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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19
AtCate CITY On the 2eth.

There will be a grand Democratic
gathering from Scott and other coun-
ties. Fitz Lee, O'Fcrrall and Gen.
Ayers will address the people. This
will, doubtless, be one on the grand
est public gatherings ever held iii the
County. Dinner will be served at
1870. Arrangements will be made
at once by which the services of a
splendid brass band ban be secured.
Those who will be in charge OF
local arrangements will spare no
pains in making the 18th of October
pleasant and profitable to all who
may be present, may he be poor or
rich, be he Republican, third partyitc
or Dcmocrat.-Gdtc City Go-ctte.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19

Mrs. S. B. Winship, II! Washington
Street, Providence, X. l., after using one
bottle OF DR.. Drummond's Lightning
Remedy for Rheumatism, wrote 10 the
Drummond Medicine Co., 4i-3D Maiden
Lane, New York, saying she would not
take one hundred dollars for the benefit
received II YOU have any form Of Rhcu-
matism, and wish to get rid Of it, write
to the manufacturers for particulars.
Agents wanted.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19
The Coming Election.

voters, our state elections arc again tip top.
And until disposed OF, will other business stop
therefore i, b.hoycs us good candidates to prop
In grand old Virginia
ircl 81 business and OF money is - great strain,
EacAing 10 the iull every honest mans brain.
tnd ending, with many, in commissions most v"in'
In grand old Virginia.
e.. Tariff anl Sycr Laws affect every ono,
lmp,-.ent To Us to have something quinaly done,
lu,l by Democrats mus, the benefits be won,
In gland OLD Virginia.
j;i, our Nr'. questions also claim sr""c attention.
In number almost too numerous 10 mention;
.on cs:, hear them discussed! In local conrcntio''
In grand oil Virginia.
l..s,uircl, improved Roads and reduced TaNA'ion,
Moro schools aud better system OF education,
avs <pa,IV execution, with moderation.
InS-und old Virginia.
,hc Republicans, much accustomed 10 NIL sway
ln,. pnpus,S, together, wish TO rule TIE day.
mt be guided not b: what they may chose to say
In grand cid Virginia.
,hy Drm,cralc party is both tried and 'r'',
,nl has an honor rcco:d, from al" points "I lev
r,>.utin" strongest claims In it, support ir"m-!""
In GRIND oil Virginia.
- E.r,aH for ,iovcruor, the leaders al say
With k.n: for hi. deputy III. best Of his day.
,,, Scott II, tried Attorney vii! show til" right way
In grand old Virginia.
our own Tntc f,rinc.a most worthy Rrp'"'l' msNe
i,c>t and hnrd-working, he every pains Viii take
10 fuliill his duties, for his supporters sake
lngrand old Virginia
Ilcn c, Us all pu, our shoulders to the Wheel
And ,aak, Republicans aud ropullN's alike 'e''
Tan. sc intand e. cntrol bclovd Stat veal
In grand old virginia.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19

TIE columns of tho .lbingfo" lW-
aipiun are taken up by letters from
different kickcrs against the regular
Democratic nominees. The good
Democrats Of Washington County
-houli stick to the nominees Of their
own party, the Iirginion to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. lndcpcnd-
rnt Democrats are the next thing to
Republicans, and will of necessity
take votes away from the Democratic
nominees. Stand by the regularly
nominees
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19

Major Taylor Scott and Mr.. w.
II. Gravely, the candidates respect
iyely of the Democratic and Populist
parties for tile Office of Attorney
General, had a Joint discussion at
Madison Court House short time
ago, in which it is said that Gravely
was entirely too much for Scott
Spirit Of the Iul'ry.
WELL, what the pUsr has to say
in regard to this, is that Mr.. Grave
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19

SENATOR VOORHEES, has announced
his determination to fight for the
,cpcal of the Sherman Law to the
i,st This is commendablc in him,
and is what the people desire. Be-
lore the debate closes public opinion
will be 50 great that the silver Sena-
tors will not have the courage to
continue their windy speeches and
will surrender as they should have
lone long ere this.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19
"All Ruffle and No Shirt"

He (Scnator Morgan is a gentle
man and scholar; and when such a
man can find nothing better to say
than to repeat in somewhat more
polished, albeit, in hypcrholic lam
guagc, the harsh, discor'ant Sugges-
tionS Of Senator Stewart, the ludic-
ious are left in state of wonder,a,k-
ing themselves "what can be the
mill, in this mans cocoanut?"
Nobody is trying to abridgc Senator
Morgon's liberty of speech Nobody
is assailing the sovereignty of the
State Of Alabama. Nor are any
charlatans standing around the doors
of the Senate Chamber SO burnt into
cinAcrs by the cloqucncc Of the Scna-
tor that each Of them would rush in
continucntly thence to the cafe be-
low, crying: 81 will take sugar i'll
mine" If we cannot re-
peal the Sherman Act we cannot
pass Tariff Bill. If the silver
Senators are able to prevent a vote on
the Sherman Act, the Republican
Senators can prevent a vote on the
Federal Elections Repeal Bill. II
these three Democratic measures fail,
from any cause, good hy to the DEM
ocratic Party. That is the issue
Senator Morgan will have to meet
when he gets back to Alabama, and
we have an impression that, when
the administration has been discred-
tied and rebukcd, when all Demo
cratic pledges have come to na"ght.
and when chaos rcigns in Congress,
his lofty talk about what he will and
what he won't do will avail him
nothing whcrcwith to clothc his ro-
litical nallcdncSs. He had better
think more and talk lcss.-Couricr
,JOurn0|
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19

lr has been definitely decided to
lave a barbecue here. and large
crowd is expected to be present. Ar
engagements will be made to accom-
mediate thousands of people, and it is
intended to make this great South
west rally for all the counties of the
Immediate Southwest. Quite a large
crowd from Lee and Scott have sig
uiiied their intention to be present,
and Wise, Dickinson, Buchanan and
Russell will also send large crowd
Either General Lee or Mr.. Daniel will
be here, probably both, and Mr. Mar
shall has already been published to
peak here at that time. The money
necessary for expenses has already
bcrn subscribed
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19

Coz. .]onx G. HASKELL, Receiver
Of the :. \. & O. r. r., has been
sucl by Dr. Bailey for $4,000 for
libel. Col Haskell in an interview
with one Of the Bristol papers scored
Galley roundly for his surrcptitious
proceedings, and hence the libel suit.
The case came up for trial in the y.
:. Court at Abingdon Tuesday. The
well known antipathy of Virginia
.uries to give damages in cases like
This is great point in Haskell S
favor. They don't believe, like they
90 in Bailev's country, that the
court, are the proper place to seek
redress; but that when man feels
himself imsultcd he should mctc out
ihc punishment with his own hand.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19
THE PRESS.

What would Jefferson think Of
Virginia could he hear the "argu-
mcnts" Of deprecated currency
advanced by lIunton and Daniels
Lnu;sr'Wc Post.
The senators from the South are
separating the Southern States from
the confidence Of the Northern peo-
pie. Mr.. Harris, Mr.. Bate, Mr..
Vance and Others are unloing, by
their revolutionary course, all the
good that has been accomplished i'll
twenty years.-Louisri7c Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-10-19
The Future Silver.

If India imposes a tax or tariff
upon silver imported into that conn
try it will indeed be a prescribed metal.
1t is probable that such action on
her part would still further dcprcSs
the price of silver, not in the United
States only, nor in India only, but in
the world
All the co-callcd compromises
which have been offered in the United
States Senate up TO this writing
seem, to lis TO be totally destitute of
merit We cannot see the wisdom
of passing new law which woull
provide for purchasing SO much sill
yer per month by the government.
To purchase any amount Of it. low,
ever small, would be to resort to the
same "lniserablc subterfuge' which
the Sherman Silver-law is represent
ed to bc-tlat is, would be to reduce
silver to a mere commodity. New
crthele>a. let Congress give us some
measure upon which TO base hopes
Of better times. "From seeming
evil" let us "deducc good Moth
ing can be worse than the staSna-
ton in business which will continue
to be experienced until some measure
of relief is agreed upon. Anything
will be better than nothinS-any-
thing that even promises to lift the
nightmare which, now sits upon the
breast Of the financial world
Richmond Dispatch,
The Powers Interested.
England, Italy, Spain, and France
are all concerned, while even Ger
many has certain prctentions to con-
sileration, in view of the bearing
which the control of the southern
Mediterranean coast-line has on the
balance power in Europe. Great
Britain is credited by the Rcpnb1ique
Franchise with desiring to "make
Morocco a second Egypt; bnt she
would probably be content to main
tain the prcst status in that Empire
rather than risk the chances of its
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. +.
With France the question involved
is somewhat different, since in hold
ing Algeria she is brought into con-
trovcrsy with Morocco now and then,
over their respective territorial rights.
The recent dispute concerning the
oasis of Touat is an example of the
conflicts which arise, while the pro-
jected railway from Algeria to Sene-
gal would probably increase them.
The time might come when it would
be for the interest of France to over
throw the present dynasty in Mo-
roco, although her existing relations
with his Shereefian Majisty are
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20
RUSSIAN
q Customs and Queer superstitiOns
Closely Chung To by the People.

Odd Customs and Queer Superstition
Closely Chung To by the People.
Many Of the peoples customs in con-
nection with marriage in Russia are
very odd. A few days before the we'd
ding the bride Ia taken to battle by her
friends and companions. The soap
used at the time is q present from the
bridegroom. The bathing sponge,
through which ribbons are passed, Ia
carried on q long pole In front Of the
bride. The young woman sings as tho
procession advances. The platform
Of the bathing house Is sprinkled with
beer. It depends upon the odor from
the beer whether the groom Is TO be a
~henpecked husband or not. As soon as
on the day OF the wedding, the bride
and bridegroom start down the aisle in
. mad race. There Is a tradition that
whichever one places the foot first on
the cloth In front Of the altar Is to DO
master OF the house.
Among other things, there are queer
customs at the wedding dinner. When
the wine Is passed around each guest
tastes tho beverage and cries out that
1t is bitter. That is the signal for the
newly married couple to embrace each
other. In some governments the young
wife ls obliged 10 pull off her husbands
bco's in the presence Of the guests. as
proof that he is master. A whip
placed there purposely-falls from the
loot, and the husband strikes the wife
with it three times. After this greet
ing he kisses her. The Russian peas
ant values his wife for her economical
properties.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20

Two bedrOoms back Of the paflor, q
then removed. A more convenient
bedroom ID thus made. An alcOve Is
made back or the stairs, and 3 double
window In this part OF the hall form
ing = cozy little reception-room or
sewing-room. The parl0r is changed
very slightly, fOlding-doors being
placed opposite those In the sitting
roOm. IL these door frames are made
70 as to carry the w0Ok- work up to
the ceiling and false beams are put
up overhead, it viii panel of this
room to advantage, which effect will
be heightened by draperies and a lne
balustrade. With suitable decora-
ti0ns the interior should suit eve
fastidiOus tastes. The outside OF the
building can be greatly improved by
building q yeranda across the hall and
parlor with acarriage entrance Gig. p
at the end, through which the drive
is carefully laid out and gravcled.
The roof In extended, forming a jet
eighteen inches wide all around, put
ting brackets below, an effect like a
cOrnice being carried down to the
level Of the second-story window caps.
A gable is added to the main roof
over the front door. Lay walks to
the porches, make q few additions OF
shrubbery to the grounds, and a home
Is now furnished at a little cost that
Is far more desirable than a new cot
tage, whose main characteristic might
be an effort to appear quaint with no
justifying semblance OF age.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20
SAVED BY A BEAM.

Thu Club Liar Relates . Iion-Hunting Elk
periencc in Africa.
s'Some years ago." said the club
liar in the hearing Of a New York
Herald man, speaking rapidly (if he
spoke rapidly, with no pauses, he
thus avoided interruption)-s.some
years ago a gentleman and his two
attendants were freed by a Nubian
lion. They were journeying by the
third cataract Of the Upper Nile, in
what would have been the garden
spot Of the earth but for its fertility.
1t was so fertile that things planted
there grew, matured, and withered
away to nothing before one could get
time to harvest them.
starvation stared at this gentle
man and his two attendants, trapped
as they were by the raging lion.
Their old fashioned, muzzle-loading
muskets were useless. They had
dropped their bullet pouch and dared
not climb down.
1T was the commencement of the
rainy season and the rain clouds were
gathering. They were starving.
There was nothing for them to eat
absolutely nothing-except a er-er
except q single bean-a bean which
the gentleman had found in his
pocket, where he had put it months
before as q s0uvenir-a souvenir Of
Boston. Now this gentleman knew
beans. He noted the fast approach
ing rain. Then, close to the foot of
the tree he dropped the bean into
the soft soil Instantly, such was
the fertility Of the soil, 1t took root
and grew.
sit grew seventeen feet six and one.
eighth inches each second, and as 1t
shot up by the treetop those there
had but just time to-gather its crop
two bushels of the best yea beans)
before It withered away and died.
And they used beans for bullets and
peppered the lion with them. They
couldn't MORALLY wound him, but
they did literally I'LL him full Of
beans.
The clouds gathered fast, and just
az they exhausted their ammunition
down came the rain and wet the lion
through and through. And the way
those beans absorbed water was won
derful. Ten minutes after the first
drop fell the lion was az big as an
elephant and couldn't move. The
beans, as thick as maggots In cheese,
just under his skin, had swelled and
he died OF heart failure before the
men In the tree could climb down to
shoot him."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20

George r. Vending, the we'll known
orator. thinks that within the next Ave
years there will set in a steady emigra-
ton from the large cities to tie
try.
The drift for years has been the
other way.
Vending thinks that people Of small
means are getting tired of the crush
and rush of metropolitan life and that
they want to go where they can be more
comfortable and have more room.
There is no doubt that people are
healthier in the country.
This ia because they are not driven
vt the top Of their speed all of the time
and they get Q chance to breathe purer
air and to keep quiet.
Tranquility is the best means for ar
irving at a peaceful old age.
This attained, the rest is simply to
avoid taking cold.
Colds are the traps set for old age.
When you take cold, get o bottle OF
REIp's GERMAN CoUGH AND KIDNEY
CURE.
There is nothing else that will 80
soon relieve o cold and that will slim.
ulate the system and throw 1t off.
Get it of any dealer.
The small bottles are twenty. five
cents, the large ones fifty cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
Peoria. Ill.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20
Il Il Dsshonssty or Cowardiee.

LEH
So the question Of an extra session
with Cleveland hinges on finances
and not on the tariff. Are we to
have twelve months more OF robbery"
under the Mckinley law, when that
offensive law can be repealed In
March and the .baron robbers" de-
posed II Mr.. Cleveland, az President
OF the United States, will only sign a
harmless bit Of paper calling Congress
to meet In extra session? The deci-
sion which MI. Cleveland is said to
have reached on this question shows
that he Is not as much alarmed about
the robbery" OF the Mckinley law
now as he was before the election.
His reputation as an honest and sin
cere man will suffer In consequence.
II half OF the things which he and his
party said about the Mckinley law
and Its robberies and expressions
OF the people are true, how can he
hesitate to call an extra session, how
can he by refusing to call an extra
session &c Q responsible party for the
continuance OF the Mckinley law
upon the statute books for another
yeary The people who think must
conclude that when Mr.. Cleveland
talked about the robberies of the
Mckinley law he misrepresented or
was mistaken, and has since the
election, through more mature think
Ing, come to the conclusion that he
was mistaken when he denounced
McKinleyism as organized robbery of
the people. II he still thought 1t Is
such robbery would he not, II he is
an honest man, call an extra session
OF Congress, = Congress which is
pledged to repeal that law?-Des
MOines Register.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20

and rcomy for the temporary storage
OF furniture. The washroom Is next
partitiOned of, making a Rood-sized
pantry with plenty. Of shelving, put
ting In q window at the end. A
closet and cupboard are made in
the corner near the chimney, and
running water, sink and row of tubs,
equip the other end Of the small but
convenient kitchen. When this is
done the door, with it's framework,
leading into the old kitchen may be
removed and the little corner space
thrown into that room. Glass panels
are put into the outside doors to light
this passage.
The new kitchen being remodeled,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20
Hair OIL Gone Dat OF Fashion,

A dozen years ago there were con-
Bumed ten bottles of hair oil where ono
ia used now. Tho prevailing fashion
then was to wear the hair thick and
long. Dust and dirt got into the locks,
and s~hamroo;ng had TO be resorted 10
frequently to keep The head clean. This
made the hair dry and "porcupiny."
Oil was used to smooth and gloss it. A
great fake" with tho BARRIERS was 10
use ''pure bears oil' on the hair. To
tell tho truth this was nothing but lard
with o little %bergamot, or othsr essence,
to give it a pleasant odor. Had all the
barber shops in the country used what
they pretended to, an army Of bear
hunters would have had to be employed
constantly, and a bottle of bears oil
would have cost as much il not more,
than champaign. Now very little hair
oil is used. 1t is a rare thing for q Gus.
toner to ask for 1t. The fashion is to
wear the hair short and look poetic.
Money that tho barber formerly got for
shampooing and cleaning the hair they
now get for the ext hair cuts, and the
one about Offsets the other.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20
Not : war TariM

A striking illustration OF the folly
OF the Democratic cry that the Nc.
Kinley law Is Q worse than war tar
ID" Is the fact that whereas In 1857
We were collecting e4.85 per capita
from duties on imports, which amount
rose to Is. % per capita 10 1872, last
year our total r.venue from customs
amounted only to $50 per capita.
In the meantime the average rate OF
duties, reckoning free and dutiable
goods, dropped from ~. SO per cent.
In 1867 to 21.26 per cent. In 1892;
the value Of free lmportations rose
from tl1,033, lao to SASS, O74, 6O4;
and the percentage of total imports
which came Ii free OF duty increased
from As pef cent. to 56.3 per cent.
The present tariff can be w0rse than
the war tari6 only on the assumption
thata less amount OF duties per cap
tta, . lower average rate OF duties
and . larger free list make it SO.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-01-20

aofonttyo marnory 4 ~certafnly I
|ya1Sehle p-oepo1Sf0n Tor b one q
havo, ri the parents 81 ! bright
oktoeasYeer.o36 Boston boy afc, nat
urally eaoneh. plcased. aud proud TO
end f&nt u r-uGsceees mncmCulc fac
ultteo az ) remarkable order.
10 seems ~ easy for him to learn .
lof,e poem ~ n = for his younger sls-
~ @ commit 10 memory one short
[yosYAs Hia lessons are quickly learned.
Hte examination papers are models
Tor hip class.
The family delight TO test Ned's
POWERS Ia this direction BY asking
him % memoriso numbers and signs
q he passes along the street, and his
success is really surprising. Conse-
SQuGntly his father and mother looked
NJ the boys grandfather In mingled
amusement and dismay when the cd
gentleman remarked ono day that
Elsie had q much better memory
than her brother Ned, the family
prodigy.
why, Father M0rse!s exclaimed
his ast0nished daughter . In law.
what In the world do you mean?
Elsie has dreadful time with her ex-
sminations In everything but arith-
metic. II seems rs II she couldn't
possibly fix . date in history, or an
outline map, or q rule In grammar Ia
her mind 90 that 1t will remain there
dve minutes. But Ned-why, he re-
members everything"
@NO, he doesn't remarked Mr..
Morse, senior. dryly. There's quite
= number Ut things he's always for
getting
What, for instance?s inquired the
proud mother, anxiously.
Well said the old gentleman,
those children have been with us by
the month at q time In the summer,
- you know, and they've had q pretty