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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-11
BULLlTT At HIGHLANDS.
pocAuoSrAs, VA, Oct. End, 1854.

poc,uoyrAs. VA, Oct. End, 1854.
Editor Poet:
Hon. j. F. Bullitt, Jr.. arrived mere
nromntlv on the afternoon train and dis
cussot tbe issues of the campaig II i'll
most satisfactory manner last night.
Arrangements were soon made for a
,oint discussion between Mr.. Bullltt ana
COL J. S. Browning; Bullitt leading of IN
an hours speech, Browning following IN
an hour and haIfand Bullitt closing IN
half an hour.
There we're some three or four hundred
prescnt and Mr. Bulitt made a line I'M
prcs.ion. discussing the issues in 7iain
and intelligent way, and especially de-
monstrating the great benefits occurring
70 the masses from the new tariff bill over
the Mckinley bill.
Col. Browning made his usual speech,
claiming to be Il great friend to the labor
inr man. He especially dwelt on the gu
gar schedule and the low price of wheat,
saying that sugar had gone up ana wheat
had gone down. When AIr. Bullitt came
to reply to Browning, he said he had not
heard Of sugar going up any place except
at the Colonel's store about a mile from
here, where it was selling for ten cents,
and here in town at six cents, and as to
the wheat it didn't seem to effect the
price of the Colonel's -four, which he sold
at s 90 Der barrel. Flour sells here IL
town at 800 and $50 per barrel lie
also referred to the Colonies prices on
bacon, which goes at. - cents, while
here ii sells at 9 to o. cents. These rel
ercnccs TO the Colonies store prices
"rined" him and he rose to his feet, and
il looked Tor fow minutes rs Though
there might be trouble, but coolcr heads
took hand, and things quoted down,
ard Mr. Bulitt proceeded with his speech
without further interruption, though the
Colonel would not stag to hear him
through. bulitt said. however, ii ne was
tendcrfooted ahou; the matter that he
would make no further reference to it.
The Colonel, YOU inow.lis coal opera
tor and keeps 4 store at his mines and
sells good. TO his poor laborinG men to
whom he is such good friend, SO he says.
The colorcd contingent was well drilled
and left promptly in body as soon as
The Colonel had finished his speech.
Taking it all together, the speaking was
a success for the Democrats, and crea' d
enthusiasm among our people. We hone
TO see Mr.. Bullitt among Us again, all
believs he vii 90 the party good wherc7e
lie goes. SPECTATOR.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOE CONGRESS-9rn DISTRICT,
JUDGE II. s. x. MORRISON
OF SCOTT.
nara.ratic Platform.

Be i. resolved by the representatives. OF
the Democratic party of the Ninth OoA-
grcssional District in convention assem-
bled;
/. That we ssscrt and heartily approve
the PRINCIPLES laid down in the platform
or the national democratic party III conSen-
ton assembled. June %, 1892 hlcii Te"o'
as follows: I'VE dcnoUnce Republican,
protection as q fraud, & robbery OF the
great masses of the American people Tor
Tive honctft Of the few" We declare 1t TO
he q fnndamcJ.al principle Of the demo
cratic panty chat the federal soTcrh'nehI
has no constitutional power 10 iu'Poso
and co,lec; tariff duties except Tor '"e
purpose Of reuenue only, and We us,h"n"
thct the collections of such tax sha'' oe
limited to the necessity OF the govern
mcnt economically administered
,. We fully approve and heartily com
uerd the earnest effort that mas noe"
made by the democratic representatives
in the present congress to redeem 'he
pled~e. of TIE party made ct Chicago 10
reform the present unjust tarit, ana we
copds,pn "a selfish and unpatrlot'c me
.c;ion Of those democratic senators, VINO
bv their course in tho senate, nave mus
far prevented any modification OF tho tar a,
if laws and have left the people ana .hc
party srosning under tic burden OF 'Ac
odou. Mckinley law. :,
,. We favor the use of both gold ana
silver as a circulating medium, legal
tender for ell debts, public and private
The amount of silver to be limited only ny
the ability Of the government 10 sus'a'"
its parity with gold, and preserve lis puF-
eha.ins powell on al equality with soiu.
4. N'o endorse the wise and p"1r'o.i G
administration Of Grover Cleveland ana
poinr with pride to the action Of the pres
idert in maintaining the laws OF the
United States and the commerce ne'wceh
the states against anarchy ana reps''o'
in Chicago and the northwest.
). We do most heartily approve th" N
come feature Of the tariff bill, .halevins
~ we do that tho burdens 81 taxation
should he equal to the honciits conferred
aud that there is no SCENE OF taxation
which more eilectra]l.t accomplished tins
purpose than All equitable income TAX.
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FROM GATE CITY.
The People of Scott Hear Walker
Talk.
c. CRY. Va. Oct. s. 1904


Editor Post:
Gent Jas. \. Walker spoke Aers
to-day to good audience. He ut
terly failed to arouse any enthusiasm
ard his speech was disappointment
TO Republicans and Democrats
alike. He still maintains that he
never left the Democracy, that the
Democracy left him in 1888, that he
Heyer was for free raw material.
he took special pains to tell the
paopls that he was ? high protection
list, that he wanted free silver.
The most Of his speech was deyct
ed to the discussion Of the currency
question.
He made touching appeal to hold
lis old soldiers by telling Thorn that
lac reses deserted them when the bull
let's. were tying. but We venture to
say that not one Confederate soldier
in this county will support HIM.
He made an effort to delude his
hearers by telling them that high
protective tariff benefited first Of all
the laboring man by threaabare COM
.rarisons between tile cost Of pfoduc-5
items in this country and England.
n
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~ 0 protection, NO Plutocrats.

The twenty years reign Of protec-
ton By the Republican party has re-
suited in making the rich richer ard
the poor poorer The great well-to--do
middle class have rapidly disappear
ed and we are fast becoming nation
with a few men holding mammoth
fortunes and vast army without
homes. The farm mortgages aggre-
gate mor. than four thousand five
hundred million dollars. Tribute il
pouring into the Golfers of the mil
lionair protectionist in steady
stream.
Rome in her palmiest days never
received one tenth of the tribute that
is paid by the American people.
It all results from the unjust and
unequal laws. Protection must go.
The American people must not be
enslaved. Liberty bought With
blood must not be sold for gold.
Tie latent patriotism of l''6
must be aroused Plutocracy must
be dethroncd and virtue, merit ana
craftsmanship established.
l'reeAmericans foi the peIpctuatlon
Of free government must be the slogan.
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Tbr: New Election Law.

y
Tvs provisions Of the new election
= !.w are very plain AMI easily under
stood
Under the law all ballots are pro-
yiaed By the electoral board OF the
county and furnished to the Judges OF
election.
These ballots arc required TO have
tho names Of all candidates who com
DIV with the law printed upon thom'
and in addition arc required to have
She secl Of the electoral board affixed
thereto.
Ever elector qualified to vote al a
precinct when he demands it shall be
furnished with an official ballot by
cue Of the Judges Of election and
he shall then retire to one OF the vot-
inr booths and thcn draw line with
a pen or pencil through the names OF
the candidates on the ballot that he
does not wish to vote for, leaving the
naAcs of the candidates he does wish
to vote FOX unscratched. When The
voter has thus prepared his ballot he
shall fold it and hand it to the judge
of election, who deposits ii i'll the bal
lot Box. # the voter spoils ballot
in preparing ii to vote he can obtain
another from the Judges.
Any voter who cannot prepare ms
own ballot may call upon the consta'
bic, who is required to prepare the
same as the voter requests, striking
cut such names az the voter desires
stricken ont.
When the ballot is thus prepared
the voter folds it aad presents 1t to
the Judge, who deposits it in the bal
lot box. All persons not engaged IN
conducting the election, except the
voter presenting himself to vote, are
required to remain at least forty feet
from the ballot box.
The electoral board will provide
booths, which viii conceal the voter
from al other persons, whilst he is
preparing his ballot.
These booths may be Of cloth
stretched over frames or of any other
material, and may be set up in the
same room in which the election is
being conducted.
The intention of the law was TO
eliminate the hummer from the polls
and allow any man tc quietly bill up
his own ballot free from interference
or solicitation upon the part OF any
person.
We print the law in full in this is
sue and invite every voter to read it
for himself. We have given the pro
visions, which affect the voter, the
other provisions refer to the officers,
charged with the preparation Of the
ballot and the conduct Of the election
and define their duties.
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Appointments for speakers

near. Appointments for speakers
have been made in every county, and
they are filing them promptly
The rank and file are at work and
we are rapidly approaching a state OF
organization that viii make us in
vinciblc. 1t bchooycs every Demo
crat to be up ana doing now.
Whenever there is breech IN the
Inc, let it be speedily repaired. II
there is an urcuitivated spot in any
county, let the chairman and commit
teeman give it attention at once.
Let every Democrat do his duty
from now until the election, and VIC
tory will he assured.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-11
Free trade England and pauper Ia

Free trade England and pauper ia
bor,, was his hobby-horse.
In concluding his speech OF ABOUT
two hours he subsequently exc lam
Cd: "My fellow citizens, stand
here as the champion OF the laborll's
man. an enemy of the Democratic
party, the English manufacturer an e.
nonoDolies." But the people don
believe Mr. Walker, and the white .,,
haired old "Henry Of Navarro w y
find that his old soldiers will not iol
low his "white plume, y for it IS lead
ing in the path Of corruption and De
feat. -. 49,.
county say they are going to support
Morrison and are warranted in placing
his majority in Scott county at three
hundred. IL. IL. 'ohi Ne
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Bnckler.s CANNON ,iaIra

: f.'a hsst Salyeip the world for Cots.
bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Rhenm. Feye,
? Sores, letter, chapped Hauas, chiblatns-
oorns and all Skin Eruptioas, and nosi-
lively enres PILES, or no pay required. II
y guaranteed g ssive perfect satisfae,ion
or '''oass refunded. Price Is cents ner
box. For sale by ] ~, Kelly,
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ABINGDON VmcrslAs: Some babe
IN the goods from Buchanan says
that Walker in has speech there con-
WINGED the people that the only way
they could ever get their coal and
IRON developed, was to vote the Re-
pabiirap ticket! That's the most
wonderful discovery Of the age. Next
thing the agile James will be telling
the farmers of Russell! that the way g
to keep their milk from souring is to
vote the Republican ticket
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-11

The POST has the largest circula-
ton Of any paper IN Southeast Var
gina, and !, IS steadily Increasing.
An Inspection Of its srbscriptio" last
is inpitcd by tiIose contemplating al
rertis:ng.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-11
THE PRESS.

BLUErlELD JOURNAL: General
James \. Walker, just over the line.
voted for Cleveland in 1884; Fisk,
prohibitionist, in 1883, and Harrison
in 1892. 1t is reasonable to lock
out for him over in the populist coun-
try the next load OF poles.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-10-11
Tho Campaign,

TIE Democrats of the Ninth Con
gressieaal District arc warming. up tol
their work I'D tile election dfaws
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
A Too Early Rejoicing.


Republican newspapers are rejoic-
ing over what they assume to be the
death OF Democracy and base their
rejoicings upon the result of the con-
gressional elections. Is their Joy to
be justified by facts? Let us see. In
1890 there were 332 members of Con-
gress-as a result of the election Of
that year 235 Democrats sat in the
Fifty-second Congress. whereas in the
Fifty-first there had been less than a
majority of Democrats. Out of 356
members Of the Fifty-fourth Congress
the Republicans will have 255, twenty
more members in the house than pre-.
viously. The victory of the Republi-
cans this year is no more radical re-
vulsion than that of 1890 and there is
no more danger of party death than
there was to the Republicans in 1880.
Again, Republican newspapers all
over the land are claiming victory
for protection; Democrats see in it a
rebuke to Congress for not obeying
the command of the people with refer
ence to tariff reform, and result Of
hard times. Evidence of the truth Of
this is not wanting in the returns.
Why should it be that friend and foe
alike OF the Wilson bill as we'll as both
silver and anti-silver men should be
defeated? Was it not rebuke to
Democracy for not doing its duty?
Surely it is not possible that the tariff
reform Democracy represented high
tariff constituency, and the high tariff
Democrats free trade constituency
uniformly. all over the nation?
The country has simply taken one
of its periodic spells of topsy-turvey-
ness. 1t will not be forgotten that in
1874, with Tilden as = leader, the
country underwent a revulsion and
became Democratic, electing Isl Of
the 293 members of Congress from
the ranks of Democracy. In 1886
Van Buren, captured ITO electoral
votes against Harrison's 73, and in
lS4O Harrison captured 234 electoral
votes and Van Buren, only 60. The
country's history is full Of examples of
popular revulsion and the Democratic
party has survived many defeats and
will live to win many victories, chief
among which will be the election of
President in 1896.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
ORNITHOLOGlCAL LORE,

The muscles of the mocking birds
larynx are larger in proportion to the
size of the bird than those of any
other creature.
The German house builders ALWAYS
contrive to leave small, flat place on
the roof of each house for the storks
10 rest and build on.
The leaders of the flock of migrat-
ing wild geese become tired sooner
than Others, and are frequently re-
lieved by their fellows.
The largest bird in the world is the
condor. Condors with a spread OF
wing OF eighteen or twenty feet have
been shot in the Andes.
The smallest bird is a species OF
humming bird common in Mexico and
Central America. 1t is not quite SO
large as blue-bottle fly.
The woodpecker is an excellent car
penter. The hole he bores in tree
is as exactly round as though lined
out with pair of compasses.
The average golden eagle weighs
twelve pounds, is three feet from the
tip OF his bill to the tip OF his tail and
has wings of seven feet spread.
The offensive weapon of the ostrich
is his leg. He can kick as hard as q
mule, and it is a remarkable fact that
his kick is forward, never backward.
The cuckoo does not build nest,
but deposits its solitary egg in the
nest of another bird. The intruder is
always cared for by the deluded hosts.
The eye OF the vulture is so con-
structed that it is high. power tele-
scope, enabling the birds to see OBJ
]ects at an almost incredulous dis
tance.
The pelican's pouch is its game
bag. 1t stores the fish in the pouch,
and, when it has captured enough,
goes to land and devours them at their
leisure.
Young doves and pigeons are fed
with sort of pap secreted by the
parent bird. 1t is necessary to the
existence of the squads. They die
without it.
The bower bird is so called because
several of this species unite in con-
structing bower or playground, ap-
parently for no other purpose than
amusement.
Wild ducks, cranes, swallows and
several other kinds of birds assemble
in flocks as the time OF migration ap-
proaches and seem to discuss the de-
parture and the route.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
EXTREME COLD THAT BURNS.
Its Effects Are Not Very Different
From SeOrching by Heat.

Burning is usually associated with
heat, and it seems a misnOmer to
speak of cold burns. Chemists tell us
that really there is no such thing as
cold, which is relative to heat, and
that the lowest temperature yet regis
tered is some degrees above absolute
cold, says the Newcastle Chronicle. At
the last meeting OF the Swiss Society
of Natural Sciences, ut Lausanne, NJ.
Raoul Pictet gives some particulars
concerning cold burns experienced by
himself and assistants during his in
vestigations of the lowest temperatures
attainable.
There are two degrees Of burns. In
one case the skin reddens at first and
turns blue the following day, and
subsequently, the area OF the spot ex-
pands until it becomes nearly double
its original dimensions. The burn"
which is usually not healed until five
or six weeks after its occurrence, is
accompanied by a very painful itching
on the affected spot and the surround
ing tissues.
When the burning is more serious,
produced by longer contact with the
cold body, a burn OF the second degree
is experienced. In this case the skin
is rapidly detached, and all parts
reached by the cold behave like for
eign bodies.
A long and stubborn suppuration
sets in, which does not seem to &C.
celerate the reconstruction of the
tissues. The wounds are malignant,
and scars very slowly in a manner en-
tirely different from burns produced
by fire.
On one occasion, when Mr.. Pictet
wa. suffering from severe burn, due
to drop of liquid air, he accidently
scorched the same hand very seriously.
The scorched portion was healed in
ten or twelve days, but the wound
produced by the cold burn was open
for upward of six months.
In order to try the effect of radia-
ton in dry cold air, Mr.. Pictet held
his bare arms up to the elbow in a
refrigerating vessel maintained at 1O5
degrees, when a sensation of very
peculiarly distinct character was felt
over the whole skin and throughout
the muscles.
At first this sensation was not
disagreeable. but gradually it became
decidedly so, and after three or four
minutes the skin turned blue and the
pain more intense and deep seated.
On Withdrawing the arm from the re-
frigerator at the end Of ten minutes a
strong reaction was experienced, &C
companied by superficial intlamma-
ton of the skin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30

mone,ized, there had been only S,0OO,-
600 silver dollars coined. Since then
over 40O, 600, 900 has been coined.
The most valuable clock in the
world, made by Louis XIV, is now
owned by a member of the Rothschild
family, who bought it for $4,000.
The cap of the Washington monu-
ment is a pyramidal mass of alumni
ium, weighing 100 ounces. When
this was made aluminium was So a
pound.
The Carrara marble quarries are
practically inexhaustible. About IG0,-
600 tons Of marble are annually ex-
ported, most OF which comes to Amer
ica.
In 1892 this country exported to
Germany $33, 100000 worth of cattle,
breadstuffs and provisions. In 1889 it
exported about 100000 worth of the
same article.
The banner natural gas year for the
United States was 1888, when its pro-
duct reached the value OF 22,O00,0JO.
Last year the product was worth less
than $15,O0O,O00.
There are ten miles OF pneumatic
tubes in the streets OF Chicago. They
are used to deliver messages from the
telegraph offices and office of the
Associated Press to the newspapers
and City Hall.
Premier Rhodes OF Cape Colony, re-
ports that the South African diamond
product for the year is valued at e.
$4,000. After deducting expenses
barely $l,25OOOO remains, but the
dividends will be maintained.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
The snow Flower.
Philadelphia Times.

A traveller in Siberia tells us about a
wonderful plant found in the northern
mart of that country, where the ground
is perpetually covered with coating
Of frost and snow. 1t is called the
snow flower, and the description OF It
and its short life reads like a iairy
tale.
He says it shoots out OF the frozen
so;l ON the first day of the year and
attains u height OF feet. on the
third day it blooms, remaining open
for only "a hours. Then the stem,
the leaves and the flower are converted
into snow-in other words, the plant
goes back into its original elements.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30

Mckinley tariff restored, for two years,
and that there is time enough remain
ing to the Democratic Congress to pass
the free raw material bills which have
already passed the house and are pend
ing in the Senate. On this point the
Herald says:
"These facts are well known to the
men who are now restoring wages and
csuming work, and their talk about
the restoration of public confidence by
the Republican victories may come to
be regarded by the workingmen as
part of the general conspiracy to
frighten them into voting for higher
tariff duties"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30
CURIOS.

One of the curious things about the
Gulf Stream is that no whales are
found in it.
From 1910 to 1850 the sum total of
foreign arrivals in the United States
was 1,53O,OOO.
New Zealand is contemplating pen
sioning all citizens when they reach
certain age.
1t is half a century since the world
had all that is best of the writings of
Thomas Carlyle.
Much distress has prevailed in the
Punjab for months, owing to dullness
in the shawl trade.
Last year Australia produced gold
to the value of $5,OO0,00O in excess Of
any other country.
Bolata, the product OF tree in Su-
matra, is becoming rival of India
rubber and gutta percha.
The brain OF an idiot contains much
less phosphorus than that of a person
OF average mental powers.
1t is considered unlucky in Ireland
to view funeral procession while the
beholder is under an umbrella.
In June of this year 100000
children were found to be enrolled in
the schools of the United States.
A New York man is reported to
have killed SO rattlesnakes at one time
recently in q den that he discovered.
Man has never seen the inside of
some of the Egytian pyramids since
they were first built, so far as known.
The worlds total gold yield last
year was $26,2SS,6 600, an increase of
about $2,5OO,OOO over the previous
year.
The leg of perfectly formed man
should be as long as the distance from
the end of his nose to the tip of his
fingers.
Lieberkhhn estimates that the ex-
tent of respiratory surface in the hu-
man lungs is not less than 1,4OO
square feet.
The heart ordinarily beats about
seventy times minute, and throws
about two ounces of blood at each
contraction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-11-30

A LITTLE girl recently gave u forci-
ble though unconscious illustration of
what foreigners find perplexing pc
culiarity OF our language. Her young
er brother inquired: "Do cows give
beef and ham?" "Of course they
don't" was the scornful reply. "You
ought to know better than that.
Cows lay milk"