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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30
I'RIDA Y,

Gen Wood reached Santiago and
was enthusiastically received by the
people.
The population of Rochester, n. y,
is 2,34j.
The population of ST. Louis is $751;
23S, according TO the census bureau.
The population of indianapolis,
Ind, the census bureau says, is
lG9,lG4.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30
Repairing the Oregon.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Capt George
i. Wild, commanding the battle shir
Oregon, notified the navy department
from Kure, japan, that the vessel
which has been in dock there under.
going temporary rpeairs, had been
red0cked and would be ready for sea
In a week.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30
Arctic Explorer Dead.

New York, Aug. 23.-Capt. John
Wall Wilson, who was one of the two
survivors of the second Grinnell Arc
tic expedition in search of Sir John
Franklin. is dead at st. Johns Hospi-
tai, Brooklyn, from the effects Of an
operation for appendicitis performed
eight months ago.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30
Another Match

New York, Aug. 2s.--Another match
between James j. Jeffries and Bob
fitzsimmons for the heavyweight
championship of the world is now as
sured. The contest will take place
within six months.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30
The Census of baltimore.

Washington, Aug. 2s.-The census
of Baltimore, as. just bulletined by
the census bureau, is 5Os,9j7, against
434,439 in 1890. This is an increase
OF 74,5lS or 17.15 per cent.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30
Depger's Formulation.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The popula-
ton of Denver, Colo, rs just an
nounced by the census bureau, is
1889 against 1OG,713 in $780, This
is an increase of 27,l46 or 2j.44 per
cent.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30

|m}r,. '.'s g. ss Dr. Joseph
NM. .ora N. Belts. both
/ ha ,. ''''s IN the sub.
/ o.,r e, W masked men.
\ Ms. Re-. ,'''' 10 cash and
|..4iy. ''''' "as beaten in
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Hussias Big Army.

London, Aug. 2i.-Three hundred
and seventy-fve thousand Russian
troops are already in the far east, OF
on the way there by land and sea, OF
under orders TO embark. Mobilization
is in progress all over european Rus.
sia, and there are now at Odessa four.
teen steamers chartered To take
troops,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-30

Bowling Green, KY, Aug. 2s.-Rep-
resentative John S. Rhea was re-nom.
mated for congress by Third district
democrats Monday afternoon.
The Conservative, 1900-09-06
Prominent, re-
putable and highly
responsible citizens
REFUSES TO
ANSWER.

of New York are said to have asked
Bryan whether, in the event of his elec-
tion to the presidency, he would instruct
the secretary of the treasury to pay off
the accruing interest on government
bonds and the bonds themselves at
maturity in silver dollars or not?
And Mr.. Bryan, it is said, declines to
be interviewed thereupon and refuses to
answer. Is this the same stump speaker
who in 1896, when promenading in
majestic defiance upon the Chicago
platform, proclaimed:
"The democratic party has begun
war of determination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter, we give
no quarter We shall prosecute our
warfare until there is not an American
citizen that dares to advocate a gold
standard policy"
Il believe we shall win now. But
whether we win now or not, we have
begun warfare against the gold stand
ard, which shall continue until the gold
The Conservative, 1900-09-06

lunatics, cranks and crooks, from Croker
or criticises his being an advocate and
attorney for the all grasping, allcor-
rupting combine of the silver mine and
bullion owners. Not even do they de-
nounce the one hundred thousand dol
lars retainer fee handed over by the
immaculate, silver. plated statesman from
Montana to Mr.. Bryan's committee.
That is all right from their point of
view. And the short. t.termed and kicked
out statesman Clark of Montana, is a
real, genuine, patriotic reformer, but
when the other prodigy, who writes
sweet verses about white roses and sings
them under the windows of beautiful
women, who makes orations in the
senate so mellifuent, SO pathetically
melodious that they move Thurston
himself to tears and transport him into
delicious swoons, SO that he is carried
by his admiring senatorial chums into
the cloak room for resuscitation, becomes
attorney for the Standard Oil Company,
all populism screams, howls and yells
about the impropriety of statesman
acting as an attorney.
1t was all right in the other twin. But
it is all wrong in Thurston to act
for corporation as it's advocate and
counsel.
When will Smyth begin an action
against the silver smelter trust at
Omaha? How long shall these discrim.
nations between silver and oil continue
in the attorney generals Office of Ne
braska?
The Conservative, 1900-09-06

u, rssrn vu.r,v All money con-
tri ibuted to the
cause of an honest currency in the Uni
ted States is denounced by the pop
fusion orators and organs as wicked,
corrupting and malignant money. But
the 100000 contributed by U. s. senate.
seat-buying Clark of Montana to the
vote-getting power of Bryanarchy is
blessed wealth, properly applied. And
his gifts and those of silverites are for
righteous cause, the cause of the free
coinage Of silver at 16 to in unlimited
quantities.
Without a reaffirmation of that cause
in the Kansas City platform Bryan de-
clined to run. He knew where the
money for his campaign in 1896 came
from. He knew that the silver bullion
and mine owners had paramount in
terests in his election. Bryan compre-
hended that silver, doubled in price by
legislative and executive action, would
enrich the plutocratic owners of silver
property everywhere. Unless silver had
been put in at Kansas City, no money
could have been secured for 1900 by
Bryan. Is the silver cause tantamount
or paramount?
The Conservative, 1900-09-06
THE OLDEST
SETTLER.

county convened at Morton Park in
Nebraska City in goodly numbers. The
day was full of sunshine, tranquility
and contentment. The ranks of the
pioneers had been somewhat thinned out
since the last annual meeting of the
association. AS the storms and the
strong currents of the swift winds had
stricken here and there the strongest
trees in the park and hurled them to
destruction, SO the never. ceasing tides
Of time had taken, in their resistless
course, many of the prominent pioneers
from life to death.
The CONSERVATIVE, however, enter.
tanned that day VIM. Low, the oldest
settler of Otoe
county. He, as
youth, drove team and hauled lumber to
build the block house, in the year 1916, of
old Fort Kearney, which occupied the
site of Nebraska City. Mr.. Low is now
seventy two years of age, has few grey
hairs, never drinks, uses no tobacco,
always tells the truth, and is an exem-
plary and honest citizen. He enjoys, as
he deserves, the respect of all who know
him and his patient goodheartedness
and splendid sincerity.
The Conservative, 1900-09-06
DON'T KNOW.

o~,uo Iuo SprluSuelu
Republican, which
has been a long time the especial organ
of the extra -Bostonesque style of states
manship, declares in an editorial on
August 28th:
1--WE are not in the secrets of the
Bryan councils. We do not know what
his purposes are or his acts would be,
if elected, in respect to gold and silver"
The editor of the Springfield Repub-
lican ought to begin the careful study of
that interesting and modest volume of
Bryanbiography called "The First
Battle" at once. In that the editor may
get "seclets" of "the Bryan councils"
and the purposes "of Bryan in regard to
gold and silver" In that volum of
dogmatic utterances may be found:
"The money power and it's allies
throughout th' world have entered into
this conspiracy to perpetrate the greatest
crime of this or any other age T. e. to
establish and perpetuate the gold stand
ard
Referring to Secretary Carlisle on
page 451 of "The First Battle" Bryan
says:
''The Secretary of the Treasury whom
will appoint if am elected, will be as
different from him as possible"
That is, the Bryan Secretary of the
The Conservative, 1900-09-06

standard is driven from our shores back
to England
And now is it possible that this in
fammable and incandescent statesman
will not so let his light shine as to illum-
mate his position upon the use of silver
as the money of redemption?
How can he refuse to answer? Has
he not pledged himself to overthrow
and forever destroy the gold standard?
The Conservative, 1900-09-06
Che Conservative.

Treasury will pay off government dues,
bonds and all, in silver dollars.
And again the Springfield Republican
will find, OH the same page, this allusion
to the Cleveland democracy which sus
tained the honor and the credit of the
government and adhered faithfully to
the single gold standard
1.-THE democratic party has been
rescued from the peoples despoilers."
OF this class the Springfield Republi-
can was a vigorous defender.
And on page 452 may be found in his
speech at Raleigh:
"The man who leaves the democratic
party to- day n \ if he comes back
he must come back in sackcloth and
ashes"
UP to this moment The CONSERVATIVE
notices no abnormal demand for the
sackcloth- and ashes style of dress goods
either in Nebraska or elsewhere.
LHO clOQucuCO VI u1I. bIydu ctU UAO
Chicago convention in 1896 which gave
him leadership in that collection Of
paroxysmal patriots, contained this
which the Springfield Republican Gin
sackcloth and ashes" may now rumin-
ate:
"And now, my friends, let me come to
"the paramount ISSUE" If they ask us
why it is we say more on the money
question than we say upon the tariff
question, reply that if protection has
slain it's thousands the gold standard has
slain its tens of thousands
When we have restored the money Of
the constitution (meaning silver free, in
4l2h grain dollars) all other necessary
reforms will be possible; but until that
is done, there is no other reform that
can be accomplished"
Now, does the Springfield Republican
know the purposes of Bryan as to gold
and silver?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
SOME MEN GROW TREES.
This Is the Belief of an Indian and
some Other Tribes.

The Sioux Indians still share with
the old Aryan and Semitic tribes in the
belief that there are trees that bring
forth human beings and others that
bear various portions Of the human
body. and in the fourteenth century
- Italian traveller. on arriving at Nal
ahar, was told 10y the natives that the
country abounded with Il tree that
bore men and women. The latter were
attached To the limbs by the neither eX
trcmities and We're fun formed when
the wind blew. but when the wind died
ont they soon withered. These speci-
mons Of humanity reached the length
OF height of three feet.
In the first book of the Mahadharata
mention is made Of forms Of dwarfs
that were To he found on large fig
tree. The Arabs are still strong in the
belief that somewhere in the southern
ocean there i a tree that bears a nut
that resembles the face of a man and
when in its fUlIneSS the mouth opens
and gives voice TO the cry: Wax.
Wax" The Chinese reverse the order
OF things and. instead of believing that
tn trees give birth 10 men. claim that
in the beginning the herbs and grass
sp-anG from the hair OF the human
family They have preserved the ira
dirion. too, thar somewhere within the
borders Of the beautiful Flowery
Kingdom there is n wonderful lake by
whose margin grew trees whose leaves
developed into birds and also that. If
n jar be broken on the waters. birds OF
the most brilliant plumage Will AT once
arise from the pieces and fly off.
IN central India there is tribe call
Ell Khatties that claim 10 have their
origin from n stick of wood. When
the five sons of Pandu. the heroes
whose exploits are told in the Mahad-
harata, had become simple tenders of
sheep, harua, their Legitimate broth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
Moderation.

Thousands of women whose mission
in life is TO sci a bOtched world straight
are going the pace that kills rs surely
as IL theirs WAS the way of the sinner
instead of the way of reform. says a
writer in Harper's Bazaar. In blind de-
Votion TO their higher aims. in concern
for others good. by the haste and
waste Of themselves they accomplish
just one thing ccrtain-thcir own end.
Death is unhappily not always the end.
nor does the light of reason always
fail, leaving them in nuTnblinC obliv-
ion of the wreck they are. The end
comes rather "a Il wise old lady de-
Scribcd. cautioninE n young girl who
was giving her days and nights to the
improvement of humanity: Don't do
II. my dear. Be good you must. be
great if You can. hut in all things and
above all things Ice moderate. IT profits
the world nothing to burn your candle
at both ends. And for yourself the re-
suit is awful. You do not thus con
sumo the candle in a brilliant fare of
unselfishness. No: you just burn it
quickly down to Il useless mess of
grease. which remains obstinately
where it dropped. Uusightly To every
body and slow. painful retributicn for
yourself"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
Awkward ComnIimenf.

There is such a thing as being toe
persistently, complimentary. a candid
and we'll meaning professor who had
witnessed the performance of little
play in private house in which his
hostess had taken the leading part met
the lady as she came from behind the
curtain.
you played excellently. That part fits
you to perfection"
oh. no. professor" said the lady
modestly- a young and pretty wom-
an is needed for that part"
But. madam" persisted the profess
or. You have positively proved the
ntrary.-Pcarson's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
LINCOLN WAS GRACIOUS.
Invited the Theatcr Usher to a Sent
In His BOX.

HI
Il never was much Of Il Republican,"
said a gentleman who was born and
reared in Washington. but | loved
Abraham Lincoln. He was one of the
most lovablc men l ever met. | was
an usher at the National theater. and
about two weeks before the assaSSina-
ton John Wilkes Booth and Susan
Denim were playing there. Mrs. Lin
coin having expressed n desire TO see
them in Romeo and Juliet was sent
10 the presidents house TO say that a
box had been reserved. In the even
ing, Mrs. Lincoln being indisposed. the
president aud little Tad Lincoln came,
and l showed them to the box.
AS Tad entered he turned and said.
Come in. Lew oh. no | replied:
that would not be right Tad then
turned TO his father and said. Pap. you
have no objection TO Lew coming in"
Mr.. Lincoln. with a smile and motion
ing me to n scat. replied: No. Tad;
certainly not for any of your friends
We viii be glad TO have your compa-
ny
Il told Tad that my business would
not allow NE the privilege. and, thank
ing both father aud son. returned to
my duties with light heart and with
an admiration for the president l have
cident have often recalled it and ex-
pressed my sorrow that he met with
death 50 ntimelv.'-Washingt Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
DuncinE Birds.

The HaturHlistS tell us of many pccul-
lar habits that some birds have. among
them that Of dancing. The movement
10 which they apply that term is not an
Irregular darling To and fro to which
. the observer must lend the influence Of
his Imagination to make il appear as
dancing. but is well ordered. deIiber-
ate and graceful act in which some
times Il few and sometimes many birds
take part
Opinions differ As to why they dance
Some writer's think that IL *. so to
speak. merely an Interchange of COM
plimcnts and cOurtesipS between the
sexes. particularly at the mating sea
son: others that it is wholly playful,
originating i'll bright and cheerful spir-
it's
BE that as il may. the dance of the
spur winged lapwing is certainly an
act of play, for the birds indulge in il
all the year round and at frequent in
tcrvalS during the day aud also on
moonlight nights.
The lapwings live i'll pairs and any
one who watches them will presently
see one bird of a neighboring pair rise
and fly to them. II * always welcom-
ed with many signs of pleasure. just as
we greet guest whom we are glad to
see. Advancing to the visitor they
place themselves behind il. and then all
three. keeping step. begin march. ut
terin= loud drumming notes in time
with their movements.
In little while the march is over,
and then the leader. clevating his
wings and urtCrinS loud cries. stands
erect and motionlcSs. while the other
Two. with pulled out plumage and
standing exactly abreast. Stoop for
ward and downward until the tips Of
their bcaks touch the ground. They re
main for some time in this posture. Civ
ing uttcrance all the while Ia Il low.
rhyjlmical murmur This ends the
dance. ana the visitor goes back To his
home To- receive there a visitor in turn.
This dance Of the lapwingS is unique
among bird habits. and. though il may
he considered as purely 4 play. no one
has Yet suggested Il reasonable eXpla-
nation Of its remarkable resemblance
To an act of human beings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
4 Real Little Fairy,

u ] were q little fairy.
DO YOU know Shat / would dot
| would charm away all sOrTCW
And pain and suffering too
Food ] world bring Co the hungry.
clothes 10 tho ragged give,
And the weary and homeless Wand rcr
In dear little house should live
II were little fairy.
Tins world should bc. on. - bright,
- "a chase away the darkness
And make It q heaven 90 light
The sun should always be- shining.
Al sin ami sorrow should cease,
And every ore should be- happy
And 1--we IN plenty and peace.
Yet Jhau-H { am Uot fairy.
Tlut only a p"or little maid.
7 800 always try 20 make sunshine
come into Rms world ut sHs1c-
i'Csr tartr.r calls me her iaIr..
Iirr ovu httIg sunbeam .argr.
Aud s1 SSH any To hrI1G SIaoneSs
To ali the I'D faces meet
Constance NJ LOVE-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

butterflies have often been met out
at sea and the fragile things VIII hover
about ship for days. \ scientist Of
this city recently saw a butterfly. the
Monarch commonly known as the
miIkweed butterfly. COG miles from
land. Ii PLAYED about the ship for
some time and then disappeared. When
asked If he thought il would reach
land. the scientist replied that ne start
I'd ont expecting to. and he thought
probably the butterfly had the same in
tentioD
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

reason the inner temperature or indi-
vidual warmth of the planet is proba-
bly, high enough to cvaporate the water
upon the surface quickly, so that water
vapOr forms the principal substance of
the atmosphere of Jupiter. Water va
por is an excellent reflector and readily
accounts for the bright radiation of
light emitted by the planet.-Professo
Hughes in Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

There was once upon 4 time an EGyp-
tian king, 50 il is said. who built pyr-
amid and died of melancholy. His
name was Dumops. yet there are prob
ably few persons who know that they
are perpetuatinG the memory of his
tragic history when they remark that
they are "in the dumps"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

While there Is no hard and fast
definition a married woman may be
thought TO have ceased to be Il bride
when, of the IL hooks in the clothes
press. she has scaled down the num-
Der devoted 10 her husbands ward
robe from eight 10 two.-Detroit Jour
nal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

-. wishing to deprive them of their
last resource, prayed to he gods to as
sist him. He struck the earth with his
staff, which opened. and from it sprIng
man who was called khat. meaning
begotten of wood. and by this name
have his descendants ever since been
known.-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

tune which n" had once heard. When
new tunes from the outside world were
lacking. lie improvised them for him
self
The members Of the Psychological
congress. which recently met in Paris,
spent many hours examining this mu-
steal wonder. and their unanimous
opinion was that no similar genius Of
this type had appeared during this cen
fury or probably ever.
According 10 Il foreign journal little
Ari lo intends to make a tour of the
world
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

Il told that Boston girl didn't like
Emerson
Was she dispIeased?"
"DispleasedE She got nearly as mad
as she did when | said that beans
could be baked without salt pork
Chicago Record
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
jupiter Warmer Than the Earth.

The gigantic mass of Jupiter has
much larger warmth than that of the
earth. IL is the result of the molecular
movement produced by the compress
sion OF the strata and must be greater
the more powerful the masses, and
hence the larger the pressure of the
strata is Jupiter surpasses the earth
in point Of mass 3OT times. and for this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
FOR LITTLE FOLKS
Wonderful Boy Pianist.

There have been and are many music
al prodigies, but it would be hard to find
an equal to little Pepito Rodriguez Ari-
oIo. who is now enhancing Partisan
piano.
This phenomenal child was born at
Ferrol in Spain, 3 years and 10 months
ago. and no sooner was he able to use
his fingers than he began not only to
play on the piano. but also 70 compose
his own music. He taught himself all
he knows. for he never received word
of instruction.
Before he was . years old he could
play without the slightest error any
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15

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sch, consumption (first stages), bron-
chitis and asthma and remedies that
have proven almost universally sue
cessful. By use of these methods.
com bined with their home treatment,
a cure can be effected in every case.
Deafness, isinging In the Ears, Running
Many of these cases are caused by
Caiarrh extending from nose to throat
into the middle ear. Recently appli-
ances have been invented that carry
healing agents direct to the diseased
parts. efecting quick and Perma-
nent cure.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-15
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Skill and Ability TO Treat all Forms Of
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Diseases of Nervous system, Rheumatism
Diseases of Men, VaricOceIe, Strict
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Diseases OF the Heart, Liver
+ and Kidneys
The German-English specialists are
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be necessary in the diagnoses aud
and cure of catarrhal. rheumatic,
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such facilities. It is to these appli-
ances, new remedies and new meth
DDS. together with fifteen years Of e.
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No matter If your case has been pro-
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If your case is hopeless they will not
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