davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

gsuised Cor the purpose Of diseussine
questions important TO the profession
and OF bringing all the reputable
physicians Of the Southwest in closer
couch. The officers OF the society
were elected as follows: President.
DIR. w. III. Brsmlett. Of Pulaski:
First Vice President. DIR. =. B. Green,
Of Wytheville: Second Vice Presi-
dent. Dr.. Vance. Of Bristol; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, Or. L. I. Brady,
Of Abingdon. The society win NEE,
three times a year, and the first
meeting viii be held at Pulaski on
the irst Wednesday in April next
The initiation fee is one dollar. and
the annual dues are fifty cents.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

The Wytheyille Dispatch spcaks
wisely when il ,ay. that o. the State
% Virginia IS presented cuisines.
opportunity chat seldom COMES che
way of an Institution. Ia 1904. tbc
Louisiana Purchase Exposition will
he hell o., ST. Louis Mo. and plans
are ou foot o. make IL ihe biggest
and be., exposition in the worli's
history
Many State. have appropriated
substantial amount. 90 ieirsy the ex-
pen~e, ~ making a suitable display
of their resources and their dc0R-
bi'ity as field. ior investment.
virgiuia's magnificent resources
are practically untouched in Der
bosom sleep. untold mineral wealth
From Der soii ,prings uehe- i'm
measuab.e But the development oi
thesc natural advantages require, ths
Investment of capital. which csnuo,
be commanded by the natives Of d
State wasted only a generation ae,
by the rsvsges OF Wat sud despoli.
alton Of recons;ruetion.
Ia the lifs-giving ozone OF th'
States mountains there l. that whicl
il fsr more important than wealth q,
the body disessed-health Ia th'
summer breezes Of the highlands %
the Southwest there is that whicl
brings lie aud new hope 70 the tire
city man or woman who seeks sum
mer rest and recreation.
Bot what advantage is IL 60 ha,
gold and coal and iroa and lead an
zinc and copper in the bowels Of a
earth il il stays there because uobod
knows Of its existence? What goo
does the pure mountain air 60 al
consumptive and the dyspeptie al
melancholiac and the sufferer frol
nervous prostratioa Il lac doesn
know that the aforesaid air exists.
a hCndfei Thousand dollars spei
20 advertise the Commonwealth a.
her resources 81 the ST. Louis Exp
sition would repay percentage
profit well up in the hundreds II
Legislature essnot afford 10 negle
the opportunity.
II no State made an exhibit pc
haps the need Of satisfactory al
play would not be 50 great But Il
other States Of the Union are 81
preparing. ia response 10 the mode
spirit q publicity 70 spend ;hoasan.
sud thousands Of dollars. Virgio
cannot saord 20 he considered
visitors - the only State which h
nothing 70 exhibit; aothiug Of viii,
she i proud and nothing TO attFa
werlth aud tourists 10 her borders.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11
NOTICE

For $3.50 we will send You the
Richmond Daily Dispatch and the
Big Stone Gap Posi- one year. or for
$3.50 we will send you the Twice-a-
Week Dispatch and the Posr one
year. The Dispatch is a splendid
State paper aud IL you are not al
ready a subscriber YOU should take
advantage Of this offer at once.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

The gro~iug importance Of South
Africa - make, for prodaets Of
the United State is illustrated BY
some sgrrss juss received by the
srsasrrs ecsesp Of statistics. They
sho~ that the imporsAsioss into Cape
colosy. Natal. Dslsscs Bay aud
Bsiss, amounted isst ysss to more
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

WHEN Won come 20 town 60 buy
your Christmas goods bny from the
merchants who advertise They 500
lett You patronage. are prepared o.
supply your wants and can certainly
furnish you goods cheaper than any
one else.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11
COUNCIL MEETING.

Regular meeting of town council De-
cember 6. 1902.
Present. c. L. Hsmblcn, Mayor: W 5.
Rose, J. ;. Hamblen, ". T. Goodloe, J 5
Beaman, W. A. Head. 5. 2. Fleenor. Trus-
tees.
The Mayor appointed ". X. Rutherford
Assistant Sergent Tor Sulphur Springs
Rutherford being present received the
oath Of his Office
Treasurer's report for October as FOL.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

Az exchange says that when a
fellow makes two different statements
always take the one that's "sgin' -
him
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

Jusr two weeks until Christmas.
No doubt il viii seem sges 20 the
children.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

THE post office department, has
issued a new postage stamp with The
head Of Martha Washington on it.
which L. the first picture Of woman
ever appearing on United State
postage stamp
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

A sanitarium has been established
over the limestone caves az Luray.
Va. and air from the caves is forced
through the rooms. This air is free
from Impurities aud IL gives the
guests virtually the air Of the noun
tain attitudes without going there
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-12-11

this section Of the eountry'- minerolo-
g;csl oil and forest wealth. Cha
cinnofi Enqtirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
QUAKER REFLECTIONS

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Thirsts are not always inherited.
1t seems easier to initiate a vice than
a virtue.
Some great men are only great by con-
trast.
It is hard to convince a woman that
she SHORES.
married woman always travels I'M
der an assumed name.
The fellow who doesn't amount to much
generally let's you know it.
A guilty conscience seldom goes so far
as to return a borrowed umbrella.
The average boy outgrows his trousers
faster than he does his deviltry.
According to the lawyers point of view
every man should keep his own counsel.
No Maude dear; when you compliment
a girl on her complexion it isn't neces-
sarily a powder puff.
Most receivers are appointed by the
courts, but this doesn't apply to the re-
ceiver of stolen property.
Wigg-"Gotrox is very fond of showing
off his possessions. isn't hep Wagg-
Yes; he even takes his guest down
cellar to inspect his coal bins"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

FROM the Atchlson Globe.
A Kansas City man who visits Atchison
says he invents his own stories" They
are mostly Joe Miller's.
A grave in the pottcr's field: isn't it as
comfortable one in the most aristo-
cratic part of a cemetery?
An Atchison card fend has corns on
the back of his knuckles: got them in
Shaping cards down on the table.
When there are as many as two forks
and five spoons at a plate, it is a func-
ton Otherwise, it is only an event.
If we were manager of minstrel com
pany, we would not employ any artist
who could not play in the band.
Our idea of impossible feat is to
walk past a crowd of boys with snow
balls in their hands, and look dignihed.
The real pretty girl hangs the mistle-
toe from the chandelier. and the girl not
quite SO pretty wears it in her hair.
Be careful of writing love letters If
they do not turn up in a breach of prom
Use suit, they are apt to turn up in your
memoirs.
When We become old, and quit work.
there is one thing certain: We won't loaf
around the stores. We will move out OH
a farm, and potter around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30

steel manufactures show a reduction,
the total exports for the eleven months
being $e0,1s6.024 this year, against $94,-
091 .967 in the same months of last year
and Sis, 604, S4S in eleven months of 1900
The total expectation of the eleven
months falls 116 million dollars below
that of the corresponding period of 1901.
This reduction takes place in agricul-
turaI products, of which the exporta-
lions during the II months of this year
fall $130,000O00 below those of last year,
indicating that in the other great classes
especially manufactures. there is an in
crease. This reduction of 100 millions
in agricultural exports is due in part to
the increased home demand. in part to
the loss of a part of the corn crop of
last year. corn expectations having fall
en- from $40 5O1. 374 in eleven months of
1901 to $6745,151 in the corresponding
months of this year. There is also a
considerable reduction in the value of
wheat exported. due to the fact that last
years expectations were exceptionally
large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
THE JEWEL OF CONSISTENCY.

During the fiscal year ending June 80
the government expended $219, 529.59 in
trying to keep the Chinese out of the
country and during the same period ao-
mitted 1872, IsS persons of other national
tiles who were unable to read and write.
These latter immigrants as a rule i'm
mediately become naturalized and begin
to exert an infiunece on our politics.
which the Chinanan doesn't do and
usually has no desire to do.
1t is universally conceded by those
familiar with the conditions in the an
thracite regions of Pennsylvania that
it is the foreigners who have brought
wages to that point which has caused
the strikes and troubles of various
kinds which have prevailed so much Of
the time in that territory. The China
man may be willing to work for less
than current prices when he first lands
but he soon gets over that and demands
full price for his service and gets it,
owing to the superior character thereof.
To an impartial observer it must seem
that there is much room for improve
ment in the immigration laws especially
if it is desired to make them consistent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
STRIKE is STILL ON.
Bell Telephone Linemen Fail to Ad
just Differences.

Manager Bayless. of the Missouri and
Kansas Telephone company, said today
in regard to the alleged strike Of the COM
pany's hnemen: -, Is,
I'VE have no strike, and have not had
any. These men who want US to adopt
a certain scale are not working for US,
and have not been working for us for
two months. We have had no work for.
Them
did you call the men back to work.
and did they refuse to go until the scale
was adjusted~'
well, we had some negotiations of
that sort. but there has been nothing
done"
did the man ask for a conference with
the Kansas City officials of the COM
pany?"
Yes. but the man they wanted to see
is out of the city. l suppose that they
will have a conference sometime"
A committee from the Electrical Work
missioner Johnson, called Manager
Bayless this morning to about settling
the differences and 20 ask that the Off
Gals in Kansas City set time when
Union No 225 to talk over the difficulties
and see if an agreement could not te
reached Mr. BayIess promised the com
mittee an answer at noon, and when noon
the Kansas City official, whose duty 1t is
to attend to such things, is out of the
city.
The union men say that they have or
signs the agreement to pay the union
scale.
Local union No. 225 is associated with
the Trades and Labor council and the
these Organizations will back them up in
their struggle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
Another Big Railroad Merger
Has Been Arranged.
Official Announcement Looked
for Early in Year.
MORGAN MANAGED 1T.
Parties to Combine Will Retain
Their Identity
But Will Be Under One Head,
Named by Morgan.

Chicago, Dec. 30.-One of the most i'm
Dcrtant deals in the history of railway
corporations was made known today,
says the Daily News.
Early in the year ]. p. Morgan & Co.
will announce the consolidation of the
Erie, Lehigh Valley and the Reading
railways. The merger will be planned
after the manner of the Northern Secur-
tiles company, the stocks of the COM
panieS to be pooled and held as a basis
for the issuance of a large amount OF
common shares which will take as their
name the title to be given the CONSOLE
dated companies. -Four roads, according
to the News informant, will be included
in the merger, the Jersey Central being
now controlled by the Reading COM
Dany.
The plan for a coalescence, it is said, has
been in contemplation for nearly year
and has been held in allegiance owing to
the inability of the promoters to get pos
session of a majority of the Lehigh Val
ley shares. The interested parties are
expected to emphasize that the unifica-
ton will not interfere with the individ-
ual mana cement. The roads are not TO
lose their identity The earnings will all
flow into one treasury which will pay ex-
penditures, dividends, and have charge
of the fiscal part of the companies gem
orally. The holding concern will have a
president. who will be regarded above
the presidents of the different lines. He
will be appointed by ]. P. Morgan and
it is intimated that President Underwood
of the Erie is slated for the place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
0LIN WILL WIN.
Little Doubt of His Election as
Teachers President.

Prof. w. H. DIN, of the State univer-
sity, win in all probability be elected
president of the State Teachers associ-
alton tomorrow. This prediction is made
by a number of those who have been in
the fight, after the nominating commit
tee was made up this afternoon.
The nominating committee is made up
of one member from each congressional
district, and each district holds a eau
Gus and appoints it's member. These
caucuses were held this afternoon and
the various members chosen by each
caucus are as follows
First district-O. p. McClintock of To-
peka.
Second district. r. Thierstein of os-
awatomie.
Third district-N. Mcdonald of Par
sons.
Fourth district-B. F. Martin of Strong
City.
Fifth district-w S. Heusner of juno
ton City.
Sixth district-Willard Lyon of Lincoln
Seventh district. Van Arsdale of Jet
more
Those who know the personnel of the
committee say that the majority are for
Prof. Olin for president, and whomever
the committee nominate will be elected by
the association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30

Among the favorable conditions out
side of financial circles noted by Henry
Ciews in the latest issue of the Finan-
cial Review. are these: The activity of
general trade; the prosperity of the
laboring classes; the sustained demand
for iron manufactures showing new de-
velopment and construction every
where; the prospect of larger exports OF
corn and cotton. and the continued
large gross earnings of the railroads,
which will soon be swelled by advanced
traffic rates. The western roads are
still overcrowded with traffic. In these
respects we enter the new year, he
says, under favorable circumstances;
the probability being that there will be
no lessened activity provided prices are
kept at a reasonable level and expenses
are not unduly increased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
NO WORD FROM CASTRO
His Answer to Arbitration Pro-
posal Is Still Awaited.

Washington, Dec. 30-President Castro S
answer to the allies proposal to arbitrate
the Venezuelan troubles has not been re-
ceived. In fact Secretary Hay had moth
ing of Importance on the Venezuelan sit
dation to accommodate to the cabinet
There are, however, under discussion
such questions as those relating to the
best means of terminating the blockade
and other matters touching the personnel
of the commission. which, it is expected
will meet in Washington to lay down the
lines of the arbitration scheme.
Inasmuch as certain European public
lists have taken exception to the efforts OF
the United States to bring about arbftra-
ton between Venezuela and the allies as
violation of all the traditions and rules
of international intercourse, the attention
of one of the most eminent American
members of the representatives at The
Hague conference one of the men who
framed The Hague convention itself was
directed to the criticisms. He very
promptly cleared away the n1isunder-
standing on this point by pointing to ar
LITIGATION of the attitude of the United
States. This article reads:
'Tbe signatory powers consider it their
duty if a serious dispute threatens to
break out between two or more of them,
to remind these latter that the perman-
ent court is open to them. Consequently
they declare that the fact of reminding
the conflicting parties of the provision of
the present convention ana the advice
given to them, in the highest interests of
peace to have recourse to the permanent
court. can only be regarded as friendly ac-
ton"
The paragraph was proposed by France
and singularly enough. it was opposed
principally by the United States yet the
United States is the first of the nations
to avail of its provisions. The reason
for the opposition of our delegates was
fear on their part that it would seem to
be bestowal of power upon European
countries to intervene in American affairs
and in d manner an infringement of the
Monroe doctrine. The French delegates
were exceedingly anxious to carry the
paragraph, however, and they finally
succeeded in quieting the opposition OF
the United States through the reservation
by the latter of the right to deal with
American affairs in accordance with our
established doctrine This was thought
to safeguard the Monroe doctrine, though
it is held here it only recorded an opin-
ion of the United States delegates and
did not bind The Hague tribunal as d
whole
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.
Once a fisherman, always liar.
A lazy man is always trying to work
other people.
Luck is a combination of an opportuni-
ty and the man.
When money is tight the pawnbroker
is apt to take the pledge
It is easier to brag of ones future than
it is to boast of ones past.
Though the wind is invisible the same
can not be said of a sight draft.
Stealing a march is not larceny any
more than firing a servant is arson.
Horses are like eggs. 1t is impossible
to tell what's in them until they are
broken.
Talk is cheap. but when young man
is In love he naturally thinks the chief
talker a little dear.
Naturally the man who leads a crooked
life is unable to keep both feet in the
straight and narrow path.
If the average woman knew what her
neighbors say of her she would probably
talk about them worse than ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
FOREIGN TRADE FEATURES.

The figures of the foreign commerce
of the United States during the eleven
months ending with November, which
have just been completed by the treas
ury bureau of statistics, indicate a phe-
nomenal activity among the manufac-
turers of the country and expectations
quite as large as could be expected in
view of the crop shortage of last year
The value of manufacturers materials
imported into the United States during
the eleven months ending with Novem-
Der this year is $407, 603. 500, against 1858,
4l7.2S8 in the corresponding months of
last year. and forms 461a per cent of the
total imports, against A per cent of the
total imports in the corresponding
months of last year.
Manufactures exported during the
eleven months of 1902 amount to 1877, =
6s5.9s1, against 1852. s92.1s1 in the cores
ponding months of last year. and form
31.S per cent of the total, against 81. $
per cent of the total exports in the same
months of 1901. The total imports are
70 million dollars in excess of those for
the corresponding months of last year.
and of this increase of 70 millions, 81
millions was in the class 'manufactur-
ers materials and the remainder man.
ufactures and Injuries. articles of food
and animals showing reduction of ten
millions as compared with the impor-
tations during the corresponding months
Of last year.
Nearly all of the great articles re-
auired for use in manufacturing. with
the single exception of India rubber,
show marked increase in importations
lmportations of raw silk. for example,
amount to sac, 9O5, 1893 in the eleven
months of this year, against $s5. All, 900
in the corresponding period of 1901
hides and skins. S53.022, 521. against $780,
81. 797 in the eleven months OF last year;
tin for use in manufacturing tin plate,
SIS. 532 S07. against 17.415.302 in the cor
responding months of last year. India
rubber imoortations show a slight fall
ing off, the total for eleven months be-
ing S22. SOS, 7s6 this year, against $25, $685.
eS5 in the same months of last wear
The most striking increase in importa-
tions is in manufactures of iron and
steel, which amount. for the eleven
months, to ss6.766.961 in value, against
$1S.267 ,677 in the corresponding months
of last year. the value of the :mporta-
tions having thus more than doubled
this year as compared with last year.
Practically every item in the list of iron
and steel manufactures shows a. marked
Increase. The export figures of iron and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
LOCAL MENTION.

Herbert Brown. colored, was bound
over from the court of Topeka today on
the charge of larceny, the theft of SIS
from Mrs. Lucy Stevens. He denied
stealing the money, but two witnesses
testified that he had confessed to the
crime and agreed to return the money.
Maud Grimes, the 18-year-old iaugh-
ter of State Treasurer Frank Grimes, is
sick with diphtheria at 1923 Harrison
street The case was reported to the
board of health this morning, and has
been uuarantined.
There Syas n small fire Monday after
noon at 2 O'Clock at 327 Madison street
the home of DR.. Jamison. The building
is owned by ]. B. Smith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30
FOR FREE TEXT BOOKS.
Missouri Teachers Expected to
Pass Such Resolutions.

St. Louis. Dec. S0-The State Teach
ers' association. as evinced by generous
applause of arguments in favor of free
text books in Missouri. seemed to in
dorse that plan. and a resolution put
ting the convention on record in regard
10 the question is expected to be pro-
posed to the body.
The ultimate result, doubtless. win be
the use of the associations influence at
the coming legislature to secure the en-
actment of a free text book law.
The undoubted evidence that the idea
was favored came as a general surprise.
-Four speakers handled the topic. w D.
Christian of Paris Mo-. opened the dis
cussion with an address on the an
nounced subject: What the Next Cen
eral Assembly Should Do With the
Text Book Question in Missouri"
Mr.. Christian stool unqualifiedly In
favor of free text books in primary
schools, and argued that it would be
beneficial If not absolutely necessary In
the high schools. Superintendent J. u.
White and w. D. Grove of Brookfield
and Webster Groves respectively follow
ed Mr.. Christian and were as decided
in advocating free books. J. NJ. Green
wood of Kansas City was the only
speaker who took the contrary position,
and his speech was rather a plea for
caution than a denunciation of the plan.
The teachers do not uphold a general
law compulsory throughout the state
Such a law is in force in several states.
but nearly all the states which have
adopted free text books allow local OPP
ton, especially in the graded schools.
A uniformity is urged, however, for tho
high schools, as this better cements
them together and organizes the high
school work in all countries
Several text book changes are advo-
Gated heartily and some definite results
will doubtless issue from this sentiment.
The Biographies and grammars are
thought unsatisfactory. and substitutes
for these will be advised. These pro-
posed changes were specifically dealt
with by the speakers.