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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
YOUNG BEAUTY ON THRONE.
Queen WilheImiua Is quite the Most
Interesting Ruler I'm
Europe.

Wilhelmina, queen Of Holland at IS,
beautiful, healthy, beloved, will be
considered the most interesting ruler
In all Europe, at least by young men
Of romantic turn Of mind. Wilhelm
ina Is little" no longer. She is n
full-bloomed woman. tactical, wise,
serene. The people of Holland love
her devotedly, and 1t is probable that
much Of this popularity is due to the
fact that she Is a girl, and pretty
girl, too, and to the further fact that
it has been known generally that she
is kind, gentle and amiable in every
way. Her mother trained her and
brought her up to be typical Dutch
girl of the high class. She is never
SO happy as when wearing the national
dress.
Her education was carefully looked
after. At four she could speak French,
and ut ten she could speak well in al
most all the Indo-Germanlc and Latin
tongues except German. Her father
did not like the Germans, and the
girl queen Is ignorant Of their Ian
guage.
Wilhelmlna has been taught many of
the feminine arts and accomplish
ments, and knows as much about poll
tics and governing as a girl of her age
could reasonably expect to know. Her
life has been simple, and there has
been In It great lack of boys and
young men OF her own station. When
she marries, she says, she will marry
one OF her own choosing. Wilhelm
ra Is said to be capricious and to have
strong will Of her own, which even
her mother cannot bend She will GER
ainly' be an influence in the govern
nent of Holland.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
HIS KNOTS HOLD FAST.
Reunion of Rev. Mr.. Meese's unique
Marriage Association In
Indiana.

The third annual reunion OF the
Meese Matrimonial association was
held at Auburn, Ind, the other day
The organization was instituted In 1895
and the idea was an original one with
Rev. W. i. Meese, of Auburn. The
association is unique in all its phases.
The members are all men and women
whom the venerable clergyman has
united In matrimony. and are num-
bered by the hundreds.
The first reunion was held In August,
1856, and was a grand success. Owing
TO its peculiarities and the interest 1t
has commanded from the public and
press, the association has gained ma
tional reputation and has been made
a grand holiday for the people of the
vicinity. The founder, Rev. W. Il.
Meese, Is a grand old man Of 10 years.
lie was born in Canal Fulton, o., De-
cember II, 1928, and has been pastor
for IS years. lie has always made
specially Of marriage ceremonies, and
since the birth Of the association has
devoted his entire time In that direc-
tion and the furtherance of the inter
ests of the organization.
The meeting just held was opened
by the address OF welcome by Rev.
T. NJ. Guild, of Auburn, and response
by Congressman j. NJ. Robinson, of
Fort Wayne. The address Of the day
was given by Rev. J.. C.. Frech, entitled
Love. CourtshIp and Marriage" Ex-
Judge S. A. Powers, of Angola, fol-
lowed with an able grafton. Rev. Mr..
Meese spoke at great length, urging
the members to be good husbands and
wives, and dlscouraging home disturb
ances and the separation of families.
1t is a remarkable fact that not one
of the hundreds of couples united by
Rev. Mr.. Meese have been divorced. A
new feature was added this year. when
the pictures Of all the children Of men,
bers were taken.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
The Hot Springs of Arkansas,
The Mountaln-Loc
Miracle of the Ozarks.

The hot waters, the mountain air.
equable climate aud the pine forests make
Hot Springs the most wonderful health
and pleasure resort in the world, summer
or winter. IL is owned, endorsed and con
trolled by the U. S. Government and has
accommodations for all classes. The Ar
lington and Park hotels and 60 others and
200 boarding houses are open all summer.
Having an altitude of 1000 feet it is a
cool, safe and nearby refuge during the
heated term in the south.
For information concerning Hot Springs
address G. F. Cooley, Manager Business
Mems League, Hot Springs, Ark.
For reduced excursion tickets and par
siculars of the trip see local agent or adj
dress W. A. Turk, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Southern Ry., Washington, ID. G.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
STUDY OF DOUBLE SUICIDE.
The Philadelphia Medical journal
Weighs the Power of Morbid
Suggestion.

A fascinating study Of THE Psychol-
ogy OF Double Suicide" is present
cd in the current issue Of the Philadel-
phia Medical Journal, In connection
with the tragedy in which Maude lIoff-
nagle and Bessie Foust leaped togeth-
CT from a Delaware ferryboat here re-
Gently. Among other things this
scientific analysis Of that unique SEN
sation says:
The dramatic double suicide pre-
scnts a problem of unusual interest to
the mind of the medico-psychologist.
Double suicides are not unheard of.
but they are at least comparatively
rare, especially in cases where both
victims are of the same sex.
This instance presents the very
quintessence of hypnology, according
20 any rational and scientific criticism
Of that cult, because il means simply
the overpowering influence of sugges-
lion acting upon a susceptible brain.
The last word of encouragement
spoken ere they took the fatal plunge
was, in the case of these young women,
endowed with a potency that far ex-
ceeded the average spell exercised by
the most expert master in suggestive
"A morbid thought may be nour-
ished and developed into frightful di-
mansions by the constant brooddng
over it of two or more distraught
minds; suicide may thus become cpl
demic."
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Tourist Sleeping Car Service,

The Tourist Sleeping Car Line operated
by the Southern Railway between Wash
ington and San Francisco without change.
via New Orleons, has proven so success
full that il has become necessary TO make
a semi weekly service, the Westbound de-
parture being OH Wednesday and Saturday
of each week.
This sleeper offers sleeping car facilities
TO persons holding first or second class
tickets, the berth rate being only 800
from Washington to San Francisco, Los
Angeles, or Portland, berth being large
enough for occupancy by two people, if
desired, without extra charge.
These Sleepers run through Texas,
Arizona and New Mexico, and connect
with similar cars for Oregon.
Information in regard thereto may he
had form any Southern Railway Ticket
Agent, from Mr.. A. j. Poston, Genl
Agent, Sunset Tourist Excursions, 5ll
Penn. Ave, N. W., Washington, d. g., or
from Mr.. ". A. Turk, q. F. A., 1900 Penn.
Ave, N. W., Washington, DC.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
GRASS EXPERIMENTS.
Recommendations for Benefting
Pacific Coast Country.
Prof. Iamson-scribner Has Just Fin
b ishea a Tour Of Investigation for
Holding In Check the shift
ing sands.

Prof. Lamson-Scribner the agros-
tologist of the agricultural depart
ment, has completed six weeks tour
of investigation of the Pacific coast
and returned TO Washington. The In
yestigation looked to the extension of
grass experimental work to the other
side of the Rocky mountains, which
hns heretofore been the western limit
in this service, and also the implanting
OF sand binding plants where the sand
dunes sweep over the land and, partial
ly engulflng telegraph poles and fruit
trees, cause great damage.
The result of the investigation Is a
recommendation for extending the
former work and for making practical
demonstrations of the feasibility of
the sand-binding operations. One grass
experiment station under the direct
opera ton Of the department Is to be
established. probably near Wallawalla.
Wash. At Yankton, Wash, the North
ern Pacific road maintains station
for grass experiments, which the road
MS W Aui ~ Dfti " 'if cOftA
ment. Prof. Scribner will recommend
its acceptance. and besides the station
under direct government management
the experimental work of volunteers
IN the field of grasses and forage plants
will be generally encouraged.
1t is the expectation that the re-
suits of the extension Of the service
will be restoration at least In part
of the Pacific coast ranges TO their
former condition. The drifting sands
along the rivers and coasts were es
pecially watched. and the people in
terested will be shown by practical
demonstration how TO prevent the |
sands blowing over the country. At |
one point there was fence IS feet |
high to keep the sands Off the railroad
tracks and telegraph poles, and the
work Is much needed in Oregon and |
Washington. Prof. Scribner, In his
report, will recommend the planting
Of seaside lime grass. wild species
of sedge and beach grass, now used at
some points TO effect this purpose.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Good Advice.

Judge Noonan, of San Antonio, Tex.
VINO Is a republican. but was elected
70 congress during the November 4
landslide, Is quite humorist On one
occasion young lawyer who had inst
been admitted to the bar asked him for
what is it you want advice abou t2s
asked Judge Noonan blandly.
"A certain lawyer has been t.,,;n.
everybody that am donkey. Don't
you ,h'nk ought to fight him or sue
fright him by all means. IL sra.
M, hs will prove 1t ON You. r-Tesss
Siftings eAas
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
QUICK SERVICE
to the
WEST and NORTH WEST
via
& WESTERN RY.

The New Train leaving Bristol > p. m.
daily, except Sunday, arrives in Cincin-
natl $50 next morning, indianapolis II 40
q. M. Terre Haute l.31 p. m, ST. Louis
$50 p. m, Portsmouth Sis II. m, Chilli
cothe Gas n. IN, Columbus $50 a. M,
Toledo 1901 noon, Detroit s4;J5 p. m,
Chicago 500 p. IN.
At Chicago and st. Louis close connec-
ton is made in Union Station with all
Trans Continental Lines for all points in
Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, Washington,
Oregon, California and Alaska.
Through tickets to all points at very
low rates.
For all information, call on or address
any Agent of the Norfolk 4 Western Rail-
way, or "a
W. B. BEyll1, M.F. BRAce,
GenI Pass. Agent, TRAY. Pass Agt.
Roanoke, Va. Roanoke, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
CLANS IN SOLID SANDSTONE.
Workmen Make a Discovery I'm the
Contra Costa Hills In
California.

One hundred feet down in the sand
stone formation of the Contra Costa
hills near San Francisco, CAL, an an
eient bed OF clans has been found. The
bed is extensive. The spot where the
discovery was made is fully eco feet
above the present level of the bay and
about five miles from the bay shore.
The workmen bored COO feet into the
hillside before striking the bed. A
tramway cart had been almost filed
with them before the men notlced they
were cutting out from solid sandstone
clans by the hundred.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Excursion Tickets.
Internal Exposition

Norfolk & Western Railway
Omaha Neb. & Kansas City Mo.
Choice OF two routes
hColumhus q Chicago or Cincinnati 4 St.
Louis. Tickets ON sale daily limited TO
Nov. LIST, lr9S.
TO THE SEA SHORE.
On July 6, Is, 20 and ~ and August 3,
10, ~ aud "a, Excursion tickets at one
fare will be sold TO Atlaatc City, Cape
MAY, Sea Isle City, Ocean City, n. j.. and
Ocean City, Md, good for fourteen days.
Apply 10 Agent Norfolk Western
Railway, or
W. o. BEyILL, NJ. 4. BRAGG,
Gen. Pass. Agt., TRAY, Pass. A +.
Roanoke, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Diamond Earrings popuIur ar,,,

Brush up the "sparkIers." Earrings
are to be fashionable again. The edict
has gone forth in New York. and Jew
eiers are preparing to meet the ex-
Iected demand. The fashion has been
revived by the news that among the
gifts OF the duke OF Manchester to his
bride-elect were number of ear PEN
dants set with gems.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
An Extraordinary sen,enc..

MAsoouTAH, Ill, Jan. 20 Upon his
plea OF guilty to stealing two scent
cigars from an Office which he hnd
hurglariously entered, Thos. Benne tt
was Friday, in the st. Clair county cir
cult court, sentenced to six years in the
penitentiary.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Our Colorcd ropuIntions

The Afro-American contingent rep
resents about ~ per cent. OF the total
population OF this country.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Mohammedans and nelIs.

The whole Moslem race despise and
hate the sound of bells, which they saw
cause the evil spirits to assemble to-
gether. Int consequence they are never
used on Mohammedan mosques.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
THE Big STONE GAP POST
ARRIVALAND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS.
Sonth AtIantIeN Ohio.

East bound-No. passenger leaves Big Stone Gap
daily az .. ~ a. M, arrives "a Bristol II b D.
West b0und.-No. ], passenger leaves Bristol 20
p. M. daily aud arrives At Big Stone Gap is D.
Connections.-No. l connects with the l.. Il Al
Double Tunnel.
Scheduled in effect September 9Th. 1897 Standard
ina
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Jam Astnta .ynnan

"Lou's divorces never cost her any.
thing" said Chicago woman to an.
other.
How does she manage is?'
She always selects an unmarried at.
torney to take charge Of her case and
marries him before he presents his
bill. Judge.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
"IIow does she manage i.q"


Hicks--I don't believe these stories
about people who kill themselves for
love; I'm sure ! should never do that
Mrs. llicks--It's different with Won.
you only love yourself--N. Y. World
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Pcrfumed mlst.

vn some parts of the coast of France
wnen the wind is in the east. the mist
'nas appears bears with IL n very notice.
able perfume. Ds
AnimsIs May fse Insane.
Darwin asserted that there Is insanity
among animals just as there is among
people.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Poker ForbIdden I'm y,.nn,

Poker has been forbidden In Vienna
on the ground that it is a game of
chance.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
llege Women In German

There are over a hundred students
now at the University of Berlin, as
against thirty-five last year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
LonisYllle a. NnshvilIe.

Central timel
No. 81, Passenger daily.-Leayes Louisville 30 p
m arrives Big Stone Gap : 10 a. m.
No. so, Passenger daily. leaves Big Stone Gap
7 :3S p. m, arrives at Louisville ; 80 Il. m.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
Big stone Gapand POweII's valley.
STANDARD time.)
r. A. Ayers, Pres't.
A. 3. Eaton, Superintend' MT.

transfer line for ght and passenger business
between the South Atlantic d Ohio and Louisville 4
Nashville Railroads and the furnaces OF the Big
Stone Gap Iron Co.
Ira ins leave the lntermont hotel a. follows:
FOrL. d ~ train, going east. .......... 40 a. IN
west. ......... 30 p. ~.
s. A. G. train, going south. 9IlO m.
n0rth....... 7 sop. m.
For further information regarding freight and
passenger traffic, apply to
n. J. Ayers. Sec,
Ayers building, BIC SroSE GAP Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-09-22
THE
NEW YORK WORLD,
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i56 Papers a Year
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1t prints the news Of all the world, hay-
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We offer this uneaual ncWspaper and
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21

REMEMBER that the Marietta jour
NAL Job Office has been completely re-
fitted with the latest faces of new and
stylish job type, borders, rules, &c. and
there is no establishment in this Sec
ton better equipped to do fine print
ing. Fast presses, steam power and
artistic printers, all make it easy for
us to duplicate Atlanta prices and turn
out work with neatness and dispatch
See our new specimens of work; office
near the postoffice.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21
LOSE CONFIDENCE.

1t Is a great mistake to lose con-
fidence in humanity because one
man has played you false. In
spite of all the rascals that walk
the stage, there are honest folks
III the world. If you have failed
to find them, perhaps it is because
you have not been looking for
them. The moral affinities of
your own soul come out in your
Judgment of ether men. No liar
believes in truthfulness, no thief
in honesty, and no debauchee in
purity. Whether we will do it
OF not, we instinctively measure
our brethren by what we know of
ourselves. The good are likely to
be gentle and charitable, and the
evil harsh and censorious. If you
must mistrust any one, let it be
the one who sneers at the sugges-
ton of magnanimity.
Christian Advocate.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21
SmO1lettis Tomb.

what interested me most in the
burying ground at Leghorn," re-
marks a writer, was the tomb of
Smollett, though l was rather pro-
voked to find it scrubbed all over
with signatures and trashy remarks
of innumerable tourists who seemed
to imagine that by hooking on their
unknown names and insignificant
compositions, both in prose aud
verse, they, too, might have a chance
of some touch of distinction. AS it
did not strike me at first that this
disfiguration of a great person g
monument is really one of the best
compliments that can be paid to his
Ienown, ! turned to the sexton and
impulsively promised him a reward
If he would clear away all these i'm
pertinent additions. Before / left
he had procured bucket of water
and a bit of marble, with which he
had effectively restored the stone to
its original brightness. Until then
1t did not occur to me that I had
missed the true point, and in thus as
Stimulating Smollett's tomb to those
around it ha I, in fact, lessened the
only distinction which such things
are capable of comforting on the
memory of the dead"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21
Mary's Little Lamb.

The one single contribution of
note that America has made to this
never dying literature of childhood
is the true story of Mary and Her
Little Lamb. Perhaps it is because
of its truth that it has taken such a
strong hold upon the popular fancy,
for some of the verses are crude
enough, written us they were by
young John Rollston, a boy student
at the same Massachusetts school at
tended 70 years ago by Mary and
her devoted pet. But the poem was
completed long after the demise of
the sheep by Mrs. Sarah Hall, a
quite celebrated author. That it's ad-
mirers are legion was shown at a
fair in Boston, as many will remem-
Der. A stocking knitted from the
woven fleece of the famous lamb
was raveled out and pieces sold,
with the autograph of Mary, then an
aged lady, attached, and so great
was the demand that $14Q was thus
won for the Old South church.
Agnes Carr Sage in Lippincott's.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21

An average waltz takes a dancer
over about three quarters of a
mile; square dance makes one
cover half mile A girl with a
well filled program travels thus in
one evening: twelve waltzes, nine
miles; four other dances at half
mile apiece, which is hardly a fair
estimate, two miles more: the in
PERMISSION stroll and the trips to
the dressing room to renovat6 her
gown and complexion, half mile;
grand total, eleven and one-half
miles.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21

The attorney general of Michi-
gan is to take action against the
directors of 700 corporations in
that state which have not made
annual reports according to the
requirements of law. This max
ing Of directors personally respon-
slble for the acts of the corpora
tions is something new in Michi-
gan, and it is undoubtedly step
III the right direction. If direc-
tors were forced to give close at
tention to the corporations in
which they are interested and held
personally responsible for the de-
linquencies of the corporations,
there would probably be fewer
defalcations.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21

SPANS sea power is gone and
ours is increasing n strength. In
addition to some recruits in the
way of boats captured from the
enemy, the cruisers Philadelphia,
Yorktown, Chicago and Atlanta,
which have hitherto taken no part
IN the war, are now ready for the
fray. We have more than a doz-
Ell vessels awaiting assignment to
service, and we shall soon have a
swarm of new torpedo boats.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21

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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-07-21
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
Tax Receivers Notice,

The law formerly required property
held on the first Gay of April returnab,e
tor taxation This has been amended so
that all property held on the FIRST DAY
OF MARCH shall be returned ut its market
value | will be at the following named
places on the dates mentioned below for
the purpose or Receiving the Tax Returns
of Cobb county for the year 1893:
Marietta April to Is, May 3.
Acworth. April 1s. May 2 and II.
and Is (morning)
Meritt's April 20 (morning, } May 5 and
10 (morning)
Roswell, April 81. May and 90
Post Oak, April % (morning,) Nay and
% (mOrning)
Gritter, April % (eve) May 8 and % (eve)
smyrna April IS (morn,) May 10 and "a
(mol ning)
Lemons April rs (eve) May 10 and "A
Howells, April 81 (morn,) May II and
25 (morp,)
Coxes, April 81 (eve) May II and IS (eve)
Austell, April 80 May 12 and g.
Powder Sp in<s April 80, May l3and 81.
Red Rock, May 2 g to IL a m May 16
and 81 60 to ~
Lost Monntain, May 2 (l2 to 2,) May IS
and 81 Q2 to -
Oregon, May g to 5 p. m } May 16 an
81 e to g.
S r McCleskey's, June (morning)
Benson School House, June 6 (evening.
Winnings, June Is (morningl
L AZ Power, May 5 and IS
At Marietta all other times till july list.
All tax payers are requested to make
prompt returns l will De compelled t.
close my books July 1st 1898.
The Tax Collector will be with me on
all my rounds for the purpose OF Regis.
te1ing Voters Please meet US At your
court ground and make your returns and
register. W. N. GRIST,
Tax Receiver, Cobb County.