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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21
CUPS AND ouiRKs

THE Cleveland Fla'uiaalsr thinks GOV
erf9r Tl'man might rs moro whisky
ara lea 19ie with good ruits. TO
much whisky is what IS he matter uaw.
Tina Washington News oRere Governor
i.e~elang grain II comfort 20 me eue.
gaat'on that slr. Lease has had the eama
sort y experience every day Tor many
years.
The Baltimore News thinks yellow lever
mas do What the big guns o. the sppgs.
Ing factions y, the Brazilian revolution
haze fti.ei to mpilsh bring che
opera b0uGp revolution TO an END.
Atlanta Journal "The postonIre lrspeoi
Or who has been sent 70 Port rarnpl ,s
named Dice. You can gamble on 1t tbaf
the lottery people wil shake him" mo
Flordans should not Tampa With che
Dice.
The Memphis Appeal-Ayaianche tbinks
we are surely going to haH. prosperous
year and that if ID come about Air Cleye.
land viii 10 into history wearing a hal,
But there VIII be no telephone attach.
meut.
The PAtsburg Dispatch says: "snoallng
OF abe city Of Paris losing her rudder on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21

Ottawa, ont, February 1-Tue tnrys
committee IS s,Nl hard at work aaily. So
taai everything may he n shape hy the
tine me house Of parliament opens Re
VISIONS II is Thought will be mostly in
ihe direction of removing the anomalies
go" existing in the tariff as We'll as
es'ti.@.nR and slightly reducing the duties
On E"l9+ ar tleies' There certainly viii he
no radical change iu tha ays.am of urorec-
u.a e- canadian industries instituted by
The National policy
tes from Australian colonies to
confer with the government with re-
sfe'i 10 an enlargement OF trade rea-
IONS between Canada and Australia viii
h2il conference here on June a.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21

reared I'm The Post few days since, had
bis preliminary trial hore today ON ac-
ceun, OF uhaence of important witnesses
tNe case was POSTPONED until the glst In.
slant. The opinion prevails that he VIII
mot be convicted OF horse theft, although
Holland is minus horse and buggy. lay
Tor claims the horse and buggy is at Crock
ett where he sold it 60 pay board bill
j. g. Ginson ietJ here this evenins for
Crockett 90 get the horse ana buggy; also
60 get other testimony In the case. rhe
case Is exciting considerable comment
here
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21
nlnnl-nae in the NIonnllII..

Bau5. Nev- Feorliafy sle,fa
eu tha railroads ~ w h was
mountains Is the Nois' ~ y
trains wlth 500 passengers ~
aNa4gug iha opening ~ NJ 80
TrueI- pa ssaager tra!n psi oa
dom Last u.eht vas ~. ae q
m5,agiatns and indicators n ~
win Doe several days p''s
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21

of's visit 70 the prapee Is the oalni-aaoa
% 'he plan q Cancellation aai each s
n'2re admize3 now than ever before
Vengeance belongs 20 the szyaso. Peace
4al s1oi win evidence the h.gar o.r.u.
-ett5r
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21

Tyler Texas, February - -speat,
thieves entered the saloon of N. Gold,
smith a Go. last night and stole a good
supply Of whisky. cigars. etc. The par
ties have not been Appreciated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21

s,erllng, III; F ,,,orIls aaa Q .l y
storm set IN this mo- i- IVA be 81
we're. II bids fair to ''
the nth. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-21

oEei'on' Texas February ls.-T -
Taylor an account of whose aires, an n,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
The Virginia Rule.

Speaker Cardwell, like Mr.. Wise
has come to the assistance of those
of us who have been striving to TRIP
Jackdaw Reed Of his borrowed
plumes. Mr.. Reed is not to be per:
mitted to strut about the Capitol
thus resplerdent with honors which
do not belong to him. And so tt
a Washington correspondent MIR.
Cartlwell a few days ago said that
the "Hon. j. Randolph Tucker, who
tried twelve years ago to haye this
method of obtaining quorum IN
the national House made part of the
body's rnle, had grown up under the
rule in his public career in Virginia
and he said if the Rules Committee
wanted a right name for it they
should call it 'the Virginia rule,
in the Legislature of which State il
has been in force from time inlmc-
mortal.
But the Chattanooga Times leaves
Mr.. Cardwell and us far behind, and
claims that this rule has been the
practice of the British House Of
Commons for 200 years. That paper
stops to recognize Virginia as the
cradle of Democracy. We quote:
The fact that this sensible, bust
moss like method of treating mem
bers present for quorum purposes, as
well as for any other. has been in
vogue in the very cradle of Demo
cracy from the foundation of that
State, makes absurd the plea that
counting a quorum is un-Democrat-
ic and dangerous. Virginia liked it
so we'll she has never departed from
it OF modified it. No greater
latitude is allowed in any free assem-
bly, than in the British House of
Commons. The Supreme Cont of
the Uuited States has sanctioned the
rule more than once, and SO have the
supreme court Of severnl Of the
States.
AS the Federal Constitution en-
powered each house Of Congress to
adopt rules for it's own government,
there ought not to be any doubt as
to the constitutionality of the rule
under Observation-Disclosures
Times.
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ntif, lIn CHANGER,
B. E. Talbut and j. C.
Stamps. Defendants

The object Of this suit is to recover O,
defendants the sum of So, 92l .23, with in.
tercst on $3,S06.40, part thereof, from tn,
222nd day Of April, 1892, and the costs OF
this suit, subject to credit of s2,358. rs
as Of September 18th, 1892, and attach
and soil to satisfy said debt, interest and
costs undivided, onc-third interest of said
defendant j. G. Stamps, in and to certain
lands situated in Wise: County, W., and
fully described in the bill and proceeding.
in this cause, and an affidavit having.beer
made that B. E. Talbut and j. C. Stamps
are non-r residents Of this State, the said
defendants arc required to appear within
fifteen days after due publication of this
order in the Clerks Office of our said
court, ut ru cs to he holden therefor, and
do what is necessary to protect their in
terests. And it is ordered that copv OF
this order he forthwith published once 1.
week for four Successive weeks, in The
Big Stone Gap Posr, Newspaper printed
nthe town Of Big Stone Gan. in the
County of Wise, State of Virginia, and
posted at the front door of the court :
house OF said County, on the frat day of
The ncxt County Court for the said county
affsr'tie date of this order.
A copy:-Teste:
W. p. KlLoonE, Clark.
By 6. 4. JOHNSON. d. C.
BURNS q FttfoN,p. G. Aprl2 1919
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1t Is clustering Now.

While so much is being said
against the Democratic party by all
sorts of cranks in and out of the par
ty, it is we'll to bear in mind always
that the same things would have
been said against the Republican
party if that party had been in power
at the time Of the general depression
through which the country has been
passing.
The party in power, no matter
what party it might have been, would
have had an unhappy time during
the present session Of Congress. The
great division ON such important
matters as currency, tariff and in
come tax were bound to come up.
The business depression was destin-
ed to raise an army of tyros, each
self-important with his own discon-
tent, and jumbling his incoherent
fancies over evil and egotistical plots
into medley shape which only such
times would dignity as movements.
The party was not, of course, res
ponsible for this condition, but there
need be no surprise, while it exists,
that the ill-inferned expect the
United States Government to act as
NANNY to each man out of a job.
All governments have just such ex-
periences, and that has the pluck to
stand up squarely and legislate hon
estly for the good Of the country, re-
CARELESS Of the shouts Of the ignorant.
and the buster of the self constituted
representatives. Of a variety Of isms,
will be tho most solitlly entrenched
partyin the affections of the people.
1t il. then, the duty Of the Demo-
cratic party to move on steadily to
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
CoxeyiSm.

Coxcyism is a disease that de-
mands heroic treatment. AT
first the movement upon the
part Of Coxcy, was considered rs a
freak that would soon pass away
Later events have shown that instead
of passing away it has grown, and
now has assumed alarming proper
tions. The vox populi are stirred by
every wind that blows. They can't
be still and in Democratic Govern
ment the worst we have to fear is
from these uprisings Foolish
though they are in the extreme they
are like the small stream that makes
the great river. Gathering strength
as they go on if the movement is not
checked there is no telling where it
will end. 1t has in it the germs OF
anarchy and revolution. 1t was
never intended by the trainers of the
Constitution that a mob of Migrants
should assemble at the doors Of the
Capitol and demand the impossible
the support of government. There is
plenty of work for them to do, as
there always is for an honest work
man. 1t is to be hoped that this
movement will soon pass away, and
if it does not and tho situation grows
worse it should be stopped by ar
resting the participants for treason to
the government and as Migrants.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
4 Story or JeffDavls.

While young man,and soon after
moving from his native home in Ken
lucky to his plantation in Mississippi,
Jeff Davis bought cargo of blacks,
Just brought over from Africa by a
slave trader, who ran the blockade
and landed them at New Orleans.
While they were working in the
cotton field one day Mr.. Davis OBJ
served his new negroes making Ma
sonic signs of distress to the overseer.
That individual, not being Mason,
thought the negroes were only carry
ing on system Of signals prepare
tory to revolt, and pass about to have
them whipped. Mr.. Davis stopped
this proceeding. He testedthe negroes
thoroughly, and to his amazement
discoveredsthat they were Third De-
gree Masons, though brought from
the very heart Of Africa. Being a
Mason himself, you can understand
that he lost no time in giving them
their freedom and the choice of either
returning to Africa OF remaining on
his estate until he could provide for
them i'll some other way. Most of
them shipped to Africa at Davis's
expence, though some of them re-
manned with him to the end.-Ec-
change.
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She Presidents Letter.

The letter of President Cleveland
to Hon. Chauncey f. Black, Presl-
dent of the National Association Of
Democratic Clubs is clear prcsen-
tation of the disgraceful action of the
party in not speedily passing the
tariff bill. The following extract is
very true and TO the point.
"Alliwho are charged, on behalf
of the Democratic party, with the
redemption of these pledges should
now he impressively reminded, that
as we won our way to victory under
the tariff Reform, so our lnslstence
upon that principle is the condition
of our retention of the peoples trust
and that fealty to party organization
demands the subhrdinatlon of indl-
vitlual advantages and wishes. and
the putting aside of petty and igno-
bic iealousies and chickering's. when
party principles and party integrity
and party existence are at stake"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
The Shoe Pinches.


Tee Bristol Neus, one of our high
ay appreciated contemporaries came
out last week ia half column re-
ply to an editorial comment upon the
Ne,Us in the PosT. The article in
question, in order to present the case
clearly to the public, had reference
to this. The Netcs, in commenting
upon the position of the poor, de-
luded Hill of New York, a compro-
mise between Democracy and Rcpub-
licanism, virtue aud vice, sense and
foolishness. compared him to Crom-
we'll Gladstone and long list Of the
most distinguished men the world
has produced. Such comparison
was SO very lndicrous in the extreme
that the PosT likened the compari-
son unto that of the man who COM
pared an ant to an elephant. The
very idea Of comparing Hill with
anything but peanut politicians is
absurd. The comment ia the posT
was made simply to show how Hills
trcachery to his party was praised by
the Republicans press. and show by
the very comments that it was
trsacl,ery upon bis part when he
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.
POSTS Regular Correspondent
WAsnIHGTox, APR %, 1884.

Editor Post:
So mauy misrepresentation have
been sent from Washington, concern
ing the intention of the au-
thorities towards Coxey's army of the
coming of which there is no longer
any doubt, that your correspondent
has ascsrtainod and presents here
with exactly what those intentions
are. There is no clement of sensation
about the matter. Coxey's army
has nothing to fear from the Wash
ington officials SO long as its mem
bers comply with the law,as all others
organizations are required to do.
No organization, local or visiting,
can parade the streets without per-
NIT, but there will be no difficulty in
Ccxey's army getting that permit.
1t cannot as an organization march
upon any part of the Capitol grounds
without special permission from Con-
gress, nor can any other organization,
because of a law against it; but it
can march individuals, just as was
done on Saturday by about 1000 of
the National Workingmen's Protec-
tive Tariff League, who come here
to protect againt the passage of the
tariff bill. They cannot hold a
meeting on the Capitol steps, not
even upon the ground. because the
law forbiis it. They cannot present
their petition to Congress in person,
but they can have it presented and
as many ofthem as the House and
Senate galleries will seat can hear
them presented. In short, the au-
thorities have no intention of treating
Coxey's army in any manner differ
cnt from the treatment they usually
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
carry out the policies conceded to (! be
Democratic and to fulfil the obllsa.
tons made to the people.-Richmond
.SfHie
TIC T,lIman Law Undone.

The Supreme Court of South Car
DINA has declared the Tillman or
Evans liquor law unconstitutional IT,
az we suppose, the Judgment of the
court goes to such length as to make
it impossible for the legislature to
remedy the defects pointed out the
dispensary experiment is at an end
We imagine that the people Of
that State are heartily tired OF the
State monopoly system, and would
ioyfullv welcome the return
,, Of the old law. We have long
been of the opinion that tho dispen'
sary law was unsuited to the genius
of that people. On its face it is die
tatorial, and recent experiences go to
show that it may be made an lntol-
cradle instrument of tyranny. South
Carolina would better do QUE of two
things-pass prohibition law OF
proceed to license the sale of liquor
in the old way. \ State government
can never carry on the liquor busl'
ness successfully, and to attempt tt
enforce a law so odious as the Evans
law is in some sections of the State is
to require standing army OF sol
dicrs and spies to be maintained
We. therefore, hope that the decision
of the Supreme Court of South Gar
DINA disposes of this question fo'
good and all.
1t is likely that the State will now
have a big stock Of liquor to dispose
of, and that it will wind upits bar
room business with deficit, bnt II
had to come to this. So the sooner
the less the loss will be. In one Of oul
kilograms Governor Tillman is quoteC
as declaring that he will appeal from
the court "to the people" Exactly
what he means VIC do not know; per
haps it is that lie will appeal to the
voters to see that the members of the
Legislature elects two others judges
in the place of the two who voted II
favor of declaring the law unconsti'
tutional. But we should rather OK
pect the people to endorcs than reprove
the two judges by whose votes the
decision was madc.-Richmond Dis
patch.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26

The possible Democratic candi
dates for Congress from the 9th Dis
trict are Hon. James w. Marshall,
Judge Duncan, Hon. j. B. Richmond,
Judge Morrison, Hon. Daniel Trigg
and Judge Rhea.
The Republican aspirants for the
nomination are Col. Campbell Slemp,
Hon. David F. Bailey, Hon. a. E.
Dickinson, Major H. G. Wood, Hon.
Henry Bowen Judge Strother, and
others.
The chances are that the Demo
cratic candidate will be Hon. James
w. Marshall, and the Republican
nominee Col. Cam. Slemp, of Lee
County.
Of course the Democrat will be
elected, whoever he may be.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
GETTING TOGETHER.
Intercs ting Confession of Former Van
Driver.
New York Tribune


Driver.
New York Tribune
$50 you were van man and moved
people in the spring." said the kindly Wis.
itor to the convict.
Eyes, sir"
"Bnt did you not know that you would
get caught sooner or later? Being van
man is such a public crime-you must
have bee4 constantly under tho eye OF
the police
81 know ii" answered the man. "My
mother often pleaded with ME to stop.
But | wasn't convicted for that, after all.
Indirectly yanning brought me here, of
course, but that wasn't the charge
Indeed" returned the visitor. "Wouid
you mind telling me some of the secrets
of piano and furniture moving and the
collateral crime of pack and shipping
household goods?"
"No objection at ali. mean to reform
anyhow, when l get out. I am learning
the trade of plumbing while I am here. "
The visitor started. sit is possible that
in our very reformatory institutions that
but no matter; go OH with your confess
sion"
"All right" said the convict. Did
you ever Wonder what become of the littl,
brace blocks in furniture when you moyc?'
"Those little blocks an inch square and
three or four inches long which are al
ways glued in every out-of-sisht angle
and corner OF all kinds Of furniture?"
"rhem's the thing-'specially in
booroos and dressing cases and under the
dining room tables"
Yes, have often wondered What be-
comes of them; particularly when have
iiecn paying cabinet man for sticking
others on after the furniture begins to
fall to pieces"
"ihey so for the boss kindling wood,n
answered the man with algrin And be-
Ing dry as bones and soaked with varnlsI,
and glue it's rcd-hut fire they make too.
Us drivers and handlers carry Il hammer
specially to knock EN- or With. Each
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made his recent. attack upon the
leaders and principles of the Demo
cratic party.
Right now, when the country is
demanding that the party stick to-
getber and pass the Wilson Bill and
relieve the business stagnation. Hill
and his followore arc seeking to gain
notoricty by policy of delay, virtu-
pelation and abuse. Now as re-
CARDS the other portion Of the Ne'cs'
article it only amounts to mere asser-
ton, which is not argument. 1t says
that it is glad to advocate a policy
that brings prosperity and peace to
our own country. Well, 30 would
the Posi- be glad to advocate pol
lev that would do that. But pro-
lection, after many years trial, new
er did anything Of the kind. 1t
brought prosperity to certain class,
but to the great body Of the people 1t
was disastrous. It made them pay
two prices for the neccessarles OF
life. and the difference between the
tariff, and what the people would
have to pay for necessaries if there
was no tariff or merely nominal one
went to fill the Golfers of the manu-
facturcr. Protection protects the
manufacturer at the expense of the
laborer.
All this nonsense about the Will
son tariff bill throwing thousands OF
men out of employment is preposter'
Gus. Protection made it possible for
the coal operators and the manufac-
turers in general to shut down their
! ia ctorics. Fostering them for years
they have accumulated millions upon
millions of dollars until now they arc
able to set back idle and refuse to
work their factories simply because
the government will not protect them
further. Protection has made this
| possible and it will take years for
the Democratic party to undo the IN
EQUITIES perpetrated upon the people
by the Republican party during its
period of base corruption. Protect
i've tariffs don't benefit the farmer,
the mechanic or the laboring man.
They don't protect them from COM
petition, but simply says to the mass
cs you must pay tribute to the class
es.
as regards protection lnahlhS
possible the publication Of the Posi-,
we suppose the Neacs intended to get
off joke, and we desire to apollo
gize for not having seen the point at
all.
The Posr is not aware of the fact
that the Richmond Dispatch has de-
clared for protection. Col. Chester
| man has too much sense to do any
thing of the kind. That is some
thing that should be left to the mis-
guided McKinlcyitcs, our friends, the
Republican press.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
Howa Chicago Man Was Cured OF Rheu-

Dir. John Hall, of 9235 Commercial
Avenue, Chicago, met with serious ac-
cdent, for which no used Chamberlain =
Pain Balm, freely, with the best results
"But now" says Mr.. Hall, comes the
beat part Of my story. For years | have
been quite sufferer from rheumatism
with stiffness of the joints. Since the
application of Chamberlain Pain Balm,
all symptoms If rheumatism have disap-
peared; in fact believe that it has ban
shed every trace Of rheumatism from Inv
system" For sale by J. W. Kelly, Drug
gist.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26

Col. BnEcKENRIpcE has written
letter to his constituents, asking
their support in his congressional as
pirations. He will open tho cam
paign at Lexington early in May.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26

The POST has the largest circula-
ton Of any paper IN Southeast Var-
ginia, and 1t IS steadily Increasing.
An inspection Of ats subscription last
IS inuited by those contemplating nd
vertising.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26

Tue coal miners, about 100000
strong, who are on a strike, shows
the necessity for the speedy action
of Congress or the Wilson Bill.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-04-26
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office of
the Circuit Court for the County Of Wisa
on the 7th day Of April, 1894. In vaca-
ton.
The First National Bank of
Johnson City, Tennessee,
Plaintiff, ~