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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23
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Forrest was one Of the greatest
military geniuscs the Confederacy
produced. He went right to the
point in his battles and won. The
letter of G. j. a. in yesterdays
State commenting on the Statc's re-
view if Ingersol's lecture in defence
of suicide scores some good points,
especially in the allusion to The inf
del's stuff about courage Of the soul. y
G.. a. J. does him up SO we'll that it
is worth repeating, if for no other
reason than to show the difference
between high-sounding talk and real
practice. He says:
"Ingersoll seems to be very bold
fellow. He is not afraid to insult
Almighty God to His face. But he
had chance once to look into the
muzzlc of a musket, with a Confed-
crate soldiers eye glancins along The
barrel of it. One look was enough.
He took to cover and was never
known to go any nearer to death al
forwards than boom-proof position
in the rear of the army. He was
captured, and General Forrest, know
ing the reputation of his prisoner,
offered to exchange him for a mule. :"
Forrest was, indeed, a rough-and
ready man, but he was true man to
whom scntimentality was nauseating,
and who believed in "getting there
first" But in all his splendid mill
tary successes he never was more
brilliant than when he downed the
disappearing mouther by Offering to
give him back to the Federal army
in exchange for mule.
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bearing bonds to carry on the govern

ment
"Mr. President, it is not pleasant
ever to indulge in personality, but my
attention has bscn called recently 10
an Infamous statement coming from
generally reputable source, made IN
the public press, to the effect thas
my action in regard to the letter OF
the President to Mr.. Wilson IN re-
gard to the bill had been dictated by
a feeling of revenge against his excel
lency because he had ignored me ne IN
regard to the patronage Of my State.
The Senator from New York Mr.
Hill) was kind enough in concluding
his speech when he played the role
of Marc Antony, and when some peo-
pie suspected that he would really
like to have played Marc Anthony
and come to bury Caesar and not 70
praise him, to say that after TINS
classic group had attacked our MOI
ern Caesar, he knew not what private
grief l might have.
"NIr, President, | have no private
grief, but | wish to acknowledge IN
most public manner my gratitude to
the president for having relied me
from all responsibility in regard TO &,
appointments in Missouri Sir, II
there is anything in my public LIE
which has afforded me any pleasure
real and substantial, it has been the
fact that the president, in the OK,
ercise of his constitutional right OF
which don't complain, informed me
that he no longer desired my advice
regarding Missouri patronage. MOI OF
again during this administration Will
| stand in crowded antc-rooms look
ing into the anxious, hagsard faces
of expectant office seekers. Not
again will l be admitted into the au-
gust presence. Nor will [ watch the
shadows, partially produced by IN
dignation, that flows across the eX-
ecutive brow, and feel my heart sink
as each shadow came and went. Not
again will | be cursed at country
postofficcs, upon village corners, as
an migrate who has given no offices
to his friends. Sir, were 1t not fol
this tariff debate and this tariff
discussion l would now indulge IN
the estacy of that wcll-knowc hymn
"Then shall / battle my weary soul,
In seas Of endless rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast
II have nothing to complain of or
the part of the president. | am ready
to follow him now as the Scots tot
flowed the banners of Bruce when he
fought for country and home.
fight for no man. fight for prin
ciple, my party and my country. Men
pass away like clouds from the even
ing sky, but principle must live for
ever. Sir, when any man living ac
cuses me of personal motives in
what | have done in connection with
this bill, but my connection with it
is now ended, | simply answer him
as Marmion to Douglass: LORD
Angus, thou hath lied. y
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The VitriIelic Vest.

In the senate Wednesday, Vest, Of
Missouri, concluded his speech as fol-
lows:
Occurring again to an unpleasant
subject, hope for the last time, !
wish to say [ have no quarrel with
the president of the United States.
made no attack upon the president
of the United States. The senator
from New York (NIr. Hill) did me
an injustice when he put me in the
role of the envious Casca, who stab
bed Caesar at the foot of Pompey's
statue. simply defended the mo-
tiyes Of myself and my colleagues
upon the finance committee against
the imputations in the presidents
letter. lit were necessary to-day in
order to remain in public life that |
should retract one word of what |
said in tile senate | should not utter
it. No man, no matter how high
his position, has alright to perpetrate
an injustice upon another. After
the president of the United States
has told my colleagues, for had not
been to the White House, that al
though he preferred free coal and
free iron, still the bill as we were
pairing it would receive his support,
and after we had given on, labor, our
energy, almost our lives in The prep
aration of this bill, for the president
then to come before an American
people and denounce measure which
he had failed to denounce before, al
though he knew its provisions, was
an act OF gross injustice to those Of
us who had suffered more than he.
"The result has been and will be
under exciting circumstances that
the best campaign document furnish
ed the republican party. Of which we
will not hear the last until the APP
preaching canvass is ended, will be
the letter of the president denounc-
ing the senate without exception, for
having framed the bin, the proyis-
ions Of which are now necessary, ae-
rording to the secretary Of the treas
pry, to prevent the issue Of interest
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The Duty Of the Hour.

After nomination is made by the
Bristol Convention it behooves the
Democrats all over the District to
organize for what will likely prove
one of the most holly contested po-
litical fights that our people have
ever known. The Republicans are
confident and aggressive, and appear
eager for the coming fray. But. un-
less we greatly mistake the temper
of our Democratic brethren they
will see to it that this new born Re-
publican, Gen. Walker, is treated to
political death and burial which
shall know no resurrection day. lie
has allied himself with party which
by tradition and principle and incli-
nation is bitterly hostile to the high
est and best interests of the South.
tits south hating party, party OF
! Force bills, party of Federal Elec-
ton laws, party whose almost ev-
cry principle commits it to policy
of vicious National Capitalization.
and one whose industrial tencts leads
to the creation Of trusts and monop-
lies. Gen. Walker stands under Its
banners and must necessarily fight
for these principles. Upon such
questions the people of the South
cannot afford to assume any waver-
ING position. AS in the past they
must in the future, prove firmly, con-
sistently tue to the principles Of
that party which at all times and
under all circumstances has ever
proved the champion Of their rights
and faithfully loyal to their interests
We must grid on our armor and pre-
pare to do battle as br avely, as un'
Ainchingly and as effectively for the
Democratic party as in past cam
paigns. Gen. Walker may lead gal
lantly, but he will lead to certain, te
disastrous defeat.
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The Democratic Convention to Re-
assemble.

at meeting of the District DEM
ocratic Committee for the 9th Con-
srcssional District Of Virginia, held
at Big Stone Gap, Va, on August
18th, 1894, the following resolution
was adopted:
That, Whereas, at the convention
Of the Democratic party, held atBris-
tol, Va, on the 8th day of August,
1891, for the purpose of nominating
candidate to represent the 9th Con-
OCCASIONAL District in the 81 Congress
ofthe United States, Hon. II. S. X.
Morrison, Of Scott county, was de-
clarcd the nominee Of the convention;
And, whereas. on the 18th day Of
August, 1894, he declined to accept
the nomination, giving his reasons
therefor in his letter of that date:
Therefore,
Belt resolved, That the Convcn-
ton be re- assembled at the Harmed
ing Opera House in the city of Bris-
tol Va, on Wednesday the Goth day
Of August, 1891, at II o'clock noon;
to Lp composed of the delegates duly
appointed to the Convention of Au-
gust Sth, 1894; and with the same
organization of that Convention, sub
ect to the right of delegates duly
chosen thereto to participate therein
upon presentation Of proper creden-
tials. Accordingly the said con-
vcntion is ordered to re-assemblc at
the time and place and upon the con-
ditions above mentioned, for the pur
pose Of completing its work.
By order of the District Commit
tee. II. A LYNCH,
j. G.. MAySoR, Chairman.
Secretary.
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9th Congressional district in conven

9th Congressional district in conyen-
ton assembled,
LIST. That we assert and heartily
approve the principles laid down in
the platform Of the National Demo
cratic party in convention assembled,
June 22nd, 1892, and especially APP
prove the clause therein which reads
as follows We dcnounce Republi-
can protection as fraud, robbery
of the great masses Of the American
people for the benefit of the few"
We declare it to be fundamental
principle Of the Democratic party
that the federal government has no
constitutional power to impose and
collect tariff duties except for the
purpose of revenue only and we de-
mand that the collection Of such tax
shall be lilhited to the necessity of
the government economically admin
istercd
End. We fully approve and hear
tily commend the earnest effort that
has been made by the Democratic
representative in the present con-
gress to redeem the pledges of the
party made at Chicago to reform the
present unjust tariff, and we con-
denim as selfish and unpatriotic the
action of those Democratic Senators
who, by their course in the Senate,
have thus far prevented any modih-
cation of the tariff laws and have
left the people and the country
groaning under the burden Of the
odious Mckinley law.
3rd. We favor both the use o.
gold and silver as a circulating me-
dunn, legal tender for all debts
public and private, the amount OF
silver to be limited only by the abll
ity of the government to suit its
parity with gold. and preserve it
purchasing power on an equality witt
gold.
4th. We endorse the wise anC
patriotic administration Of Grover
Cleveland, and VIC point with pride
to the action of the President II
maintaining the laws of the United
States, and the commerce between
the States against anarchy and re
bcllion in Chicago and the North
west.
9Th. We do most heartily ap
prove the income feature of the tariff
bill now pending before Congress
believing as we do that the burden;
of taxation should be equal to tho
benefits conferred and that there is NJ
scheme of taxation which more Ell
fectually accomplishes this purpose
than an equitable Income tax.
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The Passage OF the Tariff Bill.

A sigh Of relief goes up from all
parts of the country at the welcome
news that a tariff bill has at last
passed the House and Senate and is
in the hands of the President Tor his
approval. We have commended Tor
months that whatever the merits OF
the contention as regards the present
hill might be, the most serious harm
resulting to the commercial and IN
dustrial interests of the country was
occasionod by congressional delay
and inaction, and the consequent sus-
pense experienced by all classes of our
people. Now that the Senate bill has
received the sanction and approval of
the House, we may look with con-
siderable reason for better times.
That coal and iron ore have not
been placed on the free list, is fact
which this section Of the country
should contemplate with peculiar
satisfaction. The duty laid upon
them by the Wilson bill, while not
unreasonable or prohibitive, is sufii
cient to prevent disastrous foreign
competition-especially in regard to
Nova Scotia coal. But this aside.
AS wc have just said, suspense is at
an end-uncertainty, painful nncer-
tainty has given way to certainty,
aud TO this favorable condition, busi-
ness has already begun to respond in
a manner that must be gratifying to
every man who wishes we'll for his
country. The south, IN an excep-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23

Ny hoy was taken with a disease Pc
sembling blood fux. The first thing !
thought of was Chamberlain's Collie. Cho..
era and Dlarrhoea Remedy. Two doses Of
1t settled the matter and cured him sound
ana well. heartily recommend this rem
edy to all persons suffering from like
complaint. / will answer any inquiries
regardiasit when stamp is enclosed. /
refer to any county official rs to nv rclia-
hllity. WIN. Roach, j. p, Drimroy.
Campbell county. Tenn. For sale ssIg
Kelly q Evans, General store. Is,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23
Relation Of Tariff to Business.

Reports from New lorll, the cOun-
try's business centre, to-day say that
already there is a revival of business,
owing to the senttlement Of the tariff
question. This was to be expected.
No matter what amendments to the
tariff might be suggested the agita-
ton of the matter would necessarily
impede business.
Tariff agitation, however, has not
alone been responsible for the gener-
al depression. The existence of
genuine tariff reform has been one of
the main factols. Why have mills
and great manufacturing establish
ments been shut down? Simply be-
cause they could not sell their goods.
Why have they failed to sell their
goods? Because the home market is
glutted and they cannot get foreign
market. Genuine tariff reform ,equita-
bic, considering the whole people,
rather than any one section, is the
perfect test.
Such tariff reform will not be got
ten from this Congress, That is APP
parent. Renewed business activity
will come because the hurtful agita-
ton has ceased. One lesson, at least,
should be learned by members of
Congress, and men who aspire TO
pleaces in the National Legislature.
The country can stand long wind
Ell discussion. The country expects
Congress to act more and talk less.
This matter could have been settled
during the first month of the session.
State.
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Is. the coming Bristol Convention
let personal piquc and prejudice give
way to party patriotism. Nominate
the best man whoever he be and de-
ternine that the standards of De-
mocracy shall not be lowered before
the vcndal flags of Republicanism
The nominee must and shall receive
the united, harmonious aud agrees
i've support of the Democratic party
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tional degree, will enjoy the business
revival. With her splendid climate,
her productive soil, with an almost
infnity of material resource, and
with people Loyalty confident as to
her magnificent future, we, indeed,
have reason for rejoicing.
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The nomination of Hon. James a.
Walker for Congress will put the
Democracy of the Ninth District on
it's mettlc. We have it in for Repub-
licans in general this fall, but espec,
iallv for the new converts who have
deserted from our ranks. Gen.
Walkers overwhelming defeat will
prove delightfully."- acceptable to the
Democratic palate throughout the
State
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23

Democratic Platform Adopted by
che Bristol Convention.
THE Committee on resolutions re-
ported and recommended the follow
ing platform:
Be it resolved by the Representa-.
tiyes Of the Democratic party Of the.
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TuEpop-sun bills have all exploded

AND now we are told that Secre-
tary Carlisle says that the tariff bill
recently passed is the best of its
character that has eyer been framed.
Sclah!
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AND the further rumor has reach
Cd us that Mr.. Secre airy Carlisle IS
about to resign the Treasury Port
folio and Hon. VIM. L. Wilson will
be appointed in his place.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23

The POST has the largest circu1a-
t'o'a Of any paper IN Southeast Tir-
g''''o' and 1t IS steadily Increasing.
An inspection Of Its subscription list
IS '"ritcd BY those contemplating adj
uertising
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-08-23

You can buy q good novel, neatly
bound IN cloth for only twenty-five cents,
at Fred Hoback's drug store.
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Tariff Reduction.

To those Democratic crokers who
are constantly condemning the Will
son bill as un. democratic and false
to the Chicago platform, we earnestly
commend the following table, which
shows the percentage of reduction OF
import duties provided for in this
bill on some Of the articles embraced
The oasis., 1894-12-20

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS. pub lished at Denver, Colo, is the only daily Populist paper in the nation. It's cartoon; apropos to the times, with every issue is worth the subscription, and 1t is full, fair and strong for the cause Of reform. Daily, 5Oc per month: Weekly, sl in advance Send SC for sample copy.
The oasis., 1894-12-20

Train No l connects with s. P train No. 19 east bound, passing Bowie at 7.50 a. m. Train No. connects with s. P. train NO. 20 west bound, passing Bowie Junction at e:5 D. m.
 No. and 2 run daily except Sunday and connectiwlth stage line at Pima, to and from to Basin. Tallug effect Oct 20, 1894
 VIM, GARLAND Pes,
The oasis., 1894-12-20

copa at l:l2P.M.
 southern Pacific west bound, passes Mari copa at l250A. M., PaclEc time. A, daily. Trains stop on signal. Trains 2, {. ands6 connect with Hnnsaker stage Line between Mesa and Geldheld. Trains connect with trains of southern pa enc railroad. Connect at Tempe with stages Ter Mesa Clty, and at Phoenix with stages for Prescott, Gillett, Wickenburg and Vuture.
 c. S. HASTEN.
 Gen, Manager.
The oasis., 1894-12-20
CITY AND COUNTY.

last week, and is now at the Empir ranch. Vail cattle to the extent 0 large numbers, will be shipped to Chi no to be fattened on beet sugar pulp
 The street sprinkler man last weel reaped his harvest. His sprinklin, was done for him, and all he had to d, was to collect his sprinkling fees anC pay rental on his wagon. Rain or n, rain, sprinkling bills are paid in Tue son.
 The Thos. Hughes Hardware com pany is constructing 5000 gallon iror tank for use in the San Carlos reser vation. 1t was ordered by Capt. Meyer of the Eleventh Infantry. The com pany does large trade :n the manu facture of iron tanks.
 At Tucson Chas. F. Hoff has in view the erection of a large ice house to be so constructed so as to reduce meltage to a minimum. MT. Hoff says that if he decides to make the improvement, he will sell natural ice next summer at one cent pound The price of natu- ral ice depends entirely on the mel tage.
 The fight at the Tucson opera house last Saturday night between Carter and Harper resulted in the latter be- ing knocked out in just two minutes. Harper was able to raise from the floor when time was called three times after he received the knockout blow, but the fourth time the referee called time" he was too groggy and was counted out.
 c. F. Hoff has dropped politics and gone back to business. He will call meeting of the directors to get un- der way the new telephone lire be- tween Tucson, Gro Blanco and other points southward. They will formu- late prospectus, to set forth the merits of the enterprise, and later solicit subscriptions thereon. The to- tai cost of the line will be s600O, of which s3500 are now in sight.
 B. J. Zabriskie suffered painful ac- cident the other day at the railroad shops in Tucson. He was fitting a flue of boiler and in some way one of his fingers was caught, the end being talk en of just above the nail. MT. Za- briskie had the presence of mind to put the severed piece back in the place at once and apply bandages. The two pieces will probably grow together again.
 At Tucson Saturday, Harry Horton, met with an accident which came very | near proving fatal While in his room. he took a pistol from bureau drawer and was crossing the room with it when his foot caught in a rug and he fell to the floor. The revolver was discharged, the bullet shattering the bone in the middle finger of the left hand. It will be some days before Mir. Horton will be able to use the injured member
 A. \. Towne. general manager of fl the Southern Pacific railroad passed Tucson from the west on special Monday night shortly after 9 o'clock and returned about Il.30 with q party )f English stockholders in the Central II Pacific, who were in a special and whom Mir. Towne escorted to Califor- lia. They are committee sent Dy dissatisfied English stockholders to investigate the cause of depreciation n value of their stock. TIE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, pub- lshed at Denver, Colo, is the only
The oasis., 1894-12-20
New Mexico & Arizona R. R.

Time, 70 minutes faster than Benson time. J. A. NAUGLE, Asst Gen. Manager.
The oasis., 1894-12-20
Arizona 6 Southeastern R R

Flag Stations. Stop on signal. Daily. except Sunday.
 BEN WILLIAMS, supt.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
SIMMER IN INDIA.

=
,.,,,e reel beneath the yoke they bear
" 7. 'a ssrth & iron and the skies are brass
~ s. 4, with feryor Of the flaming ar,
n The languid hours pass.
IL we'll Is dry beneath the village tree .
u ~ & voung wheat withers ere # reach q
span, !, ~, cr,,allv
where once the river ran.
,rothers, pray, but TO no earthly king
|' IN ~ your hands above the biighted
grain, u.
& shall bring
rbeIr mercy with the rain.
III westward the blue no brown
cloud bank?
M. Il is writtenwnereio should We
fly? :
!. ~ own field and by our cattle's flank
4 Tie down, lie downto die!
n Rudyard Kiplins.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
WISE WORDS.


1t is always safe to be right.
Foreboding is always an enemy Of
rest.
What little god some big people
worship.
Doubts are like bats; they can only
live In the dark.
Men are often gamers when they
lose their money.
1t costs less to be contented than it
does to be unhappy.
Too many people would rather have
glory than goodness.
The man who seeks happiness must
learn to take short steps.
Society is what people are when
they know they are watched
Fortune never changes men. Itollly
brings out what is already in them.
sis the young man sase?' Not
while his father is taking crooked
steps.
The man who is the least " illing to
practice is sure to find the most fault
with the preaching.
People who are always telling their
troubles are never at g loss for some
thing to talk about.
Self-denial is about the last thing
some people undertake when they
start out to be religious.
No man is truly brave who hasn't
the courage to do right. = Rams
Horn.