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, 1904-02-29
Flower. in Bloom at San Antonio,

San Acknowledgment and beautiful
is one of the most delightful places in
winter-Coloradoans' favorite resort.
The Colorado and Southern railway Of
fers a round trip rate Of $41.1O from
Denver. If you do not care to go to
San Antonio, let us map out a pleasure
trip for you to some other southern re-
sort; possibly you would perfer a trip
across the Gulf of Mexico.
T. E. FISHER,
General Passenger Agent.
tmch31 Denver. Colo.
, 1904-02-29
TWINS MARRY TWINS.
Peculiar Marital Combination Reported
From Kentucky.

Brinkley, Ky, Feb. 29.-Green Combs
and Miss Leona Combs, and Spencer
Combs and Miss Alkaline Combs were
married here yesterday. Rev. Samuel
W. Mullins oflciated at the double we'd
ding. The brides are twin sisters and
the grooms are twin brothers, and
brides and grooms are first cousins.
, 1904-02-29
Old Timer Dead at RawlinS.

Rawlins, Wyo.. Feb. 29.-R. B. Knox
of the firm of Knox & Turner, formerly
a resident Of Cheyenne, dropped dead
here OF heart failure Friday. Deceas.
ed came to Rawlins twenty-five years
ago and vas one of the old-time and
leading citizens. He was a prominent
member of the Odd Fellows and that
order will have charge of the funeral.
, 1904-02-29
Pleasure Trip.

II you wish to take . trip to a warm
er climate and . lower attitude. the
Colorado and Southern railway will
give you . low rate for the round TRIP
to any Of the principal resort points
in the south, southeast and along the
Mexicon Gull. There are. too. some
delightful combination rail and water
trips. Write for details
T. =. FISHER,
General Passenger Agent.
tmch31 Denver. Colo.
, 1904-02-29
is AGAIN WIDOW
Daughter of Evangelist Small Bereaved
by Husbands Death.

Cody, Wyo.. Feb. 29.-Ben Primm,
one of the best-known citizens in this
band of Mrs. Lola Schuelke, widow of
the late DR.. Schuelke and daughter of
the Rev. Sam Small, died suddenly Of
heart failure Friday.
, 1904-02-29
AT HOSPITAL FOR
SURGICAL TREATMENT

Fred Cameron of Marshall is at the
Home hospital, under the care of DR..
Stevens. He is suffering with an at
tack of appendicitis. but Dr.. Stevens
believes an operation will not be nee
essary. He went from Marshall to
Medicine Bow and thence by train to
this city.
, 1904-02-29
EXAGGERATED REPORT OF
SNOWSuIDE At JACKSON,

The Evanston Press is in receipt of
a letter from Jackson, Wyo., denying
the statement made Of an avalanche
in that section which buried the ranch
house of Gus Koener. While the mis-
sive claims that there had been a small
slide in the mountains near Jack
son, there was no ranch within miles
of the scene, and no such person as
KOener Is known there.
, 1904-02-29
POSITION OF
Sermon by Rev. r. T. Kruger, Former
Iy of Laramie.

erick Tevis Kruger of the Methodist
Episcopal church preached a sermon
last evening touching upon the posi-
ton assumed by all the prominent la
Dor leaders toward the church. Presi
dent Gompers of the American Fedora
ton of Labor headed the list.
, 1904-02-29
ARE GOOD
Gunners on the Battieship Wisconsin
Break Worlds Record.

Manila, Feb. 29.-The battleship
Wisconsin has beaten the worlds rec
ord with thirteen-inch guns. its expert
gunners having made nine bullseyes
out of ten shots fired within ten min
utes.
, 1904-02-29
sALESMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.
Heart Failure Overcomes Travelling
Man at His Home.

Golden, Colo, Feb. 29.-F. NJ. Root,
a travelling salesman for the Cudahy
Packing company of Omaha, died sud
denly at his home in Golden Saturday
night about $50 of heart failure. He
had been out on the road for a week
and returned home on the 5 O'Clock
train, apparently in the best of health,
to spend Sunday with his family.
Mr.. Root was an old resident of Col,
den, having worked in a drug store
here 20 years ago. After being away
from Golden several years he returned
last year and became a partner in the
Root-Gallinger Drug company. Last
fall he sold his interest to accept the
position with the Cudahy company.
, 1904-02-29
MEDAL
WON BY WILL iSBERG At THE
GUN CLUB CONTEST AT RANGE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Tied With Theodore Tre0oning on
Score of Twenty n Won on
Shoot-off FoIIowing-Team Shoot
Of Lively Interest. but Scores Not
PhenomenalIy High.

The Laramie Rod INT Gun club held
its medal shoot yesterday. despite the
storm. and there a a good attend.
ance of members and some fair scores
considering the wind. The medal wa
surrendered by Mr.. Costin and won
by viii Isberg of the Three Rules.
This was the second event of the shoot
at twenty-five pigeons. the score result
ing aS follows
, 1904-02-29
~SHUCkERS G A UP

I. c. Shuckers, an old time Wyoming
convict, who was pardoned from the
penitentiary, is wanted in Salt Lake
City for forgery, says the Cheyenne
Leader. Shuckers has served terms
in the Colorado and Utah peniten-
tiaries also.
, 1904-02-29
Daily Republican soc a month.
"
GGARES
PEOPLE

W no come OF q
c~cnsuinptlve fam
ily when they be.
gin to cough and
t:ic lungs are pain
iIl. But it is a
fact beyond dis
proof that con-
sumption is not
and cannot be in
iier!ted. The ini-
crcbe which breeds
disease Il abso.
lutely be received
by the individual
before consuinp-
ton can be devel-
oped.
Men and women
who have been af-
ficted with obsti-
nate coughs. bron-
chitis hlaelinn Of
, 1904-02-29
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. Your druggist will refund
money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to
cure you, in 6 to IA days. SOC. mwf
, 1904-02-29

The deceased was not related to
Charles r. Root, also a packing house
salesman, who often visits Laramie.
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COST OF CANAL.

No man knows what the cost Of
the Panama canal is going 20 be.
Some estimates place II as high
ss $4,000 geo. II may be more.
il may be less. Much. Of course. de-
ponds upon che cost Of labor em-
ployei lt il doubtful &c suAicien;
American labor Fan De hired for chi.
work.
IN the first place. American labor
is pretty well employed st home ln
the next place. our laboreIs hsve a
dread of the i.ihmian climate. par
uculsrly a. they would be compelled
90 work in The ground and often
times in wet spots. It is Thought.
however. that large number, of Ia
borers might De gotten from Porto
Rico and the Philippines. The former
are icputed Co be- iuc workers. 10 is
also ssii thst agents oi the Japanese
government. co. Of japanese compa-
MICS have been looking into The
question of bringing numerous labor
er, from that country. Chinese la-
borers could Poe gotten also. we sop
pose. bet whether our government
would permit the employment of
Chinese of japanese D. a question
a vast deal win depend upon tho
wages offered laborct- and upou the
provision, the government make, t0
safeguard their health while building
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FROM WISE.

..r DIS r..H ... IeU
W.sr. va. Feb 27-proi r.. vi.
A|liinsfou Nas csllnd t1 Scott couu.
o., thi- week on recount ul the death
oi bis hrother-u-lsw
Miss Lilaie Littou was up from
No.tou Wednesday
D. % Oull and Miss Etlrl cole
spent Monday 300 town. the guest, oi
Prot. Chapman
Mis-, Sue Wells has been on che
SICK Dist thi, week.
Mas a. D.. Thurman 81, iu Cincin.
nau Ellis we,h hu,iHs DIR spring
stock so millinery go
d. d. g.. piuaer. OBJ Mendoza. hs,
been m Wise tor several days
Mrs Carrie Anderson B., boo Big
Stone Cen visiting hcr sister. Ms
%. w Kelly.
The wife .f Do. Hoback. OF Chi,
place. diel Friday of consumption
She had been go ior long time.
Judge r VI. Anderson is in AK.
ansas visiting his son. John w. Al.
iersou.
School VIII close tue last Of March.
la spite Of much that has been said
TO the contrary iy enemies Of the
school ani OF she faculty. this has
been the best school that Wise has
had Tor many years. That Glade
vile College has not been a better
school au along has not been due to
aay lack Of COMPETENT teachers. but to
a total lack Of cooperation among
the patrons OF the school.
y very pleasing entertainment was
gwen at the court house F.,lay night
by home talent under the auspices Of
the Home Mission Society II the "
b. Chu.ch, South. The entertain.
meat ~ss Of 4 musical character. in
iersFerscd With tablesux. reci,a.
etc.
DR.. ThnmPkins aud MIR. Lunds.
ford came MP from Toms Creek 70
the maslcsl Friday night.
A protrseted meeting will begin at
the NJ. L Church, South, Sunday. !
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How many cigars are smoked 10
the United STAGES in enc year.
Think a bit before you snswer and
after you have decided abont what
you think would he the right number
double i, and then add some. There
was withdrawn from the warehouses
for consumption last year a total Of
6.TS745l.l0 los cigars. or an average
Of over ninety eiga.s for every man.
woman child and baby in the coun-
try. This is an increase over the
preceding yes. Of 679.4s7. ISL. Be
sides this there were smoked in the
country 8 .254. sss. $50 cigarettes, an
increase over the preceding year Of
S57. 2l3.4oS or at about the same
percentage Of increase as Of cigars.
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FOOD FADDiSEs AND THEIR
FOOLERY.

tfthose women who preside over house
hold departments" aud -fite long- MINDED
articles ON domestic ECONOMY for the mag
azines are not headed OF the human race
will have nothing TO eat in = few years.
EVER one Of these ~omen has an especial
aversion 10 some particular %sriicle Of food
and may be depended upon to roast IL
in her article, though il il not TO be sus-
peeted that m real life al, ever conde-
scends 10 such q vulgar task as roasting
ANYTHING In the ordinary acceptstion OF
hat term. Nos a. each writer Il. opposed
20 a different article. il has come to pass
hat one by one the most Of theold stand
bys Of the family table rave been put
under the ban, II not pronounced sbso-
iutsly poisonous. Not long ago ono Of
these d~yspepiies began a Crusade against
potatoes, and not content nth that sacri-
lsgious onslaught, actually laid her unholy
hands on baked beans. Both these old
timers we're held up 70 ridiculs by this
daughter Of Sycora1 aud denounced a.
unfit for humsn blood. Angel, and min
isiers Of grace defend us' Potatoes and
beans. baked ones az that. not 81 20 eat
DO you hear that. Bo,toui.n,. and you
people out in Utah and Colorado. Who
boast Of YOUR potatoes - she sne.t thing
that ever Earnished heefsteak and mines
of wealth almost eqral 90 your goldy
Another Of these fem mine faddist, has
the Impotence % make fun OF pork and
NnnH. La..MA.aA g. HLM. w. ~ IT,
uho kuops 90 ali. the world has been mis-
taken an these vesrs and d.youred mil
lions of tons Of these cured meats. rhich.
haa the poor fools only knovn 70. "a not
80 for human food. SO don't order any
more bacon for breakfast. OF salt pork.
with cream gravy, Tor your dinner. For
has not Miss Dyspepsia S0inster proved
that both srr bad for the digestion and
provocative ot immoralifvE So. oues hv
ouc, potatoes, beans. salt pork and la
con we're disposed of. and had io 60. hnt
flc uortt vas to come. Would vou be-
liete %. lone OF these rsformers 10 out
against erE, for hrsskfssti That -, q
NtUe Goo much and right there - began
to get hot. We miEht have agreed sulk-
ily to have a iev oi our nNoriiics Topped
oh-hut fhc woman or man vho triss 90
make us rut ur With sn rErisss breakfast
invites var. Weave expecting every mine
ute io bear r. magazine ~varvhoop. I'd the
feminine gender. against saus.re. and
~rnrnnrcad, and oven huckvhcat cake.
Nothing is sacred from their scetrlous
nen., aud ~e arc halls inclined Co hide
away n Few 20 nar farnutrs. a. squirrels
do DOB tae iaII. before these Amsrous t.iI
iHaI OF them and Danish them Co quarau-
tfur What's Che matter rith these vum-
en. anyhow Have thew Inst their STONE
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tepded 10 open up the coal deposits Of The
counties Of Leslie aud Lstchsr. For some
time this road has heen considered by
Different companies. aud there is o
little doubt but what the present plans
will 70 through. The Southern Is said to
be behind the movement and the road was
mapped cut some time ago and most Of
the right-of-~ay secured. This took the
greater part Of last summer.
This road has been 80 mapped out that
tunueling will be unnecessary, and il will
make a gradual rise. permitting the pas
sage OF long trains. Itfollo-s the course
Of the Cumberland river 10 the mouth Of
Neiiou Greek. thence proceeds up the
course Of that strcsm 10 Harlan. making
rather s. circuiious route. The terminals
viii be az Hsrlsn.
Several companies rave made i7resti-
cations Of the deposits IN the more rcmot,
s%cctions OF the mountain counties during
The past ic~ months and find the deposit.
even richer than the territory that has
iere lern taken ur. Ia the counties Of
Lctcher. Bell. CLAY. Leslie and kuol iu
Kentucky. several seams of coal have been
opened no.. varfine Boz thickness from %
inches to e feet. Leslie county is shout
che center ct the Eastern Kentucky coal
fields. and its coal IS among the best OF
that region. Eleven different seams Of
fhe hifumiuous article have been opened
ur aal scattering deposits of camel coal
have been revealed Of The eleven seams
discovered Boz Chat section. eight arr shove
L"
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Warrington

convention in session IN Washington
every day IN the year.
Your correspondent rat against Gen.
Grosvenor yesterday and detained him by
the lapel long enough 20 say II see VOC
arc betting on japan. General "No,'
be answered, "the betting IL on To see
the little nation try TO thrash the big one
stirred toe cookies Of my heart a little.
bat it begins 20 look reckless. and ms
time i o all occupied In guessing"
asked him What he guessed. Il guess
that japan will he ahead a wear from
nov he said, iii the little Japs will
stand up and SIGHT white men. mnn for
man That T. the c~onuudrum. n they
will easily give ~ss. retreat and quit-in
shott. 10 they are inferior Go shite men iu
staying qualities, thes are shipped before
thes begin. I dout know. Their ,aloi
on ga open feld has vet TO ic demon
sfrated
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COMPOUND THE
BAPTISM"

not many moons go. IN = region no,
seross the ocean where The hardy noun
tsineers have a ssy Of saving rhat the,
'A'nk iu plain language, there occurred a
rather amaning accident at A Bapti.,
church a middle aged man applied 70,
membership. The pastor asked the u.u.l
questions and The applicant answered sat.
''i'e'orily As last question the p..to,
asked - on desire then 10 L. h,,,;,.a
sno Jo'n the church. Yes" tn.-ere6
me applicant. "hrt I want YOU 20 tske M
inio the river, let me snesl. and then no.
me ~@tsr OF me-iust like Chri.f -.
usiitfcd The pastor then asked a..
menbcrs nhat they sosld do 9Th the ~
Piiea'iou There vas silence for a eopsid.
er4hie space AID after While. An ola
brother, Who had come through 49,
wears Of toll aud irihuiatians. sros. -
"a = slAmmering voice sssd "Brethsria~
ane sisterias, tiat fellows religion -
Re.rs alright, bat eonfound hi, bapt;.m 3.
That settled IT, The applicant vent hona
70 s'sdy " Oh bsPtisgs-Ez.
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FROM


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OF work thc day school ia go nod ~
the record OF O. past YEAR. Lotb i@ a.
Tendance and advanreu.rt ID, st,5- 49,.
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vantaces OF acquiring The ps.fof tro-I-
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ASHINGTONLETTER


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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03
Proverbs

When the butter won't
come put q penny In the
churn IS am 81 time dairy
proNcrb. il often seems TO
"oIk though no one has ever
tod why.
When mothers are worried
because inc children do not
gam strength and flesh We
say give them SCOTS Emul-
SION.
IL is Ike the penny IN the
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

A syndicate q New York aud
fennsyisauis capitalist. have pur.
chased PoPOeAtspetl. the famous.
pure sulphur volcano. nesr the city
Mexico and will add all modera ma.
etiaery needed for mining Of .slpbur
~hoss outPa, ia its primitive method.
BY the Mexiesns has bsen something
than a million Pousds . year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

Tho Winchester Steam Lauas-
has recently moved into a uow bu
ing. added new machinery 90 iI.
plant and are now better prepa..
than ever before t0 DO the very l..
Of work. j.. w. Kelly reprc.s..
them st This place and guarantee
satisisction. Leave your buni., 4.
the Drug Store.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

WoRE on the new city reservoir
hss been commenced again. aud will
be pushed A. rapidly az possible. Il
l. the intention &C. finish It aud have IL
hllei with water before the summer
dry weather comes This 10 she
wi,h Of ever, one
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

THE men who mind their w busi-
ness arc sure TO succeed. since they
have So little competition. The man
who l. trying 90 regulate The hs,iusss
OF a whole neighborhood has . large
contract on his hands.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

Is ,he famous Counellsviils. pa
coke region only about 80 Per cent
Of the coke owens are in operation.
In thi- region more than SO psr cent
81 the ovens are It'll turning ont
coke.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

W. need more enterprises in Big
Stone Gap. This ia a most excellent
poiu, Tor q large Number of,mau and
large manufacturing est.blishmen;s
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

JoHS MTrcHFlL. president Of the
mine workers. denies th, current re-
port that he intends 20 resign.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

j. l. undeustood that Postmaster.
General Psnye will retire from Office
at the end Of this Presidential term.
even though President Roosevelt, Is
reelected His health i, not good.
snd he feels. Furthermore. that his
private interests demand bis sts.a.
;iOu.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

Ls-r year there were 50.l36 sppli.
eSu0nts Tor patents az the Patent
Once in Washington. OF these 20.
So were granted. The receipts OF
the Office were $3.50. 0O0. The
Patent is the only Government bureau
that l. operated At = profit.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

EloHr companies stationed at Fort
Thomas. Ky. have been ordered 20
Pansms.
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SruISo. beSutful spring. with iis
sunshine. birds Snd howsrs. j., fast
approaching The past hs, been the
severest winter EVER experienced IN
this section. aud We will all welcome
the coming OF -pulnS.
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FOR SALE.

We have for sale hay. chop and
co-n at reasonable prices. Call and
zee as. We are also dealers in cos.
.. B. PArrEnsoN & Co.
BIS ln
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o. the $676.o.S.592 wages paid
by railways o.; the United States. .
per cent goes 60 general officers. IS
per cent 20 other officers. engineers
and conductors, aud SO per cent 60
the employees.
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ssrrS az ApvEEr,srSe.

II. sber. rates ~. Ter s,.ssi.T ,S-.rii.s-
nsnts only.
ng-LocAt ApvEErtsEEErrs ill !. shsrr-
81 Tor at The rat. 80 cents psr iiss f.r sssh
Insertion.
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THERE are today 5000, 600 labor.
ers IN this country. one aud one
fourth million belong to national
trades unions. another million 60
trades unions not yet national in
their scope and the remainder com
PRISE the army Of ~unorgsnized labor.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

John Fox. Jr.. Jack London snd
Richard Harding Davis have all been
dispatched 90 the East 60 write ar
the war. but nothing hss yet ap-
pesrei over these genilemen's sigma.
tnres. And still the war zoe. on.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

L'NN"aANN~r
j" Ch~ncery on amended aud supple
mental Bills.
The oiiect Of this suit f.. On attach and
reii hs TIE property oi the defendant. IT
Trent, "a lot Of ground BOZ Anpalachia. Eir.
einia' heing one bali oi which is knouu a.,
the q. MhitsoH lot. being the same 100
which vas conveyed 10 n. T.. Trent by
lsom Sturgili Boy deed dated January OBJ.
iIu3, recorded in the Wise County CLERKS
ohcc 10 D. p. 50, page J45, and more folly
described ia The amended bill ia said
cause And it appearing from AFFIDAVIT
o" hie 90 said Office that e. q. Trent, A.. ].
S~iursii aud Robert Collins. defendants
~ said suit ace non-residents Of the stat,
OF Virginia. 81 is ordered that they appear
here within fifteen DAYS after due pa6iics.
uon OF this order and do what is necss'
sary TO protect their interest in this suit
Ahd u - further ordered that q copl
hereof be published for four successive
~eeks IA the Big Stone Gap Post. and that
a copy be posted at the front door Of The
by law.
4 COPy-Teste.
W. L. KIlsoRE. CLERK.
By C. A. JoHSsoy, ID. {.
isvtsS 4 sIEsS ?. q. Fell. 81
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

IT Is astonishing how little the
average American knows of his coun-
try and It's history. There are not
more than one in ten who can tell
you how many States there are IN
the Union. one in s hundred. per
hsps. could name the presidents Ia
order sud about ihe same proportion
could tell YOU the number of the
present Congress. The cabinet OH
GERS and their duties the heads Of
the Judiciary and che workings Of
that department. the plan and extent
81 our diplomatic relations with other
oountfies-thcsc are matters the
average citizen knows and cares little
about Few. indeed. but have q very
vsguc idea of che immense srea 90
our country ana our possessions
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-03-03

Tan fact that Big Stone GAP can
sell her bonds az a premium is proof
sufficient that this town has . future
before IL. At least. the people who
bought the bond. beliey. that II will
not 60 backward.