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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO.
Gen. Davis VIII Exercise tho Functions OF
Military Governor-Ths Oath of Al
Iegiance by Civil OnacsrG

HAVANA, Dec. 10.-Until further
notice Gen. Davis will exercise the
functions of military governor Of the
province of Pinar del Rio, now com.
pletely evacuated. The oath OF allie
glance will be administered to the
mayors of the towns and other civic
officials The existing authorities are
to be continued with notifications to
suit future conditions. Gen. Davis has
had conference with Gen. Wade, who
acquainted him in part with the in
structions the latter had received from
Washington.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
TROOPS DESTINED FOR CUBA.
Indiana and Illinois Regiments Preparin.
for Departure-Gen. Lee and HIS
Headquarters Sail Sunday.

SAVANNAH, Ca, Dec. 10.-Two bat
talions of the I'd Illinois regiment OF
Lees corps were on the transport Mich
igan Friday night and sailed Saturday
morning for Mariana. The transport
Mobile arrived Friday from Philadel-
phia and will sail Sunday with the
161st Indiana regiment and the Sd bat
talon of the I'd Illinois.
The Panama, with Gen. Lee and the
headquarters of the 9TH corps, will
also sail Sunday. Gen. J. Warren
Keifer is now in command of the
corps.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
PUBLIC PROPERTY GONE.
A Car Load of 1T Reported Lost From
Camp Hamilton Hospital Quarter
master Department..

LEXINGTON, KY, Dec. 10.-ln setting
up accounts a car load or more OF gov.
eminent property is reported lost from
Camp Hamilton hospital quartermaster
department. Nobody seems to know
where 1T is. IN issuing supplies for
hospital wards it is claimed paper re-
ceipts were taken, but one by one
blankets and all kinds of property were
missed and it was declared they were
stolen.
In a farm house, near the hospital,
up under the roof, nearly a two-horse
wagon load of blankets, guns, buckets
and clothing have been found. Lost
and missing property is worth over
$4,000.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
QUICK SERVICE
to the
WEST and NORTH WEST
via
NORFOLK g. WESTERN RI

The New Train leaving Bristol = p. m.
daily, except Sunday, arrives in Cincn-
natl $50 next morning, indianapolis ii 40
a. m. Terre Haute 81 p. m, st. Louis
ESQ p. m, Portsmouth 5:l5 a. m, Chilli
cothe Gas a. IN, Columbus $50 a. m,
Toledo 1901 noon, Detroit 400 p. M,
Chicago 500 p. m.
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 Il Western Rail-
way, or
W. b. BEyILL, NJ. +. BRAGG,
Genl Pass. Agent, TRAY. Pass. Agt.
Roanoke, Va. Roanoke, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
Karl Becker Gets seven Years.

SAN FRANCISCO Dec. 10.-Karl Ecker,
known to the police all over the coun-
try as the prince of forgers, was sem
fenced to seven years in San Quentin
Friday for defrauding the Nevada bank,
of this city, out of over $4,000 by
means of raised check which he and
three others presented to the bank for
payment.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
Sale of Valuable Property,

Pursuant to decree of the Circuit
Court of Scott county, Virginia, entered
Nov. %. 1898, in the cases OF Patrick
Hegan and others vs.. j. II. Millnder q
Co.. the undersigned special commissioners
will on the llth day of January, 1877,
ON the premises of the Stoney Creek Lum
Der Co., on Stoney Greek, Scott county,
Virginia, offer .or sale at public outcry to
the highest and best bidder, for cash, the
following property: One steam saw mill;
two engines, boilers and fixtures thereto;
| planning mill, with all its fixtures, the
interest of J. II. Millipder 4 Co in and to
about twenty-five small houses, and all
the other personal property of said Com
pany which came into the hands of NJ. }.
Mcconnell, Receiver, which is yet unsold
Given under my hand this the LIST day
OF December, 1873.
:. H. BoNp,
Special Commissioned.
In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court
of the County of Scott.
Patrick Hagan and Others,
Plaintiff,
against In Cbahcery
J. ii. Milinder Il Co.. Deft.
], r. NJ. Alley, Clerk of the said gonr'i
do certify that the Lond required by the
Special Commissioner 10y the decree
rendered in said cause, on The 18th day oil
November. 1898. has been duly given.
Given under my hand as Clerk OF the
said court, this Goth day of November. 1878
does 1852 X. VI. ALLEY, Clerk,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
jain MILAN

OF John Millions ten London resi-
dences it is said not one is now left,
though two or three have been stand
ing within memory. 1t is proposed to
turn the little churchyard of st. Giles
church, Cripplegate, into a public gar
den. and to place therein statue of the
poet, whose bones lie in the chancel Of
the church.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
VIE Meyer lie Trial

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 10.-Counsel in
terested in the case stated Friday that
the injunction suit brought by Mr.. A.
L. Seymour to prevent the construc.
ton OF the addition to the statebouse
will never come TO trial. The com.
plainants haye decided to let the mat.
ter dron
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15

Large shipments of Connecticut ties
are being made to Guatemala, Central
America. They are shipped to New
York by barge. thence to their desti-
nation by steamer. where they are be-
ing used to build an electric railroad
being put through by Boston capital.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
Cutting Passenger Rates,

CHICAGO, Dec. 0.-Excitement was
caused in railroad circles Friday by the
announcement that the Canadian Pa
cites 500 line had made a great
slash in the passenger rates from st.
Paul and Minneapolis to points in the
east.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
John Andersen Hanged.

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 10-John ABder-
sen, the Swede, who, while cook of the
schooner Olive Pecker of Boston, muir
dered the captain and mate off the
coast of Brazil, August 6, 1897, was
hanged Friday afternoon at $40 lie
died easily.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.-Counsel for
Senator Quay in the conspiracy charges
for which he is to be tried next week.
Friday subpoenaed ex-Common Pleas
Judge James Gay Gordon and ex-Post-
master General John Wanamaker az
witnesses for the defense.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
THE


SOUTHERN RAILWAY
is the most direct line to.
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Oregon,
Washington.
and all points
West.
Through schedules l...
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15

The export OF lumber of all kinds
from Canada to the United States last
year was less than 7oo,oOo.OOo feet. The
zane year Canada furnished to Ameri-
can sawmills over sOo.ooo,Ooo feet Of
'cgs. The trade j. rapidly growing.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
ITS WAR NEWS SERVICE

Can not he cxcelled. 1t is gathered 10y
foriy-two war correspondents aud eight
fast dispatch boats at the seat of war, and
salsried correspondent in every inn
poriant city in the world.
The most critical period Of he war
will lie during peace negotiations. Get
the paper that tells the truth.
OuR MORO: IL you see it in The Dis
patch it's so, and il it's 50 it is always in
The Dispatch.
The DISPATCH news service is now fur
nished by The New York Sun. The Chicago
lnter-Occan, The Northern Press Associ
alton, The Leslie Syndicate and a staff of
correspondents in Kentucky, Tennessee
and Indiana second to none on Southern
newspaper.
We club with The Weekly Louisville
Dispatch; both papers one year for the low
sum of 81 25.
The BIC STONE GAR Posr.
Big Stone Gap, Va.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15

PoM"RoY, o., Dee. io.-Capt All Day.
the well known steamboat man and
pilot, died at his home at Cheshire
forr miles below here, Thursday night
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
Two Divers Fight Under Water

Ia 1892, when the wreck Of the Royal
George was being examined, two divers
quarreled and fought under water. One
q the combatants succeeded in break
ing the glass of his opponents helmet.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
LOnR Alnhahef.
Ties for Guatemala.

The Tartarian alphabet contains eo2
letters, being the longest in the world.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
RELIABILITY

IL quality some newspapers have lost
sight of in these days of yellow" Jour
nalism. They care little for the truth and
great deal for temporary sensation.
Ii is not so with The DIsPArcH. The
success Of THE DIsPArcH rests upon its
reliability. II prints the news-all the
newsstand tells the truth about il.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
THE
NEW YORK WORLD,
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION.
IS Pages a Week go.
.. 1856 Papers Il Year
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
Published every Alternate Day except
sunday.

The Thrice,a-wcck Edition of THE NV
YORK WoELp j. hr-t among all "wcekly
papers ~ sizV. frequency OF publication,
and the freshness, accpac" and variet, Of
its contents 1t has all the merits OF a
great 50 daily AT the price of "a dollar
weekly. rs political news is prompt,
complete, accurate aud impartial a. all it,
reader, will testify. II IL against monop-
olies ana for the people.
1t prints the new, OF all the wo,ld, hay
ing special correspondence from all i'm
portant new, points ON the globe. IL ha,
brilliant illustrations, tories 10y great
authors. capital humor page, complete
markets. departments for the household
and women, work and other special de-
parimeutS ot unusual interest
We offer This unequal newspaper ana
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-15
Pleurisy'

Pleurisy and pneumonia arc fre-
quentay developed, In o very short
space Of time from q common cold I;
and, II such an acute inflammation Of
the lungs 10 not promptly allayed,
the worst may happen. With the aid
OF DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, however,
you need not have any fear for this
great remedy speedily subdues the
Inflammation, eases the pain in
breathing and always effects cure
In Q wonderfully short time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
who Made the First Jokes.

A correspondent Of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer wrote to that newspaper requesting
information concerning the seven original
jokes upon which all modern humor is
said to be- founded. The editor admits
that the question is difficult one to an
swer and then remarks:
If it were a question Of fundamental
subjects Of humor, instead of the actual
jokes themselves, the task of roofing them
out might not be so difficult Perhaps
we may learn later on that Epictetus had
prepared list of IS Hellenic SUBJECTS for
mirth in which the original seven were
included. Then we may be told that Dy-
sippus, the Thraoian, took Epiotetus sharp
lytto task because he omitted the goat, the
animal being valued Thraoian product.
Perhaps Simonis, the philosopher, can be
credited with putting official approval on
the mother-in-law, the mouse and the
mule Perhaps the spring poet the mil
liners bill, the tongue of woman, the
waking of the baby and the young man
asking the dreaded father for his daugh-
ber's hand came in few cycles later.
That's more than seven, Of course, but
they were not all fundamental And when
you stop to consider this point it might be
well to ask where the bicycle joke comes
from? Oh, yes, here 1t is. You mber
that exquisite bit Of humor of the oonse-
quential fly on Jove's chariot wheel-and
there you have the original cycle joke.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14

fortunate coincidence the naval ambu-
lance ship Solaoe arrived off Santiago
yesterday, and was available at once to
bake marines who participated in the
fight at Crest Hill. The dead will be
burisd on Cuban soil. TO provide for
every contingency the surgeon general of
the navy placed on board the Solaoe 25
folding coff1ns. They are away from
observation and are so unlike collins I'M
I'll put together that they are5freo..from all
gruesome appearance. They are to be
Used only for such wounded as die on
loard ship. A practical embalmer. with
e0lbalming supplies, also is on board.
Relatives of some of the sailors who
have died in the naval hospital at Key
Nss5 and have bean buried there, have
made urgent appeals that the bodies be
sent North. The navy department pas
been anxious to consider these appeals
favorably. but has found 1t to be lmpossi-
BILE under the state laws of Florida which
DO not permit disinterments for two
years after the first interment,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
AMERICAN PRONUNCIATION.
Two Words by Which the Citizen lis Rec
ognized by Foreigners.

Two Words by Which the Citizen lis Rec
ognized by Foreigners.
The American travelling abroad is sure
to be Spotted by English and English
speaking people by two words that he or
she is sure to pronounce at least once in
the course of any given hour. One word
Is America and the other is "Paris. -
Not American in 10000 ever learns to
speak them correctly. "Amurrika" and
"Parrus" is the way they actually sound
TO foreign ears whether the speaker S
birthplace be Boston, Chicago, New York,
San Francisco or Atlanta.
Other circumstances being equal, moro
attention is paid to pronunciation In the
education Of an English than an American
boy or girl If they learn nothing else
about America little Miss end Master
Null learn to divide the word properly in
to Its syllables thus: A-me-ri-c ca: not as
the American ear and throat are trained
to hear and voice 1t, "A-mer-ri-ca." The
English also learn to say "Paris'' with a
little roll to the r; not Gallo roll, but
the is spoken with the tip Of the tongue
near the teeth instead of being flattened
against the roof of the mouth, while the i
Is not transformed into u, but takes the
short o sound, which is it's real value.
1t Is not long since Americans, we'll bred
and otherwise, spoke Of tEye-talians. !"
The better part of them have outgrown
that barbarian, and perhaps some day the
American ear will recognize the barbarity
of "Amurrika. New York Mail and
Express.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
YESTERDAYS LIE.

Madrid, June 1s-4 p. MIN the
Chamber of Deputies today, the minister
of the interior, Senior Cap depon, reply
ing to questions on the subject, said, that
according to the semi.offcial dispatches
during the last fight at Santiago de Cuba,
"a Spanish shell burst on the deck of the
Massachusetts,, dismounting gun, kill
ing and wounding a number of men and
seriously injuring thei vessel, while the
New York and several other vessels were
compelled to withdraw in badly dam.
aged condition. II addition threa of the
American ships were sent back to the
repairing yard. "
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
SPAIN WANTS PEACE.
Alleged Interview With Sagastas
Private Secretary.

Brussels, June 13.-The special Madrid
o,..noavondent of the Petit Bleu of this
city telegraphs an interview which he
claims TO have had with Senior Mersno,
the private secretary of the Spanish
premier, senior sagasta, in which the
secretary is quoted as having formally
dec1arsd the Spanish government will
now accept any peace proposals which is
submitted, "on the express condition
that it does not emanate from the
eneny;' but the premier's secretary is
said to have added: "The international
mediation which would be especially wei
coined upon the part of Spain, Ewould be
in the case of the iniatiye being taken by
France or Austria. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
OIL REFINERY BURNED.
Fire in Philadelphia Which Threatened
Disaster.


Philadelphia, June 13.-The extensive
plant of the Philadelphia Oil Refining
company, at Point Breeze, in the extreme
sout hwestern part of the oity, was visited
by fire tonight that for time threat
ened to prove most disastrous.
By the most heroulanean efforts of the
company's workmen and nearly the entire
fire department of the city, the fam es
were kept in check and the loss held tc
$500, 900. The fire broke out in the big
shipping dock facing on the Sohuykill
river, wherein were stored cases, packages
and barrels of crude and paraffine oils
and wax. In an instant almost the entire
dock was in flames. Five separate alarms
were sounded and 20 companies responded
in addition to the four police and fire
boats.
Adjoining the dock were the tanks
filled with crude and paraffine oils. On
these the workmen and firemen labored
with long lines of bose and kept the in
tense heat from igniting their contents.
Meanwhile carloads OF sand and earth
were thrown upon the outskirts of the
burning buildings and served to check
somewhat the flames advance. Two
barges, made fast to the dock, were
burned to the waters edge and one ship,
the County Dumfries, was slightly
scorohed. Within the dockkbuildings,b were
5000 packages of paraffine valued at about
$38, 900 and 200, 600 cases of crude Oil
valued at 100000 and 1900 barrels Of
lubricating oil. The company carried It's
own insurance. The origin of the fire il
unknown,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
A Canny Scot.

An amusing scene took place in the
Glasgow sheriff court during board OF
trade inquiry into the circumstances at.
tending the loss of the West Highland
"puffer, -" or coasting steamer, the Helen
MacGregor. One Of the witnesses was
Captain Fletcher, previous master of
his opinion the vessel was seaFy orthy.
WELL" said the witness, leaning bis
arm on the rail Of the Witness box, "the
engines behaved no sac bad and worked
middlin weel.
His Lordship-You are very cautious
man. "No sac bad" and t'middlin weel'
may be very good Scotch, but they do not
convey much information. Was she sea-
worthy
Witness-Well, yes, in way.
The Sheriff-What kind of way? The
proper way?
Witness-Ou, juist in a middlin, ordi-
nary way.
"But that is as vague as the other. Had
you any fault to find with her?'
Witness (oaubiousiy )-Well, she wass
maybe gsttin old
The, Sharif--Did you think she was sea-
worthy when you saw her In the Crinan
canal in November last9
Witness-It would be aocordin to the
weather.
fBut vessel to be seaworthy must be
seaworthy in all reasonable weather, must
she mott"
Witness-Well, it would depend upon
the day.
Captain Fletoher's departure from the
witness box caused much regret in court,
and 1t was some time before duo solemnity
prevailed. Westminster Gazette
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
PORTO R!CAN EXPEDITION.

Gen. Carpenter 1t Is Said VIII Rs In Can-
mand.
Tampa, June Is. Gen. Carpenter is in
command of the troops left at Tampa
and it is believed will command the next
expedition to sail.
The destination of this second expedition
will be Porto Rico. Gen. Fitzhugh Lees
corps is not likely to go to Porto Rico,
but will be sent to Cuba, when the time
comes to strike Havana.
The troops which left here for Key
West, prior to forming the first army of
the Cuban invasion, were conveyed from
Tampa to Key West by the Helena, An
napolis, Csstine and Wyandotte. The
troops were joyful when orders were re-
ceived at last to make start for Key
West The rumors of Spanish gunboats
had delayed their departure after embar-
kation had taken place and had caused
them to be warped into the slip near. the
piers. Life aboard troopship is not
pleasant at the best and with the intense
heat that prevailed Thursday and Friday,
while the transports were kept in the
slips, was very disagreeable. The sold
iers suffered greatly, but complained little.
On one transport alone, the Cherokee,
five regulars tainted away, while one or
more cases of prostration we're reported
from nearly every other transport. Two
men Of the 18th New York volunteers
were among the sufferers and it was
hours before the physicians succeeded in
restoring than to consciousness
After q conference of several hours du-
ration between Generals Miles and Shat
ter and the different brigade commanders,
and after the exchange of good many
teIegrams with the war department at
Washington, it was announced on Satur-
day that the expedition would sail short
ly and some hours later the start was
made.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-14
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a VOYAGE In TIE ALE
Peculiar Sensations That Come while As
cending and Descending Tn a. FsaJ1oon,

oohsauons That Come While As
cehd1ns and Descending In a Balloon.
made an ascent in the gigantic balloon
whloh toward the end of the sixties had
Deen brought over by number of we'll
Known FRENCH aeronauts, Messrs. Yon,
oouaro, Mangin, Chavantier and Tissan-
uier. Mr.. Glaisher, the celebrated meteor
o1ogist, Who in one of his ascents had at
eSlned the greatest height, seven miles,
tooK the direction of the enormous airship
on tnat occasion. Shortly before balloon
vi moderate extent had been brought to
England by Mr.. GifYard. was accident
ally prevented from accepting the invita-
Gion to take part in the ascent. On the
next day the balloon exploded through a
fire.
When we assembled afterward in the
great captive balloon, the volume of which
was no less than 424, 900 cubic feet and it's
height 1871 feet, during such stormy
weather that Mr. Glaisher thought at first
the enterprise should be given up on that
day, we had rather a strange experience.
At great altitude we were bumped about
SO badly and at such suddenly changing
and precipitous angles that one of the pas
sengers near me was seized with an insane
kind of giddiness. All at once he felt an
irresistible impulse to throw himself over
board into the ocean of the air He was
pulled down by those about him, where
upon he sank sideways on his knees, his
eyes being then shut in as By blinkers.
There were no seats in theear. We stood
like SO many bottles is the narrow wicker
work ring, which only reached to the low
er part of ones breast, and which was
followed out in the middle, SO that the
ever shifting landscape could be seen
through it, rather trying aspect for those
given to seasickness. The altitude reached
was such that the manifold sounds below
gradually merged into a music of the
spheres and then into absolute stiffness.
The jerky movements of the airship be-
came at last SO abrupt that the danger sig
nal had to be hung out. The hideous part
of the voyage was the coming down. 1t
was effected in short but violent pushes,
and one felt ever and anon as if the head
were thrust into the stomach. For all
that, / greatly enjoyed the trip.-Karl
Blind in North American Review.