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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-23

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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-23

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Stone, Pebble Stone Rosa ~ Mathews
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Defendants
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1908-09-23

CIRCUIT COURT or WISE COUNTY
James p. Stone. Guardian off Emmett
stone. Martin stone. Moiiic stone and pcb.
Die Stone. Compliments.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04

bine engine of $1,000 horsepower. So
many magazine articles have fully de-
scribed these magnificent ships that
little remains to be said about them.
Among the travelling public the best
ships of each line are known as we'll as
those slower and more stable ones, Sc
lected for invalids, large families, new
Unmarried couples and Wall Street
brokers who seek sea voyage to re-
cuperate from the strain of their stren-
uous lives.
By remembering the termination of
the names adopted by the largest At
lantic lines for their steamships it is
easy to place any particular ship COM
ing to our attention in the current
news of the day. The Cunard Line
and Anchor Line names end in ia.
The White Star Line in ic, as Adriatic
and Baltic The Allan Line in ian, as
Virglnian and Victorian. The Hol-
lald-American Line steamers carry
full Dutch city names. The North
German Lloyd steamships invariably
bear German names as do those of the
Hamburg-American Line, but the lat
ter line has some of its latest and
largest ships named for distinguished
Americans, notably the President
Grant, and President Lincoln, also ii
remembers America and Pennsylva.
mia. The poet or philosopher who in.
quired "What is in name:" and then
fled before the avalanche of replies
was hardly as wise nor as far-sighteC
as the director Of the Hamburg Ameri
can Line who insisted on the drawing
power of American names.
The advance, in prices for passage
to Europe has kept pace in direct
ratio with increase in size and swift
ness. Many lines advertise minimum
rates, but like many hotels that adver
tise rooms for $1.OO and up, the dollar
rooms never exist only in the fancifu
Imagination of the advertising writer
Generally speaking the minimum rat
for first-cabin on the largest and swift
est ships is rarely less than $3.50. ant
more frequently 5000. Beyond thi
figure one may pay any price up t.
thousands of dollars. T.J. w.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04
"reminiscences of the
Tropics.

Paper Read Before the Chautauqua Circle.
Like the passenger who falls asleep
on the train and is carried by his des-
tination, the man with disposition to
wander sometimes goes farther than
he intended, and often finds himself in
places he never expected to see. How
ever, neither wanderlust nor any par
ticular aversion to cooler climate
were directly responsible for the writ
er's sojourn in tropical Mexico, but to
one of those caprices of fortune which
some times places opportunities with
in our reach, which, when the induce
ments are strong enough, will tempt
men to go anywhere.
In tho City of Mexico one is contin-
ualIy meeting with people who have
been to the tropics and generally their
description of the country would lead
one to conclude that that portion of
Mexico was intended for the Jumping
off place. But no matter where we go
we are sure to lind some arrangements
of nature, not exactly to our liking,
something we could remedy to suit our
pleasure and convenience had we the
power to do SO. And this is true of
tropical Mexico.
The heart of this district can now be
reached by rail from the North, and the
Pan-American railroad is being con-
structed along the lsthmus Tehuante-
pee to connect with the railroad of
Guatemala. But as yet, Yucatan OF
the gulf side, which furnishes some OF
the material tor the twine plant of this
institution, can sbe reached only by
boat, as the condition of nuch of the
Intervening district between IN the 18th.
mus of Tehuanttpec and Yucatan il
such that railroad construc ion is mex,
to impossible. However, there are
some railroads ip Yucatal but they
i have no connection with otler parts o1
Mexico.
OF late years tropical Mexico hal
attracted q great deal Of foreign capital
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04
Shakespeare's Descendants.

Besides his first child, Susanna,
Shakespsare's only other children were
q boy and girl, twins, born in 1885.
Susanna married DR.. Hall, q STRAIT
ford physician, in 1907, was left q
widow in 1885 and died in 1910. She
had only one child, daughter, who,
tho twice married, left no children.
OF the twins, the boy, named Hamnet,
died at, the age of eleven, and the girl,
Judith, married Thomas Quincy and
had three sons, who all died childless.
New York American.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04

Mexico there is a certain apathy mani
tested towards Americans which seems
TO be growing, and from Mexican
point of view, this feeling is, in way
justified, as the presence of Americans
or other foreigners often acts as bar
rier to the advancement of the native
in different lines of employment. In
the railroad service, the conductors,
engineers, and train dlspatchers are
generally Americans, In fact, all of
the more desirable positions appear to
be closed to the native when Ameri-
cans are available, and this naturally
causes them to wish the Americans
would stay at home and give them q
chance. However, the Americans are
better qualified by experience and
training for these positions than the
average Mexican railroad man, and
for this reason the railroads prefer
Americans at salaries about double
that for which they could secure na-
tives for the same positions. But
Americans soon tire of the tropics and
are anxious to get back to where there
is more excitement and pleasure in
life.
The living, altho often costly enough,
is not sumptuous and lacks variety.
Beans and tortillos take the place of
bread as the staff of life, and when
native bill of fare is offered if one don't
like beans the chances are he will 60
hungry. In the more important towns
along the railroads generally there are
hotels that aim to supply the wants of
Americans and Europeans, but when
one has dined in some of these places
it would be difficult to determine what
the contents of some of the dishes
were.
4 In general the climate is not
healthy one and it is hard to escape
the presence of yellow fever anywhere
in the tropical district. Besides, it
would seem that every insect known
to creation had found its way hith.
in search of human gore. The old re-
liable mosquito has hard time maip-
tanning his prestige among this swarm
of torn enters, the different species of
which are distinguished by names that
are difficult to pronounce and harder
to remember. But judging from their
sting one would readily agree that they
deserve most any name. People who
} are not familiar with tropical eli
mate, often picture it in the minds
: Imagination as place where flowers
bloom always and where "the good old
! summer time" never ends. In way
this idea is correct, but there are other
things besides sunshine and flowers In
, the tropics, some of which are not in
| tended to add to the pleasures and
3 comforts of life.
3 Rain, such as only the tropics can
: afford, often spoils much that would
8 otherwise be enjoyable. Mexico has
8 no weather man and if such one were
n to locate in the tropics the chances are
8 he would have to work overtime to
|. keep track of the rainfall in some dis
i tricts aid the sudden changes from
). cloudiness to soOrching sunshine
a There is little to interest or amuse any
g one but native and it does not take
t long for one from more northerly
]. cline to decide that even occasional
II bllzzsrds are preferable to life in the
r tropics. QUIEN SABE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04

1t is no disgrace to be mistaken: it
is crime to be q hypocrite. That is
the sin against light-the worst of all.
John Oliver Hobbs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04

Living we'll is the best revenge we
can take on our enemies. .-Froude.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04

especially from the United States, and
the "gringo," as the American is quite
commonly called, is very much in evil
dence thruOut the entire district.
American plantations and sugar mills
are becoming quite numerous, but
many of these concerns are, what we
would call boom enterprises" Inva-
riably they are owned by stock compa-
nies organized by some enterprising
American promoter, who either secures
a grant of land from the Mexican gov
ernment, or buys the land at very low
figure, and then proceeds to advertise
the project in the United States and
sell stock to obtain the money nee
essary to develop the plantation. Many
of these ventures are on large scale,
consisting of from twenty-five to one
hundred thousand acres, with general
manager, force of office clerks,
superintendent Or two, and generally
few imported mechanics, besides a
small army of laborers. The labOrers
are either natives or Cinnamon, or some
times Japanese, but all positions above
that are filed by Americans or Euro
peans at nice salary, so that the stock
holders are sure to know when ray
day comes. Sugar, coffee, and rubber
are the principal products cultivated,
but the lack of practical experience on
the part of those in charge often leads
to complete failure, and perhaps to the
abandonment of the enterprise.
1t is not uncommon to find planta-
tions here, conducted by men who know
little about the climate or conditions
of the country, and less about the pro-
ducts they try to cultivate.
Still some of these gentlemen can
take paper and pencil and in few
minutes time demonstrate just how
long 1t will take to become million
aire by growing rubber. One OF these
plantation managers whom the writer
knew we'll who had lived in the country
for about one year, and who had never
even seen rubber tree until he went
there, had this proposition reduced to
what looked like a sure thing. He
contemplated planting about one mil
lion rubber trees, and, as the cost ol
caring for the trees during the ter
years required for maturity would b
trife in comparison, he figured that
at the end of ten years time each tre'
would, after that, produce one dollar
worth of raw material annually, there
fore his plantation would at the ex
piration of ten years yield gross in
come of million dollars year from
rubber alone, so that this looked like
sure road to wealth.
The writer regrets being unable t.
state how far this gentleman fOllowe,
, up his theory, and altho his ten year
have not yet expired the chances ar
, he has formed other ideas about rub
Der ere now. However, plantation
and sugar mills, and other venture
common to the tropics, can, whe
+ properly managed, be made success
as some have already demonstrated
: Still there are many obstacles an
q averse conditions to be OvercOm,
r Progress is slow, nothing is done in
d hurry, or at least haste accomplishe
f little, and 1t Is an affection agains
| which the natives seem TO he immun
n With them tomorrow is always anothe
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-06-04

AOSICoC 40 oiOW, AOtuAuS 10 OOuO III
hurry, or at least haste accomplishes
little, and 1t Is an affection against
which the natives seem to be immune.
With them tomorrow is always another
day, and one soon becomes familiar
with the word "manana," the Span
ish for tomorrow and everybody and
everything waits for the coming of
manana. If this word were eliml-
mated from the Spanish language it
would be hard for the natives of the
tropics to carry on conversation that
would not become disconnected, for no
matter what the subject is, manana is
sure to have something to do with it.
Generally the people accept good
naturedly the jests and even ridicule
so often aimed at them and their coun-
try by foreigners, especially Ameri-
cans. As rule Americans who have
spent year or SO in the country will
assume that they know all there is
worth knowing about the Spanish Ian
gusge, and when a Mexican expert
ences some difficulty in trying to faith
ON what such one is talking about,
the American will invariably blame
the stupidity Of the native rather than
his own pigeon-Spanish. But thruout
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11
AT THE GRAND.
King Casey" and tho Rays Keep
 Everybody in Mcrr, Mood.

A crowded house saw Johnny and Emma Ray in their great play King Casey at the Grand last night. The plot Is simple and one of mistaken
 identity in which Johnny Ray as Dan Casey the fireman of the Waldorf As toria and his twin brother Pat Casey, King of the Island of Lula Pa Zaza, become mixed up in a series of anus
 ing incidents which follow one another suits in a most laughahle predicament and the confusion Is further enhanced hy Johnny Ray with his inimitahle sense of humor and ability to make out of his face regular panorama of ir- rcprcssibly comicaI expressions.
 First and foremost in tho play is Johnny Ray himself who from the be- ginning to the end of the performance had all attention centcred on his move ments, each one of which sent the house into uproars of laughter With out exceptio he is ope of ihc best com edans who has ever visited this city. He was cxeellently supported hy his Nl7l'l lfiill'ifl lNtA 'li'i ~ VI 'h'Ff't company. The chorus of pretty girls were prettily rostumod and sang soy eral of tho latest songs with such sue cess that severa encores were neccs- sary in each case
 The show from first to last is 8 com hination of mlrth and melody, the for mer supplied mostly by Johnny Ray, {. at.. out doubt the best show of the sea son King Casey ought to he seen by everybody desirous of a good laugh and an evening of first class amuse- ment King Casey will bo presented Friday and Saturday nights with Sat urday matinee. The present sale of tickets indicates a large crowd at ev- cry performance so you would be wise to secure yours al once.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11
MIR. HAMLET TIRES Eddie Toys Latest Offering Warns Up Just at the
 Final Curtain. STAR IS GOOD AS HAMLET TRkc-On shows Him in Fine Form Imitation of Football
 Game

To 4 small gathering of theatergo- ITS, who fringed the pit and the first 'ows of the balcony and who were willing to he amused, provided all of the effort was not on their side of the footights the phrase "Mr Hamlet of Broadway, meant long. dreary waste of witless talk inspersed with 2 number If words without songs and some dances. in which nature was all but unadorned, at the Hyperion thcater last evening At l0:il by the watch the first real laugh worthy of the name was registered and from then tIl tho final curtain the production" showed some of the good qualities of its pre- decessors which have served as ve- hiclo for Eddie Foy, but if must De remembered that the opening chorus was Al SEQ or thereahouts and two hours and twenty minutes is a long wait
 It Is far the more pleasing In many ways to tell the story of the evening backwards and thus to gain courage with which 10 recount the earlier spasms In the first place. there is a Salome dance which is not a Salome dance. That is why it Is good Maude Raymond whose reputation as negro imitator is an enviahle one, did the trick Her Salome had all the usual props, including the beads and the oriental gloom with tho sole exception of the grewsome head fhanks for tho onission) The dancing was an original sort of combination of darky. ragtime cakewalk and the famous sinuous Salome eyoutions which Miss Ger tTude Hoffman and mary others have already shown Now Haveners T. had real clements of fun and inc applause 't received on every encore was de served She sang that she'd like to GiEgle With Grand New Wigglo
 MT Foy himself had the same i'm movable face the same crescent shaped mouth and the same mock herocs of old He was at his very best when in his "takn- off op Hamlet than which he assured the audience there is onr greater Dane, and If you don't believe t ask Joe Cans As he said his Ham was cured f. was only to he wished that the rest of the impersonatons had heen treated in the same way. Along with the burlesque Miss Raymond ap- reared as an eccentric OphelIa with q bouquet of vegetables and waving sprays of straw, It was a well-done turn
 Ward and Volkes could not have rlv. en better imitation of themselves
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11

than was given by James F. Cook as Bra keheam Pete" and Harry Madison as "Coal-OH" Johnny. The team kept their audience u roars of laughter ev- cry minute they were pn with their wan5 antics. One bit Of repartec they relieved themselves uf was to the et- fecr that the only difference between jail and Yale Is that a. tho former they wear their hair shorter, lt was only natural that jj did not take well in New Haven Rut what ul humor they gut the students Of inc front row
 in by this they dispeIad by their clever Imitation of a Nalo-i Harvard football game They were the hit ur 'Mr, Broadway of Han let' or vlce versa, as
 Bat all thls hns been in reference to the last fifteen minutes of tho pro .duotion. fl one Is a good waiter It Is worth waitng for There's q mountain of lhe mau in the play oscar RaElaud, who Is the landlord of the Starvation inn Ilc sings song called "ln . Summer Hotel" standing in tho spot light. for which his features are not adopted quite as honey Is to the honey surkte. llc was assisted hy chorus called 'broilers new name for a pony ballet for which Ned Wayhurn stands sponsor,
 plphync Pollard, a little girl with a knowing look in her eve. played the young juvenile part GNmbaline Rustic, and If petiteness is sufficient rharac- teristic to insure success She succeed ed in spite nf her singing voirc. Along side of her lover. who was John II. partt she looked not much larger than mosquito Miss Laura Guerite play od Mrs, Daisy Stringer, q Now York cloak model in costumes which were all that the latter suggests, With certain facial and vocal changes she would be rair Aahetlp Baker as Mrs, Rustic was as her husband suggested, "all wool and 2 yard wide" sufIirienrr'
 "Nir Hamlet Of Broadway included two nets some nineteen songs and d large troupe or femlunes. who make up large chorus, Ii will he repeated this evening, K.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11

sey was in fine form and voice and did full credit to the part of Don Jose. Prank D. Nelson was q surprise in the role If tsxamilo, a part calling for marked vocal and dramatic ability His intelligent acting of the part made ID for a not powerful voice but still ono nsed with expression The opera was well staged and thoroughly enjoyed
 The performance closed with the first presentation of new fifteen min ntc farce Ky Innis C. osborn, tho theme of which rested in the compli- cations following night off with the boys shared In by father and son. Joe Southerton, Mr, Osborn and Mrs. Nell son were we'll trained in their parts and were sufficiently rollcking in their joint interpretation of the play to keep the audience in the best of hEmor
 Al the closing performance which wlll be given this evening at the same
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11
AT poLI's.
Three Feature Bill Next Wcck--Ta
 Petit Revue One.

A three-foaturc bill of unusual merit, is what will be presented at Polls next week with la Petit Revue as the chiet hoadlincr.
 Ia Petit Revue is new voca nov olty originated by Charles i.ovenberR, who gave vaudeville the Tuscany Trou- badours and the Six American Dancers, ployed in the production, the first rep rcsenting a miniature stage upon which miniature figures perform i'm personating stage celebrities of the day. The second and third picture, fla vortc comic operas of yesterday and the fourth is "A Slumberless scronade." The music of tunefu and high order and frst-clas yocaists arc employed in the number.
 AS the middle feature, the Famous Hiawatha Maids, the Meredith Sisters, with a pretontisus and gorgeous stag ing speciality number with magnificent costumes and many scenic changes
 As the special added attraction will be Gertrude Shipmau' and her com pany in Edgar Allen Woolf's comedy, Wanted, a Cook" Miss Shipman Is the local stock company favorite who has host of followers in this city and Is one of the most pleasing actresses on the stage Miss Shipman has been a pronounced success In vaudeville and is credited with having a real good comedy sketch.
 The olio will have Reynolds and Donegan. formerly with Anna Held company in roller skating act of much merit McNish and Penheld the jolly duo; Marseiles, the gyn,nast, and Phil Bennett, the Italian street singer, and the electrograph with "The Latest Style Airship' and "7he Cumbersome Baby" will complete the array
 Seats are now selling for all week.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11

The Light Guards and the Blues drilled last night.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-11
CHARMING ENTERTA AiNMENT.
large Audience Enjoys Hawthorne
 Clubs Charitable Affair,

The Hawthorne club of West Haven gave 8 charity entertainment at the town hall last evening which possessed the double charm of delighilng the large audience present and making them feel that participation in charit- able undertakings has its agreeable sides The audience was In the hest of humor and keonly appreciatlve nf tho successful efforts of MT Nelson and his company to entertain them.
 The first attraction on the program was an intclligently abbreviated pre- sentation of the drama of nayy Crock cit. which Frank Mayor made go pop ular with the theatergoers of gen eratiOn ago The familiar injunction
 Be sure you're right DaNy, then gn ahead, recalled to the minds of some of the elder persons in the hall chap ter In tho history of the American dra - ma, which has not been without lnnu- once upon the modern frontier drama
 The honors of the production went 10 Frank n. Nelson and May Jean Colt. who played the parts of Davy Crockett and Eleanor Vaughn Both were effec- tive and showed deep realization of the spirit of the famous old meodrama,
 Master Barton Bachman, young pianist of promise, followed with A sensitive rendition of Beethoyon's Son ata Quasi and Fantasia. This in turn was followed by really remarkable presentation of Bizet's popular opera of Carmen, which Mir, Nelson had con denscd into a performance of an hour. Mrs. May Bradley Kelsey was thor oughly at home in the part of Micaela and made an excellent foil to Miss Min na Louise Storms dramatic conception of the role of Carmen, George R, Kel-