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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-23
FROM GLAMORGAN.


corresrpntvscs q he Mig slons Gao rosr
Sl,vcRaAS. Va. Oct. l7.-This writer
accompanied by r. :. Staudifer. Of Dewey.
ieft on sosS recently through the Cum =
berlaEd Monstain. We Travelled over
;he rough hills until about sin O'Clock
p. m. when nc vent up small stream
and stopped over Tor the night 20 far from
civilization that the inmates OF the house
did not know the name Of the nearest
postoiiice. Next morning We started again
on our journey, travelling until the sun
had risen casting il golden rays far ahsve
toe mountain tops. finally We came 70
Street Rock Greek and went down u TO
the mouth, winding around through the
laurel tiil nc got lost. then. We vent
little farther when We came 20 , house
sud some cleared land. there We seen
woman and some little girls making cane
molasses. We ass-i the way to the
breaks OF the mountsic Their answer
ras. eve don't knou anything about the
breaks OF the mountain" SO We kept on
travelling the best We could. guessing our
way until quite late ia the evening, when
We reached the breaks Of the mountain.
which is said 90 De the toughest country
iu Southwest Virginia There We stood
ou ttc high and lonely mountain aud
took hird's eve vieu OF the cliffs which
Del thousands 20 feet high and lowered
wlth evergreen trees With their bouchs
hanging over the ripplug waters OF Big
sandy River by this time the sun was
setting beyond the Old Kentucky hills.
We then eent a short distance and crossed
the Virginia border There We spent the
ni-ht vth r Potter. of Praise. Pike
County, hy. The next morning. TUESDAY.
October tth. We started back to Wise
County, coming hy way OF Stunt Halls.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1902-10-23
Americas famous Beauties

Look sith horror on skin Eruntions
Aioiches. Sores, Pimples. They eon',
have thea, nor will ans one. 4ho uses
hueklen's ArnieA Saiye. IL glori6cs the
face. kckems Or Ssit Rheam vanish be
fore u. IL cares sore lips. chapped hands
ekilblsins. laisllil3o for Piles. a5c 4,
DE-. J. w-keiV's drug s,ors a
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Americans Abroad.

The mere fact of an American citizen
taking trip abroad or residing there
for short period does not deprive a
native born citizen Of this country Of
his citizenship, nor does he lose the
right to the protection Of this govern
ment by so doing. If he abandons his
residence here, he loses his right to
vote just as il he moved to another
staSe, but acquires it again by return
ing to this country. Nearly all the ma
tons on the globe claim the right OF
authority over native born citizens OF
their own countries even after those
citizens have acquired citizenship else
where-that is. if native Russian
comes here and is naturalized, then re-
turns to Russia for visit, the Russian
government might compel him to do
army service despite his American citi-
zenship. This principle was embodied
In the famous expression ''once an Eng
lishman, always an Englishman," SO
much quoted during the war Of 1872
Detroit Free Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
A RurLim Thnnrhf.

To be content in utter darkness and
ignorance is indeed unmanly, and there
fore we think that to love and find
knowledge must be always right. Yet
wherever pride has any share in the
work even knowledge and light may be
Ill pursued. knowledge is good, and
light is good.' yet man perished in seek
ing knowledge. and the moths perish
in seeking light. and if we who are
crushed before the moth will not accept
such mystery as is needful to us we
shall perish in like manner None but
the proud will mourn over this, for we
may always know more If we choose
by working on, but the pleasure Is, l
think. to humble people. in knowing
that the journey is endless, the treasure
ineXhaustible.- -Ruskin.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Ths coroner ana the bottle.


The following little scene at an In.
quest upon the body of murdered
nan is reported by correspondent of
the Anglo Russian from Astrakhan:
The coroner debating to his clerk: ION
the table was found a bottle No;
stop for a moment. We must ascertain
it's contents" The coroner, tasting the
liquid, dictates: THE bottle contained
English gin. Perhaps not; l. am not
sure;> taste it yourself" The clerk.
having done so, replies, 81 think it is
simply strong vodka" The coroner,
tossing off another glass: mo. really.
1t tastes like GIN" The clerk, tasting
the liquor again, Il still think it is only
vodka."
The bottle having gradually become
empty, the coroner proceeded to dictate
in a decisive tone, Write: An empty
bottle was found on the table, and all
measures taken to ascertain what IL
conta ined were of no USE"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
TUGSON'S GOVERNMENT.

Tucson is, growing, spreading, ex-
panding. 1t long ago passed the cross
roads hamlet stage and entered the class
of progressive cities.
The city government of Tucson must
keep abreast of the towns industrial
and commercial progress. We want
better streets and sidewalks, we want
q better management of the waterworks,
we want a stricter enforcement of the
law, we want public park system, we
need new city hall. All these things
should be considered by the voters at the
ensuing municipal election.
What Tucson needs is city govern
ment as progressive and enterprising
and public spirited as the Chamber OF
Commerce. The taxpayers are paying
enough to provide as good municipal
government as any city in the United
States enjoys. If the voters will sum-
mon to Office the right kind of men,
Tucson can be made strictly up-to-
date city, without additional expense to
the taxpayers.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT.

News comes from Washington that
the representatives of the coal barons
and the miners are embling in that
city to try and effect settlement OF
their differences without further aid
from the commission of arbitration ap.
pointed by the President. While the
people will rejoice at peaceable and
equitable settlement of the dispute in
any manner that it can be brought
about, still we cannot refrain from ex-
pressing regret that the case was not
fully revealed, tried and adjusted by the
commissioners named by Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t is plain that the coal barons hesitate
to make the true inwardness of their
business arrangements plain to the pub
lie. They shrink from publicity, and
trial to finish before the commission
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
weaIy away thoughts occasionally
doncher know"
"Indeed Would you mind thinking some thoughts now?"

AlUSS0' FFOuiO yOQ ATEu
The Du POnts of Powder Fame.
The Du Points own powder mills In
all parts Of the country from the At.
lantic to the Pacific. Among the Du
Points themselves there is a process of
selection for those who are to have to
do with the powder works. The
youngsters are watched, and when
one shows nervousness in the face of
danger he is placed somewhere else
than in the powder mills. The rule is
that a Du Pont in person shall always
lead whenever there Is imminent dan
ger. A number of Du Fonts first and
last-and some Of them important ones
have been killed under this rule, and
there repeatedly have been heroic es-
capes from death through this disre-
gard of the fear Of 1t.
The family rule is despOtism, and
q very strict one. The family always
has a head, and what this head or
chief says the other members Of the
family do. This headship does not
necessarily descend from father to son.
even when there are sons. Sometimes
1t goes from uncle to nephew, the main
point being to secure Du Pont thor
oughly competent to manage the busi-
ness affairs Of the family.-New York
Tribune.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
THE lNDlAN PROBLEM.

That the American Indian must be
dealt with as perpetual problem is
clearly shown by statistics published by
the Secretary of the Interior in his an
nual report. According to the census of
1890 there were in this country, exclus-
i've of Alaska, 259,OOO Indians. The re-
port of Secretary Hitchcock shows that
in 1900 In the same territory there were
10000 red men. It is therefore reason.
ably sure that our copper.colored brother
will have to be dealt with throughout
coming centuries.
The problem, too, is one of tremend-
GUS magnitude, as Uncle Sam must deal
with 800 groups speaking widely differ
ent dialects. having different telnpera.
ments and varying from the semi.civi-
lized people of the Five Civilized
Tribes to the ultra savage Apaches Of
the Southwest, whose chief ambition of
consequence is to get enough to eat reg
ularly and kill an occasional white for
sport. There is, then, no one policy
which can be pursued as to all these
aborigines. Questions of environment,
degree of intelligence, and disposition to
bring themselves under the laws of the
land must be given individual consider.
alton.
Albert K. Smiley, for twenty years a
member of the United States Board of
Indian Commissioners, has recently
made an exhaustive study of the Indian
problem, and makes some strange de-
ductions. He finds that the Indian is
the only genuine American; that he
cannot be considered foreigner and yet
that he cannot become citizen of the
republic by naturalization. He has
been treated as an infant in our social
makeup and treated always as an ilrel-
evancy in general conditions. He is
here, however, and must be dealt with
all the way from his eighty-two distinct
languages and dialects to his several
scores of variations in temperament, in
telligence and desire to arise from the
condition of savagery.
Yet. withal, he is by no means as
costly and serious problem as the Fili-
pino which we have recently brought on
ourselves. The Filipino has cost us
more in three years than the Indian has
in a century and quarter. And the
Filipino still requires 10000 armed men
to keep him in order.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
The Strain ON Parents.

what is mOhair, nanny. asked
Sally Peterson Jones, looking up from
her slow ,perusal of the newspaper and
keeping her place on the page with
dusky forefinger.
Nanny Jones began to rock faster.
You know wat hair is. s'pose. dom
youf" she inquired.
"Oh, yas'm." responded Sally prompt
ly.
"Well, den. does you know wat a mo
is?" asked her mother rocking still
faster.
Nom" admitted Sally with great
reluctance.
"Well. chile. you can't spec me to
take de place ob natchel hist'ry Oh
animals fo' YOU" said her mother calm
ly, allowing the rocking chair to slack
en- it's speed. "W'en you've hunted up
de mo in one OBJ your schoolbooks an
know jes' what he looks like. come to
me, an I'll 'splain de rest. But chillen
mus und'take some work on dere OWL
cddication, shorely. 'Tain't right 70
payments to do it all
wellington as an ARR NonnOfsseOr.
10 his "Reminiscences" Frederick
Goodall tells Il story of Wellington as
an art connoisseur. He paid Wilkie
600 guineas for his Chelsea Pension
ers" and laboriously counted out the
amount in cash. When the artist sug-
gested that it would be less trouble to
write check, the great duke retorted
that hs would not let his bankers
know what Il blank fool | have been
to spend 600 guineas for picture"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
An Incident That Startled the Ola
Lady Of ThreadneedIe Street.

Lady Of ThreadneedIe Street.
Some years ago the directors Of the
Bank of England were startled to re-
ceive an invitation to meet an un-
known man In the strongroom Of the
bank at midnight. "You think you Ia
all safe hand you bank his safe. but
I knows better. bin hinside the
bank the last 2 mite hand you nose
muffin about 1t. But am mott theaf
SO hif yer will NETT NEE in the great
Equar room, with all the moneiys. at
twelf 2 mite, lie explain orl to you, let
only thor cum down. and say muffin
to nobody" The strongroom was
guarded the next night in spite of
disposition to regard the letter as a
hoax by police and-uothing happened.
The next phase of the mystery was
more astonishing than ever. A heavy
chest of papers and securities taken
from the strongroOm arrived at the
bank, with a letter complaining that
the directors had set the police upon
the writer, and that he had therefore
not appeared as he promised, but to
prove that he was neither thief nor
fool he sent a chest of papers he had
taken from the bank. Let few gen.
tlemen be alone in the room, and he
would join them at midnight, said the
writer, and to cut short long and
strange chapter of bank history, man
with a dark lantern burst into the
strongroom Of the bank at midnight
walls for the directors to put out the
lights. He was one of strange class
of men who gained a living by search
ing the sewers at night. and through
an opening from q sewer he had found
his way into the richest room in the
world.-St. James Gazette.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
T0unherfsA Oaks.

From Lambert's Oaks, formerly an
inn, in the parish of Woodmansterne,
England, the famous Oaks stakes ac-
uures it's name. The house was built
by society called the Hunters club.
under lease from the Lambert family
1t afterward became the residence OF
the unfortunate General Burgoyne,
from whom it passed to the eleventh
Earl OF Derby, whose grandson, the
twelfth earl, greatly improved 1t.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
THE HOURS OF LABOR.

President Eliot, of Harvard College,
in recent address before the Boston
Economic Club, criticizing the man age
ment of labor unions, is reported to have
expressed profound contempt for any
man who did not choose to labor every
day just as long as his strength would
permit"
DR.. Eliotis wasting contempt which
he should reserve for objects more un-
worthy. The wish to "work as few
hours as possible and get as much money
as possible''-as he phrases it's close
ly knit with the history of human pro-
gress. 1t is universal testimony that
the intelligent effectiveness of labor is
higher and the inventive faculty best
developed when hours are short, and
these important mental elemen in
economic production increase as the
grind of toll is llghtened.
The man who "1abors every day just
as long as his strength permits is apt
not to haye the mental elasticity which
intelligent work demands, and he soon
parts even with his bodily strength.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
An August Month.

"Do you believe in the superstition
that June is a lucky month in which to
get married"
"Why, no." dissented Mrs. Porque
Pacque of Chicago decisively. August
is my favorite month"
''On what do you base your belief?"
"Well, you see, l do all my marrying
in that month, and the divorce courts
give alimony and counsel. fees every
time. Baltimore Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

A dispatch from Washington states
that the Secretary of the Senate can find
no record of the special order for the
consideration Of the Omnibus bill. The
order was made by Unanimous con-
sent" and orders of this kind are not
embodied in the minutes. Unanimous
consent" means the word OF honor OF all
the Senators that the agreement shall
not be violated. IT is the most sacred
and binding rule of the Senate. In the
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
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Condemned.

Sideshow Man - See here. your pa
per said the biggest snake In m. state
fair show was twenty feet long when
It's really thirty-one feet.
Editor-Sorry. but we were crowded
FOR space yesterday and had to cut eS~
erything down.-Tndianapolis News.
The Misery OF It.
The man who is looking for trouble
can find trouble without trouble.
adelphia Record.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

Back to the east, to the poor, cramped
east,
The Senators whirled in their private
car;
And they tell the Fools who shouldn't
be fools
What a pitiful race we Indians are.
They would that " were as Other Men !;
But alas they say, it never can be!
They saw the Mote in their Brother 8
eye,
But the Beam in Their Own they
could not see.
HARRISON CONRARD.
Flagstaff, Ariz., Nov. %.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
AuurOprtafe Text.

''T1it surtinly do fill dis ole heart oh
mine VIII JOY" began the Rev. Flat
foot as the last wall from the wheezy
organ escaped through an open win
dow, "ter see so menny strangers pres
ent dis galorious Sabbath mawnir'.
De good book bit say: He war er
stranger an All took him in DE dea-
cons will now perceed ter take up d.
n."-Chicago NewR
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Watch owner,n Pride.

"Then you do NOT regard him as
trustworthy
II should not go so far as to say he
is not trustworthy. but he is the kind
of man who will set his watch at II 80
o'clock and then call your attention to
the manner in which 1t keeps time
when the II o'clock whistle blows
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
KnIghts OF Old.
Good CnOks.

'If all sick people had good cooks,
says the London Hospital. chow much
greater might be the proportions of re-
coveries"' The value of the patent
foods which are advertised so much
lies largely. it says, in the ease with
which they are prepared for the table
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

Hon. L. o. Cowan of Pima county
will be candidate for Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the 22nd
General Assembly of Arizona, Mr..
Cowan is in every way we'll qualified to
discharge the duties of the office. He
is good lawyer and has had previous
experience in the legislature, having
represented Mohave county in the 10Th
General Assembly. AS the Speaker of
the last House was from Maricopa
county it is probable that the Speaker
of the next must come from the north
or south, and as the southern Demoa
Gratis will predominate, there is no
reason to doubt that Judge Cowan will
be selected to WELD the gavel.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
THE SENATOR MEN.


Out in the west, the wild, wild west,
The private car of the Senators few,
And the farther they went the thicker
the dust
On the polished pane of the window
grew.
II will brush it off," said the Porter
Man;
Said the Dignified Senators, may, let
it be.
If the glass were clear and the glass were
clean,
There are Many Things which We
might see."
This is the way said one Senator
Man,
"That saw Things in the Philippine
Isles;
"And this is the way'-as they slipped
their wine
"To see the Land where the Real Sun
smiles.'
Then, looking out, they were sad, and
they sighed:
"What limitless desert this seems
to be ~
They saw the dust on the window-pane,
But the Pines on the Mountain they
could not see.
They flew to the west and they flew to
the south,
They knew not whittier, they cared
not where;
They shifted the smoke in the sitting
And they all agreed we had Beastly
Air.
''Let us look again." said the Senator
Men;
They craned their necks and they
cried, "Hully geer'
They saw the sage meath the dusty pane,
But the Fields and the Orchards they
could not see.
''This trip makes Me tired" said a
Toga'd One,
AS into his flask he took peep;
"Me too," said Another; "and Me-
said Third,
And they all curled up for beauty
sleep.
Then they snored tune, all in unison,
"The Land of the Brave and the Home
of the Flea -
And they heard the wheels of the train
go round,
But the Mills and the Mines they
could not see.
And they dreamed sweet dreams, did
the Senator Men,
AS down to the Valleys The swift train
rang
In vision they saw the red man glide
Through the low mesquite to his rude
hogan;
They saw the cliff where the race long
dead
Had pitted its walls like the hive oil
the bee,
The ruins and huts of the elder times,
But the Homes of To-day they could
not see.
The train had stopped when the Dream.
ers woke;
LET us stretch our legs" said Sen
ator Man;
Then, drawing their togas in state
around,
They up to the forward platform ran,
And, gazing out on the crowd, they saw
The Men Who Were and Who Never
Will Be,
The Men Who Will and the Men Who
May,
Bat the MEN WHO ARE they could
not see.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Acnuired Greatncns.

1t is the saying of u great man that
If we could trace our descents we
should find all slaves to come from
princes and all princes from slaves.
Give me blood acquired in preference
to blood inherited-"to be born of one
SELF" as Tiberius said of Curtius R1-
fuS.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Cnunhf Nnnr,inp.

Uncle-Dear me, Carl, what poor
memory you have!
Nephew-A poor memory. you say:
Why, can repeat four pages of the
names in the directory after reading
them through only once!
Uncle-l'll bet you hamper of cham
pagne that you can't do it.
The nephew sends for a directory,
attentively peruses four pages and
shuts up the book.
Uncle-W Wen?
Nephew-Muller, Muller, Muller, etc.
ad infinitum.
All the four pages of the directory
being taken up with this familiar pa
tronymic, our student won his bet in
fine style.-From the German.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
4 Half Partner.

A.-That woman who just went out
is the partner of your joys and sor-
rows, suppose.
B.-She's partner to my joys all right
but when it comes to my sorrows she
slips over to see her mother.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Reversed.

Rodrick-Say, old man. you have
been through the ordeal of proposing.
What does a fellow do after he pops
the question?
Van Albert-Why, he questions pop,
Of course.-Chicago News.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

1t is perhaps as well to say just now
that the State of Arizona will be gov
erned by men. Men, who can fight for
the country in time of need, will do the
voting and make the laws.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

case of the Omnibus bill it means that
the measure will be called up on Decem-
Der 10 and remain the unfinished busi.
ness until disposed of.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

Good manners is tie art of making
those people easy with whom we con,
verse. Whoever makes the fewest per-
sons uneasy is the best bred i'll the
COMPANY.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
Ia His Dreams.

Hewitt-When was on the boat the
other night | had lower berth. but
dreamed l was sleeping in the upper
berth.
Jewett-sort Of oversight yourself.
Ell?
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25
A UNIQUE DORMiTOkY.
One That As Owned by the University
of the South.
Flagstaff. Ariz.. Nov. %.

One That As Owned by the University
of the South.
Dean Hoffman was noted for char
table impulses, which his large income
allowed him to indulge in. Some years
ago the dean invested heavily in land
in small southern town which was
then enjoying boom period. Among
the deans other investments was a
beautiful little hotel, eAquisitely ep~
pointed and perfect in every detsil
After awhile the boom fell through.
and the little hotel became a losing In
vestment.
At this time the chancellor of the
of Dean Hoffman, was on hunting
trip with him in the mountains of
North Carolina.
1--WE are badly in need of dormitors
down at Suwanee," said the chancel-
lor.
"Yes," said Hoffman end sat think
ing for moment. well. you can have
the hotel building down at B." nam
ing the town. "You can take 1t to
pieces and move it to Suwanee. II
ought to make pretty little dormi-
tory"
The chancellor was greatly pleaCeo
and made all the arrangements to
move the hotel, when, to his astonish
ment, the citizens Of the town obtained
an Injunction against it's removal on
the grounds that the hotel in way
was public property and that to re-
move it would leave the town without
any hotel accommodations. A legal
fight followed, but the university wou
out in the end. So the University of
the South revels in the luxury of the
most unique dorm:tory in the world
New fork Times.
knights of Old.
The knights of the days Of chivalry
were SO we'll protected by their armor
that they were practically invincible
to all ordinary weapons. Even when
dismounted they could not be injured
save by the misericordia, thin dagger.
which penetrated the chains of the ar
NOR. In more than one battle knights
fallen from their horses could not be
killed until their armor had been bro
ken UP with axes and hammers.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-11-25

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