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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-06

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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-06

Tile object OF thie suit Is to have rtctVeI HpUI'
cd to TAKE charge OF the affairs and property OF the
complainant Company and 10 enjon the creditors Of
cers, agents and employees thereof and all other
versions. from interfering in any manner with the
and control OF such receiver and from the
prosecution OF suits at law against said complainant
Company. and for other incidental objects and roller
n set forth I'm the bill And affidavit having been
m,de and filed that there are may he parties Inter
estet in the subject to be disposed of in this said
above-syed suit whose are unknown, II is or
dered that they do appear here within 10 days after
he necessary 10 protect their interest III
this suit And it is further ordered that a
COPY hereof be published week for four
weeks in the Big Stone Gap Posi- and that copy be
posted at the front door OF the COURTHOUSE OF TINS
comfy on the first day OF the next term Of the
county court OF said county
copy. Teste:-J. Z. Lips, Clerk.
pmr,c 4 Fniton. no. 31-4t.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-06

VIRGINIA.. In the Clerks Office OF the Circuit
Court o! the county OF Wise. the 18th day OF June
1899, IN vacation.
The Appalachian Steel d Iron Co..
Plaintiffs,
against
The Central Trust Co. OF New In Chancery
York, ct al,
Oefendants
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-06

VIRGINIA In the Clerk Office OF the Circuit
court for the county OF Wise, the 18th day Of June,
1893, in vacation.
Thruston, Trustee c,.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-07-06

et'pfr-ftste: j. L, LIrrs, Clerk. &
!. a. Ayers and Jos. L. Kelly, p. a.. .s-H
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
Stampeding Oxen.

Many people who have been much
on the plains in the ante-railroad days
have seen stampedes Of mules and
horses, but by far the worst stampede
is that of terrified oxen. When they
are loose they will, if frightened, run
over precipice, if it comes in their
way, but if stampeded when hitched to
wagons very few will escape. Once,
when on the Cimarron, one of my OK
teams became frightened, what at I
never knew. The six oxen started off
at break-neck speed, and the conta.
gion was impaired to two other teams.
The men tried to stop them, but they
might as we'll have tried to check
mountain torrent. The oxen went on
right across the country, with the heavy
wagons rafting at their heels, and ran
until nearly half of them fell dead from
exhaustion. I used to think that a
olooded horse was the only animal thai
would run itself to death, but after my
experience learned that it was no un-
common thing for frightened OK to
do it.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
Willie Goes to Church.

Willie lin a whisper, after two consec-
utive minutes of laborious silence, y
Mamma, what kind of flowers has
that lady in her bonnet?"
"You mustn't talk 50 loud, dear, {"
mamma said, you'll disturb the con-
gregation."
They look like johnny -jump.ups,
don't they mammal"
Hush, dear! Listen to the sermon"
After prolonged stiffness of ten
minutes he asked:
"Are they real flowers, mamma, or
only make believer"
"They are artificial, Willie. Be a
good boy, now, and don't whisper any
more"
"Yes'm."
He said nothing for at least half q
minute. Il
Mammal q -
"Sh, Williel What is it?'
when johnny -jump-ups are grown
up do they get to be jumpin' jaoks?"
Listen to the sermon, dear"
.Yss'n;" .sa,se: ...;,, . .:,..
Mamma, the preacher said thirdly
How many morelys will he
"Sh, Willier'
"Yes'm; but I'm getting awful
tired"
ut will only last a little while longer,
dear. Be quiet"
"Yes'm.
Silence.
Mamma, can woman be real pious
if she wears stuffed hummin' bird on
her bonnet?'
Willie, if you don't hush I shall
have to punish your -.
Right here3''
mo, after we get home. shr' = s.s Z.
Another pause.
Mamma, seems to me I've been
'sh-ing long time! How much longer
is he gojn' to"
Growing desperate, his mamma
said:
Willie, if you say another word I'll
take you right out of church,
Apparently struck by an idea, Willie
returned quickly:
Il won't say another word, mann ia,
but I'm gettin just horrible tired. nd
I don't see how I can set still anoth er
minute, an [ wish he'd quit talkizi.
Amt you tired most to death? Ho W
much longer is he goin' on? What 9
the use o'bringin' me here, anyhow
And Willie's mother took him ont, =
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
Sawmflls in ENGLAND.

In England sawmills had at first the
same fate that printing had in Turkey,
and the crane at Strasburg. When at
tempts were made to introduce them
they were violently opposed, because it
was appreheD ded that sawyel.s would
be deprived by them of gettij ag sub
slstence. FOR this reason it as found
necessary to abandon sawmil erected
by Dutchman near London in 1868;
and in the year 100, when on Hough-
ton laid before the nation he advan-
tages of such mill, he expr essed his
apprehension that it might excite the
rage of the populace.
What he dreaded was ac sua1ly the
case In 1857 or 1853, when al 4 opu1ent
timber merchant, by the desi re and ap-
probation of the Society of A rts, caused
a sawmill driven by wind to be erected
at Limehouse, under the irection of
James Stanfeld, who had learned in
Holland and Norway the rt of con-
structing and managing m aohines of
that kind. a mob assen 1blsd aud
pulled the mill to pieces, bu the alam-
age was made good by the, nation, and
some OF the rioters were punished. A
new mill was afterward erected, whic b
was suffered to work " ithout moles. :
tation, and which gave occasion to the
erection Of others. 1t appears, how
ever, that this was not the only mill of
the kind then in Brit ain, for one.
driven also by wind, had been built in
Leith, some years before.
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POTATOES STRUGGLE FOR FAVOR.
Barred by the Prejudice that it Was Not
Mentioned in the Bible.

Barred by the Prejudice that it Was Not
Mentioned in the Bible.
The way of the potato was said to
have been barred by the presbyterian
prejudice that it was never mentioned
in the Bible. In the Lothians it came
in about 1740, the year Of the dearth,
from Ireland, but was confined to gar
dens till about 1854, says Bzackacoods
Magazine, when it was planted in fields
about Aberlady. By the close of the
century 1t was general article Of diet.
Ramsay says that George Henderson
went about 1850 for bag of potatoes
to Kuysth, where the Irish method of
field culture had lately been tried, and
introduced the potato into Mentieth,
where few had been known, but only
in the kale yards. The folks, however,
did not take kindly to the new food.
Old George Baohop, one of the
Ochtertyre tenants, when told by his
wife that she had potatoes for supper.
said: "Tatties! tattiesl I never supped
on them a my days and Wilma the
picht. Gle them to the herd and get
me sowens. 1t is significant that
Burns. who sang the praises OF kale
and porridge and haggis, has nothing
to say of the potato. -
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
HIS FIRST STEAM WHISTLE.
Capt. Neal Used to Brighten Indians on
the Mississippi.

Capt. Neal Used to Brighten Indians on
the Mississippi. }
Il see they have finally settled the
discussion as to who was the first man
to use a steamboat whistle on the
river said Capt. Jere Eastman, Of
Cairo, to the st. Louis Glo6e-Dsnsocras
man. 1T was mighty interesting dis
cussion, too, and the thing was in
doubt for some time, but it's all set
tied now and Capt. j. Slut Neal was
the man.
"As Capt. Neal explains it himself.
the story is something to this effect: He
was the engineer and part owner of the
Revinue-spell that with an Il, mind
you-and she was the first vessel to use
a whistle. They got it from Anderson
Fulton in Pittsburg, where the boat
was built. That was in 1843.
You see, they were making a trip
with Government supplies to Fort
Touson, on the Red river. in 1874.
They had had the whistle then,
for, while they were making the trip,
= Van "oS AnouS oio oVOSa AOSiu0Ap, eno
old Cap'n Neal-he wasn't old them
was the only Democrat on the boat,
and, [ tell you, he made the Injuns
jump when he set that old whistle to
footing. In those days the whistle was
placed atop Of the boilers, and the en-
gineer could amuse himself to his
hearts content if he wanted to.
"Old Cap'n Neal was steamboatman
born. He was the first man on the river
to use the life epreserver, and sent Cap'n
W. FL. Fulton all the way to Philadel-
phia to get supply of them for the
Revinue On the trip that I tell you
about, the Revinue towed a keel boat
all the way from Pittsburg via New
Orleans to Fort Touson on the Red
River. That was before the annexation
of Texas, and at that time Fort Touson
was on the boundary line between the
United States and Texas, and I tell you
that was feat for steamboating in those
days"
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
AN EARLY DISCOVERY.
Principles of the Telephone Known to .
Writer Years Ago.

Principles of the Telephone Known to q
Writer Years Ago.
A letter to the Kansas City Star con-
tains the following information:
"One day in 1842 wound my watch
and laid it on table. I moved to the
other end of the table, six or seven feet
away, laid down and went to sleep.
When I awoke, and before I raised my
head from the table, heard the ticking
of my watch distinctly. Some time
after I placed my watch on the other
end of pole and heard the ticking as
distinctly at the other end as if 1 had
held the watch itself against my ear.
"In the following Summer, 1643,
while walking one morning with shop
mate, passed the beautiful grounds OF
Esquire Harris, at Wayne, township of
Stowford, county of Devonshire. Eng
land. A wire fence 1900 feet long was
by the roadside. wagered sum Of
money that I could take my watch to
one end of the fence, and the ticking
could be distinctly heard at the other.
MY SuOpmaUo tooh euo "oSoi' "esAnSo
to one end of the fence, signalled me
with his handkerchief, and placed my
watch on the top wire. I took it off
and replaced it several times. My
shopmate came back presently, paid
the wager, and said he had heard the
watch tick as distinctly as if it had been
held to his ears. That was about fifty
years ago. 1t was my first experience
with the telephone. I was nineteen
years old then, but couldn't see far
enough ahead to make the millions that
I might have made out Of my discoV-
cry.
II read an extract from the Sheffield
Telegraph, in which the statement was
made that about fifty years ago some
employees in manufactory in England
sent up kite, to which was attached
kitten sewed in a canvas bag, with a
netting over the mouth to give it air.
When the kite was at its greatest height
200 feet or more, the mewing could be
distinctly heard by those holding the
string. To the clearness of the atmo-
sphere was attributed the hearing of the
kittens voice.
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PRICE Of LOIS ONLY Sim

1ERMs OF PURCHASE; Five doI.
lars cash and two dollars ~,
month, with NO iuteres; H.
cash, 10 per cent discount; ali csss
20 per cent discount.
Money will be advanced to 10,
ties desiring TO build.
Ii a husband purchaser die,
before his purchase is comDiefsd
d deed III fee will be given 10 h.
widow, if the property na. been
improved. or if not. tile smonn,
already paid will be Returned be,
The above presents an opp0rtr.
nifty never before offered the CoI-
ored people of the city Of Wash,
1ngtOn TO secure a valuable Ii,
either as an investment Or fora
home Oh monthly payments, and
at the same time, entitled them
10 vote and q Voice IN the Gov.
ernme. Of the country.
Those who apply first, will have
the first chOice OF lots.
Already many have made THEN
homes IN the "City OF Bowie,
and lots purchased on the above
terms should double in value with.
in the next six months.
For further information apply to
w. CALVIN CHASE, Agent
1109 / 81,
Or CAMPBELL CAkRINGTCN
Owner, sos ID ST., D. W,
Washington. D, G
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WANTED HIS TRAIN, ANYWAY.

y Passenger Who Didn't Exactly Remem-
Der Where He Lived.
People have no idea of the silly
questions that are occasionally asked
us. said Tom Howard, the auburn
haired young man Of the Union Depot
bureau of information, according to a
Chicago newspaper.
And then Mr.. Howard went on to
tell of the experience he had just had
with a suburbanite who was slightly
under the influence Of liquor. This
man stepped up to the window and the
following conversation took place:
What time can I get train out of
here2"
Every ten minutes" answered Mr..
Howard.
But at what time does my train go?"
asked the traveller.
Don't know. What road do you
wsntf"
"Why-let me see, it's-darn if I
don't forget"
well, where do you want to go?"
IL want to go home. Where did you
suppose wanted to go?"
"I'm not mind reader. Where do
you liver"
AT home. What time can I get
out?"
Where is your homer" asked How
ard, turning to his time cards.
"Why, at-well, where in thunder do
I live? I've forgotten the name of the
place"
Got any letters about you or busi-
ness cardP'
Lets see. Yes, here it is. Now
I'm all right. II ever I come to Chi
cago again I'll fetch my little boy with
me to show me the way home, and the
man sat down on bench, pulled his
hat over his eyes and slept contentedly
until depot policeman awoke him and
put him on an Aurora train.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
Enfants Terrible.

In the Caucasus Mountains there are
many wild, uncivilized tribes of people
whose rough ways would make the
heart Of a civilized mother stand still
with fear If her child were to be treated
as the people Of the Caucasus treat
their children every day. The first
plsything given Caucasus baby is a
dagger. This is presented to him as
soon as he can walk. For an hour or
two each day his mother spends her
time teaching him how to use the wea-
pom, % that he will some day become
an expert. He is taught to stab so
thst ID makes no splash and is made to
hurl his dagger at a mark sgain and
again, until he cannot miss his aim.
And all this is done during the time
that other boys are spinning tops and
studying spelling book. When the
Caucasian boy grows up he knows Just
one thing-how to use Q dagger
while civilized boys know-well, some
Of thsn know A greAa - .-,a
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
Her Faithful Lover.

A pretty incident recently occurred
in public school. In a class of small
children the teacher desired, by illus
tration, to obtain the word favorite.
She said. after several fruitless at.
tempts: well, children, if there was
some one you love more than anybody
else in the world, and wished always to
keep her with you, what would you say
she was, what name would you give
her." A small boy held up his hand,
and when told to answer. responded
promptly. MY motAsIY' .
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
Epistolary Eccentricities.

The most fruitful cause of curious
letters is ignorance of the rules OF or.
biography. Here is case in point, the
epistle being one received by a gentle
man from his gardener: "Honred Sir
My wifi and have taken the Ian from
Windsor, Jenny Cedar has lost her head,
the rest of the scrubs are all we'll.
The Oxen are come down to prase the
Goods" One would hardly imagine,
from reading the above, that the intel
hgence he sought to convey was as fol.
lows: "Honored Sir: Ny wife and I
have taken the influenza The Virginia
cedar has lost its head; the rest of the
shrubs are all well. The auctioneer
came down to appraise the goods. +"
The doctor, too, who received the an
nexed note from patient must have
been at first rather puzzled as to the
nature of his complaint "Sur:-I
weesh yew wood koom an see mel av
got bad kould-eel in my Bowhills-
IN av lost my Happy tide" An
aspirant for literary fame addressed
the editor of the magazine he honored
by his attention as follows: Sir
/ want position on yore extent paper
as Eddytory ritter. I'm bound to make it
intrestin "a promise not wholly with.
out foundation. To the uninitiated
theatrical letters might be misleading.
"1f you can get me two murderers, !"
wrote Garrick to Stone" I will pay
you handsomely, particularly the
spouting fellow who keeps the apple
stand on Tower Hill; the cut in his face
is just the thing. Pick me up an
alderman or two for Richard if you
can; and / have no objection to treat
with you for comely mayor. Loves
young dream is responsible for some
amusing epistles, but it will be difficult
to find letter more concise and to the
point than that sent by DR.. Donne to his
wife's parents. He had married a lady
belonging to rich family without the
consent of her parents. and in conse-
quence was told by his father-in-law
that he was not to expect any money
from him. The doctor went home and
penned the pithy note: John Dome,
<1AAo AoAASy UaIUV"ef WulCu uo SSub W
the gentleman in question. and this had
the effect Of restoring them to favor.
An advertiser for a wife received the
following reply: "Sir:-Seeing Adver-
tisement that you are In wantes q part
ner for life SO | hotter myself as a Can
date. But before there is much cares
pondence, 1 should like an intearew
with you. Notes the adres. Some
correspondents do not waste words.
The schoolmaster who received the
note consisting of the homemade word,
''Cepatomtogoataturing," as an excuse
for the attendance of one of his
scholars, would think that his CORES
pondent had desire to economize as
much as possible. 1t was meant to
convey the intelligence that the boy was
kept at home to go a-tatering. "Dryden's
opinion on what constitutes the best
style of writing will no doubt find
many supporters. Several gentlemen
had submitted their writings to him.
In giving the award to Lord Dorset.
Dryden stated that he was charmed
with the style and subject and that that
kind of writing e1celled any other,
whether ancient or modern. The COM
position which SO won his favor was a
promissory note for five hundred
nounds
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK
OF WASHINGTON, DC.
6O9 + st, n. ".

0US 4 St, u. W.
Receives deposits, loans money
transacts a general baukLg busl.
ness. Location central and con.
venient. = street cars ana herdic
run In front OF our doOr-9Ih st
cars run a few rods east OF our
building, 7th street and 11tha
cars only two block away.
DIR. q. b. Purvis, l.. q. Bailey.
OFFICERS:
President, Jno. L. Lynch
Vice Pres, Joseph W. C0Is
Cashier, Douglass b. McCaq
Treasurer, l.. C.. Bailsy
Secretary, He. Baksl
DIRECTORS.
Jno. r. Lynch, l.. C. BalIsyl
Joseph W. Cole, W. McKinIay
john A. Pierre, j. A. Lewis
W. E. Matthews, j.. X. Wilder
W. 5. Montgomery,
j. 7. Bradford, James otorum,
w. s. Lotion, j. A. johnson.
A. w. Tancil, Il. +. baker,
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A Woman,s Strike.

Ine walking delegate never IlTeu OF
talking of the strike. He held that ii
was justifable if ever strike was, and
he was prepared to demonstrate that it
was perfectly proper to strike to secure
any desired result. He so told his
wife, and she seemed to agree with
him. She said it seemed to be the
easiest way of enforcing demand.
That night when he came home ne
found the table was not set.
II want new dress, she said, when
he asked what the trouble was.
Il know. You've been bothering me
about that dress for a month, he said,
"but how about supper?''
There isn't any," she replied.
This is strike"
"a striker"
Yes, general tie-up. I've been
trying to secure peaceable settlement
OF this trouble for some time, but now
[ just mean to enforce my rights.
MARY, do you dare"
"Oh, don't you talk to me that way!
If I can't get you to arbitrate, why
I've got to strike. I don't care if it
does block the wheels of trade little
bit"
You don't understand"
"Oh, yes, do"
Il say you don't"
I've asked for arbitration with a
view to compromise and that has also
been refused. A strike is all there is
left, and I've struck"
But in this instance your demands
are unreasonable. %
Il don't think SO"
You're no Judge"
You're the Judge of your own de.
mands when you strike, eh?"
Yes"
well, L am just as good Judge as
you are when want something. It's
no use talking. This strike is on.
She folded her arms in determined
way, and he subsided. It was perhaps
half an hour later when he looked up
and said:
Mary, is the strike still on9"
ut is still on.
/ Aren't you hungry?"
mo. saw that I had something in
the treasury before the strike was or
dered."
Meaning the pantry?" he asked.
Yes"
Il believe I'll get a bite," he said,
advancing step.
She raised forbidding finger, say.
ing with cheerful smile:
1T is locked. The reserve is to be
used simply to keep the strike going.
You can't touch the strikers re-.
sources.
BE careful, Mary" he said warning.
". IF shut off the cash"
Then she laughed outright and nod.
ded toward the pantry.
Il can stick it out week-perhaps
longer, she returned.
Five or ten minutes later he pro.
posed that they compromise on the
basis of ten dollars.
Twenty, she said firmly.
But that means ruin" he protested.
Il can't afford it.
That is your business" said she. Il
offered to arbitrate once
1t was 10 o'clock that night when
finally he gave in, and somehow he felt
that he had experienced new phase of
the strike business. It looked alto.
gether different from the other side of
the fence.
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22
THE INDUSTRIAL BUILD
ING AND SAVING co.

Loans money to buy or build
homes. Shares 81 each, payable
monthly. Dividends declared ev
cry January. Secretary's Office:
500 + st., u. W. Open 9 a. m to
5 p. m. Monthly meetings at Lin
coin Memorial Church, cor 11Ih
and Z sts., u. W., first Monday
night in every month.
HENRY E.. BAKER,
Secretary
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There is something in meanness
which excites species of resentment
that never subsidies, and something in
cruelty which stirs up the heart to the
highest agony Of human haired am
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22

"Oh, I have a splendid s tory to tell
you. l don't think I ever told it TO-
you before. said the young man to
his fair companion. us it re ally good
story? Indeed it is" "TheM you have
not told it to me betoxns
The Washington bee., 1893-04-22

Rooms with Board: In first
oass house and il, popular partt
of the city. Cars pass the doc
922-11 st n.
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REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
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