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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-23
oUlrE RIGHT.

The lawyer eyed the woman
in the witness box in patient
despair.
~Nou say. madam ' hc hc.
gam. ~that the defendant is %
sort of relation of yours WlA
YOU pleas, explain what You
mean 10y THAT"
"Wen. it's like this. replied
the witness. beaming upon the
court. ellis first wife's aunt
married brothers named Jones.
and they were cousins Co nay
mothers aunt Then again. has
grandfather on his mother :
side and my grandfathcr ON my
mothers side We're second cous-
ms. and his stepmother married
my husbands stepfather after
his father aud my mother died,
and his brother Joe and my
husbands brother Harry mar
ried twin sisters. I amt fig
ured out just how close related
We are, but I've always looked
on him as "a sort of cousin
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-23
Near Death Ia Big Poad.

o. vas il thriluE experience geo Mis- taa
+ ,,.r tu fsc, death "for Fear, severe
l.nt trauhIe gave me intense -aherug. She
Writes. .aud several times nearly canset
ma death. AN remedies faded arc aoctNfs
said pa. iuclrh.r. Then nr. Kings Sc"
Discover brought quick relief AND Cd cure So
rern4ucn, tnat have not been Troubled p.
tvcI4e rclr~ Mrs.. Soper lives in bie
Pond. ps 10 works wonders iu Coughs and
Colds sore l.nug~. Ncmorrhages l.aUrippc.
Asthma. Cr,up. Who.pug Cough ooc All
sr.mchia aiiccttns. -,N and 81 ga. ira
bottle ircc. Guaranteed by }. " Nelly
0ruEesL
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-03-23

Now is the time 10 get ready
to paint and fix mp, and make
the home look as If there was
a little enterprise around YOU.
Take the garden rake and col
iect all the old rubbish of 1903
an a pile and set fire to it-don't
burn the house down I'M the op-
GRAFTON and Ter it be- burned up
and never 10 collect there again
+ h N go for that pile OF
ashes collected during the win
ter and remove it far hence
so that your yard VIII look as
# some one was living there.
There is no place like home,
+ therefore make il beautiful. De
hghtful, enchanting, and your
attachments for il viii be the
stronger.
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OBITUARY

bv ALI who knew her, passed
from her earthly home m Big
Stone Gap. which she had shar-
ed for wears with her daugh
ter. 10 the mansion prepared for
her on high. Feb. 26. 1910; aged
eighty-seveu years Hers was
n long ami eventful life, IN
which sunshine aud shadow
were strongly blended. and yet
so as 40 produce "a very soft aud
beautiful light as It rested upon
the peaceful days that marked
the close of her life
Left an orphan az three years
. of aye she lived in she home of
. her grandparents up % the age
of twelve. when their death
throw her entirely upon her own
resources. lt was iu this trying
hour She turned o. the SAVIOR
and found in Him friend that
sticketh closer than brother.
and who has for seventy i've
years been her constant fellow
traveller ou the journey of life. .
On July D.. 1861. She was
happily married 90 Ebert =.
Martin. who afterward repre- f
scented this district ln congress, f
Rev Ruben Steele. of precious F.
memory. officiating Most of .
her liie was spent ODD Lee and
Wise counties. but for mum
beer of wears after the death oi
- her husband. which threw her
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13

no farfetcned remark to suggest that
perhaps the laynen. many of them.
are much better business men and ad.
ministrators than many ministers.
The ability to preach gospel ser.
mon and visit the widows and orphans
in their atilictiou does not by any
means presuppose pre-eminent capa-
bility TO manage great departments.
and the sentiment is growing that
many OF the departments of church
eDdeavor not altogether having to do
with the salvation of souls or the SUI
perin,endence Of the religious phase Of
church work might be left in the
hands of some of the many capable
and intelligent laymen.
In this regard the policy of the AT
rican Methodist Episcopal church has
been especially significant and far
reaching III the effect it shall directly
have upon other Negro church organi-
zations. Professor II. T. Healing for
some time has been the editor of the
A. NJ. +. Church Review. without
question the greatest publication of
any kind among the Negro people
Professor John K. Hawkins. well
'rown Nero educator looks after tho
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13

general educational interests of the
church.
The next great avenue opened to the
laynen in church work will be that
Of its peculiarly business side. and in
the Methodist organizations it may be
a wholesome innovation. for in most
cases the general offices. and particu-
larly those dealing with the business
side of church work. in which great
financial reports can be easily made,
catch the popular fancy. and if the
general officer is successful in his ad-
ministration may be regarded as a
sure candidate for the episcopacy.
1t may then appear to be significant
that the most beneficial results ever
recorded at and reported from the At
rican Methodist Episcopal Sunday
School union is afforded in the ad min
istration of the affairs of that concern
by layman, a young man, the pres
eDt secretary. Ira Il. Bryant of Nash
vile. Tenn.
His election was surprise notwith-
standing the fact that for several years
he had been making the fight on pro-
nounced program which called for mo
subsidy" of peculiar business con-
Germ that should by all means be able
to care for itself. His election on this
well known platform puts it up to him,
of course. to make good or TO make
better even than any of his predeces-
sors did with the subsidy afforded in
the collection of children's day money.
all of which formerly went to this de-
partment
Ira Bryant has more than made
good. for he has not only maintained
the credit of the concern. but has paid
up all debts left there by his predeces-
sOr. has done much remodeling and in
stalled much new machinery and in
the two years that he has been secre-
tary nearly equaled the record made
by his immediate predecessor in any
three years of his administration
Now, If the great A. NJ. e. church
would concentrate its publishing inter
ests and give to Ira Bryant the oppor-
tunity to show that the A. NJ E.
church can run paying publishing
concern it is dollars to doughnuts"
that he will do it. He's n great fellow.
and his success at Nashville. coupled
with the predominant influence of the
work of Kealing and Hawkins, will
eventually open TO the laymeD that re-
gard and consideration to which they
are most assuredly entitled
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13
Johnson's Extended Tour Abroad

Champion John Arthur johnson has
decided to go abroad on years the
atrical tour. he is booked to sail for
London on Monday. Aug. 8. Begin
ming in London at an early date, his
schedule Of forty weeks will include
every country in Europe. He will not
engage In any Rrize6ghS during his
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13
Georgia Setting Good Example.

The white race In Georgia are In
deed In earnest over the religious plans
to create true spirit Of Christianity
between them and the eolored race
They say this is the only way to save
both sides, and as the matter now
stands both races are lacking in Chris
tian heart. Nav the good work go on
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13
Tho Quickest Way to Handle . Mob.

Lynching could have been stamped
out long ago, says the Richmond Va.)
Planet, if all Of the sworn officials
would do their duty. II sheriff in.
tends to surrender prisoner he should
be man enough to arm him and give
him chance for his life. The quick
est way to handle mob is to shoot
the life out Of it. After the lynching
is committed the best way is to hang
the ringleader and place the followers
In the penitentiary.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13
Hiss Il. COWDEH.
Hair Dressing
PARLORS.

Shampooing. cutting and curling.
All hair work made to order Hair
tonics. scalp treatments. manicuring:
stage wigs for rent for theatrical use
or mask balls. Cheapest switches, 50
cents. Goods delivered out Of the city
Phone Champa 1881
1919 21st street. Denver. Colo.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-08-13
Reasons Why Laymen Should
Be Given Active Part,
STRIKING EXAMPLES CITED.

Ira T. Bryants Successful Adminstra-
tion Of tho Affairs of the A. M. e.
Sunday School Union Has Produced
Beneficent Results-Credit Maintain
cd and Debts Of Predecessors Paid.
The day Of large possibilities for the
hymen in the church is near at hand,
and it is more than fitting that they
should take an active part in all of
its great movements. For long time.
and In some Of our churches today.
there Is nothing for the layman to do
but pay his money. There are those
who argue that the laymen should be
given some part in the administra ton
of church temporal affairs. and it is
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09

Mr.. Dooley Says. BY the Author OF "Mr,
Dooley In Peace and in War" Mr..
Doolcy in the Henrts of Ills Country
men," and II Number Of Other Books
from Mr.. Doolcy's Writings. Published
by Chnrles Scribner's Sons. New York.
In this booI; Mr., Dooley is at his
best, He treats everything in his own
peculiar way. md with his inimitablc,
dextrous turn OF thought and phrase.
He deals with "Divoree." +" "Glory,"
Woman Suffrage ''Thc Bachelor
Tan" .'rhe Rising Of the Subject
Races, - y" Panics.H "OccaD Travel, 4"
:. Work. - drugs" GA Broken
Friendship 1.-The Army Canteen,' -
"Things Spiritual - "Books, - "The
Tariff 1.-The Big Fine" EXPERT
Testimony," '"Tbe Call of the Wild, /"
1.-THE japanese Scare 'The Hague
Conference, Turkish Politics, F." ""Va.
eations.'' 1t is Il brightly humorous,
characteristic work. immensely enter
tanning and sure TO be popular among
Mr. DooIey's admirers. and when we
consider that his admirers include prct
ty much every American, it is seen that
the field is wide
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
SOUTHERN REALIEM.
The Scourge. BY Warrington Dawson
Published by Small, Maynard j. Com
panv. EOston.

The Scourgc. BY Warrington Dawson
Published by Small. Maynard j. Com
pany, B0ston.
This writer has given TO the public
heretofore a uovel-''Tbe Scar,' deal
ing with the South--which was warmly
prniscd by the critics, and especially
by President Roosevelt while he WAS III
Office, as a book somewhat of the nature
Of Mrs. Stowe s ''UDcle Tom IS Cabin, -
and likely to produce sensation and
su effect corresponding to The great
ante-war book 1t had no such effect,
however, for of the great mass Of the
people very few have ever heard Of it,.
III WAS vivid, strong story, but not
one calculated TO captivate the public
mind or awaken the public sympathy in
any great degree. This present work,
The Scourge,' is of the same order
and character. giving realistic scenes,
incidents. conversations and occurrences
among the Southern people. black and
white, being apparently fair reproduc
ton MS IN verbal panorama, of actual
life. There is cruel sort Of Joke per
pctrated in the book where an igno
rant, selfish. and mean sort of woman
is given 10 understand that she is the
hci- to millions. and then her hope and
realization arc torn away from her, leav~
ing her sour, sordid. and detected That
part of the work is not in the least real
istjr, but in general tho writing is def
nitely and strongly Of the realistic
school We doubt, however, if works
of this kind ccau mt the present time
become very popular with the American
reading public
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
THE FL1cK1NGER OPAL,

Opal. BY Bessie f. Hoover. Illustrated
Harper C Brothers. Publishers, New
York.
The author of this work has given
in her reyious volume, sfPa Flickin-
ger Is Folks delightful recreation in
reading. This new work of hers, al
though not announced as the sequel to
The former volume. is practically so.
IT tells about the growing up of Opal.
the Youngest daughter Of Pa ard Ma
Flickingcr, of her going out to party
with Seton Woods. of his "keeping
company with her, and Of the en-.
Gagemcnt of the two. The commotion
that this makes in the Flickinger fam
iIv. the resentment of it by another
beau of Opal's the feud between two
of the Flickinger offspring, and the
6nal patlence. testing wedding scene, are
all written III a vein Of humor that
is altogether catching. The book is
good reading from first to last; renlis-
tic, mixed with romantic. and set forth
very mmch in the order OF the daily
life of people OF the way of living dc,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
A PLEASANT STORY.

The Golden Heart. BY Ralph Henry Bar
bour, With Illustrations in Color by
Clarence T, Underwood and Decorations
by Edward Stratton Holloway, Pub
llshed by j. 3. Lippincott Company.
Philadelphia.
This is an edition de luxe of very
pretty little romance, told in excellent
style by the skilled and popular author.
A young man whose father is immense
ly rich has incurred that father s dis
pleasure by his determination to be a
painter. He goes to Paris and studies
for some years to no great purpose,
comes home and is loafing along the
eastern shore when he happens to find
little tea shop aud becomes enamored
of the young woman who tends it. He
does not recognize her in the least. al
though he should do so; but she recog7
nizes him, and plays with him to her
heart g content 1t is charming story,
told with a grace and effectiveness that
certainly must eutbrall the reader.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
A PLEA FOR LOOSENESS.

Courtship Under Contract; the Science OF
Selection. A Tale OF Woman's Eman-
cipation. BY James Henry Lowell
Eager. The Health-Culturc Company.
New York.
This is 4 long. rather tedious story
with propaganda in view, "novel
with purpose. The idea is to set
aside the present form of marriage and
bave marriage solely at the desire and
under the control of the immediate par
ties TO it. The heroine Of the novel is
young woman who goes to live with
young man, not trial marriage. for
the trial marriage is especially repro"
bated, but she goes for the purpose Of
testing herself to see whother she can
love him enough to marry him or not.
She comes out Of it, as appears with
all honor, and without Il stain upon her
character. And this is the looseness
that this propaganda would lead to.
The avowal Is made that tins sort Of
thing is in pursuance Of the propaganda
on the subject of eugencs, but that is
not so, for the science Of eugenics would
control in the mating Of ct persons,
the inclluations Of those so mated being
dlsregarded III the interests of procur"
ing better strains Of offspring. precisely
as owners of animals breed for special
points and characteristics The way of
doing advocated in this book is merely
trial marriage without the sexual union
something ordinarily quite Impractical
bic. and certainly not in the spirit of
eugenIcs. 1t seems to be a trihing fool
ish sort of book, the author apparently
not having any definite idea of his pur-
poses or of The subjects which ne affects
to discuss
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
REVIEWS OF BOOKS

ceedcd, woman didn't want to share
her man with another woman. ,,,,o. -.
said Angelinc. "aud I guess he'd nave
liked TO have few more. IhcIe "a" -
aunt OF mine he saw and and %ansed WaTe GOOD I'd
Morrnons. that didn't suit en; LIE ninS
kept her hid in II cellar for two weeks
and then sent her Off to relatives III Ine
east, Brigham Young nerSuadcd fatner ,
that he ought TO take another wiic MN
self; but when he told mother, didn't
she make him sashay around! shc got
him to move to another town
my husband never seemed to nave
any inclina ton that way, remarked Mrs
Dutton. and never coaNed him 10 take
another wife-that's sure thing! II ne
had brought one home maybe ia nave
acted like the very deuce as so many
other women did, I'm glad polygamy Is
thing Of the pust.'
Then comes an account Of the Mormon
meeting house services and the comment
of his landlady in the following vein:
When returned to my boarding
place my landlady enlightened me fur
Their as to the ways of her church, in
response TO question OF mine about the
posed to turn. over tenth of all our
earnings; but l don't know anybody who
pays EN- right up TO the very letter.
You Won't get the highest glory.
I'm afraid we don't live ur TO any
Of the church rules For instance one
everybody over eight years old Is eN-
pcctcd to go without eating from sun
rise TO sunset. The previous night YOU
should take 10 the bishops storchouse
donation of flour and supplies ,equiVa-
lent TO what you would naturally save
hy fasting. But people are getting so
they doa't pay much attention 10 the fast
days. Once there was kind OF a plague
In the place-diphtherta. ] think IL was
and we had special prayer meetings
and fasting TO get rid OF IT. For twenty,
was pretty near paralyzed. Since then
don't fast any more.
Of es caed iai"s he n Word We Of @sdo 1
it says you mustn't drink Intoxicating
liquor. or smoke, or use tea and coiree,
but l don't know how I'd get through
fee, None OF those rules are observed
at all strictly. In the matter Of snok.
ing lots of boys pun their elssre's and
Of ppv ihem J get to e hnve Sm sense emo enough s to
stop My husband told neighoor once
that his sons smoked. ana That man got
so hot he could h2oe noeked nay bus
he said, and he wouldn't believed a word
o. IL. But later lie found out to his
sorrow that it was no more than the
what troubles NE Is ,l?at things don't
seem TO be improyn' any, I know Nor
mons who drink and that's preached
against almost every Sunday. Some
thlnll the church is 100 strict. but guess
il allows ways enough for people 10 en-
JOY themselves. IT approves OF dane
ing and of having a good time gener
ally. Yes. our young people arc terrible
dancers. There's a dance once week
at the public hall in the winter. and they
so every evening 10 dance at a pleasure
resort near here during the summer"
1t is most entertaining volume from
first to last, and every reader is sure to
enlOv it,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
A HORSE HERO.

Son uf the Wind. By Lucia Chamber
lain with Illustrations by Herman
1'feifer, Published by The Bobbs- -Mer-
rin Company. Indianapolis.
This work is confined largely in it's
scenes. interests, and action to ont.
door life. The theme is that q young
horsebreaker is in search of a mag.
nlfcent wild horse that is roaming in
tho California muuptains, and whose
secret haupts are known only to q
young girl whose dearest wish is that
the horse shall never be tanned Inev-
ltably. the horse tanner and the girl
como together mud then there is ~
battle royal as to which shall prevail.
The characters brought in as "fill-
ers" in the story are all interesting
people, but the main theme OF the
story is never lost TO sight. Natu-
rally, both the men and the woman
grin the victory. and tn the mutual
advantage of both The incidents TINT
give the young man his desire with
the final surrender Of the woman. AS
he comes broken and hopeless from his
great struggle with the wild horse,
wh!cl, be has subdued only with ias
dcafh. nre vividly told. The story of
that struggle is written with n force
and an analytical power strenuous TO
read. IT is Il story verv far out of tho
common for sustained interest and
strength.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
GOOD TEXTBOOKS.

From the American Book Company,
Chicago VIC have Mature Study by
Grades textbook for higher gram
mar students. by Horace II. Cummings,
B. s., former Supervisor of Nature
Study, State Normal School, University
Of Utah. Mr.. Cummings has heretofore
given to the public an acceptable book
on Nature Study for tho lower grades.
This is continuation Of tho same liue
of Investigation, and III it he has done
good work Just as be did in the former
book II will certainly prove useful in
tho schools.
From the same we have "The Story
of Old France" by II. A. Guerber,
which tells the roma utic and spectacular
story of the progress, from the begiu-
ming, of France, in way certain to cap
tivate the young reader and in fact
gives that reader such q foundation as
will lead him onward to broader aud
more extended reading ou the subject
We have noted several of the works in
this series, and they are all emphatical.
ly TO be commended
From the same we have Book Two of
" 4 Language Series,' by Robert g.
Metcalf, and Augustine L. Rafter. This
work appears to be more on the order
Of having the pupils write good Eng
lsh according to the standards set. than
to enforce upon them a lot Of arbitrary,
indefinite and uncertain rules. We
should thipk that the book would be
good and serviceable in the schools.
From tho same We have Book Two Of
"Speaking and Writing for use in
the fourth year classes. 1T is a con
venieut little manual that the children
will find no difficulty in mastering. 1t
has sufficient of lively interest sprinkIed
through it to lead them on to their own
advantage and benefit.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
A ROMANCE OF FRANCE.

The Path Of Honor: Tale OF the War
in the Bocage. BY Burton Il. Stoven-
son. With Illustrations by Olive Rush
and Ethel Pcnncwill Brown, Published
by J. b, Lippincott Company. PhIa-
delphia.
Mr.. Stevenson has written a number
of romances, chiefly Of war and turbu-
lent times, placing the scenes of his
books both In France and in America,
This Que is placed in the time of the
French Revolution and tho connection
is especially made with the war in the
Fendee. patriotic young man, an
adherent Of the king. goes forth from
his home where he has been sheltered
and protected, 80 fulfill marriage en-
gagemcpt entered into for himself and
his fiancee between his father and the
father of the girl, On his way he finds
plenty Of adventures, aud the descrip.
tions of these show forth in lurid col,
ors the outragcs and the offenses
against dccency and civilization COM
mitted by ''thc Blues name applied
TO tue republican forces. This young
man is an adhercnt of tho king. and
those he associates with chiefly are of
the same mind. He is captured by An
officer of tho Neudeean army. and in
that capture meets his fate, becoming
acquainted with the girl with whom be
falls immediately i'll love. Theu be-
makes q perilous escape, only to be cap
tured by tho other sido. The escapes
of himself and the girl are miraculous,
but the haven is reached at last, after
many fiery trial, IL is II lively TO.
nance. written in n captivating u,au-