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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

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or So that we can keep is going.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

BETTER fail by being honest
and decent than succeed by be
5ug tricky and mean.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

THOSE rho try 10 get all they
can and give as little Is possible
will never fully enjoy their pos
sessions.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25
Me- BnYAN,s letter. from ON

MK BRYAS's letters from ov
the seas are copyrighted. If he
IL writing for the good he can do
why not let them be free. Yes, We
know they all do it and even The
xevi~,-i Bible was copyrighted
hut IL Scents strange 10 Us.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

EDErUK MiiLKR of the Norton
Free Press has given his rea dors
= gOod sermon on the calendars
shat are - suggestive. Like
AiIu 4; We 10 not object 20 nude
but We 10 despise nasty. 1t is
not what j. revealed but what il
suggesterl that initiates impure
thought
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

a bill lass just been introduced
INTO the Virginia legislature aim
~ az thc prohibition OF cigar
.sttes- ~ ~ eVr exchanges have
II. Angel fasteners. ~ ought
80 Exsss ssut ~ fear the trade i'm.
ssrssts may * too strong. 1t Is
SIsly a question nf few years
Nben these coffin nails Will hc
things "f hxrbarous past.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

SnAfL q child be made 20 suffer
for the poverty OF the negligence
ri a father = question the phil
srthFopic ran easily answer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1906-01-25

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~sss. univ.
0-f@ors h ArvrsTgssssrvs ~ill BE ehsrv-
- f~v 90 ~. r-,- - cents ~ live Tor esch
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15
LAME EVERY MORNING.
A Bad Back Is Always Worse in the
Morning-CoIumbia People
Are Finding Relief.

A back that aches all day and
causes discomfort at night is usually
worse in the morning. Makes you
feel as if you hadn't slept at all.
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the kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills cure
sick kidneys-make you feel better,
wor kbetter, rest better and sleep bet
ter.
Permanent cures in Columbia prove
the merit of Doan's.
D. l.. Hoover, foreman of the COM
posing rooms of the Maury Democrat,
living at rs South High street, says:
Being on my feet for hours during the
day, and obliged to stoop over at my
work a good deal of the time, undoubt
eddy was the caus of my suffering so
much with a dull, tired aching at
times, and again sharp pains over my
kidneys. In the morning the aching
was often times so severe and my
back felt so lame and sore that Iwould
hardly be able to rise from my bed.
There was also a weakness of the kid
neys which was most annoying and
distressing. | had my attention called
to Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a
box at Adams & Martins drug store.
used them as directed and they helr-
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fculty with tho kidney secretions was
much relieved"
For sole by all dealers. price so
cents Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n
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Remember the name-Doan's-an
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15
CHAPTER XVII.
DINNER is SERVED.

Hal"
Monsieur Pierre, having uttered this
ejaculation, stepped back and rested
his fat hands on his fat hips. AS he
surveyed the impromptu butler, a
shade of perplexity spread over his oily
face. He smoothed his imperial and
frowned. This groom certainly looked
right, but there was something lacking
in his makeup, that indefnable some
thing which is always found in the
true servant-servility There was no
humility here, no hypocritical meek
ness, no suavity; there was nothing
SNUG or self-satisfied. In truth, there
was something grimly earnest, which
was not to be understood readily.
Monsieur Pierre, having always busted
himself with soups and curries ana
roasts and sauces, was not a profound
analyst yet his instructive shrewd-
ness at once told him that this fellow
was no servant, nor could he ever be
made into one Though voluble enough
in his kitchen, Monsieur Pierre lacked
expression when confronted by any
problem outside of it. Here was the
regulation swallow-tail coat and
trousers of green, the striped red vest,
and the polished brass buttons: but
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

you to thank? Me- Ordinarily a wom-
an does not do these things as a pas
time. There must be some strong mo-
tive behind. You asked me why have
stirred you so. Perhaps it is because
l am neither two-and-twenty nor you
two-score. 1t is these little barbs that
remain in a woman's heart. Well,
do not love you well enough to marry
you, but | love you too well to permit
you to marry Miss Annesley."
That has the sound of war. l did
love you that night, not without a
certain nobility.
How easily you say that nightn
Surely there was wisdom in that smile
of mine. And l nearly tumbled into
the pit! must have looked exceed
ingly well -. that night!"-
drily.
you are very bitter tonight. Had
you taken me at my word, never
should have looked at Miss Annesley.
And had ceased to love you, not even
you would have known it.
as it possible" -ironically
ct is. have too much pride to
permit a woman to see that l have
made mistake"
Then you consider in the present
instance that you have not made a
mistake? You are frank"
cat least I have not made mistake
which | can not rectify. Madam, let
us not be enemies. AS you say, owe
you too much. What is it you desire?"
with forced amiability
Deprive Col. Annesley of his honor,
that, as you say, is inevitable; but l
love that girl as l would child Of
my own, and l will not see her caught
in a net of this sort, or welded to a
man whose government robs him of
his manhood and individuality"
do not forget that hold my coun-
try first and foremost, proudly.
Love has no country, nor laws, nor
CALLING chains of incertitude. Love is
magnificent only in that it gives all
without question. You love this girl
with reservations. You shall not have
her. You shall not have even me, who
loves you after fashion, for | could
never look upon you as husband; in
nv eyes you would always be an ac-
complete"
at is war, then?"-curtly.
"War? Oh, no; we merely sever
our diplomatic relations" she purred.
Madam, listen to me. shall make
one more attempt to win this girl hon
orally. For you are right; love to
be love must be magnificent. II she
accepts me, for her sake l will become
an outcast, a man without a country.
II she refuses me, shall go on to the
end. Speak to the colonel, madam; 1t
is too late. Like myself, he has gone
too far. Why did you open the way
for me as you did? should have been
satisfied with a disconnected clerk.
You threw this girl across my path.
indirectly, 1t is true; but nevertheless
the fault is yours"
II recognize it. At that time / did
not realize how much you were to
me-"
"You are a strange woman. do !
not understand you"
"Incompatibility. Come, the car
Wage is waiting. Let us be gone"
you have spoilt the evening for
me-" said the count, as he threw her
cloak across her shoulders.
ION the contrary, have added a
peculiar zest. No, let US go and ap-
pear before the world, and smile, and
laugh, and eat, and gossip. Let the
heart throb with dull pain, If it will;
the mask is ours to do with as we
may"
They were. in my opinion, two very
persons.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

When woman drives her husband
to drink he doesn't stop at water
trough.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-15

rose a key.
Eyes, must not be. You must give
them up-the idea and the girl. What!
You, who contrive her fathers dishon-
or would aspire to the daughters
hand? 1t is not equable. Love her
honorably, or not at all. The course
you are following is base and wholly
unworthy of you"
He dropped the arm abruptly and
strobe across the room. stopping h.
window. He did not wish to see her
face at that particular instant. Some
men would have demanded Indignant
ly to know how she had learned these
things: not so the count.
"Tbere is time to retrieve. CO .
the colonel fran.ly, pay h.s fes.s a-t
of your own pocfe,a, then lei. TIE +.
that you love her. Te.ore yea te,l !.,s
her father will have acquaint-l hi
with his sin and your generosil5. 80
will marry You out Of gratit-dc."
KarloG spun on his heels. us r.
preston was who'll new. HIS eEce
were burning; he stretched a2d crn-..-
pied his gloves.
"Yes, You are right, you arc ri BIT!
have been trying to convince nyseis
that l was a machine where the father
was concerned and wholly man in
regard to the girl. You have put Il
before me in bold manner. Good
God. yes!. and that ! an wholly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

even use a hymn book in church and, /,
there are some men who hate COWS
so that no matter what kind of a COW
you give them, they would not be
able to produce milk economically.
a man must first have real love
for his COWS, he must be able to coax
the milk out Of them. | never saw
a better illustration Of that than in
our own stable at the present time,
where we have a man who can liter
ally coax the milk out of the COWS.
They are giving more milk than they
ever did under any other man that |
ever had; the COWS milk better than
they have done in years and will
tell you how he does it. He goes
among the cows, and talks to them
Just as he would to human being.
lie is a man who really loves cows.
He was receiving 500 a month. and
came and worked for us for $50 a
month. | asked him why he did it,
and he said because he liked COWS.
/ hold that the dairymen of this
country must give more attention to
the dairy qualities of their animals,
or, in other words, their power to
produce milk, and | think these
shrewd Scotch farmers are begin
ming to realize that they have made
mistake in their system of Judging
cattle at their shows in Scotland. |
presume they have realized the truth
OF that statement made by the great
teacher when he said: "Ye blind
guides who strain at the gnat and
try to swallow a camel Or as the
old fellow said in reading that,
"Ihey strain at gate, and try to
swallow saw mill" The time has
come when we must change, and the
man who is breeding dairy COWS
must breed them not for their form,
but for their power to produce milk.
One of the cows in our herd pro-
d1ces milk at a cost of 81 cents per
100 pounds; another COW costs us
seventy-nine cents for the feed to
produce 100 pounds Of milk, and if
we were sending her milk to the
cheese factory, and getting 60 cents
per 100 pounds for it, how many
COWS would we have to keep before
we would get rich? And yet there
are number Of COWS in this country
that are producing milk that costs
about the same price.-H. Fl. Dean
in Report Canadian Live Stock AS
sociations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

If our modern railway engines had
the same power to laugh that they
have to scream, they might, as you
children say, nearly die" laughing
over the way our first railway en-
gines looked. Little, quccrly shap-
ed, puny things they were. The
Stourbridge Lion didn't weigh one
twenty fifth part Of the weight of an
engine of today, and it looked as if
people might well hesitate about
risking their lives behind it 1t
was first used at Honesdale, in Penn
sylvania, and it ran on wooden rails
with a thin layer of Iron on them
People gathered from near and from
far, that Sth day Of August, in the
year 1929, when the little British
lion of iron and steel was to make
its first run. The wiseacres shook
their heads and prophesied all sorts
of probable disasters, and people
said that nothing on earth" could
tempt them to ride across the bridge
spanning the Lackawaxen river on
that thing" But the little lion
went safely over the bridge and over
the eight or nine miles of track,
which was the entire length of this
line of railroad.-7J. L. Harbour, in
st. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

To the fact that all the fools are
not dead yet, especially the rich fools,
the newspapers of the day furnish
the abundant evidence. 1t wss one
of this class living in Philadelphia
who spent $4,000 the other even
ing on the coming out" of his eld-
est daughter-a sum of money ex-
pended in mere vain display larger
than the total income for year of a
score of many hard-warking and
worthy men. More of a fool by sew
eral degrees was the wealthy woman
in a New Hampshire town who had
a pet dog buried the other day ip a
costly casket trimmed with white
satin and adorned with cut flowers.
Upon such pabulum as this does an
archism feed and grow. The worst
and most dangerous elements of So
ciety today are not to be found in
the slums nor in the haunts of vice,
but in the mansions of men and
woman who make no better use Of
the opportunities which large wealth
las afforded them than to feed their
own follies and vanities.-Leslie's
Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
Breed Cows For Milk.

There are several factors which
enter into this question of economic
al milk production, but owing to the
limited time, shall have to pass
somewhat hurriedly over some Of the
points.
The first factor, which to large
extent determines economy of milk
production, is the man handling the
COW. Men, who are accustomed to
handling steers, and would rather
feed steers than milk COWS, are u.s.
ually the men who will not get the
milk economically from the COW.
There are some men very much like
the old maid who said she hated
men SO much that she would not
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
Queer Re,,ef. About the Fern.

The fern was supposed to seed only
on st. Johns night and thus to possess
those singular properties for which it
had become almost sacred. The gath
ering of the seed was believed to be at
tended with considerable danger. Po-
vet in his 'Pandemonium," published
in 1854, says: much discourse hath
been about gathering of fern seed
(Which is looked upon as magical
herb on the night Of midsummer's eve,
and remember was told of one who
went to gather it, and the spirits whisk-
ed by his ears like bullets and some
times struck his hat and other parts of
his body. In fine, though he appre-
hended he had got quantity of it
and secured it in papers and box be-
side, when he got home he found all
empty. But most probable this appoint
ing of time and hours is Of the devils
own institution, as well us the fact
that, having once ensnared people to
an obedience to his rules, he may with
more facility obllge them to stricter
yaSSalage."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

MANY gallons, probably many bar
rels, of water are drawn through the
gills of each oyster each day. writes a
university professor, "and the micro
scopic beings that it may hold are
strained out and pushed along into the
OYSTERS mouth. Each microscopic Or
ganism is a long time in travelling from
the point where it first touches the gill
to the oysters stomach all this while it
is alive and capable OF becoming the.
parent of new generations when re-
moved from the gill and placed under
suitable conditions. Most of these or
ganisms are wholesome to man, and all
that enter the oysters stomach are
quickly killed and converted into its
palatable and nutritious substance. but
so long as they are travelling along the
gills all are alive and, some are e1-
tremely dangerous TO man. The oystel
exercises choice in the selection OF it,
food, rejecting some of the microscopic
organisms and swallowing others, but
those that are discharged into the wa
ter with the sewage of cities are not
unfortunately among the ones that are
rejected, and before these have entered
the oysters stomach they are most IA
vorably placed for gaining entrance
into human stomachs and multiplying
there"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
Charles Lamb and Tobacco.

Charles Lamb, according to his own
confession, was "a fierce smoker of to-
bacco.' One day when pulling vigor-
ously the coarsest weed from a long
clay pipe in company with DR.. Parr
the latter asked him now he managed
to acquire this "prodigious power"
BY toiling after it, as some men toll
after virtue" was the prompt reply.
AS he advanced in years, however,
Ella was obliged to relax his intima-
cy with the weed, so that, TO use his
own words, he was like n Lurnt out
volcano emitting now and then only
casual puff" Eventually he took his
formal leave in n Farewell Ode TO To-
bacco," and in forwarding copy of
the poem to Wordsworth he writes. 81
have had it in my head to do it these
two years, but tobacco stood in its own
light when it gave me headaches that
prevented me singing its praises"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
A CapfuI OF wind.

The origin of the phrase, "a capful
of wind" can be traced to Morse
king, Eric VI, who died in 9oT a. d.
He was credited with the useful power
of directing the wind to blow where he
wished by the simple method of turn
ing his cap to that point of the COM
pass. his powers We're much appreci-
ated and trusted and resulted in his
being known as windy cap There is
no evidence as to whether he could reg
ulate the force of the wind as we'll as
the direction. Presumably he could, or
his faithful believers would not have
been so many. A "bagful of wind'' is
another common expression and indi-
Gates something like gale. This has
been traced down to the classical leg
end Of Aeolus end his captive winds
confined in bags.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
The irish Rnir.

4 must allow that it sometimes rains
in Ireland, but Irish rain is not quite
like other rain. 1t is, as n rule, softer
than rain elsewhere, and il the truth
must be told like rain so long MS Ole
has not to say, For the rain it raineth
every day" Irish weather is not so
much capricious as coquettish. Ii likes
to plague you IL but to prepare you to
enjoy the more its sunny. melting mood.
1t will weep and vail all night. and 10,
the next morning Ireland is one sweet
smile and seems to say: rs it raining
was yesterday? Ali, then, I'll rain no
more" And the runnels leap and laugh,
and the pastures and very stone walls
glisten; the larks carol on their ceies-
tial journey; there is a pungent, healthy
smell of drying peat; the mountains
are all dimpled with the joy of life and
sunshine: the lake lies perfectly still.
content to reflect the overhanging face
of heaven, and just won't your honor
buy the stoutest pair of homemade
hose from barefootel. bareheaded
daughter of dethroned kings with eyes
like dewdrops and voice that would
charm the coin out of the most churl-
ish purse? If on such mornings as
these you do not lose your heart to Ire
land it must be made of stern, unim-
prcssionable stuff indeed d.-Blackwood's
Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

i A claim was once placed in the hands
of Judge Peters of Bangor, Me-, for
collection. A notice was sent to the
debtor, who called and promised to pay
the following Saturday. The Judge
said: "Now, don't say you will pay
Saturday night unless you mean to.
Just take few more days and be sure.
Say you will pay next Wednesday,"
"All right" said the man; "if live un-
til next Wednesday will pay that
BILL" Wednesday came, but no man
appeared to settle the bill, whereupon
the judge wrote out notice Of the
death Of the man and put 1t in the dali
ly paper. The next day the bill was
settled.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
When Solid Iron EIouts.

Experiments show that if ball of
solid iron is lowered into a mass of
liquid iron by means of n metal fork
the ball at first sinks to the bottom
with the fork. But in few seconds
it leaves the prongs and rises to the
surface, where 1t continues to float un.
til it melts. The rising is explained by
the expansion of the ball, due to heat
ing, whereby it becomes, bulk for bulk
less dense than the molten metal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
WHERElT WAS DONE.
Joe Blng, he cut ton cords o. wood

Joe BlnG. he cut ton cords o. wood
From rise To SCI o sun;
He cut 1t. an lie piled II, too.
Yes. sir, that's wat he done.
To cut ten cords o! wood, vow,
Is one tremendous chore-
Joe Bling cut hi behind the stove
In l.uscomb's grocery store.
doe Ring. he cut eight load o hay.
i swan, an raked II, too,
An lin twelve hours by the clock
He was entirely through
He could guess. before no slept,
Cut jes' rs many more
He cut 1t where he did tho woods
In Luscomb's grocery store. Y
Joe Bling, lie plowed four acres ouct,
He plowei 1t good an neat
An fore tao sun had near gone down
The Job was all complete.
The hosses never turned hair.
Want tired. ner leas' bit sore.
He plOwed 1t all In one shori day
In luscom6s grocery store.
Joe Bing. he made five dollars onct
By simply pickin' hops.
He done 1t MI in jes. a day
With time for sev'ral stops.
He could as well a-kept 1t up
A dozen days or more.
Where WAS II done? The same old place
In Luscomb's grocery store
John D, Larklniu Woman's Home Companic
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

In the collection of perfumes two
processes are employed. In one, the
grease process, boxes with glass bot
toms are prepared, the bottom being
covered with pure grease or suet, and
the flowers, gathered fresh every day
during the season, are laid on trays in
the box, the grease being left to alb
sorb the fragrance. III the oil process
the place of grease Is taken by cotton
batting saturated with oil, the process
being substantially the same. In both
cases the vehicle becomes impregIated
with the essential oil and odor of flow
orS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11
When the eminent WI Ting f


When the eminent WI Ting fang
was Chinese minister at Washington
he was the guest of honor at one of
the leading clubs. Some Of the
younger members thought it would
be great fun to get the oriental di-
plomat intoxicated. They piled him
with champagne, highballs and beer
until about three o'clock in the
morning, by which time most of the
clubmen were maudlin. Cool as a
cucumber, Mr.. WI surveyed the
crowd and said, gravely, in his per-
feet English: "If I didn't know
that this club was composed entirely
Of gentlemen ] Should say that YOU
fellows were trying to get me drunk. /"
The session adjourned very shortly
thereafter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

The piazza Of st. Peters In its widest
limits. allowing twelve persons to the
square mile, holds 624,OOO; allowing
four to the same. drawn up in military
array, 20S,000. In its narrowest limits,
not comprising the porticoes of the Pi-
azzi Rusticucci, 474,OOO crowded and
15S,O00 in military array.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

"Noah's wife, wrote a boy in an ex-
animation, was called Joan Of Arc"
Water" wrote another, sis composed
Of two gases, oxygen and cambrigen.' p
Lava" said third, sis what the bar
Der puts on your face" "a blizzard" !"
declared another child, sis the inside of
a foMlo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-04-11

"Do you say that as lawyer or a
man?" exclaimed an eXasperated wit
ness whom lawyer was cross exam
lining. IF you say 1t as man, it is q
lie and a slander, but il you say it as
a lawyer it's not Of the slightest con-
sequence. London Telegraph.