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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-09
INCREASE FORCE AT SHOPS.

The Norfolk and Western has
increased its car repairing force
about ten per cent. at the shops
I'M Bluefield. Roanoke and
Portsmouth This force of men
is in addition Co those who were
put 60 work on the first day of
August and We're called for ON
account Of the unusual demand
for ears. The railroad cOmpa-
NY has thousands Of disabled
cars stretched along their lines
and they are 10 be hurried into
commission as fast as possible.
a number OF engines which
have been on the disabled list
are being put back into com
mission and the work is gener-
ally looking up. September,
according 90 the present out
look, should show "a good in
crease i'm the coke industry and
plans are being made for an an
usual run in the manufactured
prOduct.-Daily Telegraph.
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Scarborough & DOtsOn.
Civil and Mining Engineers
Norton. VIRGINIA

Railroad. Mine and LAND Surveys. Detail
plans Cox an Colierg development. Exam-
matt IN OF Coal Lands and reports made
Coal analized.
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FROM KEOKEE.

Keokee, Va, Sept. PROF.
G. II. Sprinkle, the public school
teacher, has moved his family
here and commenced teaching
this morning. The name of his
assistant is Miss Ruth Kite, of
Bristol, Tenn.
Rev. VIM. Robinette, of Lit
tie Stone Gap Valley, and a
brother by the name of VAN
pier, of the same place, were
here and held meeting at Oak
Grove church several days last
week.
Rev. John Cook was here and
preached a young mans funer-
al. who died last Saturday at
r. n. Recess, by name of Viii
son Whited. who had been sick
here for several months.
Rev. T p Jiminson. Of the
NJ u. Church. South, is here
holding a few days meeting al
Pleasant Hill Church and at the
school house. He expects other
able ministers here 20 assist him
in his protracted services.
Gilbert NJ. Bledsoe, Deacon
and Stewart of the Pleasant
Hin Baptist Church. visited the
Powells River Association held
at Lone Branch church. He is
back and reports a fine meeting.
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s-p1rs~urA DEPARTMENT.

..,.... DO. ION, of Norton, was
Il. town Saturday enroute home
from his work near Middles-
boro, KY, TO spend a few days
with homefolks.
The sbhool grounds are being
enclosed with a picket fence
and some needed repairs on the
school building are also being
made.
A new system for the railroad
water supply is being installed
at Intermont.
It is a pleasure to note the
quantity of cars loaded with
coal and coke. increasing in the
various railroad yards In this
vicinity.
Grading for the opening up
Of a new street on the hill back
Of the Kahler property is now
under way.
The A. B. Kahler residence is
about ready for occupancy.
Capt. Henry Taylor and four
Ichildren, of Big Stone Gap,
spent last Wednesday in town
with friends.
Attorney A. X. Morrison was
a business visitor from the Gap
last Saturday.
Mr.. Logan and family, of
Bristol. have moved their house
hold effects into the rooms over
the Appalachia Hardware Co. Is
store on Main Street.
Willard Tompkins is recov-
ering from a mild attack of dip
iberia. We understand that
owing to there being several
cases Of the disease here within
the past few weeks, that school
will be suspended next week to
avoid a possible spread of the
/ disease.
NJ. B. Manekin. OF the Club"
store, is i'm Baltimore visiting
his parents and also ordering
fall goods He will also visit
the New York markets before
returning tQ-Appalachia.
The improvements on Hotel
/ Windsor are progressing nicely,
I the concrete flooring and alter
ations in the basement are now
about ready for the heating ap-
lparatus. The building has also
received "a new coating of paint.
Miss Alma Crabtree, of Nor
ton, passed through town Tues
1 day morning enrOute for Bristol
where she viii attend school at
the Virginia Institute.
The Crawford Amusement
/ Hall received Saturday a num-
Der Of large hotel chairs for the
/ accommodation of the patrons
of their bowling alleys and pool
room.
One of the greatest curiosities
we have seen lately is "a watch
at Johnson's iewelry store. that
is SO well balanced that 10 runs
for hours without the aid of the
/ accustomed hair spring. The
watch, of course. does net keep
1 accurate time while running
under these conditions, but the
mere fact that it runs at all
/ is in itself remarkable.
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6uCkIen'S ArnTCa SaIVa
The Best Salve In The World.
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Stable Drainage Into . cl.tern.

is allowed to soak the floors, drip
through and saturate the earth below.
and become putrescent, thus giving
rise TO the most deadly germs.
In drainage, the first necessity nat
urally Is that the stalls must be ar
ranged with reference to whether the
animal be male or female In the
case OF males. the lowest part of the
stall must be between the fore and
hind feet. In the case of female ami
mails. II must be just at the rear.
For horses. says the Prairie Farmer,
the floor of the stall may be cut across
midway from the point where the fore
and hind feet rest. with a shallow
groove. say four inches wide, and de-
scending from the sides to the CEN
ter. when 1t ends in grating fine
enough to prevent the escape of the
bedding, etc.
Here it falls into pipe running
under each stall and connecting with
each. having inclination sufficient to
carry away the moisture quickly and
emptying on the open ground, as far
away as possible from the stable:
heN II 10 WOiSe tudl lolly "
adopt system of underground stable
drainage unless there is an abundance
of water for flushing the pipes. In the
country this Is difficult to obtain;
hence. sewage drainage is not prac-
tfced except in cities having public
water works. The illustrations will
show the idea we wish to convey. One
OF these represents stalls arranged for
gelding and for mare. as to position
for gathering the liquid
Neglect often arises from the idea
generally entertained that stable ema-
nations are not inimical to human be-
ings 1t is, however. serious annoy
ance. as must be all disagreeable
odors. and, then, 1t is very injurious
to carriages. affecting the varnish. as
we'll as impregnaung the cushions
with subtle odor, and eventually rot
ting them.
When stable drains can be attached
to a regular sewerage system. or be
run into a properly ventilated wasting
cesspool, there is little or no trouble
about vapors and odors; but where
the liquid has to drain into 4 closed
cesspool, considerable thought and in
genuity are required.
II need hardly be told that stables
ought not to be drained into the same
cesspool as the horse sewerage. II
there is only liquid matter to be dealt
with only one cesspool is. necessary
and this one. to be complete. should
he made with movable pump and an
air.shaft ventilation.
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SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
Man Found Fashionable Church Was
No Place for "Tisht-Wad."

II have met hundreds of men who
were married and living happy lives"
said the man with the horseshoe pin
In the smoking compartment, but
there is neither love nor matrimony
for me-"
Got turned down in your callow
days." was asked.
No. l was never turned down. If
was 1t was by religion instead of
love. On the street, in Cincinnati,
had the felicity to assist young lady
who had fallen. Say. she was daisy.
She was just my style from head to
heels. ! was good deal Of a cynic
even then, but after one look at that
girl there was no other In this world
for me. She stepped into her car
rlage almost as soon as i found her
and was driven away, and though l
felt that / would give thousands to
see her again ! knew that it was
only one chance in thousand. l took
that chance and attended fashion
able church the next Sunday"
"Well?"
You could have knocked me down
with feather. l was shown right in
to her pew. She sat there with her
mother and she gave me slight bow
in recognition. / sat there in sort of
seventh heaven and never understood
five words of the sermon. At last the
contribution box was passed.
And you hadn't even a nickel, OF
course?"
Hadn't /? You are wrong. had
a 81 bill and $500 bill, as it hap
pened. They were rolled together
and placed in my vest pocket"
And you put in the $500 by mis-
take?"
Not much ! didn't. ! put in the
81. and what followed made my heart
ache. The deacon In charge of the
box handed it back to me with the
remark that the church for cheap
skates was two blocks further down
the street, and the girl giggled at her
mother behind my back and said she'd
ask papa to take me as coachman at
$35 per and board"
And did nothing else happen?"
Nothing else? OF course something
else happened I was frozen to my
seat with terror, and when all but me
had left the church the same deacon
came around and pried me loose and
run me out into the cold world
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Girl Fled on a Handcar.

Alicia. Ark.-Determined that she
would not marry any other than her
own choice. Miss Birdie Drickly, a
girl in her teens. scooted down the
fire escape after merry chase with
the man her father selected for her,
and. making for the railroad. success.
fully pleaded with the foreman of a
section gang. who carried her on a
handcar to Minturn to marry Sam
Smith. her sweetheart. The bride.
groom. however. had gone on to Hoxie.
and when Miss Drickly reached there
she found her father and Smith await
ing her. The father had hurried cross
country on horseback He exacted a
promise of Smith to return home for a
formal marriage ceremony. and all
returned here. when the knot was
tied.
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WILDCAT IN FREIGHT CAR.
Now It's Loose Near South Amboy;
Natives Go Armed.

South Amboy, N. MANY resi-
dents of this town have armed them
selves in anticipation of a sudden at
tack by supposed wild cat, which es-
capped from a Pennsylvania freight
car. The car contained lumber con-
signed to the South Amboy Lumber
and Supply company. 1t came to the
company's yards from North Caro-
lima. and was on the way nearly a
week.
AS the lumber handlers started to
open the car they heard a scratching
noise inside. and when they opened
the door they saw in the shadow two
cleaning eyes. None of the men
wanted to enter. Finally Edward
Let's hit upon the happy expedient of
going to the other side of the car and
banging 1t with a crowbar. The others
drew away from the door to give the
animal chance to come out. 1t did
1t proved to be wild cat. or south
ern lynx. and the lumber handlers say
1t was about four feet long, though its
rapid exit from the lumber yard may
have caused an optical delusion In this
respect
1t was seen later in the day drink
ing from spring near the railroad
The lumber company has offered a
reward for its capture dead or alive.
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Honey Seeker. Marrow Escape.

Rarely has human being been in
a more painful predicament than that
in which young man named
Trunkett found himself recently.
While robbing bee hive which was
built in the fork of a tree 40 feet
from the ground in Wangaretta, Aus
tralia. Trunkett, who was minus his
hat, coat and boots, was completely
smothered by the enraged insects. For
ten minutes he remained thus unable
10 help himself, until some friends
saw his plight and by means of ropes
hoisted up to him bag
With this the unhappy victim beat
some of the insects off. and then, wrap
ping it around his head, slid down the
rope to the ground, where he tainted.
For half an hour he remained uncon-
scious, during which time his friends,
by vigorously rubbing whisky into his
skin, succeeded in drawing most of
the poison from his stings. which
amounted to several hundreds.-Syd-
uey News.
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seemed to be in the hall. 1t was like
the hiss of escaping steam or the
swish of bushes.
Mr.. Lane Investigated. His daugh-
ter had heard the same noises and
they appeared in the hall from their
rooms simultaneously. They were
greeted with an unusual sight Lum-
bering toward them was huge white
object Suddenly there was crash
strange object. which looked as ghosts
are pictured. had collided with a piece
of furniture and broken a mirror.
Mr.. Lanes daughter ran toward her
father. Before she reached him the
ghost-like object met her. Together
they rolled downstairs.
BY this time Mr. Lane had collected
his thoughts and realized that big
hog which he kept In the stable had
become loose and in some way had
gotten into the house and upstairs.
and that the hog was now making off
with the daughter Of the family riding
on its back. He started in pursuit OF
the animal. After following about
quarter of a mile he found the young
woman lying beside the road in a
badly frightened condition. He took
her home in his arms. and in short
time quiet was restored to the house
hold. though the women folks slept
little for the remainder of the night.
The pig was later found at a neigh
boris. none the worse from its expert
ence of the night before quietly root
ing in the mud of the stable yard.
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Easily Grown Lilies.

Few people understand how easily
lilies may be grown in abundance. The
Madonna. or Candidum, lily is as har-
dy as a plum tree. multiplies rapidly,
and gives great stalks of superb
flowers in July-fragrant beyond
words to express. Plant them under
your grape trellises or In your goose
berry rows. II bulb gets injured in
cultivation, there will be enough left.
have had 900 blossoms in small
bed about ten feet in diameter. You
can grow the Japanese longiflorums
just as easily and in the same way
only you must plant them much deep
er-about six inches, and you must
not plant them in manure. Our native
meadow lilies can be grown In the
same way. or even in sod, if 1t is
moist Bury them ten inches deep
The auratum and Easter lilies require
very deep planting, and l cannot
promise that they will give you good
results--E. P. Powell, in Suburban
Life.
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CRIMINAL WHEN
MIND IS BLANK
SERVANT GIRL ARRESTED FOR
Ro6BiNG ROOMMATE TELLS
ODD STORY OF APHAsIA.
IS PURSUED BY DELUsloNs
After Taking Money at Denver She
Wanders to Leadviile to Get
Away from Mysterious
Phantom.

Denver, Col.-To commit a crime
and have no knowledge of 1t until fur
nished with proof many weeks later is
the unfortunate position In which
Hannah Indy, prisoner In the ma
irons quarters of the city JAIL finds
herself. She is u Danish servant, pos
sessing attractions above the average
of one of her station.
The girl was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Shafer on the charge OF steal
ing $50 and some jewelry from Ida
Lehten of Twenty-third street. The
alleged theft was committed three
weeks ago. The girl was found at the
home of brother in Leadville and re-
turned to Denver.
Not until she was shown facts to
support the charges against her did
she become impressed with the sense
OF ner guilt. BY tracing her move
ments back to the day of her depar-
ture from Denver, she recalled having
In her possession sum of money
and other belongings. Where she OBJ
tanned them she was never able to
discover.
In her cell Hannah told a remarka-
BILE and unusual story of lapses of
memory and her inability to control
or even to realize her actions.
THE present case is one of the best
illustrations / can give OF my misfor-
tune" she began. Ida Lehten is one
Of my dearest friends. 1t is hardly
likely that l would rob girl who had
befriended me and helped me in tina
OF need.
I'VE were roommates and had been
living together on Twenty third street
for several months. II l had ever In
tended robbing anyone she would be
the last person Id choose for victim.
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Tree Saves a Mama Life.

Waterbury. Conn.-Charles Mallory,
supposed to be farm hand of Bris-
tolls suburbs. wandering from Walcott
recently. lost his way in the darkness
and fell over wall. He landed in the
crotch OF tree growing out of the
side of cliff. He had been there per-
haps IL hours when his groans were
heard by a young girl crossing a
swamp for milk.
Mallory was taken out, with two
ribs broken and fractured ankle.
His watch escaped without even a
broken crystal
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GIRL TAKES MIDNIGHT
RIDE ON A White HOG
THOUGHT SHE HAD BEEN CAP.
TURED BY A GHOST IN HER
OWN HOUSE.

Skowhegan. Me.-To be wakened
from a sound sleep at two h. m. by
weird noises and then to be carried
downstairs and a quarter Of mile
from home on the back of strange
white creature which aroused suspi-
cions OF ghosts was the unusual ex-
perience Of the 16-year-old daughter OF
Frank Lane of this town.
Mr.. Lane was first awakened by
strange sounds. He decided the wind
was whistling about the house corner.
and went to sleep again. Soon after
the noises were heard again. and this
time more distinct. In fact, they
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Sectional View Of Stall and Cistern.
can sanitary measures be fully car
ried out.
In the case OF all animals kept In
confinement. whether in health or dis
ease. drainage and ventilation may.
in fact be called ground rules.
Stable drainage is most Intimately
related to hygiene and stable manage
ment. and 1t is also one of the most
valuable auXiliaries in the assistance
II renders ventilation in keeping the
air pure. Much may be accomplished
by strict attention to the regular and
thorough cleaning of stables.
II is only half performed when ma
nure ia dumped outside and allowed
to accumulate, heat, rot and poison
the air with It's fumes. 1t is still
worse II the liquid matter of the stable
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HANDLING YOUNG ANIMALS.
Much Depends Upon Early Training
and Care.

All farm animals by instinct and
inheritance are wild when born. They
are timid in the presence of man
Little pigs and chickens will run and
try to hide at the approach of human
beings. 1t Is the instinct of self
preservation. Wild animals were
hunted by man. and this dim inherit
ed memory in our young domestic
animals tells them to fee when the
enemy approaches.
There is also an inherited instinct
in domestic animals OF mans care. i'm
planted In their minds through few
generations of association with hui
man beings. BY reason of this latter
inherited remembrance all domestic
animals may be easily tanned il taken
in hand when young. The time to be-
gin Is when the animals are but day
old. The sooner work is begun with
them the sooner and better will they
submit to human treatment. An old
animal which has never been handled
during its infancy is very difficult to
tame. striking Illustration OF this
is in the case of western horses
brought to the agricultural states.
They are very difficult to- tame and
break to work because they have
never been handled. but have led
wild life all through their growing
period Some western horses are
never fully broken. their wild traits
coming to the surface even in ad-
vanced years.
1t is very unpleasant. and often
dangerous, to have animals about the
farm that are always running away,
kicking, butting, biting, bucking and
host of other tricks which We call
mean. These habits are mean from
our point of view, says Farmers
Voice, but probably virtue from
the animals point Of view. They are
giving back what they have re-
ceived If they had been kindly
during their young, growing period,
they would have been gentle when
they grew to maturity. When an ami
NAL forms habit, either good or bad,
that habit is part Of its life as long
as 1t lives.
The quiet, gentle animal is the one
in which there is the most money.
This Is true of horses, cows-either
dairy or beef-hogs. sheep and poul-
try. The absolutely gentle horse is
almost a priceless farm animal. No
success can be made with dairy cows
unless they are perfectly gentle, an
beef cattle must feel contented and
gentle to take on profitable flesh. The
wild, timid hog will not fatten like
the tame one. 1t is similarly true OF
all other farm animals. No domestic
prove profitable. All animals should
be trained so that the presence Of hui
man beings will not Brighten them:
they should be taught confidence in
our treatment.
Annals appreciate kindness and hui
man sympathy. even more than we
suspect 1t is possible to be kind to
animals. and yet not sympathetic. If
the person who handles them is truly
sympathetic. the response these dumb
creatures give is something truly Won
derful. Some people even love their
animals, especially horses and dairy
cows. 1t is difficult to draw the line
between sympathy and love. but the
| farmer who is sympathetic in the
handling of his stock is the one who
will succeed with them. We should
have feeling for our domestic animals.
and not be content when We know
that any of them are suffering in
| any way.
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have absolutely no recollection of
the circumstances

have absolutely no recollection of
the circumstances.
THE only incident in connection
with the robbery dates from the even
ing, about three weeks ago, when l
found myself standing in the waiting
room at the Union station. had $50
in my chatelaine bag and some little
trinkets. l was then trying to recall
where | had secured them, but could
not
Il seemed seized with an irresisti-
BILE impulse to take flight-to run
away from some one, l did not know
whom l wandered toward the ticket
window and mechanically asked for a
ticket to Leadville. l seemed to be
forced to go, ard l remembered had
a brother living in that place. I be-
lieved / would be safe there from the
thing from which l was fleeing.
las another proof that l never in
tended to rob my friend or that 1
even knew l had taken her money is
that a few weeks ago | wrote to her
and asked her to send some of my be-
longings. AS soon as she learned
where / was she told the authorities.
Since the charge of theft was
made against me have tried to re-
fresh my memory of the events sur
rounding the supposed theft l don't
deny that l stole the money But l
cannot see that l am to blame for it;
that is, for doing thing over which
I had no control"
Hannah says she found herself in
similar predicaments in childhood.
When a little girl she says she was
accused many times of small thefts,
such as books and other trinkets from
pupils at school.
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HORSE DRAINAGE STABLE.
An Arrangement Which Will Provo
Very Satisfactory.

In its relation to hygiene. the sub
feet of stable drainage is among the
most important. and this, too, apart
from ventilation, a subject OF equal
importance; for. without proper ven
tilation. no system of drainage will
avail much. The average architect OF
barns and stables too often leaves
the above factors out OF his plans and
calculations; hence. it is absolutely
necessary that the breeder should I'M
derstand the principles of drainage
and ventilation. In order that he may
be able to give advice. and also to
correct errors when found. For want
OF this knowledge. the proper hygienic
effects cannot be Produced neither
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Hero Of Tay Bridge Disaster.

Mr.. James Roberts, the hero Of the
Tay bridge disaster. has retired, after
having concluded so years railway
service 1t was he who solved the
mystery of the lost train by crawling
at the peril OF his life along the bridge
until he came to the gap. Returning
by the same means. he sent the ter
rible news to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
For some years past he has been loco
motive superintendent at the Pol.
made depot of the Caledonian Rail-
way Company.