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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

Christianity is or should be a
personal matter with every man.
II you are baptized man simply
realize and be conscious Of your
inheritance in the Kingdom of
Tod. Don't talk so much about
your feelings and about your
conversion, but go on unto per
tecition. using all the blessings
and privileges of the Kingdom
as foundation stones for the up
building of character.
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Nm. tpchurch. Of Glen Oak. Okis w.
an exile irom home Mountain az ~
thought would cure ffightfnl Inn .rael;-',
eoogn that had defied al remedies for fsrS
years. After SIX months he returned. seasb
e.'Ss,nS MS steps. Then began u use ~
go, Hs-s SeN Discovery, be writes. ..apd
after taking six bottles I Ann - 81, 80. ~
ever" IL saves thousands vea.,s. ~ s -
desperate lung diseases. Infaifiil. 80
teeenS and Ccl6s. :; sis,,~is Boarse,ess
ana sore Throat Cures Grip. Rronesis;s
nemeThages, Asthma. Cronn. Whc<.ri,.,,.
oookn. Segc and s5.e0. trial bottle kece
) 1'rApseed ~ J. W. Kelly. Druggist.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

lne most mcrcileS, enemy had for al
years. declares Mrs I.n,.s ~
hnynesvilie. Ne. was Dv.nensi. ....,....
al Intensely after eating az lrinti,., ..,s
could scarcely sleep. Aacr MANY remedies
n.a isiie4 and several doctors Paw. me- IN
Wcd Electric Rificrs. which cnre1 M
completely. Now can eat anrthinr Nv
can cat amy thing lam Cd wears IA ana
.m "Neiloyed O. get my health aud .tren ,-tr
. oaeA aea'n For indigestion. LOSS of ANN.
~ ,te, Aieney Irouhie, Lame Back. Femaie
~ I'm 'l@ints' a. unequaled Only 50c at ]
". heiiy's Drug Store
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Norton News.

Norton. Va. Nov. 0.-Chamn
Clark will deliver "A lecture in
Norton on the night Of Decem.
Der >. Mr.. Clark comes as one
ct the attractions in lvceum
course conducted by local enter
prises. An effort will be made
10 have some prominent Virgin
IAN TO introduce Mr.. Clark when
ne makes his appearance in
Norton.
j. l.. Kemmerer. of New
ork. president Of the Colonial
C-s-ss ~ Coke Company. and one
OF the wealthiest capitalists
who visits this section. spenr
several days here aud at Dor
chester this week.
Mayor j. j. Body's residense
near the J. l.. Lyon property il
nearing completion and Mr.
Body hopes 90 be able To occuDv
" by December 1. Norton,s
mayor will have one of the
nlcest residences in town.
Geo. Jenkins, cashier Of the
First National Bank OF Appala. (
chia, was here Tuesday 20 see
fsis sister-in-law. Mrs. .Jobn
Jenkins, who is seriously i'll
pr. and Mrs. w. II. Brnton
arrived from Ripley. Tenn
tuesday. DR.. Bruton co,,,ee
as the new pastor Of the Baptist
Church, and the Baptist people /
are congratnlating themselves h
ON securing the services of such Il
a talented preacher.
". b. Fulton, cashier of the
Wise County Bank, spent Wed.
nesday hight in town.
X. ID. Baker, OF Big Stone 4
Jap, was in town yesterday p
The WcmaR's Home Mission :
society Of the Methodist Church / /
net with Mrs. j. M. Allen !
yesterday afternoon, and after I
20 meeting the ladies were 5
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10
TO GUST SALOONS FROM OLD vlp.
GINA.

It now seems certain that IN,
next Legislature Of Virgini,
viii adopt one Of three TEMPER
ance measures proposed. viz
state wide prohibition. tn,
county unit system. or a law
referring the question TO q
popular vote. ANY of these
would be satisfactory to the
temperance people, says a Bris-
toi correspondent, though of
course h ey would prefer
straight-out, Statewide probi-
bition.
With the county unit system
IL is believed that whiskev can
be knocked out of half of the
counties that now sell it. while
the temperance people are con-
hdent they could win a great
victory were the question to be
submitted TO popular vote.
as conditions are about the
same as they were in North
Carolina when this was done
and the state went dry by So
600.
The county unit system
would be less satisfactory TO
The temperance people than
either of the two other measures
mentioned, but they are deter
mined 20 get the best they /
possibly can, and with a gov. /
'rnor IN the chair-Judge vii. /
lam Hodges Mann-who is
aVorable to any measure that
Will restrict, prohibit, or DESTROY
ne traffic, they are most hone /
al, despite recent losses in the
ities, where the liquor people
ave secured big registrations
Il the negroes and illiterate
Whites, For instance, in Roa-
oke, where the vets won re-
entity by narrow majority; it
a matter of common comment
nat a great many names of
egroes and aoating whites :
ere added 10 the registration
ooEs since the election last
'ring' when it went dry. and
10 result was that the liquor
es carried it by a narrow
aJority, but not without :
roDg suspicion of fraud.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10
BIG SPOTS on SUNS FACE.
Hole Large Enough 10 Swallow Several
Worlds.

According to local scientists
the big spot on the sun can be-
observed these Indian summer
evenings when the western
sky is thick with haze. The
spot is west Of the center and is
enormous, is trapezodial in
shape and is regarded bv
astronomers as the most ex-
tensive and dazzling phenome-
non of its character ever seen
through a telescope. They esti
mate that il is a hundred
thousand miles in length.
with a capacity of engulfne
several worlds ike the one we
live on.
\ smaller spot is seen near
the big one. The change in
the shape of the large blot and
the relative changes of the two
IN their positions, will be an in
teresting object of observation
for some weeks.
Sun spots are believed to be-
cyclones occurring in the incan-
descent photosphere of the sun.
They alter in shape and change
position with great rapidity.
observation of the sun when
he great spots appear is a
magnificent spectacle and a
source of valuable scientific in.
ormation. 1t appears a per.
ectly white and silvery bali
With waves of brilliant LIGHT
weeping around its edges. The {
ye gets used to the intense !
Ight in a few moments. and its {
nrface is observed as the
stronOmer prefers. 1
The return of the present sun c
pot period, though not in ac il
ordance with the regular t
eriod, was announced from n
n e European observations v
'me weeks ago, since which b
me the solar orb has been an s
oJect of constant astronomical q
oserVation. The effect of IL
Iewing the sun when these n
istorbances appear on the sur. 81
ice is 70 partially blind the
les to less Illuminated objects
aking them indistinct and
wing them a hsliotrope color an
The sunspot phenomena were n
er an object OF interest and ys
vestigation to the late Prof 90 90
+ Langley, who left to the al
lentific world valuable re-. AZ AZ
arches in this branch Of Co
'ronomy. Washington spec Re
: Co
~.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

PLEASANTLY entertained with re-
freshments.
The Lyon building on the
cornor Of Park Avenue and
Sixth Street is being overhauled
preparatory TO being occupied
by the w. B. Ford Furniture
Company.
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HNAN 70 AfNt
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va Hagerstown. and Pullman sleeper
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

The lower our ideals the
easier they are attained. but at
the sacrifice Of much which can
oe attained only when the ideal
IS nigh The higher our ideal
tho higher our attainment and
the larger the gift of a well
rounded character.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10
ACTION on THE AMENDMENTS.

There has been some INQUIRY
as to why the proposed amend.
ments TO the Virginia constitn-
ton were not on the ballots in
the recent election. Investiga-
Ton shows that the people do
not vote on them until the
general assembly chosen this
week has passed on them. It
VIII then prescribe the time and
manner in which the amend
ments will be pat up to the peo-
pie. However the proposed
amendments have been printed
IN the state papers. in order 70
give the people warning that
the coming legislature would
consider them and to permit
them 10 question candidates for
the assembly as 10 their views /
On the proposed amendments
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

when a man thinks il smar.
70 De a doubter or TO be indifer.
ent TO religion. there is only
one nope Of his becoming really
wise, and that hope is i'm dis
covering himself 20 be very
much Of fool
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

~ n..fss1ea hss grandmother. Mrs Na,sa "a,
- .et, 81 Neet, AZ. WAC writes that. when.sl.
seSekNt ec wooid die, Bucklen's Arn;c.
49,. NSei,y cured him infa.lible far
.sraises- Cures Power Sores r.,,,s "'. ss.s
symptoms Cailbiains. (haos.s5 ff. sr''
.on 'on's fses, 80 Al J. w Kellv's D,,,,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1909-11-10

STONY CREEK BRANCH-Mized Dd
iy, except sunday.
Leave Bristol. Scranton $50. Stauonl 7.2j
a. M arrive buladeou il.lOa.m Return
,,es' leave buladeen 1880 o. m.. and arrives
Bristol 3.i5 p. M.
trains No. and . carry puliman dnv
ing room Buffet sleeping cars between BIS.
20, and Louisville. KY. without change
Tor other information call on any agent
or address.
ROBT IMBODEN r.. PA.
W. +. ALLEN, G. p. A.
Bristol renn-Va
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
Nitrate of Soda supply.

The reports which alarmed agricul-
.ural authorities all over the world two
years ago-that the total known de-
posits Of nitrates In Chilli were but
1908, 900, 900 quintals Of 101.61 pounds,
scarcely enough to meet the demand of
torty-si1 years to come-have been ex-
ploded by the Gillian Official Board of
Engineers.
In Its annual report to the govern
ment, recently made, the board reports
that in the Tarapaca district there are
74O,OOO,0OO ard in Autofagasta 4,1O3,.
100000 quintals-a total Of 4,843, Co.,.
700 Quintals. The board, however
makes no report on Taco, with its
acknowledged 225,OOO,OO0 quintals, nor
On the unworked official fields with
their estimated 5OO,OOOOOO qulntals
This would bring the total up to $685..
100000 quintals.
Reckoning the annual demand al
81, OOO,O 900 quintals-which is more than
the demand for 19O7-the known sup
ply is sufficient to last 1853 years.
Meantime, the development of meth
Ids for converting the free nitrogen
Of the atmosphere into fixed nitrogen
Cor nitrates) is progressing, and It Ii
hoped will yield sufficient supply
without large drain upon the mines.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19

mother, and Eloise wondered more
than once how she had ever stayed
away from this home 50 long.
The only hard part OF her home
coming was the inquisitive glances
and remarks OF the neighbors, but she
felt that she deserved this, and bore
it all with sweet patience quite un.
like the old spirit of the naughty
Eloise.
Then one night when the old brass
knocker sounded, and she went to
open the door, familiar figure step
ped into the hall, and she found her
self face to face with Paul Darcy. She
mad not seen him since that morning
so long ago when she had thrust
back the happiness he offered her,
with a laugh. AS he turned to her, the
lamphght fell full upon his face. and
the look she saw there made her
turn away with blush, but not be.
fore he had caught the answering
gleam in her lovely eyes, and he
drew her unresisting to his strong
arms, where she lay, intent that at
last even after many years of suffer-
ing, she had found the Joy that only
perfect love brings.
| And In the next room. her mother
and father smiled knowingly at each
other. and understood. for their child
had come back to them. and their
pleasure was In the happiness that
could now be hers.-Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
ONE HAT IN A LIFETIME.

Boat Of Warriors Stakeholder
Quaint Customs Of the Papuans.
Papua is fast altering in these days
of settlement and plantation which
bid fair to make Of Australia's won
derful South Sea colony a rival to
Borneo or the Malay States. but still
there is much of the country I'M
known, and a great deal that is re-
markable for the quaintest of savage
customs
Gaima, in western Papua, has a
tribe of natives who live and die in
their hats and n little else. These
hats are OF plated fibre, very large.
conical shaped and much resembling
the Chinaman's headgear on the we'll
known willow pattern plate OF the
nursery. They are securely fastened
to the head with masses OF thick,
stiff clay. and so far as Is known
are never removed at all. Strange to
say, the sex that clings SO obstinately
to the matinee hat in civilized lands
Is not the sex that decorates itself
with the permanent hat Of Gaima, the
men reserving this distinction to
themselves.
The enormous rivers watering the
rich lands of Papua are very swift,
and even the amphiblous native at
times finds 1t hard to cross safely. A
curious sight was seen recently by
a magistrate on patrol duty. Five
men carrying large wooden warrior
shields wished to cross very wide
and rapid river in high flood. stream
that no white man would have ven
tured into. The Ingenious Papuans put
all their goods on raft. flung their
shields in the stream, and bestriding
the shields like mermen riding on
dolphins, worked their way across the
torrent with powerful strokes Of the
legs, driving the raft, the goods and
| the Government official safely in front
of them.
The Papuan does not stop at de-
vices as simple as this. In many parts
OF the country he builds excellent sus-
pension bridges of strong f1brous
creeper hundreds of feet long and
spans great rivers and gorges by their
means. White carpenters are now at
work in the districts around the capi-
tai. Port Moresby. bridging the rivers
that lie close to the important rubber
and coffee plantations with the or
binary material OF civilization, but the
Papuan, looking on at these new fash
Toned ideas. declines scornfully to
learn from them and returns content
edly to his ancient engineering OF
blush rope" and stick.-London Stand
/ ord
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
SHE DIES AT 100.


Thanks to Family's Magic BEADS,
Michla schilotaky Lived Long.
Mrs. Michla Schilotzky died recently
at the Home Of the Daughters Of
Jacob, at 300 East Broadway. Mt the
age Of 106 years, says the New York
Sun. She came to New York from
Asiashuf. in the state of wilma. Russia,
twenty-four years ago, and had been
at the home four years.
The last year of her life she spent for
the most part In the hospital of the
home. About Christmas time, how
ever, she attended an entertainment
given by the home at the Grand Cen
trail Palace, where she served as
Judge of a casotzosky, a dancing con-
test In which the dancers were men
who had passed their hundredth year.
Mrs. Schilotzky came of lons-lived
family. She left nine brothers and Sis
tiers in Russia. the youngest of whom
was % when he died. Her father and
mother also lived long. The reason for
this. they say at the home. is simple.
The family for more than 300 years
uuS ONheu spihS Vi dillUcE Ue;tuS.
Very common beads they are to look
at giving to the unframed eye no hint
Of their power. Always the eldest
daughter Of the house has worn the
necklace. and while she wore 1t death
was warded of. The beads were pos.
Iessed Of marvellous healing powers
and circulated as freely among the
children Of the east side who had the
whooping cough or the measles as gen
erations ago they did between the huts
Of Russian village.
On Sunday. when her daughter, Mrs
Fannie Kowner of SO East Goth street
visited the old woman. the beads were
given to her.
Take them" said the mother, "for
It is not well that should bear them
longer"
Then she talked Of the beads. which
never before had left her neck for
more than twenty-four hours.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
The old-Fa.hioned bonnet.

How dear to my heart is the old fashion.
ed bonnet.
The old-ftshioned bonnet that Nell used
to wear;
Without any plums and red cherries stuck
on 1t,
The bonnet that didn't require phony
hair.
The dishpan effect may be stylish and
stunning,
The waste-paper basket that's lately
come in
May be quite the rage and recherche and
cunning.
But give me the hat that she tied under
her chin.
Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
UNUsUAEas1GHr IN ruURING1A FOREST.

throughout the Canadian north. OF
curse our people will have to catch
these animals and train them, but to
people who are building an empire
that Is trltllng matter.
"The most active advocate Of using
'eindeer or caribou in the development
of northern Canada is Fred S. Law
renee, who lives at Fort Vermilion, on
the lower Peace River. He has made
his home In the north for twenty-five
years. He suggests that n start might
be made toward DEMONSTRATING Cana
dian reindeer by inducing Laplanders
to emigrate to Canada. The Lapand-
ers, by reason of their pastures becom-
Ing crowded, owing to the great num-
Der of their reindeer are looking for
some part of the world to which they
can transport their herds and families
and establish themselves anew. Ehe
reindeer is fleeter and can be more
easily kept than the horse. A prospec-
tor could maintain himself for year
with ten head of reindeer. If his pro
visions gave out he could eat the rein
deer"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-19
DOCTORS IN THE SCHOOLS.
Medical Inspection Spreads Here,
America Still behind Euroue.

America Still Behind Europe.
In the United States, Boston seems
TO be entitled to the credit Of estab-
fishing the first regular system of med
lcal inspection of schools. This was
done in 1891; but two years before this
the sanitary inspector of New York
had appointed a medical inspector of
schools. who was probably the first
medical officer Of the public schools ap-
pointed in this country.
In 1894 80 physicians were selected
by the Board Of Health to inspect the
public schools of Boston. In 1895 nine
such inspectors We're appointed In Chi
cago. In 1897 the Board of Health at
New York appointed 1874 medical In
spectors for the public schools, with
chief. at a salary of $500 year.
In 1898 the bureau Of health in
Philadelphia passed resolution d.
recting that each Of the IS assistant
medical inspectors shall visit one public
school In his district each day, inspect
ing 1t according to the methods EN-
ployed in Boston. New York and Chi
cago. Since 1894 medical inspection
of schools has been largely adopted
throughout the United States, and in
some states has developed from mere
inspection for detecting contagious dis.
eases to systems calling for the most
thorough physical examinations Only
four general State laws providing for
or allowing medical inspections Of
schools have been passed, says the
Medical Record. There is. SO far as
can be ascertained, some form Of med
lcal inspection of schools In vogue at
present in 20 cities In the United
States outside Of Massachusetts. but
the United States is still behind Ger
many, and, for that matter, a number
of foreign countries in this important
movement.-New York Sun.
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are more skillfully handled and can be
| depended upon to scale up to standard.
| Country hides are often removed by
unskilled butchers who lack experience,
and the hides are frequently scored or
cut in such way as to cause a de-
probation in value. After the new
tariff thinkers get through with their
schedule all hides will look alike, for
| everything in the skin line Is likely
| to go on the free list.-Denver Field
and Farm.
Spraying the Fruit Trees.
In spraying fruit trees there are
three essentials that must be borne In
mind If satisfactory results are to be
obtained. First, knowing what to
spray for; second, using the proper so
luton, and, third. spraying at the
right time.
| 1t Is certain that spraying might as
| well be given up entirely unless it Is
done thoroughly and regularly at the
proper time each season. While 1t ia
by no means positive cure for all the
Ills Of tree-frult culture, still 1t Is
powerful adjunct to successful orchard
management.
One of the first requisites toward
success is good outfit, complete. AZ
ter having had considerable experience
with several different outfits the best
one 1 have yet found consists of
160-gallon cask which rests on its side
in rack to hold 1t In place.
A strong force pump with an auto
matte stirrer, two sections of half-inch
hose sixteen feet long, two ten-foot ex-
nozzles.
With this outfit, three men, team
and wagon we usually spray 800 70
year-old trees In one day. The time
lost In having to repair. unclog nozzles,
ETC., Is hardly worth considering, and
the spray produced is most satisfact-
DRY.
1t Is Of the utmost Importance that
the materials used be first-class and
carefully compounded. As ! have ex-
perimented with the different lngred-
tents recommended, have found that
the most effective formula is three
fourths Of a pound of paris green.
twelve pounds Of blue vitriol and twelve
pounds Of fresh air-slaked lime to $50
gallons Of water.
| In preparing the mixture put thlr-
ty-siN pounds of blue vitriol in bur-
lap sack and suspend 1t in a barrel
containing thirty-six gallons Of water
the day before 1t is to be used, in or
der to give 1t ample time to thorough
ly dissolve.
Then Stake twelve pounds of fresh
lime, and when ready to use it strain
1t into another vessel and slake twelve
pounds more to be ready when want
ed. Next put three-fourths Of pound
Of paris green in one gallon of water