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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

oV'th hllcH W lhF iealt'A poSN-
office. Why does Uncle Sam CON
tinue to discriminate so urjusny
against these loyal cittz NJ?
Cline neighbothood is the home
OF remarkable citizen Ia The per
son OF DR.. Jarvis. He is past
eighty years Of age but reads
without glasses aud Hlibly scales
the toughest mountain On his
faithful mule night or day to zee
his patients. His success, ~ meii.
cine Is no morr remarkable than
his late gallant fight against " his.
key men, whom he has pm out OF
business.
Rev Mont Brvius Of Thomfs
was violently thrown liom his
mule aud now suiIvrs from several
fractured ribs.
The popular Bud Runyons repre-
senting manufacturing company
OF Ashland, has bought near ten
thousand trees on Buffalo creek,
A band saw will begin cutting the
coming spring When this lumber
has been seasoned it will be haul.
ed five miles TO C. & O. at mouth
OF Cow.
Gulnare is enjoying boom in
the tim Der business. Ship timber
is being prepared for shipment to
Europe.
Besides, Leslie 4 Maynard, Thos.
James and others are filling the
creek with logs. The good bust
ness is in the hands OF Leslie 4
Maynard and rhos. +. Scott.
We are reminded just here that
quite a number OF public schools
in Pike county are being taught
Ia the winter and spring, there not
being eichers for all he districts
owing to many teachers being
caught on the boom and landed
clean over into more lucrative
cAllings. So mote it be. The
niggardly policy Of Kentucky has
ever made beggars of her teachers.
Cut the business, every son OF a
gun, and leave kid herding TO the
girls. You'll die paupers, II you
don't. There is nothing to 1t.
We hear nothing but com menda.
tion for the new court, Kirk and
Butler. They are moving right
along. II their justice EQUALS their
speed they may easily succeed
themselves, regardless OF politics.
The water works, new parsonage,
good schools, good paper, and gem
eral push mark the progress OF
Pikeville, -four being eight dollars
and other things to correspond.
AT the mouth OF Ivy there is a
solid rick OF logs extending a mile.
1t will require a month to raft
this timber, using all the laborers
who would be able to work at tho
job. Six miles OF wire f5nce viii
be necessary to complete the en-
closure OF Ivy creek stock farm.
Dick Hatcher has charge for Jas.
Hatcher Il c..
The slip below Haws Ford re-
sulting from Il. II. work, and
which shot across Sandy River
completely daming same may
still prove an obstruction. A great
crack extending several hundr d |
yards along the mountain side
would seem to Indicate much to |
follow during the spring rains.
One lone cattle buyer we head |
OF. He offers three cents for
choice. Hold on farmers, grass
will peep by and by.
The superb college building at
Prestonsburg looms up to honor
the old town, an in very special
way one indomitable Will. Who
thought, that man could do 1t?
Old Gray.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

brothers, was shot in the mouth,
but not dangerously hurt. Dave
Fletcher lived a few hours and in
his dying statement said the shoot
ing was without cause.
The Coronor's jury returned q
verdict OF murder. This occurred
Saturday evening January 30lh
One OF the dead men leaves fami,
ly. The other was single. Hell
tons have not yet been caught.
Citizen.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

The Martin county News has
been enlarged to seven column
paper and is a very crodltable pa
per and one OF which the people
there should feel proud. They
should give 1t best OF support In
order 10 enable the publisher 10
keep up high standard.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

A bill viii be passed by the Ken
lucky /, gi;ature prohibiting
whites an negros from attending
the same school. Berea College is
the only place where this is prac-
ticed In Kentucky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05
wAYsIDE NOTES.

The NJ. E. Church building on
Johns Creek five miles from East
Point will probably be dedicated
in the early spring. G. r. STRAIT
ion treasurer, has nearly enough
money in sight to complete the
same. This section OF that beautl.
full valley is In greater need OF a
mail route than any we know.
The "NEws" is the prime favorlte,
but many OF the people travel
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

The Legislature is trying to read
just some eastern Kentucky Cir.
cult Court districts. The various
proper ions are as follows, with no
decision yet reached on any
Breathltt, Knott, Wolfe and Ma.
Coffin.
Floyd. Knott and Letcher.
johnson, Martin and Pike.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

Indications point to the selection
Of A. T. Wood, OF Mt. Sterling, as
Pension Agent for Kentucky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05
Democratic Ticket.

For President in 1901:
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER,
Or
sen. ARTHUR p. GoRMAN.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05
A STORE THAT SELLS.

q. MEEK & co. Keep what the
People need, sell at Fair Prices,
and their goods are the best the
market affords.
For the Kitchen We Sell:
Flour,
Corn Meal.
For the Barn Loft:
Timothy Hay,
Mixed Hay,
Clover Hay,
Millet Hay.
For the Barn Bins:
Corn,
Corn Chop,
Corn and Oats Chop,
Oats,
Wheat Bran,
Middlings,
Mixed Feed,
Hominy Feed.
For Merchant and Farmer:
Pratts Food,
Salt,
All Kinds OF Farm Seeds.
For the Householder:
Brick,
Lime,
Patent Plaster,
Plaster Paris,
White Rock Finish,
Plasterer's Hair.
For Masonry Of all Sorts:
German Portland Cement,
Black Diamond Cement.
Cash orders solicited. Quality
and weight guaranteed. Prices
quoted on application.
Z. MEEK & co.
catlettsburg, Kentucky
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-02-05

Cash orders solicited. Quality
and weight guaranteed. Prices
quoted on application.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02

tients were removed from the east end
of the building to rooms where the
waters and smoke had not caused any
inconvenience.
The whole thing was over within As
minutes from the time the fire was dis
covered. The prompt work by the
firemen kept the fire confined to the
fifth story of the building, where there
were only five patients. The loss is
expected to approximate $25, OOO.
Several patients who were seriously
i'll are now said to be in a nervous
condition from the shock sustained.
Several were Slightly injured. One
appendicitis patient freshly operated
upon sprang from the bed and ran
across the Ordinarily this
would have been considered a fatal
action, but it is believed that even
this patient will recover.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Iceberg. as Indicators.

In the investigation of the currents
round the coast Of Newfoundland it
has been observed that there is at
times a wide difference in the direction
Of the drift of icebergs and that Of
the fiat or pan ice. which. having no
great depth, is governed in its mo-
lions by the surface currents and the
winds, whereas the icebergs. the lar
ger part of which is submerged to a
great depth, follow only the movement
Of the ocean water as a whole and arc
uninfluenced by the winds. In conse-
quence a huge berg may often be seen
majestically maintaining it's slow adj
M in opposition to the wind and
across the general motion Of the fields
of fat ice surrounding it. The sealers
often take advantage of this fact by
mooring their vessels to an iceberg In
order to prevent n drift to leeward.-
Youths Companion.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
ARMY NEEDS ARTILLERYMEN.
Secretary Taft Thinks They Should be
Taken From Other Branches.

sdNVuu OTVm 0IUSF
Washington, Nov. 3O.-More line OF
ficers are needed for the army, says
Secretary of War raft in his annual
report, made today, owing to the
heavy calls on the forces for details
to the general staff to military schools
and for similar purposes, so he sug-
gests an amendment to the law where
by details of line officers shall be de-
clared to create vacancies in the line,
which would add about Is officers to
actual service, where the secretary
says they r needed badly.
He embodies in his report sugges-
lions from the chief of artillery ana
other departmental heads that more
men are required for the coast artil-
lery service-tlat that branch has
only about half as many as it requires.
Secretly Taft admits the artillery
should be increased, but does not
think it necessary to enlarge the
army. He suggests. that troops be
drafted from other arms of service for
the coast batteries. His theory is
that the army is the skeleton of what
the country would need on a wal foot
ing, and that, therefore, these
branches of the service calling for
longer training should be recruited
most literally.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02

st. Petersburg, Nov. 3O.-Oficial
and private dispatches received here
today indicate that the Japanese are
falling back below Sinmintin, where,
for several days, they had apparently
been attempting a turning movement.
After four days of tolerably severe
but unsuccessful fighting, they are
now retiring, with the Russians in hot
pursuit. It is impossible as yet to tell
whether either movement has real
strategic significance.
The Russian consul at Che Foo tele-
graphs that the Japanese captured
two forts in the storming operations
against Port Arthur on November 20,
but the news is not confirmed from
any other quarter. The consul says
the Japanese losses were enormous
and that 5000 men were sacrificed IN
two hours.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
VERY LOW EXCURSION RATES
For christman Holidays.

To all points on the Nickel Plate
road between Chicago and Buffalo.
Excursion tickets on sale December
"a, Is, 26 and 81, 1904, and January
l and 2, 1905, good returning January
4, 1905. Three through express trains
daily. No excess fare charged on any
train. Also lowest rates and shortest
line to Cleveland, Buffalo, New York,
Boston and all eastern points. Mod
ern sleping and dining cars. Individ-
ual club meals, ranging in price from
35c to 81, served in Nickel Plate din
ing cars! also service a la carte. All
trains leave from La Sale street sta
ton, Chicago. City ticket Office, Chi
cago, Ill Adams street, and Auditor
ium Annex. For further particulars
address Chas. 3. Johnson, district pas.
senger agent, 205 Century building,
Denver, Colo. kd24
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Machinery Tones.

Engineers judge of the condition Of
their machinery by the tone it gives
out while running. Every engine.
whether stationary II locomotive. has
q particular tone Of its own. The en-
gineer becomes accustomed to that,
and any departure from it Mt once ex-
cites a suspicion that all is not right.
The engineer may not know what Is
the matter: he may Lave no ear for
music. but the change in the tone of
his machine will be at one perceptible
and, being instantly recognized. will
cause him to start on an immediate in
vestigation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
REPORTS.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 3O.-General
Kuropatkin, under date of November
20, reports that the Japanese force
which evacuated Tsinkhetchen (near
Da pass) took up a fresh position near
the village of Suidun, about seven and
a half miles southeast of that place.
They carried OH many wounded. The
Russians In the morning of November
20 resumed the offensive, advancing in
the direction of Suidun. Within one
and a quarter miles they encountered
a Japanese artillery fire. By midday
the Russian artillery opened and un-
der cover Of its fire the Russian in
fantry resumed the advance. Else
where all is quiet.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
WILD PANIC IN HOSPITAL.
Fire Makes Necessary Removal Of
Over 100 Helpless Patients.

Pueblo, Colo, Nov. 3O.-What
threatened to be one of the most dis
astrous fires in the history of the city
broke out in the sanitarium of the
st. Mary's hospital at 1915 yesterday
afternoon, and in an incredibly short
time the flames and smoke were issu-
ing from the roof of the immense
structure in a manner that seemed to
threaten the lives of the hundred or
more patients, nurses and attendants.
A constant stream Of s%tretchers on
which were patients of almost every
sort vas issuing from the various
doors of the threatened portion of the
building for some time.
Some OF these we're placed in the
ambulances sent to the scene by the
other hospitals and the clang of the
ambulance gongs as they rushed
hither and yonder,, mingled with the
raor of the flames, the shouts of the
firemen, the noise of the fire engine
and the dense clouds of smoke com.
bined to make a scene that was truly
h%orrifying.
All was a scene of confusion, but
Sister Philips remained cool, directing
her attention to the nurses and the
doctors in having those who were be-
lleved to be most in danger removed
nrst. 1t was not long before the fire
was under control and then the pa
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
TOO RAPID EATING.
1t IL One OF the Most Fruitful Causes
Of Ill Health.

- &AS ~ - oO uoC
Of III Health.
One of the most fruitful causes of i'll
health and bad compilations is the habit
of rapid eating. 1t is growing more
and more prevalent in this country.
We really haven't time to eat properly,
and we have very little time to sleep,
yet we hope to retain youth and beau
ty.
A woman may work ever so hard and
be under a great tension while work
ing, but if she will take time enough
to eat Ia half hour at the least, with a
half hour rest at noon), and will sleep
seven or eight hours of the twenty
four she will greatly increase her use
fulness. .
With the habit of rapid eating comes
an increase in the amoun of liquids
taken during the meals. Food properly
masticated can be easily swallowed.
but if i'll chewed it must be washed
down with liquid. This, of course, less
ems the flow of saliva, dilutes the gas
trio juices and interferes greatly with
the process of digestion.
Those who have tried thorough mas
tication of their food with no liquid,
unless at the end or a half hour after
the meal, have learned that the food
tastes better, the meal is more salts
factory and the appetite is appeased
with less food. the digestion is aided.
leaving one much more comfortable
than the hasty meal. A few days
trial will convince the most skeptical,
for the stomach responds promptly to
decent treatment. 1t expects it. 1t
deserves it.
One of the greatest mistakes Of the
age Is rapid eating, and one of the
greatest curses is the dyspep-
sia caused by It.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Bank Has Only Zen Cents.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 3O.-Bank Ex-
aminer Whittemore, who has been in
vestigating the Elkhorn Valley bank.
which failed at O'Neill a few days g
has reported that all the cash, except
10 cents, and notes to the value OF
$40, 000, are missing, leaving nothing
with which to pay depositors. A state.
ment made to Whittemore by the wife
OF Patrick Hagerty, the cashier, &C
cuses his partner, Bernard McGreevy
with scuttling the bank. Warrants fol
the arrest OF the two officers have
been issued.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Reinforcements for Both Sides,


New York, Nov. 3O.-Tne Korean
project OF Songjin asserts that 500
artillerymen with seven guns passed
south for Puckcheng early this morn
ing, says a Herald dispatch from Seoul
by way of Shanghai.
According to the project, the Rus
slams informed him that an additional
force of artillery was on the way from
V~ladivostok, their intention being to
hold Pukcheng at all costs. Russian
headquarters continue to buy large
quantities of rice and barley.
These supplies are augmented by
the daily arrival of junkloads of mill
tary necessities from Vladivostok and
Possiet bay.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
SHIPPERS SHOOT AT GUARDS.
Adirondack Hunters Object to Rookie.
feIIer's Army Of Gamekeepers.

Utica, N. Y, Nov. O.-William
Rockefeller of the Standard Oil COM
pany, who owns $4,000 acres OF forest
land in the Adirondacks, has again
aroused the ire OF the natives by en-
gaging a dozen guards to patrol his
vast preserve in the great north
woods.
Several guards have been fired at
during this week while watching for
would-be -trespassers. AS smokeless
powder was used in every case, all
efforts ito locate and capture these
Shippers" have proved futile.
Mr.. Rockefeller, with his family, is
at present staying at his magnificent
lodge at Baypond. He is bitterly op-
posed to poaching and vandalism on
his premises.
The natives resent the terms and
maintain that the wild deer cannot be
bought with the land, nor did he ac-
quire the fish which, at the expense OF
the state, has been placed in the
streams running through Mr.. Rookie
feller's land. They have shot and
fished on the land as far back at the
oldest %inhabitant can remember, and
see no reason why the arrival OF Mr..
Rockefeller among them should
change their custom.
One old trapper who has lived near
Bog lake for many years says the 1eel-
ing against Rockefeller by the hunters
and woodsmen is extremely bitter.
These people hunt, fish and cut wood
for a living. While they do not mind
if a millionaire lays claim to thous-
ands of acres of land, they cannot be
made to believe that he owns all the
animals and fish on the estate.
The old hunter predicted that
should Mr.. Rockefeller be foolhardy
enough to show himself in the open,
as Dexter did a year ago, he might
meet the same fate.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
A MIGHTY PREACHER.
John Ross Was Strong of Arm and
q Good Fisher.

John Ross Was Strong of Arm and
a Good Fisher.
John Ross was a Scotch minister
who %1ourished in the early part of the
seventeenth century. Tales of his won
derful deeds are told to this day in his
former parish Of Blair. At one time
the reverend gentleman walked to
Mause, q distance of about three miles,
for the purpose OF seeing a certain
farmer and IL possible inducing him to
come to church, where he had never
been. He found him fishing in the riv-
er and asked to be allowed to have a
cast. II never lend my rod to any
body" said the farmer. But" replied
the minister. II have come all the way
expressly to see you, and l must have
a cast" The farmer, who was a very
strong man and had W been beaten
In Il fist fight, offered to fight for it.
".All right" said the minister, and he
gave the farmer such a mauling that
he was glad to give up his rod. But it
was a different kind Of fishing that the
minister had come for. He asked the
farmer to keep the rod and conduct
him to his house at Mause. When they
arrived the minister said, Nov, you
go on your knees and pray" telling
him that he would not leave till he did
so.
So the farmer fell on his knees and
cried, "Oh, Lord, deliver me from this
man" 'stop!' said the minister. THAT
is very good. I hope you may always
be able to do as well. Now, you have
to promise to come to the kirk next
Sunday" This the farmer did. Not
long afterward he became a leading
elder.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Dressmaking.

from the east, where they attended
the opening display of fashionable
gowns at the leading centres of fash
ion. They are now prepared to give
the ladies of Billings the advantage
of the latest eastern ideas and invite
them to call at their new parlors at
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Co. d41-2O
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02

Toxic, Nov. 80, 10 p. m.-Imperial
hearquarters made the following an
nOuncement tonight: Our forces
operating against 203-Metre hill ad-
vanced at 10 O'Clock today from
trenches already captured near the
summit of the hill, and are now strug-
Cling for the southeastern portion OF
the fort on the summit.
"a fireice battle was still raging at
z o'clock tonight"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
COURT MAY EMPTY PRISONS.
Law Enforcing ldIeness Of convicts
May Operate to Release Them.

-N ~
May Operate to Release Them.
Chicago, Nov. 30.-Habeas corpus
proceedings begun in the circuit court
Tuesday may pave the way for a con-
ce-:ed effort to procure the freedom OF
the prisoners in the panitentia:ies at
Joliet and Chester. The enforced Idle
ness of the prisoners since the rev
convict labor law went into effect and
the delay of the state authorities in
carrying out the plan for giving them
employment on state work are resron-
sible for the action in the court.
Whether the proceedings will operate
to release any OF the prisoners re.
mains to be determined, but in any
event it is believed the action will
tend to relieve the conditions in the
p~enitentiaries which so keenly have
aroused public sentiment.
Two self-confessed m%urderers, Geo.
Cantos and Pietro Pettinato, through
their attorney, w. G. Anderson, have
begun the contest for freedom. Judge
Windes issued writs of habeas corpus
for the men and will hear arguments
on the petition tomorrow morning. 1t
will be the chief argument of Attorney
Anderson in support of the petition
that his clients are in danger of be-
coming insane from inactivity.
The men declare they have been
ready and willing to work since July
1, when the law prohibiting prison la
Dor became operative, but have been
forced to remain idle.
The lawyer expressed the opinion
that every convict in the penitentiar-
les of the state had good grounds for
a petition such as has been filed by
Cantos and Pettinato, as long as the
state compels them to lie idle in their
cells.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Severe Japanese Losses.

Che Foo, Nov. 3O.-Chinese who
left Port Dalny November % arrived
here today. they say the fighting at
Port Arthur continues. They heard
firing November 20 while at sea. The
Chinese assisted in carrying the JAP
anese wounded from the trains to the
hospitals and personally counted a
thousand. The Japanese, they add,
seemed depressed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
b and Boots.

Gypsies carry their babies in old
tied about the waist. North American
Indians carry their babies on the backs
of squaws-cradle and all. But the
Eskimo women of Labrador carry their
babies in their boots. These boots come
up to the knee and are wide at the top.
with a flap in front. In these the little
brown babies live and are happy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Just q. with Her Father.

'Your daughters music Is improv-
ing" said the professor, but when she
runs the scales l have to watch her
pretty closely"
''Just like her father" said Mrs. NJ
ritch. HE made his money in the
grocery business "-Philadelphia Ledg-
ar.
Prejudices are spiritual rebels and
raise seditions against the understand.
tng.--Ben Jonson.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
Japs Are Retiring.

Mukden, Nov. 3O.-The japanese
are withdrawing to the Tsancnau and
the district between Tsinchecheu and
Sintsintin is clear of them.
The foreign hospitals at Yinkow are
cooperating energetically in the work
OF the removal of sick and wounded
Japanese.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
sudden want Of information.

Tommy-Ma, lend me a lead pencil.
Mother-I just left pen and ink or the
table for you. What do you want with
a pencil? TOMMY want to write to
the editor Of the paper to ask him
iwhatll take ink stains out of the par
lor carpet.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02

Think much and often, speak little
and write ess.-Woman's Life.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-12-02
JAPANESE FORCES ADVANCE
FROM TRENCHES CAPTURED.
CAPTURE 2o3 METRE HILL
Terrible Losses Are Reported in Re-
cent Engagements at Port
Arthur.

Toxic, Dec. 1 (Untimed.)-The Jap
anese have captured and now hold
2O3-Metre hill.