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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03
SOUTHWEST ITEMS.
How Rev. D. V. Price Stirred
Them Up In Bland.


The Bland Southwest in its last
issue Jumped on" the people of that
town because they couldn't see their
way Gear to be converted at a pro-
,racted meeting that was being held
in that town by Rev. Vance Price. OF
Bristol. The editor was evidently
impressed with the doctrines he
thought he said: "However, Rev.
Price is not to blame for "the drag"
in the meeting. He has certainly
preached the straight and unadulter-
ated gospel of truth and righteous
ness. He has learned that pure and
undefiled religion is more difficult to
find than church members in these
parts"
A new iron ore mine is being
opened on the timber lands recently
owned BY Messrs. Pike and Caldwell
lying north of Max Meadows. The
indications are that the operators
have struck big mine OF the very
finest mountain ore.
The Thomas Jones farm lying a
short distance Of Pulaski City, and
containing six hundred and nifty
acres was sold last week to Mrs.
Bently X. Stearns, Of Newport News
for 500, 900.
The Radford Brick Company, at
Tip Top, in Tazewell county, is dong
an enormous business this summer.
1t has one order from the Norfolk and
Western Railway company for seven
hundred and fifty thousand brick.
The business of the Altoona Lum-
Der company, Of Pulaski, has been
placed in the hands of Messrs. John
S. Draper and Guy Larew as receiv-
ers. The liabilities of the company
aggregate several thousand dollars.
A corps Of engineers under W. l.
Simpson have after months work,
completed the preliminary survey for
railroad from Radford to Floyd
Court ionse.
elizabeth" il the name of new
Methodist church recently completed
in Rye Valley.
y. w. Dean and Fayette Odell,
who were serving sentence In the
county Jail at Lebanon for moonshln-
ing, broke Jail a few nights ago.
Major +. S. Howard, ex.sheria
and a prominent citizen OF Tazewell
county, died last Sunday night at his
home in Tazewell.
A carrier pigeon was killed by A.
|P. Gibson near Lebanon. Russell
county, last week that wore tag
upon which was marked Charles II,
Jones, 10 South Broad street, Phila-
delphia.
The two Peabody medals offered in
Pulaski Normal school for spelling
and elocution were both won by
Dublin ladies. Miss Emma Wysor
won the former and Miss Bessie
Hawkins the later
The old Dominion College is tile
name of new college for Honaker,
Va, upon which work was begun
last week upon the college buildings.
On the twenty-fourth of next
month local option election will be
held in Pulaski county. The election
was ordered by Judge Longley last
week.
Maj. William p. Cecil, long
prominent lawyer and citizen Of
Tazewell county. but late y resident
of Giles county, Va, died on Thurs
day evening at 1880, at his home near
Ripplemead, in the 10Th year Of his
age. He was marked man i'll his
day. Maj. Cecil represented Taze-
well county many years as attorney
for the commonwealth, was a member
of the house from Tazewell county
for several terms, and was member
of the memorable secession conven-
ton in 1861.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

The Normal has been a great sue
cess in Big Stone Gap, and saving
the fact that none of the fine rooms
of the school house is large enough
to accommodate the candidates for
examination, 1t seems to be in every
way a better situation for It's per
manent establishment than Glade
vile.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

"FIGnr Nc Bo8" Evans was in his
early days the Nimrod of his Virginia
countryside. No one could bring
home as many rabbits or birds, and
no one could break colt as well as
he. The captain is still record
breaker when it comes to fighting and
cussing at the same time-if all re-
ports be true.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

OVER in the wllds of Kentucky
there are places which John Fox, Jr.,
has made famous in literature. No
one ever folgets Cutshin, Kingdom
Come and He'll fer Sartain, but few
perhaps know that the names are not
fictitious To many it will be inter
csting to learn that one Of the students
Of the Normal this year was a native
OF Cutshin, his father having been a
"hardshell" Baptist preacher over
there for MANY years.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

ADMIRAL Dewey has filed through
his attorney, ex-Secretary of the
Navy Hillary Herbert, a claim for
$325,l4 prize money for the des-
truction of the Spanish fleet at
Manila.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

We will miss the visiting Normal
ties when they go away. They have
infused new lie into our town during
the past two weeks and we hope that
not one Of them will be disappointed
in getting certificate.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

To q student Of human nature the
different expressions OF the normalites
on examination days present a won
derfal and varied study. They pass
down the street at noon with as sober
faces as if they were deciding the
fate Of a nation, and a laugh from
some fellow, who doesn't care whether
he passes or not, is regarded as al
most sacrilege. On they go in
groups of twos and threes deep IN
anxious converse, while later we are
sure to recognize most of them in
some district school house welding
the rod Of discipline with as merry a
heart as lchabod Crane Of blessed
memory.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

The Richmond Dispa:ch says that
Governor Tyler has arranged TO
establish headquarters, in his sem
atorial contest, in Richmond and IN
East Radford He is also arranging
list of speakers who will go upon
the hastings for him.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

lr is reported that the furnace at
Graham will be pat in blast in few
weeks.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

IT is said that the molasses trust
is the sweetest trust on record and is
likely toStick.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03
RATES or ADVERT IsING.

The above rates are for standing ADVERTISE
ments only.
LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS will be charg-
ed for at the rate Of cents per line for each
incertion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

A oNE-EYED negro minstrel enliven-
cd the normalites Friday at the
school house, after which he took up
a contribution.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

AT anytime you know of anything
OF interest to our readers, ring up %
and tell the editor about it. We
want the news.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

Necessity knows no law" IT is
a law Of Nature that the blood must
be kept pare, and Hoods SarSapalilla
does it.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

In the Clerks Office of the Circuit Court
of the County OF Wise on the 2Ith day of
July, 1899
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-03

Obstinate sores AMI r
refuse 10 heal under orr
ment soon become chrY
seated, and gro a SIM. .
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

\ great commotion seems to have
taken place among railway circles
owing to the contemplated through
car service between the Pacific Coast
and Chicago which is operating one
day each week. This Is not a new de
parture 10y any means. as The Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad Company and
its connections have been Operating a
through car service between the Pa
chic and Atlantic roast via. Salt Lake
Pueblo. Denver. Kansas City ami
Chicago for years, and three days
each. week. viz. every Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evening. The
carr for this through service are of
the latest Pullman design, and are
supplied with clean linen and bedding
throughout. \ Pullman porter is as
signed to each car. These cars are
also under the personal supervision
at 4 Special Excursion agent
whose duty il is to see that passeu-
ge9 are given every comfort and at
ten:iuu. For further information, APP
ply to any agent. or b. +. Ncvins,
General Agent. or TO II VI. Gushing
Travelling Passenger Agent, ID. Il Il.
g. Il. H., IS West :ird South ST. Sal
Lake City, Utah.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

The twelfth census OF the United
States, the plans for which are al
ready we'll on the way. will be begun,
so far as regards active enumeration,
on June LIST, 1900. 1t will be the first
census in which all the work OF re.
cording and computing the statistics
will be done by mechanical means.
Electric ~tabulating machines were
introduced for this purpose toward
the close Of the eleventh census, but
III the coming enumeration they will
relied upon entirely. Without such
assistance the taking OF this census
would be practically impossible, In
the eleventh it vas seven years before
the final volume OF the principal re.
poFt-that on populatiou-was off the
press. In the census OF 1880 the last
volume was published in 1889.
Congress stipulates that the four
principal reports OF the Coming emu.
meration-on population, mortality,
agriculture. and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
be ready for publication on July /,
1902. In addition to this strict time
limit are to De taken into ccnsidera-
ton the entirely changed conditions
OF the next census. II will embrace
for the first time the inhabitants of
Alaska. Hawaii and Porto Rico and
will count 100000 people. Con-
corning each OF these human beings
who are scattered over some 4,OOU.-
90 square miles OF egrth's surface. a
dozen facts must be recorded.
The taking Of the census will re.
qui'e the services OF more than 49,.
OV0 persons. Tie members in the
field force, in themselves nearly 40.
900, will forward their data to head
quarters in Washington; where it
will be complied and prepared for
publication by a staff of three tbous.
and clerks in the central office.
Each OF the 100000 cards used.
on which are punched the statistics
concerning each person, is numbered
to correspond with the numbers Cd.
poslte the name in the SCHEDULED.
They contain 223 symbols. each OF
which is an abbTeviation represent.
ing some fact within the range OF he
enumerator. They are punched hy
means OF a machine something like a
typewriter Ms a clerk reads from a
schedule the required intor nation to
he operator at the keyboard. In
this way 700 cards can be disposed of
i'll q day by one clerk. Que thousand
clerks are to DC put TO this special
work. From the punching machine
the record cards 90 to the electric
tabulating machines. which collects
ali the Information that they convey
and puts it into systcmized form.
II machine docs the labor OF twenty
clerks under the old system. From
here the record slips in a force Of II,
900, who make the tables and prepare
copy for the prInters.-EI.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

One Of Reno's legal illuminasious
vas under 4 shadow Saturday even
ing. He attended tie reception Civ.
eli 20 the soldiers, but was very sorry
he had not stayed al home. There
were too many people there who were
not recognized 10y his set. They
were COOL respectable people. but
they were mol addicted to the goldfish
diet and were therefore no: To be
recognized but they must be fuwned
down.
Judge-we mean this legal lumin.
~ary--felt very sore at the Journal for
demanding that everybody have
equal nights at the reception. lie
even went 50 far rs to say that he felt
gorc.
The u mean the legal light
would probably not have objected to
admitting the troopers to the recep.
ton, that Is IL they kept their uni.
forms on;but when these gallant boys
don their oTevslls again. will the, be
invited 10 J-yOu know who We mean
will they he invited to social par.
ticsi
Ask us q hard oDc..-Reno Journal
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

y curious c0inciicnt OF the death
Of the Vice Prc-iIcm; ia found in the
fact that 81 the six Wee Presidents
who have died III ollie. four have
died within q Pow days II tie sa,ue
day Of the month of the salue month
in the year, the death % Mr.. Hobart
being the 2lst 81 Nayrmber. 1889;
that OF Mr.. WILSON,, the ri Of No.
vembcr, $50; tl,at # EIbridce Gerry
November -. 1924; that Of lhomas
\. Hendricks, November -, lssi.
The other two Vice Presidents who
died in Office wee Clinton aud King.
The former died April %. 1912, and
the latter AprIi II, 1853.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
GOVERNMENT AND BOND ISSUES.

For The first time in ten years the
government Is about to reduce it's
bonded debt. That Is gratifying, OF
course, but the circumstances nnder
which the operation is to be perform
ed do not speak very forcibly for the
intelligence OF our financial policy.
however ~eloquently they may tell o,
the astuteness of :he individuals who
profit by it.
The Secretary OF the Treasur, has
offered to buy bonds to the amount
Of s25.00,0o0 TO ease the money mar.
ket. He proposes to pay Il2T for 1
per cents Of 1907, or Ill for . per
cents o! 1901. That would release
from s27.T5o.noo to s2s,Is7,5G0 il the
bondholders should avail themselves
Of the offer to its fullest extent.
Looking at the matter with refer
ence merely to the present point OF
time the Sectetary's proposition is
advantageous to the government.
The money is lying idle in the treas.
ury, and by using it in this way we
shall save about a million dollars a
year in interest.
But how does that money happen
to be in the treasury II is there be.
this Administration and its
predecessor issued bonds Ter it. The
1 per cents Tor which Secretary Gage
Is now offering ll2S were originally
issued at par. That is to say, the
government proposes to pay back
sl,i2S,IG for every million dollars it
received. after baving already paid
sSS0,0QG in interest.
On some OF the other loans the
showing is even worse. Four years
age President Cleveland sold S62-3i5,-
400 OF per cents of 1925 to tl,e Nor
gan-Belmont syndicate at a fraction
over LEI II the government should
try to buy back any OF these bonds
today It would have to pay 1901. II
Is not enough for the government to
buy or sell bonds whenever i. suits
the convenience OF Mr.. Morgan and
the interests he represents-it must
also buy dear and sell cheap.-New
York Journal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
Trees.

1t Is estimated that 10000 coo feet
OF logs will be cut in Maine this seas.
Cd.
That wood will stand the passing Of
centuries as well as metal is proved
oE the unearthiEs Tear the Nile Of
some Egyptian boats nearly five
thousand years old still in good con.
diiion.
Norway and Sweden expor, an i'm.
mems amount Of lumber. In one
year sl6.00n,000 worth Of manufacture.
ed lumber was sent ont by Norway.
while Sweden exceeded this sum by
s3o,0Oo,000 worth Of sawn and hewp
lumber slone.
\ curiousity exists near Red Bluff
Primitive Baptist church in Ware
county, Ga. 1t Is a mammoth null
berry tree, and the heart has long
since rotted. Out Of the heart OF the
mulberry grow a cherry and a peach
Tree, both OF which are eight inches
L diameter. They grow to a point
ten teet above the ground. All three
o; the trees are alive and bear fruit
each year.
The most noted grove OF walnut
trees in the United States. contain.
ing d black walnut trees all Of them
OF enormous size was sold a, Case.
polls, Mich, for $1,000 cash. Tn.
purchasers were German AMI English
parties. The logs will be Gu, and
squared for shippert. II was es,i.
mated that one Of them will produc.
Sl,9o worth OF choice lumber. I,
was 100 feet Of good logging size. IFS
largest diameter ! feet. circumferenc.
Il feet, and it would require five men
hand in hand to encircle it.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

Here ia a Georgia boys COMPOST.
hon on Poetry "a poem ia a thing
which has rhymes "a, the last end. 4
poem also has feet, but come pooms
ooni stand steady on 'em. Poets
mostly has long hair. because times
Ia hord' and it's cheaper TO let il
grow. Poets used TO live in rarreta,
on scrust OF bread-when the baker
would credit EN-. Now they Iiv. ON
the ground floor. where they can ~.
cape easy when tie balm ia af,o,
en-. Ny father says poetry make
the world better, but my mother saws
1t amt tho kind he writes. Poets
haY a monument when they die. ne
people want to weight 'em down SOS
they cant come ack."-Ncw York
Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

Hiram Clark, an enterprising resi-
dent OF Watertown, Mass, recently
devised n one piece, rubber.lined cot
ton undcrgarment which was intend.
I'd to be waterproof. He expected to
make a fortune by the sale of the
same To- miners, scafarIng men and
others whose vacations are pursued
al damp or wet r!Tces. Unfortunate.
ly tor Clark, however, when he dom
nel the new garment nnd submitted
II 10 a heat test the rubber lining
melted nud stnck TO his body, 80 that
the fabric was only 10y the
aid Of 4 pair Of scissors and Il scrap.
ping knife, aud with great pain to the
wearer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
New euro For Pneumonia.

A Pluto Indian in suffering in his
campoodie across the river OF q severe
attack OF pneumonia, that IL IL hc Is
still alive. The other night nm Indian
doctor arrived from the reseycration
TO prescribe Tor him. This learned
physician keeps his patient swathcd
in blankets in the hut all day long,
and Mt night when the atmosphere
cools of, the patient il stripped nnd
taken outdoors where the doctor and
relatives OF the sick nan hold a great
powwow over him, IL he covers he
must have the constitution Of n rhip.
occros. Lyon County Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

Sunday school Superintendent
pointing a moraD-Ycs, scholars,
the great thing is TO know ones duty
and then do it. Admiral Dewey
knew his duty whcn lac entered Man.
lila Bay and saw the Spanish shipa,
and the world has seen how nob!y he
performed il. Now. children, what is
our duty in ibis bright holiday sea
son: How may we emulate the great
Admiral! What should wo do when
We see aGou; us tho poor. the sick
and the suifcring2 Small Boy Glass
lin c]0nccril Lick 'cm.-~Iiarper's
liaaAar.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24

Tho Atkinson, Topeka nnt Santa
Fc Railway will be lighted 10y cleo.
iriciiy generated from the ear axlcs.
and tho locomotive headlights will be
supplied from the same source. Each
car will have Il separate plant con.
sisiiug OF Il dynamo and storage bat.
tcrico. aud the full train will have
electrical equipments equal To over
i,NOO candle power, exclusive uf the
locomotive headlight. Tho trains
will be tho longest solid uxlc.light
ones in the world, md will 10 the
first to carry so lnrge q lighting scr.
vice derived exclusively from the q
aIlcs.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
UNITE THE

"a fusion OF the Democratic and
Silver forces in this State will give it
to Bryan by 2oco majority. Nevada
ought never again be ieopardized by
a triangular fight. The Silver men
arc being beaten i'll other States by a
division Of forces, but such a thing
ought never to happen here.'-Car-
con Appeal.
The Appeal is correct In its state
ment and conclusion, With four
tickets in the field next fall the elec.
toral vote Of Nevada will be cast for
the Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, Tie result OF the last election
shows this beyond a reasonable
doubt. But with all the Silver ele-
ments united, the State can be a r
red by an overwhelming majority for
the Bryon electors. The Populists
must see the h~opelessness OF their
cause and the Silver party cannot
hope to win another election. These
two factions should unite with the
Democratic party, the only National
party that advocates the free coinage
Of silver and opposes imperialism and
trusts. II these factions have been
sincere ii the advocacy OF free coiu.
age and IN their opposition to expan-
sion and trusts, there should. be little.
il any, difficulty in uniting them IN.
der the Democratic banner in the
next campaign. One thing is Ger.
tain and that Is il the campaign is
fought under the --=- 4 Popu.
lism, Silver party and Democracy, the
Republicans Will walk of with the
electoral vote o, the State.
Bow the union OF these forces can
be effected Il a matter that should re-
ceive the careful consideration of ev-
er! voter who has followed these or
CARNATIONS in the past. The logical
solution Of the matter would
be their urion under the
Democratic banner. To accomplish
this there must be a libe.ality OF sen
hment and a Just regard for the
opinions OF others. There mus: be
no rePnsals. and no departure from
the Democratic creed IS adopted by
the National c~ouvention. All should
meet on common ground. Past party
affiliations and private political
grudges must be forgotten. II this
sentiment animstes the silver forces
OF Nevada, it will not be difficult for
them to effect a union that will give
her electoral vote to Bryan by an
overwhelming majority.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-11-24
k,cKERs suouL.p now suBs1pE.
National Storage Endorsed by n
Governmnt.

Nationhl Stor7Ee Enuoraed Dy the
G~overnmnt.
The statements made now and again
by some western men that the Gov
eminent will never build storage res
ervoirs, does not seem well founded
IN view OF the progress Of events
within a comparatively recent period.
The Geological survey, a Government
Institution. has been aud is today,
working steadily, making surveys for
reservoir sites, and reserying the land
against the time when it may be
needed for reservoirs, and Congress
is annually appropnating for this
work; the Agricultural department
spending $4,000 this year, which was
appropriated 10y Congress for irnga-
ton investment in the west, and last
year Congress, by n good majority,
voted squarely TO builda storage res.
erroir in Wyoming.
The amendment WAS defeated by
the House OF Representatives, but
the fight came painfully near, to the
pessimists. being and out and on;
triumph for the cause OF federal stor-
age reservoirs.
The most the west needs at this
time Is to stand solidIy together on
this Irrigation proposition and make
a uuiisd demand upon the Govern
meut for villa; ii wants. and then
take of It's scat and work FOR a year,
III season aud out Of season. aud with.
ont let up until it gets it. No ques-
ton but that il can get it il ii de-
msDds and backs up its demand with
all the force and energy at its dispos-
al.
The following press report taken
from ;lIe Washington Tunes shows
the attitude o! at least one branch OF
the Government upon this que-
tior:
@The present agitation in the west
notably in California, concerning
water storage for irrigation, has
brought up so many requests and let
ter TO the Geological Survey. that
F. II. Newell. the photographer. has
prepared 4 circular setting forth the
attitude OF the Government with ref
erence to the building Of storage res
erYoirs.
The circular states that among
other things. a large number OF stor-
age reservoir sites have been survey
eli and reserved. and that the maps
and estimates Of the cost Of construc-
tion have been prepared and plans
drawn 10 afford accurate basis for ap-
preparation for construction. Tue
circular states that the officers of the
survey have no Concern with the
Question whether these reservoirs are
to be butt by private capital or pub
lie funds, but nevertheless it, state
ments are conceded to largely COM
nit the Government to the policy Of
federal storage Of the western flood
waters.