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The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-31
PREPARED FOR THE NIGHT.
An Irish hull Enacted In Real L.iSs ~
Soa Of the Emerald Isle.

An Irish bull Enacted In Real Li1s ~ .
Son of the Emerald Isle.
On the North Side. i'll one of the
swell residence districts in Chicago,
lives a jovial old Irishman, who has
made a goodly fortune i'll the con
tracing line, and who. several years
ago, at the urgent solicitation of his
wife and grownup daughter, left the
old home near Goose island for the
fashionable quarter in which they
now live. The old man has pretend
ed to be contented there. but this
seeming content has been a mere
bluff. Among his friends is n Ca
sey. a boss mason. who still lives III
the old Goose island neighborhood.
The rich contractor has never for
gotten Casey in his prosperity. and
he often recalls old times by inviting
him to spend an evening and take a
drop. Casey does not feel at home
in the great house. but he likes his
old boss and always appears when
asked. Then the two retire TO the
contractors little den. off the library,
where they take of their coats al
ways and their boots sometimes
smoke. drink and quietly talk over
old times. One evening Casey was
lnvited over. and he was on hand
promptly at the appointed hour. The
two old Cronies chatted together
until a late hour. and then Casey pre-
pared for his long journey home.
The rain was falling in torrents when
the two reached the door. and the
contractor said
Look here. Moike. there's no need
yer goin home / n this food. Oh hev
a spare rune up stairs where ye can
sleep. Stay over night VIVID me.
'All roight. Tim, replied Casey,
''Oi will. Tn ould woman won't
worry"
SO the contractor summoned a
servant and had Casey shown up TO
the ''sphare rune. Then he y
turned alone Ia his den to look over
the plans Of a new block he mad on
hand. He figured and worked hard,
and about midnight he was startled
by a sharp ring al the doorbrll. Ev-
cry one else had retired, - he was
Obliged 10 answer the ring III person.
When he opened the front door. there
stood Casey, dripping wet. with a
smile on his face.
''Howly murther, Moike, exclaim-
ed the astonished contractor. Oh
fought We wa to stay all noight
here"
so Oh am, me boy. replied the
smiling Casey. That's why Oh whit
home for me pipe Chicago Times.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-31
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A girl in this town describes waltz
ing as follows: No one waltz, even
when danced with the same partner,
is exactly the same. 1t IL always q
new - Sition. The music is not in
the same key, and the waltz does not
touch the same chords of ones soul.
If | dance 90 waltzes in the evening,
| have 20 different thrills of pleasure.
With one partner it is a soft. insid-
ious measure: with the next, a long
and languorous movement: with the
third. more of a hop, that gently jars
the brain into a delicious, dreamy
forgetfulness. while a fourth cava-
her. with a heroic tread, bears you
away with strong and vigorous
rhythm into still another world. The
lights of this go out, you lose con
seriousness. but you feel no dread as
you lie within those herculean arms
like IA child rocked tn sleep in his ia
theirs embrace. Your feet are no
longer on the earth. Its a celestial
rotation ont into space. and when
you light on earth again you feel like
a tired bird stopping from "A long
flight. "-Danville Ky Advocate.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-31

A London scientific journal gives
the results of measurements made
with a view to determine the rela
tive length and strength III the right
and left limbs. Fifty and nine-tenths
per cen of the men measured had
the right arm stronger than the left
rs 1 per cent had the two arlns OF
equal strength. and - had the left
stronger than the right. CT women.
40. y per cent had the right arm strong
err than the left 2i5per cen bad tL,
left stronger than the right ana -"
per cent had arms of equal strength
In order 10 arrive at the average of
length IF limits. ~ skeletons were
measured. % males and - females.
OF these % had the right arm and
left leg longer, slN the left arm and
right leg. and four the right arm and
night leg In IL cases all the mem
bers were more Or less unequal in
length.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-31

Clerk am to be married shortly.
Couldn't you manage to increase my
salary q httlea
Employer-Couldn't, really. But
I'll tell you what I'll do for you, my
boy. I'll shorten your hours during
the first three months, so that you
can spend your evenings at home,
and after that I'll lengthen them
again, SO you will have an excuse
TO get away."-New York Weekly
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This Paper l. kept on hle al Z. {. DAkEs
Advertising Agency. 8. sri Is Merchant IN
mango. san Franci-co. cal, where contract
or ADVERTISING can be- made
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-01
PUBLIC SALE.
Household Goods and Person-
al Property, Including All
Household Furniture,
and Personal Effects
Of the Late
COL. JAMES L. SHOEMAKER

Az EXECUTORS Of the will of James -.
Shoemaker. deceased, VIC will, on MI
NESDAY. THE I4TH DAY OF MAKCh,
1891. at the late dwelling house OF James ai
T.. Shoemaker, in the town OF Gaze olly'
Scott County, Virginia. sell Mt pubic OUT
cry. to the highest bidders, all the mouse
Mold furniture and personal properly DC.
iongins 10 said Shoemaker mt tho time OF
his death, including: One fine BLACK
walnut parlor suite; One fine marbie-top
canter table: Ono fine marble top cham
ber ante: Several fine walnut side tables
Two fine cherry tables, made by the late
Charles wilhelm; One ffne Brussels car
not: Two all wool ingram carpets ohc
fine cherry cubhaard;a number OF very
fac Quilts, pieced with great care by tne
late Mrs. Col. James l.. Shoemskcr; a
number Of feathorbcds, pillows, mattresses,
sheets. cases, ect; A number OF ncd
steads, and varied assortment OF cane
bottom chairs, rugs, curtains ana miscel-
laneous household goods; One large
range: A lot of corn and wheat; Three
fine COWS; Two mules; A lot OF farming
tools. lot of mechanics tools; A set OF
surveyors plating instruments and 'ur-
yeyor's chain; One geld pen; One large
6re-proof safe A lot of Confederate
States bonds, Confederate States money
old State money and money issued b!
Scott County during the late war; lot O.
table and glass ware, crockery, ana many
other articles not here enumerated,
TERMS OF SALE
All the property will be sold upon q
credit Of twelve months, with interest
from day of sale. Negotiable notes witt
rood security payable at the Bank of Gate
CITY must be executed for all purchase;
made.
The sale will be continued from day tt
day until all the property is sold.
II. G. WooD,
R. A. AYERS,
Executors of he will Of James L. Shoe
maker, deceased
February Dist, 1894. ~ ~
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e. in pressing il in an off year with

ger in pressing It in an of year M :, /. :.
tho uncertainties that harass5otlf PEI
ty in many quarters. .,,ob
4 bill that has caused as mt'cn
discussion as any other, and On
which more buncombe has been Tan an,
en- than any other one here IS tue , elll
introduced IN into the senate by Mr. y
Miller. Of Lyn:hburg, amending the
local option law so as to remove
cities Of 5000 population and over e
from It's provisions. The bill passed
the senate by good majority % but
was badly beaten in the house. l ~
Gives = marked Illustration OF the
D of public sentiment over de5
Lucrative bodies. If the vote haa
been taken in the house the same
day it was taken in the senate there
Is but little doubt that it would have
raised. But petitions and the house
papers, and letters began to pour IN
and members became frightened tor
their records again, and voted
against their own Judgment. Many
announced on the floor that their
judgments were with the bill, but
through t Difference to their constltu-
ents they would have to vote mo.
I shall probably be able in anoth-
or letter to tell your readers the tate
Of several very important general
bills which arc still on the calendar
Of one or the other ofthe two houses,
but have been pretty thoroughly dis
eussed, and will be voted on during
this week. Among these are the
oyster laws; the county roads; the
West Virginia debt question; the
charterins Of thc Richmond and
Manassas II. r., and its companion
bill for the sale of the States stock
in the r. f. q P. R. E.; the State
board of equalization; the fertilizer
tag tax bill; bill authorizing coun-
ties to issue bonds TO bulld court
houses and for other such purposes;
the co-employce's liability bill, and
two insurance bills, introduced by
the member from Wise, one seeking
to require deposit by all insurance
companies of securities with the
State treasurer. ranging in value
from $4,000 to $4,000, for
protection Of the insured, and the
other to require all fire insurance
companies to use standard form OF
policy.
There are but ten days Of the SEES
sion left and the rush is on; both
bodies are holding evening sessions
and the enrolling clerks arc working
day and night There will be a
great many laws put on the statute
books within the ten days, but there
will also be many left off for lack Of
time. Members generally arc anxi-
Gus to get back to their homes, and
none mofe SO than the writer.
r. T. I.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-03-01
Our Great Country.

Great complaint has been made of
the hard times through which this
country is passing and the voice of
the croaker is heard in the land. But
haven't we cause to DO proud and
grateful that the situation is not an
hundred times worse? What coun-
try upon the face of the earth could
have passed through such a terrible
ordeal and have escaped with any
thing short of national disaster?
There was a great boom in real
estate and then sudden collapse, in
volving thousands and thousands Of
men in debt.
Then came the agitation of the
silver question, with the government
purchasing millions of silver bullion
each month and paying for it in gold,
until the gold reserve was seriously
impaired.
Then came the tariff question with
probability of the most radical
changes in the entire system of tariff
taxation.
And SO it happens that for nearly
two years there have been restless
ness and uncertainty, attended by
lost confidence and the consequent
withdrawal of money from the chan
ncls Of trade. Real property and
securities have been Il drug on the
market and men have been property
poor, because they could not raise
money on their buildings. In the
midst of plenty, they have had to
stint. Water, water everywhere, and
hardly a drop to drink.
And yet, in spite of such an I'M
precedentcd condition, business has
gone on and the great body Of bust
ness men have been able to weather
the financial storm. It is wonderful,
we say, that the situation is not an
hundred times worse, and there is
cause for great rejoicing in the fact,
which has been so fully demonstra-
ted, that general business disaster in
this country is impossible State.
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RICHMOND LETTER.
[Spccial Correspondent
RICHMOND, Va, FEB. 26, 1894

RICHMOND, Va, FEB. Is, 1894.
Editor Post:
promised in my last letter to give
your readers an outline of the prln-
cipal general laws passed SO far by
this assembly, or which have been
considered and failed to pass.
One of the most important OF
these was law looking to the COM
pletion of the settlement Of the State
debt. Under the act of February 20,
1890, the outstanding six per cent.
bonds of the State, amounting to
about thirty five million dollars, were
scaled in the ratio Of nineteen to
twenty-eight. and new bonds issued
to bear two per cent. interest for ten
years more, and after that four per
cent. for eight years; being payable
one hundred years from date, and
called from this fact"century bonds. "
There are now outstanding about
thirteen hundred thousand dollars OF
the old bonds, with their coupons
harassing and threatening the treas
ury. The act referred to provides
for funding, or exchanging this latter
sum for the century bonds, and thus
forever wipe out the old bonds, and
complete the settlement Of the yexa-
tious debt question.
Another important measure was in
connection with the penitentiary.
GOV. Mckinney, in his message,
urged the buying, or leasing, of q
large farm near Richmond, and put
ting all the convicts not employed in
the factory, inside the prison walls,
to work on this farm, the object be-
ing to raise provisions necessary for
running the prison, and to market
the surplus. The statistics show
the appalling death rate of fourteen
per cent. per annum among the con-
victs let out to the counties of the
State and leased to railroad contrac-
tors, while the death rate inside the
walls has been less than three per
cent. Humanity requires..a cessation
Of the contract system, and it is cal
culated that the new plan will be
more profitable also. The legislature
adopted the suggestion and the plis-
IN commissioners are now consider
inghitls fora farmland the new law will
go into effect this season, This eff
fectnally preclules us from securing
any conyicts to build our road from
Big Stone Gap to the kentucky line.
Bit for the passagesof this bill. ! had
every assurance that we could have
gotten all the aid we wanted from
tho State.
As usual, railroa,l legislation in
svarions forms has Deenpiasl q large
share oi lie attention Of the body, a.
sscgy interesting, and III many re-.
speots amusing textures d this line
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VIZ.
William X Sbn

William *. Shelby.
The object of this suit is to recover
Judgment against William K Shelby
in ri,e aum of $4,000 with interest there
on from March 4th, 1890, and costs, by
personal decree and by the foreclosure OF
the lien reserved in deed of datc March
4tE, 1889, from L. p. 'lrigg add wife, and
L. 7. Trisg, Trustee, to William X. Shell
by Gil lot No II of Block No. 4, Of limbo
den Reservation, in the town Of Big Stone
Gap, Va, plat No. !. And an affidavit
having been made that William X. Shelby
is non resident of this State The said
defendant ia required to appear within
fifteen days after due publication of this
order in the Clerks Office Of our said
court at rules to be holden therefor and
do what is necessary to protect his inter
Gets and it is further ordered that q copy
of this order be forthwith published once
week for four successive weeks in the
Big Stone Gap Posr, newspaper printed
in Big Stone Gap, in the county oil Wise
Va, and posted at the front door. Of the
courthouse OF said county, on the first
day of tho next county court for the said
county after the date of this order.
a copy-Teste:
We. ClLGoRE, Clerk.
Walter Il. ADDISON, p. a.
Fsb % ala
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They Want the Best.

"Thc people Of this vicinity insist on
having Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
do no. want any other" says John Y.
Bishop, VT Portland Nilla, Indiana. That
is right. They know it to be superior to
any other for colds, and as preventive
and cure for Group, and why should they
not insist upon having it. 30 cent bottles
for sale u. w. Kelly. Druggist.
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VIRGINIA: In tho Clerks OAico Of
tho Circuit Court of Wise County on the
18th day Of February, 1894 In vacation.
F. J.WYgal, plaintiff,
against In Chancery
Emily Jane Lindsey. ct al,
Defendants.
The object Of this suit is TO obtain 81
decree against Emily Jane Lindsey for
the sum Of $4,000, with interest thereon
from November 10th, 1891, till paid, and
in default of payment thereof, to have a
decree for tho sale Of lot No. 8, in Block
z, In tho town Of Norton, Va, upon which
there is a vendors lien to secure said
$4,000 and interest, and an affidavit hay.
ing been made and filed that the defend
ants, +. Al. Leonard, Trustee, aud Pat
Martin. are not residents of the State of
Virginia, it is ordered that they do ap-
pear here, within fifteen DAYS
after duo publication hereof,
and do what may he necessary to protect
fhcir interest in this suit. Aud ii is fur
tler ordered thai q copy he published once
n week for four weeks Ia the Big Stone
Gap Posr, and thai n copy l.ereof lie post
cdst tho front doorof the Courthouse Of
this County, on the first day at thu next
torn af the County Court a copy-Teste
w. 5. klLeqRE, Glerk.
BIC A. JoassoS, Ii. q.
.los. j. kstLf,p, d, Feb 1871
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SENATOR AloRcAN's action in regard
to the Hawaiian question was not
surprising, and tho remark of one OF
our contemporaries is very apropos,
that of late years he has found the
society Of Republicans more congeni-
al to him. By endorsing an unjust
and I'm American act of Republic
can President and against Grover
Cleveland entities him 10 be called a
Republican Mugwun,p hypocrite.
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VIRGINIA.; In the Clerks
Office of the Circuit Court Of tho County
of Wise, on the 9Th day Of February, 1894
At rules:
Ellington Wells, complainant,
J. H. Blair, late Treasurer Of ChaaccrS
Wiao co. Va, ct ais dsfcnd'ts.
The object Of this suit is to obtain con-
.,....., f"om the suretiss of ]. Il Blair
"a hi his ' official bond, "a ia9o Treasurer .,
wise County, and to have an account
the amounts by the several sureties' anu
to SGT aside certain deeds OF conveyance
in the Bill mentioned, and for DEGREES III
favor of plaintiff, against the various oe-
PENDANTS, and to subject certain real es-
tate in tho Ii.l mentioned TO satisfaction
of plaintiffs debt. And an ahldavit hay
ing been made and filed that the defend
ants, J. II. IIubbord and Joseph D. Col
lier. are non residents of the State
Of Virginia, it is ordered thar
thew do appear hsrp, within ID days after
due publication hereof, and do What may
be necessary to protect their interest IN
this suit. And it is further ordered that
4 copy hcrcofbe published once week
for four weeks in the Big Stone Gap Posr,
and that COPY hereof he posted at the
front door Tho court -hoDsc Of this count 3,
on The first dav Of the next term OF the
county court. cop.s-reste:
W. i. kILGORE, Clerk.
By C. a. JOHNSON, D. G.
WELLS & BnroE & BunsEs & FcLToS, p..9.
ITO
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The Times and.the Dispatch.


The Times and the Dispatch are
still engaged in quite an interesting
discussion in regard to Virginia
Elections.
The Dispatch is reliable paper.
It's democracy has always been pure
and straightforward, and ii has in
many hard fought campaigns rem
dered heroic service to the party
Why it engages in a discussion with
the Times we are unable to say. 1t
has nothing to gain by such proceed
ure. The Times will flicker for
awhile and then die of it's own volt
ton. It has already, by its continu-
GUS harping on the frauds Firginians
psrpetratc at elections, rendered
itself most obnoxious to them, and it
is mere matter of time until toler-
alton will cease to be virture.
1t is to be regretted that the
Times has allowed itself, through
what seems petty spite and vindict-
ivencss with one broad swoop of its
mighty pen to denounce the people
of Virginia as perpetrators OF fraud.
1t is to be regretted, because the
owners and editors of the Times are
Virginians )that they should dcnounce
the State of their nativity and her peo-
ple;but farworse than all that,it should
sail under false colors. A spy in
camp is an appropriate name for the
Times. Posing as Democratic it has
doac more teinjure the Democratic
party since its inception than it can
amend by life time Of righteous
ness. The Dispatch, we think,
shouid abstain from further contro-
sersy with the Times, and like the
moth that filters around the flame,
it's wings will soon be singed and
rendered harmless.
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The Courthouse Question.

when the article in last weeks
PosY was written concerning the re-
moval of the cosrt- house, it was not
thought, nor was it intended, to stir
up a hornets nest. It was written
simply to express the opinion of the
PesY, !. right guaranteed the press,
and a right that every newspaper
should exercise without fear OF favor.
This the Posg has done, and in re
turn has received many letters both
praising and coademning its course.
Fer those agreeing with us we can
add our tribute to their common
sense, and to..those opposed we will
offer the consolation that great minds
have been known to differ before on
questions of Importance. Some OF
The communications are for good and
sufficient reason omitted. Those
that appear in this issue are we'll
written, free from anything but frank
argument, and the authors ere men
who are entitled to, and require res
pcet.
The letter which appears IN to-
days issue from Norton, is deserving.
Of notice, partly because Of the a'l /
thor, and partly from the manner in
which he advocates his. cause and the
arguments he adslaees. II is hard to.
tell, however, ii tho language Of q
distinguished eongr esslnan sshefe orr.
friend il at. Tie does.
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rot advocate the removal to Norton,
but blazes away at Wise in q very
.ilnpetuous manner. He says that.
five minutes stay at Gladeyille Will
convince any one that coart-houses
do not build towns. We'll no, not OF
themselves they do not, and nobody
thinks that they do; but put court
house whore town is already started
and has othor favorable conditions
and it will enhance the value of prop
erty to great extent. Az general
rule, the county seats are. in certain
sense the chief towns of the conn
ties, that Wise is not the chief
town of Wise county Big Stone Gap
points the contrary.
That has nothing to do with the
case, however. Whether court
houses build up towns or tear them
down is not what the PosT Is trying
to get at. What we are fighting for
is the convenience of the peo-
pie, against the usurpations of the
LAWYERS and land spectators. IT
Norton was nearer the center of the
county, or if Coeburn or any other
place were, and the people were VIII
| ling. crit was to their interest to tax
them to erect new courthouse and
county jail, the Posr would advo-
cate the removal. No such argu-
ments have been adduced in the
present case, nor can be adduccd.
In regard to floating bonds for a
three mile road we would say to x : e
that the value Of railroad bonds do
not depend upon the length OF the
line, but upon what is behind them.
The bonds of the road between Ram
sew and Norton, if they have value
behind them, and they have, can be
disposed of as easily as some Of the
trunk lines.
In conclusion, * < = thinks the
building of this road Mas bluff.
Well, that does make US laugh.
When Greed .Flanary --and: Judge
Fulton start bluffing game by
reaching their hands in
their pockets and putting
down $4,000 X may rest as
surcd that they are in earnest, and
that they will win the jack pot sure.
1t is true that the petition for a
vote on the question has many sign
ers, but signing petition and vot-
ing that way are two very different
things. A petition was once clrcn-
lated in the House Of Delegates pro
viding for the hanging Of a member
and was signed by nearly three
fourths of that body, and when tile
petition was read in the House the
following morning there was great
CONSERVATION and Amusement.
Unless the convenience Of the
people can be bcttered, and unless
some other arguments, other than
eve want it because we do" are ad-
ducod, the Posi- is in favor Of the
courthouse standing where it is.