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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
A PLAN THAT FAILED.
me fnst md the Future of Irrigation
i'm Kansas Told in Few
Words.

Fer time much was said and writ.
ten about the promise of irrigation. II
was believed that il would revolutionize
the plains and make of them gardens.
But that day is past. Irrigation with
out wafer is failure, and the plains
have not enough water for the bitches
that have been already dug. Vast
reaches of upland cannot be reached by
water except by pumping it out Of the
ground, and frequently il is nearly as
far to water in that direction as il is
overland. Windmill and pump can SUE.
ply the vegetables. and make sure TINT
there Will be enough -four in the bin
but II cannot mosten the whole claim
ms has been demonstrated. ALONG
the river bottoms there is hone. aud
many hourishing irrigation plants ex-
ISL Numerous other ditch properties
however, are in the hands of receivers
and are losing money. The future use.
iulnesS of irrigation seems likely TO be
to small territories fayorablv
situated, rather than TO bc applied 70
me plains generally Charles MORGAN
harger, in Harper's Magazine.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
JACOB WAS WILLING.
He Knew What Was Wanted, But He
Didn't Know Exactly How to
Express 1t.

VI course it was because Jacob Nuzen.
schmdt had never attended meeting of the
Hamilton common council that he made the
brea that is credited TO him. Nearly every.
one laughed when he was elected alderman.
but the day after the new councils first
meeting they laughed harder.
Jacob had seat up toward the front. lie
was fat and the desks were further apart
there, that's why he was given the position.
AT the beginning of the meeting a rcsolu.
ton was offered advocating the paving of
Sibley street.
as there anyone to second this?" asked
the president of the council, for that's the
way they do things in Hamilton
What dos dot meaned? Dot seckonting"
sked Jacob of his neighbor He was in.
formed
.Thereupon he rose to his feet, and, tap
ping his breast three times, he exclaimed:
dot ees seckoneded by me, aindt it,"
What is it you second?" asked the chair,
having forgotten the original resolution in
The time that it had remained unsupported.
And Jacob replied: 81 seckoneded dot dot
Sipley strasse be NIT cetar plocks galso.
mined. "-Detroit Free Press
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
HUMOROUS.

She -"And are you sure, Henry, yor
want me for your wife?' He-"No
dear; l want you for myself Wash
ington Star.
She's a clergyman's daughter, isr.'t
she?" "Yes; he's the rector. his wife,
the director, and she's the mis-di-
rector!"-Town Topics.
She--"I hope you were polite to
papa, dear?' He-"Indced / was. /
gave him cordial invitation to make
his house my home. Tit Bits.
Il see an actor has been given a COM
mission in the army" Il wonder if he
will insist on having the center Of the
battlefield" 49, Philadelphia North
American.
At the Tea.-Jones-"Miss Verbose
has just embarked on one of her con
versational voyages" Smitbers-
Yes. and her escort is overheard al
ready. boston Traveller.
Short Equipment.-"Read about
that man who rides a wheel without
having any feet?" That's nothing
lots Of people ride who haven't any
head.-Dctroit Free Press.
An Amended Ttle.-"The anncxa-
ton Of the Philippines will begin a
new era in our history" "Dccidcdly.
wonder If we ought 10 call ourselves
the United States of America and /
Asia ?"-Puck.
Patriotic Customcr-"Yes. I'd like !
to buy that flag you just showed me.
but the price is too high. Can't Won
come down couple of dollars?" Deaf
er-"What! Lower Old Glory. Never"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Double Rcscmblance.-Farm
Oatbin (sadly)-"Childrcn are jest like
brood of young quail. As soon as
they get old enough. away they 90 ,
rom the old nest in every dircction.'
Farmer Corncrib (more SADLY
'Ya-as; jest like quail. As soon ~
hey mate, away they come back &c
he old feeding ground again. "-.IudCc
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
sTRAINING A FR-5N DSHn.
A Story Which snapped tho noncs
Tint United Two sweet
Young Things.

They were standing at the counter, ant
/ couldn't help but hear.
Talk about hard lick" said the CIR
with the hot chocolate. 81 know WON
an who had an awful thing happen to bel
over in New York
Oh do tell me about it," gurgled the
girl with the ice cream soda.
"Well, went on the chocolate girl she
not wealthy at all, you know, and she
doesn't k - a nurse. So, one day, when
she had IN down town shopping. she took
her bah = and left it at one of these day
nursery ereche places. They CAV, MT. E
check for (, and she went off shopping She
didn't ccme back to the crcche TIL late in
the afternoon, ARD when she went to take
out the check it ~as gene
Good graciousl" said the girl with the
ice cream soda, looking shocked. "Nhat
did she 1o?"
We'll" went on the chocolate girl, "they
told her she couldn't take the baby without
a check, and she d have TO wait till the other
babies were taken away, and then she could
have what was left. So she waited for hours
and hours, till all the babies were gone but
one, and when she went to get that well,
the only baby left was a colored baby"
ooh, how perfectly awful exclaimed
the girl with the ice cream soda, in accents
of horror. What did she do? Wasn't she
perfectly frantic? Ny goodness, how hor-
riblel Didn't she ever get her baby back
again? should think she'd have been per.
fcctly crazy. What did she do?'
"Oh said the chocolate girl, coolly, che /
took the colored baby. 1t was hers. She /
was colorcd, you know"
And in the silerce which followed could |
rear the swapping Of the bonds of tender
md lifelong friendship. Washington Post.
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Beyond His RPacb

The count became passionate in his
pleading.
"Be mine" he cried. 81 have titles
and landed estates! l will give you
a position in the society in which 10y
atty moves! Say that may hope for
YOU"
She sighed, blushed and shook her
head
You got into the market too late,
count she said in a busincss-like
way. at has already been cornered."
The next day her engagement to a
young man on the board of trade was
announced.-Chicago Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
TIRE DrGNIFrED WOMAN.
WIZ Little severe on the Cny,.
Qua Woman. nut She Was
Provoked.

enc Is dignifed woman. and sore,;,n..
sue 's oVerpowering. The unwarv do 49,
perceive this quickly, however Tho AZ; AZ
n"eu woman has been spending SOMA -
IN one Oh the hospitals OF this c;tv Sbo
went there for rest and quiet. since shs
mas recovered her health she tens s sns
is one: e~PS'e"ce here
The dgnifed woman was woIl;,. l..
the hall one day when she was acons,o u1H hi II
the curious woman. The cur;ors ' 800. ny
,~ "u "een wondering about the digni6ed
IN. your pardon, madam, but would
on for?" ""'e "eeh operated
.. Mat exclaimed the dignifed womo,
T.. wen explained the curious woman "rov
friend IN the next room and I have been
"V,uering about you. You walk abop, tba
nan WIN such a light and sprngy stem that
we WONDER about what kind OF an operation
You have undergone" '''"''0"
rue curious woman held her ground She
vas determined to know what was the mat.
'er with the dignifed woman.
nc dignifcd woman replied.
nave not been operated upon vet"
theticaly. "Oin'"' Sy'npa-
No, am not familiar with operation. y
SAID the dignifed woman.
! ne curious woman interrupted: "Tbcv
are very successful here. Don't be wor.
l am wondering about an operation IN
inc brain, said the digniied woman, in =
very dlgnified and distant manner. 81 won.
uer IL they could operate upon the brain in
sa a way as to enable people to attend 70
ne curious woman snorted and walked
away in high dudgcon. N "''''u
ne dlgnlhed woman was severe. if is truo
public. N'' LOUIS l'e-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
Try Aliens EOOt-Ensa

:, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. Al
this season your feet feel swollen. nervous
and not, and get tired easily. If you have
1,mIartIng feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
foot-Ease. II cools the feet and makes walk
ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet
blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort
Try 1t to-ddg. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for &c. Trial package FREE. Adj
dress, Allen S. Olmstcd. lie Roy. n. Y.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

We are asserting in the courts our right
to the exclusive use of the word "Cas,oriS y
and Pitchers Castoria, as our Trade Mark
l, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massa.
enusetts, was the originator of Pitchers
Castoria, the same that has borne and does
now bear the fac-simile signature Of Chas.
II: Fletcher on every wrapper. This is the
original pitchers Castoria" which has been
used IN the homes Of the mothers of America
LOT over thirty years. Look carefully at the
always bought, and has the sign3ture of
Shas. II. Fletcher on the Wrapper. No one
mas authority from me to use my name OK.
GGept The Centaur Company, of which Chas.
IL. Fletcher is president. N''"''
March 8, 1897. '-' 80
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

am now taking the eleventh box and have
been greatly benefited
Il was also troubled with nervous pros.
tratlon and numbness of my right arm and
hand 50 that at times | could hardly endure
the pain. but that has all passed away. I
now have a good appetite and am able 10 do
my own work. Have done more this sum
mer than in the past four years put together.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
cured me and ] think it my duty to let other
sufferers know it."
Hundreds OF equally remarkable cases
have been cured 10y DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
HcsOurCefuI Artist

49, ",ReSourceful? Well, should say he was
Why, his children got hold of a haif.6n.
s9 i9 sketch and bottle of ink yesterday.
the sketch" ''o ~
.Oi course not. But where does his re-
sourceiulness come in?"
why. another artist would have c;von
up and begun all over again, wouldn't he -
Naturally" NC
We'll, this one just sold the thing as if
was Tor a war map. Chicago Post.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
The Climate of Cuba.

Because of frequent rains in Cuba ma.
srlal levers arc a common allment there.
Just as they are in many sections of the
United States. Ailments of tins kind no
matter IN what part of the globe they occur,
are IRE quickly cured with Hostetter's Stomach
ipltters. BESIDES being a specific for ma.
llarial troubles, these Bitters also make nnre
blood, strong nerves and muscles. and firm
healthy flesh. They have no equal for dys,
pepsia and constitution.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
Gigantic Moses.

Mr.. Dusen, German traveller who
recently explored the west coast of
Patagonia, says that MOSES of all
species are developed there to an ex-
traordinary degree. They grew in i'm.
mense heaps, the explorer sinking to
bis :rmpits in some of them.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
Rather Anfiuue

Gunn-Ive just succeeded in perfecting an
invention that will revolutionizc modern
warfare and make my fortune.
Dunn-lndeed! What is the nature of
your discovery?
"A powder that's absolutely noiseless."
'Pshaw! That's old; women have been
using it for centuries Chicago Evening
News
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

Under British rule the cotton crop of
Egypt has doubled, and now amounts
to over 5O0,C0O,OoO pounds a wear
Egypts cotton crop is one of Great
strongest attractions TO tina
Nile country.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
Safe.

Mrs. O'Flanngan-Ain't yez afraid Yer
Dye DinnX VIII cit Kit in the war?
Mrs. OFlaherty-Not a bit of II Suro
\. Journal ''-''N - user S'-N'
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
No Cause for Alarm,

is said. "e mann "
Miss Cutting-Oh, well, don't be uneasy.
you're not so brilliant.-Chicago Evening
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
To Cure Gold I'm one Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money il it fails TO cure. Csc.

Some. young men," remarked the oh.
server OF men and things, "have such daz.
zlng futures that they can't see where they
are stepping. Detroit Journal.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

Young Doctor (exultantly)-"Wer. I've
been successful with my first patient I" Ola
DIoctor-"Of what did you relieve him ~
Young Doctor-"Two guineas. Tit. Bit.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

Quality. price and advertising. And tho
greatest OF these isn't either quality o, price
although It takes a combination OF ali tbrce
TO win.-L. A. w. Bulletin. - &C. VII &c
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

You kin git yo' daily bread by prayin'."
says Uncle Nose but de nightly chicken
mas to be hustled TO. "-Indianapolis Jour.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
Futures.

Some. young men" remarked the oh.
server OF men and things, have such dag.
zhng futures that they cant see where
they are stepping. Detroit Journal
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

Nothing pleases us more than to GET two
,WHy ost:e oores to boring each other
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

>. When a pretty girl has good, hard sense
u indicates that she has an uncommonly sen.
slble mother-Atchison Globe.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

Money talks" II there is any cbancs
S iSmIIIng to you, that's back taxi. A. w.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21
.ereiving any hclp.

NJ Y nus.
band having
read in the
newspaper
of DR.. VIII
hams' Pink
p for
Pale People,
induced me
TO try them.
| began TAX
ingthen last
NOVenn Der,
but expert
cnced no re-
lief until /
had taken
six boxes. |
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken Internally. Price 75c.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-07-21

%, AFTER six years suffering, was cured bv
ASo lure, Mary Thomson. 29iG Ohio
ave. Allegheny, Pa, March 10, '94.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-29
'W0[M]AM' S [&DN@|D0M] ~-0
y Conducted by MRS. WILLIAM KING

Queen Jezebel. When he found his life
was threatened he fled. and as he sat I'M
der the juniper tree his heart was sad
within him and he troubled. He even
went so far to ask God to take away
his life. He forgot, in his great distress,
what God had done for him. he forgot the
ravens and how The fed; he allowed
the present trouble to obliterate all past
blessings. (Alas! how we do the same)
And so he asked God to cit him die, While
even then an angel was coming to minister
unto him.
We ignore Gods promises and lend no
thought to what there is in store for us.
"A gentleman IN Scotland called one day
upon a poor widow who. he had heard. was
in need. The old lady told HIM she hau
no food to eat and needed warm clothes
to wear. She said she had Il son in Au-
stralia who was earning good wages The
gentleman asked her if her son ever sent
her any help She told him no. but trait
he wrote her every month and sent hcr
a little picture in every letter. The gentle
man asked her to show him the pmture'
She did so. and he saw that each one was
a draft for SO which is $50. Yet the poor
woman lived in poverty because she dyu
not know that she had enough to supply
all her wants"
Do YOU see the lesson? God has given
us His precious promises and would sup
ply every want and yet in our ignorance
we go starving for spiritual food ana
doubling His goodness who has sald:
will never leave thee or foraake thee
Don't be afraid to present your 0falI' 1t
will always be monorcd; YOU may come
with confidence, for you come TO a never
failing bank filled with treasures, that
neither .moth nor rust can corrupt" nor
where "thicves never break through ana
staa1 ;, A. c. IL.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-29
NO WOMAN Is EXEMPT.

Regularity is a matter Of Importance
In every woman's life. Much pain is,
however, endured in the belief that it
is necessary and not alarming, when
in truth it is all wrong and indicates
arrangement that may cause serious
trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself viii
unsettle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The foundation Of wOman'S health is
q, perfectly normal and regular per-
Torrance of natures function. The
statement we print from Miss GER
TRUDE SKIES, of Eldred, Pa, is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet in this
country Read what she says:
DEAR Mrs PINKHAM:-I feel like
new person since following your adj
vice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
have done me. My troubles We're pain
full menstruation and leucorrhma.
was nervous and had spells of beng
confused. Before using your remedies
/ never had any faith in patent medi-
cines. [ now wish to say that | never
had anything do me SO much good for
painful menstruatiOn as Lydia T.. Einl-7
hams Vegetable Compound; also would
say that your Sanative Wash has cured
me of leucorrhna. l hope these few
words may help suffering women.
The present Mrs. Pi-Aham's expert
cnce in treating female ills is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia E. Pirkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business. treating by letter
as many as hundred thousand alllng
women during a single year.
All suffering women arc invited &c
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice about their health.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-29
BROUGHT TEARS
TO EYES OF Hhh
The Spanish Prisoners at Santiago
Present a Most Pitiable Sight
in Their Wretohedness.
MEN ARE DYING OFF RAPIDLY
Many Are Carried to the Troop Ships
on Litters Who Will Never Live
To Reach Spain.

Santiago de cuba. August 9.-Since the
surrender Of Santiago one thlnS mas oeeN
uppermost in our minds, Namely 'n0
health and condition Of the brave Aincii
can soldiers who fought ana were 49,
rious And this was very proper, the mn
certainly deserve whatever coulu ne uol'
for them upon this score In consequences
of protest from commanding oluccIS 'H0
orders from Washington as to the ul5P"'
sition of the army were changed and our
troops are embarking daily Tor the hedlI"-
giving breezes of the north
Today the first of our Spanish plISoIel'
were put on board the transports we haFo
hired to take them home. Ten thouSahN "
these men have been in camp lof mot0
than three weeks. just outside OIL inc cry
limits They were much nearer to the
palace than our own men; they were our
prisoners. and we one and ali avoided the
roads that led near their camps because
of the vile odors that arose therefrom.
Today as the Spaniards passed through
the city on the way to the docks we sd"
sights that brought tears to the eyes Oh
men who are not readily moved |" tears:
Down on the docks in narrow strip oL
shade from a warehouse, some Zo0 span
ish soldiers waited orders to move onto
the lighter which would convey them 10
the much-taiked-of Spanish hospital ship
Alicante. These men were thin and OF Il
sicI,Iv pallor hollow checked and weak.
1--WE arc tho well men who have brought
the sick into town on llttcrS they e~-
blamed
Down on the wharf, being loaded on
the steam lighter Bessie, were louG mes
of stretchers, each with it's pltiuI Ou'Ue".
Faces that looked like death headS' every
line of the skull marked on the ycI2"
skin protruding teeth over when Ups
CRASHED Il
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-29
LAUNDERING SILKS.

Wash silk IS very popular mateHal lo'
childrcns dresses and nothing could be
prettier White silk handl(orchtefS are
part Of almost every Wardrobc, ana the
silk blouse has become almost as common
as those made of linen and other cheaper
materials. The blazer suits. when not
worn with shirtwaists. have fun fronts OF
silk. curved out at the throat and gathered
to a stiff collar about which ribbon IS
tied with 4 bow in the back. Two rows or
shlrring are run two inches from the bot
tom, drawing the fulness 10 the front, ana
this is tucked under the band of the skirt
and held firmly in place by the belt These
require frequent laundering to preserve the
desired daintncsS of appearance. and II
this work is done properly they will look
as well new.
All that is necessary to prepare these
vests for washing is to take them loose
from the collar and let out the draWStrins
at the waist. 1t is not often necessary
to take a blouse apart, but the gathers at
the top Of the sleeves are sometimes taken
out. making them easier to iron. Children's
dresses are usually so simply made that
they are ready for the washtub at any
time. Dissolve a teaspoonful Of borax IN
each pailful Of water used; heat it until
it is luieWarm. and add enough soap to
make a good suds. Put the garments in II
and wash gently until al soiled spots nave
disappeared. Squeeze out the water. but
do not wiring the goods, ana rinse III a pan
of clear water. Fold the silk lenEthWisG
and wrapping with It clean, SOFT towel.
pass through a rubber Wrlnger. If any
StiffeniNg is thought necessary, pass the
SILK through a solution make by dissolving
one-Cighth OF au ounce of gum arabic in
quart of water and run through the wiring
er as before. Handkcrchiefs viii uot-.. ed
ironing if pressed smoothly OF a window
pane or marble slab Whil" wet and allowed
70 remain until dry. Pieces hat need iron