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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-06
SOCIETIES.

A. o. H.-Division No. meets first and second
undays leach month
x. Of H.-Meets hrst and third Wednesdays at
,:30p. M, at Odd Fellows Hall.
Az. IA. M.-Yellowstone Lodge, No. 26 nrst
nd third Wednesdays.
r. A. M.-Yellovstone Chapter. No. 8. second
hpr day In each month
x. T.-Damascus 0ommandsry fourth Thurs.
days. a.
i. y. o. F.-custer Lodge, No. Is, every
Monday at their hall.
l. OF F.-sentinsl Encampmsnt, No. Q, srss
snd third Friday.
x. Of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. 7. Thursday
evenings st Odd Fellsws Hall.
Z. x. Of A.-Miies City branch. every unday Ct
X. Of L.-First and third Saturdays. i.
q. A. R-U. .. Grant Post, No. II, hrst and
TO. q. T.--star Of the West. No. "a, every
Thursday evening.
8. OF v.-Coi. swaine Camp No. 7. Meets second
end fourhwednesdsvs Of each month at Good TEN.
plan Hail.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

ont and showed how they could he brought
here. But no attempt has been made by
the community to carry out the plan. On
the same day that the Posrappeared urging
Immediate action in the matter the last
issue of the Manufacturers Record was
also published. and it contained similar
appeal to the dormant activities of our
Young cities. In long article on the
subject it says:
Many European agents nrr IN this country seeSig
locations for the manufacturers they represent Some
OF them came nv ~ 1t became evident thh' inc
Mckinley bill would become law The minority
crossed the water Immediately upon i's passage
Their objec, is tn get share Of American trade by
establishing branch factories here In which they can
make the same classes goods they have heretofore
exported tn this market. They cannot Afford 10 oSr
our valuable custom, they retain il IL Obliged
TO pay the protective duties Of the new tariff act In
doing this they but follow the examples OF the great
thread undergraduates AMI Clnrk-who built up
large establishments in this country utter the Morrill,
bill want into effect; Of the French aud German cor
tween lsG5 and 1870, aud of OF other European
houses wise enough To see that The United States had
finally settled npon protection as ii national policy.
Here IL the South's opportunity. The agents must
be invited by the towns and cities that have free sites
to give, to 60 and examine them. They must he in
formed in detail Of the advantages Of the locality 1t
would br worth all the trouble and all the cost II but
one large European plant could he secured. both be-
cause Of it, immediate value To the place selected, ani
because OF the influence that cholc" would have upon
other location seekers
But not only the agents of European
firms are passing us by, but thousands OF
capitalists of our own country arc now IN
the South and will continue to come
during the fall and winter Are we
too indolcnt to organize commercial
club and too close listed to raise five hull
drcd or thousand dollars to let them
know that Big Stone Gap is now the best
SPOT for the investment of money in this
country or any other!
Nothing more cxcitcs the admiration OF
mOncycd men than the siGh' OF Il small,
heroic little community, fired with an in
domitablc spirit, bravcly struggling
against the restraints and rivalrics of
competing cities and pushing on to
commercial supremacy. If We but do
our duty we shall baillc all efforts
to outstrp us, and conquer in spite
of drawbacks and discOuragcmcnts.
But VIC must exhibit more determined
spirit. We must unite in an active and
reSolutc effort to win or we shall fail.
opportunity" says the provcrh' HAS
hair in front, but is bald behind. We
must seize her rs she comes not after SHE
has gone.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
A Neglected Opportunity,

The lcthargy and Indifference of the
citizens of Big Stone Gap and of those
capitalists at distance who have invested
their money here, are incxcusnblc and
body seems to be waiting for some magical
influence to lift the city into prominence
and prosperity. The community with Il
few worthy and conspicuous exceptions,
appears to he under the spell of some
Oriental drug, with only consciousness
enough left to brood. but with little or no
spirit for vigorous and aggressive action.
This condition willappcar the more UNI
accountable when it is remembered that
We have large element here that came Of
pioneer stock and who should have inhcr-
tied some of the pluck and vigOr which
conquered the wilderness i century or
more ago. Both Virginia and Kentucky
were nurscd in the cradle OF revolution,
and both had to contend with foes in
front and rear But both had sucked the
same wolf and indeed the ancestors of
nearly all of us tuggcd at the uddcrs Of
the English lioncss We are all Anglo
Saxons, the dominant race of the earth,
who fought with broadaxcs and drank
liquor from the skulls of their enemies.
But where arc the cncSy and courage
that subdued savagcs, founded cities in
wildernesses, and snborlinatcd the most
hostile clements Of nature to the will Of
an all-conqucring band OF heroes
Here we have every advantage of posi-
ton. Nature has given us more than TO
any other community OF er.childrcn, yet
we are indolcnt, unambtous, allowing
other towns to outstrip us, and making
little effort to fulfill the high destiny
which We might SO easily reach.
The cry goes up that we have no money.
What" say they all, "what can we do
without money!"
Yet there is golden tide Of capital
flowing by our very gates and VIC let it
flow OH without attempting to draw it to
us. Every railroad, every highway, is
bringing by our doors capitalists eagerly
seeking locations for Investment in this
wonder land. Last week We pointed them
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

II our people think they can sit still at
Big Stone Gap and get rich they are
mistaken. There are too much energy
and enterprise at other places. We
have all the physical advantages over
them but we lack the intellectual activity.
There is no use in mimcing matters. We
are not doing our duty to ourselves and to
those who are dependent upon Us. y is
waiting on b, and b is waiting on c. All
arc waiting; and the man who waits in
this pushing period loses his place in the
nrOccsS iOm
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

DrRIS.; the visit of the British Iron &
Steel Institute much has been said by and
about the English element. and but little
has been said about the Germans. But
our German cousins are taking rs keen an
interest in the country they visit as the
English and they are not less seriously set
on business. 4 dispatch, giving an inter-
view with Herr Yung, reports him as say
ing:
..As result uf the visit OF these German Iron men
to this country many Of our most experienced iron
manufacturers will invest their money here and be-
come citizens Of the republic. Visits are being made
10 every part Of the United States by the delegates
with view OF establishing At different advantageous
point. grcnt iron manufactures
Among the three or four hundred OF the
party who have come South there are ut
least one hundred and fifty Germans; and
German can tell good thing when he
sees it ns well as an Englishman. The
entire party were delighted will, Birmins-
ham and the neighboring towns, and de-
clarcd the resources of the South sur
passed their expectations, though they
were prepared to witness great things.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
Figures for a Fool
New York sun


The old Cleveland Mugwump
up again in the East. the Provide
nal putting it in this shape,
''navid llunct, Hill Is Go,crnor ~ y
purchased the office with the sale Il OBJ.
senator Quay ir behalf of Benjamin liara.
Clcveland'S plurality IL 49,
York, l92,S3i.
Hills plurality that same ycar.
Clcveland's plurality in I>>i
York. 1917.
Hills plurality the next year.
Cleveland behind Harrison IT,
New York, BIB.
Hills plurality the same year.
Docs the fool Mugwump in f.
honestly believe that Hill ha>
gagged in selling out Cleveland e.
lSo2, when memorable DESTINY IN
TO institute these little compari>,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

y new paper, the weekly Bulletin, has
been started at Harlan Court House. Ky.
and announces AZ one Of its purposes the
advocacy of "a line of railway connecting
pincvillc and Big Stone Gap, VA. by way
of Mt. Pleasant" Mr.. O'Bricn. the chief
engineer of the L. & n. railroad stated
recently that the company intended con-
structing branch from Pincvillc to Har-
Ian Court House as carly as practicable.
The country through which it will pass is
rich in minerals and timber. Specimens
of the camel coal found near Harlan has
been pronounced the finest coal of the
kind in the world. In report made by an
expert on this coal he said il could he mined
and shipped by railroad to Norfolk, thence
by steamer, to Boston for $3.50 per ton,
and all that could he delivered in Bos
ton would bring from twelve To thirteen
dollars per ton The timber interest alone
in that rich country would furnish profta-
BILE tonnage to il railroad for may years TO
come.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
Rank of the United states a. i >n,
Power.

The Secretary Of the Nav b.
awarded to William Cramp a
Philadelphia. the contract Tor q.
>truction OF Two line Of BATE
increased in length twelve tr"' .
departments plans, for $3.o!nom
and the contract for the con-'t
the protected cruiser under Tie
mcnt> plans at their bid OF =,
When these battle ships ami ou
ship on the same plan llhc con'
which may be given to the laa
Works, of San Francisco ID
been built, and those complctr. Il
now building. the effective fore
American navy will consist az t'i
mored vessels. of which five wilI f.
ships, and thirty-onc unarmoi,a
making u total of torty->is G'r.'
has scvcnty-six armorcd ami -,i
morcd ships; France. hi'ty->Ucn
and BOB unarmorcd; Russia :a
armorcd and ll9 unarmorcd a'
many, forty armorcd and >iNtF-t
morcd. Holland, Spain. IiaI.
China, Sweden and Norway and
will each also have II much .af-,
than the United States hence.
the present building program,
pleted, the United States cannot 81.
as tirSt-clasS naval power.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
What Bailey says.

\ reporter for the Courier mc, III. JOHN y
Wy'Gevilr the other evening and ha'l % i.'.-
ton about his rcccivcrship AMI hi, ALICE.
suit with the :. \. 4 o. and other c'rs.
DR.. thinks tina, he viii b. ia Bristol ii
n"~ and III full possession .: the pr"j"'ft
that Chief-Jns,ice fuller's npinion MI o.
ing the ease; and, therefore. ,hi; it i. n"
Snch a decision will leave ia effect tie fif
made by jadgc Richardson acting ~iih Dr.
circuit Judge. The case will ti,n con'r .i
merits in the Circuit cour, ot wa,hr-f.
Va. The DR. wound up by saying "ilHt
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
Achance for New Industries.

There are four or FIVE large manufactur-
ing Industries that can be brought to Big
Stone Gap. if the companies cap SECURE
the grant oil. suitable sites, and if the ex-
pcnsc of transporting the plnnta is met by
the Improvement companies or the people
here. If IL proper effort were made no
doubt the Louisville X Nashville X. r. Co.
would agree to transport these valuable
plants and wait OH the Improvement COM
panies for the freight.
The list of industries established and
put in operation during the past year,
chiefly through the Norfolk Il Western R.R.
Co., is as follows: Twelve blast furnaces,
eight rolling mills, twcntyninc wood
working Establishments, twenty-four foun-
dries and machine works, eighty-sevcn
other Industries, five coal mines, 1900
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
LIE Bristol Courier SnyS:

Monday night hundred and twenty five Eastern
capitalists arrived in bristol their way /" Fort
Payne, Ala. \ hu>llng real estate agent Of the town
hastily gathered an arm load NJ pamphlets aud began
distributing them to the investors.
Yes, and that is just what the real estate
men of Big Stone Gap should he doing, or
should get some one to do for them
They arc losing a valuable opportunity
and they do not seem to realize the fact.
They need gingering.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
Heavy Sale of Titmbcr Land

NHi'h'a''an N5'~'''
J. hamp'o" liosr, Of Christi n,h'rs. h'' '.'
OF A. Il. Humphreys, of ch"r'sS io". W Va
bra,ed tract known as Noun,afi Iase i-
Craig aud Giles counties. Va, ).ad Nom '.
W. Va The tract comprises los h." acre '''.'
the hnest timber land in the Siuth. Il .'''.
rich deposits OF iron ore and nassanc> lh'
paid was sa6apoo.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

The removal of Musscl Shoals by the
Government is an important achievement
and affords continuous navigation from
Chattanooga to st. Louis and New Orleans.
The canal around these distractions has
cost the Government an immense sum.
but the advantages to the South are in
caculablc
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

coke ovens, thirty-four iron mines and
thirty-four hotels.
The L. & N. company are not less enter
pricing and public spirited They would
certainly do anything, within reason, to
secure the establishments referred to for
Big Stone Gap. Application should be
made to the company at once and an
arrangement effected so the plants could
be in readiness for removal as soon ms the
road reaches us.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
Facts for the Visitors.

In an interview with Sir James kit>on.
president of the British Institute of Civil
Engineers, which appears i'll another col
umn. that gentleman referring to what he
has seen during his trip South, says:
1.-The coal doe, not appear be Of the same quality
a> the cual Of the Nur hut there is compensation III
its abundance aud in it, accessibility. The cok;ng
coal may De much improved by the adoption Of wash
ing Processes and coke u the better quality thereby
produced. which would give the furnaces better re-
suits in every way"
Now il was not expected that these cx-
peris would find first class coking coal in
Alabama or Tennessee. Those who have
studied the subject are quite familiar with
the fact that in neither State has the best
quality Of coking coal been found in pay
in" quantities. But We wish to convey TO
Sir james KitsuM and his party the fact
that we have here within easy access to
both Birmingham and Chattanooga and
within ten miles of an inexhausthlc sup
ply Of superior iron ore, The finest coke
making coal in the world. 1t has been
subjected to every test and each test has
confirmed its excellence.
TO sustain what we claim We hes leave
to call Sir James attention to an analysis
made by Mr.. McCrcath, the most distn-
guished Northern expert, and also to COM
pare the analysis he has made Of the coke
produced here and the analysis he has
made of the coke at Comnelsyillc. The
following is Mr.. McCrcath's letter:
CHEMICAL L,npnArOKY
ASuI,Ew =. McCmEArn.
iIAnnlsnrw;, PA. sept. !, lsoo
Nh T.. Is. LrIsENHING.
rrr, The Virginia Coal Iron Co.,
Zig Si"ic Gap.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

Tnr Southern Express Company take
the ground that the property left by Ruhc
Burrow, the outlaw, WAS acquired by rob-
berry, and that they were the chief losers.
They have therefore directed their attor-
ncys TO institute proceedings against the
dead man : estate in order to recover their
losses. This is all well enough. and it
should furnish hint to the public who
have been gougcd Ivy the express company
to institute proceedings against that cor
p0ration TO recover the sums it has ac-
qurcd by process which falls but Il little
short of downright robbery. The mer-
chants of Big Stone Gap have suffered
heavily from lis cxtortion. Ii has gouged
and gougcd without mercy every one who
has been compelled to patronizc il, and it
has quite ~ little conscience and not half
the generosity that Rubc Burrow cxhih-
tied.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
AIRY TONGUES.

The marriage of Mr.. W. +. addison to Miss
Virginia Harrison, was announced Wednesday
evening 1T the University Of Virginia. Mr.
Addison occupies high position in the front
rank of our lawyers. He is IA Young man of
splendid legal attanments, fine habits and
brilliant promise. After il tour IT, some of the
Northern cities he will, about the first of No.
ycmbcr, return with his handsome bride, who
is cultivated Young lady and true scion of
one of the oldest and most historic of the yir-
ginia families. 1t is proposed by Mr.. Addi-
sons friends to give the bridal party "a hand
some reception on their arrival here. Big Stone
Gap is to be congratulated on such an attract
i've addition to its society.
y delightful excursion party were taken up
the Gap by Captain Gilmer Saturday on the
dummy line The party consisted of Governor
Massey and his attractive bride, Senator and
Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Judge lIuilitt. Mrs. Fox and
Miss Fox, Mr.. and Mrs. Marston, Mrs. Joshua
F. Bulitt, Mrs DR.. kunkcl, Mr. and Mrs. Bcr-
ryman, Dr. and Mrs. McManaway and Dr.
Shelton. After roaming around the pictur
eSque places near the tunnel. gathering ferns
and wild flowers, the party returned. These
little excursions are doing much To popuarize
the dummy line, and as many nj them rs pos
sibIc should be made during the pleasant fall
weather, while the forests are assuming their
richest hues. They nrc invignrating and
hcalthful and withal thoroughly charming.
1t is hoped that the newspapers will now
give Miss Winnie Davis Il rest. They have
been discussing her engagement until both
the public and the parties themselves are
tired OF it. In M interview the lady properly
SAYS the matter is purely II personal and pri-
vate affair; that only her immediate family had
any right to be consulted, and that they are
satisfied with her conduct. The statement
that her opinions about the war had much to
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
llItl.iNni
Culnr OF ISL. hruWl

Tii, represents coke of great purity: low In both
sulphur and ash and high in fixed carbon; chemically
il is fully rs good Us the very best ocahonas coke,
and it should rank high as Il nc,ullnrsical fuel.
Yours truly,
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
ANDREW :. McCEEAriI

The following analyses Of other cokes,
the best that have been made elsewhere
in this country, is given for purposes OF
comparison:
AVERAGE or Carbon Ash. phur.
samples Big Stone Gap coke. made
in open rick and by barrel test 1913 5.69 0.I49
) samples Conncllsvillc, Pa. coke,
oven tees, .SS96 VIA USlu
samples Chattanooga, Tenn, coke,
test -SO1l lb3+ l1JJ
! samples Birmingham, Ala, coke.
oven test NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -SI29 lo'ri li91
samples Pocahuntns, Va. coke,
oven test. J..o1 ;.'4 oo''
samples New River, W Va. cnkr,
oven test J-.S al u''1-
| sample Zig Stone Gap coke, oven
test. analysis made by a. :.
McCrcaih, September, 1890. 1901 IA .5ss
Surely this is sufficient to convince Sir
james Kitson and his associates that the
South is at no disadvantage in the quality
of its coke. And when it is further re-
mcmbcrcd that our coal is above the
bottoms; that the mines can he drained
without the use of machinery; that the
coal exists in inexhaustiblc quantities,
and that il can be mined and shipped
much cheaper than that of the North, lie
will see the vast advantage that the South,
and particularly Big Stone Gap, has over
the North in the manufacture of iron and
steel
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

"Clcopatra" affords an opportunity for this
double queen of both tragedy and comedy to
display her greatest powers. 1t is intensely
passionate, and there is hardly any living
her ultcrancr and movement than Bernhardt.
Though she has now reached the age of Ham
lets mother, past the hey day of youth, fierce
flame at times springs even from the ashes Of
and thrill aud sway with an all-consuming fire.
SAW her al the Theatre Franchise fifteen
years ago. when She was in the meridian of her
excellence and her audiences would become
almost frantic Sarah has truly rare genius,
but the Girl i, not Young now.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
do will, the dissolution of the engagement is

do with the dissolution of the engagement IL
absurd. Differences of that kind never yet
kept two lovers apart when they could other
wise get together. Have we not the story OF
Romeo and Juliet, whose families were at
daggers draw? Yet they contriscd to draw
very closely to each other. 1t il unfortunate
for Miss Davis, however, that the announce
mcnt of the dissolution Of the engagement
came so quickly after the publication of Mr..
Wilkinson financial misfortunes. Though 1t
is certainly unjust to the lady to attribute un-
worthy motives to her, people will say with
IIoratio in the play:
'.In,lccd, my lord, 1t followed hard upon."
The latest fashion reports from London con-
tain two items of great interest to the female
mind. One is that with the short skirts, which
come with the fall, high-topped boots are worn.
"Thcy are now being made very light" We are
told. usually of patent leather, or morocco,
with kid tops"
The other item is that the big broad hats are
no longer worn at the theatres. For long
while men have suffered from this selfish FASH
ion. They have ridiculcd and criticised the
custom, but the broad-brimmcd hat remained.
1t would not 20. The ladies stood the rattle
of satire and smiled with consciousness OF
independence and complacency at the carlca-
lures of Puck aud Judge, remaining unmoved
through it all, until now, ut their own sweet
pleasure, they dcign to abandon the big hat.
Like Fal>tafi' they will do nothing on compul-
sion.
But why is it that they change the style OF
rament for feet and head so often and make
only slight and untrcqucnt notifications OF
fashion for the waist? The corset and the
dress "body" are very much what they were in
the time of sweet Queen Anne. \ triilc shorter
they are indeed. but otherwise the style re-
mains stationary. Is it merely to assure lis
that after all there is something stable and
consistent about the beautiful creatures, or is
this freak of consistency due to the idea con-
vcyed in the provcrb of the cook, that "it YOU
light fire at the top md bottom, the middle
will take care Of itSclt?"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24

The brilliant Bcrnhardt will return to lis this
winter and clcctrify the theatre-gocrs in Scv-
cra of the larger cities. There will be at
least one new play added to her repertoire,
and it is probable she will appear in "Clcopa-
ira. The costumes in this play are rrportc,l
H. gorgeous in the extreme. ".tntony'>' cos
tunes alone cost three thousand dollars, and
among them is one of white leather, the cuiraSs
of which is of most exquisite workmanship.
Mime. Bcrnhardt'> own dresses are remarkable,
and the one in which she first appears almost
bcggarS description. 1t consists mainly Of Il
loose robc Of light blue crcpnn dc Sole, en-
broidcrcd with wild margucrtc> in yellow and
white pearls. and is bound with sash of sim
liar material, bn: of darker hue which form
the train, the whole of which is almost entirely
concealed beneath MASSES nf goltl embroidery,
amcthyst> and turquosc>. No fewer than
seven icwclcd grdlcs ci genuine antique work
nlan>hip will be worn with this dress, to which
also belongs c0ronrt formed of intcrlacing
scrpcnt> in gold, one of which, the sacred CO.
bra, raises in the middle It's cnamclcd head, the
ewes of which are formed of rubicS.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-10-24
His Prayer Meeting.

wit.-Dld you 20 to prayer meeting last night,
Huabund--Yes.
witc-How did you come out!