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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09

Story Of a Long Distance
Courtship and Its Hap
pY Result.

What might have proved 10 be a sensa-
tionsi wedding has been declared on in
definitely. A we'll known young woman
Of Bluefeld seeing an advertisement for
answered a. Photographs
we're exchanged and the correspondence
led to an engagement. The wedding was
set for one day last week. The young
man in the meantime became acquainted
with another young man Who knew the
girl
wheu coming on the train 90 claim his
bride the groom -to-he telegraphed ahead
for this young mau TO join him At a station
down the road. The girl wishing to see
her fance before he got look AZ her went
down on morning train, boarded the
train ne was on at station lower down
the road The mutual friend pointed out
each 10 the other without letting either
know he had given away the secret. The
groom was disgustcd with the prospective
bride aud vice versa. She rushed on The
train when 10 arrived here and went q
= neighbour home intending not 90 hc a.
home when thu groom arrived ant als'
determined not to marry HIM. while Boz
was a. much determined ne would ncrc
marry her. So be did not stop here. hu
went hv on the train 90 the great relic
OF his intended bride - BiuChe'd Iti'
graph
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09
WOUNDED MEN
OF WRIGHT POSSE
Mr.. Rogers Has a Rather Sc
riouS Time of Il.

CARA CRY, "a, Oct 81. c. Rogers,
Who vas wounded iu the arm by John
Tcmpictou. the ouiia~, Is experiencing
much more troubls from his iujary than
ass az hfst anticipated. The early part
Of issi week bis physicians fesred that
blood poisoning had set IA and that bis
arm would have 10 be amputaied
NJ Rogers. ~hS is genial bachelor
pSst - wears. living with bis maiden
sisters on a pleasant little farm nestled
a. the base ~ Ciinch Mountains. il very
popular. and has the deepest sympathy
Of an The people Of this section. he la
b0rs on bis fasm through the spring and
sammer aud teaches public school In
The fan and ~iater.
olp giH wEIear's sicrIN.
Mr. george ". Wolfe. Who uas sounded
~ Jim Wright. is rapidly recovering.
Siaee the killing Of the outlaws twin 6oys
have addsd new ekarms 20 his happy
horne al Speer's Ferry.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09

"The fastest selling article / have in
nv store, writes druggist CT. smith,
OF Davis, Ky. sis pr. King's New Discos-
cry for Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
because il always cures. Ia NV six wears
Of sales 70 has never failed have known
it Go save sufferers from Throat aud Lang
diseases, who could get DO help from doe
tors og anyothcr remedy" Mothers RELY
ou 60. hest phy sicIans prescribe IL. and
d. 3. W Nelly guarantee satisfaction OF
refund price Trial BOTTLES free Reg.
sizes. 5Ac and 2 -
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09

Il just seemed 60 have gone all to
pieces writes Alfred Bee, of Welfare.
Tex "biliousncss and.a lame hack bad
made life burden. couidn't eat or
sleep aud felt almost too worn GA; O. work
vheu began D. use Electric Bittcrs. bat
they worked sondcrs. Now l sleep like
a top. can eat anything. have gained iu
strength and cujop hard work " They give
vigorous health and new life Co weak
-ickly run dove people. Try them. Oa-
by .oc at nr. j. " kcils's drag store
q
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09

Il takes longer 90 skin an elephant than
IL does monse Dot The skin b. WORTH
something DO not hc content eiih doing
What another bias done. surrn-s 90. Dee
serve success aud &c viii come. Tho hos
b. not hotn "a mau. The sun does NOT rise
like o. rocket ct go down like a bullet fred
from a gun: SLOWLY. but surely. it makes
its round and never tires. 70 is as easy
90 bc "a leader as wheel horse. N the
Job Doe long. the pay will bee greater j
ihc task hc hard. tho more competent you
must hc Co do 30.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09
Cures Eczema, Itching Hu-

Especially for old. chronic coses take
botanic Blood Balm. 10 gives healthy
blood supply 20 the affected parts. heals
an the sores, cruptious scans, scales
stops The awful itching and burning OF
eczema. sVcllngs, suppuratine. wateu
sores. etc. Druggists. a.. sample Tree
and prepaid hv writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga Describe trouble and free
medical advice sent iu scaled letter. 80
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09

AWWivAl DEPARTURE az
TRAINS
Lauiselilr a. Ns-hNiiie.
Central fIul.
No 50. rnssaus0r .l.It r-irasr. louisville
ai.. sFrltls OBJ. Stone nan .in
No. $50, Passenger IaIif .-l..a..s l.r -I.r" Gag
= is %. H1 arrives aI louisville lN
nig stone Gap aud roweu'- valley
Standard flrlH
y. 4. Ayers, Pros't.
a. b. Eaton. Supcrlntenu' nj.
GrssatL 0sncss BIO sro>s G,r,NA
a Transfer iar ire.sat 900 qa-scnssr al-|nr.s
between ihe South AuaHfIc a Ohio aud inu..ll. A
Nashville Railroads aud ne furnaces of thr Mz
Stone Gap irnr ca.
lralus leave che i1t~rneut hotel al feliau-t
Farl. A s.. traln. raine ta-t .... s.fna. m.
" west 49,
" NaAS.v. traln, going south ..... $3.50 a m
For furth.f infornstlnn regarding ffeishf and
pas>rnscrtrsfic, apry o.
"a. }. Ayers, Sec.
Arrrs hulidiug- rua Sro~F Nas A. g..
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09
Dr. = 4 SPROLES.
rSs~ -4Esue.rnt -t.

ann stli at my cid stand in skecns
Building. here will hc found from $50
a m Co. 80 %. mi. prepared 60 DO at kinds
oI Dental Work Crosn and Bridge Work
and Painless Extraction Of teeth special
ti,s Pricos reasonable. janis
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09
WISE COUNTY COURTS

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$685., Ss.rss. stss saw ~. l.. NraUts.
Cotr4r SfafNfea.-->- u. ta1 tor.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-09
L. s. POST OFFICE.


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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
1T is STILL SCHLEY.

Muscular: 1t may be considered a
gross breach of discipline on the part
of a naval officer to go into a fight
without having his trousers properly
creased Or his coat buttoned in regula-
ton style, and even if he win a battle
these matters should not be overlook
ed, but somehow the public can not be
made to look Upon such violations of
naval rules as important. !
1t may be, as charged, that there
is a naval clique, that is DESTROYS of
sacrificing Admiral Schley, in order
to establish the precedent that en-
gagements on the high seas must be
fought as planned by the naval board,
and that the officer in command is
guilty of a gross breach of discipline
If he deviate a hairs breadth from
orders, OF dare to win a battle except
in the prescribed way. If there be
such a clique, if the naval academy
be responsible for such prigs, then
the best thing that can be done will
be to abolish the academy, and Sc
cure III future commanders from
men who will always come to the
front in an emergency. Whatever
the rules and regulations of the navy
department, however guilty Admiral
Schley may be of laches, whatever
opinion his brother officers may have
of him, just now he is enshrined in
the American heart and will remain
there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
THE BILLINGS

lose no time in writing to him and re-
questing him to use his efforts and
influence in the direction of creating
a new land district and name Billings
as the place at which it's Headquarters
shall be. Whether it will be necessary
to introduce a separate bill or mere
ly add a rider to the bill now before
the committee, The Gazette is not
prepared to say. But whichever mode
of procedure is proper, it strongly
urges that action be taken Immediate
ly and correspondence opened with
Mr.. Clark. He is manifesting only the
most friendly spirit toward this part
of the state and The Gazette doubts
not that if the matter were properly
presented to him he would gladly do
all in his power TO help it along. At
all events, there can be no harm in
making the effort.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
AGREE ON ONE POINT.
War Revenue Taxes Should Be Re-
duced.

Washington, Feb. Both majority
and minority reports were filed on the
wal reveiue repeal bill today. The
majority report a that the with
drawal Of troops from Cuba and the
reductions of troops in the Philip
pines will make further reductions
possible and then reviews the condi-
ton Of the treasury.
The minority report approves the
proposed reductions, but assert they
should have been made long ago. It.
also advocates a general revision of
tariff taxation with the retention of
taxes on accumulated wealth. There
is a general ~denunciation of the Ding
ley tariff law as the mother of trusts
and the report says that "it enables
manufactures to charge far greategf
prices to home consumers than are.
received abroad for the same goods,
which is characterized as plain rob
berry,"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
HINT TO BUTTE,

Although Butte is the largest of all
its sisters in the state, and also con-
siderably older than some, still it
might study to good advantage the
way in which some of the hitler ones
do things.
Billings is only a plain, little coun-
try town. yet it has a way of doing at
least one thing that beats the Butte
method in the same respect all hol-
low. It has given out that the physi-
clan who attends to the patients con-
fined at the smallpox hospital shall
not leave that u%ninviting place, but
must remain all the time, thus not ex-
posing others to danger. Butte, be-
cause it is larger and supposes it
KNOWS more than a member from
away back, has no such regulation in
force and it's smallpox doctor looks
after the invalids in the pest house
and afterwards goes about the city
attending to his regular practice. This
little, offhand method of his has caus-
ed a storm to break forth and the city
physician has sworn an awful swear
that it must stop and his brother of
the prescription pad go into quaran-
tine with the fellows in the hospital
or give UP ministsring to them and
confine himself to his regular prac-
tice. AS the smallpox doctor receives
a salary of $3.50 a month he looks upon
the city physician as a tyrant and in
t%erloper.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
1T is, IMPORTANT.

Minneapolis Journal: A brief ex
animation of the statistics of public
lands is sufficient to Indicate the inn
p%crtance CT the proposed plans 70:
national irrigation.
The total area of the public lana
states and territories is 1884, 021, 76O
acres. Of this enormous total about
/ ,050,O 900 900, or considerably more
than half, still belong to the national
government, as reserved Or unreserv-
ed public land-the latter classified
ton including over 900, 900, 900 acres.
But, leaving out of consideration
the 367 900 acres of Alaska, the
greater part Of these remaining lands
are mountainous or arid. No one
100000 acres-equal to ten times the
total area of Minnesota-is SO situated
that it can ever be irrigated. But it
is we'll known that large areas of the
s%o-called desert lands can be made
more fruitful than the rain-belt lands
if means are provided to bring them
the water that is available. Every
acre of land thus redeemed is SO much
land added to the national domain,
in effect.
AS the land of the United.
States and their steady appropriation
by settlers all through the nineteenth
century were one of the chief sources
of public prosperity, stimulating the
increase of population and the demand
for manufactures far beyond the de-
mand OF a settled community, it is of
the utmost Importance that the oppor-
tunity for easily obtaining homesteads
be maintained as long as possible. If
only 100, O00. 900 acres of land can ulti-
mately be redeemed by national irri-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
TAMMANY AND BRYAN,

Minneapolis Journal: The Tammany
Times, late organ of the departed
Croker and organ of Mr.. Lewis Nixon,
Croker's successor as chieftain of
Tammany, extends to Colonel Bryan
the following cordial invitation:
eff William Jennings Bryan will
move his democratic paper and his
democratic personality to the city Of
New York, he will need to make but
one move more, and that to Washing
ION, as president CT the United States.
Think it over, brother Bryan, and be
assured there are millions of votes in
it."
Tammany appears to be willing to
take Bryan and all he represents as
the head of the democratic party.
1t is evident that there is much
confusion in the democratic mind as
yet as to what democratic principles
are. A number of democratic organs
are coupling Bryans' name with the
term "silver and disaster" as if the
two were synonymous, and they talk
in a damnatory way about the dead
issues to which many democrats
cling. The Atlanta Constitution Wig
orously denies that the democratic
party was captured by the populists
in 1896 and 1900, but "stood upon it's
W platform, supported its own can
didate, and was defeated by a minor
ity republican party augmented by
enough deserters from democracy to
give it a victory that was otherwise
impossible" The platform was a pop
ulist platform, and therefore the de-
mocracy deliberately supported popu-
lism. Why did certain democrats de-
sert that platform except for the rea-
son, as they said; that it did not repre-
sent democrats Observation-Disclosures
sonian principles?" The Constitution
calls upon the party to get together
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
~PERTURBED DEMOCRACY.

Missoulian: Again the democratic
Farty is Wroth because it has been
furnished several different kinds of
pie on demand. It's representatives in
congress have howled as loudly about
oppressive taxation as the villager
who pays thirty cents a year on a ten
dollar lot and makes a thousand dol
lars worth of noise about 1t. While
the shrieking and yelling were in prog
,ess republican members of the ways
end means committee quietly got TO-
Sether and decided to frame a bill for
a reduction of war taxes which will
virtually be a repeal of the entire tax.
The bill will pass. and during it's
Lrogress through senate and house Qp-
position will be confined to the demo-
cratic members, who having received
the pie they demanded don't want it
1t will be claimed that reduction of
the war tax would not be advocated
by republicans were it not for the
clamor for reciprocity with Cuba. Per-
laps this is true, but the prevailing
view of the ways and means commit
tee, that as Cuba has been the cause
for mourning war event taxes, the
burden should be removed from this
country before considering the extent
OF the relief to be extended to Cuba, is
the correct view. The war tax can be
repealed without danger of depletion
to the public treasury, something that
a democratic administration could not
safely attempt. Daily the issues for
q vigorous democratic campaign are
growing smaller until it appears now
that in 1904 the dwindling opposition
will wait until the republican party
has promulgated it's platform to issue
its declaration of principles. which
will be "we object"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04

On a basis of principles Essential to
the Jeffersonian scheme of republican
government which Bryan in no way
represents.
Here is ex-Lieutenant Goyerno,.
Chauncey F. Black of Pennsylvania
saying: None of us who supported
the Chicago and Kansas City plat
forms and followed with joy and pride
that glorious tribune of the common
people of America, William j. Bryan,
feel the smallest sense of regret for
our action in those days which tried
mems souls. We would gladly do the
same again." This looks very like a
speech for Bryan's candidacy in 1904.
Following so soon after Bryan's east
ern swing Ground the CIRCLE the in
vitation by Tammany and Blacks
hearty Endorsements in eastern cities
look as if a concerted effort is max
ing to re-energize the Bryan boom of
1900.
Tammany's open offer to prope]
Bryan into the presidency is interest
ing.
Whether Bryan will move The Com
me to New York under this pres
sure remains to be His western
supporters might set it down as a
movement into the arms of plutocracy.
They have seen the Hon, Charles A.
Towne go to New York and become
the willing partner of oil %plutocrats
and the money power" and they will
ask themselves if their beloved "tri-
bune Of the common people" will be
proof against the destinations of plu.
%tocracy when ever Towne, a former
tribune, yields to the subtle influence.
Even Tammany itself is a money pow
CT of the most dangerous kind for the
political liberty of the people.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04

cessions. It is Mr.. Aliens chief vir-
tue as a historian that he is a dramat-
list. He has never distorted the truth.
He merely sees things with tremen-
dous vision: the signing of an order
to issue bonds may become to him.
and, therefore, to u.s., as important as
an Appomattox. That he can sketch
Grover Cleveland with heroic proper
tions in homespun, as it were, makes
a new note in the writing of current
history.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04

If either side to the controversy de.
sires peace one-half as badly as the
cable dispatches would have us be
lieve. it should not prove so very dit.
ficult a task for the Boer and the Brit
Usher to bridge the bloody chasm.'
If not with brothers. hands across
then at least with the same feeling of
respect that prompts the shaking OF
hands by two fighters after they have
finished their argument,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04

The objection of the Wyoming dele
cation having been Withdrawn and
the persons most interested in the
matter having all agreed that the
measure is a proper one, it is hoped
for the good that will follow it's sue.
cess that Senator Clark's bill for OPEN
ing the Crow reservation will be speed
lily enacted into a law. AS presented
by the senator the bill guards the
rights of the Indians, while also con
serving those of the public, conse-
Guently nc Fictitious opposition should
develop against the measure, either in
committee or on the floor of the sen.
ate. The bill is one in which the peo-
pie of the entire state are deeply in
terested, Billings, perhaps, to a great
er extent than any other community
and any assistance that can be rem
dered the senator or any suggestions
calculated to improve the chances of
success of the bill should not be with.
held.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
A CONVINCING Answer.

81 hobbled into Mr.. Blackman's
drug store one evening" Says Wes-
ley Nelson of Hamilton, Ca, "and he
asked me to try Chamberlain's Pain
Balm for rheumatism, with which I
had suffered for a long time. I told
him | had no faith in any medicine, as
they all failed. He said: Well, if
Chamberlain's Pain Balm does not
help you, you need moi pay for it, I
took a bottle of it home and used it
according to directions and in one
week / was cured, and have not since
been troubled with rheumatism" For
sale by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04

If it i sreally demanded by the ETH
quette governing such occasions that
some n representative of this great
and glorious republic shall kiss Prince
Henry when he visits Washington.
why not delegate Hobson to perform
that court function? The refusal OF
the examining board to recommend
him for retirement leaves him still
amendable to the orders of his super
iors and as the president is the super
icr of all superiors whose authority
he must respect an easy way out OF
the difficulty presents itself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-02-04
A S U

Omaha Bee: In every state OF the
union where a legislature is in session
this winter taxation is the paramount
issue. The revision of the
laws was n of the principal objects
for which the Texas legislature was
called into special session last fall.
1t is almost the sole subject for seri-
GUS consideration by the legislature
OF Mississippi, which was convened
in special session by that state thirty
days ago. The equalization of tax
burdens, and especially the taxation
OF corporate property commensurate
with the valuation Of other properties,
occupied the greater portion OF the
annual message of Governor Nash of
Ohio and will take up the greater part
of the time Of the Ohio legislature
now in session. The message of Gov
ernor Odell to the New York legisla-
ture was largely devoted to the sub
ject of revenue and taxation and call
ed special attention to the systematic
evasion of taxes by the great orpor
tons and the need of more equitable
assessment. Governor Cummins of
Iowa laid special stress upon the i'm
perative demand for tax reform, more
especially to the manner of the ap-
praisement and equalization of the
property of the railroads which. under
existing laws and methods, did not
bear their due proportion of the bur-
denrs Of taxation in Iowa. The Min
nesota legislature was called together
only a few days $50 by Governor Van
SAINT to aid him in his effort to thwart
the merger of the Great Northern rail
road with the Northern Pacific and
urged to take steps for the enactment
CT measures for a more efficient dis
tribution of taxes in Minnesota.
The paramount issue before the
Colorado legislature, which has Just
convened under a special call, is rail
road taxation. Governor Orman. in
his message delivered yesterday,
states: Il had no expedient left to
provide for the enactment of such
laws as will conserve the rights of
the people untrammeled by the
crushing heel of the great corpora
This is strong language, but
it was doubtless warranted by the
which the railroads had pursu-
ed in defeating at the regular session
a ! law that would have compelled them
to pay a fair and equal share of the
taxes imposed on all other property.
The defeat of this bill through the
railroad lobby and the subsequent re-
fusal Of the railroads to contribute |
their share to the revenue of the
SO crippled Colorado's state in
situations that the governor had no
other recourse than to call the legis-
lature to legislate on the sole issue Of
taxation.
The outcome in Colorado and in
ether states that are wrestling with
reform will be watched with great
interest.