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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-04-07
AN AFFLICTED MOTHER,
From the Times. Paw Paw III

From the Times. Paw Paw, Ill.
A resident of this town who has lost two
children during the past six years by VIC
lent deaths has been utterly Frustrated Inv
the shock, and seriously sick as result OF
1t. One child tagged 81 was killed by cy.
clone "a 30 while at school; another three
years later was run over by Burlington h.
x. train. That griefs and misfortunes NAV
SO prey on the mind as to lead to serious ply
slcaI disorders has been well demonstrated
In this case. AS result of them, her health
was shattered and she has been a constant
sufferer since 1890. Her principal trouble
mas been neuralgia of the stomach which
was very painful, and exhibited all the
symptoms OF ordinary neuralgia, nervous.
ness and Indigestion. Physicians did her no
good whatever. She was discouraged and
abandoned all hope of getting well. Finally.
however, certain well known pill was
Pale People, MS '0'
d, She supplied herself with quantity of
them and had not taken them two weeks
when she noticed marked Improvement in
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seasoned with little salt. and drink orfv
a little milk. became so bad that n trias
700 much of even these caused tsrribie
| SuHering in the regions of the stomach
darting pains back OF the eyes. attended
Win dizziness and partial loss Of sight
ne only way could get relief was bv vo,,,'
iung FINALLY had such a severe st,erL
tnat the entire left side of nv bodv feit
numb and partially paralyzed. and In NE
eonuitlon. was taken to my room uncor'
scious' The physicians failed 10 helm me
ana none OF the many remedies tool di3
me any good At last a friend presented
me with bottle Of DR.. Ayers SarsapariIIa
ana before had used half OF it, could see
a decided change for the better. / used
three bottles and was so completely cured
mat Tor four years have not been troubled
win the old complaint but am rugged and
nearly and able to eat anything that can
be eaten. II would be impossible 10 saw
100 much in praise OF DR.. Ayers Sarsapa-
filla and would not give one bottle OF II
Ior dozen OF any other kind."-M. s
SHIELDS, Meridian, Miss. -
Try Or. Ayers Sarsapariila II Won are
cdyspepiic. II you want more testimony To-
he value OF the medicine, get DR.. Ayers
Curebook. 1t is sent free on request bv
Inc J. I. Aver Co., Lowell.
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HELD THE TRAIN.
Until the Old Iadyis Good Blue HeA
Made Up the Full Dos-
en- of Eggs

There is no better known local character
in Lancaster than Jim Dillon, and he ha,
as many friends a. any man In ,Garrard
county. His intimates call him 'Old Crow. =
The other day." said he to . party pi
friends, II boarded train on q little jerk.
water railroad that runs through nearby
territory, to 60 over to neighboring town.
You know this line doesn't claim a speed
| equal to the Empire State express, and the
friends OF the officers say they are salts
fed II the road can clear two dollars day
On the occasion refer to the windburne
was nearing my destination when it came to
dead standstill. stuck my head out OF the
window to learn the cause OF the stop, and
saw the conductor talking to an old woman
with bonnet and shawl and Sunday toggery
on and a small basket In hand.
:. Being curious to know the import OF the
dialogue between the two, | went forward
and learned that the woman had tagged the
tram for the purpose of getting on board
and going on to town to sell dozen eggs.
She told the conductor, however that she
had only IL in the basket at that moment,
but that an old blue hen OF hers, then on
the nest, was momentarily expected to lay
the egg necessary TO complete the dozen;
that IL would be great accommodation If |
he would hold his train until this should |
occur, as It would be a pity to proceed to |
market with fewer than dozen eggs. The
consented, and then our wait be.
gan.
Finally, after the lapse Of about 90 min.
ntes, furious cackling was heard near the
woman's shanty. A moment later a blue
zen huttered into view, followed by the old
ady. who came running toward the cars,
smiling and holding aloft in triumph the
coveted egg: She placed it, while it was
yet warm, in the basket with the Others,
hanked the conductor and clambered
lboard. Then the train again got under
Post.
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we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
.or any case of Catarrh that can not b
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
W.. =; Cheney g. Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +, 7
Ineney Tor the last Is years, and believe
nnn perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out out any obligations made by their firm.
l mess q q Iruax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
nMalding, Einnsn 4 Marvin, Wholesale
nan : Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
s so.asng directly upon the blood and mucous
free. AeS'iinoniaa
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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BREAD, POTATOES and MILK.
lie Lived on Lenten Fare.
A Dyspeptic's daily diet.

Dyspepsia is one Of the most prevalent al
diseases. Thousands OF people suffer from
II IN more or less aggravated form. Pew
diseases are more painful to the individual
or more far reaching in their effects on
human life and happiness. What the dvs'
peptc needs is not local treatment. not
mere temporary stimulus. The real need
IS the touing up of the entire system. For
tify the system and II will do lis own 6ght.
ing aud promptly eject any iutruding
disease The success OF DR.. Ayers Sarsa
parilla in curing indigestion and dyspen.
STA IS due to just this quality which Il
possesses, of renewing the vital forces
repairing the waste and loss of the body
me ordinary treatment brings the food
Gown to the level of the weak stomach
ne stomach. and brings Il up TO the level If
me strong food fit for men. II does his
Dy strengthening the entire system. The
stomach cannot stay weak when all The
9tner organs are gaining strength what
Dr' ayers Sarsa parilla will do Tor dvsnrn'
sis IS pest illustrated in cases like fhat az
VI. ,. shields, Meridian, Miss. Mr.. Shields
nad got down to the last level of dvsnensia
But let him tell his own story
For years, I was afflicted with dvsre,-
"a ,wnich gradually grew worse until
could eat nothing but bread and potatoes
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A Constant ffrsr

her condition. She continued taking the
Plils until seven or eight boxes had been
cured. She can now eat all kinds of food
WHICH is something she has not been able To-
90 Tor years. She is not troubled in the
least with nervousness as she was during the
time OF her stomach troubles WV
,,i one Is now well and all because of DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People n
complete cure has been made. :"
II any. one would like to hear more Of
the details of her suffering and relief gained
ny the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People they may be obtained probable
by writing the lady direct. She is one ~
our vel known residents, Mrs. Ellen A
Oderkirk, Paw Paw. III 'e" a.
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Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetab1eC Ct
Even tn.

During the summer of 1896 handsome
New England woman paid visit to one Of
the North side society queens of Wichita.
In due. time a swell lawn party was
given by the hostess at her home, to
make the. visitors acquainted with her
western friends. Among those invited
was Will Beatty. He was presented to
the eastern lady, and it happened to be his
good fortune a little later in the evening to
have her on his arm promenading over the
velvety lawn. In the course of the con.
versation Miss Blank asked Mr. Beatty what
business he followed, and he replied: "Im
a commercial traveller" The visitor. pos.
slbly in moment of mental alteration,
made this remark: I'm the east commercial
travellers do not go in the best society"
Before the last word had hardly left her
lips Mr. Beatty replied: They don't here.
either" Conversation was carried on after
that in entirely different channels.-Wichta
Eagle.
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r. Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet.
IL cures, painful, swollen, nervous, smartine
ieet and instantly takes the sting out on
s,orns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age. Allen Foot Ease makes
tlght or new shoes feel easy. It is certain
cure Tor sweating. callous and hot. tired. ach.
ing rect. Try q today. Sold by ali druggists
ana shoe stores, &c. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
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Explained

niekson,.Why is it that eyervbodv
IN. your oifice dresses SO much betts,
' man you do9 Even the youngest clerl
have on. 'nan you
,n !, you see they all 90,
PisVe'-chicago Evening News. y 'Ae
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Prom Baby i'm the HIrb chat.

10 grandma, in the rocker Grain.O is good
IoF ne whole family. 1t is the long desired
SUBSTITUTE Tor coffee. Never upsets the
nerves or INJURIES the digestion. Made from
p pud gram II Is food in itself Has the taste
lflce: 1t II genuine and scientific article
ana Is come to stay. Ii makes for beoltb
ma strength. Ask your grocer for Grain q
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GETTING TO WEIGHT.
jockeys Trying to Reduce Injur,
Themselves.

H
Themselves.
The recent death of daredevil,
o Fitzpatrick, but few years ago one Of
J. the best of American jockeys, has called
attention to the pernicious effect OF
entertaining, for there is but little
doubt that his demise was superin.
duced by this cause, though it was i'm
mediately due to pneumonia.
When one reads of the princely sal
aries paid to jockeys like Sloan, Taral
and Tommy Burns, one is likely to
envy them and think them very for
tunate men, indeed, never giving a
thought, perhaps, to the terrible or
deals they undergo season after sea-
son in order to keep down their ten
dency to grow and to make flesh. Most
Jockeys after few seasons experience
in the saddle have a weazened and
peaked expression in their faces. They
look more like manikins than like bu-
man beings, and this weazened and
peaked condition is due wholly and
solely to the fact that they overtrain
or waste" as the English very cor
rectly call it.
fltzpatrick's career as a Jockey end |
ed about three years ago. Do what he
would he could not get down TO
weight" after that, and so he aban-
doned the pigskin and turned his at
tentIon to starting horses instead of
riding them-in this emulating the ex-
ample OF Jimmy Rowe, who for several
seasons was the starter for the Jockey
club. titz began his career as n wieId-
er OF the starting flag a Providence in
1874 and he soon became fairly pro-
nclent in this most difficult of occupa.
ions. r'
FOR several years before he aban- s
Toned the pigskin Fitzpatrick's normal
'eight was in the neighborhood of 100
POUNDS, but he had to keep down TO q
10 pounds to make his services most
aiuaole. No one who has not gone
nrough this ordeal or been with men l.
no have, can have the faintest idea f
the labor, the torment. not 10 say $
he agony, it entails on the unbannv NJ
an who is compelled to daily battle a
'.h nature to keep thin. If il were II
ny ior one or two races during sea- ~
II IL would be bad enough. but IN
mt against nature for weeks and
Tn'hs each year, and to keep up the III
'nt season after season, is as fer. "
Die torture as one can well UNDERGO
ny lew systems can stand il. and J.
my a jockey has sown the seeds ~ tl'
assumption while so entertaining.
\ lew years ago, ole afternoon ~ of
eepshead Bay, 1 saw Snapper" Gar. cal
on after winning race. stagger ,
her than walk to The Refreshments wi
nm where he ordered what would no Pi
very moderate renasi
II in Lent. He ate greedilv am NC d.
ana SO he accused himself, saving. silk
us Is the only food that has passed
ups since last evening""
How is that?" l asked. .
because had to ride to-day the raco A
I'VE Just won, and if ate I copId rot ful
Ie the weight" '''D "o' p
is now virtually out Of tba Oh
IS OF the jockeys and is trying hard
'ne position of starter with tho
'ey cruz. lie, too has found II i'm
IDLE to waste" successfully no,,.a r1,,,
ana TO retain the strength which - :
enabled him to ride so successful. HOG
me grand stand finishes" which N
ms name so famous.-Louisvil,a sIrr9i
icr-Journal. '''''i'e LAM
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wonders of Science

graphs? '""'ou' pno'o-
Photographer--Yes, madam: can pboto.
graph hummiing bird on the wing. or
al, want my baby's picture taken"
ies, madam. Get the little fellow ready.
X YW ! VIII prepare the chloroform. IN Y
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No woman likes to wear a faded dress and
no woman need do so if she buys Simpsons
Prints, because no matter how much they
are washed the colors remain bright till the
goods are worn out. Look for the name
VIM. Simpson & Sons on the ticket.
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THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERS
To nd, Ore, for Puget Sound Business
via Burlington Route.

WEDNESDAYS from St Louis, THURSDAYS
from Kansas City via Denver, scenic Col
orado. Salt Lake-a great feature-PERsoN.
ALLY CONDUCTED. The success Of the season
for general northwest travel Write L. w.
WAKELEY, q. +. A. ST. Louis. Mo.
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Persian Freckle Cream, prompt, reliable,
harmless. Positively removes freckles.
Pleasant to apply and in successful use for
past ten years. Postpaid SOC in plain wrap.
per. Persian Cream Co., Hamilton & Hawk
Sts., Albany, N. Y.
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Ihc Execution.

He-l had a scheme so the fellow could
make $1,000 as easily as turning over his
hand, but the fool wouldn't go into il.
She-Then fool and his money are not
always so easily parted after all.-Yonkers
Statesman.
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Modern Science.

steam has rendered man inestimaby.
service" remarked the observer of men = ND
Things. "and woman also. aimee II has ON.
anied her to open her husbands letters
without his ever knowing it. "-Detroit Jour.
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Not His EauIf

I'll ttweddy, why don't you let your mus.
Why don't | let it? Good heavens. deab
ooy, do, but it 'tp-Chicago Tribune.
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Our Language.

Tom-What a queer language ours is.
Dick-Why?
we say a man is mot game when be j,
chicken-hearted. "-Up-to-Date.
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Wife (enthusiastically)-"How much do
you thinl; we took in at the bazar?" Uus
b (qqietlyl-"How many, you mean. -
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We never have a very good opinion of
man to whom making an apology GENES a.
easy as crying comes to a woman.--Atrhison
Globe.
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Why don't girls employed in match fac
E fGries get married sooner than other grls?-
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Sudden weather changes bring rheuma.
tlsm. st Jacobs Oil makes prompt cure.
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No Room for Doubf.

Brown-Is he absent-minded?
Jones-WelI, / should saw sol Wbv iva
Known him to lend his wheell-Puck.
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Blacker the spot surer the cure. Use st.
Jacobs Oil for bruises.
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The more work man has, the morn other
people want him to do Observation-Disclosures
Democrat. W."
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Put pain to sleep? st. Jacobs Oil doe,
This with Sciatica. Torment cured.
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tlsos Cure for Consumption is an A No
>! =. asthma ~, medlcne.-W. r. Williams. An
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a young mans socks are not ALWAYS acci.
denhtalI{y exposed. Sometimes thew ar" sra
slIk.-Washington Democrat. are
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Man is the architect Of his own fortunes,
and he doesn't have to move every spring.
Chicago Record
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IN ne "TRIP OF Pneumonia may be warded off
Pit BIZ i1 Tne.I Honey OF Horehound and Tar
Ike lootr'che Drops Cure in one minnie
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why Is 1t that men always look at the face
Oh ora pride PRIDE and women at her clothes? Chi.
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Al l kinds, little or big. st. Jacobs Oil
surely cures aches and pains, O'
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some peoples sole aim seems to no -
nave nave things to lock up.-Washinpton Dem NJ
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ful wife. '"'''e VINO has waste
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Why shouldn't beer drinkers be arrestef
for blowing the tops off schooners Chicago
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Let big fish shave off his mustacbe and
all the little fish follow Observation-Disclosures
Democrat guy
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While asleep, cured soreness, stiffness?
All right, st. Jacobs Oil did it.
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The MARKETS.

Re sure; neuralgia will cease. ST .J.cobs
vi the Gu e. Get ease. '"'oo'
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AXE Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
'"|gsls refund money if it fails TO cure 25o
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feet would have such bengdown feeling womb
swollen back ached appetite
favor 1t helped more than all the
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hath. W. "N
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Oh, What Splendid Coffee.

Mr. Goodman, Williams CO., Ill.,, writes,
From one package Salzer's German Coffee
Berry costing l5c | grew 300 lbs. of better
coffee than can buy in stores at 30 cents a
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y sent you by John A. Salzer Seed Co, La
crosse, Wis, upon receipt of Is cents stamps
and this notice. Send for same today. k5
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0yERwORKED WOMEN.
Letters to Pinham Women Who Have Been epeo Ffon
Sickness O Health.

four treadmi ofwork
- ,hs Of the
The Globe-republican., 1898-07-21
TRANs-NIsslss1rrI EXPOSITION.
SPECIAL DAYS.

Aug. 4, Stcnographers Day; 9, Iowa
Knights of Pythias Day: 10, Red Mems
Day; IL. Tennessee Red Mems Day: 13,
st. Joseph Day: Is, Business and Fra
ternal Assns. Day; IS. Texas Day: %.
Sioux City Day; %, Bohemian Day; 80,
Missouri Day.
Sept. I, Kansas Day: 3, Editors Day;
s. Labor Day: 6. Colorado Day-Rocky
Ford Melcn Day: :, Port Arthur Day:
s, Praternai Union OF America Day; Q,
Lumbermen's Day-Woodmen of the
World Day; 10. New Mexico Day: IA,
National Shriners' Day: Is, New Eng
land Day: l6, Oklahoma Day: IS and 10,
Modern Woodrnen Days: 20 and 81,
Iowa Days; "a, Commercial Travellers
Day.
Oct. 1, Chicago Day: :, Knox College
Day: II, l. o. O. f. Day; Is, Tennessee
Day.
Leon bought $500 fire engine two
years ago. They used it twice and
sold it the other day for S2e.
There is girl in Horton whose hon
ey has gone to war and she absolutely
refuses to have any truck with the
young fellows who want to bask in the
radiance OF her smiles. She says that
the man who goes to war is heaE
more to her than the shirlSer who stays
at home and attends pink teas That's
the kind of o spirit to show. 1t is t1
be hoped that her honey boy IL equal.
" true.
The Globe-republican., 1898-07-21
Try Guinea Fowls.

These birds must be well known to
be appreciated, says Florida Farmer.
From childhood We have had them on
the farm. from so to ESQ in a flock.
They are no trouble whatever: lay
their eggs in nests which they make
in the grass and wheat fields, and we
often find nests with from thirty to
seventy-flve eggs piled on top Of each
other. From some of the nests we take
part of the eggs and leave some for
them to raise their young. They sit,
hatch and raise their broods, and we
often do not see them until late in the
fall, when they bring their chicks
home, sometimes as many as twenty in
a flock. Such chirping! Such flying up
trees! The little keets look much like
partridges when about that size. They
are splendid meat to fry or roast or for
pot-pie: and to enjoy breast of fowl
one should eat a guinea fowl. The eggs
are considered the richest of all eggs,
and keep we'll. We put them up to
use in winter, and two years ago, when
illness and death in the family made
me forget them until June, we found
them Just as good as when put away.
II you try guinea fowls, you are sure
to have eggs and fowls for your table.
and no trouble to get them.
The Globe-republican., 1898-07-21
Poultry Notes.


Carelessness in feeding Is RESPONSE
BILE for much of the lack Of success in
poultry culture among our farmers.
We say among our farmers. for they
are the ones that give the fowls the
run of the whole farm, including the
barn floors and the corn cribs. After
all. there is little necessity of using
great care about feeding. provided a
few important points are looked after.
There is no objection to the poultry
having the run Of the farm. II they
do not have access to unlimited grain,
especially corn. There is vast amount
of food scattered through the fields
both of an animal and grain nature.
Thousands Of plants that We denomi-
nate weeds" bear and drop seeds.
These form no inconsiderable portion
of the food Of the birds. When this
class of food is combined with the
green stun and the worms and bugs,
the ration becomes SO varied that 1t.
to a large extent, balances itself. Then
too, the task of gathering 1t gives
abundant exercise. which is valuable
in assisting the digestion. Another
valuable circumstance is that this food
is gathered slowly and so does not ac-
cumulate in large masses IN the crop.
One great advantage in the keeping
Of fowls n the possibility 1t makes II
disposing Of waste products. not only
of the tablo but Of the farm. They
win take the grain Aeld after harvest