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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-01
Tourist Sleeping Car Service.

The Tourist Sleeping Car Line operated
by the Southern Railway between Wash.
ing,on and San Francisco without change
via New Orleons, has proven 50 success
ful that it has become necessary to make
semi weekly service, the Westbound de-
parture being on 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 100
from Washington TO san Francisco, Los
Angeles, or Portland, herlh being large
enough Tor occupancy by two people, if
desired, without extra charge.
These Sieepers run through Texas,
Arizona aud New Mexico, aud connect
with similar cars Tor Oregon.
Information IN regard thereto may he
had form any Southern Railway Ticket
Agent, from Mr. A. j. Poston, Genr
Agent, Sunset Tourist Excursions. 5lI
Penn. Ave, \ ", Washington. ID. e., or
fromsMr. ". A. Turk, &. Z. a, 1860 Penn.
Ave, n. W, Washington, DC.
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For the benefit OF the Posr readers
give You the following facts concernin,
the world renowned Safe Cure, made ~,
Warmers Safe Cure Co., Rochester. y. Y.
For many years my mother had been "a
terrible sufferer OF heart disease and
liver complaint, and many times it looked
as 1t death was near. Four months ago
procured two trial size bottles OF Warmers
Safe Cure and she began IFS use. After
using the two, she was greatly relieved
and seemed to hc on the road to recovery
procured two more trial bottles for the
special case, she began lis use, and ere
she consumes these two am sure | shall
she her we'll, healthy and stout woman.
n III her yolth. lhev will send trial
size bottle for - cents, remit ia express
or PoStoilice money order ". b. NhnB.
Sergcnt, ky.
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QUICK SERVICE
to the
WEST and NORTH WEST
via
NORFOLK q WESTERN RY

The New Train leaving Bristol p m
daily, except sunday, arrives in Cincin-
natl $50 next morning, indianapolis II 40
a. m. Terre Haute ~ p. m, St. Louis
$50 p. m, Portsmouth 5:l5 a. ~, Chilli
Gothic 6lj Il. IN Columbus $50 Il. M,
Toledo 1891 noon, Detroit 4:55 p. m,
Chicago 500 p. IN.
AT Chicago and st. Louis close connec-
tion is made in Union Station with all
Trans continental Lines for all points in
Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, Washington,
Oregon, California aud Alaska.
Through tickets to all points at very
low rates.
For all Information, call on or address
any Agent of the Norfolk X Western Rail-
way, or
". 3. BEyiLL, NJ. +. BRAGG,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, Irav Pass. Agt
Roanoke, Va. Roanoke, Va.
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Good AdxIca

Judge Noonan, of San Antonio ;Te~
VINO Is republican, but was elected
70 congress during the Noyember !
landslide, is quite a humorist On ona
occasion young lawyer who had ius,
a oeen admitted to the bar asked him fo,.
.s,.s mnat Is ityou want advice abou 70,
"a oan.s se Noonan blandly.
sve,,.h ee,sain lawyer has been telling
everybody that am donkey. pon't
him for damages?" VI sue
right him by all means. II vou s,.
SiftinQs. iexas
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GROWING TALLER.
American Girls Are, IL IL snid' IN
creasinG In stature Every year
treason Therefor.

II has become familiar spectacle q
fashionable weddings Of late TO see TN
fair bride towering several inches abov'
the bridegroom, and sometimes forced
TO gaze meekly at the crown OF hi
head.
This was the case with Mrs. Dave
Hennen Morris, Mrs. George Wander
bilt. Marie Churchill. the countess o.
. Craven. and Miss Whitney, and was
fashion also set by the young duchess
of Marlborough, who was an inch taller
than her English lord.
II is a decided reversal of the ole
order Of things and has given rise TO nc
end of speculation and comment.
That women are growing taller with
startling rapidity is shown by the tes-
timony of the representatives OF the
women's colleges.
Dean Smith, Of Barnard college, said
that. while it was her fixed conviction
that the average height of the Ameri-
can girl had much increased during the
last score Of years, Barnard, unfortu'
nately, has no gymnasium, and there
fore she could give no statistics.
"But." added Dean Smith. "Bryn
Mawr has kept most comprehensive
and accurate set of statistics on this
point and the physical culture charts
Mt this college prove beyond contradic-
ton that the American girl is to-day at
least two or three inches taller than she
was 2Oyears ago.
"The exercises would doubtless have
n tendency to increase the height OF
women" said DR.. Smith. 81 shall watch
this growth in stature in the future
with a great deal Of interest"
The fashionable tailors and modistes
one and all say that the increase in
height of the American girl is marked.
Said Mr., Samuel Haas, of 10 West
Thirty-frst street:
"There is n marked increase in the
height OF our patrons, particularly 10
ticeable among the younger women
debutantes and young women in their
second and third seasons. 1t Is not at
all uncommon for us to take measures
of young woman who is five feet ten
inches, and an absolutely perfect fig
ure, according to the proportions called
artistic.
81 notice the increase in stature is
in the younger women"
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ITS WAR NEWS SERVICE

Can not he excelled. 1t is gathered hy
forty-iwo VAR correspondents and eight
fast dispatch boats at the seat Of war. and
II salHried correspondent in every in-
poriant city in the world.
The most critical pcriod Of the rar
viii be during pefce negotiations. Get
the paper that tells the truth.
Ora MORO: If YOU see it in The Dis
patch its so, and il it's so il is ALWAYS in
The Dispatch.
THE DISPATCH news service j. now fur
nished 10y The New York Sun. The Chicago
lntcr-Ocean, The Northern Press Associ-
alton, The Leslie Syndicate and staff of
correspondents in Kentucky, Tennessee
ana Indiana second to none on Southern
newspaper.
We club with The Weekly Louisville
Dispatch; both papers one wear for the low
sum of 81 -.
THE Bic STONE Gar po,r.
Big Stone Gap, Va.
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The Hot Springs Of Arkansas,
The Mountain-Uocked
Miracle of the OZarks.

The hot waters, the mountain air
equabe climate and the pine forests make
Hot Springs the most wonderful health
and pleasure resort in the world, summer
or winter. 1t is owned, endorsed and con-
troled by the L. 5. Government and has
accommodations for all classes. The Ar
lington and Park hotels and go 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 ia the south.
For information concerning Hot Springs
address e. +. Cooley, Manager Business
Mems League, Hot Springs, Ark.
For reduced excursion tickets and par
ticulars of the trip see local agent or ad
dress W. a. turk, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Southern Ry., Washington, D. c.
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New way TO Arrest bleeding.

BY the electric henostat of Lawsor
TAFT bleeding IS arrested without the
use Of a ligature. tits practically pair
c. forceps for nippinS the artery. but
the forceps contain platinum wire
lea ted by electricity. and the COM
pres. Nd artery is cauterzed IN few
secon IL thus preventing further es-
cape O { l'lood.
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RELIABILITY

II quality some newspapers have lost
sight OF IT. these DAYS OF "Ycliow" Jour
naIi-m. They care little for the truth and
a great deal for temporary sensation.
IL is not 40 with TINS DrsPArcn. The
success Of THE DIsPArcH rests upon its
reliability. II prints the news-all the
news-and tells the truth about it.
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OF the County ol Isc on Inc ON day 81
November, 1898.
Virginia Coal and Iron Co..
Plaintiff,
against In Chancery.
Martin ". Dixon ct al, De-
PENDANTS.
The object Of this suit is to quiet the
title to two certain tracts Of land living on
the waters Of POWELL river and Callahan
Creek in Wise County, Va, containing
22l}l acres and 1919 acres, more or less
respectively The said 1919 acre tract
being the same that was conveyed by
Henry Boggs to W X. Sturgil by deed
dated March 9th, 1892, of Record in the
Clerks Office of Wise county, and there
after conveyed by the said ". X. Sturgll
to W. II. Nickels and VIM. McGeorge, Jr.
and undivided interest therein having
thereafter been conveyed by the said VIM
McGeorgc. Jr., TO the said Martin ".
Dixon and the said 23I acre tract being
the same which was conveyed 10y ". X.
Sturgil to Henry Boggs hy deed dated
Nav 10, 1892, of record in the Clerk
Office o. Wise county. the said Henry
Boggs, having thereafter conveyed the
same to ". H. Nickels and VIM. Me-
George, Jr.. ami the said VIM McGeorge,
Jr., having thereafter conveyed and un-
divided interest therein to the said Martin
W. Dixon. All OF the foregoing deeds are
of record in the Clerk Office of Wise
county and reference il here made thert0
Tor more particular description of said
lands. The further object OF said suit will
he to obtain decree declaring said deeds
null and void, and canccllhg and recind-
ing the same. And an affidavit having
been made and filed that the defendant
Martin W. Dixon Is not resident OF the
State of NirgniaSit is ordered that he
do appear here within ID days after due
publication hereof, and do what may be
necessary to protect his interest in this
suit. And it is further ordered that a
copy hereof he published once week for
tour weeks in the Big Stone Gap Posr, and
that copy be posted at the front
door of the courthouse of this county on
the first day of the next term Of the
County Court
a copy: Teste:
W. +. KILGogE, Clerk.
by c. a. Johnson, d. c. |
J. F. BULLTr, p. q. uovl0 Ids
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pnr IN the japanese Navy.

\ lap, ines : admiral receives, by re-
cent ord nance. 5000 silver dollars a
year, vice adm iral 1900. while first and
seconded ass captains get 2,496 and
22G3. RESI- ectively.
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Fear r.rnught Rink Her vo,o.

In 1898 Mary Gillartl, OF Independ.
shce' Kan. lost her voice. A week ago
enc was picking strawberries. A bug
cTawled across her hand. She
screamed. Ever since her voice has
reen as good as new.
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The Potash
Question.

A thorough study Of the sub
jet has proven that crop fail.
ure5 can be prevented by using
fertilizers containing a large
percentage q Potash no
plant can grow without Potash.
We have a 'i.tc book on ~ subject as
P4a-t, written by Authorities, tia, v-
wouid 10 90 sead 90 O., -y lr~cr fee %
cost, he VIII only write aul ask Drit
GER-ItE KALI WORKS,
g.. Nassau st.. Nv YORK.
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file Feast of Liberty" was a grand
festival held by the Athenians once in
every 1--WE years 10 5oL7memorate tne
victory at Salamis. 1t was always
celebrated on tho battl e.feld Of Fia,
<eel
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Renew your SubSCrip-
ton to the Post.
AND DEPARTURE OF
TRAINS.
south Atlantic 4 Ohio

East hount-No. passenger leave, Blk Stone Gap
ialy at 9:2I 4. M, arrives a. Bristol II 30 D. m
west bound.-NO. l, passenger leaves Bristol 20
p. M. daily and arrive, at Sig stone GAP S:ls D. m
Connecii"ns.-No. l connects With tho l.. & at
Double Tunnel.
schedulein effect September 9Th 1897 Standard
time
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THE
SOUTHERN RAT
TIE

oOO HERN RAIr'
IS the most dircc,.
Arkansas.
Missouri,
Kansas.
Indian I.r
OkIal4.
California,
Oregon.
Washine,o.
and all
West.
Through SEIZED
Class Service.
BEFORE ruHcil.
GET coRRECrANu.
FORMATION N
RATES, SCHEDULES
TONS from any A.
SOUTHERN RA.lu.
jNN
CAUEN-.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-12-01

In the Clerks Office Of the Circuit Count
of the County of Wise on the oth day Of
November, 1898.
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Louisville * Nashville.

Central iimcl
No 81, Passenger dnily.-leaye- Louisville \ 80 !
IN, arrives Big stone Gap 10 H. m.
No. 80, Passenger dAiiy-leayes Big Stone Ga
30 y. M. arrives at Louisville : 30 =. m
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Fastest Trains Are safest

a railway guard says that the fast
'st trains are always the safest
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Big Stone Gapand PoweIPs Valley
STANDARD tme.l
r. a. Ayers, Pres't.
a. B. Eaton, Superintendent

transfer line Tor freight ant passenger bu.ue- :
o-tween the south Atlantic 4 Ohio and Louisville
y shville Railroads and the furnaces of the Big
Stone Gap Iron Go.
Ira ms leave the Intermont hotel ~ follows:
'"'i'' ~ uain, gong ast..... S:4Oa m
west. ...... 30 u IN
;. a. Il ". train, going south y:lO \ m.
" Earth....... 80 p. m.
FOR further Information regarding freight aud
passenger traffic. apply tn
u. J. Ayers. Sec.
Ayers building. EIG SroNy GAPkA
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W 4. KlLGogE, Clerk
by c. a. JOHNSON, d. c
}. f. BULLITr, y. q. novlO 45-4e
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At Camp

Camp Wikoff. Montauk Park. Aug
24.-The transport Leona was unloaded
this morning and the men who came up
on her were marched to the detention
camp to undergo the usual period of
detention. The Leona's contingent CON
sisted of three companies of the 18th
infantry, two troops of the 9th cav
airy Battery @ of the 4th artillery and
two companies of the 34th Michigan.
The report of the hospital authorities
shows there are go men in the general
hospital, of whom 225 are down with
typhoid fever. The Yale has on board
LOGO troops of the Sd and goth regular
infantry: 176 are sick. There is no con-
tagious disease on board.
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WILL REBEL ANY ATTACK
Blanco Must Act in Accord With
the Americans.
RESPECT THE ARMISTICE
The Queen Regent VIII Be the First to
Welcome the Spanish Soldiers
Back to spain-Carlist
Disturbances.

Madrid, Aug. 2+-The minister of war
Lieutenant General Correa. when asked
what instructions have been given Gen.
eral Blanco in regard to opposing the
insurgents in Cuba, replied tina he had
ordered the captains general of Cuba
and the Philippines to act in accord
with h Americans, but if the Ameri-
cans should prove unable to make the
insurgents respect the armistice. then
the Instructions were to repel any at
tack upon the Spaniards.
The queen regent sent a message to
the troops on board the Alicante con-
graduating them upon their conduct
in the field n saying that she pro-
posed TO be the first to welcome them
home. The reading of the dispatch was
with great enthusiasm.
The Decentralization is now in prog
ress. There was no yellow fever on
board, though so died of other disease
during the voyage.
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nAaRIES HER CHAM P,oN.
Miss Richardson, Who Wanted to Christen
the BattIe->hIp Kentucky,

Kentucky soil seems to be especially
adapted for romances. From the blue
grass state comes the announcement
that Miss Harriet cambridge Richard
son, the beautiful Kentucky woman
who disputed with Miss Christine Brad
ley the honor of christening the battle
snip Kentucky, was married at the
nome OF her sister, Mrs. II. Z. Innes, on
North Limestone street, to
James Tandy Ellis. the Kentucky poet.
VINO took up Miss Richardson's cause
in the newspapers at the time the pros
pective christening of the ship was en-
crossing public attention. The cere-
mony was performed by Dean Lewis of
christ Church Episcopal cathedral. The
bride wore a stylish travelling gown of
gray cloth. tailOr-made. and carried a
bunch Of brides roses. They Will spend
their honeymoon at Estill Springs, KY,
n VIII max their home in Louisville.
Inc wedding was a quiet affair, as
none but the relatives and members of
the household were present.
Miss richardson has for several years
been a leading light in Kentucky's
highest society, and her husband is a
poet Of recognized ability. They have
Deen lovers ever since he attended the
state college ten years ago. but they
had become estranged. When the pub
Tic began to criticise Miss Richardson
last winter for standing up for what
she believed to be her rights in the
matter Of christening the kentucky
with a bottle Of old bourbon whlskey.
young Ellis came 10 her rescue in the
public prints, and the breach between
them was healed. and the day the bat
tlesnip was christened they set the date
Tor their wedding. IL Will be remem-
bered by Chicagoans that Miss Rich
ardson claimed that Secretary Herbert
OF the navy, in President Cleveland's
cabinet, promised her the honor OF
christening the vessel Miss Richard
son is descended from an old line OF
sea lighters, Commodore Bainbridge of
the Constitution being an ancestor Of
hers.
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ney to the holy land. Before they
reached Cairo the bride had persuaded
the groom to make a will leaving his
entire fortune to her. Six months later
he died at Beyreut. in Syria. His
wealthy widow settled for a period in
VIENNA. n SO won the esteem Of the
emperor Of Austria that he created her
Princess De Noer in her own right.
a summer or two later the young
widow met Count Won Waldersee at
Wiesbaden, the fashionable German
watering place. The scion Of an an
cient Prussian family, stan officer in
the Prussian army, he was in high fa-
vor with old King William and Bis
marck. From this meeting a marriage
resulted in 1866. The young couple
moved to Berlin. where the brilliant
American, an excellent complement to
a man OF her husbands talents and no.
sition, helped him along by counting
Just the friendships that were advan-
tageous to him. In fact, she soon be-
come a social power.
The countess Is n handsome woman
still. She has a regal bearing and a most
DISTINGUISHED figure. Her complexion
is clear and brilliant and her hair as
white as snow. She has fine taste I'm
dress and % more like an empress
han the empress herself.
1t was she who introduced the en-
peror Of Germany 70 his wife when the
kaiser was Just Prince William of Prus-
s'a, eldest son ~ the then crown prince.
The impress Of Germany was formerly
the Princess Augusta Victoria OF
Schleswig-Holstein and a grandniece of
this American woman by the countess
first marriage. The Countess Won
Waldersee brought the two together in
the most Casual way. and that settled
II. The youthful prince fell madly in
love with the vision presented by the
shy princess, married her. and tn.
countess was satisfied. At the present
m the efforts Of the female Bis
marck are mainly directed toward pla-
eating the heart of the emperor in its
anti-AmeriCan mood
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fornia battalion. LIST Colorado, a Con-
necticut light battery, E and c Con-
necticut heavy artillery, A and b Geor-
gia light artillery, Goth Indiana, 5th
and 9Th Iowa, A. d and c Louisiana
light batteries. A. b. c and ID Maine
heavy artillery. LIST Massachusetts,, 4th,
9Th Inc eth New York light batteries.
list battalion Ohio light artillery. A and
b Oregon light battery. c Utah light ar
tillery, Wisconsin light battery. These
infantry regiments will be mustered
out: Sd Alabama (colored), Sd Connec-
ticut. LIST Delaware, LIST Florida, Sd
Georgia. LIST, 9TH and 9th Illinois, 18th,
10th and 161st Indiana, A and b list
Indiana (colored). 50th and SD Iowa,
22d Kansas. Sd and 4th Kentucky, LIST
Maine, 5th Maryland. 5th and sth Mas
sachusetts. 32d and 35th Michigan. 14th
and 18th Minnesota, Sd, 4th and 5th
Missouri. I'd Nebraska, Nevada bat
talon. Sd and 4th New Jersey. 22d and
9th New York, Sd North Carolina
(colored), 18th and 10th Ohio, I'd. 18th,
14th, 18th m 18th Pennsylvania, LIST
Rhode Island. I'd South Carolina, Sd and
4th Tennessee. Sd and 9Th Texas, LIST
Vermont, 9Th Virginia, LIST Washington
and Washington battalion, I'd West
Virginia. 4th Wisconsin, Arizona, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and indian Terri
tory regiments. There are 2S batteries
or artillery, nine regiments of laval
n 81 regiments of infantry. These in
fantry regiments. recruited up TO the
full strength, number so. 1000 men: the
cavalry about 1000, and the artillery
o 1000. The total number reaches
sc, 900.
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THE [. A. w. CHAMPIONSHIP
NOTED CRACK RIDERS IN THE
ASBURY PARK RACES.
Bald Was the Favorite Won His First
Heat and Succeeded in Captur-
ing the Final.

Asbury Park, N. j.. Aug. 24-Fully
5000 people witnessed the races here
to-day under the auspices of the Amer
lean Cycle Racing association. The
one-mile L. A. w. championship pro-
fessional brought out a field of the
most noted crack riders, including Bald.
Cooper, Major Taylor, Stevens, Eaton
and Gardiner. Bald was the favorite,
and by hard riding, succeeded in win
ming his heat and later captured the
final by an almost s%uperhuman effort
in the stretch.
One mile, L. A. w. championship,
professionalism heat won by e. c,
Bald. II. B. Freeman second, Tom
Cooper third, c. L. Stevens fourth;
time. 2:05 As.
Two-mile handicap. professionally.
A.. Mcfarland won, James Urquhart
second, II. Z. Caldwell third; time.
6:O3. ~
The paced race between Jimmy
Michae and Linford Jefferson of As
bury Park was an exceedingly inter-
esting event. During the race of Is
miles, 40 pacemakers were used. They
were mounted OF tandems, triplets and
quads and quints, representing some of
the fastest riders following the no
tional circuit. Michael allowed Letter
son one-half a lap handicap. Michael
won the race by about a half Ian.
Time of the two riders for Is miles was:
Michael, 1886; Jefferson, 30:10.
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One Mans start In business.

OF all the curious starts In life OF which
se.f-made men are apt TO boast, the mos,
extraordinary one Is that which furnished
the basis for a business from which a
~statiouer In this city derives a comic
able income. tie does not tell the stor5.
himself, but II comes from an Oh ac-
uuaintauHe whose veraCity Is beyond ques-
ton. The successful business man OF to-
day was once a collector for "A me- an
tile house. and made as high as 20 or ~
calls per day on delinquent customers.
He always borrowed "A lead palrI from
each one, and never returned II uu'rss
asked to do SO. OF course. no suspicion
attached to him. for forgetfulness In re-
gard to lead pencils Is recognized as a hu-
man failing. one Of every three he Sc
cured was long enough TO pass muster
as a new pencil. and after he collected
1000 In this way he secured a contract
for furnishing lead pencils TO a country
school. one Of the advantages Of his bid
was that he offered To supply pencils al
ready sh~arpcned. He now maintains a
Commodious stationery store. and his con-
tract department fo%urishes.