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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-06-19

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ball. Graham hits fast liner Il
3rumtield. who doubles Poi;a i
, at LIST base-the fastest double
play that has been made this
season. Dalton fans.
End Inning.
Midkiff hits safe over End %.
bfumfield hits safe through ST..
Taylor fouls 20 Woedson. Mid :
kiH scores on ID. Woodson,s
error of thrown ball. Knoescl
hits safe fly TO rf for two bags.
brumfleld scores on passed ball
OF ID. Woodson. Nippert hunts
safe, steals 2b. Bonno sacri-
tices, Pollard to f.. Woodsop
knoesel scores. Nippert scores
on ID. Woodson's error of
thrown ball. Mullens fans.
Barr grounds, Midkif to
hnoesel. Adams flies to Tay-
Tor. Shea strikes out.
3rd laning.
Wiles grounds, Graham TO e.
w oodson. Glenn grounds to
hrst and out, Graham 20 Pol !
lard; Midkiff safe on Adams
error of ground ball, and is out |
Pollard TO WOodson TO Barr.
jackson fans. ID. ,voodson
hies to Mullen. T.. Woodson
grounds. Midkiff 10 Knoesel
9TH Tnp;,,c
Brumfield gets safe infleld
mt. Taylor forces him out n
20. Adams 10 Graham. Tav-
Tor is thrown out trying to steal
2nd. ID. Woodson to Graham,
n noesel grounds. Pollard 10
+. Woodson.
Pollard strikes out. Graham
grounds, Brumfield 10 Knoesel
Dalton flies 10 Knoesel
9Th Inning.
Nippert grounds, Adams 10
W oodson. Bonno strikes out H.
MULLEN walks ON four balls
brown out attempting TO steal
,. Noodson 10 Graham.
Barr fans. Adams flies to
Niles. Shea strikes out.
9th Inning.
Wiles strikes three. d. Wood
ON mutfs, throws him ont n
:. Woodson. Glenn hits safe
Yer 2nd, out on attempting TO p
teal, ID. WOodson 20 Graham n
lidklif drops one at the plate :
M IS out. ID. Woodson TO r l.
Voodson. -
jackson strikes out. ID. Wood
on hits safe between LIST and
nd. +. WoOdsou hits safe 10 H.,
for two bags putting y al,
oodson on Bird and himself on ~.
nd b. One man out. Bonno an
moved ms fine control bv not ,shn'
lowing him 10 score under fee
lnditions which seldom fail De
nh any team. Pollard grounds t,.,'
Mldkiff, who throws d str
oodson out at the plate M. sa1'
mpting 90 score. Pollard safe i
helder's choice. Graham ca.
.ounds Glenn To Knoesel b i S@'
oodson left on 3rdb. Pollard
2MS
9TH inning.
brumiield hits safe through
, Taylor forces him out at 81
iams 10 Graham. Knoesel
ounds. Pollard to r. Wood.
n. Taylor goes to 2nd. Min tin
RI flies TO Shea. TAYLOR left "a,
Do. II
Dalton strikes out. Barr flies 80
Taylor. Adams grounds a"'
umfield TO Knoesel. the
sth Inning. sur
5onno safe on Adams error 'osl
hunted ball Mullen flies 10 /
aham. Bonno took too long }
q and is out at 10. +. Wood. !
TO ID. WOodson. Wiles bit L
pitched ball. Glenn hits /
e fly over 10. Midkif a
'unds TO Pollard's left. touch. h
out on a line by Pollard. '
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THE COWBOYS OF ARGENTINA

blood, the method of procedure is the
same. The men face each other with
their knives in their right hands ana
their closely folded ponchos thrown
across their left forarms. In action
the knives are held with the poi $
inclined downward. each man Keeping
his weapon constantly in motion to
deceive his oppoent as to The exact
monet he Is going to strike. The par
ny OF thrust is similar to that In
rapier play; but the thrust itself is
more often downward than horizontal
or upward. If a thrust fails to be par
rod with the knife the folded poncho
is brought into play as Il shield, for
which purpose it serves far more ef
fectively than one would imagine.
The gaucho prizes his poncho seconu
only to his knife AS he values the
knife the more highly for every oppo-
nent it has killed or disabled. so the
more store he sets by the poncho for
every additional time it saves him
from death or disability But where
as the knife ordinarily has little to
show for the fights 1t has been
through. the poncho rarely comes I'M
scatched from mix-up hence IL is
tnat, as Eaucno VIII never sew up
knife or bullet hole in his poncho,
nor yet discard it while there is
enough unbroken wool and warp to
hold it together. the shoulder blank
cts OF some of the seasoned and bel
ligerent old swashbucklers that one
meets would put an historic battle flag
to shame on the score of rags and tat
tiers.
There is no etiquette in regard tc
Above and below the belt thrusts il
knife play on the pampas; in fact, o.
the two. the latter is the more popu
lar-with the giver. OF course. man
a blow below the belt thrust OF
cut is not a pretty thing to look
at by any means, but from the point
of effectiveness ii is decidedly the
best stroke in the game. 1t is c;
to speak of stabbing man to tho
heart. but to accomplish that act
particularly with broadbladed knife
or anything in fact, but thin stilot
to or rapier. is different matter
The ribs are placed whore they are
as an armor to protect the heart and
lungs You' real knife mani mean
the man who fights for his life with
n knife. unhampered by tradition oi
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES this fact, hence
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more hazardous branches OF the bust
ness must be terrific If the people
killed and manned We're placed along
the trackagc of the United States nj
regular intervals. there would be II
fresh grave every u miles. every
year, and II cripple every two or three
miles. In 81 years the gravesloncs
would become micstoncs. II the
slaughter goes on aid the mnimcI
would he within nm ordinary city block
OF each other along every mile OF
rightof-way. Such bnttlcs as Bull
Run, Fort Doneson. Shiloh and Get
tyshurg fill MS with horror and con
scrnation. ms we hear or read of win
drows of slain. streams running red
TO the sea. and the sickcning waste
of human life. But for the year end
ing on March 81, 1906, the railways
OF the United States killed and
wounded 95S0l persons. while the
killed. wounded and missing of both
Confcdcratcs and Fcdcrals for the
lnttlcs of Gettysburg. Shiloh and the
first battle of Bull Run all combined
Amounted to the less hcari-brcaking
total of $1,000. The worst Tor best)
OF it is, that other nations run their
railways without this daily carnage.
Why 10 not wc?-From the Reader
for August.
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be completed and in full operation
Tho successful bid OF $li,Voo,ooooo
WAS made by the Cape Cod Con-
struc;ion Company, OF which
august Belmont is the President;
Arthur L. Dcvcns, Vice President;
John r. Mcdonald. Vice President
in Charge OF Construction: William
Barclay Parsons, Chief Engineer;
John i. Buck, Secretary and Treas
urcr. and Dewitt c. Flanagan. Z.
w. Lancaster and Dudley Pickman,
Directors.
The canal is obviously so feasible
and its operation gives promise OF
such large financial returns that it
is exceedingly difficult 10 understand
how its construction could have been
so long DELAYED 1t is almost
equally incredible that anyone could
be found TO oppose it in view OF the
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1t is that the gaucho thrusts down
ward instead OF upward and the re-
suit OF a post norton on a dead
gaucho will usually show that the
dead man met his fate in consequence
OF the dissolution OF the continuity OF
part of his digestive apparatus.
The danger zone encircling n gau.
cho with 4 knife in his l.alt is by. no
means limited to the circle he sweeps
with his arm am not Just sure how
far il does go. and still less have |
desire to find out have small skill
with the revolver, yet. were able to
do the regulation experts stunts Of
blotting out the spots on n six oi
spades at Il dozen PAGES. should still
feel shaky at taking any chance on
a draw-and-let-go AT The same distance
with a gaucho and his knife. An IL
luminatiye case in point came TO my
attention In Bucnos Ayres. AS n class
the American agricultural machinists
sent To the pampas are as handy with
siX.shootors as any ave ever CHI
countcred They are mostly western
ers. have used reviewers from CHILD
hood. and their guns. from which they
never separate themselves for mo.
ment while in camp. are always OF
the latest and best pattern.
Except behind his knife" the gau-
| cho is, perhaps, at his hest ut Il dance.
| The knife. OF course. goes with him
to the dance. and he occasionally gets
| behind it, but as il is a point OF honor
not To fight under friends roof
these little side issues rarely mar the
pleasure of the dance proper.
The girls present are robustly de
vcloped, straieht-hackcd young per
sons. who carry themselves with the
easy grace of lady lions and who
meet ones eyes with less OF the inso
lence but all the assurance of the hot
house beauties of Buenos Ayres. They
are dressed neatly in dresses that
cover them from shoulder to shoe top
ana have Il lot of funny fixings on
that are difficult for man to de
| scribe. The men are OF the gauchC
type, and l~avc in all the splcndors
of their best "chiripas'' and ponchos
The dancing is begun on the earth
en- floor of the Kitchen, which, from
its nature. does not permit Of mnci
action in the way of gliding. The two
most popular dances are the cato
\ and the "jOta." In the cato dance
yon begin to the music of 4 guitar
the musician picking away for five
minutes on so Mt Il kind of mOnotonou.
"strumpity-strump" tune. from which
he finally breaks into n song. Whci
the song starts You must. accoriin.
} to the rules, stop dancing and salute
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your partner with an appropriate
verse of poetry She in turn must
counter with similar verse. and
then. the song being over. you begin
dancing again to the "strumpity.
strump.'
The "jota' is cross between a
Highland fling and Spanish landau
50. Dancing it. you and your partner
face without touching each other, do
n sort OF double shuttle with your
fingers above your heads in limitations
OF castanets. all the time gazing fix
cdily into each others eyes This
last IS the principal rule OF the game.
and If you let your eyes wander for
an instant to where another girl is
dancing. your partner stops work in
stantly, gives her shoulders "A shrug.
her head Il toss and goes back 10 the
'horse skull' In huff
The cato" is better; in il all the
dancing you have to do is kind of
rhythmic surging TO ana fro. like the
action of a couple too fat to swing
around each other in waltz, ana YOU
are allowed To put your arm around
the girl. This is a prerogatvc. how
ever. which. il you are we'll advised
you will exercise only in the most
! brothcrly manner; otherwise you will
lay yourself open to being invited by
n jealous sweetheart to accompany
him off into the moonshine to fight
for the hand and heart OF the girl, Il
10th of which his pig head has made
/ him believe you aspire.
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Cat every session since several such
bills have been prcscntcd) and am
enormous amount Of time, labor and
money had to be expended in pres
venting ,hcir passage.
BELMONT THE MAN
Finally, in 1904, Mr.. Flanagan
came TO the conclusion that, iinan-
cially and tcmpcraincntally, August
belmont was just the man he want
ed. and he brought the matter to
his attention i'll December OF that
year: but it was not until twelve
months later that Mr.. Belmont
agreed To take hold OF it. From
tina, time on, however. the progress
was rapid Tile iSthmus was SUR
vcyed from shore TO shore, borinEs
were made to ascertain the character
OF the material to be cxcavatcd,
estimates OF tho cost of construc-
ton, operation and maintenance
were prepared by William Barclay
Parsons, T.. l.. Corthell and other
eminent engineers, the route OF the
canal was determined upon, and sta
'tistics regarding the amount of
traffic annually passing around the
Cape were collected The plans
drawn by Mr. Parsons were finally
submitted TO and approved by the
joint board OF Railroad and Harbor
aud Land Commissioners OF Massa-
chusctts. the contract has been
awarded. the necessary securities.
bonds and iorfcits have been de-
| posted with the State and County
Trcasurers. aud the actual work OF
digging will begin almost immedi-
atcly.
The canal will be twelve miles
long and will extend from Buzzard's
Bay, At Bourne to Cape Cod Bay
at a point near the town OF Sand
wicl. 1t will be 100 feet wide al
the bottom and zoo feet on the sur,
face 1T the narrowest portion, l6S
feet It the bottom and $40 feet OF
The surface AT the widest part am
viii lave a depth Of IS feet at Low
water 1t will cost Sia,ooo,ooo t.
build, and, it Is estimated, will re
q,irc 10000 per year Tor opera
ton and maintenance.
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many and varied interests that would
be benefited thereby; yet for years
the most powerful forces have been
arraycd agains, il and every posi-
Ole obstacle has been thrown i'll the
way Of those who have endeavorcd
to bring the project To 4 success
iul conclusion. The most potent
opposition and tic most diff
cult to combat, was that OF
the New York. New Haven and
hartford Railroad whose tracks
crossed the route oi the canal three
times The rc-routing and rebuild
ing 81 4 considerable section Of the
road at this point was absolutely
essential to the successful opera
ton OF the canal and, naturally. the
Company fought any such radical
change with the utmost vigor. The
, cessation OF hostilitics on the par.
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The pampas OF Argentina CORE
spond closely with the prairies of the
Mississippi valley OF the United
States and the great plains of the
Canadian northwest. but nowhere else
In the world is there so large an area
that approaches so near TO an also
lutte level writes l.. II. Freeman in
the New York Tribune.
To the average inhabitont OF the
pampas a gentle swell on he bosom
OF the plain is thing of interest, and
Il hill something to revere. The most
Characteristic figure of the pampas is
the gaucho. AS a handler Of stock he
is possibly the peer OF the Queens
land drovcr, but is certainly not to
be mentioned in the same breath with
Texas, Arizona or Montana COW
boy, nor with the best of MeXican va
qucros. | had arrived mt this coIchl-
sion in my own mind from the time |
saw what were said to be expert gan
chos working at roundup: hence |
was the more pleased when, iii the
course of my stay in Buenos Avrcs,
a bunch of half a dozen Texas COW
boys appeared in that city on IN evhi-
bition tour and demonstrated tn tho
satisfaction of everybody that In Tho
handling OF horses and cattle. both in
method ana execution, the North
American Is far superior to the South
American.
But in the handling of his knife the
gaucho has no peer. II is common
thing to say of the gaucho that he is
born with Il knife in his hand, and
have often seen babes scarcely out Of
arms playing with knives half rs lGng
as their bodies, and when chiii once
takes to carrying "facon' il never
leaves him.
The staple article of diet on the
pampas Is ''carne asado." This is us
nally leg of mutton which has been
scorchcd to n cindcr on the outside
and left raw In the middle. II tastes
better than It looks. and the principal
duty of the gaucho's knife is to cut
off his hunk of "carne." II he Only
cuts off his own share things usually
go on all right, but If he cuts away
bit OF another mans "carnc" there
is pretty sure to he trouble. The re
suit of one of these little pound o
flesh disputes Is often play of knife
work, and there Is usually a pronQnnc
ed case of vivlsection left over as ;
souvenir of the affair.
Whether the bout be friendly or FOL
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would do away WIKI the frequent
and fatal wrecks that made the east
ern shore OF Cape Cod then, as it
is now, the most dangerous point
on the coast and the graveyard
OF the Atlantic. He brought the
project 10 the attention OF the
Council OF Massachusetts Bay
Colony, but those gentlemen were
so busy with other affairs that
they merely promised to consider
the matter. Ten years later com
mittec was appointed but there IS
no evidence cxtant that 4 report was
ever returned; certainly nothing was
done toward digging the canal. The
project has been rcappcaring and
vanishing, ghostlikc, at irregular
intervals ever since; but i'll all the
many years it has been under con
sidcration only once did it get be-
You'd the blueprint stage, and then
its construction progressed but one
laborious mile.
When il was announced few
months ago that the long delayed
waterway was at last to become
reality 1t is not surprising that press
and public, recalling the many futile
attempts OF the last two centuries,
were somewhat dubious; but when
it was further stated that the en-
tcrprisc would be financed BY
August Belmont and Dewitt c.
Flanagan and that William Barclay
Parsons and John b. McDon
aid were the engineers WHO would
prepare the plans and have charge
OF the construction every doubt
was at once removed
CONTRACT AWARDED
With the awarding OF the contract
and its approval by the joint board
OF Railroad and Harbor and Land
Commissioners of Massachusetts
just givcn-thc last obstacle TO the
construction OF the canal has been
removed and the last requirement
OF the Massachusetts Legislature
met; it only remains to apportion
the work among the sub-contrac-
tors According TO William Barclay
Parsons. the chief engineer, dirt will
begin TO fly within sixty days and
I by January, 1910. the big ditch viii
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Mr.. Flanagan's attention WAS first
drawn to the project by Levi Hussy,
the inventor OF patent drcdge
owned by company i'll which Mr.
Flanagan inherited onc-iourtli in
tcrcst. MIR. llussy and several of
his friends tried TO obtain charter
TO build the canal but failed. He
showed the maps. plans. etc, then
in existence to Mr.. Flanagan who
was SO much impressed with tho
feasibility OF the idea that lie at
once got control OF the company
and applied 10 the Massachusetts
Legislature for charter which WAS
granted June /. 1900. from that
time TO the present he has given
almost his entire attention To the
canal. frequently at the expense OF
other interests which would have
given more prompt and certain re
turns; but the more thought lie
gave to the project the more en-
thusiastic lie became.
PREVIOUS PLANS ALL TALK
Before lie applied for charter,
Mr. Flanagan made contract with
Baltimore Trust Company who
agreed TO undcrwritc it, but when
the time came TO deposit the
100000 security with the Massa-
chusetts State Treasurer. ihc affairs
OF the Trust Company had become
involved and Mr.. Flanagan had to
furnish the money himself. In 1903
he sent representative to London
i'll the hope OF interesting English
capital: but lohn Bull invariably
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RAILWAY SLAUGHTER
Group of Facts and Figures
Which Are Startling When
Compared With Others.

The killing of people ON railways
continues 10 make horrible record.
Rather more than death for every
hour of the day, and ten persons
manned Tor every 80 minutes is some.
thing people not scared against
slaughter should find to trouble sleep
until it is rcmedled. Every 90 min
utes there is n collision or dcrail-
ment. During n year there is one Of
these accidents for every sixteen
miles of track. or employees OF rail
ways one out of every rs is injurcl
every year. and one out OF 81 is kill.
cd, If this is true OF railway en-.
ployees in general, the risk in the
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The Happy ReIon.

Happy, it has been said. is the peo-l
pie that has no history. Yet more
happy the kings who are in the same
case. Recently Oscar H., OF Sweden,
visited Stockholm school He ques-
toned n pupil. the best of the class,
they had told the King.
My little friend" said Oscar. tell
me some remarkable fact OF my
reign"
The child reflected, hesitated, WINS
greatly troubled. then broke into sobs.
why do yon cry?" said the King,
gently.
1T is-it is. sire, tecause do not
know any remarkable fact-of your
reisn'
No more do H. responded the de-.
scendant of Bernadotte.-Le Cri dc
Paris.
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ter II passed to find that half of them
had been drowned. Though fearing
the wrath TO come, he thought best
10 make clean breast of the calam-
i;y, rather than leave it to he discov-
cred.
Mamma" he said. contritcly. when
his mother had rehrncd-'m mamma,
six of the chickens are dead
"Deadl' cried his mother six.
How did they dep
The boy saw his chance.
81 Think think they died happy,
he said.-IIarper's Weekly.
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Comforting.

a lady who recently moved to the
suburbs was very fond of her first
brood of chickens. Going out one af-
tcrnoon, size left the household in
charge of her S-yearold boy. Before
her return n thunderstorm came up.
The youngstcr forgot the chicks dur
ing the storm, and was dismayed, af.
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AUGUST BELMONT
UGUST BELMONT was
probably actuated by senti-

DGOSl BELMONl was
n probably actuatcd by senti
~ mental reasons as well as by
financial considerations when he de-
cided to take an active part in the
construction and operation OF the
Cape Cod Canal, for the entire strip
OF land through which il will pass.
from coast TO coast. including Gray
Gables, the summer residence OF
former President Grover Cleveland,
was for many years the property
OF his ancestors, the Pcrrys just
ebout the center OF the PENN
eula, and directly over the spot
where thousands OF ships will
soon be plying. stood the old
Perry homestead, built in 1859,
picture OF which appears on this
page, the Oldest house on Cape
Cod. This fine old mansion was
constructed throughout OF great oak
timbers imported from Holland and
would have been perfectly habitable
and comfortable for two hundred
years longer; but Senator William
"a. Nye, who acquired the property
about seventeen years ago, had 1t
tOrn uOWil anu eIcClcu a HiOuSlA
, cottage on the site, despite the pro-
Rests OF the older residents, many OF
whom characterized the demolition
OF the historic old landmark as lit
tic short OF vandalism.
ADMITTEDLY FEASIBLE
"A ship canal across Cape Cod has
been contemplated for two hundred
years and more. 1t has always been
a iavorite study OF engineers, who
have never questioned its entire
feasibility. and many a sea captain,
weary OF his struggle against hur-
ricanc and fog. has cndeavored TO
interest financicrs in the project;
but in spite OF the promising char
actcr OF the business to be derived
from it the matter was never taken
zap by men who were able to bring
it to a successful conclusion.
So far as known, citizen OF the
towr of Sandwich was the first who
noted the narrow peninsula between
{ Buzzard's Bay and Barnstable. and
conceived the idea OF canal that
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Madam. your husband must
have absolute rest.
Madam-Wen. doctor. he won't lis
ten To mo
Doctor-A very good beginning.
madam-a very good beginning
Binshnmton Herald.
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Climbing the Social Ladder.

lie had his wife arrested for non
support
prominent socially?"
''Not hitherto. This affair may help
them some. Washington Herald.
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Where the Trouble Comes In.

There's ono great trouble about
this unparalleled prosperity
whats THAR
"Kceps everybody lrolsc living IN
TO it."-Louisvine Couricr-Journal.
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Orator (lExcitedly-Thc American
eagle. whether it is roaming the dcs-
erts of India or climbing the forests
of Canada. will not draw in its horns
or retire to ltD Independent
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OF the railroad company was largely
due to the public spirit and broad
mindcdncss OF President Mcllcn who
came TO the conclusion that the
people OF Massachusetts generally
would benefit SO greatly in that 1t
would enable them to get raw
materials so snuch cheaper. and that
the railroad would share in the gen