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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-24
General PridemOre.

In the death Of this distinguished
son of Southwest Virginia the bar
has lost one of its brightest orna-
ments, the section one of its foremost
men and Lee county true and loyal
son of whose achievements at the bar
and in the halls of legislation she
may we'll be proud.
AS lawyer he was noted for his
Jealous devotion to the cause OF his
client, his erudition and his great
power as an advocate. He was an
impressive speaker, clear logical and
eloquent. Possessed of splendid
physique, in his yonger days he was
incapable of fatigue and his energy
was something remarkable. He was
n great student of both ancient and
modern history and of the classics
and his speeches were frequently
ornamented with some gem culled
from one of his favorite authors,
most generally Scott.
AS politician general Pridemore
had one faculty, which to some extent
prevented him from attaining the
high station IN the political world to
which by his great ability he was
Justly entitled. lie was in no sense
diplomat, but was always straight
forward and frank and would give
vent to his feelings regardless of the
consequences. But for this charac-
teristic of his nature he could have
easily been Governor of Virginia or
u. S. Senator had he SO desired.
But we are not prepared to say that
that characteristic was a fault-in
fact we admired it--but from the
standpoint OF the politician it was to
some extent drawback. The Gen
eral early won his spurs and, like the
knights OF old, right royalty did he
wear item. Way back in the days
of Burns, Johnston, Kane, Aston,
lIagan, the Campbells, and the
Homes, Prdemore was a distinguish
ed lawyer and took rank with the
best of them. The firm of Hagan
and Pridemore was one of the leading
law firms of this section.
To scores of his old friends the
news of his death will be received
with the same feeling of sorrow, as
the death Of beloved brother. He
was always loyal and they will ever
be true to his memory. AS CasSius
said when he heard that Brutus had
ran upon the point of his sword and
thus ended his life rather than be
taken captive back to Rome, we
can say of the man whose lips are
closed in the silence and mystery of
death:
This was the nobest Roman of them all,
His life was gentle, and the elements SO
mixed in him,
That nature might stand up and say to all
the world, this was a man.
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"Honest Labor Bears
a Lovely Face.

There Is nothing more
pleasing to look upon than a
hearty raddy face, gained by
honest toll. They are the
saving of the nation, these
foilers of both sexes, straS-
Cling for daily bread.
Pure blood makes them ale TO Keep up
the daily round of duty at home, shop or
store. IF the Blood has a tad7t or m
purity, or run doqvn feeling comes on,
the one remedy I, Hoods Sarsaparala,
Americas Greatest Medicine for the blood.
Poor Blood -"@y blood quas so
poor that in hottest sveather / felt cold.
Hoods Sa,saparina made ms quarni. 1t Is
the nqht thing IN the right place." Hattie
]. Taylor, Woodsfozvr, ~ j.
6odJ. Sa4qbm@
WTlazazslEt72
Hoods Pill, cure liver IFS; the non.lIritating aud
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparllla:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-24

PEOPLE waste time because there is
always something they would rather
do than do something else.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-24

THE constitutional convention
question will carry beyond the
shadow of doubt.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-05-24
Klondike Stampede Outdone

NiO'NiNO Sho'iiPSd0 OuluOne.
The dispatch tells us that the
spring rush to Cape Nome is now in
full swing. 1t far surpasses the IA
nous stampede of two years ago to
the Klondike.
Five steamers have already sailed
for st. Michaels and Nome, besides
eight schooners and bsrks carrying
lumber and coal. This week as many
more will get away. by May 25th
not less than forty steamers will
have left Tacoma. San Francisco and
Seattle for Nome, together with
twenty-five sailing vessels. The ar
my Of miners and prospectors moving
northward numbers at least 10000.
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STOCK HOLDERS
MEETING.
Three New Men on the Board
of Directors.

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Virginia Iron, Coal
and Coke company was held at Pu-
laski, Va, Tuesday.
Among those in attendance from
Bristol were President Carter, Wee
President Shields and Treasurer
Craig.
The meeting is reported to have
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preserve their dignity unimpaired. One
of their number, on one occasion, was
induced to add charm to the perform
ance by rendition of certain airs on his
accordion. During a solemn song,
when the Indians were praying for the
continued blessings of Those Above,
the accompanist compelled his accor-
dion loudly and insistently to give forth
the strains of Marching Through Geor-
gia." Soon he changed it to la Palo-
ma" and then. when the most solemn
part Of the ceremony was reached, he
thrilled the religious feelings of his
auditors by bringing forth with in
tense fervor and power that soul-stir-
ring melody. "After the Ball Is Over"
But, happily unconscious of any incon-
gruity, the earnest Indians sang on,
and felt grateful to their Mexican
friend for his helpful accompaniment.
In one Of the main streets was bow
Or made Of cottonwood benches, in
which the wooden figure Of st. Stephen,
the patron saint. was placed and here.
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of little consequence in this world,
and the creed teaches, by implication,
that an unmarried woman cannot en-
ter into the kingdom of heaven. That
people should believe such odious doc
trine in this age of civilization is indeed
strange. And those who do believe it
are as fanatical as were the persecut-
ing fanatics of the dark ages who muir
dered those who differed from them.
In addition, the wives of a numerously
married man become queens and rulers
in the next world, while those of man
not so numerously married become
only servants. OF course all women
want to be queens and rulers. It is
necessary to make this plain in order
that gentle" readers may understand
why women can sink all feelings of
jealousy, love and humanity and con-
sent that another woman, or women,
should share her husbands affections.
They are more jealous than the
men. They not only consent to the
husband taking an additional wife,
but urge him to do so. There are
exceptions, but they are few. The
power the husband holds over his
wives is equally strong. According
to the false teachings of the Nor
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ONE OF AcoMA's WISE MEN.

tone and attack that would have com
PEELED admiration from the most crit
ical of eastern audiences.
Now the dancers face each other
and march and countermarch, Their
they march in open order, some go
ing north and others south. Severa
complex figures are danced with per
feet time and order, until the dancers
are very weary and return to their un
derground "lkiva" for q rest. ThcD
the dancers from the other kiva come
forth and keep up the ceremonies u.
til they are ready to retire. And thus
the afternoon is occupied.
Here and there on the housetops
groups of interested spectators may
be seen, clothed in their picturesque
garments, highly colored, white and
variegated, and almost as interesting
ton in the ceremony as the dancers
themselves.
Do you see that energetic dancer
there? He seems to be the most sin.
cere and earnest worshiper of the lot
And yet few years ago that young
man was taken into one of the kivas in
the dead of the night, bound hand and
foot and gagged, and whipped with a
cruel rawhide scourge until his LAGER.
ated back flowed blood, because he had
ridiculed and scoffed at this religious
service of his people. He had been to
one of the United States governments
Indian schools, where he was taught
to look above the superstitious ideas of
his people, and when he returned home,
his education complete, he dared to
give expression to his radical ideas;
this was the method taken to convince
him that Conservatism was the best
policy" He evidently learned the last
lesson well, for, when telling me the
story, he said: watch me tomorrow,
and you will see that dance more
vigorously than any other Acoma In
dian" And SO he did. !
Just as sun is about to set all the Wis.
iting Indians are called together and
the chief shaman or medicine man
throws one after another among them
the gifts that have been placed on the
shrine during the day. There is great
scramble for these gifts. for not only
are they deemed of value, but the
prayers and thanksgiving of the donors
to the Great Sun are supposed to &C.
company the gifts, and thus bring
blessings and good luck to the recip-
tents. q. WHARTON JANEa
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praying to the great morning luminary
to bestow all his best gifts upon them.
"But," you ask, "where are such be-
nighted heather as this to be found in
the United States?"
In Arizona and New Mexico. The
pueblo or town Indians of Isleta, La
guna, Zuni, Acoma, etc., are all wor-
shippers of the sun, and daily their
alteration is offered, as well as in spe-
cial ceremonies of great pomp and i'm
portance which occur less regularly.
If one leaves the transcontinental
line of the Santa Fe railway on the
journey to California, at the little town
of Laguna in New Mexico, and drives,
or rides horseback, II or Is miles south,
he will reach the wonderful "City of the
Cliffs" Acoma. Here, in the first day
of September of each year, the "feast of
st. Stephen" the patron saint of the
people, is observed. The feast is q
strange and interesting mixture of
Roman Catholic religious ceremonial
and pure and unadulterated sun wor-
ship. I have seen the dance and its at
tendant ceremonies several times, and
each time the Jennings" of the two
kinds of worship become more appar-
ent. The old priests, when Acoma was
subjugated to Spanish rule $50 years
ago, were wise. Instead of totally pro-
hibiting the religious ceremonials of
the people, they gave new and Chris
tian interpretations to them, hence, to-
day, we see an orthodox Catholic priest
engaging in the rites of holy mass, and
then marching in a procession to the
plaza where the whole afternoon is
spent in dance performed in honor of
the sun.
During these professions the visiting
Mexicans often unite with the Indians,
though, regarding themselves as su-
perior to the natives, they head the pro-
cession, and slightly to one side. and thus
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carry out its destined work, tho
church should rule the state. That
is why the Mormon church interferes
in politics. OF course, the leaders
deny this, but their teachings prove
the contrary. In short, they claim
that the church is vested with both
temporal and spiritual power, with
the church-head as the supreme
ruler. 1t is well to understand this
subtle teaching, for behind it lie the
frequent "agitations" and political
troubles of which fasteners do lot
get very clear idea. This is why
Utah made SO many efforts to get
statehood. and why q polygamist is
wanted in congress. Perhaps Utah
furnishes q solitary instance where
statehood. was promised.in censide.a-
ton that the people would cease vfo-
lating q moral law.
About three-fourths of the popula-
ton of the state are Mormons, and
while many of the Mormons do not live
in polygamy, and have not, they believe
in it, nevertheless. If they did not they
would not be Mormons, for that is the
main tenet of their creed. Since the
recent agitation began those who were
lukewarm in the faith have rallied to
the support of the church. It has solid
fled the church. and those who think
that Mormonism is dead, or even dy.
ing, are greatly mistaken. It is be.
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The following extracts from IN In
teresting letter to the Mason City
Qowa) Republican. written by Mrs. s
A. Brigham, late Of that place, but
now of Ross Greek, Alberta, Canada.
SO nearly describes most of the dis
tricts of Western Canada that we take
pleasure in presenting same to the at
tention Of our readers:
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during the day, all the devout wom-
en- came to pray, offer up Thanksgiving,
and, at the same time, deposit at the
shrine corn, bread, melons, beans, and
other products of their gardens as
thank offering. Then began the dances.
Two families or clans took charge of
this portion of the ceremonies. The
women were clothed in all the finest
garments they were able to obtain.
Robes, elegantly woven and highly col
ored sashes, buckskin leggins, mecca
sins, necklaces and the like, and upon
the head each woman wore headdress
of wood or leather, foot or more high,
and painted or carved. or both, to repre-
sent symbols connected with the wor-
ship Of the sun. The lightning, rain
clouds. the sun, the moon, the morning
and evening stars, the planets, the
milky way even, were all represented
upon these headdresses. The mems
chief article of clothing was the kilt,
made of white cotton of home weaving
and embroidered, in colors. Anklets,
moccasins, necklaces and q banda
around the head to bind the hair, with
armlets and rattles, completed their
outfit, while the women held twigs of
pine or juniper in their hands, which
they moved back and forth in time with
the rafting of the men.
Now watch the dance. The men
come two by two, followed at a yard
or SO distance by two women, side by
side, men rafting, women gently
shaking their pine twigs. The men
move their lower limbs in a wild,
quick, hippety hop fashion that is as
impossible to describe as it is to imi-
tate, for I verify believe q French
dancing master would strive in vain
to learn that "step." The women, on
the other hand, follow the men in
kind of slow, gentle, shutting move
ment, merely advancing few inches
at each shuttle toward" and scarce
ly lifting their feet from the ground,
but keeping perfect time to the ges-
ticulating antics and frog-ike Jump
ings of the men.
By the side of the dancers is band
of men who form the chorus. These
are singing with a lusty vigor never
excelled by the congregation at a
negro camp meeting. Their leader
gesticulates with hands and arms,
waving them to and fro, tossing them
upwards and thus invoking the favors
of the sun god and Those Above upon
the dance. Some of their music is
wild and crude, but one song was
sung with q precision and accuracy OF
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ARE FULL OF FIGHT.
Mormons VIII Engage in a Titanic
Struggle for Existence.
renets OF Their Faith Not Fully Un-
Aerstood by Eastern People
-P0Iygamy the Keystone
Of the Church.
Especial Salt Lake City Letter.


To eastern people it no doubt
seems very strange that the Nor
mon church has such a strong hold
upon its members. especially the wom-
en-. Therein lies its greatest-pow-
er. There are fewer female than male
apostates, and not many of either. The
secret Of the power of the church over
women is found in the Book of Nor
mon," which teaches that a woman's
chances for eternal glory depend upon
the number of wives her husband has.
If her husband has only two or three
wives he does not stand so well as he
who has seven or eight. In taking these
wives the husband is, according to these
baneful teachings, obeying the Divine
command, and, through him, his wives
receive salvation. An unmarried per-
son, especially woman. is held to be
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heved, and on good grounds, that po.
lygamy is as much practiced now as
ever. There is no way to prove the
marriages, which are celebrated in se-
cret in the temple, but common report
and circumstantial evidence support
this suPposition. It should also be
recollected that the Mormon church
officials never promised the govern
ment to permanently renounce polyg.
amy. Had they done so they would
have renounced their church. Further.
more, the officials claim that they have
not the power to do SO, as it is ''Divine
command" Consequently they only
suspended" its practice. AS no defn.
lite time was stated, the manifesto"
suspending it can be repealed whenever
the prophet" has a vision" to that
effect. Of course, the gentle world
will not know of this; such orders are
issued secretly.
During the past year about 10000
converts were added to the Mormon
church-a greater increase than during
any previous year. The total number
in the United States, according to off,
cial church reckoning, is 100000.
In addition to controlling Utah, the
Mormons now hold the balance of po-
litical power in Idaho and Arizona. In
an interview leading church official
stated to me that the church was push
ing it's colonies" into every state and
territory and that fewer immigrants
are being brought to Utah than hereto
fore.
The reason, he stated, is that Utah
is pretty well filled up and other fields
must be prepared" In other words.
the Mormons have political control Of
Utah and are colonizing other states
and territories with the view of con-
trolling them.
Considering these facts, it is not like
~ that the Mormons will give up the
political fight, no matter what con-
gressional legislation may be had. Be-
ieving that their "divine mission" is
to rule spiritually and temporarily, they
may continue even to the point of re-
sisting the government, as they have
done before. Just before our civil war,
when they numbered only $4,000 in
Utah, they assassinated United States
officials, drove others from the coun-
try, defied the courts and with an army
of 5000 met the United States army,
which had been sent out to quell the
celebrated "'Mormon rebellion" The
same defiant spirit prevails now. They
do not believe that any human govern
ment has right to interfere with them
that theirs is 'divine government"
It is with this view that the Mormons
emigrated to the then far west, where
they could establish government. and,
though their scheme for an ''independ-
ent" government failed, they furnish
the only instance in this country where
in a state grew out of the colonization
Of a religious sect.
The Mormons have no politics, az .
principle-their first duty is to the
church, and they vote for the 'church
candidate" irrespective of politics. In
this union lies their strength. This
unit system always has. prevailed. and
no doubt will 90 continue.
J. n. SCANLAND.
1ond railway engine will travail
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ARIZONA SUN DANCE.
Heather Ceremonials Observed bv
the Acoma Indians.
Although Ostensibly Chfistians the
Peopl Of Various Far Western
Pueblos Still Worship the
Orb Of Day.
Especial Acoma (Ari> letter.

Especial Acoma (Ari.) Letter1
Travellers return from India and
tell US Of the sun worship Of the
Parsees; of the prayers offered to
the rising sun by devout citizens OF
Bombay. They would lift up their
hands in amazement and horror. were
they told that there are thousands Of
sun worshipers in the United States of
America at the present time. And yet
such is the case. Every morning in the
year men and women may be seen
among our sun-worshipers, sprinkling
their sacred meal to the rising sun and
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

It 10 best TO 60 slow when betting on
fast horses.
Action and reaction are not equal in
the stock market.
A man may mean well. but you are
never quite certain of il.
Some people pass their good resoiu.
tons on the dr.t reading.
The lay Of the hen n more valuable
than the song Of the lark.
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mon church, q wife cannot enter the
kingdom Of heaven except through
her husbands mediation. In the
marriage ceremony a veil is placed
over her face, and also npon her
death. And on the morning of the
resurrection he raises that veil, 9th ar
wise she cannot be raised from the
grave. This not only compels ODE
dience, but inspires fear, and, If her
husband so wills it, she is doomed to
eternal death and damnation. Such
teachings as the foregoing would be
amusing, were they not so sacrile-
gious. Can It be any wonder that
people so stifled with ignorance as to
believe such teachings are so defiant
and fanatical? People here who un-
derstand the Mormon people also un-
uerstand that the trouble with these
undemocratic and un-American insti-
buttons has just commenced. In the
orst place. the Mormon church
teaches that the saints" are the
chosen people Of the Lord" that the
ohuzch il destined to rule over the
United States, and, eventually, over
the entire world; that this is the
stxue" church. and that, in order to
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A good railway engine viii travel
about 100000 miles before it wears
out
Lewiston evening teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1900, 1900-08-28
Can He Do II :?

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. - The suffi-
cheney of Ii Hung Changs credentials
as plenipoteniary to conclude the settle
ment with the powers on behalf of China
is now the subject of active telegraphic
negotiations among the powers. II stated
positively today that so far the issue was
still open. Some of the powers have
taken ground that Ii no longer repre-
sents anything tangible, that the fleeing
Chinese emperor and empress dowager
are powerless to carry out any pledge.
but none of them has. so far as can be
learned upon inquiry here, finally de-
cided this important question beyond re-
call
Lewiston evening teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1900, 1900-08-28

to be the last march of the great host.
The great majority of them marched with
precision, even if they were not as quick
at obeying commands as in the old days.
They carried the old flags and some of
them were burdened with musk cts, kuap-
sacks and blankets.
The white banner of peace and the
stars and stripes led the column. Her
aided by twelve trumpetcrs the column
came north in Michigan avenue and en-
tered the court of honor through the ma
val arch. The Pageant of Patriotism"
came first and evoked roar after roar of
Lewiston evening teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1900, 1900-08-28
Uniform Rank Parade.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. a8.-Three. hun
dred thousand people saw the parade Of
over 5000 Knights of Pythias today and
with one accord pronounced it the grand.
est pageant ever seen in Detroit. Major
General Carnahan commanded aud the
various divisions included battalions of
the Uniform Rank from nearly every
state and territory of the union.
This morning the supreme lodge held
its initial session in the Masonic temple.
Two hours were spent in listening to var
ious recommendation affecting the af-
fairs OF the order and in the preparation
OF the annual reports Of the various COM
mittees. During the morning meetings
were also held by the Imperial Palace, ID.
o. X. X, and the supreme temple of
Rathbone Sisters.