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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
Wise Couuyz Great Wealth and It's great Need.
Good System Of Schools Ne.
cessaryfora Rapidly lncom.
ing Tide of Population.

be reached by our educational forces
until too late to be of much practical
benefit to them. We need good, commo9
schools In reach of every boy and girl
of the country; and. in addition, good
high school In each of the four districts
of the county. These high schools should
be centrally located, and should give free
Instruction to all persons of proper age
and advancement. for at least nine
months in the year; but there should also
BIO free instruction for the many young
men and women who are to teach the
schools OF the county; for the fact re-
mains that the teachers for these schools
are and will continue to be, drawn fr ON
the ranks of our home people. Of all
the eighty teachers of tho county, not
more than a dozen. perhaps. were porn
outside the county; and this Will commune
to be the case largely In the future.
There are no brighter native intellects
to be found in the world than those
of our forest born and mountain-rear
young men and women: and Ihese, VII
are capable OF almost Infinite achieve.
ment. IL only the proper means OF ana
incentives for Developments are placed De-
fore them.
A PROMISING FIELD.
But this work Is TOO great W We 49,
oughly and efficiently accoampliIsh7ssd BY ~
local means alone. We need outside ald
TO- properly set on foot the !, system Z OF
| schools necessary to accomplish the great
| work demanded by best interests or our
| county and State in this difficult, but
| most promising, field: and we hope that
the eyes Of those interested in the great ca.
educational work and plans OF the day.
| may be turned In our direction, that
they may Investigate thoroughly the con-
| dtions and needs OF this great section.
| and be able to devise means by which
| these grand ends may be accomplis he'd
| And they will ever find the great 1orl-
ty Of these mountain people ready to !. GO Go-
operate. and, to the extent of their abtli-
| ty. contribute to this great cause. AS
an evidence Of this spirit, may be per-,
mitted to add that one district after
bonding itself to the extent of $751; Ato
build and equip a school building; fur
ethermore lays a tax levy OF 30 cents on
the hundred dollars for school purposes:
and another district after being heavily
taxed in various ways. collects annually
a district school tax Of 80 cents on the
hundred dollars. Such people show them-
selves worthy Of aid. on the principle that
philanthropic men, like God, help them
that help themselves"
With nroner use OF the proper means,
| furnished In rroner rronortinn to the
necessities of the situation. Wise county,
| with her sisters. Dickerson and Ruchan-
| an which are distned soon to like con-
4 dtlons. will become the pride of,the old
| Commonwealth as the richest arid most
tprosperous section of the State. pouring
1 their treasures into our sea board ci ties.
and adding millions to the commercial
transactions Of the country.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
Great Transformation That
Has Come in the Last
Dozen Years.

Out on virginlas western border bound
ed by tho blue ranges Of the Cumberland
that throw their morning shadows ath-
wart the Kentucky line, lies the county Of
wise, one of the youngest and Mt the
same time the most rapidly growing and
prUspectyely one of the most important
In the State. First a part of Washing
Leo, 1t was organized as the county OF
Wise In 1866 only i've years before the
outbreak OF the Civil War and named in
honor of Henry A. Wise, the Governor
1 OF iVirginia-the ldier-statesman, whose
ashes repose In beautiful Hollywood.
In my boyhood days. used to hear
tho soldiers who followed Giltner and
Marshall and who skirmished with Gen.
oral Garfield around Pound Gap, speak
Of Wise county as one OF the poorest
spots upon Gods foot-stool and have
heard them say that they didn't see how
tho few mountaineers that had settled
there In ante bellun days managed to
exc out living by the culture OF the
hilly. rocky, rugged, sandy soil. l nave
heard men say that II they could have
given to them the best farm in the coun-
~. they would not receive 1t as q gra-
oio,rs gift. However, many OF the carry
aottlers who had their choice OF the lands
by locating in the river valleys, where
the lands were best and srnoothest, 1nade
comfortable livings for themselves anu
families; yet up to within the iast twelye
years, the people OF Wise mao rev Oh tile
comfort and luxuries enjoyed by the pe .e
ple OF the grand agricultural countes
bordering them upon the east. sonh ana
west
Twelve years ago goods were hauleo
20 Gladeyille, the county seat, over rousn
mountainous roads, from Abingdon. more
than nifty miles distant, and for four-
teen miles additional to reach tho faI9ttier
edge Of the county. "A few years eariieL
the 6rst steam saw-mill had been brouell!
to Three FORKS, now Big Stone Gap. ana
the people-men, women and children--
Rad como for many miles in every direc-
ton to see the mighty wonder that Ohc'e
Gail Barron had brought into the couh'
try.
Now a citizens OF almost any part OF the
county may hear from his own home
tho whistles OF a score OF lumber plants;
and. mingled with them, the hoarser
notes OF those OF the great tannery. ex-
tract plant and furnace at big stone
Gap; and OF the great coking plants al
Inman, stonega, Osaka. Glamorgan.
dorchester. Eortonsand Toms Creek and
al night see reflected from the clouds OF
heaven the glare OF 5000 coke ovens
s Il a. t. II q 3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
Especial TO The Times- Dispatch,3

PETERSBURG, VA, May s.-Mr. II. ".
Farham, deputy in the office Of the clerk
of the court here. has received from a
friend, rare relic, II is a Mountain
the only one In existence outside of the
"Tory collection in the Library of Con-
The ticket is dated 1855 and bears the
number @7, and contains the following
"This ticket (No. 25D shall entitle the
possessog to whatever prize may happen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
Triple powER1ojsE AND
TON AT WISE COUNTY.


railroads run along that side Of the
county and a few short spurs only reach
out into the southern border of the coal
measures; while the greatest area Of the
countys coal field, and perhaps the
richest also, is still without railroad IA
cilitfes.
It seems that this development won
derful as 1t 1t Is. is but the beginning; and
that it will go OH indefinitely in an ac-
celebrating ratio, until the county shall
become veritable hive of Industry. and
one of the richest and most prosperous In
the State.
INCREASED POPULATION.
The increase OF the population OF the
county has ben as phenomenal as that
OF her material wealth
q In 1890 her population was $3.50, while
in 1900 1t was 1868. an Increase of over
ITO per cent. in one decade. No other
county OF the State came any way near
this increase, the greatest outside of
Wise being Is per cent. in one county. and
Sc to 60 per cent. In two others, both in
the same section as Wise herself. Since
1900 the increase has been even more
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
BACK OF TICKET.

to be drawn against its number In the
Mountain Road Lottery
&c. Washington
On the back of the ticket appear the
following signatures written In ink;
"countersigned: John Adams. Thomas
jefferson, James Madison. James Mon
roe"
The genuineness of the ticket Is beyond
question This probably cannot be stated
with posltiyeness In regard to the
signatures on the back.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10

"A man. an ideal candidate, not word
can be said against him.
The country has got into the habit OF
saying that there are millions and thous-
ands OF millions in Wall Street But nei-
Ither the banks along that auriferous
street nor the heads OF them own those
millions. The vast percentage Of them
belongs, subject to call. to the, whole
country. Wall Street is simply a barom-
eter. It is the gauge. whether the coun-
try Is prosperous or not That 1t Is pros
porous is shown by the enormous amounts
1t has in charge. But they all await the
order of their owners. In the West, In
the South, the East and the North-their
owners on the farm and In tho factory,
In the mines and in the mill. Wall Street
Is servant, but not a master. whatever
1t itself may think about It. In a word.
Wall Street Is not factor. but trader,
In the prosperity Of the country, and at
the present time dullness reigns supreme.
Under the new excise law, framed to
make us all good. several hundred saloons
have gone out OF existence. From moral
point of view do not see whore the re-
form comes in. The man who wants to
drink will drink, and go where he can get
1t a few hundred saloons the less do
not diminish the drinking capacity of their
patrons. Is It not Capitalization, Of the
saloon business? However that may be-.
the less of them the better.
A serious problem confronts this town
at the present time. and that nobody
apparently seems to be thinking about.
IS the number OF foreigners, ignorant of
cur language, our institutions and our
history, who are dumped here every week
by the foreign steamships. Nobody wants
to deny them the opportunity to better
themselves They are willing to work. I
tako 1t. And the country needs them.
How to get them throughout the country
Is the thing.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
RRUIN is A socIAsLE BEAST.
But When SnUbbed BY the School
maiam He Stole Ham,

But When Snubbed BY the School
ma'am He Stole q Ham,
Mrs. ". A Wilson Of this city and
her daughter Anna, have valuable
claims forty miles north and east OF
Thief River Falls, says a dispatch
from CrOokston, Mimi The daugh-
ter teaches the school in the newly
formed district in the woods. Life
withal was very pleasant in the tim
Der mill until the advent OF a big
black bear. Bruin has been seen
number Of times Of late and is one Of
the biggest specimens Of bearship
ever seen in northern Minnesota The
other evening Miss Wilson was com
ing from her school in the cleaning
when she espied a big black object
near the roadside. The object was
passed for a stump, but what was
her surprise when nearing the cabin
TO notice a bear trOtting along behind
her. With a scream such as only a
frightened woman can utter, she dart
ed into the house and barred the
door. His bearship stopped IN amaze
ment at such conduct Presently he
examined the cabin, as If taken with
its architectural beauty. Coming to
the wOOdshed in the back he entered
and discovering an array OF smoked
ham, carefully examined It, made a
selection Of one Of the dainuest and
best and trOtted peacefully away.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
DUCHESS FOND OF JEWELS.
Costly Ornament Made for Her Grace
Of Westminster.

Costly Ornament Made for Her Grace
Of Westminster.
For the duchess Of Westminster E
London jeweler has produced a costly
ornament in diamonds. It may be used
as a necklace, a hair ornament or a
corsage decoration. It is a flexible
ribbon Of diamonds and cost 500. 900.
The ribbon is formed on a foundation
OF platinum hinges. The ends are
fringes Of small stones The ribbon
may be tied into a bOwknot to be fast
ened to the gown Another way the
duchess wears the jewels is to have IL
entwined in her golden-brown tresses.
The diamond band, which is a foot
long and two inches wide, admits OF
many possibilities as a hair ornament
Again the duchess may wear il tied
about her neck London society Won
ders why the duchess wants an orna-
ment Of this sort She has enough
handsome necklaces to fit out a half
dozen women and her tiaras and de-
micrOwns number five. The Westmin.
ster emeralds are wOndezs.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
Sources Of the Earthauakes.

The great earthquakes are traced
by a committee Of the British associa-
ton 20 eight districts, CT which seven
are beneath the ocean Five fringe
the shores Of the Pacific, one is in the
Indian ocean, one in the West Indies,
and the eighth is in the Caucasian
Himilayan region Each Of these
earthquakes shook the entire earth.
while the broken up strata left gave
numerous after shocks The earth
quake movement is p-Opagated around
the globe at the uniform rate Of about
two miles per second but through
the earth the rate increases with the
depth 20 about seven miles Per sec
md.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
cAcTI OF eIoANTIc SIZE
Mexican Variety Attains PhsnomenaI
Growth and Fantastic shape

Mexican Variety Attsins PhenomenaI
Growth and Fantastic Shape
Probably the rarest specimens OF
cEcti found anywhere on the globe are
those Indigenous TO Mexico. On bleak
and arid plains II assumes majestic
form; Il IS also found growing at an
elevation where the Thermometer fails
70 twenty degrees below freezing.
The cOlumnar form, grooTed and
ridged, with dense covering Of me
short spines, towering twenty feet
or more above and crowned with
branches OF peculiar formation, that
appear Ike emorescence, VIII lot tan
20 impress the most casual observer.
Amateurs who prefer something IN
usual for the lawn IN sumner and for
the conservatory in winter wiz not be
disappointed in this Cereus. The
plants may be had from one foot in
height 20 sizes almost too large %
transport At any stage OF growth
Il IS striking, but age increases its
attractions After side branches ap-
pear and as they advance in growth
the main trunk becomes fascinated
and cristate and the bract OF croEn,
or what may be the name OF the Pc
culiar divisions at the terminus, ap-
pears. Then, indeed, Cereus cristats
IS an object OF interest
One specimen Of this variety win
prove more ornamental 70 a lawn than
a whole bed OF better known and less
unusual cacti.
Unlike many other members OF its
family, this. cactus has q very strong
stem Although the center IS soft and
so full Of moisture that a horse may
be well watered by tapping a large
specimen. the outer portion Of the
trunk is so toughly fibrous as 70 be
really woody. Probably this peculiar
fty accounts for the plants slow
growth in hothouses.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27

In ore OF Philadelphia's big indus
trial establishments where most Of the
clerks are college men there IS a pool
on all the foot ball games played b.
the Pennsylvania team Zach nan
wagers 81 on his judgment as 20 what
the score viii be, and last SATURDAY.
morning. when the pool was being
made up, little Jim, the once boy,
said: "Geei I visit had 81 Mebbs
might win the whole pool" More
than SIS had been Clipped in and one
OF the clerks who was feeling unusual
" generous. put up 81 IN Jim's name.
and told him TO make a guess Jim had
never seen a football game and
wouldn't know a touchdown from g
three-bagger, but be figured very care
fully on a piece Of paper L. some
time and then chose the scorer Colum-
bia IS. Pennsylvania 6. II seemed very
absurd, and everybody laughed. ETeTy
other guess had been in favor OF Penn
sylFania- But the laugh was on the
other side when the final score was an
nounced, and now little Jim Is saving
up TO buy a house for his ''mudder."-
Philadelphia Record.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
80 valuable L. 90.

A hundred pounds Of ambergris has
been seized at Seattle as stolen prop
erty. The appraised value was $50
an ounce, or $4,000 for the hundred
pounds. A hundred pounds Of pure
gold would not be worth as much b.
$4,000. Ambergris is scsrcer than
gold. II IS more Of an uncertain guam
tity. It is harder 70 find and harder
70 transport II is found floating in
Jumps in the ocean. and occasionally
in the fntestines Of the speTmaced
whale. There are, however, few
sperm whales available, and the Jumps
Of ambergris. have been growing
scarcer as the whales have decreased
in number
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
NEED OF THE INTERNATIONAL.
Everybody and EVerybody's Live Stock
Should Be at the Great Show.

Everybody and EVerybody's Live STOCK
Should Be at the Great Show.
Every stOckman needs the Interna-
fional. Nobody succeeds much In
working alone. He may grow intense,
but he cannot grow broad He may
become a specialist, but ne will be
harrow. He may succeed in a way,
but he will never fit his success into
the general needs until he runs up
against other men and their opinions;
he will never realize his own mistakes
until he meets other genius and its
achievements on equal ground So it
is that a gathering Of the clans and
all their cattle is good for the live
stock business and for all the indiYid-
uals who follow it
The International is the great live
stock clearing house, where fOllies are
wiped of the slate at least once a year
and before they have done much mis-
chief; where the slightest success that
is new is at once made known to all.
It is a gathering OF such immense
magnitude as to bring together not
only seller and buyer, but also breeder
and butcher, producer and consumer.
In such a gathering Of representative
men standards are fixed, rapidly and
firmly, and more progress is made
than would be possible by the slow
process Of ordinary evolution in ten
times the same length Of time Every
body and eyerybOdy's cattle should be
at the International.
Those who have the best animals
should bring them to serve as patterns
and standards. Those whose animals
are not 50 good should bring them for
their own benefit in order TO be con-
WINGED Of their inferiOrity and the need
OF Improvement Most men cannot
carry a true picture in the minds eye
clear enough to make just cOmpari-
sons between the home stock and its
betters at the ring. II is only when
brought side by side that real differ
ences are convincing, especially to the
owner Of the inferior individuals. The
gap between "our stuff" and the best
is generally wider than we suppose
We need to get together to narrow
this gap with a rule and tape line, then
60 home and kill a bull"
The International is the great edu-
Gator. There is nothing like il on this
side the water and there cannot be
outside Of Chicago. for this great city
is, BY natural conditions. the greatest
live stock center in the world
Begun as a labor Of love, It has
become the greatest agent that ever
existed in America for stimulating
better breeding The stimulus is not
that Of artificial prices in the sales
f. -
show ring and on the block Let every
American stOckman support the Inter
national with his presence, his ami
mails and his influence Let the press
report il, and let the general public
turn out to behold what is happening
in agriculture in these latter days
E Davenport, dean and director Iii
nois College Of Agriculture
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27

An American IN Paris vas one day
looking az the Eihel Tower, when he
was accosted BY an enthusiastic
Frenchman with. All my friend, that
IS q beautiful tower, and I doubt very
much whether you have anything to
beat in IN America
wal, stranger" replied the Ameri-
can. Il guess it's good FOR France. but
IN America We have a tower 50 high
that we have 70 lower the top At
night
Lower the top at night?9 replied
the Freedman For what reason >"
wal. I guess It is Just to let the
noon pass. stranger Good day"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
Peculiar suit Against RajIross

Robert J. Wright Of Rockville Cen
ter, Long Island, has Instituted a Pc
culiar suit against the Long Island
railroad His daughter was married
not long ago, and Mr.. Wright had ar
ranged with the company 70 have q
fast express train stop there to take
up wedding guests. The evening was
stormy and the train, being late, did
not stop. Some Of the guests did not
believe that there was any intention
to stop the train, and he wants the
company to compensate him for tha
humiliation Of having his Teracfty
questioned.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
Passing Of q Drudge.

Repoze upon her soulless face
Dig the grave and leave her.
But breathe a prayer that. In his grace,
he who 50 loved this toillng race
To endless rest receive her
Oh. can Il be the gates a5zr
Wait not her humble quest
whose life was but a patient war
Against the death that stalked from far,
With neither haste nor rest
TO whom were sun and moon and cloud.
The streamlet's pebbly coil.
The transient. May-bound. feathered
2 crowd.
The storms frank fury. thunder-browed,
But witness OF her toll
Whose weary feet knew not the bliss
OF dance by iocund reed.
Who never dallied at a kLEsg
II heaven refuses her. life IS
A tragedy indeed
-Ca-err-r
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27

'Ef you please. sub" said the ole
darkey 70 the lawyer. Il wants ter take
out q partin' Injunction"
What do you mean By thatg" asked
the lawyer.
Il means, sub. IN plain langEfdge, .
verdict ter break wRy-ter take de
right han road whar de roads crosss
an let &c ole CONAN 60 her way en ne
90 mine"
4 see said the lawyer. you want
divorce-to break up housekeepins
and give her alimonyz"
Oats II. sub" exclaimed the cd
man Il dunno who Alimony Il; bur
des gimme my Injunction, en- he kin
take her, ef he wants heri"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27

There exists in Algeria a small
stream which nature has turned into
ink II is formed By the union o. two
rivulets, one Of which is very
strongly fmpregnated with iron. while
the other, meandering through a peat
marsh, fmbibes large quantities Of
gallic acid Letters have been writ
ten with the natural compound Of
iron and gallic acid, which forms a
small yet wonderful stream, the
waters OF which, by admixture with
sulphurie acid, becomes 50 sour that
the river has been appropriately
named Vinegar river
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
BE- II 20 80 stationarn.

It was a ramshackle little branch
railway; but it was the best they had
in the neighborhOOd, and they put up
with It, says an English exchange. It
so happened. a little while ago, that
a newly arrived resident vas expect
ing a fOWlhOuse to reach the local
Charing Cross, and he chartered a
dray and trundled it OF to the-to
him-hithertO unknown station to
fetch it Arrived there, he saw his
purchase. loaded 1t on to his wagon
and started for home.
On the way he met a man in uni
form, with the word Stationmaster"
on his cap.
E-what the merry springtime
have you got on that dray2" he asked.
Ny f0wIhOuse. Of course, was the
reply
-FOwIhOuse be bHtheredl" was the
Justly indignant response. That's
the stationl"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27


A man was brought up in a prOvin-
cial court on a charge Of stealing a
sack Of -four and was very severely
handled By the prosecuting lawyer,
who had once made himself notorious
by going into bankruptcy, which was
the only means by which ne could
escape his debts.
You admit that you stole the sack
Of four2" asked the counsel, sternly-
yes; but I took it honestly and in
broad daylight, to save ny children
from starvation" pleaded the pris-
oner.
You ean that honesty, do your"
sneered the lawyer Il call it amazing
impotence. Stealing is stealing, from
whatever point Of view yon care to
look at it,
lust 50, mister, but st don't auus
bring the same punishment, retOrJed
the man in the dock For instance.
shouldn't have been here now if Ia
done as you used to do-bought or Or
dered the -four, and never paid for
IT,
and even the magistrate chuckled
behind his papers at the bullying law
yez.7 observation-disclosures Answer
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-11-27
NEW LEADER OF TAmmANY.

Charles F. Murphy. leader Of Tam
many, who by the election OF McClel-
Ian comes into control OF the munich
pal machinery OF Greater New York.
has occupied Richard Cookers old
position since Lewis Nixon resigned
IL in May, 1902 He was for ten years
chairman Of Tammany under Croker