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position on hillside where great bo'uders
offered fine protection. The trappers.
eager for complete victory, pressed Tor
ward. Not infrequently trapper &C.
cupied one side of a big boulder and an
Indian the other, each watching for the
life Of his adversary. One or the other
E,us.- die. Gradually the rifle prevailed
and ut last the Indians, panic stricken,
sought safety in fight.
While the trappers' loss was serious. 1t
was small in comparison with that of
the Blackfeet. And while the battle ragged
the women and children Of the warriors
watched the conflict from an eninence.
After the battle the trappers burned the
wigWams of the tribe and destroyed ev-
erything in the camp.
1t Is estimated that in the period be-
tween 1890 and 1910 about 600 trappers
were engaged in the far west Once
each year they held a great fair, usually
in one of the magnificent natural parks in
the Rockies. To these fairs all the trap
pers focked and to these rendezvous also
came the men who bought the beaver
skins and the other treasures of the trap
pers. At these fairs mighty hunters held
tournaments. There were tests OF rid
ing. of wrestling. of shooting, of running
and of various forms of skill worthy of
the Olympian contests of old These
gatherings were picturesque in the ex-
treme. and the men who took part In the
games probably were as fine body
physically as the North American CONT
nert has contained.
At one of these fairs Carson fought a
duel with renowned desperate named
Shunan, man of phenomenal strength.
Shunan was French. and had made re-
mark that Carson resented. In accord
ance with the code of the fair they rode
out over the plain and then approached
each other. each watching for the first
move on the part of the other that would
be the signal for firing. Neither man
made motion until their horses were
almost abreast Then the Frenchman
moved suddenly. but before he could
shoot Carsons bullet had gone through
his wrist and up his arm. The strong
man was a terror no longer. He was
crippled for life
One year when the hunters gathered for
their fair they had nothing to make
merry over. Silk had replaced beaver
skin in the making of hats. and their
most remunerative crop" brought little.
Carson. who had been provident. took adj
vantage of this condition to make a trip
east He had married an Indian girl
some years before and the wife had died
a few weeks after giving birth to a
daughter. Carson wanted to place his
daughter in a good home and he also
wished to see the home of his boyhood.
He started east in 1912. but the home of
his boyhood was in ruins and all his fam
lily had died.
After providing in st. Louis for the
care and education of his child he longed
for the wilderness again. He took pas
sage up the Missouri on steamboat-the
first vessel Of that character he ever had
seen-and on the boat he met Lieut.. John
c. Fremont who was on his way west
with an engineering party to make sur
veys and map the country between the
Missouri and the Rockies. Fremont en-
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way to escape him. lie saw them ana
discovered their ruse. We'll, Wen. ne
exclaimed. who would have thought IT.
there go the two greatest liars In town.
Who would have blamed that BOY LOT
growing up a liar? ~
Truthfulness should be taught at all
times, but this cannot be done II you
do not adhere to veracity yourself.
In your dealings with childhood be ever
unseihsh Sink yourself in consideration
of the responsibility that rests upon you.
When the baby comes you have some
thins else to think of besides yourself
YOUR own amusements, comforts and ease
You must make some sacrifices, give up
some of your ways; you cannot be
shirk and try to avoid recouping nature
for the present she has bestowed upon
you.
You must live up to the conception OF
a man and father, by doing mans part
and discharging the duties Of father.
You will have to answer some day for
your stewardship. and woe to you if you
have been false to your charge.
Feed the mind as we'll as the body.
When the little one comes to you for
knowledge don't turn it away. Children
ver,. often can ask very puzzling aues-
tions which even the deepest philosophy
is taxed to answer. When they come to
you with some ethical question. such as
why was the world made?" or why
people suffer-" or why does fire buin?'
don't laugh and put them aside. Make
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,INGING up chill
dren in the way
they should go is
a most important
subject. and re-
quires careful con-
siderat!on. for on
the upbringing of
the child depends
the future of the
race. The child is
ever father TO the
man.
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Children Training the ParentsBy Dr. Madison c. Peters

is for him first to know them and after
ward to learn the best means of incucat-
ing them on his child.
The young mind Is plastic and apt to
retain permanently whatever impression
is made upon II, so great care is TO be
taken in the matter OF the imprint.
The parent leaves his mark. and there
it remains for life. showing to the world
the home influences around the family
hearth and whether they tended toward
the good or melted to the bad.
In training the child the parent Is edu-
eating himself. He may not be aware of
the fact. nevertheless the process of self
instruction is unconsciousy going on, and
the path he has marked out for his OFF,
spring. that will he tread for himself.
how a human soul may be redeemed from
the cold. petrifying isolation of the world
and warmed with the sunshine of love
through the influence of childhood: how
despair is made to take wings and flee, to
give place to the bright angel of Hope
by the smiles from tender lips that lisp
the accents of purity and innocence. a
hand is put into theirs which leads them
forth gently toward a calm and bright
land. so that they look no more back
ward. and the hand may be little
chid'S."
BY divine injunction men are exalted
to follow in the footsteps of childhood
and emulate its innocence You must
become as little children is the fiat pro-
claimed to turn the thoughts and actions
of men from the world, its sins and temp
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whom he lived for a year and who taught
him Spanish and French. Cade was a
man of educatio He took deep In
terest in the boy and had good int1u-
ence over him for years.
In 1927 Carson went out Is escort to a
party of traders who were going east.
Santa Fee was the great depot of supplies
in the southwest. Traders brought goods
from the east and exchanged them for
beaver skins, deer skins. gold, copper.
silver and other products Of the far south
west. Carson went only to the forks OF
the Arkansas river and then returned
with another caravan to Santa Fe He
had decided, what he was TO do. He had
determined 40 become a trapper-to fare
forth after'the beaver whose skin at that
time was the only currency in the far
west.
For fifteen years Carson hunted, and in
that time he set his traps in nearly every
stream in the west. He went into the
country of the Comanches, the Blackfeet,
the Navajos, the Diggers, Piutes, the
Apaches the Crows, the Araphoes, the
Flatheads. the Utahs. the Cheyennes the
Kiowas, the Sioux. the Pawnees. the
Snakes. the Delawares, the Mojaves and
other tribes. and rare was the month
in which he or the party of which he was
a member did not have battle with the
Indians.
1t was one long succession of conflicts.
The whites sought the game paradises Of
the land and the Indians, for their own
safety and protection. endeavored to keep
them out The whites were in ever-pres-
ent danger of ambush and of night at
tack Craft had to be measured against
craft. Tragedies were enacted the only
record of which is in Gods book of re-
membrance.
Occasionally bands of trappers would
unite to make war on one particular tribe
Of Indians. Usually Carson, by reason of
his executive skill. was chosen to COM
mand. One of these little wars was on
the Blackfeet. 1t will serve as an illus
tration.
The Blackfeet had driven various bands
OF trappers out of their territory stolen
their hor ses and killed some of the men
company of 100 trappers, with nearly
200 horses anG mules. set out to seek ven
geance. When near the Blackfeet en-
camp.nent Carson went forward to recon
noItre. There were more than 1000 war
lors in the f:.dckfeet force. So soon as
he got tn. position of the Indians. Car
son planned Is battle. With forty five
men he <ttacked the camp on one side
while the rcm;.i'ing force made a detoul
to strike tie Indians in the rear.
The Indians fought heroically At the
approach, of Carson's force each Indian
sprans behind a tree and So soon as a
rifle was discharged the Indian would
shoot an arrow and dodge to get under
cover of /, tree near the white man who
was assaling him. Nearer and nearer the
Indians got to Carson. The Indians grea
preponderance in numbers was almost off
set by the deadly accuracy of the trap
pers' fire. For three hours the battle con-
tinued. The ammunition of the Carson
force was almost exhausted. and the
Indians. approaching the situation. were
preparing to charge. when suddenly the
reserve body arrived and opened fire on
the India,.s from the rear
Inc Indians retreated and took I'D q
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y the winning OF
the west MANY men
have earned re-
nown, but proba bly,
TO no one is more
credit due than to
Kit Carson. AS q
hunter, "a scout
and an Indian fight
er he stands pre-
eminent. Civilized
life, such as is gem
orally known by
that term. had no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

The relation OF parent tn child * SINH
lar A parent cannot discharge his duties
If he does not know them. Therefore, it
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fations and center them on things eternal.
The little ones bring the grown-ups to a
realization of the latterS destiny and en-
able them to mount up as on eagle wings
above the sordidness, sin and sorrow of
earth They free them from the rock of
their own selfishness and help them to
live for higher and nobler purposes than
mere sensuous qualification.
Children check the evil tendencies of
our nature and draw out the good quail
tiles.
Wicked, indeed. the man who would
willfully sin in the presence of child
hood. There would stand the accusing
angel to condemn him before the bar
of divine justice.
A child is AS guardian angel leading
the weary footsteps of men in the right
direction. keeping them from stumbling
III the onward course and ever pointing
to the goal of rectitude and honor.
No one can swerve from the moral
path who is led by little child. But
the child itself must first be put upon
the path before it can lead.
!. X
Hence the responsibility which rests
upon parents to shape the course of their
children in the right direction.
The child will lead them. but they first
must be the guides. They must be both
followers and guides.
What YOU wish your child TO be. you
must be Yourself. The child is initiative
is learning all the time, and nothing
escapes il.
Don't think it pays no attention te
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24
THE FLORA OF TEXAS.



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go "''~ iiNe thoroughly
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"''" reference io Nlr.
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states 'oSe'htr.
90 -" l'd iliie0 DID length
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24
COMPLIMENT FOR Mr.. CARTER.

Ia the midst of "hard times"
IN all other parts of the country
President Geo. l.. Carter. of the
c., G.. & o. Railway. has pur.
chased new steel cars 10 be used
by passengers on the magnifi
cent railway he is completing.
This means no little for the
safety and comfort of the
travelling public and is an in.
sight into the greatness of Mr..
Carriers character. Few cap
tains of industry possess such a
wealth of love for humanity as
this gentleman johnson City
stat.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24
CRUSHED TO DEATH
By STONE.

News was received here
last week from the valley east
Of town that John b. Willis. a
well known citizen of that sec
ton. had been crushed 70 death
by a large stone rolling on him.
He and a neighbor were saving
locust posts in the woods and
the log on which they We're at
work rested against the stone
which finally became loosened
and rolled ON him.
While the deceased was a
native of this locality where he
was killed, be had some years
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24
FROM KEOKEE

Rev. g. w. RAIDER. of big
Stone Gap. was here with Rev.
IT, p Jiminsou. the circuit
preacher 90 ST. Charles tho pre-
siding elder of the Hol~ton
Conference. Rev. RAIDER held
conference here
Rev. d. q. LLOYD and wife. of
Biz Stone Gap. the Episcopal
Minister held services here last
week
q " BAH. am agent of the
Silver Leaf Nursery. of Rose
Hin, was here last week selling
fruit trees.
Several fruit agents we're in
town last week.
The keokee Coal and Coke
Company has "a fine cement
reservoir az their power house
here
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24

tion. water can Dee found at
reasonable depths. and is raised
by windmill, for irrigation
purposes. so that trucking and
farming on "a small scale is
practicable throughout most ol
this par, of the State Rln
ming across this section from
northeast to southwest. at a
distance of twenty to forty
miles south of sam Antonio and
Jvalde There is an artesian
belt. hundreds ot miles n
length and many miles iu
breadth. where water cam be
had at various depths from $40
to 1000 or more feet. chat lows
in volumes only limited by tine
the size of tine casing employed.
and furnishes the means of irri-
cation for hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of land Cnder
Che influence of these pure.
sweet. crystal waters the coun
try is being rapidly developed
and settled and these regions.
heretofore comparatively desc
late, are being made 90 "rejoice
and blossom as the rose. Be
sides this. the Rio Grande. Rio
Pecos. the Nueces. and other
streams are being made TO CON
tribute 10 the supply of irriga-
ting waters; $50 that Southw est
Texas, once regarded as unfit
ted for aught save grazing and
the chase, is now rapidly be-
coming the abode of thousands
of thrifty and progressive peo-
pie; and almost daily the rail
roads are bringing in hundreds
of homeseekers. most of whom.
ON investigation, decide to seek
no further for the ideal region
of their dreams.
The largest area of lands
available for settlement left I'm
the United States is TO be found
here; and the millions of fertile
acres heretofore held by the
great ranchmen are being divid-
ed into sections, half sections.
quarter sections, and even
smaller parcels, and placed
upon the market New towns
are springing up, new railroads
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24
APPALACHIA DEPARTMENT.. .

Miss Ida Morris. of Osaka.
visited her sister Mr. Bentley
here Sunday.
". b. kilbourne ANA daueh-
tiers visited in town last week
a I'D attended fhe Mauous-
Icmpleton wedding.
Mrs. q n Hunt is visiting
friends iu Somerset. hy
Mrs. vs. T.. Jones and baby
left last week to visit relatives
at Stanford. y. g.
Sid Case and wife went Co
Gate City last week.
Il. r. Whitehead and daugh-
ter spent "a few days last week
in Bristol
Annie Kerr Tompkins went
CD Norton Saturday.
Mrs lanier was up from the
Gap last week and attended the
wedding
Edyar Hi~kam was E, to,,-p
one da. last week
Ruth Whitehead. OF lnman.
visited her aunt af Cioebnrr the
latter part 81 Lass week
went 10 Hcnaker SATURDAY and
spent "a couple of DAYS
Mrs. br. Nelly OF Big stone
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-03-24

Dr. Va l.. Staliard spent Mon
day in Stonega
Fuller Bros viii launch their
semi-annuai millinery opening
with three hig special display
days. beginning Thursday OBJ,
25th INST.
Quite 90 number of Appalach-
la people took in "Iw0 Nerrs
IrampS at the Gap Saturday
night, and report the play q
good ONE.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-08-13
CONTEST No. 2lls.
Contest Notice.

Department Of the Interior. United States Land
Ohiee Las Cruces New Mexico. July ~. 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed In
this office by James I. Walsh. conte slant against
Samuel d. Carsey BURY No ass lSerial No.
OisOt), made Sept II. 400, for NEn. Section g.
Township IS. Range sw.. n. NJ ?. Meridian. BY
Samuel ID Cursey Contcstec. In which II Is alleged
that said Samuel ID. Cursey has wholly abandoned
said tract o. land and changed his residence
therefnn for more than six months since making
said entry and next prior to the date hercin that
SAIL tractls not settled upon and cultivated az.
corling 10 law.
Said parties arc hereby rsiihed TO appear. re-
spond. and offer evidence touching said allegation
at 10 O'Clock a. M on October 20. 1905. beforV -
Y. Mrksyes. u. s. Commissioner Dcming N. NJ.
aud that final hearing will be held NJ 10 o'clock q
m. un Nov. y, 1909 before the Register and Re
csiyer at the United States Land Office Ia La
Cruces. New Mexico.
The said contestant having. In proper anidav
1t, hled July y. 1909. set forth facts which SHOW
that after due diligence pcrsonal service Of Thu
notice can not be made. Il Is hereby ordered ans
directed that snch notice he given BY due an'
proper pihlic alton.
lusr GoNEAiEs. Rsgittsy
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CONTEST NO. 2o9.
Contest Notice.

Department, Of the Interior, United States Land
Office at Las Cruces N. NJ. July rs. 100.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been Med
In this Office by Lueisn g. Britton. contestant,
against SllAA c. barnes. Entry No. 1852 tserial
No.Oii5) made Feb. a. 1905. for MEN NWh
Sec ~, rownship y s.. Range W., n. ". Y.
Meridian, by Silas c. Barnes. Contestee. In which
Il "a allsaed that Silas g. BArnea. IN violation OF
the rules and regulations governing entries OF
government lands has been an,l Is now Offering for
sale his desert land entry No. ike2 prior 70 obtain
ing patent thereto and that said barnea
"a not now nor has he been q resident u New
Mexico.
Said parties are hereby notified TO appear. re-
spond and offer evidence touching said allsgation
at O'Clock .. IN an October "a. 1879. before u.
heKsyss. ". 3. Commissioner, Deming. N. NJ.
and that final hearing viii ~ held At o'eiock
| y. m. on Nov. 8, 1909, before the Register and
Receiver at the unitsd States Land ofhcs In Las
/ Cruises. N. N.
The Aaid contestant having, IN pE0psI Aiiidav.
Il. hled July "a, lS0e. sat forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal service of thu,
notice can not be made. Il IL hereby ordered anc
directed that such notice be given by due anC
prup~r publication
IoAE GoNaAlfs Register,
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One of the richest typograph-
ical errors that we have ever
seen and that in a publication
for printers, appears in the July
number of the National Printer
Journalist. In describing the
Forestry building, the largest
log mouse ever built, the article
says: The dogs used in the ex-
terror of the building are being
left in the rough, while those
in the interior will have the bark
removed"
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Galveston appreciates all the
good things which have been
said about the magnificent sea
wall almost as much as she APP
precjates the structure itself. -
Galveston Tex Tribune.
70 be sure, for without that
great sea wall, Galveston would
today be beyond the call of APP
probation or anything else.
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Published Every Friday.
Phone to5.

VIII Bailey ride the Campbell
ia the senatorial race ia Texas?
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The airships will solve the
question as to whether Mars is
inhabited or not. When they do,
we wonder if they will find them
dry farming" up there?
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The Lester House.

Nicely furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Newly rem
ovated and overhauled. The
most pleasant, comfortable and
sanitary rooms in the city. Bath,
electric lights and telephone;
cow eniently located. Positively
no sick people admitted. Rates
reasonable. Phone lS6.
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Bro. Papen, editor of the Re-
publican at Las Cruces, has the
sincere sympathy of the press
Throughout the territory in the
sad death of his wife.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-08-13

Deming needs more institu-
tions with pay rolls. Once the
institutions are located the Re-
publican party will see that the
dinner pals are filed.
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The great tariff struggle. one
of the most noted an American
Congress eyer passed through,
is at an end, the president hav-
ing attached his signature to the
bill.
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In a few short, brief weeks
real estate business will be NOV
ing along nicely in the Mimbres
Valley again, no doubt.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1909-08-13

Champ Clark says the Repuh-
lican party is "shot to pieces. A"
Are there even pieces left of the
Democratic party?
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The Secret Of Ions Life.

French scientist has discovered one
secret Of long life. His method deals
with the blood. But long ago millions
of Americans has proved Electric Bit
tiers prolongs life and makes il worth
living 1t purifes. enriches ard vital
ICES the blood, rebuids wasted nerve
cells, imparts life and tone to the en-
tire system. Its a godsend TO weak,
sick and debilitated people. Kidney
trouble had blighted my life for
months" writes W. NJ. Sherman, Of
Gushing, Me. but Electric Bitters
cured me entirely" Only soc at all
druggists.