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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
Dewey Not a Pauper.

An esteemed exchange quite SEN
Silly remarks:
I'VE would not detract one iota
from the glory and fame of Admiral
Dewey. because he has won his laurels
honorably and fairly, yet we cannot
endorse the action of New York
paper in seeking to gain a lot OF
cheap notoriety and free advertising
for itself by starting a subscription
list for the purpose of buying the adj
miral a home. Such action is silly
and casts aspersions upon the man for
whom the donation is intended. a
popular subscription of that nature
would leave the impression that Adj
miral Dewey is a pauper and that he
has been spending his salary foolishly
and extravagantly, which is not the
case. Dewey is said to be worth a
half million dollars; besides, lie is
now drawing salary of $13.5OO a
year. In all probability his salary
will continue even though he should
be retired from the service in the near
future. The United States govern
ment has always been liberal with it's
army and navy officers and has never
yet allowed a worthy one to suffer for
the necessaries of life.
at is very well for American peo-
pie to show their appreciation OF the
aGmiraPs excellent service at Mrnila
bay and this they will do as soon as
an opportunity is offered. The gov
eminent has already recognized his
services and manifested its appreci
alton by promoting him to the office
of full admiral. The people will
thoroughly demonstrate their appre-
citation of him when he lands On
American soil. This is all Dewey
will care for or expect. He is SEN
sible man, and being such would
certainly refuse the gift proposed by
the new lOrK paper. lie IouSht NOT
for money but to maintain the honor
and standing of the American people.
This he did when he sank the Span
iSh fleet at Manila bay on May l,
1898. lie did his duty and perform
ed his work most gloriouSly and is
entitled to all the honor the Amer
lean people can bestow upon him,
but they should not dim his lustre by
putting him in a position Of COM
mon pauper and having him accept
aims at their hands. If this New
York paper wants to do glorious
act let it take popular subscription
Of a quarter of million and dis
tribute it to the poor, who need it,"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
Why Dewey Released HIM.

One of the brave jackies, says the
Philadelphia Call, who "was with
Dewey" at the battle of Manila Bay,
tells this anecodote of the great Adj
miral. The teller is Harry Degham,
a sailor of the cruiser Boston, and his
story is this:
"The most affecting incident which
occurred, and which all the sailors
will remember through their lives,
was the action of powder boy.
These boys act as aids to captains
and lieutenants in carrying messages
and doing errands. When the order
was given to strip for action one OF
the boys tore his coat off hurriedly,
and it fell from his hands and went
over the rail, down into the bay. a
few moments before he had been gaz-
ing on his mothers photograph, and
Just before he took his coat eff he had
kissed the picture and put it in his
inside pocket. When the coat fell
overheard he turned to the captain
and asked permission to jump over
board and get it. Naturally. the
request was refused. The boy then
went to the other side Of the ship and
climbed down the ladder. He swan
around to the place where the coat
had dropped and succeeded in getting
it. | believe it was still floating
when lie got there.
"When he came back he was
ordered in chains for disobedience.
After the battle lie was tried by a
court-martial for disobedience and
found guilty. Commodore Dewey
became interested in the case, for lie
could not understand why the boy
had risked his life and disobeyed
orders for a coat. The lad had never
told what his motives were. But
when the commodore taken to him
in a kindly way and asked him why
he had done such strange things for
an old coat, he broke into tears and
told the commodore that his mothers
picture was in the coat.
Commodore Dewey'S eyes filled
with tears as he listened to the story.
Then lie picked the boy mp in his
arms and embraced him. lie ordered
the little fellow to be instantly re-
leased and pardoned. "Boys who
love their mothers. enough to risk
their lives for their pictures connot
be kept in irons on this fleet" lie
said
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
A New Hero.

The most remarkable qualities of
personal prowess have been shown by
Col. Funston, of the Twentieth Kan
sas Regiment, who has been made a
brigadier-general for his valorous
Conduct, and who has in the popular
mind become one Of the foremost he
roes Of the entire war period. Funs-
ton, it should be said, was showing
precisely the same fine qualities as
an officer in the Cuban army several
years agO-at time when many su-
periOr persons in the United States
were denying that there was any Gu
ban army, while still more were
wholly skeptical as to there being any
fighting timber under the command
of Gomez and Msceo. So great is
the popularity of General Funston in
Kansas that his fellow-ctizcns are
preparing to offer him any sort Of
public place that he may prefer. 1t
has been proposed, indeed, in Kansas,
that the entire Twentieth regiment
officers and privates, to the last man
should be elected or appointed to
public Office. The suggestion is to
make Funston governor, fill the 9TH
er State Offices and the Legislature
with members of the Twentieth, and
parcel out to the remaining heroes of
the regiment the county and city
offices, until every man is a mayor,
sheriff, chief of police, or something
of the sort. On sober second thought
Kansas will probably conclude not to
carry out this entire program.-The
american Monthly Rcricw Of Re-
Uicws.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent.

WASHINGTON, June l2.-lt depends en-
tirely upon Canada whether a temporary
agreement on the Alaskan boundary shall
be reached, or whether the dispute shall
remain open and Il constant source Of
danger. Diplomatic Representatives of
the u. s. and Great Britain have agreed
upon temporary boundary, provided on
the part of the English diplomats that the
Canadian government consents. As
Canada has from the first been the only
obstacle to the reaching of a permanent
agreement, no one feels over confident
that it will agree to the temporary
arrangement, unless compelled by pres
sure from the British government to do so.
Officials are very positive in saying that
this government has gone to the limit in
making concessions in order to get this
matter settled.
The administration doubtless has good
reasons for not making public some of
the recent dispatches from the PHILIPPINES.
but on general principles, the policy of
secrecy is an unpopular one. In the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
or Interest to Inventors

Z. A. Snow & Co., one of the oldest and
most successful firms of patent lawyers.
whose offices are opposite the United
States Patent Office in Washington, d. C.
ana who have procured patents for more
IMAM 1000 inventors, say that, owing to
the improved condition in the United
states Patent Office, patents may now he
more promptly procured than at any pre-
sloas time In their experience Of twenty.
NV ,ea's' 1926
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
Would Not Suffer So Again for FIFTY Times
Its Price

awoke last night with severe pains in
my head. | never felt so badly in all nv
life. When / came down to work this
morning | felt so weak could hardly
work. | went to Miller & McCurdy's drug
store and they recommended Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Disrrhoea Rem
edy. 1t worked like magic and one dose
hxed me all right. 1t certainly is the fin
est thing | ever used for stomach trouble
shall not be without it in my home here
after, for should not care to endure the
sufferings Of last night again for fifty
times its price,. II. wiLsox, Livery.
men, Burgettstown, Washington Co.. Pa.
This repledy is for sale by J. W. Kelly.
Druggist. aa.9s
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

PREPARATIONS for the U. S. census
oil l9Oo are now being actively made
and little more than a year hence
the decennial count will be made
The census of 1890 gave us a popu.
lation of 62,622,25O. Estimates as
to what it will be in June 1900
when the enumeration is to he made.
differ Of course, but all agree that a
very large increase will be recorded
In addition to the natural increase
and tbs contribution Of immigration
for ten years, we shall include mil
lions of people in lands which nobody
at the time Of the last census suppos-
ed would ever belong to the United
States.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

A minister not a hundred miles
away, says an exchange, was recent.
ly preaching an earnest discourse on
the significance OF little things
Soaring high on the wing of eloquence
he brought down the house with the
following climax: "The hand which
made the mighty heavens, made q
grain of sand; which made the snow
capped mountain, made drop of wa
ter; which made you, made the grass
OF the field; which made me, made a
daisy"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
Trusts and the Free List.

The New York Journal advocates
putting every article controlled by a
trust on the free list. 1t cites the
fact that no attempt hitherto to con-
troll these organizations of capital by
legitlation has proved effective. "To
try to regulate the owners of half a
billion capital by such MEANS" it
says, els like attempting to hold a
runaway locomotive with a trout
line" These combinations are no
longer infant industries. They
threaten the industrial fabric. They
have outgrown protection. AS the
Journal says:
Protective duties were originally
levied in this country because our ac-
accumulations Of capital were so
small that we were said to be at the
mercy Of Of our richer foreign COM
petitors. That reason has ceased to
exist now that our trusts yields
masses oil capital that no other coun-
try in the world can match.
Later it was said that we needed
protection because American labor
could not compete with the cheap la
Dor of Europe. But it is we'll under
stood now that American labor is
the cheapest on earth. If it were
not, the trusts would make it so, for
they fix wages at their pleasure.
Every foreign observer declares that
our manufacturers get more work out
Of their machinery per dollar Of wag-
es paid them than is obtained in any |
other country in the world.
1t has always been an essential
part of the protectionist argument
hat domestic competition would pre-
rent protection from becoming op-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

AMERICAN rule In Havana has done
the marvellous in its reduction Of the
death rate. Last year there were
over $4,000 deaths, of which 1852
were from yellow fever. In 1897 the
deaths from that disease numbered
1,05S. For five months this year
the deaths have numbered 1885, OF
which only four were from yellow fe-
yer. That is the best thing that
can be said Of the American control
SO far.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
LITIGATION ENDED.
Fight Over Middlesboro Steel
Plant Settled.

-.
the Virginia Iron, Coal ~ Coke Com
pany, together with his attorneys
met the attorneys and representatives
of the Watts Steel ~ Iron Syndicate.
limited. at Knoxville Thursday, aud
after day Of dangling, settled the
suit recently brought by the Watts
Syndicate against the Virginia com
pany at Pinevillc, Ky, concerning
the Middlesborough furnace aud
properties. 1t is understood that the
adjustment was to the entire satisfac
ton of the Virginia people. 1t seems
that the controversy grew out Of the
claim made by the Watts syndicate
that the Virginia company was bound
to fiji the contracts for sale OF pig
iron made by the former company
before it sold its properties to the
latter.
These contracts were made at prices
lar below the present market prices,
but the Virginia company claimed 1t
had not agreed to protect them. On
last Friday week c. p. Perrin, who
had been the manager for the Watts
people before the transfer and who
had been left in charge by Mr. Car
ter as his manager at MiddleSboro,
telegraphed his resignation to take.
place Immediately, and on the same
day applied to the Bell circuit
court for an injunction restraining
the Virginia company from recording
its deeds to the properties. The
court. without notice to the Virginia
company, granted a temporary Ie-
straining order, and set the case for
hearing today at PinevilIe. On the
next day Mr.. Perrin, as manager for
Carter, turned the possession OF the
properties over to him Mr.. Perrin,
as manager for the Watts syndicate.
This he did without the shadow Of
legal authority.
BY the compromise it was agreed
that the injunction should be dissoly-
ed, that the possession Of the proper
ties should be at once turned back to
Carter, that he should proceed to fill
the old contracts for pig iron, and
that the question Of his obligation to
it should be left open for the future
decision Of the court, and that if the
court decided he was not bound by
his previous contract to fill said old
then the Watts syndicate /
should pay him the difference between
the old contract and the present mar /
ket prices of iron, which would be /
about S2j, 900.
This was settled in a weeks liti-
cation, which was begun very much
in the same way as the memorable
fight of Bailey against the :. \. &
o., and which threatened to be as
stubborn and long drawn out.
The Virginia company is to be
for the energy and
good business sense displayed by its
officers.
The Watts people were represented
by Foraker, OnteaIt and Granger, Of
Cincinnati; MetcaIf and Sampson, Of
and Montgomery, Of Ten
lessee. The Virginia company BY
Lacky. Powers and Sanford, Of
Knoxville; VIM. Cove, of Kentucky,
md Phlegan and johnson and Bullitt
md Kelly. of Nirginia.-Brisioi Tri-
,UUc S0tud0V.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

a Georgia prescher offended the
feminine part of his congregation the
other Sunday by getting off this orig
inal remark: "God made the earth in
six days, and then he rested; then he
made man and rested again; then he
made woman and since that time
neither God nor man has had any
rest"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

pressive to the American consumer.
When trusts destroy competition
that assumption disappears.
The trusts have outgrown protec-
ton. organizations powerful
enough to Cypress the people are no
longer infant industries"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

Two hundred men will be organic
ed into a posse to raid the robber den
called the Hole-in-the- Wall in Wy
oming, where large number of
bandits have taken refuge, including
the gang implicated in the recent
Union Pacific robbery at Rock Creek.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

The report that the scheme for
arbitration now before the Peace Con-
ference at The Hague is in danger of
failure is authoritatively denied. 1t
is said that no specific objection has
been raised by Germany.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

AccoRDING to the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics over 100000, 900 gal
Ions of petroleum are producted IN the
world annually, the United States
leading with 30 per cent. Russia is
the closest competitor, but falls short
Of the United States in the produc-
tion of refined Illuminating oil.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

AN exchange says that the man
who is always berating his town or
community will be found on close ex-
animation to be the meanest and most
worthless man in it. The test of a
good citizen is the constant exhibl-
ton of effort to make better com
munity.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

ABOUT two thousand men employed
by the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany at Birmingham, Ala, will re-
ceive an advance in wages under the
new scale.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

"UNcLE Billy Smith is very sisk at
this writing" was the way the rural
correspondent put it. 81 am not
surprised" said the printer who set
up the copy, "thiS writing is enough
to make anyone sick. "-Erchaaqe.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

MonE newspaper men are forginyt
the front. The Savannah News
says:
The newspaper "boys" are strong
" in evidence in the new admins
tration in South Carolina. Gov.
insolvency is a newspaper man,
having worked up from devil to edit
or and owner, and Ebert II. Aull, of
Newbzerry, who has been appointed
private secretary to the governor, is
the editor of the News and Herald,
publisher of the Lutheran Visitor,
and president Of the South Carolina
Press association. In view OF the
facts. we shall expect the new admin
istration to be a well-edited effort.
WHAT we in the South had best
do is to cease talking so much and
practice more. We tell the world OF
our natural resources, yet we make
no effort to devclope them; we point
with pride to our mountains OF val
liable ore; but we disturb them not;
we boast that ours is the richest sec
ton in the union. yet, as a people,
we are the poorest; we refuse inior-
nation that would enlighten us, yet
we call ourselves wise; we put for
ward no new ideas or conceptions;
vet we rank ourselves as leaders.
Not until this condition of affairs is
reversed will the South be able to
enter upon the career Of prosperity
and progress that awaits her.
Exchange.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

A cmzAr coat does not make a cheap
man, but il makes him feel that way
at times.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

IT'S all right to look ahead; but
don't fail to move ahead, or somebody
will run over you.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

ABOUT the most annoying things
in this life are the worries that never
come.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

IRIS funny that when a man mag
ines himself one of the salt of the
earth he usually gets fresh.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

SOME men are, no doubt, greatly
over-estimated, says the philosopher,
but it is generally by themselves.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
RATES OF ADVERT IsING.

The atHye rates are for standing ADVERTISE
ments only.
LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS will be charg-
ed tor at the rate Of 5 cents per line for each
incertion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

SonE people cannot stop, even
when they come to conclusion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15

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tinued atogethcr leaving 0 snail ,r4b wheel
what threatened TO destroy ny M, ono. tslj ,.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
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Blood Poison, Ulcers, Sores, other form - OIL g
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
MOST VIOLENT CASES HAVE
APPEARED At FIRST As a %iYil
SO !
MERE PIMPLES. s 'Ssy n sasy {

operaon- the only treatment which tors know for
promptly returns however, and is violent AM. ~
before Cancer Is deadly poison in the blood I'm r
external treatment can have whatever mo,
withinthe last poison must be-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-06-15
A SMALL SPOT
May Be CANCE|
The greatest care ,hor'l.
any little sore, plmpis ~ ~
SlpWq no lier..cft,

airy treatment. No one can t... r..
will develop into Cancer .ff.s
SO many people die from Da,...
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-28

Editor ~ Tho Times:
Slr.-Wo congratulate the people OF
Tarmvle and Prince Edward county
upon their determination 20 macadamIze
scvcu miles or the principal road in the
county. extending from Farmv.lie 60
Hampden-Sidncy. We are confident that
when the experiment is once made IFS
benefits VIII be $50 manifest that b. Will
only Doe "a question of "a short time when
AN of the principal roads of The county
win boa macadamIzed. and, reasoning from
tho experience of other sections. where
the roads have been improved it may oe
confidently predicted that This progressive
step VIII not only Doe profitable 10 the
people NJ that county I'm Increased COM
fort of travel saving ln cost of hauling
and Increased value of lands. but DO VIII
attract the attention OF those who are
now seeking homes Inc Virginia, and who
will only purchase property and live DO
communities where the people are pfo-
gre-sive and the comforts and benefits
of civilization may Dee obtained at all sea-
sons of tho year.
The subject OF road Improvement is re-
colving the earnest consideration OF The
people of al sections of the State. ana we
trust that other counties Will follow The
example OF Prince Edward and begin the
actual work OF making improved roads
even in a small way. Let start be
made On permanent Improvement. and lt
will De- surprising how much can Dee acc
complished by doing q little each year
X
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-06-28

Hon. Charles W. Dahuey DO southern
Farm Magazine OF Baltimore for July:
When one considers the magnitude OF
the s0uth's mineral resources. their amaz-
ing variety and stupendous value. IL would
seem that nothing further was needed,
after this change was made. 10 stmu-
iate their development. that surely mill
lions of money and millions of men, too
would be irresistibiy drayn into a country
blessed with such richness of soil, such
"A variety of minerals. such advantages
for economic manufacturing and espe-
clalfv such kind.lness Of climate. TIE
mondous sums Of foreign as vel as nome
capital have it is true been invested ID
mines and manufacturing plants, ana
many thousands of people have come
from other sections. North and East es-
pecially. To work in Our mines and facto-
rics. Hundreds of new towns and cues
have been built. especially during the
last ten years. and thousands OF manu-
featuring plants have been erected in dis
tricts where thirty COR forty years ago
there were only fields and farm houses
anording ample evidence - the posi-
bnities OF mineral ana manufacturing de-
vei0pment in the South-lion. Charles W.
Dabney IN Southern Farm Magazine lot
July.