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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-07-10

tom at the Jamestown exposi-
ton. He has charge of the
passenger traffic which touches
the Hampton Road Piers Of the
exposition grounds. and during
bis Office be has received the
highest communication of his
employers. MIR. Taylor will
spend a few weeks with his
family at Big Stone Gan and
then return to take up II e
duties TO which hc was assip-
ned. Bristol News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-07-10
glorious poem, or the enchant-
ing notes Of lutte or harp touch
ed by the fingers OF the master.

Mr.. Tayior's style is as cap
assting "a eioquencc itself,
and, 10 have spoken in his
youth with Edward Everett i'm
Faneuil Hall, and with the
greatest orators i'm and out of
Congress at the present time.
abundantly attest the power
and graces of the lecturer
Management.
Big Stone Gap, Friday, July
%, $50 Il. VI.
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SUBSCRIBERS are earne silly re
qucsted 10 observe the date
printed on their address slips.
which viii keep them at all
times posted as TO the date
of the expiration of their sub
scription. Prompt and timely
attention 10 this request will
save all parties a great deal of
ANNOYANCE.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1907-07-10
State Female Normal School.

Twenty hrd Session begins SEPTEMBER At, r .,.,o an,
information concerning State Scholarships write 10
julyI0f - T. JARMAN President
lie
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10

Longfellow, who was born hundred
years ago, was thirteen years old
when Sydney Smith, in a review Of
Adam Seybert's annals of the United
States" wrote sneeringly, I'm al the
four quarters of the globe, who reads
an American book, or goes to an Ameri-
can play, or looks at an American pic
ture or statue2" An English reviewer,
writing to-day, would have to ask,
'Who does not read American books?"
so great has been the development of
American literature since the early
youth OF Longfellow. Indeed, no Brit
ish poet, unless 1t be Shakespeare, is
read so widely in England to-day as
Longfellow himself. His poems have
larger sale than those of Tennyson,
Browning, Swinburne, Coleridge or
Wordsworth. His popularity among
Englishmen is due to the same causes
which have made his own countrymen
admire him. He takes the everyday
emotions, those which are common to
humanity and do hot need to be devel-
Oped by special training in painting,
music or literature. and idealizes them.
He says those things that are just be-
meath the surface of consciousness in
the minds of all, and only await ex
preston. That is why for more than
siXty-fve years he has been the most
popular American poet, although no
one regards him as the greatest poet
who he's arisen here. Each of his noted
New England contemporaries, Emerson,
Lowell and Whittier, surpaSses him in
some particular, in Imagination, in
vigOr, or in spiritual insight, but does
not appeal to so wide public. Amer
lean literature, produced to-day, in both
prose and poetry, is read more widely
not only at home, but abroad, than at
any other period. The American people
are better educated and have broader
intellectual interests than a generation
or so ago, and if we are not producing
literature that will live, as some critics
maintain, it will not be long before the
new great writer will appear who can
stir his countrymen as they were arous-
ed by the writer's Of ''the good old
days"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
The Rebate system.

Justice, as administered in Arizona
some years ago, formed the kernel of
many more or less amusing stories. A
man was sentenced to pay fine Of ten
dollars or spend ten days in Jail. He
had only three dollars, and the court
accepted the amount in lieu Of three
Of the days allotted for his imprison-
ment.
BY some carelessness on the part Of
the jailer, the man was detained in
jail for the full ten days, and when
set free he demanded redress for his
wrongs.
you'd ought to have some allowance
and return made" the court admitted,
"but we don't see any way to d. it I'M
less you get sentenced again for some
thing; then we could give you three
days for a kind of a rebate. That's the
only way to fix it up square"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
NV, He's Pussy.

Among the prize winners at the
Worlds Fair in st. Louis was W. c..
Newton, of Bozeman, Mont. Mr.. New
ton was awared a gold medal as the
first prize for barley, wheat and oats.
The model was received a few days
ago by Mr.. Newton, and the assayer
who examined it said it was too light
for gold, though it was marked gold
medal" and bore inscriptions to the
effect that it was struck at the Phila-
delphia mint. Mr.. Newton had assays
made Of the medal and the assays
show there is not a particle of gold
In it.
When the prizes were announced at
st. Louis the quantity and fneness of
the gold to be used were described in
an official declaration Of the Worlds
Fair officials.
Mr.. Newton is proud of the medal,
but he is DESTROYS of knowing how and
where the gold was changed into cop
per and zinc.-Kansas City Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10

rescued man would be lost If further
punished.
At last a ballot was decided on. A
peasant was placed at table in a near
by church, at the foot of the altar, and
one by one the members of the meeting
entered and declared their voice. By a
large majority the boycott was lifted
and the merchant restored to their fell
lowship.
So powerful has been this means of
maintaining order that the Russian
governor has not disturbed it. The
courthouse windows are boarded up,
the peasants pay no taxes, and all pub
lie work is done by volunteer bands of
peasants under their own leaders. But
under the quiet there is determination,
and it is probable the Gar will legal
ize the NarOdny Sud.
IF they wish to restore the old form
of government" said an aged farmer,
'they must kill the last man of us. Till
then we will resist"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
LONG FIGHT FOR So.

Suit for Small Strip Of Land Settled
After Sixty Years.
Dragged through the courts for over
sixty years, the lawsuit Of Andrew
Camp VS.. William Zimmerman has been
finally decided in court here, says the
New York Herald's Allentown (Pa.)
correspondent. The litigants were lead
ing farmers in the upper end Of Lehigh
county, and the dispute arose over a
strip of land worth about So. 1t is
1900 feet long and in width from four
to twenty-three feet.
The suit was over the ownership Of
the land, and the litigation began when
Zimmerman cut down a chestnut tree
on the property. The men and their
families, although neighbors, have not
spoken together for half century. The
case has been in the Supreme Court at
least three times, and no less than $780,
600 has been spent in lawyers fees and
other costs in the litigation.
Since the last suit was brought Zim-
norman has died, as have also his law
yer, John Rupp, and the principal wit
ness, Peter Kunkle. The widow, how
ever, fought the case to a finish, but
to-day she lost, the jury deciding that
the property belongs to Camp. When
suits involving the question of damages
were tried the verdict never exceeded
S6
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wanted to get warm at the furnace. The
basement door was locked, anyway, so
If she didn't burrow in 1 don't see
how she came there. When she wanted
to get out what do you think she did?
Jumped clean through the window
pane. If you don't believe me, you
can go and look at the window. l was
sitting here and 1 heard the glass go
smash, jingle-jingle, and 1 looked out
and there was that cat going like a
streak for the barn."
(Which window did you look out Of p
asked the little boy after a pause.
"Out of this one. Yes, she just went
like a streak and scuttled under the
barn. 1 guess she lives there. Eth? l
thought you spoke. Well, then, l went
to the east window, Johnny. l sort of
had a presentiment that l might see
something funny out of that one. What
do you think 1 saw from that win
dow"
The little boys mouth drew down at
the corners. II didn't mean to-" he
said. II didn't mean to break the win
dow"
what Window
"The basement window. saw the
old cat an plugged a SNOWFALL at her
an she jumped an it smashed. / didn't
mean to do it"
"You didn't mean to miss herr"
mo, sir"
"And then you Scooted, ehV'
Eyes, SIR" whimpered the little boy.
81 guessed it." said the nice old gen.
tleman, although I got to the east win
dow too late to see you. Well, don't
cry, Johnny. III see If l can't square
things with mamma. think that's the
cat that wakes me up at night, any
way, and I'm sorry you did miss her.
But, Johnny, as you go through life
you'll see lots of mean yellow cats that
you might take a shot at and that de-
serve to get plugged, but always wait
and make sure they're not in line with
a basement window. Do you under
stand?"
Eyes, SIR" said the little boy.
and another thing, don't make a
practice of discriminating yourself be-
fore you are assured that you have
been detected in fagrante delictu. Do
you understand that?"
mo, sir" said the little boy.
well, never mind that part of it"
said the nice old gentleman.-Ch Chicago
Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10

Something has happened since
you've been gone, Johnny" said the
old gentleman to the little boy. You'd
never guess what it was. By the way,
where have you been for the last hour?"
"Ketchin' on to wagons with my
sled"
"I see," said the nice old gentleman.
Il thought perhaps you might have
been snowballing."
"What was it happened" asked the
little boy.
"Snowballing is a mighty healthy ex-
ercise," said the old gentleman, disre-
garding the question in a way he often
had. Il consider it a very exhilarating
form of sport. Don't you agree with
me?"
The little boy shook his head. Il
druther coaster hitch on" he said.
II suppose you are unwilling to in
f1ict pain?" hazarded the old gentle
man. "Well, a good hard SNOWFALL does
sort Of sting when it takes a fellow
behind the ear, that's fact, especially
when the SHOWS wet. l don't know
that 1 altogether approve Of little boys
snowballing people when it's thawing."
81 was out hitchin on said the lit
tie boy.
when you're snowballing you want
something to throw at, Of course" said
the old gentleman, something alive. It
isn't any fun to throw at telegraph
pole, is it? Don't go, Johnny"
"Mhere's mammal" asked the little
boy, siding back.
Il think she's looking for you," re-
piled the old gentleman. Perhaps
you'd better go and see what she
wants"
Cant stay here?" asked the little
boy, uneasily.
You may, if you like, but perhaps
she wants to give you a cooky."
what was it happened, grandperY'
asked the little boy.
"Well, 1 declare!' exclaimed the old
gentleman. IF that hadn't almost
slipped my mind. Do you know that
old cat that hangs around here-that
yellow one that comes in from the al
ley? You know the cat mean?"
"Uh-huh," said the little boy.
"Well, sir, she must have got into the
basement somehow. Maybe she dug
her way in; she's got pretty long claws.
I don't know what she wanted unless
she thought it might be a good place
for mice-or perhaps she was cold and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
Malicious AdipOsity.

The late General Shafter, says a
writer in the Boston Transcript, him
self a man of great avoirdupois, had
a profound aversion for fat soldiers,
either as enlisted men or as officers.
They're no account for soldering"
he would buster in his tremendous
basso. "They pant, they wheeze, they
snort, they choke, they grunt, they
groan, they waddle, they SLOUGH through
the world. Not particle Of good on
earth, fat soldiers. Would not have
one of 'em round If could help it."
"Er-but-er-you would not exactly
call yourself slight, would you, colo
nel?" bold major once asked Shafter,
after one Of these outbursts.
"Slight? mol" Shafter Numbered in
reply. "Ive been a fat, bobby old nui-
sance ever since the day l tipped the
beam at over two hundred pounds, and
right then ought to have been court
martialed and cashiered for outrage
Gus adiposity, sir, for scandaIous cor
pulence to the prejudice of military
discipline"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10

1t is neither impossible nor improb-
able that a cure will one day be found
for pneumonia, but the hope is not
greatly encouraged by the report which
comes from Connecticut Of the cure Of
a single case by a new serum. 1t is
going to take more than one case to
demonstrate that a cure has been
found. Indeed, 1t may be doubted
whether the cure, when It is really dis
covered, will be so much Of cure as
a prophylactic. The proposition Of cur
ing pneumonia in its advanced stages
will be received obviously by anyone
who has seen a case of the disease.
The possibility Of heading 1t off Is
more conceivable because Of certain
known facts. 1t Is a fact that great
proportion Of people have germs of
pneumonia-the pneumococci-in their
threats frequently, yet they do not con-
tract pneumonia. The explanation Of
the medical fraternity is that 1.-The soil
is not fertile" which may be taken to
mean that the patients resisting
power is too high for the pneumococci
to overcome Now, if the soil can be
prevented from becoming fertile, if the
patients resisting power can be ilr
creased at the onset of the disease, 1t
Is clear that the chances will be bet
ter than If a cure were attempted
later. This, we are disposed to think,
will prove to be the effective treat
men of pneumonia when the proper
remedy is found. In the meantime the
serum treatment of the Connecticut
physician will be observed with inter
est when it is given an extended test.
A single case is no more an assurance
Of a cure than one swallow denotes
summer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
NECESSITIES OF SICK ROOM.
Some of the Precautions that Should
he Taken hV Nurse.

Some of the Precautions that Should
BE Taken by Nurse.
A set of dishes should be selected for
the sick room and these should be
washed by the nurse and never mixed
with the dishes used by the family,
says DR.. Kate Lindsay in the House
keeper. The nurse should disinfect all
bed and body linen used by the patient
and also keep the sick room and all be-
longings to it free from infection. Moth
ing communicates the atmosphere more
than dust and nothing creates worse air
dust contamination than the splitting of
foul discharges on floors, rugs and bed
and body linen and allowing them to
dry. All such foul matter should be
wiped up at once with a moist disin-
fected cloth and burned. A broom is
out of place in the sick room. 1t only
scatters the dust into the air.
The only safe disposal of the refuse
from a quarantined room is cremation.
The nurse in charge Of a case Of con-
tagiOus disease should avoid direct con-
tact with other members of the family,
especially children. If needs be she
must mingle with others she should
have a special gown for the sick room
which should be discarded with her
cap ON coming out and always worn in
the room, and she should disinfect her
hands before touching anything outside
Of the room. All these simple, common
place quarantine regulations faithfully
carried out would save thousands of
lives yearly among the children of the
land and also greatly lessen the cost to
common people for illness and funeral
expenses. Nothing would pay better
than for the heads of all American
households to be their own health Off
GERS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
TONIC FOR MOTHERS
Or. Williams Pink Pills Are Safe and
ReIiable-A FaVorite Household
Remedy,

Motherhood may be the GROWING
blessing Of a woman's life or it may
bring grief and sorrow. Mrs. M. J.
Wight, Of 10 Seventh Street, Auburn.
Maine, relates her experience after the
birth Of her daughter in 1901, as fol-
lows: II was all run down at the
time the baby came and did not i'm
prove in health rapidly after. was
pale, thin and bloodless. My stomach
distressed me being full of gas all the
time and nay heart futtered SO that I
could scarcely breathe.
FINALLY I remembered that a friend
had recommended DR.. Williams Pink
Pills to me so I commenced using
them. l gained in strength rapidly
while the baby throYe also. When
expected my next child I started TAX
ing the pills again as tonic and
strengthener and had no such diff
Guilty as before. / got up better and
my strength came back much sooner.
"a year ago last winter l mad an at
tack of rheumatism in the hands which
went from one hand to the other. The
joints swelled up and were so stiff
could not move them. The pain ex-
tended up through my arms and
shoulders. felt sick enough to go to
bed but did not do so. This attack
lasted for several months. 1 tried sew
eraI remedies but finally came back
to using the pills which had done me
so much good before and found that
they benefited me almost at once.
have not been troubled since"
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail
postpaid, on receipt of price, so cents
per box, six boxes for $3.50, by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. Send for book of
cures.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
PUNISHMENT BY BOYCOTT.


Of all the strange developments
which have followed Russian attempts
TO put down and hold down the un,
easy peoples of the Caucasus, says Mr..
Villari, the author of Fire and Sword
in the Caucasus" none has been more
striking than the return of some Of the
people to the simplest forms of pOpu-
lar government, totally ignoring the
despotism which they cannot shake off.
At Ozurgety, a pleasant little town
of eight thousand Gurians, on the bank
Of the Notaneby River, this has taken
the form of q ''town meeting" in some
ways not unlike that Of New England.
Before this general assembly, called
the Narodny Sud, all matters of pub
lie interest are brought. The Russian
officials are absolutely ignored. Every
dispute between peasants every Of
Tense against law or custom, is brought
before this town meeting, and there
discussed and decided. There is no APP
peal or obedience to the Russian court.
All the Russian penalties have been
discarded, and but a single punish
ment is inflicted against those guilty
of misdemeanor or crime. They are
boycotted by their fellows for longer
or shorter periods; and as the town is
absolutely unanimous, the person so
"sent to Coventry" quickly feels the
severity of the punishment.
1t happened during Mr.. Villari's Wis
1t that q man thus punished appealed
for relief. He had been found guilty
Of a peculiarly serious offense, of
which, nevertheless, it was doubtful if
the Russian court would have taken
cognizance. In fact, although he was
rich merchant Of middle age, be was
well known to be an old offender.
The Narodny Sud sentenced him to
perpetual boycott, the severest punish
ment it could impose.
A few weeks Of isolation had broken
him down. He appeared before the as
seubly at Ekhadia, a little distance
out Of town. There, under broad trees
Of q green lawn, some two hundred
peasants were gathered to administer
justice. There were no judges, no jury,
no prosecutor. Every person, man,
woman and child, had an equal vote.
The merchant, tall, gray-haired, melan-
choly, addressed the meeting Of his
townsmen.
II admit my sin," he said, sadly. II
admit the justice Of the punishment.
But am deeply penitent, and swear
IN future to lead a reformed life. The
sufferings I have undergone since you
boycotted me have been so great, so
urbearable, that it would have been
better If you had killed me outright. l
am lost, ruined beyond hope, unless
you relent; and have come to ask you
to forgive me and withdraw the boy
colt"
The discussion which followed was
long and full of deep feeling, Some
feared he would quickly relapse If for
given, while others maintained that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
What a Doctor Is Good Enr.

Life is such a constant rush to a
well-knOwn physician that to secure
a little recreation he has recourse to
ruses. A visitor called one night and
began a speech to the servant.
81 want the doctor to come as quick
ly as ne cam
"He can't do it, the servant answer
ed. "He left orders that he was so
busy that, unless it was absolutely a
matter of life and death, he couldn't
go out at all this evening"
"But," said the caller, cit isn't i'll
ness at ALL"
"What then?"
eve want him to come over and take
hand in a game of whist"
ooh, that's different"
The servant disappeared, and reap
peared a moment later.
''The doctor says he'll be over in ten
minutes, sir" he nnounced-Tit-Bits
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
A FRIENDLY GROCER
Dropped Valuable Hint About
Coffee.


Coffee.
"For about eight years." writes a
Mich, woman, II suffered from nerv-
BUSINESS part of the time down in bed
with nervous prostration.
Sometimes would get numb and it
would be almost impossible for me to
speak for a spell. At others, 1 would
have severe bilious attacks, and my
heart would futter painfully when I
would walk fast or sweep.
II have taken enough medicine to
start a. small drug store, without any
benefit. One evening our grocer was
asking Husband how 1 was and he
urged that 1 cult coffee and use Postum,
so he brought home pkg. and 1 made
it according to directions and we were
both delighted with it.
$50 we quit coffee altogether and
used only Postum. 1 began to get bet
ter in a months time and look like am
other person, the color came back to my
cheeks, began to sleep well, my appe-
tite was good and 1 commenced to take
thing about the house.
Finally I was able to do all by own
work without the least sign of my old
trouble. 1 am so thankful for the little
book, The Road to Wellville' It has
done me SO much good. 1 haven't taken
medicine of any kind for six months
and don't need any.
"a friend Of ours who did not like
Postum as she made it, liked mine, and
when she learned to boil it long enough,
hers was as good as mine. It's easy if
you follow directions" Name given by
Postum Company, Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road ia
WellVille," in pkgs. '"There'S a req,
son"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-10
Corporations are proficient tax-dodg

Corporations are proficient tax-dodg
ers. But what they elude in taxes
they are likely to make up in fines, If
the present Federal activity continues.
Following tue filming of the New York
Central for giving rebates to the sugar
trust, the trust itself, through its Off
Gals, has pleaded guilty and is mulcted
in the sum OF $16S,OOO. The rebates
on which the convictions were secured
represent about $4,000 returned to the
sugar company by the railroad. Paying
q premium Of nearly 100000 for the
privilege and pleasure of violating its
country's laws, Is not likely to appeal
TO the sugar trust as Il sound, perma-
nent policy. Presumably 1t will do
business on a different basis hereafter.
After other law-breaking rebate-graft-
ers shall have contributed to the treas
ury, they will probably take the les
son to heart. also. Corporation morals
may be shaky, but corporation matae-
matics are sound