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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-06-15

Better a dime iu pcara than dollar
in fear.
We quote from tho Times Dis
patch The last pan, Of tiuiel, ar.
ticie entitled "Timc fsr Action b.
There certainly should be bette,
train service through Virginia val
leys. We appreciate what we have
bat quicker way Of getting 20 lirh.
m"ud woald be htafiily appreciated
by those OF as who live in the
"weige" bat Ike 90 sec ant ds,l
with Richmond once ia while.
With irst-c.ass i.aia service be-
tween Richmond and the Valley. !iar-
r'sonburg. Strasburg. Winche.te-
aud al towns along The line of that
road would be rut into closer touch
and Intimate relationship with he
people Of This community. and +,
would be ia the interest Of ail Il, is
manifest from the earnest c.nre,.
sion- of The citizens iu thot section
a. recently published in the Times
D',patc2, that tho Valley peoul, De-.
size such au utilization. chat thev
prefer 20 turn away from the north
ern cities and turn towards Vnsini.
ciiie-, sud they viii do so 30 only che
proper railway faciiitie. are Afforded
Last year President Lrieh of Che
Chsmoer Of Commerce appointed
special committee % deal uith tbi.
subject AMI 10 his annual reno,t
said:
81 believe the iailfoal, me dis.
posed 20 do Us Justice. anl THAT q /
proper presentation oi our sisht. f.I
chance 60 establish business r,i,. /
lions with Piedmont Vifeini, m,
; shenandoah Valley and the Valle,
ID Virginia will secure schedules.
passenger and freight connections 40
junction points aud tara, chat will
place us on a parity with our favored
competitors in that great field II
'hould be understood. however that +
roper presentation involves strong
lacking and concerted action. NO less
nan strong arguments. Here is an
opportunity Tor Richmond people 90
bow their ability to cooperate close
Tor the accomplishment OF given
pd great purpose. The people OF
nose sections would Cooperate with
s- IL is e. their intefest 90 40 SOP
We have been talking long
n"ueh The time Ter action ha.
ONE. Let MS now join hands with
az nelshbors % the Valley aud force
he issue.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-06-15

shooting bees, etc. Women and
children can 80 where they viii
without the sense Of fear.
Allow a few saloons To- BE- tlsnici
here and see how seou everything
~on'l be changed. See low coon
the youngsters, uo~ respectful. ~. uia
become hoodlums The laai-~ Of
every class of good soric'y who row
make Themselves st home ga the
main streets on summer c.cninrs
would disappear at once Lee MS
realize our blessings "f Law end
o'der and never forget ihcir source
Batter dime iu pcarn than dollar
in fear.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-06-15
MONUMENTS

u! IH5TIII5 hdfOI6 and GFallle M0TkS.
p. "- GRhENAwALr CO.. Proprietor.
wYTHEVILLE. VA.
manufacturers and dealers in fine
Marble aud Granite Monuments
headstones. SisiEsry, and all kinds
OF Cemetery Work, Iron Fencing etc.
AN work guaranteed TO give salts
faction.
W. D. THORNTON, ACT,
WISE. VA,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

tborzol, or Russian wolfhound, has made record runs that showed seven ty-five in a second. while the gazeiIe has shown measured speed of more than than eighty feet a second. which | would give her a speed of 4.S00 feet in | a minute if she could keep 1t up for | that distance. @sE
 The gazelle, however. swift as she | is, is not as swift as the ostrich, for that homely but swift bird can run ninety eight feet to the second when he really gets down to 1t. But, then, he helps himself along with his wings,
 which may not be Of much use for flying. but are exceedingly helpful in running. 4f 11r The whale. struck by harpoon and sounding in terror, has been known
 to dive at the rate of 300 yards in a minute.
 The Virginia rainpiper has made measured flights of 7,500 yards a min ute, and the European swallow has att tained speeds of more than 5000 yards A species of crow : flies in great swarms from the German mainland ov-
 CT Heligoland every day, goes clear to the English coast and returns every night..,, Close observation shows that
 these birds habitualiy fly eighty miles
 in three hours.
 A species af falcon, known as the | wafidering falcon. flies from North Af- rica to Northern Germany on one un- | broken flight. making the distance in eleven hours.
 The slowest creatures are snails and certain small beetles. Some of them habitually move only a foot or two
 in an hour: but part of this slowness
 Is due to the fact that they remain motionless at intervals. By measur-
 ing the distances covered by snails
 when they were kept going constantly
 it has been found that the maximum | feet an hour.
 The Iadybug is a perfect racehorse with this, for 1t climbs a blade of grass at a rate of almost two inches in a second, or nearly ten feet in a minute.
 The speed. by the way, Is exactly the average rate of speed which Nam
 sens Polar ship Tram drifted with the lee during her voyage of two and one-
 half years locked in the floes. And when Nansen left the Tram and pushed ahead with dog sledge he made more than nine miles a day. None of the speeds for any length of time compare with the speeds that are held for a second or a fraction
 of a second by some small creatures. Thus, a jumping mouse in the Afri-
 can desert leaps through the air at | the rate of 800 feet in a second. Of
 course. she clears only about ten feet l in a jump, and cannot keep up these jumps for any great length of time. | Still, the little creature is swift
 enough to make a fast greyhound
 work hard for quarter of an hour
 or so, till the mouse Is wearied enough | for him to outrun her.
 Still quicker than this desert mouse
 is the common flea, which jumps with
 an initial velocity of $50 feet in a
 second. If the flea could keep this | speed up steadily, without stopping
 once it would cover almost ten miles
 in minute.
 But even the fleas velocity is noth-
 ing when compared with the veloci-
 ties in celestial space. Luminous
 clouds have made a measured speed oi
 fifteen miles a minute. while earth
 quake shocks have been observed to
 move at rates reaching coo yards a
 second
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

Rankin is a sthrange business amy how. I make up me mind that I need more money than I have, or l want to build railroad inOmaha or a gas house in Milwaukee or Mrs. Chadwick wants an autymobill or something else hap pens an I start a bank. I build a brick house, put ir'n gratings on tn window an ye an Donnohue fight each other to see who'll get his money first to me. I accept 1t very reluctantly an as gr'reat favor to ye. Says Hin missy an Donnohue. says I 'ye ar-re rayspictable wurrukin men an will keep ye'er money fir ye rather thin see ye spind 1t in riochous ltvin'.' says I. As a gr-reat favor to ye, will take care iv these Autographs be lendin' thim to me frinds says I. If ye want tn money back ye can have 1t amy time between nine in tn mornin' an three in tn afternoon except Sunday an halidays,' says I. but don't both come at wanst,' says I. or naycther iv yell get it, says I. Well, ye lave ye'er money with me an I suppose ye think iv it lyin' safe an sound in tn big sthrong box where tin burglar boys can't get it. Ye sleep betther at nights because ye feel that ye'er money is where no wan can reach it except over me dead body.
 If ye on'y knew. yeve not turned ye CT back befure I've chased those hard earned dollars off tn premises. With ye'er money I build a house an rent 1t to you. I start railroad with 1t an ye wurruk on tn railroad at two dollars a day. Ye'er money makes me d prominent citizen. Tn newspa- pers intherview me on what shud be done with tn toilin' masses, manin' VI an Donohue; I consthruct tn foreign policy iv tn government; | tell ye how ye shud vote We've got to vote tn way l say or I won't give ye back ye'er money. An all this time ye think iv that little bundle iv pitchers nestlin in tn safe in my brick house with me settin' at tn dure with a shot gun across me knees. But wan day ye need tn money to bury somewan an We hur. ry down to see me. Sorry says I. but I've just given it all to a lady who come out iv tn Chinese laundhry mex dure an said she was an iIIegitimate aunt iv lawn D. Rockefellar' An there ye ar-rc.
 "If iver I have amy relations with a hank. Hinnissy. it won't be in tn way, lv putting money in. Wore ye iver in a bank? Ye wuddent be. I was wanst Wsnst I was eigthy-five dollars on me- way 10 bein a millyonaire an I wtnt down town an threw tn money into
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
TESTS OF ANIMAL SPEED.
Flea Ranks as the Swiftest of All in Its Jumps-Man Makes Fair
 Speed.
Scientific American.

Scientific American
 A European engineer, Joseph Ol- shausen, began about fifteen years ago to study the speeds of all creatures that he could study. and as q result he has collected a remarkable array of facts. each one based on absolute ex- pertinent, to show just how fast or slow hundreds of animals go.
 Ills has found that man can attain remarkable speeds, but only by the use of artificial aids. A good pedes- trian's speed over good roads, he says is a sixteenth of a mile in twelve sec onds. The German soldier covers a little more than three miles an hour during an ordinary march that does not last too long. But after an eight days march tho distance covered in a whole day often is only eighteen and three quarter miles In quickstep, however, the same soldiers have cov- cred five miles an hour.
 In athletes, the best speed recorded by tho investigation was the initial velocity acquired by a broad jumper. who took the jump with a speed that carried him through the air at the rate of 39S inches in a second.
 The maximum speed acquired by the average person in swimming com fortably is 39 inches a second, while oarsmen in an eight-oared barge ac- quired the speed of 197 inches in a sec ond.
 Skaters average from nine to ten yards a second. while runners on skees have made as much as twenty
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

ward old maidenhood without any pros pect of marriage they take her abroad for a time. After a year or two she will reappear among her old friends as a widow, and though they may sus- pect that her late lamented husband never existed outside the imagination of those who invented him. yet the fic- ton Is useful in giving her certain status fin society and enabling her to avoid the mortifications of the "unap- propriated blessing" rs
 In Bermuda, on the other hand. gilrs are often prevented from marrying by the law of the land. which decrees that woman who marries a foreigner shall not only lose what property she may happen to have. but shall also become incapable of inheriting any.
 Sometimes Bermudan girls renounce their birthrights for loves sake; but, as a rule, the charms of penniless damsels are not sufficient for men to desire them for wives. and therefore many of them are doomed to spinisterhood by the Ia Ut
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
FANNY HALLOCK CARPENTER
Lawyer and Club Woman

To SOW seeds of harmony, good will and womanly sympathy all along the road of life is no small mission. es- necially to sow seeds of such sbeauti- fuI fruitage among club women. For that reason perhaps. because such seems to be her mission. Mrs Fanny HaIlock Carpenter ds in steady demand as president of clubs. Three years ago she was elected president of the Wo- men Lawyers club of New York. Pos- sibly women lawyers have their ap- petite for arguing whetted py tneir legal studies, but it Is certain that Mrs. Carpenter as their president is able to maintain harmony among them.
 q know I couldn't keep good natured always. as Mrs. Carpenter does. if l were president" said one of the lady lawyers recently.
 The Women Lawyers club of New York is A fine and growing one, nav ing lately doubled it's membership. This result is, of course, partly que to the constantly increasing number O, women attorneys, but 1t is In no smaiI measure due also to the exquisite tact and imperturbble good temper or Fresi- dent Fanny Hallock Carpenter
 At the last election for president or the New York State Federation Of Wo- mems Clubs there was keen rivalry pe- tween two clubs whose respective pres.- idents were candidates for the -fNs" honors. Mrs. Carpenter was one candi- date; the other leading one was Mrs, |Dore Lyon, president of the Eciectic club, also of New York.
 Members of both the Women Law. years and the Eclecctic clubs 1ourneyea to Syracuse to work for their presl, dents. The election was, lively as only woman's club election can DC. out Mrs. Carpenter won. 5r.
 A pleasant event which speedlly lol- lowed ought to be convincing proof to a doubting world that women's club cleo tions are not mere cat squabbles- The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
The value of Common salt:

Besides being such an essential part of culinary art, salt has many other uses perhaps not generally known. Salt cleanses the palate and furred tongue, and a gargIe of salt and water Is often efficacious. A pinch of salt o4 the tongue. followed ten minutes. after by a drink of cold water. often cures a sick headache. Salt hardens the gums. makes the teeth white and ter in which cut flowers stand. it keeps them fresh. Salted water and alcohol in solution should be used orCruhbing weak ankles. Salt used dry in the sanle manner as snuff would do much to relieve colds. hay fever. etc, and if used for bathing tired eyes it will be found very refreshing. Salt and water will stop hemorrage from the extrae-f tion of teeth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

Eclectic club, Mrs. Dore Lyon at it's head. invited to a special luncheon Mrs Carpenter, the new state president and gave her the time of her life. The Ec- Iectic speakers. declared they had work ed their best against Mrs. Carpenter. the days guest. but now that she had been elected federation president they would unanimously work their level best for her.
 It was a graceful. kindly acton the part of Mrs. Lyon and the Eclectic club. showing womanly loyalty without a trace of bitterness or sulks, and gentle, sweet tempered Fanny Hallock Carpen- ter was pleased to her hearts core.
 When once friend spoke to her con corning this way she has of promoting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

always pretinds to tumble an care Iessly show tn farmer which shell tn little pea is undher; an tn lady firm Cleveland cudden't have got amy moro money on Andy's name thin on mine If she hadn't promised to divide with tn bankers. I rayfuse to sob over thim poor, gloomy financeers amy more thin l wud over tn restless capitalist who loses his all in a wire tapping enther- prise. Whin a man gets more than 6 per cint fir his money. it's a thousan' to wan he's payin' 1t himsilf. Whiniver anybody offers to give ye somethin f'r nawthin. or something fir less than fits wortlJ or more f'r something than its worth. don't take amy chances. Yell f'r a polisman."
 '"Th' wurruld is full iv crooks" said MT. Hennessy.
 Tt ain't that bad" said MT. Dooley! An besides let us thank Hivin they put in part iv their time cheatin' each other"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
Street Needed It..

John Sharp Williams of Mississippi just before leaving Yazzo City for his duties in Washington was standing on the main street of the town contemplat- ing the erection of the three story brick hotel that Is now under way there. While the Congressman was looking at the work the Street Commissioner of the town approached looking angry and disgusted. Look at that, Mir. Will Iiams." said he, pointing to an unsight- ly and expensive rent in the street: that was done by carelessness in handling the hauling of the material for this building. The contractor lays the blame on subcontractor, and I tell you, as I told the contractor, if I catch him, I'll wipe up the street with him." "It may be-" replied MT. Will Hams. with twinkle in his eye. that he doesn't need it, but the street cert ainly does"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
r11r. Dooley on Banks and Bankina
F. DUNNE. (Copyright, 1o04, by Mcclure Phillips and Company)

Don't ye believe it," said Mfr. Hen essy. Nobody is too smart to be bun koed. Tn on'y kind iv people that can be bunkoed are smart people. Ye can be too honest to be bunkoed but niver too smart. It's tn people that ar-re thryin' to get something rr nawthin' that end in gettin' nawthin' fir ivry- thing. I niver can burst into tears whin read about some la-ad bein' robbed be a confidence game. Can ada Bill. Glib Fitz or Mrs. Chadwick niver got amy money firm square peo- pie. A man that buys a goold brick thinks he is swindlin' a poor Indyan that don't know its value; fellow that comes on to buy fir five hunderd dollars tin thousan' dollars worth iv something that is so like money ye can't tell tn
 diff'rence is hopin' to swindle tn gov ernmint; tn foolish man that falls fir tn three card thrick has tn wrong card crimped f'r him whin tn dealers s back is turned; tn shell .wurruker
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

sthrangers an he showed 1t be Elarin'
 at tn impydint depositors. Whin 1t come me turn. l wanted to tell him had hated to part with me little mon ey. how long me money an me had
 slept together an niver had a cross
 wurrud: how its Slightest nod was a
 command to me. but now I supposed
 tn time had come whin it must go
 out and sec somthing iv' tn wurruld on'y I hoped 'twud be happy among strangers an he wud be good to 1t because twas all I had an not large fir it's age. I felt very sintimental. Hinnissy. FIT two years I'd counted that money forty times a day. I knew ivry wrinkle on if. But befure I eud
 deliver me sintimintal address called. "A poor mans farewell to his rolboly,'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
BY F, r. DUNNE,

tn window an told tn banker to take tn best iy care iv 1t. We can't take
 this says he. Why notT says l. I don't know ye.' says he. Niver mind that says I. It's me money not mes.lf I'm thryin' to inthrajooce to Sclety.' says l. Its a very nice kind iv money an aven if ye don't like 1t now twill grow on ye.' says I. Or at taste hope
 so,' says I. Dye know, Hinnissy he wudden't take tn money till l cud get Dorsey. tn plumber to assure him that was firm wan iv tn oldest families /that had come to sArchey Road since
 tn fire. Havin' satisfied himsilf that me money was fit fir other peo- ple's money to assocyate with. he
 tor tn polisman to put me in line iv people with blue noses who were cIutchin' at postal ordhers in front iv a window where a young fellow firm
 wan iv tn rile families iv Europe sat. ~h' prince was properly indig- neat at havin' to take money firm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

inthrcst in Jacks tips on tn races an conthrols tn Ameri- can rights in tn Humbert faInly. 'Ar-re ye war iv us?' says l. Wan iv what% says he. Wan iv us depositors. says l. I am not says he. I've jus dhroped in an borrowed a thousand, says he. What on" says I. On a good thing this afternoon at Noo Orleens. says he. Who vouched fir ye'er char ackter? says I. 'Ye don't need a char ackteF to borrow mOnaS at a bank, says he
 PIow dye suppose that there lady firm Cleveland fooled thim bankers ?'' asked MT. Hennessy "Yed think they'd be too smart to be bunkoed."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

"well. sir." said Mir. Dooley, 'I've been doin' tn bankers iv this coun- thry a. gr-reat injustice"
 '.How's that?" asked Mir. 'Hennessy.
 i've put thim down all me life as cold, stony-hearted men that wud as soon part with their lives as with their money. I had a pitcher iv a banker in mo mind, aa stern. hard-feat- ured or gint1eman with curly slde- whiskers settfn' ,on' tn. peoples money an stallin' off both tn borrower who comes be night with dhrill an tn more rayfined burglar who calls in tn daytime with good story l was afraid iv thim. wud no more dare to ask banker to take a dhrink or shoot tn shoots with me thin I wud an archbishop. If r. talked to wan iv thim' I'd look up all. me statements in tn. almanach an all me wurruds In tn ditchnry to see that I got nawthin wrong. An I made a mistake about thim. Far firm bein' hard, cynical
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

four yards in the same time. and the jumper on skees has developed almost forty yards velocity in a second Of course, the latter velocity is main- tained only for very short distance. The man who made this record jumped 120 feet.
 Ice boats skim over the ice at ve- locities that have reached thirty-si yards second, or more than a mile a minute
 The fastest that has been done on a bicycle is the record of sixty-six feet in a second.
 The horse can gallop six miles an hour for considerable length of time. The swiftest dog in the world, the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

ured less. than Ave feet. And the rea- son of this Is that 1t requires good breeding for a horse to be able to both
 gallop and stay, as well as negotiate
 his fences cleyerly. One often hears
 hunting men designating some horse
 that Is astonishing the public by his
 brilliant feats in the show ring as A dog-the worst term of opprobrium, "A hunter. first of all, must be well bred, he should be a good leaper. and it Is necessary he should be able to gall lop and to these qualities add nice manners, great staying powers. a turn of speed, a good mouth-particular1y Is this desirable in a ladys hunter--a bold heart and intelligence. and you have the perfect specimen. ra 5a j. "Color matters little. though gray Is undesirable, unless one means going hard, as it is too conspicuous. But Is very smart. Sorrels have gone out. What used to be known by this name is now chestnut Do not call a mans horse a sorrel unless you wish to in- suit him. Roans are usually stout and tough, but they are often coarse, as we'll, and no hunting man would touch a hunter who is cursed with a dun colored coat.
 .oAfter all; though, a good hunter will not in all instances carry 8 man we'll across country, for something re- mains to the rider. The best horse in the world can be spoiled by bad hand ling, and the boldest made faint heart | ed by having a coward on his back. There is an electric sympathy between horse and rider, and you cannot ex- pect him to go well unless you are will | ing to do so. If you are afraid, don't hunt. But if you want to enjoy the best sport in the world, get a good Virginia hunter, join a good hunt club. and in galloping across country when you come to fence, in the words of a noted English sportsman. throw your heart over and ride after it."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

class tn bankers iv America is a lot iv jolly. dogs that believes In human nature. takes life as it is. aisy come. aisy go ,hurrah boys, we'll be long time dead. Hard to borrow money rim thim? On tn conthry it's hard to keep thim firm crowdin it on ye. They'll lend ye money on annything yc shove in, on dhream that ye saw q sojer on horse back, onth' sad story iv yeier lffe or Q nyeer wurrud iv honor if ye're ready to go back on it. I niver knew what collateral was ontil this lady fir m Cleveland come along. Collateral i3 a misstatement on which bankers lend money. If you broke into hank in Ohio tomorrah, ye'd prob'ly find tn vaults full iv Louisiana lotthry tickets. bets on tn races an rayoorts iv cry ktal gazing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15
How to Live One Hundred Wears.

Be CIcdn
 Be good natured and companionable. Donot worry. you grow older
 Be comfortable. Keep your feet warm and wear comfortable clothing.
 Sleep in a comfortable bed In a room that is ventilated and in which sun shine is not a stranger.
 Do not cat twice as much as you need and eat only the food that agrees with you.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

tn young duke grabbed tn bundle. tossed it over into a pile, hit me on tn chest with a pass book. mutthered. Burglar undher his breath an dhrove me firm tn bank. penniless. As
 passed be tn prisidint's office. I found tn great man biddin' a fearful fare well to Gallagher iv tn fifth ward. Ye know Gallagher. He owns all tn cop per mines in Halsted Sthreet, has a half