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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14

Humanity requires that The law h,s'ns
conyjcts t. be worked on the railroads 80
rer,.a!sd. Tic result shows that 'he
change from the heated Workshops
rooms and cells, to The exposure "ecess"-
riIy incident 10 the work ana co'n"c.
rcnt on The railroads, IS 80 great 'u"t Il
.ndanyers the healtll and the lives % 'ne
'conyic5s. and exposes 'hcA TO 4 rish ",. 10
Which they were not consigned. when iheE
Ter, sentenced .'to hard labor III the pen
;tcn,iary.o They have not forfeited 'he, l,
lives by the commission OF crime nu' on.
their liberty, and they should no, &c
compelled TO labor in an exposed Pos''loa'
where their health may he endangeF co,
Bv an examination of the reports OF 'nS e
olicsrs Of this institution, You m'y sec :,
ths difference in the rate OF 'hot''i'',
among those who work on tue ta!'Foa a,s
and those who are enploYca nS.oe '''
prisoa, and the difference is isafiw. :,
The Governor. states that tue snnl' -
tno nenitcniiary have been enlarged 49,.
racom,nonds that the convicts be S'fr''
nployment in these shops, and h"' ""'
side the prison.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14

porsclcy will leave shortly
! % saend the winter on her
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14

sltna. prinoipsl Of the grad
y ,.mmenccd work AGAIN, to
fs ,,rrl % his many pupils.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14

p. ". lIcElNSh,.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14

Our financial condition is better than it
has been for many years, and it i, steadily
Improving. Oar rcvcnuc is anplcto NEE;
the regular expenses ot ,!tc government,
sustain the asyluns, aa The institu-
liors Of learning. and continue The pres
cnt liberal appropriation to the public
free schools. pay the interest on the pnb
lie debit, and provide for our Confederate
veterans.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
wher. pepp.rmln. ON !. Ka,.ed.

More than one-half of all the oil Of
peppermint, spearinint and tansy used
in the world is said to be produced and
distilled in Michigan. The center Of the
industry is st. Joseph county. Pepper
mint plants weighing $4,000 tons when
dried are cultivated every year in the
state. From these the essential oils are
distilled. Early in spring the roots gre
planted in burrows from two to three
feet apart. In a day good workman
will plant an acre with them. A few
weeks later the rows meet and cover the
entire ground. In September the plants
mature. They are then covered with
fragrant purple blossoms, and the time
has arrived for moving. After lying in
the sun to dry they are raked into heaps.
and taken to the distilleries, of which
there are about $50 In the state.
It is estimated that $50 pounds Of dried
peppermint plants produce one pound of
oil. The yield per acre is 10 pounds of
oil. Distilled peppermint brings from
$1.25 to o per pound in the home mar
ket. The industry was originally estab-
lished in Mitcham, England, about $50
years ago. Early in the present century
q beginning was made in this country. in
Wayne county. N. Y. and in st. Joseph.
Mich. Today nine-tenths Of the entire
product Of the world are made In the
United tates.-New York Post.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
Exasperating Days.

Aren't there some times in your life
when everything seems to 60 wrong no
matter how hard you try to have them
go right Those are the trying days
when you want to blame all the trouble
on the way you got out Of bed in the
morning or on other people instead Of
looking the matter squarely in the face
and saying, Its one Of my exasperating
days, and If can only keep my temper
until night comes tomorrow will be diff
ferent."
The trouble is when we feel ruffled
ourselves we somehow impart the feel
ing to others, and nine times out of ten
we either get into quarrel or do some
ugly, horrid little thing that we wouldn't
think of on other occasions If you can,
on these hateful days, manage to think
twice before you speak once 1t will save
lot Of worry on the morrow. In fact,
that is a good rule to 60 by at ell times,
for of all the unruly. mischief making
members the tongue is the most prom
inent. Philadelphia Times.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
rriendships OF snake..

There Is certain GOODNESS almost to
be called a positive want Of cordiality
between snakes and human beings.
More, the snake is never a social favor
tie among the animals called lower. No
body makes an intimate friend of
snake. Popular natural history. books
are filed and running over with anec-
dotes Of varying elegance and mendac-
ity, setting forth extraordinary affec-
ton and cooperation between cat and
q mouse. horse and a hen, q pig and q
cockroach, camel and lobster. COW
and wheelbarrow and 80 on. but there
Is never snake in one Of these quaint
alliances Snakes do not do that sort of
thing, and the anecdote designers inag-
nation has not yet risen to the feat Of
compelling them, although the stimulus
of competition may soon cause it.
The case most nearly approaching one
Of friendship between man and snake
known to me is the case of Tyrrell. the
zoo snakekeeper, and his "laidly worms"
But then the friendship is mostly on
Tyrrell's side, and. moreover, Tyrrell is
rather more than human, as any one
will admit who sees him hang boa con
strictors around his neck. OF course
one often hears of boys making pets of
common English snakes, but boy is
not human creature at all. He is a
kind Of harpy. Arthur Morrison in
Strand Magazine.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
In RrftIsh Honduras.

British Honduras Is a crown colony.
and Of its $4,000 population there are
about 300 whites. mainly English. There
Is an American colony of about go people
at Toledo engaged in sugar growing and
rum making. They are mainly from
Kentucky, and it is prosperous colony.
The country is healthful for a tropical
country, and there has not been case Of
yellow fever in several years. The prin
cipal product is mahogany. and it will
be years before the forests are exhausted.
Great quantities Of logwood are also
shipped to Europe. We ship only ba-
nanas and plantains TO the United States,
shipping last year 72s, 900 punches of ba-
nanas to New Orleans. The great prob
lem with us Is labor, and we import ma
tives from the West Indies.
We need immigration, and Sir Alfred
Maloney. the governor, is q very pro-
gressive man and is doing much to bring
us to the notice of the world. We have
no railroads beyond q tramway drawn
by mules, penetrating the plantations
for about six miles. There is not tele-
graph instrument or line in the province
and only short telephone line between
government buildings. We have no
money Of our own, but use the silver Of
surrounding republics, which is so de-
preciated that $5 In American money is
equal to $500 Of the money in use.-In-
terview in Washington Star.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
He Was a Nobieman by Nature.

Don't tell me now that men are callous
and selfish when the woman is an old
one, for ! won't believe 1t.
We were hurrying to catch the ele-
waited train when poor old Irish woman
stopped, and directly in the way Of all
other would be passengers endeavored
to readjust strap that had slipped from
the package she was carrying.
Her hands were cold, and she seemed
unable to loosen the buckle. when q good
looking man came up and seeing her diff
ficulty laid his own packages down on
the platform while he asked:
Cant you manage itf Here. let me
do it for you"
OF course slime and tide" and ele-
waited trains wait for no man, and we
rolled away from the station just as he
had completed his self imposed task.
We saw him pick up his bundles and
walk toward the waiting room to gel
warm-for the wind was cold-never
seeming to regret the train he had missed
for doing q kindness for "some ones
mother!"
found myself hoping that his wife. If
he had one. would not scold him for COM
ing home late.
Oh, the world Is full OF charity If we
only stop and look for it!-New York
Herald.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13

Testing Iron Castings.

Have you ever noticed said a st.
Louisan yesterday. those massive iron
pillars now standing erect in the base
ment Of the new Planters Housef Well,
did you ever stop to think Of the i'm
mense weight they will be compelled to
support steadily for many. many years?
oh, you have. But l suppose you have
thought the manufacturer Just made
those pillars and sold them without
knowing anything about how much
weight they would bear or how long
they would bear It Let me tell you
about that.
"Those pillars are cast in the same
manner as cast iron stoves-by running
the liquid metal into sand molds, but
alonside Of each pillar is cast an iron bar
from the same metal. Tho bar is pre-
cisely an inch square and 81 feet in
length. When cold, 1t Is subjected to a
very simple test. Each end Of the bar
Is placed upon q table and weights are
suspended from the center by rope. II
must bear o tensile strength Of 500
pounds to the square inch. The test may
begin with 400 pounds and be gradually
increased until the bar is found to be
perfectly supporting the required weight.
n 1t breaks. for instance, a. 4s0 or 400
pounds, then the pillar cast from the pot
Of metal which cast the bar Is discarded
broken mp and put into the pot again
with more pig iron added. The pillars.
you know, are largely made from scrap
iron. and the manufacturers cannot know
the strength Of the cast until 1t is tested.
The addition Of pig iron in the event Of
failure brings the cast up to the stand
ard. ST. Louis Republic.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13

my old colored cook" said q woman
recently. "keeps pad of her own man.
ufacture always before the kitchen sink.
It Is made Of several pieces of old carpet
tackled together with strong thread, the
whole being made over and renewed
quite frequently. When asked her the
other day why she kept the rather un.
slightly rug on her neat linoleum covered
floor, she explained that it was a great
rest to her feet to stand of the unyield-
ing floor.
"And when my attention was thus
called to 1t could see that it must be.
and the idea was worth handing around.
II have heard saleswomen and men,
too, complain to one another in the shops
Of the pain which they suffered from
constantly standing on the wooden floors,
and presume this condition would be
much relieved If a strip Of rope mating
could be stretched for their use. New
York Times.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
BETTING ON THE SENIOR wRANoLER.
A Story Of tho Undergraduate Days of the
Late Professor Adams.

A Story Of tho Undergraduate Days Of the
Late Professor Adams.
I was an Undergraduate Of st. Johns
college, Cambridge. when the late Pro-
fessor Adams was there as an under
graduate also. well remember his APP
pearance. He was rather a small man,
who walked quickly and wore faded
coat OF dark green. As had entered as
q pensioner and he as q sizar, we did not
sit ut the same table in hall or indeed
dine ut the same hour. In my time the
Fellows hall and ours was at o'clock,
the STARS (who had some dishes left
from the Fellows table, at 8. Chapel
was at 8. when every member of the
college was due and when some came.
Fellow commoners and pensioners saw
but little Of the sizars as rule, and I
fear they were looked down upon on ac-
count Of their poverty, except indeed
those few who were certain to do great
credit to the college. The fastest and
the vainest man would have been civil
to Adams. for he was known to be
pretty certain Senior Wrangler; besides
men bet on him and backed him as they
would a race horse. But he was so ex-
ceedinsly good, SO unusually safe. so ut
terly and entirely the favorite that odds
were laid on him ut 8. or even to 1.
Men little thought indeed that he
would very shortly discover q comet,
and that science all through the world
would ''cap" him in concert with the un-
dergraduates to whom he soon became
q mighty don, though believe one OF
the most gentle and unassuming that
ever lived.
A couple Of days after Adams had
come out Senior Wrangler, Knocked in
late and had a chat with Ballard, the
porter. before going to my rooms. said,
well, Ballard, we've got the Senior
Wrangler, but that was Of COURSE Bal
lard looked glum. could not under
stand it. for he was as proud of the col
lege as any Of its members. ..Ah, SIR
he said. 'Mr. Adams did not behave well
to me-" Mot well to you'll Why, what
on earth has he done?" II have lost R5
by him, SIR" "Howg' Mr.. Adams is
not a gentleman as often knocks in late,
but two nights before he went into the
senate house he did, and l made so bold
as to say, Mr.. Adams, hope no offense,
sir, but ] suppose you are certain to be
Senior Wrangler. because have laid
ei0 on it already and have chance of
laying another e5.' Now you'd hardly
believe it, sir, but Mr.. Adams told me
there was no certainty at all about it,
and that he might come out second or
third when all the while he must have
known he was dead certain"
well" said. II don't know what he
knew, but all the university knew. But
how did you lose your ESP" by not put
ting it on, sir, which should have done
II he hadn't knocked in late. ! kept the
fl0 on, however, and won what came of
that" So really Mr.. Ballard had not
very much to complain of-London
Queen.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
costiy Gown, Poor Minister.

A sweet damsel of Baltimore is about
to be married to minister. She con-
fded to the Other One that her wedding
dress was "a dream"-satin at 81 yard
and $500 worth of duchess lace. "Only
fancy" observed the Other One reflect
lively to me, ''only fancy that gown--of
course mean a girl wearing such
gown-married to an everyday common
preacher. OF course it isn't as IL hswere
a bishop or anything like that. but an
unheard of person living in an unfash-
ionable part Of the city. Really. 1t il
very inharmonious." Then why are
you going to the wedding? why? Be
cause am student Of human nature,
and such odd cases are an interesting
udy."-Detroit Free Press.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
MUSIC WITH MEALS.

One Respect In which Oklahoma Hotel
Keepers Are Up TO Date.
The hotels of Oklahoma up to last fall
were few and far between. Having tried
several with little satisfaction. o party
Of hungry "tenderfeet" was directed by
@ commercial traveller to o little place
on q corner. The commercial man said
1t did not look inviting. but 1t was clean.
That was an inducement the party had
not heard Of in that section, and 1t
turned in for supper. The dining room
was one in which the family lived. A
folding bed stood in onecorner. An old
time bureau was opposite. A box stove
was in the way, and about 1t were
several old fashioned rockers. A few
family pictures hung from the wall,
with the old, old motto, invoking the
blessing Of the powers celestial on the
household. The party asked for supper
and was told to be seated until the meal
was prepared. Two girls. delicate and
with much WEAKNESS in their faces,
spread the table. When the meal was
brought on, they simply said, Supper Is
ready" and disappeared.
The party gathered about the meal,
and it was agreeably disappointing.
While 1t was being devoured--that IL the
best word to use, even at this distance
from the table-the two girls came into
the room, accompanied by their mother,
woman whose hair was white and
whose face was study. There must
have been time when she was beauti-
full They came In as II they had been
billed for the occasion. They went to
one corner of the room. and then the
party discovered that there was one Of
those old time melodeons in an out Of the
way place. The mother took her place
at the keys. and as the mournful melo-
dies responded to her touch the daugh-
tiers sang, Nearer My God to Thee"
Nellie Gray" and then "Lorena."
Think OF "Lorena" on a melodeon in
Oklahomal The party having finished
supper, one of them paid the bill, and
then the music ceased. It was ques-
ton which no one Of that party was ever
able to agree upon, or they had not up
to last accounts. Was the music of that
night for the purpose of entertainment
or to forestall the possibility of dupli-
eating any of the orders? - Chicago
Tribuna
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
..Ria,nx and Hi.ehins. !"

One mode of transportation among
the poor whites Of southern West vir-
ginia Is known as riding and hitching."
It if resorted to when two travellers find
themselves with only one horse and
they are going too far to ride double. :"
In riding and hitching" one traveller
takes the horse and goes mile or more,
while the other foots it behind. The
equestrian naturally makes faster speed
than the walker. So. after he has ridden
his share. he dismounts and bitches his
steed to q tree by the roadside and
pushes on afoot. In time the other
walker comes to the hitched animal,
mounts him. rides on until he has over
taken the first rider and got some dis
lance in front, when the operation Is
repeated. Thus each rides alternately,
and the horse gets q breathing SPELL
New York Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
Blighted Hope.

Teddy vanderchump. young society
man. has been paying his addresses to
Miss Rose Bondclipper of Madison ave-
nue.. His visits have been very frequent
Of late, and last night Tommy. Miss
Roses younger brother, said:
"You ought to come and see US every
evening. Mr. vanderchump."
"Why. Tommy
Because it makes Sister Rose SO hap
Ply to have you 60 away you ought not
to miss an evening""
They missed Teddy for the rest Of that
evening. Texas Siftings.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
East Indian Families.

Millions of men in India live. marry
and rear apparently healthy children up
ON an income which, even when the wife
works, is rarely above fifty cents a week
and frequently sinks to half that amount
Exchange
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13

"Oh, for some new coined name by
which to call hint Oh. for some name
no other lips could give!" was the prayer
Of Violet until she married him. Now
abe Is content to call him Old Beeswax.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-07-13
ADVANCE T1Ies1e[s.

Are warranted to thresh more grain In q given
ime and do it better than any machine made.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13
IONS city Schools Honor Roll for
"a Third Month.

Ninth Grade.--Misses Bette Bran
lett, Allie Eichelberger, Lille Miller,
BESSIE Hudgens, Fannie Roland: boys,
Ohm Bale, Lawrence Pitts.
PaEighth Grade.-Misscs Willou Boyd,
#he E. Hudgens, f.. Maudc Shell, Myr-
"a Yeargin; boys, Perrin Mintcr, Ed
ute PhilpOt, VIM. Wells Simpson, Al
bert Todd.
Seventh Grade.-Misscs Pauline An
&erson, Lucia Barksdale, Pearl Bar
lett, Emma Jones; boys, James Clardy,
William Gilkerson.
$Sixth Grade.-Misses Bessie Barnett,
lille Brown, Mariegene Game, Bessie
Davidson, Connie Jones, Pauline Nc
Serley, Mary Simpson, Laura Wright,
3annie May Wright; boys, George
<tlle, Norman Simkins.
Fifth Grade. Misses Mary Boyd,
Qsa Lee Burton, Mary Fike, Meta
~, Matte Schaycr: boys, David
pm, Reuben Clardy.
Grade.-Misses Bertha Lilies,
Paine, Kittie Martin.
Grade.--Misses Mamie Bar
WNNellie Bolt, Tallulah Caine. Lii
Jamieson, Lou McCarley, Kate
lew; boys, Pope Irby, Henry Shell.
econd Grade.--Misses Vaughan
tton, Jessie Xix, Bessie Moseley:
8, John Gilkerson, Jim Mckinley,
INN Wright, Dudley Young.
IFirst Grade.-Misscs eliza Caine.
3lanche Elliott, frankie Gritton, An
% ~Sitgreaves, Edna Sitgrcaves, Ida
3ewley; boys, Frank Common.
28The following IN were inadvcr-
z3ptly omitted last month:
53Eighth Grade.-Perrin Minter.
Fifth Grade.-Misses Rosa Lee Bur
], Meta Sullivan, Yanccy Gilkerson.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13
@Re dduertiSeg
.AURENs, 8. o, Dec. y, 1888.
LoCAIs..

At about one o'clock Monday morn
ng the State Dispensary building and
0ntents We're destroyed by fire. Tbq
EgIre IS supposed to have originated il
Harrison Hunters store which was IN
m same building as the D~ispensary.
MI. IL. Koppel's house which 9djoined
h Dispensary building was also burn
cd n with 1t Mr.. j.. a. S~ullivan's
store which was nearby, but by the
exertions of the firemen IL was saved.
The Dispensary building is the prop
erty OF +. w. Wagner & Co., Of,
Charleston. The insurance on thj
building Is not Known, but the loss y
estimated at about four thousand do
lars. The loss ON the Dispenss'y
stock Is about three thousand dollas,
the insurance about one thous.nd
- fifty dollars. Hunters stock WAS
S1red for about six hundred ddlars
the loss issthought to be abop one
thousand dollars. The loss On the
Koppel house was about two thtlsand,
the insurance. thirteen hundred
a. +. Sullivan's stock was nt insur-
ed. Eight hundred dollars it isthOught
will cover hfs loss.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13
Clinton Chronicles.

There we're several very nice hogs
killed in town during the past few days
OF cold weather.
Miss Matte Philson spent several
days with her sister, Mrs. J.. L. Lang
ston OF M~ountville, on her return
from Augusta.
Quite number of our citizens at
tended the sale of Mr.. II. Y. III. Bell,
deceased, last week.
Mr.. Robert Hatton is clerking for
Mr.. II. u. Wright and Mr.. j. III. Peake
for Horton Bros.
Messrs. Ross Young, CLANCY Little
and John Copeland, who have been
attending Clemson College, are at
home for atwo months vacation.
MI. w. G. Wallace of Union, has
been added to our already large num-
Der OF cotton buyers.
Senator }. l.. NJ. Irby passed through
town on his way to Washington last
week.
The college boys are all looking
forward to the Christmas holidays.
They are also beginning to think very
seriously about the intermediate eY-
aminations.
Master Henry Parr, one of our col
lcge students, of Chicago, Ill.,, was
called home, by Il telegram last week.
We regret his departure very much,
and hope he will return after Christ
mas.
There is very little or no sickness in
town now with the exception of humps.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13

There is u great deal Of Indignation
felt against trusts The sugar Trust.
Plate Trust, the English Salt Trust,
and other combinations of the kind,
are vigorously Denounced, and it is Il
subject of controversy whether there
are more trusts in England than Amer
lea, and whether protection or free
trade fosters them. But there is one
form of trust against which no one has
anything to say. That is the trust
the public reposes in Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13
STATE OFSOUTH~ CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LAURENs.
Probate Court.

WHEREAS, John Rice, has
applied to me for Letters Of
Administration on the estate of
Jane Rice, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
drcd and creditors Of said deceased,
to be and appear before me at a
Court of Probate to be holden at
my office at Laurcns, S. c., on the
sd day Of Jan. 1891, at II o'clock,
a. m, to show cause, if any they can,
why letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal
this 9th day of December, 1893.
JOHN M. CLARDY,
Dec. II, 93.-2t J. p. l.. c..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-12-13

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused lumps
and Blcmi,hcs from horses, Blood
Spavins, Curb, Splints, Sweeney,
Ring-Bone, STILES, Spraina, all
Swollen Threats, Coughs, etc. Save
$50 by use Of one bottle. Warrant
ed the most wonderful Blemish
Cure eve known. Sold by il. +.
Burdette & Co. Druggist, Laurens,
G.. H. S. G.