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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

ton? It is merely little knowledg
: CLEANED from few books in fev
, terms OF school. If this is all tina
education implies. then our chillrer
can fill their little hooks in life, AZ
you have done, with a very limited
amount Of schooling.
The mischief lies in our wrong
conceptions OF education. Educa'
ton is not mere book learning. The
circus pig can play cards, the mon
key that takes up collection for the
organ grinder, or the dog that turns
summersaults and rides horse back is
educated, so we hear it said. Doubt
less then the boy who has mastered a
few bookish tricks is also educated.
This is the popular idea of education
that is hindering the progress OF our
young people in conceited ignorance.
We cannot recognize the Importance
of education because we do not com
prehend its fullness of meaning.
Everybody understands that
farm must be cultivated to make it
productive. Our live stock is valua-
bic Just in proportion as we take
pains in breeding and raising. Our
fruit trees only respond with har-
vest when pruned and cared for. We
expect something for nothing only in
the culture Of mind. Gods creation
in this world eliminated in the hui
man mind. Nothing with which we
are acquainted is 50 vastly capably |
of growth; nothing so neglected as
the human soul
Education is the drawing out of
every talent power, and the cultiva-
ton of every God-given faculty. 1t
gives us true conception of life. 1t
trains us to economize time. 1t tends
to the formation of right habits. 1t
results in knowledge, skill and pow
er. Then educate your boys and
girls not to be teachers, lawyers, doc
tors, or farmers; but to be men and
What shall it profit you if
your boys and girls gain all the
wealth of Vanderbilt and loose the l
character of noble manhood and I
1t is time we stop to /
consider. Take correct view of ed t
lcation and you will want your chill I
Iren educated, and when you have v
ully realized what the term implies C
'ou will work for their training as n
he great duty of your life.-Er- o
bange. t.
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Beats the KlOndike.

Mr.. a. c. Thomas, of Marysville
Tex, has found a more valuable dis
covery than has yet been made in the
klondike. For years he suffered I'm.
told agony from consumption, ac-
companied by hemorrhages; and was
absolutely cured by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. He declares that gold is
Of little value in comparison with
this marvellous cure; would have it,
even if it cost a hundred dollars a
bottle. Asthma, Bronchitis and all
throat and lung affections are posi-
lively cured by DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. Trial bot
ties free at j. w. Kelly'S drug store.
Regular size 90 cents and $1.O0.
Guaranteed to cure or price refunded.
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once Tried, Always Used,

If we sell one bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, we seldom fail
to cell the same person more, when il
Is again needed. Indeed, it has be.
come the family medicine of this
town, for coughs aud colds, and we
recommend it because of its estab-
liShed merits--Jos. L. HARMED, Prop.
Oakland y Pharmacy. Oakland, Md.
Sold by j. w. Kelly. druggist.
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FROM SERGENT.
Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posi-.

, Correspondence Of The Big Stone Gap Posi-
SEEGENr, KY, June l3.-We are having
some rain after several days drought
Beans and later. will soon be here and
then what feast.
4 The war seems on for good. All hail to
Sampson and HObson for their glorious
victory in Santiago harbor. Let the good
work continue. BY and by the Dons will
give it up in dismaY.
Did you come out at court at magistrate
Wehb's Office Friday? If you didn't YOU
missed treat of your life. For first class
law at a living rate apply in person or
send order to Webb and Graft, Office in
postoffice at Sergcnt.
Wilson Caudill, the COly constable. was
here yesterday on official business. Wills
is hustler from hustersville.
The school house here is now going up,
and it will be an ornament to our hustling
little villa. j. ID. Craft and S. j. Wright
are doing the work.
The steam grist mill belonging to c. A.
Miller on COlly will he ready to accomo-
date the eating public ere many days.
A missionary Baptist preacher from
London, Eng passed here THURSDAY
Ell route to the railroad where he will
board train for another point He gave
his name AS Splinter.
Ben P. Webb was a guest of Pound. Va.
Friday.
+. &. Stallard and wife visited friends
at Fremont Saturday.
Oncle Wiley was here again looking for
war news
Messrs. Bond and Horne, of Tacoma.
Va, have been in this section having |
sheep
Sam Hartt and yoar scribe are figuring
Cd going to the Gap OF the 18th of July, |
and thence to Bristol, Tenn.
Madame rumor saws Polly and Burt will
soon arrange matters for II wedding.
). +. Adams, the Evans merchant
prince went to the mountain to leave his
cattle Tuesday
Corn crops are looking well enough
cons idering.
The drought has cat garden track other.
wise short.
a. a. Sergent. the Coly drummer
representing Henry 5. King Il Co.. of
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Baltimore. Md, will leave in few DAYS
for Harlan and Bell counties in the i'm
terest of his house. We wish him much
success in his new vocation.
Thomas F. Craft, an enterprising Young
man of Craftsyile, is quite i'll at this
writing and his recover doubtful.
There is complaint among children
(grown ones too going the rounds here,
which is quite serious. Several doctors
say it will develop to hux Of seriou,
type.
W. W. Quillen, Of Baker passed here
Saturday Ell route to the burg.
The new court house at town is steadily
going up. 1t will he a credit to Letchcr
county.
Our trade with Stonega is not so large
now, but it will resume again when
cOrn's laid by.
Moonshine whiskey seems to be meet
ing with poor -ale-so much worse for
the sinners.
The missionary preacher that passed
here wanted TO Shun Pound Gap. And hc .
did, as he went by way OF Flat Gap WI
what name Pound Gap has Inherited .
Let us hope that enlightenment will soon .
elevate the people OF the Gap 20 higher
and nobler duties, that will outliyc them
in history Now, our authorities should
take steps and put an immediate hui, 10
the robberies, etc, that frequently occur
here. First and foremost lets still the
ierce land shark Of the 'shiner,' then
'Obberes will soon cease and all /, at
)eace. BrEDINE.
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INDICATORS are that the wheat crop
OF 1898 will be the greatest in the
history Of the country. From figures
that are being collected and con- piled
by some of the big Chicago firms,
bassed on the reports of experts in
every section of the country, the on
coming wheat crop is estimated to
exceed 65O,0O0,00O bushels. All the
conditions are reported as being of
the most favorable nature, and while
there is a decrease in the acreage the
total yield will be more than double
that of 1897.
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Srain'S DaCaY.

There is historic lesson in tn
struggle going on between Spain AM
the United States which statesmen
may well ponder. The Spanish gov
eminent is now fighting for the pos
session and control Of the last of he
colonial possessions. She has on hel
hands rebelions in Cuba and the
Philippine Islands, growing out oil
her cruel and unjust government, and
the United States has forcibly inter
vened to stop the inhuman barbarities
Of the Spanish Soldiery in Cuba, and
to liberate the people Of that island.
At the outset of the struggle for Gu
ban independence the United States
seized the key to the Philippine Is
lands, and proposes now to take pos
session of them and forever wrest
them from Spain, together with Cuba
and Porto Rico. Spanish domnnions
outside of Spain seems to be doomed,
ard the reigning dynasty in Spain is
threatened with destruction. Cor
ruptiOn and misrule have caused
Spain to loose the richest empire ever
held by nation. One hundred years
ago she ruled all of South America,
Central America, the West Indies
and that part of the United States
which lies west of the Missouri river
and the territory embraced in Louisi-
ana and Florida. Now she holds
Cuba and Porto Rico, and they will
soon be taken from her. She was
once queen among nations, but now
she has been stripped Of her richest !
jewels, one by one, on account of the
rapacity, cruel and corruption which |
characterized the government at
Madrid. The stability and the
strength of our government depends
on the justice meted out to those who
support it. If we would continue to
grow i'll wealth and favor we must
give just and honest government to
The governed. We will triumph over
Spain in this struggle, but we should
earn from her history to shun those
hangers which have caused her decay
md will cause her final downfall.
Extravaganza, corruption, misrule
md oppression have brought Spain
o her present degradation; and while
We are executing the DEGREES of Di-
Inc Providence against her we
hould take warning from her fate,
nd avoid it by giving to our own
eOple government which will con- :
niue to command their loyal and de-
oted support because of justice, HUI
lanlty and honesty. Bond jobbers,
rmy contract robbers, traffiickers in
lass legislation, trust leeches and
monopoly bloodSuckers should not be
to plumber the people in :
he guiSe of patriotism while we are .
ngaged in fighting foreign foe.
tter all our own salvation as a ma.
on depends on the rule of right and
stlce in our home alfairs-Er-
sGRge. 1
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, both here and at the Gap, where he
father was highly respected for his noble
qualities of head aud heart.
Rev. 5. B. Vaught preached in the
;, Presbyterian church on Sabbath morning
on Christian Charity aud the unanimous
verdict of the large congregation who
were privileged to hear him, was that il
was IA masterpiece OF Bible teaching mol
often excellrd. Rev. j. W. West, the
Tazewell evangelist, preached in All open
air service at o'clock in the afternoon
in the upper end OF the town, aud at :
o'clock in the evening he preached in the
PresLy terian church. All the services were
well ATTENDED aud much interest was
manifested. Rev. Z. Rioseco preached in
the morning in the new Ninersyille
church aud in the afternoon in the school
house at LoODey creek. Ii sinners are
not converted il will not he from
lack of the faithful presentation OF the
ways, the truth and the life. Eyangeists
j. W. West AID X. 7. Potter will continue
their protracted meeting during this week.
| We introduce this week a young lady
and also a young gentleman as the subjects
of II pen sketch. The young lady has been
living at her brothers home for few
months, and in forming her Acquaintance
you are insensibly led to ieel at ease, by
her agreeable manners and womanly dis
position. She is of the blonde type of
Southern beauty, having most lovely |
clear complexion, being the picture OF
health and fine figure. She dresses |
tasteiully and sensiby and can handle "A /
carpenters hammer with as much skill, in !
her LETT hand as tradesmam does in his
right hand. She comes from good old |
stock in Scott county, near Gate City, and
her name is Rebecca Young.
The Young gentleman is one of our
Office force, being assistant bOokkeeper,
typewriter and telegraph operator. He
came to Big Stone Gap with his parents
when mere child and by his keen desire
and appetite for acquiring knowledge he
the keys OF telegraphy and his
service was sought by the railroads center
ing in the Gap, and was in the employ of
both the ). A. 4 o. and the i. & n. The ,
new industry, the Virginia Coal 4 Iron
Company, secured his services about two q
years ago and by his strict attention to :
business and quiet manners he has won
he love and esteem of his employers and
ell his associates. The remark was made
his week that Billy Polly had not an
'nemy in the county. That is the name
We will introduce him to YOU by, and by u
he way, Scott county was his former home
Miss Maud John, cashier in the store, is
ack at her place at the desk after an er- !,
ended visit to Cincinnati, o. u
Aaron O'Neal, store manager, paid a +
BUSINESS visit to Louisville last week to -
urchase goods and this week he went -
yer the Kentucky mountains to look up :,
ONE beet cattle ;,
An open air service will he held on II
abbath morning at the upper end OF our Il
'wn at $50 o'clock. Rev. Z. Rioseco ii,
Ill conduct the meeting. re
The men in Big Stone Gap who are in Pc
ending to Join the X. of p Lodge at its
lstItuilon next week are requested to
md their names OH or before Monday
'enlng, 10Th inst, to John Adams, Jr..
II enrolment as charter members. o.
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and the Pope to induce President
Mckinley and Spain to make con
cessions in the interest of peace, SC
that Spain can save at least the
Philippine Islands.
How short a time it seems since
Spain was claiming that there was
no war in Cuba; that there was a re-
bellion there which would soon be
crushed, and that pacifcation was an
! almost accomplished fact. There
were the warmest boasts that Spain
was able to take care of her interest
in Cuba, and she only asked the
| United States to preserve neutrality
and prevent her people from assisting
the insurgents. The Government at
Washington spent great deal Of
money patrolling the Atlantic coast,
still Spain was not able to overcome
the insurgent forces. She has been
going from bad to worse. One of her
fleets has been whipped. Another
one has been bottled up" a third
is either not equipped to get away
from Cadiz, or is retained there to
assist in troubles at home.
Nobody talks now of compromise
or concession that means anything
less than the complete independence
Of Cuba. Puerto Rico seems to have
no other possible fate than to become
territory of the United States. I'm
less the peace negotiations are speedi-
ly inaugurated, and conducted to
conclusion without OBTAINING non
sense. this country will be so deeply
involved in the Philippine Islands
that it cannot let go, however desir-
Gus it may be of doing so. The in
Surgent chief, Aguinaldo, is carrying
on the war vigorously, taking his cue
to action from the victory of the
American Navy in Manila Bay.
Spain cannot too rapidly change
to an amiable front. She has al
ready lost Cuba and Puerto Rico,
and the Philippines are slipping
away from her with startling velocity. ,
The sentiment in the United States ,
II favor of keeping this remote c
erritory is growing, too. Our Gov ,
.rnment may be obliged to hold on, c
10 less to keep faith with AguinaldO u
md his fighting associates than to d
atiSfy the demand Of the people of f
he United States, who are getting Y
ISed to foreign policy, and the idea t
f territorial acquisition, with amaz- e.
ng quickness.-- Cincinnati Enquirer.
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SPANS Loss BY Postponement

The Queen Regent of Spain wants
peace. She is reported to be beseech.
ing the Pope and the Austrian En-
peror to secure mediation. A Madrid
dispatch says: "rhe Papsl Nuncio
IN Madrid had long conference with
the Queen, and then with the French
and Russian Ambassadors, who both
called on Duke Almadovar, Foreign
Minister, and then on their foreign
colleagues representing the Great
Powers. The idea is to ask Austria
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

WHEREVER "Old Glory" floats on
the breeze there will be victories.
The principles represented by that
STANDARD Sheet" will conquer every
foe, and the gallant soldiers who fol-
lows beneath her "Ample folds" will
share in the spoils of glorious war
and when peace is restored, enjoy all
the magnificent blessings conferred
upon all those who fight for the
rights of man.
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What's the Need of II

MY Boy will be farmer, my
glrl iamer's wife; why should / ed :.
ucate them? | have gotten along
very well with only enough education
TO read, write and cipher little. Nv
boys and girls can certainly do the
wen let us consider the matter.
In the first place, what is an educs.
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domination. Let Americans win one
more victory for freedom; this time
not Tor the strong and exultant, but
for the helpless and the weak who
cannot help themselves -Rer'ew 81
Reriews.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16
FROM STONEGA.
Correspondence Of The Biz Stone Gan po.r

VI TIC hI2 oIOhe Jap POST
oroSEGA, Va, June 1.-THE last Of ths
new hatfery OF ovens has been finished
~. a"u w''i lie hired before SATURDAY, making
the plant now 500 in full blast.
o"pt' John A. Esser is off on weeks
.sl, aud Dir. Dan B. Wentz is supe,in-
'enu'"g The works during his absence.
MISS Helen Tsggart, daughter of ,he
,o'"er superintendent, who was killed
.! olast about . years ago, is visitor
~ VI. " ~ hunkle's. She is charming
young lady aud has many warm friends
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lT is relief to learn from Madrid
that there is plenty of food in Cuba
But the story that the food got there
fright under the noses of the Amer
lean fleet" is evidently a sailors yarn.
Food that gets under Yankee noses
never get to any other port.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

The best Salye in the world for cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chiblaius-
Corns and all skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded Price - cep:, per
box. For sale by j W Kelly.
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An Old Ihra.

Every day strengthens the belief of cmi.
nent physicians that impure blood is the
cause OF most OF our diseases. twenty-five
years ago this theory WAS used as q basis Tor
the formula of Browns Iron Btters. The
remarkable cures effected by this famous
remedy are sufficient 10 prove the theory
correct. Browns Iron Bitters are sold bv
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elf Cervera continues to outwit
the Yankees" says Madrid paper,
CHS will be glorious name on the
list of Spanish naval heroes" There
may he such list in ancient records.
but all the Spanish admirals of the
last few centuries were licked.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

The farmers of the south have
planted less cotton and more prOvi-
sion crops this year. Consequently
they will be better off next fall than
they are to-day.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

A Kansas company of volunteers
will be led by Bobolikcywy Przby-
lowwiez, who evidently bombarded
the alphabet and took the debris for
name.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

ANY one who does not feel the gen.
tie influence of flowers in the equip
ment Of the home must have a thor
oughly obtuse nature.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

LoNDoN papers unite in highly
praising Lieut.. Hobson's great exploit
in sinking the Merrimac at the mouth
Of Santiago harbOr.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

The Republican Convention of the
ninth district is called to meet at
Marion on July 14th. Gent Walk
err will, in all probability. be the
nominee.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

EVERY time a man does anything
he shouldn't, he makes up his mind
that when other men do wrong he
will not be the one to talk about
it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

There's hot time in Santiago,
day ard night. And Old Sol and
Sampson contribute about equally in
making it warm for the dons.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

ABOUT all the use some people have
for the golden rule is to measure the
conduct Of others.
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The latest reports say that Uncle
Sans bulldogs" are still barking at
the hole where the Spanish fox went
in.
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A private in one of the companies
of the fifth Ohio is serving under a
captain who was his coachman for
merly.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-06-16

WHEN boy begins to smoke it is
time Tor hin to quit school.
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IT is claimed that at present the
English language is spoken by 49,
OOO,O people.
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The harbor Of Rio Janerio has fif-
ty miles of anchorage, and is the fin
est in the world.
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The girl with a white dress and
blue sash will have to have red hair
this summer to be patriotic.
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ACCORDING to German authority,
the human brain is composed of 300
100000 nerve sells.
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BRISTOL will celebrate the Fourth
OF July in grand style this year.
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Inc above rates are for standing ADVERTISE
ments only.
~LocAL ADVERTISEMENTS will be chare-
dc Tor at the rate Of cents per line for each
incertion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-18
M'KlNLEY DODGED.
Chicago Women Who Tried to
Kiss Him Failed.

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-It was after o'clock
yesterday when the president and Secre-
taries Gage and Bliss entered the armory
with the local reception committee and
took their places upon the platform. A
tremendous shout went up from the great
crowd in the building when the president
appeared.
After Col. Turner and John NJ. Harlan
had greeted the president on behalf of the
reception committee, the handshaking
started. For an hour and ten minutes
President Mckinley shook hands with the
thousands who streamed by him. For
each one he had a smile and a word of
greeting. During the handshaking num-
Der of young women and one or two not
SO young tried to kiss the president, but
although they were several narrow es-
capes, none of the ambitious ones succeed
ed A number of men and women kissed
the presidents hand, however.
When the public reception closed the
president and his party entered their car
riages and were driven to the Auditorium
hotel, where they sat down to a dinner
given in their honor by the jubilee recep-
ton committee. Later the president met
a committee of Chicago railway men and
promised that he would address the rail-
way mems mass meeting at the First reg
the president left for the McWillian' s
residence in Lake avenue. He was some
what fatigued and retired soon after
reaching the house.