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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

New York Nov 22-The pay rolls
OF the board Of elections OF Greater
New York approved showed that IA.
recent city election cost the nrnicinal.
iiy 100000. or Sizes for each voter
that was registered. The state olso
expended about $50 900 in connection
with the election.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

Chicago, Nov. 25.-it has been de
cidec by the manasemonts OK the cot.
ton belt and the Eastern Illinois to
span the Missouri river at Thebes
H. with bridge which viii be over
one hall mile IN length. and which viii
cost at least $4,000 900.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

Washington. Nov. 15.--Adm. Schley
accepted an invitation Of the Hamii.
ton club. OF Chicago. to be its guest of
honor al a dinner 10 he given At some
Future dste. The invitation Was ten
derod the admiral by Nr. Edwin A.
Hunger. president cf the club.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

Topeka. Kan. Nov. 25.-rhe state
boara o. agriculture announces that,
the winter wheat yield OF Kansas for
1901 VAS so,as5.5ls bush. vaiued al
s50.sT9.57o. This breaks last years
state record by fs.s50070 bush. These
two are the largest wheat crops BY
any state.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

Vienna, Nov. 25-The Vienna pa.
pcrs assert that Turkey is addressing
an arrogant eircnlar note 20 the pow
ers protesting against their perpetual
Interference in Turkish ansirs and
demandins 20 know their intentions
regarding Crete
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

New York. Nov. Mayor-elect
Lows majority over Tammanys can
didatc. Edward N. Shepard. ia the Dor.
Ongh Of Manhattan (oid New York;
and the Bronx. was 5.667 votes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

London. Nov. 70. Col. Arthur
LyecA the newly elected menber Of
parliament for GALWAY has been IN.
formed that q he. comes 70 Enssand
he w1!l he tried forthxith for sreason.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

Berlin, Nov. 2S.-Colnt Won Hatz-
feidt late German Ambassador at LON.
don. died Friday morning. He resign
ed his am5assadcrshtp October le. last.
The ec.-nt VAS born in 1891
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28

Boaldef. Col. Nov. 2s.--Dr. william
Duane. professor of physics. has iest
been granted patent Tor an inven-
ton hy ~hieh large number OF tcie-
graph nsessases can De sent over one
wire ana earth return al the same
uns-
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-11-28
rroie--ion~ioara-.

A. hltls, HAIRY D. AYERS
OFFICES ~ AYERS BUILDING
Big stone Cap. Va.
Evening star., 1901-05-25

the Brooklyn Handicap at Morris Park.
Column interviews and a photograph of the
check Were published to give authenticity
to the story. but it looks like an advertis-
ing scheme.
kittie Cheatham. at one time a prominent
member of the DAILY and f'rohma2 com
panies. and who married and settled down
In England some years ago. has decided to
return to the stage. and will appn'ic with
W. S. Penley in London next month.
When "The Wilderness is first produced
In this country it will have the beneht OF
the presence of the author, Henry Esmond
as he insists on putting on the play MN
self. 1t is said to he much stronger play
than when We Were Twcnty-one.
Edwin Stevens was so successful in his
own sketch. ''Pardoned." recently in New
York at a gambol of the Lambs that vau-
deville managers have made him numerous
offers. Mr. Stevens is now appearing In
diplomacy in New York.
THE Sacrament of Judas was produced
for the first time in London last Wednes-
day night by Forbes Robertson and Ger
trude Elliott. While the piece is favOrahly
criticised. it is not thought that it will be
Il popular success. The two principals and
Frank Mills are credited with hits.
A. II. ChamberIyn. who has stood Sponsor
for My Lady and The Prima Donna" the
past season. has quit the musical eXtTaVa-
ganZa business for good. He says h. drop
ped $:iinpoO last season. and both tn" COM
panics mentioned closed last night with sal
aries in arrears to many of the performers.
Charles Klein will have four of his pieces
before the public next season. They are
THE Auctioueer'' with Dave Wd"iIrli rs
the star: The Royal Rogue" which Jeff
DeAnseiis Will again play: The Cipher
Code" and q new comedy upon which he
is collaborating with David BelasCp.
Eugene Ormondc closes his season at
Syracuse tonight, having signed contract
for a year with David BelasCO. He will
open at the Garden Thtat"r next week
EcTtie Cecil. with BlauCh Bates and go to
San Francisco June 10. remaining with
'tndor Two Flags until new production
is made.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
The HRnKinG,

From the Detroit journal.
We explained at great length that much
depended upon the hanging Of a picturei
indeed. unskillful hanging might spoil the
whole effect.
Uncle Hiram deemed this altogether rea-
sonable. He recalled an instance In point.
Back in 49," said he, when was In
Californy. they was chap in our camp by
the name of Bill Saff1es. Now, Bill was
the picter of health the tust time see
him. Everybody said he was, But he got
sawter p'miscous like with other folks
prop'ty, an one night lot o fellers that
didn't know a thing bout art took him out
an hung him. an, after that Bill Wa'R't
him said he want. Jes' you say, the
hangins the main thing, pears like"
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Mechanical,
From the Detroit Journal.

FrUm The Detroit Journal.
As | stood waiting for the train l saw
them run my trunk through a powerful
machine. which almost instantly reduced
il 10 an unrecognizable mass of pulp.
My curiosity was piIued
why do You do thiS?'' / asked
Elm this way We save the wages of four
hdggs gemen." replied the official in charge
of the station politely.
Truly. thought L. we live in an age of
mechanical marvels. But what of the
hands thus thrown out of employment?
Evening star., 1901-05-25
a concert In the new band stand beginning

concert In the new band stand beginning
at pm.
Two excursions to Pen-Mar and Gettys-
burg will be given on Decoration day, one
by Nelson Company. No. 2 U. r. X. Of p.
over the Pennsylvania. and the other by
the Washington Company. No. !. U. R. X.
Of p, over the Baltimore and Ohio:
The Schwartze Ritter. or Knights in
Black. will have their fourth annual excur-
sion at River View tomorrow. The COM
mittee has arranged several bowling con-
tests between the local teams, and the
River View Orchestra will render special
music. Three trips will be made by the
steamer Samuel ]. Pentz, leaving here at
IL am, PAS and 6 pm,
Evening star., 1901-05-25
EXCURSIONS.

DIN ELFRETH WATKINS. Jr
Evening star., 1901-05-25

the Brooklyn Handicap at Morris Park.
Column interviews and a photograph of the
check Were published to give authenticity
to the story. but it looks like an advertis-
ing scheme.
Evening star., 1901-05-25
Didn't Know of Any

From the Chicago Tribune.
Stranger-"Can you tell me Of place
where there's little game going on?"
Office Watkins with exceeding stiffnessl,
Cant you see, sir, I'm Policeman"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
MORTGAGE TAX AGAIN.
Question May Be Carried to
the Federal Court.

Jefferson City, June 2j.-Gco.
II. Noel, cX-mcmber of the Mis-
souri, legislature and Il stockman
of jackson county, is trying to get
II new trial for the third couStitu-
tional amendment, relating to
mortgage taxes, before the Mis-
souri, supreme court. Tie has been
comforting with Attorney General
Grow concerning the matter and
Mr.. Crow told him that if the at
tOrneyS for the amendment did not
demand Il rthearing before the SUI
prcmc court he would take the
matter to the federal supreme
court and have it tested there,
providing IL sufficient number of
counties wanted the matter tested
further. Mr.. Noel thinks he can
get nearly every farmer in the
State to sign petition to have
the amendment tested in the FEEDER.
al court.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
The Lowly Peanut.

The startling news comes from Vir-
gnia that the peanut crop is failure
The long drouth. it is said, has so
affected the vines that the output will
not be more than one-third of a full
crop. Either under its common name
or under either of its aliases, ground
nut or goober, the peanut comes near
to the heart or rather, to the stomach
of the masses. The goober has its
practical as we'll as its sentimental
phase, and it has come to be an i'm
portant article of commerce, but it is
as the Circds obligato, the baseball and
horseback indispensable, and the tri-
butte of the lovesick swain to his in
amorata that it most strongly appeals
to the average man and woman of
America. Boston Transcript.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27

THE MESSAGE is
Central pleased to see that the
lied other papers of this
Schools. section of the state
are ut last giving some
attention to the question of
centralized schools.
The MESSAGE was the
first paper in Audrain to give this
question editorial notice, and we
cditorially endorsed the cdca, too.
The Farbcr Forum now takes up
the question. That paper is III en-
ror Just Il little, we think, on one
point; the area would not always
be congressional district, or SIN
miles square That matter would
be arranged to suit the territory to
be served, whether it was six miles
square or more or less. The Fo-
rum Nalu llSl Wttk'
"Thc Forum has recently inter
viewed directors in the nclghbOr-
ing school districts as to the town
ship plan or system of the fOrma-
ton of districts. The system pro-
vides for only one school III each
township, which embraces an area
of six miles square, the school
house to he centrally located. In
this way no pupil will live further
than three miles away from the
building. The children are carried
to the school each morning and
home at evening by wagons en-
ploycd for that purpose and which
is paid for out of the general funds
of the district. 1t will not take
much figuring to find out that it
would result in IL great reduction
of school tax, involve less school
property, eliminate the extra rX-
pense of keeping up several
schools, require fewer teachers, and
in other ways lessen and cqualizc
the general tax for educational
purposes. Its advantages would
also be in more efficient teachers,
more thoro graduation and II better
system of school work. The idea
is not new. 1t is, we understand,
in vogue in Ohio, Indiana, and in
parts of Iowa. The Forum invites
discussion on the subject by any
one Interested. What has Com
missioner Cross to say?'
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
MILK AS DIET,
It's Real Value rs Food Must He Under

It's Real Value rs Food Must He Under
stood.
Comparatively few people are aware
OF the true value of milk as q cheap
article of food, 1t being usually looked
upon only as beverage, or even lux
ury, without contributing much, II any
thing, towards our actual support.
While milk is an ideal food for the
young, there are some objections to It,
as the sole diet for working man, a
proper understanding of which is nee
essary before we can appreciate its real
value as an economical diet. In the
first place, being naturally a thin fluid
containing very large proportion Of
water, it does not stay long" or salts
fly the sense of hunger in a proper
way, but when taken with solid food,
bread for instance, it becames a cheap
and most nutritious diet. The keynote
to economy is sounded when we come
to compare the cost of those elements
or nutrition contained in milk, their
cost in other animal foods. A practi-
cal test before us illustrating its worth
in reducing the cost of daily ration
comes from the State College of Maine,
where trials were made with q large
number OF young men, in which it
was most cOnClusively shown that the
free use OF milk not only diminished
the consumption of other foods, but
that when partaken of without restric-
ton as to quantity the cost Of the daily
ration was reduced eight cents per man.
One difficulty which stands in the way
or the more general use of skim milk,
or even more milk, is the large guam
tity of water which it contains; for
tunately, however, it can be advantage
ously used in cooking, during which
process large quantity Of the water
may be driven off and still more of It
taken up by the dry particles Of food
which need moisture to make them
palatable, and adding this, to that
which may be used in a raw state, a
good lot of milk may be disposed OF
during the day. In summarizing a re-
port which comes from dairy exhibit
OF London, England, we find that bread
made with skim milk as a substitute
for water was richer in the elements
of nutrition according to chemical an
alysis; that 1t had better appearance
and taste than ordinary water bread
also that it retained its moisture longer
and was easier of digestion. 1t also
stated that the natural sugar OF the
milk caramels in baking and Drowned
the crust. In the free use of milk as
diet it should not be forgotten that
1t does not agree with some people;
though the same may be said of eggs,
or perhaps any other article of food
verify "one mans meat Is another
mans poison"
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
Land Exchanges.

Mary Carroll Houston and hus-
band to Mrs. Ak. Ianccy, 02X24O
feet +. Monroe street Mexico, 81
300.
Anthony koeler ct al by sheriff
to Josephine Dcinekc, Sc ne and c
Inf Sc lJ-jO-7 So, 900.
Chas. X. Wall ct al by sheriff to
Geo. +. Ferris, Inf sw l-5l-7 aud
II Inf NV 12-5l.G, 81 900.
Thos. W, Crawford ct al to Ca
lcb Berry, Sc and Inf ne % and
IL Inf ne 27-52-S, -, 40.
II. a. Ricketts, ct al by sheriff to
Lakenan 4 Barnes, lot 6, block ,,
Lakcnan 4 BARNES ad. to Mexico,
$3.
Henry IoungbIood and wife to
Joseph II. Ploss, Sw ne-3G-5lI
81, POO.
Michael Casey ct al by sheriff to
Michael Casey, blk. ,, Duncan 5
adj. to Mexico, $3.50.
Alex Mudd ct al 10y sheriff to
Alex Mudd, sw Sc 33-jl-J, 81 600.
Joseph c. Barrie ct al to John
Kellcrhalls, { Inf Sc 5-jO-S, 50 90.
Sarah j. Boyd ct al to \. j. Hoo
20 ii in 33l-jO-9, 81 ,l20.
VIM. II. Godlove and wife to
Frank +. Schowcngcrdt, e Inf Sw
35-5-S, 81.
Chas. +. GroSclaudc ct al by
Sheriff John y. and ClareWhitten,
II hf Sc, 6-51-5, 1884.
Eli NJ. Cox and wife by trustee
to Jacob \. Quick, Inf Sc u less
6 a and 81 a and e l. Il W Inf NV
and w h sw sw 22-j1-6, $50
Lucy X. Cockrcll to Margaret
q. Adams, lot } block &, County
addition to Mexico, 800.
Levi Gorman to Frank L. Cor
man, . 5 . sw II and e Sc Sc
and II = 11a Sw and W = g $
:. sw and - !! : = sw Is and
II p II = NV and IL ,. II :. ne 10
and t IS Il off : Z IL - ne and e
Is {, off M 5 - ne 19-5l-G and II
! - ne ne 24-5l-7, 81, 800.
W. $. Boyd and wife to Estella
5. Collins, lots I and $, block 4G,
| Nandalia, 5000.
Lou Ella Squirting to Roy c.,
and Virgil l.. Squirting, 2-3 ne So
J2-1l, $500.
Robert &. Schleppey to William
Dorgan, lots block 3, Hughes
addition TO Mexico, 5000.
J. 7. Burruss and wife by trus-
tee to Rice w. Smith, IS II off see.
10 and NV NV and 30 IL side ne
ne 9-J2-12, 81 ,2lJ.
w. G.. Squirting ct al by sheriff
to Lou Ella Squirting ne 3G-52-11,
S1o
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
81 DID IT."
Wanted to See a Railroad
Train "GO Straight up"

Lancaster, Mo-, June a -
When the Prosecuting Attorney
finished reading the long indict-
mcnt to James &. Young, IL box
ear tourist, charging him with
trying to wreck southbound train
near Glenwood on the 18th, he
smilingly answered, Yes, sir; |
did it,
He gave rs his reason that a
brakeman had kicked him off the
train, and all his life he had a
yearning desire to see train go
straight up
He chose the place with rare
cunning. On one side was a for
ty-foOt embankmcnt and on the
other ii large lake, twenty feet
deep. 1t was at the end of II
curve, coming out of IL cut down il
steep grade, and no engineer on
earth could have avoided the eat
astrophe. The timbers were piled
parallel with the rails in such a
manner that the pilot could not
have knocked them off.
y section gang happened along
and found the obstruction and
captured Young near the roadside,
where he attempted to conceal
himself. He was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary and took
the dose with a complacent grin.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27

they fought for the North or the
South, because | believe on both
sides there were honest men, and
your example Is strong before us
who are younger. | call upon YOU
to let il be such us will he worthy
of emulation. To my mind it is
prima facic evidence that man
who dcbauchcs himself with whis-
key and makes of himself II spec
taclc that casts diScrcdit upon his
country, never was II soldier, be-
cause il man cannot be true pa
triOt when he casts IL reflection up
on the country that is honoring
him by taking care of him IN his
old age,
eff he does 50 it is evidence, to
my mind, that he fought not for
his country, but for the pittance Of
Sl3. 80 Il month. Were an old
soldier would by all legitimate
means cndravor to have Il law
passed that when one of our num-
Der does thus degrade himself he
should he expelled from the &. n.
K. and have his pension revoked.
You may claim that am Il fanat-
IT,. don't care if YOU do. This
is on my heart, and | cannot help
but say it. This family knows how
feel toward them, and they will
not be offended.
Senator Price of Michigan once
said: l am neither Il fanatic nor
Il fool, yet | believe every man that
makes whiskcy ought to be hung;
every man that sells it ought to go
| to the penitentiary, and every man
that drinks it ought to be logged.
Strong language that may be.
There is no good in the traffic, only
harm. The traffic ought to stop
and it must stop. The time is
rapidly coming when the men who
sell whiskcy will be us much Grim
inalS in the eyes of the law as they
are now in the eyes of God Al
mighty. Now YOU ask; But is IA
man criminal in the eyes of God
for selling whiskey! Isn't that
going II little too far!
Fl say undoubtedly he is. See
rotary Seward said; There is Il
law higher than the Constitution .
God has said that No man shall
! kill No man, or set of men, has
the right to delegate to any man,
or set of men, the right to place
| themselves in Il position to become
| the butchers of their fellow men.
OF all ;hc evils that have pcopled
hell intcmpcraucc has been the
most fruitful the most insidious,
the most hidcous."
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
FORMER FLOODS.
Cost Many Lives and Much
Property.

JolnStown flood, May p, 1889
Caused by the breaking of dam
in the Conemaugh Valley, Pa:
caused loss Of about 5000 lives
and damage of IS, 800, 900.
On Saturday, September s, 1900,
IL tidal wave swept over the city Of
Galveston, Tex, destroying ev-
crything in its path. Scarcely II
building was left standing, More
than 5000 lives were lost, and
property valued at so, 900, 900
was ohliterated.
One thousand persons were
drowned in the rising of the Han
River, in China, on April u,
1894, Seven hundred Junks were
dashed to pieces and the country
devastated for miles,
Three thousand persons We're
drowned in May, 1883, in II flood
along the Canton River in China,
Two thousand lives were lost in
flood at Leon, Mexico, on June
10, 1888.
More than one thousand were
drowned in the wine provinces of
Spain in September, 1891.
The yellow River uyertiowed its
banks in the Province of Honan,
China, on September %, 1883,
Ten cities were buried in the way.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27

REV. RIP .CALDwELl.,
Should be of Macon, Mo-, is af-
Expelled. ter those old soldiers
receiving government
pensions who exchange their mon
cy for whiskcy. Rev. Caldwell is
Il Cumberland Presbyterian. lie
was born in Kentucky, and from
reports has Il habit of saying what
he thinks and facing the consc-
quences.
The other day Christopher Haus
was killed at Macon in fight with
several other parties supposed to
have been drunk. Mr.. Caldwell
was called on to preach the funeral
aud he said some pointed things,
much of which the MESSAGE en-
dorscs. The sermon stirred up Il
small sized hornets nest. Here is
what Mr.. Caldwell is reported to
have said;
"Those who have heard me
preach funeral sermons know that
it is not my habit to say much
about the deceased in the way of
eulogy. This is n ease where II
family has been usclcssly bcrcft,
The autopsy of the physicians
shows that Mr.. Haun might have
lived many years, My purpose this
afternoon is to speak Il word TO
the living. see among the faces
here today many old soldiers, whose
boards have grown gray aud whose
hairs are frosted.
oThese men have fought for our
country, | honor them, whether
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
Manufacturing Postal Cards.

The plant that turns out millions Of
postal cards every month for Uncle
Sam is located in little West Vir-
ginia mountain town, high up in the
Appalachian range, not far from the
border line OF Maryland. The town
is Piedmont, Mineral county, and the
busy factory is at work six days in the
week. Here the cardboard is made
from the fresh, sweet spruce trees,
here 1t is cut into the requisite sizes
and here the cards are printed, packed
and shipped.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27

SENATOR JONES, of Ark. Chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee, thinks that the next
session of Congress will devote II
great deal of time to the Philip
pine question with which the Su-
preme Court has said Congress
alone has power to deal, and that
out of the discussion will grow the
principal issue of next year 5 Con
grcssional ,ampaigu-" Ought the
Constitution to follow the flag"
Senator Jones thinks the Demo
Gratis will take the stand that we
should not control any people who
are not considered good enough to
enjoy all the rights and privileges
of American citizens; that we
should assist the Filipiuos to set
up an independent government,
notify the powers that we will
brook no interference with it, and
then withdraw our flag from the
Philippines, but believes that Il
majority of Republicans will stand
by the program of holding the is
lands for the money that can be
made out Of them. He said that
the Democrats would fight the
Ship Subsidy bill, which he eX-
poets TO see pushed to the front
again, just as hard as ever; that
he doubted whether Babcock 5
much talked Of auti-tarItf bill
would ever get out Of the House
Ways and Means Committee, and
rather expected the order of the
tranS-coutinental railroad bosses,
to smother Nicaragua Canal Leg
lslatlon, to be Obcyed 10y the Re
publican leaders.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27

Rtv. l.. ]. Ccppin, colored, Of Phila-
/ lph.a, who was recently elected bish-
y of the African Methodist Episcopal
hurch in the Transvaal. will sail for
africa next January. By that time
he members of the denomination hope
10 raise 100000 and when he arrives
IN the Transvaal there will be a re-
organization of the conference and
work on the college will be COM
menccd. Bishop Coppin, who is about
35 years old, Is native OF Philadel-
phia and a graduate of the Protestant
Episcopal Divinity school.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
Heats Victims.

Chicago, June - Two deaths
and eleven prostrHtionS, several
of which are serious, were the re-
suit of the heat in Chicago today.
The dead: George Wiley, pros
tratcd while at work in Il foundry;
Fritz BramScn, inmate of Dun
ming, succumbcd during the night.
Over 900 cattle We're affected in
their pens nj the stock yards. Sry-
eral hundred cattle, hogs and
sheep were also taken dead from
the ears on the incoming trains.
Mexico Missouri message., 1901-06-27
Tree 400 Years Old.

At Dewey, thirty miles sNlth OF
Coffeyville, Kan, a gigantic walnut
log has been cut for shipment to the
Paris exposition. The tree from which
the log was taken was supposed to
have been 400 years old. The trunk
was 16 feet in circumference, and the
first limb grew As feet from the
ground.