion, when
comfort and beauty go hand in hand, as
they do now. We hear mothers remark:
Il do not care to have my children
clothed in the latest style so long as their
clothes are comfortable and neatly
made. It is always advisable to exer-
else common sense, but it is not common
sense to clothe child in manner that
leads to comment which may hurt its
pride. Little girls, and big girls too, for
that matter, have very good eyes and
clear ideas where q new style is con-
cerned. and they will often question
mammals wisdom in her avoidance of
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06

The medicinal qualities of nutnegs
are worthy of great deal of attention.
They are fragrant in ordor. warm and
grateful to the taste, and possess decided
sedative, astringent, and soporific prop
critics. In the following affections they
will be found highly serviceable Gas
tralgia neuralgia Of the stomach). chol-
era morbus, fatulent collie, dysentery.
cholera infantum, and infantile collie.
In all cases nutmegs may be prepared
for administration in the following
manner:
Crate one or more nutmegs into fine
powder. For children, give one-sixth to
one-third of teaspoonfnl. according to
age. of this powder: mixed with a small
quantity of milk. For adults, from a
half to two teaspoonfuls may be given
in the same way, according tO the sever
ity Of the case. Every two hours is gen.
orally the best time to administer this
remedy.
Insomnia (sleeplessness) is very often
effectually relieved BY one or two doses
of nutmeg, when much stronger agents
sgnally failed.
In the delirium tremens of drunkards,
this remedy can be administered with
safety and great benefit when the use of
other sedatives might be perilous.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
x...r... supsr..,,,e..

In Ireland belt male Of woman.
hair is placed about a child to keep harm
away.
Garlic, salt. bread and steak are put
into the cradle of a newborn babe in
Holland.
Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons
around the ankles Of their children to
preserve them from harm, while Esthon-
ian mothers attach bits of assafetida to
the necks Of their offspring.
Welsh mothers put a pair of tongs or .
knife in the cradle to insure the safety
of their children the knife is also used
for the same purpose in some parts a
England.
Among Vosges peasants children born
at a new moon are supposed to have
their tongues better hung than others.
while those born at the last quarter are
supposed to have less tongue, but better
reasoning powers. A daughter born
during the waxing moon is always pre-
cocious
At the birth of child in Lower Brit
tainy the neighboring women take it in
charge, wash it, crack its joints and rub
its head with oil to solder the Uranium
bones. 1t is then wrapped in tight
bundle and its lips are Amounted with
brandy to make it true Breton.
The Grecian mother, before putting
her child in its cradle. turns three times
around before the fire while singing her
favorite song to ward of the evil spirits.
In Scotland it is said that to rock the
empty cradle will insure the coming Of
other occupants for it.
The London mother places a book
under the head Of the newborn infant
that it may be quick at reading, and puts
money into the first bath to guarantee
its wealth in the future.
The Turkish mother loads her child
with amulets as soon as it is born, and
small bit of mud stepped in hot water
prepared by previous charms is stuck on
its forehead.
In Spain the infants face is swept with
pine tree bough to bring good luck.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
A Novel Invention.

A pocket typewriter is shortly to b
offered to the British public. Typewriting
instruments now in market are of con-
siderble size and weight-at least person
could scarcely think ofcarrying one about
with him regularly. The one under no
tioe is not only inexpensive, but is so
small that it may be carried in the waist
coat pocket. The retail price will be
under ten shillings; it measures 81 in
ches BY 8 inches and weighs about four
ounces Though 81 small it is not mere
toy. The inventor claims for it that it
will turn out better work and be found
moro useful than larger and more expen-
sive machines With reference to its
construction, all that can be seen when
specifically examined is a disk about
the size Of the face Of . gentleman's watch
in which the type is fixed, and one or TWO
small rollers It will print . line from
an inch to a yard long. and paper of any
sine or thickness can b used. Any one
can use it, though, q in the case of other
instruments, practice b required to en-
able the operator to write quickly. An
other advantage d that By means of du-
plicats types the writer can be used for
different languagek Patents have been
Obtained for nost Of The countries in
Europe - wsll - for AnsEica, Canada
I'D Australia
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-03-06
SPAIN IN AMERICA.
TIE QUAINT OLD TOWN OF 81
AUG USTINE, FLORIDA.


Sene Pointers to Florida Tourists-A
Stroll Around the Old Town-Soms Of
the Sights that May be Seen There and
the Stories that are Told.
Especial Correspondence
This is the time of year to visit st. Angus
tine if it is desired to escape from the worst
part of a northern winter, and the stay may
well be prolonged in til. case Of inyalids I'M
iii the breezes of May begin to blow.
1t was evening when first arrived in 81.
Augustine; a beautiful moonlight night
such one as can only be seen in Florida;
and lighting cigar, started out for a moon
light ramble My companion was a lady
who yearly, for the past thirty years, has
come TO St. Augustine. Turning into st.
Gerge street we found at the northern end
of the town, the old City Gates, the most
picturesque ruin of this most picturesque
place. The two pillars are moresque, sur
mounted by carved pomegranate, and at
tached are portions of the wall. which, to
eether with an outer ditch. once extended
from the castle of San Marco, a short dis
lance to the east, across the peninsula TO the
San Sebastian river on the west, thus fortify-
ing the town against all approaches by land
St. Augustine is an American town only in
name; in reality it looks more like some an
Gent city Of the old world, dropped down in
a paradise of flowers and greenery. Coniinu-
ing our walk, after inspecting the gates,
standing like grim sentinels keeping watch
over the city, we pass between them and
walk over the shell road, the grand boule-
ward of the future. The soft moonlight lay
on the green wastes As We walked along be-
yond the ruined walls lighting up the north
river and its silver sand hills. Old Fort Ma
rion looms up in the mellow light, dark and
frowning, but the light shines through its
ruined turrets and only the birds of the