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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16
Our Missionaries in China.

Cur immediate concern. as Amer
cans. with the situation in China has
only to do with the relief of such OF
orr fellow citizens as it may be pos
sible to rescue. 1t is no part OF our
business to help to conquer the ohi-
nese; and much less it is likely 10
devolve upon us to help govern their
country, or any part of it, in the 1u-
ture, The peril of Europeans IN
China has been brought about IN
great part by the outrageous Gu
croachments of European govern
ments. 1t was almost inevitable that
sooner or later, there must be revo-
lutionary reaction in China against
foreigners and their innovations.
Nothing could well be more worthy
of singing rebuke than the recent IN
science of INSCRIPTIONS politicians
Lord Salisbury himself included
towards missionaries and their work
in Oriental countries. There are two
classes of people who criticlSe ms
sionaries-the one class being made
M of people who know nothing about
missionary work, and the other OF
those who are seeking scapegoats Tor
their own misdeeds. 1t was inevlta-
Bile that China, like Japan, should
, imbibe modern ideas. The Chinese,
tbouqh possessed of an ancient and
elaborate civilization, were unpro-
gressive They were destined, by
contact with the energetic and IN
5 ventiye men of other nations, to eX-
r perience an awakening. OF all fore
, runners of Western ideas as to the
meaning and value of life, the true
principles of education, and the ma
ture of individual and racial progress
the missionaries have been incompar'
l ably the best.
c So far as American missionaries
i are concerned, it is not in the least
true to say that they have been mere
Iy trying to make Anglo Saxon
: Presbyterians or Methodists out o
h men Of Monaghan blood and instinct
It There are some essentials OF th'
20 highest civilization that we under
- stand better than DO the Orientals
and among these are the proper carr
D. of the health of children, the homo
VS. and respect due in the family t.
ne women, the social value of truth AM
At honesty. And there are other prln
ciples at the root of our civilization
quite apart from dOgmatic theologie
ON the one hand, or steam power AM
industrial organization on the other
50 that make us to some extent superior
ut 1t was not English missionaries VIII
I'd brought England'S infamous OPIUM
s. war upon China; nor was it Germa
no missionaries who persuaded the En-
peror William and his government t
- seize a Chinese seaport, and assum
Is control of great province on tn
of pretext of compensation for the deaf
,h of one or to missionaries at the hand
l., of mob. The United States has
> for more than half century, beel
honorably represented in China b
ne men engaged in the missionary SCI
a yice-men whose admirable method
10 and rare tact have done more tina
he anything else to promote good rela
tions between this country and tn
~ great Chinese empire. If hencefortl
Is however, in view OF their deepl
on aroused bitterness against all foreign
lie ers, the Chinese will not tolerate mis-
he sionary work from any outside sourc'
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

A COMPANY recently organized at
Elyria, O., contemrlates the manu-
facture of wood plaster, which is
made up of shavings and the refuse
of saw mills, mixed with various
cementing elements, no sand or lime
being used. The company is cap
italized with $4,000. and has as
secretary S. w. Griswold, inventor
of the new product, the practical
placing of which upon the market
will be watched with interest.
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Blaming 1t on the Democrats


An administration organ here
abouts asserts that "no resistance 10
law would exist today in the fhlliP,
pines" if it had not been encouraged
by Democratic denunciatlon oil l'c-
nublican policy. This is mere partl-
san fury without its inspiration. 1t
is giving the Filipinos credit Tor
highly intelligent conception Of pc-
liticat conditions in this country ID
one breath, while they are described
in the next as "barbarous and savage
tribes scattered over 1000 islands. y
What could such savages be expected
to know of political disputes IN the
two Houses of Congress? But the
most extreme denunciations OF the
Spanish treaty and of the Republican
policy in the Philippines were made
by Senator IIoar, Senator Mason ana
others of high standing in that party.
Are these Republicans denounced
by the party organs for encouraging
the Filipinos in resistance of the adj
ministration's policy? SO far from
it, they are applauded for finding ex-
cuses to remain within the party lines
while abating none Of their hostility
to its imperialist tendency. TX
Speaker Reed, who retired from pub
Ilic life in disgust with the admins
tration'S policy, and who has lost nc
occasion to puncture it with his sar
casms, is daily besieged with appeals
to take the stump for Mckinley, will
the promise that all will be forgiven
The wicked Democrats alone arr
to be blamed for the resistance OF th'
savage" Filipinos to the Republi
can policy. But whatever notion
the Filipinos may have rightly o
wrongly conceived of the politica
condition of this country, the Dem
ocrats will not be frightened by part
Iisan denunciation from oppoSlnt
every constitutional measure OF ad
ministration toward the Philippines
Porto Rico, or any other territory c
the United States. 1t is commo
trick of flatterers of present power
old and stale by this time to attrlt
ute 10 it's possessOrs the sole cOncer
for the public welfare and to denounc
f its opponents as indifferent to I'll
honor and glory of the country. Br
r history has a way of reversing thes
positions, and proving that power an
, it's adulators are capable of dom
r much mischief to the country an
: that its opponents ale often IN II
! right. For the fierce and stubboi
, resistance of the Malays in the Pm
. ippinc Islands to the military pow'
Of the United States there are man
{ reasons, not the least of which IS
T. be found in the character OF Il
t Malays themselves. Another IS
!. their distruSt Of the good intention
Y of the Mckinley administration t
!. ward them. But there can be not
IS ing so ridiculous as the pretense tn
- the Malay resistance is due to t
k hone of the election Of Mr.. Bryan
o the office of President OF the Unit
s. States.-PhiIadclphia Record'
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

The United States Government
has placed at the disposal OF the
editor of The Ladics Home JOuradt
all the illustrative and statistical in
formation in its private archives re-
lating to the White House, which
will he one hundred years old next
November. The magazine will use
the material in connection with two
articles on the subject it will pub
lish shortly. That some of the views
are exceedingly rare is shown by the
fact that 1t was only recently that
the State Department learned that
they existed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

BnYAS's opening speech accepting
the nomination was a corker. lie is
last being recognized and appreciated
as one of the ablest statesmen this
country has produced since the days
of jefferson.
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Judge Rhea will address the voters
Of Wise at the court house next
court day. lie will explain how he
twice defeated General Walker-once
before the people and once before a
Republican committee. Everybody
should turn out and greet the gallant
son of the Southwest.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

Ir is rumored that the Pennsyi-
yania and the Baltimore and ONO
systems will make Richmond, Va,
their southern terminal, using tie
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac tracks into that city.
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a LUMBER exchange calls attention
to the fact that there is a fortune
awaiting the man who will invent a
practical way to drive hardwood logs.
The sinkage is something awful and
counts for large percentage OF the
cost of timber at the mill.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

GENERAL WALKER will make his
= last fight this time. We kinder feel
sorry for him as outside of his politics
he is man to be admired, but unless
all signs fail he will be a badly beat
en- man when the ides of November
roll around.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

ONE Of our. religious exchanges
says sociability goes further than
piety towards making a preacher
popular.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

turned to the man and inquired
sharply: what college are Won
from. sir?' YALE answered the
man without thinking. The pnlucky
admission destroyed the mans argu-
ment for he was a living example 'I
the fallacy Of his own proposition
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

il will not be the business OF the
United States Government to nropa-
gate Christianity at the point OF the
sword -Rcrieio of Rerieus.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

TIE past ten days has been shirt
waist weather sure enough.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

The above rates are Tor standing ahVe'tIse-
ments only.
SH-LocAL ADVERTISEMENTS will be charg-
ed for at the rate of s cents per line for each
insertion.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

country. who will come prepared to stay
a long time and take POSSESSION tnereol as
conquered by Us, without making al!
restitution to YOU for your Lands
"Sigued at Kai-a-tec the fourth Gay oi
January One thousand Seven hundred
aud Eighty-cne, by
ARTHUR CAMPBELL, Col.
.JonN SEWER, Lieut.. Col
JosEpm MARTIN, Agent and
Major of Militia.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-08-16

ofC onac blood Poison sight
' before the true nature oil Tie
victim Is hy quickly filed with tins poisonous virus and
mouth OH scalp ulcers Oh 'gu
swolen pOtches. and lalnE nan
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His fear Of summer invasion
again found expression in a letter to
Gov. Harrison, Of North Carolina,
early iii 1872:
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pether with the time and attention ncces-
sarily spent to have our landed claims adj
iusted." Campbell had petitioned tor
grant of land on the Olio, whittier he IN
tended to be removed if possible. "Ihe
Northern Sayages (the Six Nations were
to the North and the Cherokee and tie"
other tribes infested the SOUTH "annoys
US little, and we are not altogether clear
of apprehension OF danger from di'ailcct-
ed party among the CherOkces.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23

When the Chicago Federation Of Labor
met the other day it was asked to con-
slider the following communication which
came from an anarchist association:
Another act of violence has been COM
mitted by the police of Chicago TOWARD
peaceable citizens on Sunday, aug: o
and, as such expressions are repeated at Oh
late in q remarkable manner, a NUMBER
of societies of trades unions have oeen
induced to send delegates to confer
ence for the purpose of considering the
question Of whether or not the right of
free speech and aSsemblage guaranteed
by the constitution of the United States
only exists for certain class of people,
and whether or not all citizens of this
republic shall enjoy the benefits Of the
same
The Federation Of Labor had no difficult
ty in seeing through the mask of injured
fused to send delegates to the conference
mentioned. According to those who took
part in the debate over the proposition,
the Federation of Labor did not have to
investigate the question of whether Or
derby assemblages had the right Of free
speech in Chicago, because the police
''at any trade union or other legitimate
meeting"
This amounts to plain notice to anarch-
lists that they have no sympathy from
the trades unions, and that in the opinion
of the latter their meetings ought to be
broken up by the police < meeting
which devotes itself to clarifying over
successful assassination and to devising
ways and means for correcting alleged
abuses through the agency Of dynamite
and deadly weapons, can hardly be called
law abiding, much less can it be said
that it is conducted by "peaceable citi-
zens." The avowed anarchist according
to his own testimony, is not a citizen, and
everybody knows he is not peaceable
His ambitions and desires lie in the d.
rection of destroying property and life,
and anarchist meetings have no other OBJ
jects In view
Therefore, when anarchy appeals to
union labor for moral support in oppos-
ing the forces of law and order, it would
be surprising if it met with any different
reception than is recorded in the instance
under discussion The hand OF anarchy is
against every man, and every mans hand
is against it.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
STORIES OF THE STREET.

The shirt waist man IS here.
He was a man past middle life that
dared to first appear on the streets Of
st. Paul wearing q waist OF gaudy colors
and of the most approved pattern. Tie
Is a business man and has been prOnt-
nentIy connected with one of the leading
dry goods houses of this city for several
years as buyer He returned from his
trip to New York yesterday and while
there he became a convert to the shirt
waist idea. He now swears by the III
uovation and declares that it's up TO
every man of good sense in the city to
discard his coat and vest and don the
cool and attractive garment that has
worked such a complete change In tho
dress of the men of the Eastern cities.
He was not seen on the streets until
Just before noon. He was kept busy be-
hind the counter all the forenoon, show
Ing the ladies how the thing went and
he could not have paraded himself soon
er If he wanted to for he was fairly
surrounded all the forenoon by large
crowds He assured his curious visitors
that he had on the very latest. 1t could
not be told from a lady's shirt waist by
taking a casual glance at 1t, but to eE-
anime it closely revealed several different
features from those worn by the fairei
sex. Under a tuck on the side is the
opening into u pocket. This pocket, he
explained, Is the cigar pocket. On the
other side Is another opening and there
is a pocket for papers and small pocket
for pencil. At the neck, it is fastened
by a. button. and the present dictum says
that it must be buttoned high. There IS
a row of brass buttons on the front and
there is a rubber band at the waist that
can be adjusted TO MT man Of any size.
The front and back are full, the material
is very light, almost a gaUze, and the
cost Is trifing compared with the cost Of
a coat and vest. 1t is said to be the
after all is not as bad looking a garment
as one would expect
When the noon hour was drawing near,
the enthusiastic dry goods man made his
way through the crowd and left the
store for his home. There was almost
pandemonium on the street as he walked
along, but he walked as he had seen the
men in New York walk-cool and collect
ed, and he paid little attention to the
curious multitude Two young ladies rid
ing on bicycles lost their balance and fell
to the pavement. An elderly woman car,
rying a market basket dropped II. \
society woman riding in her carriage
laughed heartily. 1t had an effect on
everybody. The crowd followed him as II
he were Buffalo Bits show Oh parade
and only when he arrived at his home did
they cease. When he opened the door at
mis- home, his wife almost tainted. To re-
;ieYe her he promised to go to his dress
ing room and put on his regular garo.
Then he sat down to his dinner well nigh
exhausted.
The ice is broken now and next week
when his consignment OF waists arrive.
it Will be no ordinary sight to see sourO
Of the greatest coat and vest men in the
city wearing the new hot weather shirt
waists.
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vance made as between the two cities is
worthy of note. 1t has been the fashion
for our neighbors to beat the tom-tom on
the completeness with which their city
was outstripping this in population. The
event shows that all such talk was
just so much nonsense. The two cities
have advanced side by side, and the re-
suit shows that here there is springing
into existence one OF the great urban CEN
tiers OF the county. and that within the
lifetime Of many men not to be called
young, these two cities, whether united Or
separate, will represent the greatest CEN
ter Of American population west Of Chi
cago. A population OF 366, $50, where but
few years ago were mere collection of
shanies, is significant Of possibilities
which few of US realize today. With In
telligent cooperation, rather than futile
and senseless hostility, st. Paul and Min
neapolis will within the next decade or two
realize all that even the most sanguine
Oh our people have looked forward to. in
the extent and character of their indus
tries and in the vast growth of popula-
ton which will have been realized.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23

war with any such purpose as that of de-
priving the Cuban people of the rights
assured to them through the outcome OF
the war with Spain or Of violating the
express pledge made by our national gov
eminent that when pacifcation had been
accomplished we would leave the gov
eminent and control of the island to its
people" -
The purpose Of the administration in
Cuba is just little in the dark still. 1t
will certainly be worth while, Gen. Wood
to the contrary, to watch with some
care the proceedings in the immediate
future in connection with the new
Cuban government that Is to be.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
THURSDAY, AUG. %, 1850.
A GRATIFYING GROWTH.

The people of st. Paul have much rea-
son to congratulate themselves on the
outcome Of the census enumeration. 1t
will surprise many even among our own
people that the additions to our popuIa-
ton during the past ten years have been
both relatively and absolutely so large.
When the last census was taken we
were at the very highest point in munich
pal progress and prosperity Hundreds
were coming to the city daily in search
Of the opportunities for money-malking,
through realty speculations and other
wise, which were so plentiful. The con-
.ditions We're wholly abnormal and had
been for some years before So great was
the fervor Of our people as to the tre-
mendous growth which was then In prog
Tess that an unseemly difficulty arose be-
tween the representatives of the two
cities, which brought little but injury
TO. both the communities involved.
The tide of advance began to ebb short
ly after the census of 1880 was taken.
~ @N-4AAA LII % SSetlS VIC III the IulQSI
of a serious financial panic. Our people
had in many instances foreseen what took
place, and the decline both in population
and industry, not only here but in every
city in the West became we'll defined with
an even year after the census had been
announced.
From 1891 to 1896 few believed that this
city was making any advances in popu-
lation, and many believed that we had re-
ceded from the figures which represented
the closing years of the sos. To have not
only held our own under such conditions,
but to have made distinct advance, is
to have accomplished much The per-
centage Of increase is especially crafty
ing under the circumstances. 1t is not
comparable with the increase for the pre-
ceding decade. But it compares favora-
Oily with the increase in any but the larg-
est centers of urban population, and with
that in even many of those.
The closeness of the percentage of ad-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-23
SLAUGHTER HOUSE ON THE BRAIN

SLAUGHTER HOUSE ON THE BRAIN.
Next Sunday will be a day of festivitv
for Chicago butchers, who will gather at
nearby park with their knives, cleavers
and saws, and contest for the beef kill
ing championship of the city A hon-
day crowd is expected to look on in adj
miratton as each butcher approaches a
steer, knocks it on the head, cuts it's
throat, skins it, disembowels 1t, halves
and quarters 1t, and divides the by-prod-
ucts into neat little piles, ready for the
rendering tank the glue pot and the soup
tureen. The victor, after the bloody work
is done, will lean on his cleaver, stand on
one foot, with the toes of the other rest
ing on the greensward back of him, re-
celve the plaudits of as thoughtless and
bloodthirsty a crowd Of heather as ever
graced Roman holiday.
And what is this sign Of? Nothing
alarming, so far as other cities and COM
munities are concerned. But 1t is prettv
tough on Chicago, although it merely re-
afnrms the hdelity of the populace to
the calling that has made the town ia
nous. The contest Of next Sunday will
be, unless some one in authority wakes
prevents the disgraceful exhibition,
wholly characteristic Of Chicago, It's
blood, beef and sausage, hide, taIlow and
lard atmosphere. The process of refine
hos
which permits the Chicagoans to exclude
that atmosphere from their drawing
rooms, clubs, parks and picnic grounds.
The stranger within the gates, If he keeps
upon the unlovely proportions of tub
OF blood before he has had a chance to
view the lake front. Chicago slaughters
seven days in the week, and talks shop
link of sausage from the stock yards to
State and Madison streets. and the visitor
to Prairie avenue Is reminded of whence
came the money that paid for the impos-
ing mansions along that proud boulevard.
Yet, in spite Of this all pervading ex-
cess of blood, the butchers seem to think
some reminder of their work is neces-
sary. Hence, the picnic programme. If
all Chicago does not go to- see the half
crazy contestants try to complete the
skinning Of a steer before the animal is
dead, the spirit of the absent will be in
the event They will read of it the next
morning at the breakfast table, and per-
haps nothing will be thought of the in
decency of the whole affair. Chicago
bosoms will swell with pride over the
fast time made, and all day Monday
they will be telling US that they are the
champions of the world when it comes
to beef killing or pig-sticking.
Perhaps in quarter of a century or
so Chicago will cease to offend the re-
fined and civilized with constant re-
minder of blood and entrails. But at
present the city has slaughter house on
the brain, and that is why the disgusting
exhibition is going to take place there
next Sunday.